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thk markets I 9.60 to 10.60 K" r ton. wagon — - 14.50] g^ -on. car,QU.16.00 | Fair, Colder rTTTwth < aro,ina Weather „ Fair and colder in east and "£*, p-rti<,ns and heavy !7st tonUfh1 Thursday Uir wlth rislnK operator-. ■ _ Wet And Dry Heads Talk B, PNITED PRESS Jogftt Shonsc. Democrat, head of I drive in America said I lod»>’’ *'* *® now pl*in that a 11111101' wave of public opinion has L rome from (he politicians. It h4d it., origin in the people them Llrf*. »"d thf P°m,clan* werp kinild of U.” »r. Howard Russell. I founder of the Anti-Saloon League | which ><»t in thf national repeal Ifirht said: ■ American voters were I deceived bv millionaires who want j liquor to pay their income taxes. I I predict the pendulum will swing Itaek" Mrs. Ledford Is Welfare Officer For This County Succeeds Lineberger In Office |»»rn Woodson Heads State And Federal Relief Office Work Here. Mrs L. Holly Ledford, of Shelby. It as appointed Cleveland county I welfare office; at a joint meeting ■of the board of county commission |er§ and the board of education held IMonday afternoon at the court ouae. " Mrs Ledford, who before mar ■riage Miss Corinne Spurling. Idaughrer of George Spurling, eh |tered upon her duties yesterday. be succeeds J. D; Lineberger who lha.s been acting as county welfare ■officer and *!«!<" and federal relief joffieer since J;:1 Mr. Lineberger |resigned fr < ?es recently. State Office Harry W- . well known Shel lin' nf&n. ha.- beer, named by state [relief officers to take charge of the pate and federal relief work here, i job also handled by Mr. Lineber |ger prior to his resignation. Mr. Uoodson entered upon his duties |this week H> is to be assisted in i8.se work and investigation. It is lid by Mr- Harry Speck who has en associated with the state re lief work for some time. iCotton Up $1.50 [Bale On Report pp It Estimated At 13.100.000 W«, I p 215,000 From Last Estimate. i Couon took a jump of $1.50 a bale ‘xi&y after die government had tod its estimate of the 1933 crop placing it at 13.100,000 as compai - i with an estimate of 12,885,000 a Nn:h ago Although the estimate o 215,000 bales above the previous precast, those who study and trade 5 the market, had evidently ex Mfd a larger crop estimate. ICotton had declined last wee:, pi when trading was resumed aft ihe estimate this morning it f Ie<* twenty points and has since fown firmness, increasing the P'Ji to thirty points. [There has been ginned in the P up to Nov. 1st; 12.361,404 balea. F, Car<>Iina had ginned 571,402 f1'* and Texas 3.522.231 bales. V°man Loses Eye As Bottle Bursts b w*k >*ft Hospital Yesterday j After Accident On Sunday. * T Sisk, of South Shelby ‘ , f m; fortune to lose her left Rh " *eek en<1 accident. W8s brought to the Shelby j.J ? s',nriay morning suffering em tv !n!!,rpd eye‘ *aid t» have r)) ’’lrt ^11811 » bottle exploded founrt npppssflrv tn to rr‘ irn home yesterday. 10 Pages Today VOL. XXXIX, No. 134 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 1938 ■F Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. . 1. M Bt Mali, P»r j»ar, (in advaned _ Carrttr. p#r yaar. (in adTancat _ a a S 3 Cleveland County And State Vote Dry; County By Seven To One King Given 12 Years! Shelby Man Gets Term In Killing Of His Relative Pathetic Scene In Court Room Children And Wife Cling To Side As Sentence Is Passed. Touch ing Pleas. Hoke King. Shelby textile worker, must serve 12 to 15 years at hard labor in the state prison for killing Jim Chandler, young textile worker, and first i cousin of King’s wife. In a drunken brawl north of Grover on Sunday evening, Sept. 24. Sentence was passed by Judge Wilson War lick in superior court here this morning just as the court reconvened after recessing last Fri day when King pled guilty to sec ond degree murder. Emotions Shaken Tile packed court room at the j time sentence was passed was a [ scene of pathos and conflicting j emotions. Half choked Sobs were i audible here and there, and tears | trickled down many cheeks as pleas : were made for and against King 1 and as Judge Warlick passed the j sentence with which the spectators j awaited with abated breath Relatives There King sat between liis lawyers, | Peyton McSwain _-and Maurice | Weathers. On his lap was his little ! three-year-old daughter, who play ! ed with her father’s vest as his fate j was debated and settled. Just to j the right of King and his lawyers j and his little blonde daughter sat his weeping wife and two little sons, aged about five and six. Near them were King's gray-haired fath er and the defendant's sisters. But. there was still more to the touching background. Just to the right of Solicitor Spurllng sat the mother of James Chandler, the slain youth. All through the court pro ceedings she sat with her head bowed in her hands, tears flowing i steadily. She was listening to the fate of her niece’s husband who had killed her boy. With that background, the scene i was one of the most touching in rhe Cleveland county court house (Continued on page ten.i Shelby Girl Still j Unconscious, Hurt In An Auto Wreck Miss Lois Buice Believed To Be Bet ter, However. Others Improve. Hepons today had .it that Miss Lois Buice, Shelby girl, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buice. was still unconscious in a Gaffney hos pital from injuries received in an automobile wreck near Blacksburg last Friday night. Miss Buice's con dition. however, was said to be a little better and x-ray pictures are to be made today to determine her exact injuries. Miss Buice and lour others in her party were hurt in a wreck in volving three cars. D. L. Willis, jr., and Charlie Magness. Shelby boys, were injured as were two Gaffney girls with them. Magness is able to be out and Willis has returned to his home after being a patient at the Shelby hospital where he was brought following the accident. School Building Work In County Is Approved New Dover Mill School And Addi tions To Shelby Schools Are Approved. Three school building projects or additions in Shelby and Cleveland county were approved at the month ly meeting of the county commis sioners here this week. One was the erection of a new school at tire Dover mill village, another was a needed addition to the colored school in Shelby, and the third the construction of a cov ered walkway between the two Shelby high school buildings, the main building and the junior high structure. Under the new state-wide school system all school building projects in the city or county must go through the commissioners for ap proval before being granted by the state school commission in order that, loans be made through the county official!. Donate Hail Of Interest in the proposed new building for the Dover mill Is the fact that the ownership of the tex tile plant agreed to pay for half of the building in cash if the board approved its erection. The board gave official approval Monday but has not, decided as yet, it was said today, upon the exact method of securing the necessary loan for half. The two Shelby projects were approved, It Is understood, under the new state policy which requires approval by the board in view of the fact that the money for the high school walkway connection an dthe colored school addition will be secured from the public works building program. FARMERS REPAY LOANS TO THEM BY GOVERNMENT Cleveland Makes Fine Record. Rep resentative Her* Says. “Cleveland county farmers certainly believe in paying their debts,’’ says F. T. Wagoner, rep resentative here of the federal crop production loan office. In the spring farmers of the county borrowed $100,005 from the government office with which to purchase seed, fertilizer, etc., with which to make this year's crop They have already paid back around $90,000 of that amount, according to Mr. Wagoner. The loans were not due until Oc tober 31. but around $85,000 had al ready been, paid back before due, he said. A total of 886 loans were made Cleveland farmers and the amount paid back so far was voluntary and without “solicitation from me." Mr Wagoner stated. “Last year the county set an en viable record in paying back crop loans, paying up almost 100 per cent,” the field representative add ed, “and that record spoke well for Cleveland farmers throughout the nation. Now it appears as if the loans this year are to be paid in the same admirable manner.” College Home-Coming Game Here Saturday; Nights Play Cliffside Two Grid Games In City This Week. Expect Big Day On Saturday. Two football games are schedul ed for Shelby this week-end. Fri day afternoon the Shelby high out fit, still smarting under a defeat by Morganton last week, will attempt to take it out on Cliffside here. On Saturday Boiling Springs junior college eleven will play Lees Mc Rae on the Shelby gridiron in the school’s annual home coming day game. Both promise to be good contests. The high school eleven determin ed to make up for the Morganton defeat faces a still test, however, for Cliffside has a strong outfit and will be out to hand Shelby anothei licking. With Saturday set as home com ing day for the Baptist junior col lege a record attendance is expect ed for the game here Saturday aft ernoon with Lees McRae. Then ; will be several home coming exer- i cises on the program at the college over the week-end and old formei students in the county and those back on a visit from other sections are being asked to take in the [home coming clash with Lees Mc Rae. The latter eleven has been de j fc&ted only once this year and ranks just behind Boiling Springs find Mars Hill In the race for the State junior college championship. Coaches Paul Hutchins and Bud Raker say that the boys on their squad are in good condition for the ".arnc. 600 Is Number For Fire Calls IN CASE OF FIRE, TEI.K PHONE 600. That was the request made today by .1. R. Robinson, chief of the Shelby Fire De partment. For several week*, he said, people railing for the fire trucks have called No. 601. Every minute counts In case of fire and citiiens are urged to remember the cor rect number—600. COUNTY FARMERS RECEIVE NEARLY ALL COTTON COIN Only <W Check* Yet Due With 1.944 Received. Money Totals 1164,000. Practically all the money due Cleveland county cotton farmer* by the government for cotton plowed up during the acreage reduction drive has been received. It was learned yesterday at the office of R. W. Shoffner, farm agent. Of the 2,044 checks due Cleveland farmers a total of 1,944 have al ready arrived and only 99 are yet to come in. A batch of 101 checks arrived Monday and Tuesday. Good Sum The 1,944 check* received to date have brought $164,436 Into the coun ty of the $177,000 total. The arrival' ! of this money plus other money being received on the 10-cent cot ton loan on the present crop is evi dent in the trading about Shelby. Former Citizen Of County Dies In Mo. News has been received here of the death last week of Mrs. H. E. Meddick at Lamar, Missouri. Mrs. Meddick before marriage was Miss Kate Hoyle and was born at Bel wood, the daughter of the late Capt. and Mrs. Lemual J. Hoyle. She had been sick for a long time but bore her suffer with almost un believable cheerfulness. Besides her husband who resides in Missouri, she is survived by three brothers. Robert, Prank and George Hoyle of Shelby and one sister Mrs. James W Beam of High Point Mr. Champion Found Dead; Native County R. T. Champion, native of the Flint Hill section of Cleveland coun ty, was found dead in bed near Gaffney, S. C. yesterday morning. The cause of his death was not learned. Mr. Champion is an uncle of R. Henderson Champion. South Shelby merchant. He lived at Greenville, S. C. and is survived by his wife and five children, six brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held Thursday aft ernoon at Greenville. Ed Roberson Dies Early This Morn Ed Roberson, age 28, died this morning at 1 o'clock In the Shelby hospital where he entered as a pa tient on yesterday. He had been In declining health for some time and confined to his bed part of time at his home near the Arrowood lum ber plant. Mr. Roberson Is survived by nls wife and three children. Hubert. Katherine and Edwin. Fu neral services will be held in Forest City tomorrow. Ray Weather* Win* A High Honor! Ray Weathers of Shelby was one ! of the ten new members recently j initiated into the University chap, ter of Phi Beta Kappa. nations,' scholastic fraternity Membership in j Phi Beta Kappa represents the: highest scholastic honor that can come to a student :n the University Mr W^ithcrs •• a graduate of i Lattimore high school. ! Prohibition Now Doomed In Land; Latest Returns Four Stakes Appear For Repeal Two Carolina!* Seem Only Stair* Against Change. See Politi cal Upheaval. By UNITED PRESS Repeal of the 18th amend ment and conclusion of 13 yean of prohibition In America Were accomplished facta today de spite the unexpected defeat of the repeal cause In the two Carolina*. Two Sure Pennsylvania and Ohio were the 34th and 35th states to rat ify repeal and Utah I* appar ently safely wet. The vote I* be ing counted today In Kentucky, but a wet victory there la also expected. N. C.’s Third Break North Carolina traditionally Democratic, wrote the third chapter in It* history of rebel lion against party mandate* when the state turned back yes terday. by a majority of 140, 000 votes, the repeal wave start ed by the Democratic national convention. Other North Caro lina revolt* were the refusal to follow President Wilson’* request to ratify the woman suffrage amendment and the giving of 83 000 majority for Hoover against Al Smith. Comebaek Seen Political seers arc prediction, as the result of yesterday’s elec tion. the possibilities of • come back for Cameron Morrison and possibly Furnlfold Simmons, who were unhorsed by the repeal senators, Reynolds and Bailey. North Carolina Vote With 1,478 of the state 1,821 precincts reported North Caro tins voted 109,279 for repeal convention and 255.33? against, thus electing 104 dry delegates and 16 wet. REPUBLICANS NOW GLOATING ABOUT REPEALS DEFEAT Newell And Jonas Say G. O. P. Won In N. C. Called First Victory. Charlote. Nov. 8.—The Republi cans in North Carolina virtually won yesterday’s prohibition victory and thereby delivered the first jolt that has been given President Franklin D. Roosevelt since the Democratic administration went in to office, and North Carolina Re publicans thereby become the nu cleus around which national Re publicans must build a ne worganl zation, Jake F. Newell, former Re publican candidate for the senate and ardent prohibit ictiist, declar ed last night. .. 1 "I feel like a young colt,’ said Mr. Newell. "I can surely sleep will tonight. Every Republican county in the state went dry, I under stand. It has been a great victor" for the Republican forces. "We have given the Democratic repeal forces their first jolt. And are the only Republicans, accord ing to my Information, that took this position before our national convention and maintained lb a1 position all the way through ” He declared that the victory oi the Republicans. who followed their leaders in opposing repea'. will put them squarely In the fron* of the Republicans of the nation “We are the first Republicans to show an organization of any strength since the last election and we have won a great victory, for without the Republicans the pro hibition forces could not have won yesterday. It is the first time the national Democratic administration has been jolted and we did it. That naturally gives us an enviable po sition in the national Republican party.” Charles A. Jona. oi Lincolnton, former Republican congressman and former district attorney. de dared he was also feeling “like a kicking colt.” Mr. McMurry Grows Gradually Weaker J. J. McMurry. one of Shelby’s oldest and most beloved citizens, grow: gradually weaker at his home on West. Marion street. He is in a stunr part of the time, but rallies now ana then and talks to mem ber.'- Ot : i Mr M'cMun was 84 years of jtge Iasi May. Dry Vote In The Co unty Is 7,053 Repeal Strength Is Only 1,097 Repeal Carries In 4 States; Ends Dry Law ELECTION TIDBITS DRV AS POWDER! Just bffurf the polls Hoard in Shelby yesterday afternoon the elty fire trucks were railed out. As the votes were being rounted—dry. one by one—the fire trucks were railed out twlre more. Over tn the crowd one punster said: “Oosh a’mighty! The bloomin’ town Is so dry it's catching on fire all over.” MISSED A CHANCE Several people at The Star's elec tion party reminded Prank Connor, operator of The Star’s loud-speaker system announcing the returns, that he missed a good bet by not bringing along a phonograph rec ord of “How Dry I Am" to play In between bulletin announcements. And just about that time some youngster turned a court square comer tooting one of those horns which sings “How Dry I Am.” (A8ART? It has long been considered that the major moonshine Industry In Cleveland county Is conducted in the Caaar mountain section. Other sections may make more, but when, for several years, anyone has been asked where he got his liquor, h« would reply, “Oil, Up about Casar." But Casar didn’t vote that way yes terday—not by a long shot. The vote was 369 dry and four lor re peal. OTHER VOTES Double Shoals was the dryeet precinct of the 26 in Cleveland county. The repeal vote there was 3. The biggest repeal vote of any precinct was cast In Shelby ward one, the repeal vote being 156 to 310 dry. East Kings Mountain cast the second largest repeal vote, 136, and Shelby ward two the third largest, 125. MUM AND DRY Watching and talking to otfice (Continued on page ten.) START FIGHT UPON BEER IN STATE Raleigh. Nov. 8.—Assured of a three-to-one lead In ihe re peal fight, dry* of North Caro lina today began a fight to re peal the sale of beer in the state. The beer repeal drive was an nounced by Rev. Arthur J. Bar ton. Wilmington, pastor of the Temple Baptist church. Jake Newell, prominent Char lotte Republican, was in the meantime hailing yesterday's election as a Republican tri umph. Pastnaylvania, Ohio, l)t*h Wet. Democrats Win And IM. By UNITED PKENK National prohibition has end ad In the United Htatra ilnrt latest return* today ahow that fonr of the alt states Toting fav ored repeal. In Utah In Utah 543 precincts of 853 voted fi«,048 for rain'd! and 43,023 asalnst The Utah state dry taw was also repealed, In Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, 8,901 of 1,926 precincts voted 1,006,731 for repeal and 256,340 against . Democrats also elected a mayor of Pittsburgh and city offices in Philadelphia In two upsets. S. C. Vote In South Carolina with 906 of !,-■ 222 precincts reported the repeal i vote was 32,651 and the anti-re peal vote 34,974, giving the dry* a scant lead of 2,323, but repeal lead ers conceded defeat Ohio For Repeal In Ohio, with 7,553 of the state's 8,565 preelnrts reported, the vote was 1,246,344 for repeal and 538.238 against. Kentucky Wrt In Kentucky the vole counting started at 10 o'clock today. No offi cial figure* were Available, but dry* conceded defeat. New York Vote The loss of New York city by the Roosevelt candidate for mayor broke In as a warning today while the Roosevelt administration ob served the first anniversary of the landslide which restored the Demo crats to power a year ago. In many other parts of the country scattered election returns showed a sag in Democratic strength Some viewed the results as marking the end of the “Roosevelt honeymoon." This Section Solid In Opposing Repeal All Counties Neighboring Cleveland Vote Dry In Tuesday Election. Tim entire section voted dry yes terday with all counties neighboring Cleveland turning In a repeal op position vote of about the same proportion as voted by Cleveland. Incomplete votes from neighboring counties follow County Fur Against Burke <552 3.035 Catawba ..._... 1,725 5,945 Gaston . .. 2,729 10,095 Lincoln ......505 3.630 Rutherford . __ . 1,125 7.377 Banks And B. And L.’s Close Saturday Local banks and building and loan associations will be closed on Saturday, Nov. 11th, Armistice day. It is understood, however, that the .stores will all operate as usual, but this being a legal holiday the banks and building and loan associations and postoffice will observe the dsy Shelbyite, Former Shelbyite Have Exchange Of Messages Over Radio Edwin Webb And Colbert McKnight Both Radio Fans, Talk To Each Other. A former Shelbyite and a Shelby I boy, both of whom have radio ex I perimentation as their chief hobby, [now exchange messages through the air between Shelby and Atlanta, a distance of several hundred miles. They are Edwin Webb, Jr., of At lanta, son of Federal Judge E, Y Webb, and Colbert (Pete) Mc Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8 McKnight. Young Webb, long interested in radio and one of the nation’s lead ing amateurs in radio experimenta tion, has for some time had his own sending and receiving set with which he talks, by code, with other rar'io amateurs throughout Amer •••,«. *s her t ns rm-otl. from Cuba, where he visited his brother. John McKnight, Associated Press correspondent, Pete McKnight has been working on his sending and receiving outfit at his home here. Sunday while at his set he caught a call message from Atlanta for North Carolina. He tuned in on it and was soon exchanging messages with Edwin Webb there. Webb, his wife and Mrs. Elizabeth Costner, a neighbor, who is the daughter of "Uncle Yan” Weathers, of Shelby had Just finished listening in on Judge Webb's dry speech at Greens boro and were sending a message to him. In the exchange Webb sent to McKnight a radiogram to "Uncle Yan" from his daughter, arid a re ply radiogram was sent back this week. From now on the two radio j wizards plan to keep In close touch with each other by air and through I outfits which they have made themselves or rebuilt Surprising Vote Here; All County Boxes Vote Dry Second Largest Vote In The County Every Precinct la Thi Oaaty, dtp A* Well A* Rural, Ralls Op A large Dry Majority* A dry tidal wave swept over Cleveland county from Ben'* Knot to the Flits Ferry In Tuesday's re lieul election. The dry majority was many times greater than the most optimistic dry leaders had hoped for. 8.958 Majority Unofficial returns gathered fro* every precinct In the county by TM Star last night gave; No convention_ gpgr 1 Convention . __ 1,148 i _____ Majority . --.... 8,841 Qro. P. Webb, dry „„ W. J. Arey, repeallst 7.08S 1,097 I Dry majority . ._ 8.958 Every precinct In Cleveland eoun ty voted overwhelming dry. There was not a wet spot, even in the city precincts of Shelby and Kings Mountain where the wet strength was supposed to be. The dry ma Votes By Precincts Webb Arcv Precinct (Dry) (Well Holly Springs 187 8 Youngs 187 11 Bolling 8prings _249 19 Bharon ..112 1.1 Patterson Springs_ lflH 9 Ear! 162 28 E. Kings Mtn. .... 369 135 W Kings Mtn. 603 98 Orover ....._, I6fi 30 Waco ..... 306 19 Shelby No. 1 ..._.... 310 136 Shelby No 2 ......... 305 125 Shelby No. 3 ...... 275 86 Shelby No. 4 .......... 478 111 South Shelby . 288 87 Queens .. 165 IS Double Springs ___ 137 23 Lattimore _ __ 308 19 Mooresbnro . _... 134 34 Polkvllle . ...... 394 23 Delight ..........._118 2 Lawndale . _ 306 23 Fallston . .. 511 30 Double Shoals.. 124 3 Mulls . _ ... 372 9 Casai ...._ 369 4 ... 7053 1007 TOTAL . : Jorities, however, were highest in ! rural Cleveland. Casar taking the banner with only four voting for repeal as against 389 against repeal. J C. Downs, precinct chairman for the dry forces in the Casar precinct, was here last night to get the dry banner offered by Robert H. Cooke. i county dry chairman, to the pre cinct that had the largest percent j age of dry votes. Fallston came second with 21 for repeal as com pared with 512 against repeal Ever ett Spurlln was chairman for the drys in this, precinct. Wet Strength In Cities The if pea lists found only four of the 26 precincts in the county to have over 100 votes on their side East Kings Mountain with 135; Shelby No. 1 with 156; 8helby No 2 with 125 and Shelby No. 4 with 111 votes. However, in each of these precincts the drys had strong ma jorities. There, were only 0 repeal votes at Patterson Springs, five at. i Hollv Springs, two at Delight, tbre i i Continued on Page Ten1 ; Bloody Election In Old Kaintuck Louisville, Ky., Nov 8,-Heavy voting and outbreaks of violence that caused five men to be killed and five wounded marked a chill, gray election day In Kentucky. The vote on repeal of the 18th amend ment and on state issues served to bring out a large number of voters in most counties. Gardners Guests At White House Washington. Nov. 8.- At a ’ ■riven by Mrs. Roosevelt si the White House Tuesday afternoon former Governor ann Mrs Oard is*v a up .Judge ;u«o Mrs. J Craw ; !ora Biggr were among the guests. ■
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