Late News
THE MARKET
Cotton ... 6.65 to Ir
Cotton wagon seed, tn S10 0(
Warmer Tuesday
"Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Rain tonight and probably
Tuesday morning. Slowly rising
temperature Tuesday.
City Board Meets
A regular meeting of the Shelby
•tty council will be held at the city
hall tomorrow, Tuesday, night.
There is a probability that the al
dermen will make formal disposal
of the Southern Public Utilities
offer of a million and one hundred
thousand dollars for the municipal
light and power plant. There has
been, however, no definite state
ment by the board that the matter
will be acted upon, although all
four members of the board stated
last week they were opposed to
calling an election at this time to
submit the offer to a vote.
Seeks Damages
For Injury In
Getting Photo
Injured Leg While Getting Lined
Up For Group Photograph At
Local Mill.
i Special to The Star.)
Raleigh. Feb. 15.—The most un
u ual compensation case to be heard
by the State Industrial Commission
this week is that of a Shelby wom
an who is asking compensation for
an injury received while she was
getting her photograph made.
Five deaths are included in the 38
workmen's compensation hearings
to be held in 10 piedmont section
cities and towns during this week
by Industrial Commissioner J. Dew
ey Dorsett.
Here Thursday.
The Shelby cases, to be heard at
2 p. m. February 18 follow:
Etta Beaver, employed by Lily
Mill & Power Co., contending that
she was having her picture taken
with other employees of the mill
when a plank slipped and struck her
x leg, injuring it between knee and
ankle, the insurance carrier contend
ing that the injury did not arise
out of her work.
M. B. Martin, asking for more
compensation than he is being paid
as a result of hot dye splashing and
striking hb4 eye while employed by
Neisler Mills.
John Henderson, employed by
Southern Cotton Oil Co.
John McDowell, employed by Easl
side Mfg, Co.
Frank Lankford, broke his right i
arm in a fall while leaving his work
lor Double Shoals Mfg. Co.
Business Turns
Corner; Bright
Prospects Ahead
llnvtrnor Sees First Hope Of Real
Change. Stock Market Has
Big Day.
Business seems to have turned the
corner and started the climb up
yard.
A pronounced pick-up in trading
was in evidence Saturday in Shelby
and a more optimistic spirit appear
. rd to prevail in all business circles.
Seemingly the same hopeful condi
tions prevailed throughout the en
tire country for week-end dispatch
es from all sections of the country
, carried signs of a general business
come-back and for the first time in
months the more conservative busi
ness observers declared “the worst
* to be over.”
In a statement issued Saturday
night Governor O. Max Gardner
made his first optimistic prediction
of the depression. He said:
•‘For the first time since the be
ginning of the panic do I feel reas
onably confident that the bottom
has been reached.
"The administration at Washing
ton has been engaged for two years
trying to get new wine in new bot
tles. At last it has launched the
Glass bill to liberalize the Federal!
Reserve act ahd stopped the prac- j
tice of prescribing narcotics. I be
lieve we are on the way. What we
need most and must have is a re
sponse to the demands cf eight mil
lion unemployed whose cry is ‘We
want work.’ For the first time I see
the gleam of hope in the present
distress."
Stocks Boom.
New York, Feb. 15.—Wal' Street—
and main street, too—dumped hedge
buying orders into the New York
stock exchange hopper Saturday
and excitedly watched the over
worked machinery grinding out juicy
profits that had the flavor of an
v old fashioned, mild bull market.
Stocks surged up in one of the
most spectacular recoveries in the
course of the two year decline Sat
urday, as bears turned panicky
struggling to cover their commit
ments at swiftly mounting prices
Clean-Up Week Begins
Today, Runs For Week
Work Unemployed
At Big Task
All Citizens Asked To Clean Back
yards And Rubbish riles For
City Trucks.
“City-wide Clean-I p Week1’
was inaugurated in Shelby today
announces Mayor S. A. McMur
ry. All citizens are asked to
clean their lots this week and
put it in plies, so that begin
ning next Monday, the rubbish
and trash can be moved free by
the city trucks.
The intensive clean-up-drive to rid
Shelby of rubbish piles and other
unsanitary conditions that might
increase disease next summer fol
lowing a mild winter follows the
suggestion of E. S. Whitaker, State
sanitary inspector. Mr. Whitaker,
who has been here inspecting sani
tary conditions for some time, last
week praised the city officials and
the general welfare committee for
working unemployed men In clean
ing city streets and alleys, but he
also suggested that some of the work
be directed to disease-breeding spots
scattered about the -city.
To Add Truck.
An extra truck will be added to
the street cleaning force next week
to help in hauling away rubbish and
trash gathered during the campaign
arid every citizen of the town was
urged to do his or her part. The
street forces, augmented by a num
ber of unemployed men, will do all
the work except assemble the rub
bish on pritate lots,
“Citizens.” Mayor McMurry said,
“are asked to rake up and assemble
all trash and rubbish in their back
yards and lots and put It in contain
ers or in piles where the heaps can
be reached by the trucks. The
trucks will then work each street,
making a house-to-house canvass,
and at the end of next week it is
hoped there will not be a single
rubbish pile or unsanitary spot in
the city.”
With no cold weather to kill
germs the State health inspector
says there will be much sickness
next summer unless such spots can
be cleaned up and he says citizens
will not regret active cooperation in
the clean-up movement.
Residents of the city who wish to
unite in the cleaning vask and have
their yards and property thorough
ly cleaned of all rubbish but do not
have time to do the work themselv
es may get help by telephoning the
charity bureau headquarters. J. D,
Lineberger, head of the bureau, says
that he can supply any number of
unemployed men, all snxious to
work, for $1 per day, the pay for
their labor to be turned into food
and provisions for their families,
now being supported by charity. By
doing so Shelby citizens can kill two
birds with one stone- get their
property cleaned up and help needy
men provide at least temporarily
for their families.
All organizations in the city are
being asked this week to cooperate
in the clean-up since the city will
provide an extra truck and workers
to move the collected rubbish.
Sheriff Allen Gets
Farm Land In County
Sheriff Irvin M. Allen late last
week, It is learned, traded 162 acres
of land in Bladen counly for a farm
in No. 5 township. The sheriff’s new
place in No. 5 is the tract known as
the old Harrill place.
Democrats Hold
Victory Parley
Here On Saturday
Make Plans For Victory prive.
Beam Speaks. Optimistic About
Election.
An enthusiastic meeting of around
30 Democratic precinct chairmen
and secretaries was held in Shelby
Saturday afternoon in the office of
Oliver S Anthony, party chairman
for the county.
At the meeting the precinct of
ficials discussed plans for raising
funds for the 1932 campaign. It was
reported that over $100 has already
been voluntarily contributed in
Cleveland county to the “Demo
i cratlc Victory Drive." All present
I were optimistic about the election
j and expressed the opinion that un
less something unforeseen develops
| a Democrat will be the next occu
'pant of the White House
A short talk was made by Solici
:tor W. S. Beam in the absence of
I State Chairman Odus M. Mull, and
a brief talk was also made by Re
| presentative Henry Edwards, who
| is the Victory Drive chsirman for
J the county
Some time this week a meeting of
all precinct committeemen and
workers in Shelby will be held to
perfect the Victory Drive campaign
here.
Mrs. Weaver To
Be Buried At Zoar
»
Noble Wife And Mother Of 12 Liv
ing Children To Be Buried
On Tuesday.
Mrs. Florence Weaver, wife of
R. W. Weaver died Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock at her home on
Jackson street in South Shelby, fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis from
which she had been suffering since
last October. Mrs. Weaver suffered
intense pain for the past five
months, yet bore her suffering with
Christian fortitude. Before mar
riage she was Miss Florence Ham
rick of the Sharon community. She
professed faith in Christ and join
ed Zoar Baptist church where she
was a faithful member until death
Mrs. Weaver was 54 years of age
last May. She is survived by her
husband and twelve children,
Messrs. Buford, Odus. Clement’
Eula, Tom, Gordon and Vctus Wea
ver, four daughters. Misses Verg'd
and Virginia Weaver, Mrs. Rav
Queen, and Mrs, Buford Padgett.
All live in this county except Eula
of Gaffney and Odus of Clover, S
C.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Zoar Baptist church, conducted by
Revs. L. L. Jessup. John W. Sut
tle, D. G. Washburn and W. A
Elam.
J. P. SMITH SERIOU8LT
ILL AT HIS HOME HERE
Friends of Mr. J. P. Smith will
regret to hear that he is critically
ill at his home on South DeKalb
street. Mr. Smith has been siclr for
some time and his physician re
ported today that he was gradual
ly weakening and is in a precarious
condition.
Dr. Lingle, President Of Davidson
College, Preaches Two Sermons Here
Says College This Tear Has Its
Largest Enrollment. Boys Doing
Best Work.
Dr. Walter L. Lingle, president of
Davidson college and cnc of the
outstanding educators and spiritual
leaders in the South, delivered two
sermons Sunday at the Presbyterian
ehurch.
Prefacing his sermon Sunday
morning, he stated that Davidson
has its largest enrollment this year
and while the boys have less money
to 6pend. they are showing up bet
ter in their scholastic work. There
are 647 students at Davidson this
year.
Dr. Lingle's morning sermon was
on soul winning. He Stated that in
the Southern Presbytery there are
2,400 preachers. 3,500 churches and
400 000 members who have bountiful
resources, vet last year only 19,000
new- members were added to the
church on profession of faith. With
this statement, he stressed the lm
portance of soul winning, emphasiz
ing tliree points necessary to suc
cess in winning the lost to Jesus. In
the first place the church members I
should knotf Jes-us Christ to be en
dowed with the power to win souls.
In the second thought he stated
the places where soul winning should
begin, not out yonder at some dis
tant point, but at the very place
where the Christian finds himself,
on rue street, in the office and about
his daily contact with the unsaved.
As a third point he stressed the
Power of Jesus Christ which every
Christian must have and which pow
er is in abundance as it is used. He
made a special plea that Christian
people should so live that their lives \
will stand out above these who are!
sinners }n the community
Dr. Lingle preached the ordination
sermon at the vesper services at 5
o'clock Sunday afternoon when
newly elected deacons and elders
were installed. This was a beautiful
service and sermon and largely at
1 tended
Is Candidate
Ilenry B. Eduards (above) an
nounced today that he would be a
candidate to succeed himself as
Cleveland county representative to
thi\ N. C. Genero I Assembly.
Earl Lybrand
Buried Sunday
Popular Cafe Operator Succumbs To
Diabetls. Wife And Three
Children Survive.
Earl Lybrand, popular ca/e op
erator here for ten years, died Fri
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the Arcade room house on West
Marion street which the Lybrano
family operates.
Mr. Lybrand was taken sick with
diabetic eight months ago and war
forced to give up his work. The
best medical attention was sought
and for a time he showed some im
provement, but he took his bed
again ten days before the end
came. Mr. Lybrand was born in
South Carolina but moved to Shel
by from Newton 21 years ago ar.d
has lived here all the time except
for a few years. He was 42 years of
age last March and is survived by
his wife who before marriage was
Miss Bessie Flowers, three children
Pearl, Louise and Buddy Lybrand
together with his father, J. A. Ly
brand and one brother, Clyde, Fis
mother died here 18 months ago.
Prominent and active in Mason'e
circles, members of the brother
hood had charge of the funeral ani
accorded him the usual fraternal
honors. He was popular among the
younger people, highly intelligent
and well informed on public mat
ters and thoroughly dependable in
his business dealings. He was a
member of Central Methodist
church and the funeral was con
ducted Sunday afternoon by his
pastor, Dr. E. K. McLarty, assisted
by Rev. J. B. Sill, Epicopal rector
Interment was in Sunset cemetery
Mr. Blanton Home
From The Hospital
Mr. Geo. Blanton was brought;
home Saturday from a Charlotte ,
hospital where he was a patient for I
a week after having his broken jaw I
bones set by a specialist Mr. Blan- j
ton, It will be recalled, was kicked
on the chin by a riding horse two
weeks ago and his jaw bone broken
on both sides. While he has suffer-!
ed intense pain, his condition now
is showing improvement and he isj
able to be up part of the time |
around the house. His teeth, how- ;
ever .are clamped together so the
bones can knit back.
Deputy Cooper Off
Sheriff’s Force Now
Deputy Sheriff S. B. (Ben) Coop- |
ed, for some time a member of the i
force of deputies here, resigned ef-!
fective Saturday, it was learned over
the week-end. No statement was is
sued other than the fact that he
had resigned and his resignation
had been accepted.
Mr. King Improves
From Blood Poison
Will King is improving at the
Shelby hospital from blood poison
which developed in his hand as a
result of a cut from a Coca Cola
bottle last Saturday a week ago as
he was ioading a truck of the bot
tling company at Cherryville. His
hand was lanced at several places
and drain tubes inserted Now his
temperature is down somewhat and
imnroveinant is evident.'
Edwards To Be
In Contest For
Next Assembly
State Representative
To Run Again
W>ll Known Shelby Attorney Any*
Nest Session To Be Import
ant One.
Henry B. Edwards, "’ell known
Shelby attorney and Cleveland
county representative in the last
legislature, announced today that he
would be a candidate to succeed
himself.
"I have been asked.” hr said, “for
some time by a numoer of friends
to announce as candidate for elec
tion to the General Assembly to
succeed myself. I had definitely
made up my mind to do, but delay
ed formal announcement until this
time since the primary Is yet many
weeks ahead.
"I can sincerely state that as a
member of the 1931 general assem
bly 1 endeavored In every way 1
knew to be of service to the people
of my county and state. I worked
.consistently for lowered taxes and
feel that I did my part In helping
secure the greatest reduction of tax
es ever given the people of North
Carolina. Through the long session
1 was on the job every day, working
to the end for what I felt was right
for the people I represented. It is
my opinion that the next session Is
to be an important one and If re
elected I shall honestly endeavor to
represent my county and state to
the best of my ability and I feel
that the experience gained In the
recent session will enable me to be
of worthwhile service. I will appre
ciate the support of ihe people ol
Cleveland county.”
Good Record.
Mi Edwards serving in the last
session in holding his first public
office made a good record, lie was a
member of several of the more Im
portant committees and one of the
leading supporters of the several
bills introduced and passed whereby
Brpperty taxes were greatly reduced
; In this and other eotmtte of the
| State. His friends point out that the
experience gained and the contacts
and acquaintances made at the last
session will make him of greater
worth to the county in the next as
sembly.
Representative Edwards is mar
ried and an active member and
worker at the First Baptist church.
Rev. Barnette Goes
To Crozer Seminary
Native Of Cleveland Goe» To Semi
nary To Continue Ministerial
Study.
Friends in Shelby and Cleveland
county will be interested to know
that Rev. Lowell Barnette has be
come a student at Crozer Theologi
cal 8eminary, Chester, Pa Mr.
Barnette is the son of Mr and Mrs.
Webb Barnette of Shelby, and la a
fraduate of Boiling Springs, Mars
Hill and Wake Forest colleges. For
the past two years he has Been pas
tor of the Baptist church at Neuse,
in the central association, where he
did remarkable work both as a
preacher and a pastor. Mr. and
Mrs. Barnette left Shelby Jan. 30
for Chester where they will make
their home while Mr. Burnette pur
sues his work at the Seminary.
Mrs. Blanton Dies
At Blacksburg Home
Gaffney. Peb. 15.—Mrs. D. W.
Blanton, 69. died Wednesday night
at her home in Blacksburg after a
period of declining health culminat
ing in two weeks of serious Illness.
She was a native of North Carolina.
Funeral services and interment
took place at Sharon, Friday after
noon.
Mrs. Blanton is survived by her
husband and the following daugh
ters: Mrs. Pearl Byron, Blacksburg;
Mrs. Josie Harris, Cheroke Falls;
Mrs. Iona Davis, Boiling Springs;
and Mrs. Daisy Kelly, Greensboro.
Ex-Service Men To
Meet Here Tuesday
All ex-service men in Shelby and
Cleveland county are urged to at
tend a meeting of the Warren Hoyle
American Legion Past Tuesday
night at 7:30 at the court house
"We want every World war veteran,
whether or not a Legion member, to
Rttend.” announces Post Command
er Peyton McSwain, "for the mat
ters to be discussed will he of value
to all veterans **
Sheriff Robertson and family of
Caroleen visited Mrs. Gene Gam
ale Sunday:
Colored Fanner Killed As Loaded
Truck Crashes Into Wagon On Hill
At Brushy Creek, Just West Of City
Track And Wagon riun*e Off High
Embankment And Cotton
Boras.
; One man was killed, another
hurt, a mule fatally injured and a
doaen bales of cotton were damaged
by fire Saturday morning when a
truck and trailer loaded with cot
ton struck a wagon on the Blanton
farm hill, on highway 20 Just be
yond Brushy Creek west of Shelby
Saturday morning
The dead man Is Reuben Terry
nged colored farmer, who lived on
the Bate Blanton plat* in the Dou
ble Springs section and the mule
which was shot after the crash be
longed to Mr. Blanton.
Hearing Wednesday
R V. CMffIn, driver of the truck
trailer, was injured about the hand,
arm and head, but not seriously
Soon after the wreck Griffin, who
is from Monroe, and was driving
for the Wolfe Transfer firm, was
placed under a *1,000 bond, which
was put up by his employers, A
court hearing to get official details
ob the fatal crash will be held here
Wednesday, according to Sheriff
Irvin M, Allen
Could Not Hold?
Information given officers about
I the crash has It that the truck
trailer loaded with cotton1 was
coming east into Shelby, down the
steep Brushy Creek grade. : The
wagon, pulled by two mules and
driven Uy Terry, was in front, al
most half-way down the grade
Seemingly, It Is said, the loaded
truck-trailer unable to hold back
swept down the hill and the drivej
found It impossible to miss tht
wagon, which wan also going down
hill. At the impact the truck, WRg
on, mules and cotton plunged of!
the high embankment on the soutt
side of the highway. The cot tor
and truck immediately caught or
fire. Griffin, the truck driver
crawled out of the wreckage anc
ran up the bank to the highway
The colored man. apparently throwr
with great speed against the pave
ment, was lying eight of ten fee!
from the highway, hi* head «plti
and from all appearances he nevei
knew what him him.
One of the Shelby fire truck*
was sent to the scene and the burn
ing cotton was extinguished after
it had burned together with por
tions of the truck and trailer for
some time. One of the mules, badly
TOURNEY OPENS
The schedule for (he flint two
nights ploy—Tuesday and Wed
nesday—In the annual Cleve
land county basketball tourna
ment Is as follows:
Tuesday Nigh I
Polkvllle vs. Casar,
l.attlmore vs. Grover.
Wednesday Nlfht
Mooresboro vs. Belwood.
Waco vs. Kings Mountain.
Shelby vs. Fallston.
Full details of the tourney and
other sport news on pafe 7.
injured about the leg and stomach,
was shot by officers after It was
learned to whom the mules belong
ed. The other mule seemed to be
injured Internally. It was said, late
Saturday and may have to be kill
ed. It was almost an hour after the
crash before the identity of the
killed negro could be learned.
Officers investigating t£e crash
wreckage said there were no brakes
on the trailer as required by law
Griffin, the truck driver, is report
ed to have told officers that he
could not stop and did his best to
miss the wagon as hip truck came
down the step grade.
The cotton on the truck, it Is
said belonged to the Joseph Clarke
firm of Columbia and was being
hauled from Columbia to Gastonia
Bob Kendrick GeU
In Constable Race
Veteran Officer Announces for No.
6 Constable. Two Others Al
ready In.
R. B. i Bob) Kendrick, veteran of
ficer of the law, announced today
that he would be a candidate In the
Democratic primary to succeed him
self as constable of No. fl township
Two other candidates—Pink Lackey
and ‘'Nickel Bill” Stewart—have al
ready announced for the same Of
ficer- -‘-v -
In announcing Bob, who has serv
ed longer as an officer than any
other now In harness, had no po
litical comment to make. “They all
know me," he said, “and where to
find me. I carry out .my duties as
fairly and efficiently as possible and
that's about all there is to say."
Jo. Daniels Will Not Enter Race
For Governor, He Announced Today
■{airiffI) Editor Prefers To Stick To
Editorial Desk. He
Declares.
M. R. DUNNAGAN.
Star News Bureau.
Italeigh. Feb. 15.—Josephus Dan
iels will not be a candidate for Gov
ernor
In a more than two column state
ment published in Monday's News
and Observer and given to the press
of the State Sunday, the Raleigh
publisher renounces the honor and
the demand of thousands of North
Carolinians, saying he will stick to
his editorial desk and adhere to his
resolution made when he became
editor of the Raleigh paper 40 years
ago, “never to become a candidate
for public office.”
Admittedly, he was giving serious
consideration to the call, and, con
trary to general belief, H is stated
with authority that he has been
nearer to announcing his candidacy
since his accident several weeks ago
than he ever was before. The acci
dent apparently had 111 tie relation
to his decision, other than to give
him more time for consideration.
His decision, it is firmly believed,
closes the list of entrants, for it is
now considered too late for any oth
er candidate, except Mr. Daniels, to
enter the race. However, it is a mat
ter of much speculation as to which
of the three active candidates, J. C,
B Ehringhaus, A. J, Maxwell and
R. T. Fountain, Mr. Daniels will
support. While it is hard to picture
him quiet while a red-hot campaign
is raging over the State, he is ex
pected to take no sides in the pri
mary contest, since neither of the
men represents his views on the is
sues of the day. Mr. Fountain prob
ably approaches them, nearer than
the others.
Mrs. Henderson Addresses Large
Gathering At P. T. A. Meeting Here
Reports From Parent-Teacher Units
Of Shelby Show Beneficial Work
Being Done.
I By Miss Lucille Mulholland )
A general meeting of all Shelby
Parent-Teacher associations was
held last Friday evening in the high
school auditorium. The president of
General P. T. A.. Mrs. -John Schenck,
jr., presided over this meeting. Aft
er a song and the invocation the
Scouts of the city presented an im
pressive program in which they
gave the Scout pledge, laws, bene
diction, and Calvin Cooiiuge’s mes
sage to Scouts. The Shelby High
school mixed chorus, under the di
rection of Mr. Ovid B. Lewis, sang
the recently adopted school song,
written and set to music by Mildred
Laughridge. senior in the local high
school
Reports Made.
Reports from the various presi
dents of the P. T. A. revealed that
unusually good work has been done
j this year in all schools. Mrs. Fields
| Young, president of the Graham
I school P. T. A., said the outstand
ing accomplishment of the associa
tion had been the buying of ade
quate playground equipment and the
raising of *80 00. Mrs. Clyde Nolan,
speaking for the LaFayette school
P. 7\ A., gave as their most note
worthy accomplishments the im
provement of the school grounds,
the purchase of library books, and
the helping of needy children. Mrs
W. P. Craig, president of the Jeff
erson scool P. T. A., reported that
the association had added to the
school library four sets of very val
uable books, that the school grounds
had been beautified, and that play
ground equipment had been bought.
Rev. h. L. Jessup, president of the
South Shelby P. T. A„ reported their
achievements to be beautification of
the school grounds and large con
tributions to needy families. The
president of the Washington school
CONTIXCTED ON PAG* BIOBTl ' !
. IU1 •trum u tc
‘Bob’ Reynolds
Opens Campaign
Candidate Will Speak
At Night
!w>l* Known Asheville Atlornrr to
Fire Opening Gun »n Conrt
House Address.
Robert R. .Our Boh) Rey
nold*. of Asheville, candidate for
the Democratic nomination to
the I'nited .State* Senate. will
formally open hi* campaign with
an addres* In the Cleveland
county court house here on
Thursday night, February 18,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Mi Reynolds. who favors a
change In the prohibition amend
ment. announced some time ago
that he would open his campaign
either in Shelby or Raleigh. It was
not known until the week-end.
however, that he had definitely de
cided to open here
Thursday
To Have Motorcade.
Plans (or the first rally, as an
nounced by Reynolds campaigners,
have all the ear marks of the old
fashioned political gatherings so
t>opular in the old days. Coming to
Shelby with the candidate will be
a motorcade of around 100 automo
biles, tt is said, carrying supporter*
of Reynolds from his home city,
county and section. The motorcade
will come by way of Marion, Mor
ganton. Hickory, Newtcn and Lin
colnton. Mr. Reynolds at first plan
ned to make stjprt speeches at each
town, but has since decided to stop
for only a few minutes to each place
lor the purpose of attracting hun
dreds of citizens from nearby coun
ties to his address here. Arriving In
Shelby early In the afternoon, and
accompanied by his band, the can
didate will lead his baud In a tour
about the city and .suburban tex
tile village*. This ballyhoo combined
with a strong Reynolds popularity
here Is expected to fill the court
house for the Asheville man's op
ening gun tn his battle for Senator
Cameron Morrison's seat
One of the Reynolds organizers
for this section, J. Fell Bablngton,
former Shelby newspaper man, says
that delegations from Rutherford,
Lincoln, Gaston, Burke, Catawba
and neighboring coilnties will at
tend..
Many Barkers.
The rapidly growing number of
! signatures on the Reynolds-for-sen-.
ate club being passed about Shelby
indicate, political observer^ say, a
surprising Reynolds strength in the
section. Although out for only a
few days the sheets bear hundreds
of names Including leading profes
sional and busbies* men and farm
ers.
Reynolds received a very compli
mentary vote tn Cleveland county
In his campaign against Senator
Overman and tk^is is believed to be
one reason for deciding to open hi*
campaign here. He has appeared in
numerous court trials here and is
Idolized by hundreds of textile work
ers in the section
L. Cliff Putnam
Is Buried Today
I Prominent Fanner Of Lower Cleve
land Succumbs To Stroke Of
Paralysis.
Funeral services for Mr. h. Clift
Putnam, prominent farmer of the
lower section of Cleveland countv
were held this afternoon at two
o'clock at Mount Sinai Baptist
church by Rev, J. L. Jenkins, par
lor, assisted by Rev, Rush Padgett.
Mr. Putnam died Sunday morn
ing at 3:30 o'clock after a decline
in health extending over a period
of two years. For the past five
weeks his condition has been help
less and on Tuesday of last week
he suffered a second stroke of par
alysis from which he never recov
ered. He was a son of the hi'C
Samuel Putnam who lost an arm
in the Civil war. Had he lived un
til Thursday of this week he would
have been 65 years of age- He was
married to Miss Pantha Jones cf
the Lattimore section who survives
with ten children: Carl, Wilbur
Shafter, Howard, Summie, Orvil and
Gay Putnam, Mrs. Reuben Me
Swain, Mrs. C^U Dysart, Miss Os
sie Putnam.
Three brother* and two sisters
also survive: Rev. D. F. Putnam
Charlie and Tililen Puaram, Mrs.
J. M. Gold and Mrs. W. Y Elliott
For many years he was a deacon
of the Mount Sinai Baptist church
He was highly respected in the
community which loses a good man
in his passing.