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JateNews THE markets 9.40 to 10.40 ujr *P°‘ _ i*i *n ; «-rd ton. «aR°n . 5 £l .»■ ■“ Fair, Colder rrrT \orth Carolina Weather T Fair tonight and Tuesday. fcS, voider in west portion. Kh ; rising temperature Tues m lif*1' ,T'^ in n°r‘h porUon rifh'- _ Mussolini Has More Power ^"oen Ball'll, was today rele B> I'NITEP PRESS v,„ 6 —Air Minister of , . j (>-. governorship of I.ihia bated to * , .n thr cabinet was jart o( a long-planned shakeun 1 irt'SV olim at the head ot tldefen-o in addition to other, ■kinct P0**' 50,000 Miner* Stage Strike R, I MTi n PRESS (Vilke«b»rr Pa., Nov. 6. The L„|v organized inthraeile minors [f rmn-.'lvania ("day completely ItW OP operations in Che Luzerne LfHasanna district with a strike mere than MXiOO miners. Dry Forces Deny tesponsibility Of Last Minute Card |kj|e Rnrsess Says Postal Card Did j Not Come I r«m Dry Camp. Makes Investigation. Last minute campaign literature I to flooded the state in the nature I a "mysterious" postal card pur- _ ting to come from the office of! it United Dry Forces headquar -rs in Raleigh, ' j Robert H. Cooke, chairman of the, [Cnited Dry Forces for Cleveland! aunty, was handed one of these ards yesterday and he telephoned morning to Kale Burgess, iii j narge of state headquarters for thej ftfrys. Mr. Burgess stated that he j new nothing of the mysterious1 ind anonymous card until friend% < the dry cause began calling him rom all sections, of the state. He lenies that the unsigned card was t out or in any way sponsored iby the United Dry Forces and at • -M.es the ca.d to some extremist, ic says this extremist may be a >’ or a wet but says that more bly a wet may have sent the ird to discount tire dry cause. The rd reads as follows: No Christian will vote for repeal, No gentleman will vote for repeal, lady will vote for repeal, lo decent person will vote for re peal, , "Boo Reynolds, JOsiah Bailey, Max Gardner, frte Murphy and Jim Farley can not deliver ^lorth Carolina, into the hands of The ungodly and whiskey drinkers.” Mr, Burgess is making an investi tion to find out the source of the td. He stated over the telephone morning that he will issue a atement to the press later in the >y. 'The United Dry Forces have lever sent out any literature that W not bear the official name of organization. We do not stoop anonymous appeals and have iept the campaign on a high plane,” Mr. Burgess. War Veterans To Meet On Monday B 0. Goforth Calls Meeting Here. State Officers To Attend Joint Gathering. fn 0 Goforth, commander of m^Panish"American vptprans, has 11 ™ a meeting of veterans and fibers of the auxiliary, to be held p court house here Monday November 13th at 7:30 '"K Spv‘ ral state officials will p,.-1 ,n' ,0 'a,mch a» enlistment ■paign throtighout the county, e.enm frotn Charlotte and J"!' ('nrnps will be present, to » , HlP officers. W. Capus _ > s-a-c commander. Chas. O. u JTer r'Prv,ce officer and J ^ - ’ chief 0f staff together lr P.,psident of the auxiliary 01 hr present at the Monday night Meeting ^1- Gof.,th says a program will ■1 up (his week and it is wpfd that tati sar every Spantsh-Ameri eteran will be present. County Boards In Regular Meetings ss of county commission in',,11' , lx>arcl of education are the;r rec-aai- “first Mon tad! aerp Z'lU*A at the court house board-'' h'1 ul‘ci* noon 1,0111 ttor rn " !ri devotee: a major por juj !lmc t0 bills an<^ hear r°.'1S’ Sv''rra> important «t. h0u ZVcr r to (>• taken 'his afternoon. Tka MVMUW SEND I 8 Pages Today VOL. 'vXXIX, No. 133 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 6. 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, per year, (la advance! _ U!l Carrlw, per year, (In advance) _ «1 go Cleveland Voters Will Ballot On Prohibition Repeal Tomorrow Large Throng Hears Reynolds Speak Here Say* Prohibition I* General Failure legislation Has Brought Debauch cry Instead Of Temperance. Backs Roosevelt. One of the largest crowds ! years filled the Cleveland count court house Friday night whil scores of others jammed the cor ridors and stairways to hear Robert R. Reynolds, United States Sena tor, urge the repeal of the 18* • declared, which has brought on an amendment, a legislative act he era of debauchery and hypocrisy instead of temperance and sobriet Declaring that he would fight t :he last against the return of th -aloon but with the hope this Star would see fit to back Preside) Roosevelt, he urged Cleveland com; ty voters to cast their ballots Tuesday for repeal in order to eliminate unwise legislation which had bred criminals and spawned wholesale disrespect of all law. lias Hir Audience. An hour before the .speaking be gan every available seat . in the Shelby court house was taken and the aisles and windows were tills.1 Several hundred others jammed their way into the corridors and upon the stairways where they could catch a word now and then. That the man known to his sup- i porters as "Our Bob” still retain; j the personality and popularity which sent him into office was shown by the fact that the court house reverberated with cheers for several minutes as he entered the room and again when he was in troduced. The meeting was opened by Pey ton McSwain, former State sena tor, who introduced Judge B. T. Falls, former county -chairman Judge Falls introduced Senato" Reynolds as a man, the friend of the pecp'e. who received the larg est vote in North Carolina history (Continued on Page 5' TO NAME WELFARE OFFICER AT MEET OF BOARDS TODAY .?. D. l.inebcrger Resigns. Hairy Woodson May Get One Of Two .lobs. A county welfare officer lor Cleveland is to be named at a meet ing of the county commissioners and board of education this after noon. The new welfare officer will suc ceed J. D. Lineberger who has re signed after serving in that office since July 1. Mr. Lineberger has been acting as county welfare of ficer and also as State and FtT^a! director of relief for the county and it is reported that he js to re sign both offices. Rumors today had it that Harry Woodson would probably take the place as State and Federal director of welfare for the county, but just who will be i named as county welfare officer I was not known. The appointment j was to be made at a board Session i called for 2:30 this afternoon. i SPEAKS HERE Clyde R. Hoev (above) will close the repeal campaign in Cleveland coun ty court house tonight when he speaks against repeal at the county court house here. Mr. Iloey Is one of the leading fighters against re peal In North Carolina and a large audience is expected to hear him when he closes his speaking cam paign here tonight, on the eve of ! the election tomorrow. | Scout Court Meets For Awards Tonight The Shelby District Court of Honor of the Piedmont council of the Boy Scouts of Amur ' be held at the High School auditor ium on Monday night, Novem ber 6th at 7:30 o'clock a1 wi b time Scout troops bf the dlsfru will appear before the court rf honor for advancement honors. Troops from Shelbv, Bp!wood Sharon. Polkvilie and new troops being organized at Patter <■ n Springs and at North Brook No. .3 school arc expected to be presen Officials of the boy scout move- j ment at Shelby are making the ap-1 pea! that all members of the srov; j district and troop committees antD the court of honor will be prcsm' at the meeting and that pnvpr.f and friends will also attend. . ! ! Wheelbarrow Wager | On Tuesdav Votinc1 Two guards at the state con vict camp cast of Shelby arc to get a wheelbarrow rid" lo Shei by from the camp, a distance of three miles, Wednesdr.’ night. The two to pet the ride will be those betting on the re- i peal election Tuesday and win- j ning. Mull Patterson and K. L. Sowell are bettinp a ride to (own that North Carolina will vote for repeal. J. C. Runyan, jr.. and Dewey Whisnant arc bettinp the state will po apainst repeal. The losers will trundle !he winners from the fairground to town, accordinp to Clyde Pos ton. camp supervisor. ELECTION PARTY The Cleveland Star tomorrow, Tuesday, night will give an election party at The Star building on Marion street, next to the City Hall. County returns will be posted on rho bulletin hoard and announced as rapidly as they come in. Returns from neighboring counties and all counties in North Carolina will be received through the United Press to* gether with returns from five other States also voting on repeal Tuesday. Registrars and judges in Cleveland county arc ask ad to cooperate with the Star in compiling the returns by telephoning or bringing in their vote just as soon I as it is counted. The vote on both the convention and 1 delegates, or both tickets, is desired. Telephone 4-1 j to give'information and telephone No. 11 for quer: ibout the vote. • } The public is invited to attend The Star's election narty and scats will be reserved upstairs for ladies. Size Of Vote In Doubt As Voters Maintain Silence Two Ticket* Must Be Voted Both Sides Claim Victory Certain. Many Voter* Are Silent. Several thousand Cleveland coun ty citizens will march to the polls tomorrow to vote on the prohibi tion question for the first time since 1908 when state prohibition was enacted In the nation-wide movement to repeal the 18th amendment six states, Including North Carolina, will vote tomorrow upon the repeal of federal prohibition, Thirty-three states have already voted for re peal which will become an actuality when three others cast ballots fav oring repeal. Just how many Cleveland citizens will vote tomorrow, either for or against, is a matter of conjecture. Several observers estimate that not much more than 5,000 ballots will be cast, while others say that they anticipate a surprisingly large vote of seven or eight thousand. Dry forces claim that they will win by two'or three thousand, while re peal leaders admit that the voting will be close but with a majority favoring repeal. Their claim is bas ed upon the fact that labor unions in Shelby and elsewhere in the county intend to support the repeal drive in full force as a part of the (Continued on page five) NEGRO IS BADLY INJURED IN ROW: UNCONSCIOUS YET Sn*n Pavne In Serious Condition At Hospital. Dave Wilson Is Held, Sam payne, 35-year-old negro. Is ■n the Shelb'- hospital in a serious condition from injuries said to have j been inflicted fate yestcsrday after- I peon by Dave Wilson, also colored, j at Wilson's home. Information secured by officers; has It the Wilson and Payne had ! some we-cis in connection with the I sister of Wilson’s wife and it is al leged that Wilson then struck Payne over the head with a mattock. Wil son "amp t0 police officers and sur rendered ">bout P o’clock last night, according to Police Chief D. D. Wil kins. Ke claimed, he told officers, that ' V t. started to attack him with a knife. It, was reported about town that Payne was killed but he will still living at the hospital at 1:30 this afternoon but was un conscious i Two Men In Jail On Serious CHarees | - i Creed Click and Broadus Lattimore : both of Shelby, are in jail, bound over on bonds which they have so i far been unable to give, charged with criminal assault on females. The affair with which Click is | charged happened a week or ten days ago, while that involving Lat timore is said to have taken place in September. At the preliminary hearing on Saturday. Click was placed under $1,000 bond and Lat timore under a $2,000 bond. Cl’ok i is also charged with perjury Water Tank Bursts In Losr&n Home _1 The hot water tank in the home of Mrs. Hugh Logan on N Morgan street exploded shortly before noon today and did considerable dam age to the kitchen. Window lights were blown out, dishes were shat tered and furniture in the rooms was damaged. No one was in the kitchen at the time. Mrs. Logan was in the yard hanging out clothes at the time of the explosion, and the shock forced her to go to bed. (Decline In Cotton P^ior To Estimate Cotton declined again today. Just before the close New York Dec was | quoted at 9.42, Jan. s 9.46 and May 9 74. The government bureau makes an estimate on the crop again on Wednesday and toon •- is the last market before the report comes. The exchange will be closed to morrow because of the New York election Stocks w'ere also weak to day. Wealth Brought Them Worry . . .. ... cOamet Smovdem 5k ^ - - - possession of immense wealth is bringing more worry than happiness it least, two of our most prominent he tresses. Mis* Doris Duke, heiress the $f>0,000,000 Duke tobacco fortune, must keep constantly on the ,ve, mostly incognito, as a prevention against kidnaping. Recently she as obliged to flee from San Francisco when her identity leaked out uring a visit. Another is Janet Snowden, Newport, It. 1^, oil heiress, who eceived much publicity over her elopement with Prince CRravita of Italy and her subsequent flight from her noble spouse after only five days of wedded bliss. Miss Snowden has been threatened with kidnaping many times. Having more faith in flight than in protection of the law, she wnalstes Miss Duke in constantly flitting from place to place. Shelby Girl Injured In Wreck; Others Are Hurt In Car Wrecks | Lois Buioe Seriously Hurt. Three Other Week-End Crashes In County. Mias Lois Buice. daughter of J£r. j and Mrs. Charles Buice of Shelby,! is in a Gaffney hospital seriously injured as the result of a car wreck Friday night in which four others were hurt. Definite information about Miss Buice s condition could not be se cured today, but reports were that she had a fractured leg and pelvis and other injuries. D. L. Willis, jr„ and Charles (Coon) Magness of Shelby were injured in the same wreck and young Willis is a patient in the Shelby hospital. In the car also were Miss Texana Lavender and Mist Margaret Stroup, Gaff ney high school students, who were painfully cut and bruised. Miss Buice, however, was the worst in jured of all. R. L. Nettles, of Green ville, who Is stationed at a conser vation camp; was also injured in the wreck in which three automo biles are said to have participated. Mi alleged automobile and a car driven by J. Walter Lucas, of Mooresboro, collided about 7 o'clock last night near the river bridge just west of Shelby and both cars ran into the deep fill, Mr. Lucas being injured about the back and bruised > He is a patient in the Shelby hos pital. The other car was said to have been driven by someone who stole it from Dee Elmore at a fill ing station near the river west of town. The two men in the car made their getaway after tile crash. Mr. Lucks was accompanied by members of his family when the two cars crashed together. J. K. Moss and Robert Ripper were shaken up but not seriously hurt, according to Police Chief D. D. Wilkins, In another collision on South LaFayette street about eight o’clock last night. The driver of the other car, officers said, kept going after the collision. Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock a car occupied by Miss Essie Baker and Mrs. Florence Benton, who live betweeu Hickory and Lenoir, was hit by a car driven by two col ored men of the Vale section on the highway between Fallston and Beams Mill. Two white men were said to have been in the car with the negroes who kept going after the accident. The car occupied by the womm struck a tree aCtet brine hit and turned ovci, according to police officers. Mrs. Denton suffer ed cuts on the limbs and Mrs. Bak er had lacerations about the head. They were en route to Shelby to visit a relative who was in the hos pital here. Alice Bingham and her sister-in law, Mrs. Bingham, were injured Friday night when a car struck the wagon in which they were riding on the Fallston road. Miss Bingham had a fractured leg and other In juries and Mrs. Bingham a lacerat ed scalp and bruises. Both are pa tients in the Shelby hospital, Legion Will Meet On Tuesday Night A meeting of the Warren Hoyle American Legion Post will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, evening at 7:30 In the Legion ha’l. All members of the post are urged to be present King Pleads Guilty For Second Degree BOILING SPRINGS ROAD PROJECT IN AN EARLY LETTING Pro*wt Will Include Grading *ur farin* And Emllon of Nw» aarv Structures i Star Nfwi Bureau) Raleigh, Nov. 6. In addition to two projects for Cleveland countv included in those on which bids will be received November 8 for bitulithic surfacing of 30.1 nr lee between Shelby and Fallston, via Polkvillc, another Cleveland coun ty project has been approved by the Bureau of Public Roads in Washington and will be included in another early letting, probably around December 1. This t>roJeet is on the county road branching off from Route 18 some three miles south of Shelby and extending to Boiling 8prings. about five mties. The work on fhts will include grading, erection oi necessary structures and topsoil surfacing Highway officials soy they expect to have It in the next letting after the one November 8, Cotton Storage Space Enlarged; Using Loan Plan Farmer* Continue To Borrow From Government On Thl« Tear’* Cotton Crop. If it wore not for some large ship ment* of cotton going out of stor age to the mills for November de livery, all bonded warehouses in this section would be filled to capacity. Farmer* continue to put cotton iti warehouses and borrow ten cent* pound from 'the government. Grade and staple of cotton are not being ! marked on the warehouse receipts. All cotton is received Just so It is not wet or damaged and measures seven-eighths of sn Inch or better to warrant a loan. These ware house receipts are immediately cashed at bank*. The local bonded warehouse Is able to take more cotton only be cause it is making shipments to mills, although cotton is coming in faster than it is moving out. Two additional storage places have been secured In Shelby to hold cot ton temporarily until there Is room in the warehouse. These overflow houses will be used Just as soon as the government issues license on them. Cotton stored in them Is ful ly protected. It is reported that warehouses at Forest City, Gaffney, Chervyville and other places are practically full and that no more cotton can be taken care of except as shipments move out and as over-flow houses are leased and licensed, which Is being done as rapidly as possible. Boiling Springs Bulldogs Win As Shelby Highs Go Down;0ther Scores Hutchins Eleven Continues March To Title. Duke Defeats Auburn. The Boiling Springs Bulldogs continued their march toward the junior college championship of North Carolina when they defeat ed the Belmont Abbey junior col lege eleven there Saturday 31 to 0. While the Bulldogs were winning their game, not having been de feated this season, the Shelby highs on Friday afternoon dropped a contest to the strong Morgan ton eleven by the score of 19 to 0. “Big Chief" Wahneteh, the Cher okee Indian fullback, was the out standing star of the Bulldog vic tory over the Catholic juniors. He was ably assisted in the backfield by Connor, Epps and Johnny Hendrick with Ca<pt. Childers, Brown and Mauney starring In the line. In the high school clash, Conley, fleet halfback, was the sparkplug of the Morganton eleven, while Mai Spangler, in the line, and Lenhart. Williams and Connor were ShelbyT chief offensive threats. In Saturday’s major college clashes. Carolina defeated Slate 6 to 0: Duke kept up a title march by beating Auburn 13 to 7. and Wake Forest lost, to Clemson 13 to 0. "Milky" Gold, former Shelby high and Oak Ridge star , was the chief threat of the Wake Foretit team. Playing only the final quar ter he generalled the Deacons to three first downs, making one him self in catching a pass for 28 yards and accounting for another in toss ing a completed pass to Russell. Bulldogs To Play Lees McRae Here i OTHER SPORTS, PAGE «) Shelby’s next college football game will be played here* Sat urday when the Bolling Springs I Bulldogs meet the strong Lees McRae team on the Shelby high gridiron. The Lees McRae eleven is une of the strong contenders tor the junior college football title and has lost only one game, being defeated last Saturday by Mars Hill. The contest is ex pected to be one of the best of Che season here. So far the Boiling Springs team has not Inst s game, winning five and • ring one Paw Sentence Here On Wednesday **>elby Textile Worker Submit* T« Second Degree Murder hi ('handler Dentil. Hoke Hmij. Shelby textile worket through his attorneys plead guilty to second degree murder In Super ior oourt. here Friday afternoon as evidence wa« completed in thi case in which King was charged with the killing of James Chandler 34-year-old textile worker of Dover mill, on Sept. 34. 'Hie plea of Kings' attorney, Mau rtce Weathers and Peyton McSwain wits accepted by the state, repres anted by Solicitor Spurgeon Spur| ing, and Judge Wilson Warllek will pass sentence when court re-%>n venes here Wednesday morning Plea Changed When first arraigned in court Fnday of last week King pled not guilty to the charge of murder. Aft er the state had Introduced evidence to show that King had threatened Chandler with a knife shortly prior to Chandler's death from stab wounds and after defense witnesses were unable to eliminate this phase of live case. defense attorneys changed their plea and submitted to second degree murder The plea was accepted. With King in the court room at the time were hie wife, hie father and two sister*. Chandler was stabbed to death kite Sunday afternoon, Sept. 2t, while with King and others on a party north of Grover in the lower section of Cleveland county. Both men. aooording to witnesses who heard King threaten to cut Chan dler's head off. were drinking and their trouble arose over some whiskey which King was said to have attempted to get from Chsn dler. . ... The case attracted considerable interest and a special venire of 60 meti was summoned from which a Jury of 13 was selected to hear the evidence. While the witnesses were on the stand the oourt room was packed, and another large crowd Is «Continued on Page 5 > D. M. Jones Dies Near Lattimore WeH-To-Do Farmer SiHiiumb* T* Dancer Of Liver. HorW Sunday. Dock Miller Jones. W year old farmer of near Lattimore, died Saturday morning at 8 o'clock "fol lowing an illness with cancer of the liver. Mr Jones had been stak for sometime and had suffered Intense pain, but was a patient and uncom plaining sufferer. In young man hood he Joined Beaver Dam church, moving his membership to Latti more later in life. He was a well to-do farmer, held in highest es teem by his host of friends. He was industrious and honest and popular among all who knew him. Mr. Jones was married to Jane Bostic 43 yenrs ago and she sur vives with two ohildren, Buren, of Lattimore and Mrs. Carrie Origg of Savannah, Oa. Three brothers and three sisters also survive! Bob Johnnie of tills county and Ab of Forest City; Mrs. Cliff Putnam, Mrs, E. G. Hamrick of this county and Mrs, Jack Bostic of Charlotte Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. Rash Padgett, pastor, assisted by Rev. D. G. Washburn and in terment was in the Lattimore church cemetery. Pall bearers were Lester Hamrick, C. B. Hamrick, R R. Hewitt. John McBrayer, R. L Hunt, H. C. Callahan. Lester Green and Jim Canipe. Committee To Aid Flying In Carolina Mayor 6 A. Me Murry has been asked by the North Carolina Mu nicipal Association to name five men from Shelby to represent .tills city in a state meeting to be heM in the interest of flying. A state convention will be called in a few weeks to promote aeronautics and this stale organization will be af filiated with the National Aero nautical Chamber of Commerce Members of this committee - [Minted from Shelby are t-ee B Weathers. J D. Linebergcr. Earl Hamrick. H^nry Edwards and Paul Webb. ■ » v\ ' - j
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