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Ekvkllkjmd Styx 10 PAGES TODAY --- VOL. XXXIX, No. 68 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNK 7. 193d (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) tly Mutt oft rtftt i in %dv»nc#» &Jtrrl«v r>rr fPut an aivftnc*** W ft. •J 0< Late News I HE MARKETS potion. spots .....-- 9 to tOc j.pcrt (wagonI ton --... 1700 (car) ton - 19.00 Fair Thursday ■fori*vs North Carolina Weather jjcpor* Fair tonight and Thurs day Dynamite Bomb At Gastonia Bv UNITED TRESS Gastonia, June 7.—A dynamite „pl(,sion at 1 o’clock this morning ,rrfriif'ri a car in front of the liomt 0f r. D. Brice, near the businese Ycctioo V number of glass door< a„H windows were broken and re sulted in an hour of terror In thf residential section. The Brices he lieY’ed (he crime was committed bj , South Carolina man who holds a jnidge against them, and police art making a search here and at Spar tanburg. Repeal Carries In Indiana Indianapolis. June 7.—Indiana oncf a firm bulwark of prohibition favors nation-wide repeal by a vote of two to one, the results of yester da's clrction throughout the Stetr would indicate. Some Districts Already Naming School Teachers County Board Of Education Dis russes Problem Of Naming Now I'ommllteemen Although new district school committeemen in Cleveland counts cannot be appointed until the re districting program is complete under the new state-wide eight months set-up, the Cleveland board of education discussed the names oi prospective committeemen at theii meeting this week. Once the re-districting work is complete It will be up to the board to name approximately 100 or more hew committeemen for the white districts and around 90 for the col ored districts. Many of the rural school dis tricts are awaiting until new com mitteemen are appointed to select their' school teachers for next year but others are not. Around one half of the schools. It is said, are unofficially employing their teach ers for next year, but their em ployment cannot be officially rati fied until new members of the dis trict boards take office. There will be very little redis tncting In Cleveland county under the new school set-up. it is believ ed The major reason is that prac tically a.11 the buildings in the county are now filled by as many sfudents as they can accommodate thus making it practically impos sible to consolidate other schools with them. There may, however, be a few consolidations or district changes in the smaller schools, it, was said. High Court Rules Deputy Suit Must Be Tried In City ■'"pn-me Court Rules On Site Of Carfipe Suit Against Two Deputies. The damage suit of K. K. Campe fisainst Deputies Bob Kendrick and ■Win Hord must be tried in Shelby, if tried- at all. That is the ruling of the North Carolina Supreme court. Months ago Canipe was shot in the leg while standing by the Ken hrick automobile watching the' two officers unload some captured hquor at the entrance to the court house here. In some manner a shot s’111 lying in the auto was struck *nd discharged, the load hitting Catvipe in the leg. Later he brought tuii in Mecklenburg court for dam aees Attorney Maurice R. Weath Frs. representing the two Cleveland officers, moved that the suit be changed to Cleveland county and the motion was granted. Canipe's attorneys, Jake Newell and George Wilson, appealed the decision, but It was recently upheld by Supreme four. Attorney Weathers has been notified. Woodmen To Meet On Friday Night A meeting of the local Woodmen ’'ill be held Friday night at eight o'clock in the office of A. M, Ham nck. clerk of superior court, at the county court house. Members are U|tTd to attend. Cotton Gains Eight Points On Exchange Cotton lost 15 points yesterday ut gain eight back before the close rt 2 o’clock on the New York ex rh?n£e. At ? o'clock July was quot y1 at 3.15 and October at 8.40. rtocks lost, some ground, Putting Surface On 2 Highways In County New Highway Links 60% Surfaced Shelby-Pnlkvillp Anri I aiiMon Polkville Roads Graded. Sur- | vey Othrr Roads. Two new state-highways in Cieve-| land county have been graded and: sixty per cent of the surfacing put j on, according to information learn ed this morning at the office of the state highway engineers j These two new roads are from I Shelby to Polkville, known as state! highway No. ISO, and from Fallston through Lawndale to Polkville, All, grading on thosfe two projects has been finished and now four crews I are applying the topsoil. 'On the Shelby-PollcVille road one j crew is working near the city pump station, another at the Hamp Sim mons farm, another at the Thomas McEntire farm A grading crew is working in the town of Lawndale on the Fallston-Polkville project | arid it- is expected that both roads jwill be graded and lop,soiled ready for use by July 1st to July. 15th. When Will They Pave Both of these projects at"’ to be paved or ratlin; given an asphalt and gravel treatment, according to a promise made by E. B. Jeffress, state highway chairman. It is thought, funds allotted to the state from the federal government have been set aside with which to do this surfacing, but for awhile all road work in tile state was cur tailed. The state legislature trans ferred two million dollars from the state highway fund to the general fund and also future action with reference to road building in the state has been interrupted because the term of office of Highway Chairman has expired and Governor Ehringhaus has not announced his appointment. It is learned however, that Governor Ehringhaus will an nounce his appointments for major positions this week and it is gen erally thought that Mr. Jeffries will be re-appointed since he is familiar with the state highway sys tem. When this appointment is out. of the way, it is expected that the tw'o roads will be hard surfaced. Other Roads Surveyed It is also learned that engineer ing has been completed on two other road projects which werp promised Cleveland county last year. The Shelby-Grover road has been engineered, so has thr road from Shelby through Sharon to Boiling (Continued on page nine.) Mo Forest Jobs At Battleground Site1 | Washington. Julie 7.—The hope of Mrs. R. M. Bratton and other wom en of York. S; C., that, forest work ers might be employed on the Kings Mountain battlefield will not be realized. It is because the national park area is not large enough to support a forest camp of 200. The government property now comprises 49 and a half acres. The war de partment and the civilian conser vation corps both rule that while they would like to see the battle field whipped into fine shape there is not enough land there under government control to justify es tablishing a camp. Presbyterian Men To Hear Mr. Newton The men of the Presb’ te-1.0 r church will be served a dinner at the Presbyterian church at ;evi r o’clock tonight by the ijidie.-; aux iliary and Attorney D. Z, Nr-,tej will deliver an address. Th-’ :n-n c ■ this church have a rat. * ” - ach | month with some .prominent >v ok | er to address them on ■» • liei-ius j subject. I--, May Enroll 1 •><••>! ' *terans For Work On Emergency Jobs In June I Total Of 650 North Carolina Vet eram To Be Oiveti Rules tiivsn. Dr. J. S. Dor ton, command ,r oi', the Shelby American Legion post, announced today that 650 North Carolina war veterans will lie en rolled for the veterans contingent of the emergency conservation work authorized by President Roosevelt Veterans who saw service in the World war, Spanish-American Philippine, Morocco and Boxer re-| hellions will be eligible. Application forms will be furnish-j ed. Dr. Dorton says, by the veter-1 ans administration office at Char lotte. They must be prepared in duplicate and filed in Charlotte Selections «ill oegm on June 12 Beauty Contest W on By Graduate Of Shelby High Annie Ruth Ddlingcr Picked \s “Miss Shelby” In Conte*! Here l.ast Night. Annie Ruth Dellinger, a charming brunette who graduated last week with the senior class at the Shelby High school, was selected last night as 'Miss Shelby.'' this city's entrant in the State wide beauty contest to be held at Wilmington soon under the auspices of the American Legion. Miss Dellinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham S Dellinger, was selected from 511 handsome Shelby girls who competed for* the honor in a contest held in the central school auditorium under the sponsorship of the Warren Hoyle American Le gion post, and Shelby business firms. "Miss Shelby" was sponsored by Nash, Inc., local ladies shop The contest was judged by three men coming from Charlotte. Ashe ville and Goldsboro. The cup was presented to the winner by Pat Me-' Braver, Shelby attorney, represent mg the Legion past, raid Mrs, Dor othy McBrayer P„agland acted as director for the pageant and pro gram, which included a number ol song and dance numbers. A large audience witnessed the pageant and such was the pulchritude o/ the many entrants that opinion as to the most beautiful wa; well divided, with each entrant having quite a number of supporters tn the aud ience. Elimination. The comely misses pirouetting , across the stage in evening dresses, | were eliminated by threes and fives : the judges having a difficult task ol | eliminating the large group. For j the semi-final elimination five girls remained—Annie Ruth Dellinger,! Gwendolyn Dellinger. Mildred Cline, Dorothy King and Frances Ellis. The final elimination was between the Misses Dellinger, both of whom are brunettes. Mr. Mull To Speak On Business Outlook Hon. O. M. Mull who recently returned from Washington and New York \v! « e he was in conference with rayon manufacturers and wea vers. will speak on business condi tions at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club on Thursday evening of this week. A quartet from the city high school will sing. Seven Children Have Perfect Schcol Record For Total of 28 Year?1 Attending school on lime and not missing a single day is a - sort of religion in Hie family of Ij. J. Jolly down in No. 1 town ship of this roui'v. The seven Jolly ■ hildren bay; been Tothfr to school .or a tot: ' 1 of 2k year? with n a hri-a' in the aferd-'tt e. I?. T>. Jolly hr a siv rear jvrfeet attendance c •«< Hart ••«. H.nnr, Ver:l 1 ’.no i'mbie «-.-'h s ave a perfe "Item’ 'nee y t of four year . Vrr.a one rmr f.-aye a perfe- t tty-- •- rd of tb-ee years at i! f; o’-, et sehoo1 n heir neleh c> . r--d. It*-sides Hr- v •, Attendant.? ■•■.for i of \r. ■ T ildrers ill. et icm h lie ,% :n-d scholastic ree • rds. Fi’ideniiv they arc healths , •hildret and have eseaped the soal direa' -s peculiar io ehi' ren. So far as is known this 'hmilv record is without parallel hi "hr -,‘ate. j and v.-Ji 1> completed, it is hoped, by .Tune 22. Enrollments will be forj a six months period and applicants eici d vill lie notified where and i t w to report. CtT 3r details of the selection may be se' n d from Dr. Dorton or other legion officials here by vet erans of Shelby and Cleveland county now without work and de strious cf going in the government work for six months. Veterans who meet the following requirements and "ho submit a! properly prepared application mavj be considered >n making selections! to fill the quota service in armed forces of U. S during war. Honor able discharge from such service veteran is uiv n.nioj d. is a cite*' of the United States, physical fit ness and good character, . r In Siberia By UNITED PRESS Novosibirsk. Siberia, .Itine 7.— .lames Mattern. the American avia tor on a solo fig;hl around the world, was sighted at 1:10 a. m. today en route to Chita. Siberia. He was ap proximately 4<MI miles east of Omsk. Mattern, when he left Omsk, was approximately a half day behind the time of Post and Gaily who circled the globe in eight and a half days. They were later delayed II hours bv a mishap and Mattern with good luck may be able to make up his lost time. Coroner Thinks Monday Tragedy Was Unavoidable WIH Hold No Inquest. Funeral Held Tuesday For Little Thurmond Girl. The tragic accident Monday morn ing in which Valera Thurmond, 4 year-old Shelby girl was killed when hit by an automobile djiven by A, F Newton, Cleveland county reg ister of deeds, was unavoidable on the part of Mr Newton. That was the statement issued /this morning by Coroner Roscoe E. Lutz after he had made a thorough Investigation of the fatality "1 talked with two eye-witnesses of the accident and they said they did not see how Mr. Newton could have possibly averted hitting the little girl as she darted into the road in front of his car.” Coroner Lutz said. “These witnesses were A Webber and Mrs. Andrew Lewis. “I also talked with the parents of the little girl and others and have de cided that no inquest will be neces sary." The small girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. L. Thurmond, who live in northeast Shelby, was almost in stantly killed early Monday morn ing on Highway 20 hear the Shelby hospital. With two companions she was on the roadside as Register Newton drove by. Just as the car approached she is said to have dart ed right in front. She was rushed to the Shelby hospital but died within a few minutes. . County Official; Attend. Funeral services were held at the Lutz and Austell iuneral home Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 and were conducted by Rev. Mr. Cook. Inter ment followed in Sunset cemetery. Out of respect to the family and in extending sympathy to Register Newton the court house v as closed and the county official; attended the services in a body. Pine View Lake To Open On Thursday The formal opening of Pine View lake was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday of this week, accord ing to Albridge Weathers, owner and operator. Pine View is a popu lar fresh water lake nine miles north of Shelby on the Polkvllle road. Free swimming in the after noon on Thursday. Cleveland Pool Is Opened Today The Cleveland Springs swimming I>ooi was opened to the public to day. The pool is being, operated this ’•ear bv Zeno Wall and “Snooky" Linebm ger. the two college youths who had bharge of it last year. Trio Being Held On Murder Count Whitworth Death Former Shelby Man Under Charge Trial Of Mysterious Death Case Delayed To July Because Of lluey Absence. Gastonia. June 7 - Three men were indicted for murder in the mysterious death of Mrs. Maude B Whitworth by the Gaston county Brand Jury yesterday, but trial of the ease was postponed, over the vigorous objection of the state, un til the July court term because of the absence of a defense attorney. The continuance was granted at the request of the defense. Clyde R. Hoey, chief defense counsel, is out. of the state and would be un able to attend court this week, It was pointed out, in tile plea for con tinuance The Whitworths, natives of the Waco section of Cleveland county, formerly lived in Shelby. A F. Whitworth, the woman's husband, P, C. Falls, a former dep uty sheriff, and Fort Fails, the for mer deputy's son. were named in the murder indictment. Wants, N<> Bond Solicitor John G. Carpenter said that when the ease is called he will ask a first degree murder oonvic tion. The solicitor also moved to have the three defendants and chief witnesses in the case held in inti without privilege of ball until the trial. Judge John M. Oglesby indicated he would rule on this phase of the case today. Meanwhile, Judge Oglesby in creased the bail of Fort, Falls from $500 to $5,000. Fort Falls had been at liberty on $500 bond as a mater ial witness in the case until yes terday’s indictment. His counsel said the higher bond would be post ed. He was not taken into custody. Whitworth and the elder Falls con tinued at, liberty under bonds of $5,000 each. In addition to the murder indict ment. two other indictments grow ing out of Mrs. Whitworth’s death were returned against her husband and the former officer. These [charged Whitworth and FrIIs with 'conspiracy to unlawfully arrest Mrs. Whitworth and with assaulting her. Solicitor Carpenter said Falls, a [deputy under a former sheriff, had not posted bond or otherwise quali fied So serve under the present sheriff although he had been noti c'd to do so if he wished to con tinue his office. Mi ,. Whitworth, 45-year-old Gas tonia dressmaker, was brought to a hospital here the night of May 27 suffering a fractured skull. She died shortly thereafter. Whitworth and Falls told au thorities the woman had Jumped from an automobile In which she was riding with them and had made good a threat of suicide. Fort Falls, they said, was driving the car. Witnesses at a coroner's Inquest, (Continued on page nlne.l FRENCHMAN TO SPEAK TO NEGROES TN SHELBY A Frenchman will be at the Odd Fellow and Masonic hall for color ed here on Monday night, June 13, and show 79 pictures of the old country. A small admission price will be charged. Trv Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. What makes the color in the blood? 2. Define a physicist. 3. How many compass directions j are there from the North Pole? 4 Name the capital of India 5. What do the letters R. I., aft er the signature of the King of England, signify? 0. When was Rome founded? 7. Where is the Painted Desert? 8. What is the heaviest substance? 9. Who was the. female star with John Barrymore in "Moby Dick"? 10. What is the difference in time between New York City and San Francisco? 11. Is Bobby Jones a professional golfer? 12. In what country was Nils As ther, the actor, born? 13. What does “balance of trade” mean? 14. Name the three highest build ings in New York City. 15. What ages were covered in the first World war draft act? 16. Who wrote “Aurora Leigh”? 17. What does the Arabic word “Kismet” mean? 18 For whom was the city of Pittsburgh named? 19 Does the U. S. own the Pan ama Canal Zone? 20 Why are navel oranges so called? ; Speediest of the Ladybirds i W \_ I Wearing her laurels modeefcly, Henrietta Sumner, of Los Angeles, t.i pictured waving from the cockpit of her plane after she had won the Annette Gipson All-Women's air race to Valley Stream, L. I., and return at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Her victory brought Ijer a priu of a pocketbook containing $500. Lineberger Named As County Welfare Head County Boards Appoint rrmnt Chief Of Federal Relief Agency. J. D Llneberger, well known Shelby business man and for some months head of the R. P. C. relief agency for Cleveland county, was appointed welfare offloer for the county board of education late Monday afternoon. There were 18 applicants for the office, according to Troy McKinney, county accountant and clerk to the commission board, but Mr. Llneber ge* was not one of the IS. In ap pointing a new welfare officer the two boards had to meet require ments of Federal relief loan offi cials as well as those of the state and county welfare departments. Since Mr. Llneberger has been han dling the distribution of the Fed eral aid fund here for several months and is well acquainted with the details of the work he met with the approval of the federal fund department. The county boards found it necessary to name an of ficer satisfactory to the federal re lief bureau in that a big portion of the money now spent here for charity work comes from the fed eral government. Without l*ay In accepting the office. Mr Llne berger stated that he would serve without a regular salary. The coun ty will, however, make an approp riation for the office to cover his actual expenses In investigations and pay an assistant when and if needed. Just what this appropria tion will be has not been decided as yet. The appointment of Mr Line berger consolidates under one head all the relief agencies now operat ing in the county. For several months, since the old welfare office (CONTINUED ON PAOF NIN( France Will Not Pay Debt To U. S. j By UNITED PRESS Paris, June 7.—-The French government doesn't propose to pay the defaulted December 15th debt payment to the Unit ed Stales, or the one due June 15, the United Press learned to day from an unimpeachable of ficial source. Old Sol Boils Down, Mercury Beyond 98 Here The Shelby aeetlon swelter ed today under a bllutcrlnn md sultry heat wave for the mirth eonserutlve day, bul he heat today wa» somewhat less than that of yesterday. A new high for this year was recorded yesterday on the Kheftoft thermometer when the mercury climbed a frac tion beyond 98 degree* and remained there for several hours. Today It had oltmbed hack to 94. Thundershowers were prom ised by the weather man for late afternoon and evening o» tomorrow, hut at noon no Im mediate rain was In prospect. Karin and field erops, par lieularly gardens. In .Shelby and Cleveland county are suffering for rain as the re sult of the continued heat wave. Sister Of Shelby Man Buried Tuesdaj E. C Kiser, of Shelby, was In Charlotte yesterday to attend the funeral services of ids sister, Mrs. Julie Brown. The services were con ducted at 2:30 at the home and In terment was in Kendall cemetery, Paw Creek Mrs, Brown, who lived on Dowd road, died Monday morning of heart trouble. She is survived by her husband. C. J. Brown, and five children, Arthur Brown, Cramerton; Coley Brown. Charlotte; John Brown, Paw Creek: Mrs. Elio Hedge peth of Paw Creek; William Brown Charlotte. Mrs. Brown was born in Lincoln county but had lived all of her married life in Mecklenburg county. Cyrus Curtis Is Dead At Age 82 By UNITED PRESS Philadelphia. June 7.—Cyrus H. K Curtis-, prominent published, died early this morning at the age of 82 Relief Bill To Aid Home Owners Now Overburdened Is Approved No Opposition To Measure Design ed To Kane Mortgage Burdens Home Owners. Washington, June 7.—The ad ministration's $2,000,000,000 emer gency home mortgage relief bill this week saw final, action by the sen ate without even the formality of a record vote, and only a recon ciliation of differences between the senate and house measure inter vened between the capitol and White House. Although not a dissenting voice was heard at the call from the vice president's rostrum that the bill, would be “considered passed.” the I senate previously added several changes of mafor significance. The meet Important was lo brinst within the bill's broad scope homes i < 1 t. valued up to $25,000, instead of limiting aid to those worth $15,000 or less, as provided by the house, and $10,000 as recommended by President Roosevelt Six Per Cent Another was a stipulation that an Interest rate of 6 per cent would be charged on cash advances from the projected Home Owners’ Loan corporation, to be made only when the home owner could not obtain loans from ordinary lending agen cies. The corporation, which would be capitalized for $200,000,000 and with the power to issue bonds for $2, 000,000,000, would be authorized for three years after the. bill becomes ( law to ease home owners’ mortgage |. .CUNTLNUSir ON PAGE NINA.) j1 Postal Receipts In Shelby Gain Over Last Year May Pick-Up Beat For Year Pont Office Hern One* $700 Mora Ituainrw* Than In May, lilt, All Months Gain. The general business pick-up In Shelby In recent months is reflect ed In the increase in postal re ceipts at. the Shelby post office last month For May, this year, the Shelby office had postal receipts totalling $3,580.38, according t so announce ment by Postmaster J. H. Quinn to day. For tlie same month last year the receipts totalled $3,884.58, a gain of $701 80, or 24 1-3 percent. Receipts every month this year have shown a gain over the cor responding months j»f last year, Postmaster Quinn says, and If the receipt* are to be taken ns any kind of barometer of local business condt ttons, then 1033 is a conslderaly better business year locally than was 11)32, The gain In May, however, was larger then that, of any other month or thin year, Indicating that the general upswing of recent weeks la reiterated by the postal business. More Trading. May business whs reported aa gen ernlly good In Shelby In practically all lines of business. With textile mill payrolls Increased by wage boosts and with cotton hitting around the 10-cent mark the Shel by shopping section has been but ler during the last fortnight than In months. Several merchants, in fact, state that business for this time of year is up to normal in the best years in that this is usually a rather dull season. One of the largest shopping crowds in months was in Shelby over the last week-end and mer chant* are anticipating another good week-end trade Friday and Saturday. Osborne Elected President Of Lions Club For Shelby Or. Matthews Vice-President And Robert Wilson Secretary Attain. William Osborne, deputy clerk ol Superior court, wm elected presi dent of the Shelby Lions club at • meeting held last night. He succeed* Harvey S. White, Insurance man, u head of one of the city’s most ac tive service clubs. Dr. B. B. Mfttthew* was elected vice-president and Dr. Robert L. Wilson was re-elected secretary, Tom Cornwell was elected lion tam er, Robert H. Cook tall twister, and Dr, Ben Kendall and Judge Joe M. Wright were named directors. The new president of the club ha* served as lion tamer, director and vice president and is one of the leading workers of the club. He gave considerable time to the estab lishment of the Lions _ club play ground for Shelby children and has taken a leading pArt In all other ac tivities of the club. He Is the son of Dr and Mrs. J. R. Osborne. The Lions club Us making rapid progress and has come to be one of the outstanding civic organizations In the city. A number of new mem bers have been taken in recently, among them being H, C. Long, J. R. Cline, Bill Pendleton, Zach Groome, Dr. T B. Mitchell, Floyd Smith. R. N. Austin and Festus Lewis. Former Cleveland Man Gets Term In Assault On Deputy Gastonia. June 7.—Doras Lackey, former Cleveland county%man and Boyd Barrett., Cherryyile, were con victed In Gastonia superior court Tuesday morning of assault with intent to kill Deputy Sheriff Forrest. Mauney, of Cherryville, and were sentenced by Judge Oglesby to two years each in state’s prison. The crime of which they were convicted was perpetrated in the town of Cherryville several weeks ago. Former Shelby Boy Is B. And L. Head Clyde E. Putnam, son of City Patrolman Burgin Putnam has been selected secretary-treasurer of the rarboro Building and Loan associat ion, it is learned from the Tar joro Southerner. Mr. Putnam has reen holding a position as teller in he North Carolina Batik and Trust, tompany bank at Tarboro and is a nost capable young man. He enters tpou his new’ difltes right away. M