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