VOL. XXXVIII, No. 77 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 27, 15*82 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons)
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Report; Partly cloudy with local
thunder showers tonight and Tues
day. Not murh change In tempera
ture. I
Opposing Change
Chicago. June 27.—North Carolina
Democrats are prepared to go ‘‘right
down the line" with Governor Roose
velt on everything except the abro
gation of the two-thirds rule, which
he is seeking. The movement now
raging to scrap this sacred Demo
cratic custom precipitated a sharp
rift among Tar Heel delegates to
the party's national convention as
the main group reached Chicago
yesterday and prepared to caucus
this morning. Governor Gardner
and Senator Bailey are actively
leading the wing which is fighting
for retention of the two-thirds rule.
Enrollment For
Boiling Springs
Picking Up Now
Miss v Lee. Honor Graduate Of
Mereditr To Head Junior
College Music Work.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins, new president
of Boiling Springs Baptist junior
college, is anticipating a good year
at the institution when school
opens this fall.
"Prospects for a large enrollment
look good notf,” he said today.
"Every day we have applications
coming in, indicating that many
voung people will take advantage of
the college course we offer at an
unusually low financial cost.”
Miss Mary Pettigrew Lee, who
was an honor graduate at Mere
dith this year and who headed the
principal organizations of college
life at Meredith through her four
rears course, has been elected to
head the music department of the
college. She is a woman of charm
ing personality and music ability.
The Boiling Springs faculty consid
ers themselves fortunate that the
college has been able to secure Miss
Lee to head the music department.
She will teach voice and piano and
will have one or two assistants.
Miss Lee passed thriugh Boiling
Springs Friday accompanied by her
mother, father and two sisters. They
have been spending a week or two
in the mountains of Western North
Carolina. She looked over the insti
tution and expressed great delight
at the prospects. She and her folks
are from Florence, South Carolina,
and they were charmed with this
beautiful country in Western Pied
mont North Carolina. Miss Lee
comes from one of the best families
in the Palmetto state.
Missing Gaffney
Man Located Says
Father In Letter
Ho race Batchelor, Whose Car Was
Found In Shelby. Working In
Western North Carolina.
Horace Batchelor, Gaffney, S. C.,
man. w'ho has been missing since
two weeks ago yesterday, has been
located, is alive and healthy.
This information was learned
here over the week-end when Police
Chief McBride Poston received a
letter from Batchelor's father, W. P.
Batchelor, who Is coroner of Chero
kee county.
My son." the letter stated, "has
been located in Western Jtforth
Carolina. He Is in good health and
at work. I want to thank you and
Sheriff Irvin Alles for the assist
ance given in searching for him.”
Batchelor disappeared two w'eeks
ago. His people were under the im
pression that he wa4 going to take
some negro men in his car to Earl,
in this county, to visit their rela
tives. When he failed to show up a
search was started. Monday morn
' hi* after his disappearance, his car
•s'found three miles east of Shel
by. Both doors were open and
there were signs of a struggle. When
he failed to return home after sev
eral more days relatives began to
fear foul play and officers search
ed the woods in this county.
Last week, however, the report
got out that a note had been found
at his Gaffney home telling his peo
ple not- to worry about him as he
was going away. Then came the
letter from his father stating that
Batchelor had been located.
Plan Caravan For
Reynold# Addre##
Shelby supporters of Robert R.
Reynolds, senatorial candidate, an
nounced today that an automobile
caravan will be formed in Shelby
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
for the purpose of taking Democra
tic >-o*ers to Kings Mountain to hear
the address of Mr. Reynolds at 3
o'clock. It is hoped to have at least
50 automobiles in the caravan. (
Prospects Indicate
Roosevelt Will Win
Democratic Conclave
Opened Today
Washington Thinks Little Chance
Tn Stop Him. Battle Two
Thirds Rule.
Washington, June 27.—The politi
cians spent much of their time yes
terday mulling over the latest re
turns from Chicago, mast of the re
ports agreeing that Governor Roose
velt had gained ground with the re
tirement of Senator Lewis, and the
tentative prohibition plank agreed
upon by the resolution committee.
There is an Impression that the
igony will not be prolonged, that
Roosevelt will be chosen by dele
gates who have no desire to help out
Chicago hotels seeking to avoid re
ceiverships.
About the only reason for believ
ing that the stop-Roasevelt forces
may finally succeed is found in the
fact that on their side is found what
has been termed the imponderables.
For one thing, most of the best and
most experienced politicians are on
the side of Smith and the favorite
sons, and these well seasoned boys
may be able to snatch victory from
defeat.
Convention Opens
Convention Headquarters, Chicago.
June 27.—Barring unforseen hap
penings, Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt, it seemed certain last
night. will be nominated as the
Democratic' presidential candidate
this week.
Victory talk permeated his head
quarters and spread through the
convention throngs as they assem
bled in the stadium this morning for
the convention opening
The Smith and other anti-Roose
velt forces, however, kept up their
barrage against him.
Mayor Hague, of Jersey City, who
hurled a sharp blast at Roosevelt
Thursday as the “weakest candi
date”—and a loser. If named—fol
lowed this up with a new attack. In
it, he vowed that the "Stop Roose
velt” forces would keep up their
two-thirds rule fight: charged
Roosevelt with giving, but later
breaking his "word as a gentleman”
to support Jouett Shouse as the
convention’s permanent chairman:
and called the anti-Shouse cam
paign “indefensible.”
Roosevelt Dental
When Roosevelt headquarters
heard of the second attack by Hague
describing Roosevelt as having
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Elect Shelby Man
As Lions Director
Dr. B. B. Matthews On Directorate
Of District Lions. Weathers
Speaks.
Greensboro. June 27.—Lions of the
31st district at their 10th annual
meeting Friday at the King Cotton
hotel re-elected Hugh G. Mitchell,
of Statesville, district governor, and
chose as lieutenant governors Wil
liam H. Sullivan, of Greensboro, and
Rev. John Barkley, of Wilson, At
th% same time they selected Ashe
ville as the 1933 convention city. As
members of the board of directors
of the state organization the con
vention named the following: *
James J. Doyle, Charlotte; Forest
Heath, Raleigh; • Luther Martin,
Winston-Salem; Jake Weaver, Ashe
ville; Lester Rose, Wilson; Rufus
Johnson. Gastonia; McKeeoe Maf
fitt, Wilmington; B. B. Matthews,
Shelby; W. M. Fain, Murphy.
Maurice R. Weathers, a member
of the Shelby Lions club, was jpne
of the speakers at the Friday
morning session.
First Bloonfs Of
Cotton Reported
The first cotton blooms ol
the season are now being re
ported some earlier than last
year. Rawleljrh Gold, who
lives two miles of Lattlmore
in No. 7 township gathered two
full open blooms from his
field Friday. June 24th. He
has seven acres of fresh land
and his crop is looking fine.
Lowery Brothers, merchants
and planters of Patterson
Springs reported blooms in
their fields this morning.
Mrs. Laughridge
Died This M'ji
Well Known Shelby Woman Dead
After Months III Health.
Funeral Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. W. Laughridge, aged
45, well known Shelby woman who
has been in declining health for a
number of months died early thisj
morning at Morganton.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the residence, with Dr. E. K. Mc
Larty. pastor of Central Methodist
church, in charge. Interment will
be In Sunset cemetery.
Mrs. Laughridge was Miss Myrtle
Kennedy, of Thomasville, prior tc
her marriage to Mr. Laughridge, one
of Cleveland’s best known business
men. She was a member of Central
Methodist church, loyal to her
friends, and was admired and re
spected by those who knew her
during the years she lived here.
Four Children
She is survived by her husband
and the following children: Vir
ginia. Charlie May. Guy and Jean
Laughridge. Surviving also are one
brother and one sister Charlie
Kennedy, of Cole. S. C., and Mrs.
Chas. Hughes.
Form Kennel Club
At Meeting Here
Dan Frailer Heads Organization Of
Do* Owners For
W. N. C.
At a meeting of dog owners and
fanciers of this section held Friday
night in connection with a barbe
cue, the Western North Carolina
Kennel Club was organized in pre
liminary form.
A second meeting of the organi
zation will be held at the court
house in Shelby Friday night of this
week and at that time it is hoped
to have dog fanciers from all sec
tions In Western North Carolina
present. All dog owners and sports
men will be urged to affiliate.
At the first meeting Dan Frazier,
of Shelby, was elected president of
the club, and J. L. McDowell was
named secretary, and treasurer
Other officers and directors will be
named at the meeting this week.
Trade Day July 2
Planned At Lawndale
A general trade day is being
planned for Lawndale on Saturday
July 2nd. It is understood the com
munity is entering into the trade
day plan and all people who have
anything of any kind to trade, are
invited to attend. This will be a
monthly event, taking place on each
first Saturday.
Tennessee Man Proposes $25-Bill
Plan Similar To Shelby $50 Idea
Would Give Everybody $25 With
Two-Cent Stamp Going On
Bill Eeach Week.
Shelby’s $50-bill "cure” for the
depression is not only being widely
talked, but has started similar
schemes founded on the same basic
principle. A Tennessee man has put
forward a scheme of a similar na
ture. details of which are given in
the following Chattanooga dispatch:
‘‘J. P. Winn, assistant treasurer of
the city of Chattanooga, offered his
depression plan, which is a sure and
rapid cure, in the words of the au
thor.
"Winn proposes that the federal
government lencj every man, wom
an and child $25. That, he says will
produce $3,000,000,000 in cash money,
a turnover every year of $156,000.
000,000 in addition to a clear $120,
[ 000,000 yearly profit for the govern
ment.
“The plan:
"The loans will be made In one
dollar bills. Each of them, if held
by one person for a week, will be
liable to a two-cent stamp. At the
end of the year they would be re
deemable if all the required stamps
were attached.
“The $3,000,000,000 cash proposi
tion is reached by multiplying the
U. S. population of 120,000.000 by 25
Winn figures that each bill will be
spent 52 times to avoid buying a
stamp, giving the $156,000,000,000
turnover. The government will sell,
he figures, $3,126,000,000 worth of
stamps, subtract the $3,000,000,000
loan and you have the $120,000,000
profit.
“In other words, says Winn, the
joverranent lends its people $3,000.
300,000 for one year at four per
cent interest, which will more than
pay the cost of issuing the money.”
How Delegates Line Up on Eve of Convention
This graphic map shows at a glance the strength of the candidates for
the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. It will be noted that
Governor Roosevelt, though an Easterner, is drawing the bulk of his
pledged votes from the West Middle West and South. Garner defeated
the New York Governor in the California primaries, winning the support
of the state delegation of 44. The Texas vote bring* the Speaker’s pledged
to til to 90. Smith’s great strength lies In Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Connecticut and somewhat in Pennsylvania with the latter
splitting; its 70 votes 6(5 to Roosevelt and 20 to Smith. New Yorh'
unpledaed vote of 94 will probably decide the fate of the Roosevelt candi
dacy. If the two-thirds rule prevails, 770 votes will be necessary for
nomination.
Democratic Convention To Be Short;
Governor Has $130 For Spending
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Paper Figures Delegate* Do Not
Have Enough Money For
Deadlock Meet.
The Democratic convention In
Chicago will not last as long, no
matter what happens, as did the
deadlock convention In Madison
Square Garden, New York, in 1924
That's the opinion offered by the
Raleigh News and Observer. And
the opinion Is backed with the news
that Governor Gardner has only
$130 to spend on the trip, and when
a governor has no more than that
it isn’t likely that the average dele
gate can afford to stay much long
er either. Says the Raleigh paper:
“Try as they will the gentlemen
behind the Stop Roosevelt move
ment are not going to be able to
create any prolonged deadlock like
that at Madison Square Garden in
1924. What else may happen is In
the lap of the gods, but it is cer
tain that this is going to be a short
convention. Governor Max Gardner
gives the reason why.
“ ‘Back then 1 felt the cost of the
protracted convention keenly.* the
governor said. ‘but this time it
would be all the more painful. In
fact, I am counting on making the
entire trip on $130.' •
“To pry into the governor s per
sonal mathematics: the railroad
fair to Chicago and return will cost
him $48.10. Granting him the gub
ernatorial dignity of a lower berth,
that item to Chicago and return will
cost him $24. That makes $72.18,
leaving him $57.82 for all expenses
in Chicago. A governor has to sleep,
he has to eat like other mortals.
Fifty-seven dollars and eiglity-two
cents will not last long in Chicago.
"There are hundreds of such fi
nlcial Max Gardners among the
delegates to the Democratic nation
al convention. All of them are anx
ious to give Democracy a peerless
leader and a potent platform, but all
of them, when that $130 begins to
dwindle, are going to want to come
home. The country can be sure that
the Democrats won’t take very long.”
North Ca'lina Cawn Best
Chicago, June 27.—'The governor
of North Carolina said to the gov
ernor of South Carolina Saturday
that—he was for Franklin D. Roose
velt.
And the governor of South Car
olina replied that he was, too.
As the governors—Max Gardner
of North Carolina, and Ira C.
Blackwood, of South Carolina—pos
ed for pictures, someone shouted to
the latter:
“Tell Max that South Carolina
corn is better than North Carolina.”
Gardner beamed a broad smile
and said:
“You're wrong.”
Nine June Brides Here
With only three more days of
June to go, a total of nine couples
have secured marriage license in
Cleveland county this year. The
month of brides started off slow at
the marriage bureau, but, business
has picked up since. A total of 39
couples have secured marriage li
cense in the county diving the first
six months of 1932.
50-Cent Tax Now On
Rea! Estate Trades
The new federal government tax
bill will also be felt by people who
make real estate trades.
A. K. Newton, register of deeds for
Cleveland county, has been notified
that, effective June 31, a 50-cent tax
charge must be made on all real
estate transfers and conveyances
the tax payment to be made when
the transfer or deed is recorded. The
50-cent tax is for property valued
up to $500 with an additional 50
cents for each $500 or fraction
thereof above the first $500
B. And L. Meet
Best In Years
Shelby Men Returns from Annual
Meeting Of State league At
IV rights vtlle
J. Frank Roberts and Geo P.
Hoyle who returned Friday from
Wrightsville where they attend
ed the annual meeting of the
state Building and Loan League
report the best meeting the league
has ever had.
The attendance this year was
the largest in the history oi the
league, they report and the meeting
itself was one of the best, of its kind
yet held in the State. There was a
note of optimism running through
out the entire meeting and the build
ing and loan officers from every
section of the state returned to
their homes very greatly encouraged
over the outlook for the future as
regards building and loan. Many
practical subjects were discussed
and policies for a more efficient
handling of the building and loan
business were discussed. Establish
ment of the proposed Home Loan
bank by the Federal government
was looked upon as a matter of es
pecial interest and the belief was
expressed by the leaders that its es
tablishment is assured. The bill in
stituting this bank has already
passed the house and is now in the
senate.
All those present were more
thoroughly convinced tnan ever
that the building and loan organi
zation promises to play an increas
ingly important position in the life
of practically every community in
the state.
Bennett Baby Died
In Raleigh Today
Little Barbara Ann Bennett, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AI
R. Bennett, died at the Bennett
home in Raleigh at 10:20 this morn
ing, according to information re
ceived here. Funeral services were
to be held this afternoon in Win
ston-Salem. The Bennetts former
ly lived tn Shelby and are well
known in the city. Mr Bennet. for
merly an attorney, is now connect
ed with a Raleigh bank as trust of
ficer. Mrs. Bennett was formerly a
teacher in the Shelby schools
Palmer And Mis*
Holland Selected
As The Healthiest
The healthiest girt In the
l-H clubs of Cleveland coun
ty I* Miss Mary Sue Holland,
of Roiling Springs, and the
healthiest boy I* Charles Pal
mer. son of Mr. and Mrs. Am
Palmer, of Polkvllle.
Miss Holland and young
Palmer were selected in the
county-wide health contest ol
l-H clubs held In Shelby Iasi
week. The selection was
made by Dr. D. F. Moore,
county physician, from a
group of 14 boys and girls
representing that many 4-II
clubs in the county.
Cleveland's healthiest bos
and girl will go to Charlotte
for the district contest,, and II
they should win there will g<
to Raleigh for the state eon
test. Young Palmer was picked
as the eounty’s healthiest bov
last year and tied for first
honors In the district contest
W. S. Dilling 111 In
St. Peters Hospital
Friends throughout the state of
W. S. Dilling of Kings Mountain,
will regret to learn that he Is criti
cally 111 at St. Peters hospital, in
Charlotte where he underwent an
operation Wednesday. Mr. Dilling is
one of fcings Mountains leading cit
izens and is one of the state’s
widely known cotton manufacturers.
Mr, Dilling's wife and daughter
and son, Mrs. Booth Gillespie ol
Kings Mountain, and Robert Dilling
of the aviation corps, at Greenville,
S. C. are at his bedside
Barn Robbed Here
The barn of Pink Woods. whe
lives in the Hopper Park section, wai
broken Into Saturday night. Th<
thieves took away a set of plon
lines, check lines, and a half sacl
of fertilizer.
Senate Contest
To Be Close; Say
Ehringhaus Ahead
; Star Bureau Writer Look* Over Po
tltlral Activities In Final
Week.
(By ,W. R. OINNAOAN, Star New
Bureau.)
Raleigh. June 27-Two State
wide political contests are steam
ing up to a grand finish next Sat
urday, when the Democratic voter
of North Carolina will decide whetl
er they will have J. C. E. Ehring
haus or R, T. Fountain as their gu
bernatorial nominee, and Senate
Morrison or Robert R. Reynolds a
! the senatorial nominee in the Nov
ember election. The'third race, tha
i for commissioner of labor with Co
A. L. Fletcher and Clarence f
Mitchell, both of Raleigh, as prlnci
pats, 1s an Interesting side show.
The nomination of Mr Ehring
haus as candidate for governor 1
very generally accepted, few be
llevtng Mr. Fountain can overcom
the 47,000 lead tn the first three
cornered primary, and at a disad
vantage in organization, finance
find in other respects. Mr. Fountaii
is pictured as a reluctant candidat
tn the second race, pushed in b
the insistence of supporters wh
seem bent upon annoying the lead
er, rather than entertaining hope
for success of their candidate.
Major L. P. McLendon predicts
i majority of 100.000 for his candl
j date. Mr. Ehringhaus, others sayin
It will ,be two-to-one, but all de
; pends upon the number of vote
'cast. Doubt Is expressed that it wi
be more than 300,000. Major Me
Lendon’s stock as a prophet wer
up when it was found, after he pre
dieted Mr. Ehringhaus would t
fjrst or second in 96 of the 1C
counties, that he missed It only fiv
leading in 57 and second in 3
j Manager J. L. DeLaney’s claim th<
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Eight Candidates For High Offices
In State Spent $44,000 In Campaigr
Eight Men Who Sought Highest
Offices In First Primary File
Final Reports.
Raleigh, June 27.—Approximately t
$44,000 was spent by the eight men
who sought the democratic nomi
nations to two of the highest offic
es North Carolina has to offer—the
governorship and representation tn
the United States senate—in the
June 4 primary.
This was indicated by reports on
file with Secretary of State James
A. Hartness. The time for filing
complete statements of expenditur
es for the first primary expired at
midnight
Senator Cameron Morrison, who
trailed Robert Reynolds for the
[senatorial nomination, and J. C. R
Rhringhaus, who led the guberna
torial race by 47,000 votes, reported
the greatest amount of expenditures
in their sworn statemepts,
Morrison spent $11,497.68 for h
fight for the senatorial nominatio
for which a run-off primary wit
Reynolds is necessary to decide tt
winner. Reynolds’ report showe
he spent $1-,636.50 for the first can
paign.
Guberr'itial Race.
Ehringhaus, who has Lieut. Go\
R. T. Fountain as a run off oppc
nent, spent $10,832.50, and A. .
Maxwell, the third man who ws
eliminated in the first gubernator
ial contest, was a close second wit
expenditures reported at $10,793.81
No complete statement of Foun
tain spendings was on file for th
first primary for the lieutenant gov
ernor had filed a report which in
eluded all of Ills spending since th
preliminary report made before th
fir'# primary, taking m some of tb
run off primary costs.
Fountain's preliminary repor
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One Week Until
Second Primary
Voting In State
Cleveland Ha* Two
County Race*
County Voters To fast Ballots In
Ktve Contests. Campalrnlnjr
Active Now.
Democratic voters of Cleveland
county have until Saturday to de
cide their selection for United Stat
es senator, governor, labor*' com
missioner. county sheriff and coun
ty recorder.
With only the remainder of the
week to go until the second pri
mary bade of the year, political ac
tivity In the county Is expected to
liven up .
Interest In 2 Races.
Major tnterest hereabouts centers
In two contests, one a state race
and the other a county contest
Those races are the senatorial bat
tle between Senator Cameron Mor
rison and Robert R Reynolds and
the sheriffs race between Sheriff
Irvin M. Allen and Raymond Cline
One of the other two State races,
the gubernatorial contest betwee.n
J. C. B Ehringhaus and R. T. Foun
tain. holds quite a bit of interest,
but, not near as much as the sen
atorial conflict. One reason perhaps
Is that it Is generally believed that
Ehringhaus will carry the county by
a comfortable majority and will do
likewise In the State. Fountain ran
third in the county in the first race
with A. .J. Maxwell placing a good
isecond. The opinion is that a ma
jority of the Maxwell vote in Cleve
land will go to Ehringhaus.
The other State contest Is that
between Arthur Fletcher and Clar
ence Mitchell for labor commission
er, the post now held by Frank D
Grist. Fletcher, from what little
talk is heard. Is believed to hold an
edge in Cleveland county. He is a
former service man and a number
of county veterans were In outfits
with him. Other county citizens at
tended Wake Forest while Fletcher
j was there. These connection* to.
gether with a personal visit "by
Major Fletcher last week Increased
his strength.
. if for nothing else than that the
outcome is predicted as a close one
r Allen led In the first contest, in
n which there were four candidates.
. but Cline polled a good second place
t vote. Both men are popular, haws
icoNTmtrsD ch« e*o* koht >
The Com,*t\ Races.
s General reports are that the
Sheriff's contest will be Interesting
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questions? Turn to page 3 for the
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' 2. Who Is next In line of syecei
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s 3. Where Is Theodore Roosevelt
burled?
j 4. What president was nicknamed
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? 5. Who Is called the Father of the
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13. To what political party did
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14. Which president of the United
States was a mason and afterwards
recanted?
15. Which president was nick
named “Rough and Ready”?
16. What day of the month is de
signated for the presidential elec
tion?
17. Who was the Democratic can
didate for president in 1904?
18. Who shot President McKinley?
19. Which vice-presidents have
succeeded to the presidency on the
death of the president?
20. Do residents of the Philippine
Islands vote in the presidential
elections?
Rogers Adds Salesmen
Mr. R, H. Rogers, head of Rogers
Motors. Shelby Ford agency, an
nounced today that three new sales
men hav* b*eti added to bis fore*.
Tbev are D D. Pou and Mr Elmer*,
of Shelby, and Mr. Wall of Dur
iham. the latter being a brother of
igr, Walt