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. . 10 PAGES I TODAY * .■_. . S'™ ■' " U. J-L IVv Mail. per rear, (in advaocal - til t. Cnrtlat. oar raar. On a<1"inpai UIO Late News THE MARKET Cotton. spot basic ....... ti',r Cotton Seed, bu. . ...... ls*ji Cloudy Saturday Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Mostly cloudy and warmer showers in extreme west portion tonight and Saturday. Possibly Saturday night. The Final Push Raleigh, Nov. 4.—With only three days left for campaigning before Tuesday's general elections. Demo cratic and Republican leaders to day were preparing to wind up their drives for votes, Robert R. .Reynolds, Democratic candidate for senator, will bring his campaign to a close Saturday night with an address to his home town folks at Asheville. This engagement origin ally was scheduled for election eve, but was moved up in view’ of Ashe ville precinct meetings Monday I night, .lake K. Newell, Republican j nominee for senator, will make a , politiral address here Monday night l>efore waiting to see what the polls i say. Institutions In County Get Good Report From Jury t ourt House, Jail And County Home Found In Good Condition. Praise Home. Cleveland county institutions are In good condition and are being properly managed, according to the Superior court grand jury which made Its report to Judge Michael Schenck here this week. In fact, the Jury commended the general management of county af fairs. The customary Jury investigation, It was said in the if port signed by W. A. Ware, foreman, found the jail in sanitary condition and the in mates being well treated- The jury however; recommended the painting of the entire interior of the jail and exposed wood and metal portion of the exterior. The court house offices were found in orderly condition and county records neatly kept. In the report on the condition of the county home for the aged and infirm exceptional praise was given conditions there and the manage ment of Mr. and Mrs. Borders. The inmates were found to be properly treated and cared for and the home and buildings clean and In good chape. The farm methods of the home came in for a word of praise, and the home taken as a whole was described as a mouel of cleanli ness ” Jury Service Is A Public Duty Says Judge Schenck Here Speaking on the duty of the peo ple towards the courts. Judge Mich ael Schenck who is presiding over the superior court here thus week appealed for popular support of the courts a.s he spoke last night j before the Kiwants club. “Every' man should think of jury service as a patriotic duty and when good men serve willingly, the criticism' of the courts will cease." Judge Schenck said. The jurist explained the three J divisions of government and the I various branches or wings of the judiciary, pointing out that the superior court comes in closer con tact with the masses of the people than any other branch. The judge was introduced by Attorney D, Z. Newton. Scout Honor Court Here Monday Night Troops From Five Or Morr Com munities Will Take Part. Whisnant To Preside. A Boy Scout court of honor for the Shelby district of the Boy Scouts of America will be held at the county court house on Monday night, November 7th. at 7:30 o'clock. Scout troops from Shelby. Polkville Belwood, Sharon. MooreSboro anti perhaps from other section of thi. county and Rutherford county will: participate in the exercises of the j meeting. • Joe Whisnant judge of the Court i of honor will preside and will be assisted by the regular member ship of the Shelby district commit tee. R. M. Schiele, scout executive of the Piedmont council will be present to assist in the work of the court. , Propst Grocery Moves Tn order to get into larger quar ters. J, O. Props* and Son, retail jfrocery, has moved from the Wood sort building on S. laKayette street te the Royster building on the same street. This grocery now oc cupies the stand formerly occupied by the Whisonnnr milltnerv store Hoey Speech Saturday Night To Close Campaign; Newell Speaks Expect Large Crowd To Hear Hoey Democrats Plan Enthusiastic Rally To Climax Campaign In County. A iast bid for vote;; will be made in Shelby tomorrow. Saturday, by two men ranked among the best orators of the Democratic and Re publican parties.'Clyde R Hoev and Jake F. Newell. Mr. Newell speaks In the court house at 2 in the -afternoon as the highlight of a county-wide Republi can rally, while Mr. Hoey speaks at 7:30 in the evening at a county wide Democratic gathering. Last Minute Push. Indications arc that the Demo crats will carry the county with a very good majority, but Democratic leaders are taking no undue chane i es and the Republicans will make a j final effort which will be centered about the Newell speech. Ehringhaus Tonight. Tonight at Kings Mountain John C. B. Ehringhaus? Democratic can didate for governor. will speak . Delegations of Democrats from Shelby and over the county arc ex pected to go there for the address. With the campaign in the last la;: county Democrats will, to use a street phrase, “shoot the works" on i the Hoey speech here Saturday' night. A band will produce music for the occasion and there was talk 1 today of a parade about the,court’ •square just prior to the address. It1 is believed that the meeting will have all the trimmings and enthus iasm of the political rallies of old The Democrats are scenting a na-1 tion-wide victory lor the first time! in years and interest is running! high. Special seating arrangements are! being planned for iadies who attendj the Hoey speech, and today all ] county Democratic candidates at | work over the county were urging voters of all sections to "see if we! can get out as many to hear^Mf. Hoey in his home county as have' been turning out to hear him alii ever the State." These campaigners; are citing the fact 'hat hundreds had to be turned away at Winston Salem, Morganton, and other points where the Shelby orator has been speaking. Local people who have heard him elsewhere say: "He's al ways one of the best to hear in a 'CONTINUED ON CAGE TEN Voting Will Start At 6:55 On Tuesday Raleigh. Nov. 4.—The sun. rules the legal time lor casting ballots in North Carolina, therefore next Tuesday early risers in the east will be able to vote half-an-hour before their western Tar Heel brothers. North Carolina law states that the polls shall open at sunrise and close at sunset. Lee A. Denson, in charge of the United States weather bureau here has compiled the opening and clos ing time for five places scattered over the state as follows: Town Open Close Elizabeth City 5:34 a. m. 5:02 p. m. Raleigh ... 6:44 a. m. 5:12 p. m. Salisbury ... 6:51 a. m. 5:19 p. m Hickory ... 6:55 a. m. 5:23 p. m. Murphy .... 7:05 a. m. 5:33 p. m Wilson Sells Home, Moves To His Farm James A. Wilson has sold his two story home and seven acres of land on the Cleveland Springs road and moved to his farm near Patterson’s flower house, just east of Cleveland Springs. Mr. Wilson sold his prop erty he stated this morning to R. S. Floyd of Kershaw. S. C. Cherokee County Considers Another Route For Highway To Join No. 18 Speaks At Home Clyde R. Hoey, premier campaigner for North Carolina Democracy, will close the campaign in his home town of Shelby Saturday night at a big Democratic rally to be held in the court house. Big Crowd Turns Out At Casar For Democratic Rally Carpenter And Midi Heard By Carte Audience In Normal Republican .Section. torn,Tgllfi j-JlljltlW' *3^• *' i • *'* It truly must be e Democratic year, Cleveland county politicians were saying today, after attending or hearing of a big Democratic rally held last night at Casar. The Casar section is normally a Republican stronghold. Two weeks ago Chas. A. Jonas. Republican con gressional candidate, spoke there and was heard by a crowd of two to three hundred people considered a good audience for a political meet ing there. But -last night a Demo cratic rally held at the same place drew, it was reported today, between five and six hundred people. The speakers were Solicitor John G. Carpenter, of Gastonia, and Judge John P. Mull, of Shelby, and both drew frequent applause. Practically all of the Democratic county can didates were present, and Demo cratic workers were today express ing the belief that “we might even carry Casar. That's how the land slide is sweeping” Bill Wray Sick In Asheville Hospital W, B. (Bill) Wray, former Shelby citizen who has been living for many years at Burnsville where he operates the Nu-Wrav hotel, has entered the Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment. He has been suffering with a heart trouble for several months Kennel Club Will Meet Friday Niirht An important meeting of the Western Carolinas Kennel club will be held at the court house in Shel by tonight, Friday. The meeting will begij* at 8 o'clock, according to J. L. McDowell, secretary Veterans Arranging Program For Armistice Day Program Next Friday Big Parade Starts At High School. -Salute And Wreath For War Dead. Members of the Warren Hoyle American Legion post were busy today arranging details for the big Armistice day pro^am to be held in Shelby next Friday, Nov. 11. The program will begin at 11 o'clock in the morning - oft the court square where the World war dead of the county will be honored. A wreath will be placed on I he memorial tablet a. brie* talk w’ll be made, and several musical selections will be followed by a salute fired by a squad from company K. Immediately after the tribute to the war dead, the. big parade will form at the fvmrij! high school on West Marion street. From that point the parade will pass through the city and later go to the fair grounds, where a program will get underway at 1:30 and continue un til 5 in the afternoon. May Close Stores A committee has b^en appointed to confer with business men about closing local stores from 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. This committee will also arrange for decorations, floats, etc. It Is composed of Basil Ciopdr, Ohas Swafford. Bill McCord. l*ew!f{ Quinn. A. V. Wray. Dale Yates, Gene Schenek Lindsay Dai! Frank Hoe., and Jake Hudasill. Special divisions In the parade will be marshalled by the follow rCONTllflJW* ON I’AOf ien Gaffney fiUwm I'rce (umpletlon' Of Hoai) l.tnkliiK Counties And State* The long delayed completion of the Shelby-Gaffney highway, or the route known as No. 18 in this coun ty and State, is now being consid ered once more by commissioners of Cherokee and the S. C. highway commission. At a meeting of the Cherokee ommissioners last week officials and leaders of Gaffney ^appeared and asked completion of (lie road. Several years ago North Carolina extended Highway 18. from Mor gan ton to Shelby, or. south to the South Carolina line, with the agree ment that South Carolina was to meet the highway at that point. Delayed several times, the plan now being considered would call, it Is said, fo ra now route to the North Carolina line. Gives Data. The Gaffney Ledger, discussing • lie proposed completion of the road, ays: "The commissioners advised a delegation asking for the comple tion of the grading on the Shelby highway, held up for many months, to petition the state highway de partment to accept and approve a new survey from the Stacy Ferry ICONTTNUSD ON PAG* TEN , Wheelbarrow Wager On Election Placed By Two Shelby Men Cl(V. Soda And "Georgia Buggy ' Ride Goes To Winner Of Bel. The oniy lock! ’wheclburrou elec - tion bet in Shelby during the cam paign was reported today. Marvin < Hump) McSwain. a Roosevelt back er, and Walter (Swarfs' Smith, a Hoover supporter, are the contract ing parties. The loser must purchase the win ner a cigar and a banana royal in addition to wheeling him complete ly around the court square in "a Georgia buggy"! The wheelbarrow; bet Is to be paid off Saturday, Nov. 12, the wheelbarrow ride starting at Clark's Hardware, South LaFayette street, circling the square and busi-1 ness section and returning to the j Chocolate shop on South LaFayette. Baby And Flower Show Wednesday Will Be Held At Hotel Charles Basement. Sponsored By Club. A baby and flower show will be i held Wednesday, November 9th from 4 to 8 o’clock ih the basement of the Hotel Charles, the show be ing sponsored by the music and arts department of the Woman's club. Prizes will be awarded for the healthiest • baby. prettiest girl, handsomest boy and “cutest” baby under three years of age. Of course the names of the judges will b strictly secret. Mothers who plan to enter their babies will bring them to the show place on Monday from 2 to 5 o’clock for examination by the doctors, i Those who enter flowers should [ send them by Wednesday after ' noon at 2 o’clock. “Wayside” Brown Is Here Tonight i Harold C. < Wayside i Brown of 1 Charlotte will be the principal i speaker at the South Shelby P. T. i A. meeting tonight. The meeting will be held in the school house and the program will include "Uncle Joe” Robinson, said to be the cham pion banjo picker of the two Caro j linas. Proceeds from the program i tonight will be used to finance Mr. ] Brown’s work among the shut-ins. Cloth Mill Opens Retail Outlet Here I _ Today the Cleveland Cloth mill opens a retail outlet for attractive fall patterns of ladies dress goods in the Oardner building arrow the street from the Hotel Charles. The dress materials are of novelty rayon crepes, satins and taffetas made at this local plant. This display and sale will run during November and may be repeated for a week or ten clays each succeeding season. If suf ficient Interest is manifested. ■ Phillips Dies Of Injuries In Hospital Here Was Struck By Car On Wednesday I'uiirral STrvIrf* tor Bolting SprliiRji Man llrld Thrr* This Afternoon. Injuries received Wednesday morning when he whs struck by an automobile at Boiling Springs prOv ed fatal to Fred Phillips, 3a year - old farmei of that section. Mr Phillips died in the Shelby hospi tal, where he was brought burned! ately after the accident, st eleven o’clock Wednesday night. Funeral services were conducted at the Bolling Springs Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. J, L. Jenkins conducting the services. Surviving are his widow and one son A. W„ aged sewi; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Phillips, of the Billing Springs section; and two brothers and one sister, Max Erie Phillips, Ralph Phillips and Pearl Phillips. The deceased had lived In the Boiling Springs section for around 13’years and was a popular and highly esteemed cltiren of that community. Earlier in life he had lived In the Fallston section and was a member of the Methodist church there. Internal Injury The injuries which proved fatal were received about 9 o'clock Wed nesday morning. Mr. Phillips, in formation is. had started across the road in Boiling Springs, at a spot near the Hord garage. One report, as given officers .stated that he stepped from behind a parked truck and in the pathway of an approach ing automobile driven by W. T. Gossett, of Oastonia. said to be a Swift packing company salesman He was knocked, it was said yester day, about 80 feet- One leg and one arm were broken and lie was rushed to the Shelby hospital. At firs* H fltat he was critically injured, but later In the day internal injuries began to have their effect and by nightfall he was considered in extreme con dition. He was never unconscious and was able to talk up until a few minutes prior to his death. The news of his death prostrated both his mother, who has been ill. and his wife. Soon after the accident Wednes day Gossett, driver of the car, was placed under bond for his appear ance in county court on the 25th of this month. Whether or not the date will be changed since Phillips death is not known. Officers who investigated the fatal accident, state that information given them indicated that in one way the ac cident appeared unavoidable In that Phillips came out from behind the truck and could not be seen until that time by the approaching car. They added, however, that meas urements of the distance required to stop the automobile tended to indicate that the car was travelling at what might have been an exces sive speed. Market* Close All stacks,cotton and grain mark ets throught the nation will be closed Tuesday, election day Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two tor the answers. 1. Who was apollo? 2. Where is the Yser canal? 3. What form of government nas Peru? 4. In which state was Amelia Earhart Putnam born? 5. Where is Bombay? 6. How much is a milliard? 7. How many ounces in a troy pound? 8. Hi which state is Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson? 9. Wliat is the nickname for Pennsylvania? 10. Who wrote he novel, "Oliver Twist?" ■11. Name the New York state prison at Ossining? 12. Where is Dartmouth college? 13. Who-is the new manager of the Washington American league baseball club? 14. Do participants in Olympic games receive any compensation? 15. Where did William Jennings Bryan deliver his famous "Cross of Gold" speech? !6 What doe: the term magni- j tude’ u applied to the stars mean"! !?. In which state was Martin, Van Buren the governor* 18. What implements are used in shooting craps? 20. Who is the cmpeior pi TndtA?! Star Witness who "Backfired” F.xpected to bo thr State k star witness in the trial of her husband, Victor Downs (inset), at Ktverhead, L. l„ for the murder of Frank Tuthill, eccentric corn doctor, Mitxi Down* (above) created a sensation in court when she frantically accused the prosecutor, L, Barron Hill, of tricking her and making her lie. According to police, Mrs. Downs had previously signed an alleged account of TutlitH’s death, but the woman assorted in court that she was forced to sign the statement introduced as evidence against her husband. Farmers Take Advantage Of Loans On Cotton At 9 l-2c lb. Collateral Zeb C. Mtnitjr Explain* Collateral Allowance. Looks For Market I’p-Turn. Several thousand. North Carolina seed loan borrowers are taking ad i vantage of the collateralization plan ! under which the government ac cepts cotton at 9 1-2 cents per pound as collateral on seed loans, Z. C. Mauney said here today after attending a meeting of the board of directors of the North Carolina Oo*w» Arf-o ciation in Raleigh yesterday. Mr. Mauney, who is cooperative director from the fourteenth dis trict, composed of Cleveland. Lin coln, Polk, Gaston and Rutherford counties, explained Unit the 9 1-2 cents per pound- collateral allow ance Is based on middling 7-8 cot ton and that premiums ranging from 25 cents to as much as $10-50 per bale are allowed for better i grades and staples. Enumerating the advantages the I cotton cooperative offers in handl | Ing seed loan cotton for borrowers, Mr. Mauney said: "All seed loan cotton handled by (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN Mrs. George Mauney Dies Near Lawndale Widow Of George Manner Suci uinIm From A Stroke. Buried At Palm Tree. Mrs. Mary Alice Mauney. widow of George Mauney, died Tuesday niglit at midnight following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered on Tuesday. Mis. Mauney had been in declining health for sometime suf fering with high blood pressure. She was a faithful member of Palm Tree church and lived in that community where she was held in highest esteem. She was born Nov. 5th. 1864 and was 67 years: 11 ! months and 26 days old. i Surviving are two sisters Miss Fannie Philbeck and Mrs. Lum Peeler and one brother Andrew Philbeck. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Palm Tree church by Rev. | E. E. Snow, the pastor, assisted by ftev. G. E. Ridge. i„— -:--„— -„ Ben Jenkins Off To National Contest Young Karrarr Of County I* Offi cial lielegatc And Stock iadp. Ben Jenkins, Jr.. of this county, will leave Monday for Raleigh to join other members of the state's livestock Judging team on a trip to •UMuaft’OtvjT Mo. to attend arm na tional contest. Young Jenkins won this honor to represent North Car olina in the national stock Judging contest In a series of elimination contests. He is also one of two North Car olina delegates from the organiza tion, known as the Future Farmers of America* which will hold a meeting at the same time in Kan sas City. Young Jenkins is a dele gate to this meeting by reason of the fact, that he is vice president of the state organization. Sunday School Meet At Lattimore Nov. 6 Program Arranged On Financial Systems In Baptist Churches. Hie Kings Mountain Sunday school association will be held with the Lattimore Baptist church on Sunday, Nov. 6th at 2:30, and the theme for discussion will be the Baptist churches and thetr finan cial systems. J. W. Costner, superintendent, has arranged the following pro gram : -0 2:30 music by Bolling Springs junior college glee club. 2:40 Bap tist pastors should be paid a rea sonable salary, along with proper support from the church to mission work, by G. T. Cabiness of Zion. 2:55 A good financial system is necessary for highest development of individual church members, by J. L. Lovelace of Boiling Springs. 3:10 The plan of scriptural giving will meet the financial needs of a church, and can be used in all Baptist churches part time or full time, by Rev. Campbell of Shelby. 3:30 music by the glee club. 3:40 reports. 4:00 adjourn. Third OHSenior Shelby High Class Makes Honor Roll; Juniors Second Fight High School Students Make Highest Possible Scholastic Record. The honor roll for the Shelby high school for the second month shows that the seniors are leading the way in scholastic work. A third of the class made the roll. The junior class ranked second with 21 percent making the roll. Twelve percent of the soph class made the roll and 16 percent of the fresh class SIX girls and two boys in high school made the highest passible grades during the month The roll follows by classes ^enters Essie Bass, Rachel Con ner. Annie Ruth Dellinger, Margar et Ford. Aileen -Jones, Annie Ray Jones Margn-et l ee, Dorothy loon ard, Helen MUler, Janet Morrison, Ruth Roberts, Edith Sanders, Paul Arrowood, Billy Broadway, Loris Dover, Griffin Holland, Colbert Mc Knight, Caleb McSwain, Ed Post, Gertrude Boland, Margaret Brid ges, Rosalyn Dellinger, Jean Laugh ridge, Mary Alice Leech, Sara Lee Norman, Hazel Putnam Juniors: Paul Bullingtou, Wal ter Fanning. Louise Austell, Anna Cline, Betsy Eskridge, Mary Sue Hili. Margaret Lee Liles, Kathryn McMurrv, Margaret MrNecly, Es ther Anne QUten, Mary Lillian Speck Margaret Thompson, Mary Wells, Marshal! Blanton. Mas Hill, Clyde Ledbetter, Curtis Pounders, Horace McSwain, Mary Sue Whit aker, Christine Hamrick, Gavnell «(X»NnwTTKt.i on pa era rBN Roosevelt Will Win 41 States, Digest Declares Magazine Completes Election Poll IJterary Oifent Poll Predicted 192* Outcome. Now Says Roosevelt To Win. i According to final rrtnrm In llif Presidential poll of The lit erary Dlxest. which appeared In Shelby yesterday. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry 41 States in the November 8 election, and It Is conceded edi torially by the macaslne thal the Democratic standard bearer may carry five of the sewn States In which President Hoov er Is leading. Rhode Island and Massachusetts may be expected to reverse their majorities for President Hoover. The Digest says, while Connecticut, New Hampshire and New Jersey voters may “also fold up their tents and steal away to the Roosevelt column." • That accounting leaves Vermont and Maine the only States which The Literary Digest absolutely con cedes to the Republicans Both States which have eight electoral votes between them, save President Hoover small majorities. Greatest Poll Yet. All records for Presidential polls were broken as the Digest tabula tors were swamped with a total of 8.0fi4.497 straw votes 474 To 67. Reckoning the results In electoral votes, Roosevelt received 474 to Hoover's 57. President Hoover's percentage of tiie grand total of straw votes Is 37.53; Oovemor Roosevelt s* la 55.99 The percentage of Norman Thomas, Socialist nominee, is given at 4.84. Voting for those three candidates was as follows: Roosevelt, 1,715,789 Hoover, 1,150.388; Thomas. 148.079 3 To Us N. C. North Carolina gave Roosevelt a r plurality of f# 190 above' President 1 Hoover. This State's voting on all the can didates entered in the poll was Roosevelt, 28.153. Hoover, 9,863: Thomas. 571; Reynolds. Socialist - Laborlte, eight; Coxey, Farmer-La bortte. 12: Upshaw, Prohibitionist. *87; Foster. Communist, 91. Tar Heels cast a total of 1,196 straw votes for candidates other than those of the two major parties, The final returns of the 1928 Lit erary Digest Presidential poll fore cast that Hoover would win 42 states Including the Democratic strong holds of Virginia, North Carolina. Florida and Texas. In that poll the only States The Literary Digest fail ed to forecast correctly were Mass achusetts and Rhode Island, which were carried by Alfred £. Smith contrary to the poll figures 95 Per Cent Correct A comparison of the 1928 official vote and 1928 Literary Digest poll showed the magazine’s referendum to be over 95 per cent correct In Its predictions of both the popular vote and the electoral college vote. "Unless all signs fall.” the Digest states, "unless some unexpected, eleventh-hour condition arises to reverse the nation-wide trend dis closed by this great monument of freshly gathered statistics, the com plete poll will be interpreted by many practical men and women of all parties as a presage of a Roose velt victory. "If that practical Judgment la borne out by the event, the Demo cratic victory on election dal will surely be a sweeping one.” Mrs. Andy White Dies At Casar Vged Woman Succumbs To Pneu monia. Buried At Clover Hill Church. MrS. Andy White, age 80 years died at her home at Casar Wednes day afternoon at 4 o'clock following an attack of pneumonia. She had been sick all summer with pellagra. Mrs. White was married to Andy S. White Sept. 28th, 1873 and the par ents and children were devoted to church and home. She was a mem ber of Clover Hill Methodist church where the funeral took place Thurs day afternoon at 2:30. services be ing conducted by Rev. J. M. Bar ber. Surviving are, her husband and the following children: Mrs. J. J Hov!«, Mrs. R A. Jfester, Mrs. A. r Walker, Miss Florence White and 3. c. White of the Casar community and w. J. White of Hickory. Thir ty four grand children and 33 great grand children as well as one broth »r, Jesse Willis and one sister. Mr. John Kennedv also survive.