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VOL. XL. No. 67
SHELBY, N. CL MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1934
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Late News
Weather forecast for North Caro
riotidy tonight and Tuesday,
local showers tomorrow.
Drought Relief
By UNITED PRESS
CHICAGO, June 4.—Snow and
^eat-y rains fell in the west today
bring™* relief from ti|e drought
s^icb has held this section in its
jrtp for the past weeks.
Back To Capital
By UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON, June 4.—Presi
dent Roosevelt arrived In the capi
tol city ibis rooming. He has been
absent since Memorial day review
ing (he United States fleet, and at
tending the graduation of his son
at oroion, the president’s Alma
Mater.
NORTH BAY, Ontario, June 4.—
Marie, the smallest of the Dionne
quintuplets, continued a game fight
for life today. The five little girls
i, have eontracted jaundice, but are
riinginr to fife with a tenacity that
•orprises physicians. The smallest
nf the five Is the only one that has
failed to respond to stimulation.
THE MARKETS
fnfi t|1. '|H»1---“
foft no ton> wa*on -
feflno «eed, ton. carlots .
11-. to It '.
Cloudy Tonight
Babes Still Live
The March
Of Events
Oppose War
The Socialist party voied yester
day to resist war by all available
means- and to set up a proletarian
rule If ‘ the capitalistic system
should collapse in general chaos
and contusion.” Following the ag
gressive leadership of Norman
Thomas, the most tumultuous ses
sion of the party’s biennial conven
tion was held in Detroit.
Arctic Hot Spell
A verm spell in Antartlca, re
markable for its duration and pos
sibly associated with unusual tem
peratures in northern latitudes, is
puasling the weather man on the
second Bird expedition. The heat
wave ha? risen to 26 degrees-above
zero
Quintuplets 111
The Dionne quintuplets last night
became affected with jaundice, and
their physician flatly refused to let
thpm be exhibited at the Century
of Progress exposition this summer.
Dr A. R. Dafoe is the country doc
tor looking after them. He said the
t&undice k not unusual in week
old children and that it does not
lessen tiheir chances for life. In
other respects, the condition of the
children, including little Marie, who
weighs only one pound, 12 ounces,
is unchanged, They are in an in
cubator.
To Help West
We can't let our people starve”
—so said Democratic leader Joseph
W. Evens of Tennessee in the house
'As' night, giving assurance that
i*st federal funds would be provid
ed to give relief to the drought
wneken areas of the went. The
nitn needed will be about one bfl
bon dolab-s.
Ask Vast U. S. Loan •
"''be tJ. s. Government has asked
American investors to put eight
Hundred million dollars into a new
treasury financing operation, which
may reach a maximum of $1,320,
jWfi.ooo. Secretary Morgenthau of
fered buyers two securities issues—
rcee hundred million in 12 and 14
'car 3 per cent bonds, and five
Hundred million hi 5-year 2 1-8 per
"m note*. He reserved the right tc
increase the bond issue.
Pep Up G. O. P.
^Iiminary steps to rehabilitate
Republican parly were under
wsruseion last night in Chicago as
'r* national committee gathered
IT ®rst meeting in two years
^ meeting will be held tomorrow.
^ was called primarily to name a
Wece-sor *° Everett Sanders, who
*** ”“^ned as chairman.
Strike Ended
rhtedc s strike situation was vir
ua v settled last night when un
," m,,mbers of the Electric Auto
* romP«ny and two smalled aub
larlPS m a mass meeting ratified
tract worked out tor federal
”**8 tons.
Seek And Keeter
^pen New Shop
Km*r- Shelby dry
^ ,rf B nnounctng the r»
Jr* * ^eir leaning establish-j
w , , °m east. Warren to North
^ ,:-^n street- The sh°P
i* xt 8 * in the Beam block, which
. "totted behind the Webb thea
Jones Wins County
With 20 Precincts;
Spurting Takes All
Bulwinkle Has 28,695,
Jones 25,898 In
House Contest
Congressman Goes To Wash
ington With Congratula
tions Of Opponent.
With the echoes of victory
ringing in his ears. Congress
man A. L. Bulwinkle of Gas
tonia left last night for Wash
ington for the wind-up of cpn
gress. He received congratula
tions from his opponent, Ham
ilton C. Jones, of Charlotte,
just before he left.
Major Bui winkle's majority was
relatively small, but he was in good
spirits yesterday as he prepared to
depart.
A recapitulation of the vote this
morning, as a few outlying pre
cincts still straggled in, showed
that Bulwinkle received 28.695 votes,
Jones 25.898. Two hundred and
thirty-nine out of 256 had been tab
ulated.
Cleveland For Jones.
In Cleveland county, pre-election
predictions were followed almost to
the letter, and Jones took 20 out
of 26 precincts, getting 4,513 votes
to 3.637 for Bulwinkle. In the dis
trict race. Bulwinkle captured the
following counties: Burke, Avery
Gaston, Lincoln, Madison and Yan
cey.
Jones held his own county. Meck
lenburg, with 10,481 to 7.795. In
Gaston, the vote was- Bulwinkle
7,509, Jones. 4.431.
Solid For Spurting.
Cleveland gave L. S. Spurling,
who was reared near Fallston, all
of her 26 precincts in his victory
for the solicitorship of the sixteenth
judicial district over T. F. Cum
mings. formerly of Kings Mountain.
Spurling carried 82 out of 125 pre
cincts in the district, to win by a
vote of 13,658 to 4,302 for Cum
mings.
In the county, the vote was Sput -
ling 6.273, Cummings 1.363.
In the utilities commissioner race.
Stanley Winborne’s victory was
boosted in Cleveland by another
Clean sweep of all precincts. Win
borne received a vote of 3.540. while
E. C. Macon received 1,966.
House Conferee Pleased To Learn
Major Will Return To His
Seat There.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—House
administration leaders including
Speaker Henry T. Rainey and Dem -
ocratic Majority Leader Joseph W.
Byms breathed easier today with
reports from Charlotte that Repre
sentative A. L. Bulwinkle was far
in the lead for nomination for re
election.
While the fact »a« apparently
never broached in the Bulwinkle
Jones contest to represent the tenth
district in 74th congress, the result
had important bearing on the or
ganization of the next house, and
the outcome national import. The
defeat of Bulwinkle would have
'Continued on page six.)
Farm Work Stops
Because Of Rain
Gram> Is Growing. Grain Is Ready
For Harvest But Reapers Can’t
Get In Fields.
Heavy rains for nearly a week
retarded farm work. Much of the
cotton in the county has not been
thinned, the grass is growing rapid
ly and ripe grain is ready for the
reapers, yet the harvest cannot go
on until the rain ceases and the
binders wU! not mire in the fields.
It has (rained every day for a
week, following the high winds of
last Sunday and Monday. The rains
have been general over the south
and cotton has been bounding up
ward on the exchanges. Much dam
age was done to the early peach
crop, gardens and to field crops by
the high winds of early last week.
Farmers have been anxious to get
back into the fields to do needed
work, but daily showers prevent
tins. i
Back To House
Major A. L. Bulwinkle of Gastonia,
who was re-nominated by the Dem
ocratic party to represent the tenth
district In the congress of the
United States.
Hoey And Mull
To Speak Here
At Convention
Democratic County Convention To
Be Held Monday, June 11th.
Candidates To Speak.
Oliver S. Anthony, chairman of
the Democratic executive commit
tee, has called a Democratic con
vention to be held in the court
house on Monday. June 11th at
whiefl Clyde R. Hoey, 6 M. Mull,
B. T. Falls, C. C. Horn and others
will speak.
Mr. Anthony hopes to have an old
time county convention with the
fire and enthusiasm that has mark
ed conventions in the past. Candi
dates, both successful and defeated
are invited to attend this conven
tion and renew their loyalty to the
party. •
At this convention, delegates will
be elected to the state convention.
After the convention is over the
precinct chairmen will convene for
a short session to elect a new coun
ty chairman to serve for the next
two years. Mr. Anthony has held
this position for four years or long
er and served with satisfaction. He
has not indicated whether he will
accept re-election.
J. J, Barnett Is
Paralysis Victim
Sixty-Year Old Painter Succumbs
At Home On LeGrand Street;
III Four Months.
J. J. Barnett, age 61. died at hi5
home on LeGrand street yesterday
morning at eight o'clock. His death
lesulted from a four months illness
with paralysis.
He is survived by his third wife,
who was Miss Ella Tinsley before
marriage. Also surviving are two
children by his first marriage, Mrs.
_ w.r .it_
w-iai j vwtvugv »*»«
Robert Barnett; one child by his
second marriage, Mrs. White of
Tennessee; and two children by
his third wife, Ethel and Pearl.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at 2;30
o’clock at the LaFayette Street
Methodist church. Rev. F. H. Price
will conduct the services. Interment
will be in Sunset cemetery.
Mr. Barnett had lived in Shelby
for 21 years. He was a painter by
trade.
Delegates Named
To Road Meeting
Seventy delegates to represent
North Carolina at the United States
Good Roads convention to be held
at Fort Smith, Ark., June 11-13
have been appointed by Governor
Ehringhaus.
Delegates from Shelby are Lee B
Weathers. Odus M Mull and Renn
Drum
Jack Palmer, jr„ leaves today
for Houston, Texas, to spend some
time with his grandparents, Mr
>nd Mrs. W. C. Corbett, residents
of Houston.
Shelby Crowd Cheers News
Textile Strike Is Averted;
NRA To Probe Difficulties
General Walkout Of More Than 300,000
Workers Is Side-Tracked In Last Minuta
Conferences In Washington.
A crowd of more than 2,500 in front of The Star office
Saturday night cheered the announcement that the proposed
general textile strike had been averted at the last minute.
me struct, caned by Thomas F.
McMahon, president of the United
Textile Workers of America, would
have thrown more than 300
000 textile employees out of work
In Cleveland county, and particu
larly In Shelby, business and indus
try would have been stalemated
Members of the local union had
voted, in a meeting Saturday morn
lng, to follow McMahon* , direc
tions. •
In averting the walkout, the gov -
ernment, after days of peace-mak
ing efforts, obtained an agreement
between management and workers
to suspend all overt acta until after
a detailed survey had been made by
the NRA of the interlocked ques
< Continued on page six.)
I
Unofficial Vote Totals
For Congress
Jones -_____..... 4,513
Bulwinkle . 3,637
For Utility Commissioner
Winborne__ 3,540
Macon_ 1,966
For Solicitor
Spurling-________ 6,273
Cummings___ 1,363
For State Senate
Thompson_ 3,945
White _____ _____ 3,855
For House
Gardner __ 2.411
Smith ---___ 1,860
Allen--- 1,547
Falls -- 1,075
Mull 705
Clerk Of Court
Hamrick ________ 4,523
Biggers --_4----1,468
Beam _ 900
McBrayer -- 630
Bird __ 514
Register Of Deeds
Newton _ 6,740
Ridenhour. 1,200
Recorder
Weathers_ 3,945
Wright __ 3,773
County Commissioners
Herndon- 5,745
Blanton - 4,600
Morris - 4,579
Borders ___ 3,780
Gold---_____-_______."II 3,726
For Constable No. 6
Kendrick_ 2,175
Upton _ 607
Lackey _ 490
Postoffice Here Among Projects
Listed By Appropriations Body
In specifically ear-marking $65,
000,000 for public buildings out of
the deficiency appropriation bill
yesterday, the house committee on
appropriations apparently .made
certain the $60,000 post office proj
ect for Shelby. The project was
originally $80,000, but $20,000 has
already been spent.
The bill provides that the money
shall be allocated by the secretary
of the treasury and the postmaster
general instead of by the Public
Works administrator, thus insuring,
in the opinion of the congressmen,
greater attention for projects which
they favor
The report on the bill lists a
,otal of 810 projects which would
cost $150,000,000
Included in the list ot projc-i
already authorized by congress, but
not yet allotted tor, are the follow
ing North Carolina projects, with
the cost of each: Albemarle, $68,
000; Dunn, $78,000; Fayetteville,
$95,000; Gastonia, $115,000; Mor
ganton, $82,000; Raleigh, $350,000;
Reidsville, $200,000; Rockingham,
$165,000; Sanford, $84,000; Shelby,
$60,000; Southern Pines $77,000;
Wilmington, $110,000; Winston-Sal
em, $350,000,
Also listed for North Carolina are
the following projects' for North
Carolina which had previously been
submitted to the P. W. A through
the treasury department: Canton,
.*70,000; Forest City, *72,000; Frank
lin, $61,000; Lincolnton, *70,000:
Roanoke Rapids, $68,000; Smithfield
$65,000; Wilmington, *20.000 (gar
t«e>; Elizabeth City, $41,000 and
Washington, $80,000.
Gardner Is Visitor
Over Week-End;
Favors 36 Hours
Uavti Today To Attend MmIIai
Of TwUm Of Ow»tfr Uni
versity Of N. C.
I
Kx-Governor O. Max Gardner
wax a visitor In his nid home-town
over the week-end. He came down
to be at the bedside ot hla mother
in-law, Mr*. J. L. Webb who suf
fered a alight stroke of paralysis a
few weeks ago Mrs Webb Is slowly
improving. Mrs. Gardner Is In New
York for a few days visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Eugene Burgess.
Favors Shorter Hours.
Mr. Gardner expressed himself as
well pleased that the threatened
textile strike has been averted. Sit
ting In as an advisor to Oeorge
Sloan, head of the textile institute
when the controversy arose between
the textile manufacturers and labor,
It became an open secret that Gov
ernor Gardner and Mr. Sloan were
part of the minority In the Textile
Institute who favored offsetting any
curtailment of hours with a corre
sponding Increase In hourly wages
When the textile code was adopted
providing for two forty-hour work
shifts a week, many mills had been
running only one shift. The code
therefore was an Invitation, for ail
one-shtft mills to operate forty
hours a week and this has brought
about over-production, fhstead of a
curtailment program during the
three summer months, the Gover
nor Is Inclined to two thirty-six
hour shifts with no reduction tr
wages. Standing In the way of this
however. Is the sales resistance the
manufactured goods would meel
due to a further Increase In prices.
The ex-Oovernor is looklng well
in fact better than he did when htf
term of office as chief executive ex
pired. He doesn't have that care
worn and strained expression that
was noticeable after four years in
Raleigh. Today he went fo Raleigli
where he attends a trustee meeting
of the University of North Carolina
There he will get a report on how
the consolidation plan for the
state's three higher institutions If
working out. The Governor Is verv
proud of the leading perl, he had ir
combining the three largest state
schools for he Is convinced that >1
will save money, stop the overlap
ping In courses of studies, etc.
j Mrs. Curtis Dies
Near Mooresboro
Thirty-Eight Year Old Wife Of
Dewey Curtin SurrumM to
Heart Trouble.
Mrs Dovie Curtis, age 38, died at
her home near Mooresboro Friday
Her death resulted from an illness
with heart trouble. She was the
wife of Dewey Curtis, well known
farmer of that section, who him
self has been seriously 111 for the
past four weeks with pneumonia
His condition is considered very
critical.
Funeral services for Mrs. Curtis
were held at the 8andy Run Bap
tist church Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock. The rites were conducted
by the Rev. Vess Jones of Moores
boro section, assisted by the Rev. Mr
Walsh, pastor of the Sandy Run
church.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by her
husband, two children, Dewey Jr
and Velma; four brothers, Ed
Walker of Polk county, Gilbert
Walker, James Walker and Louis
Walker, all of this county; and
two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Cooper of
Cleveland county and Mrs, Ade Sue
Wyatt of Darlington, 8. C.
Mrs. Curtis had been a member of
the Sandy Run church for a num
ber of years.
Methodist Singers
Off For Princeton
A group of eleven members of the
Central Methodist church choir left
early this morning for Princeton
N. J., where they will attend the
annual music festival of the West
minster school. The singers will be
gone for 10 days or two weeks
Those in the groiip are; Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Kalter, Mr. and Mrs. C
M. Moser. Miss Amanda Harris
Miss Marlyn Smith. Miss Esta Ty
1r. Horace McBwutn, John Me
"hud. jr, Mrs S M. Gault and
I Mrs. Harriett* Young.
Newton Leads Ticket;
Hamrick Beats Four;
Old Board Endorsed
Vote By Counties
Tha vole by counties In the Hul
wtnkla-Jone* congressional rare,
with IM out of 1M precinct* report
ed, stand* till* morning a* follow*:
Counties
ill!
Avery . .....
Burke , ......
Catawba . ..
Cleveland . 1.
G Baton __
Lincoln __
Madison . ..
Mecklenburg
Vaneev . .....
Mitchell . ..
14 19
M S3
36 26
16 34
34 34
33 33
SO 23
mi no
It 11
11 11
333
2,377
x.imi
3,437
7,VMI
3,0311
014
7,70S
I,SIS
1,330
191
1.09S
2,168
4,513
4,431
1.301
783
10,481
785
706
Total
230 356 38.605 35.898
County Democrats
Precinct Meetings
Set For June 9
To Klcct Committeemen And Make
Report To Chairman Anthony.
To Klcct One Woman.
Democratic precinct meeting* will
be held In the twenty aix precincts
of the county on Saturday , June
9th at which Mme five precinct,
committeemen will be elected tn
represent the precinct and to elect
delegates to the county convention
to be held at the court house on
Monday, June 11th
Each precinct Is entitled to < in
delegate for each 150 votes cast in
the last gubernatorial race. The
precinct convention is to organize
and elect a chairman and vice
chairman, and It is desired that th
vice chairman be a woman. Each
precinct chairman elected on Sat
urday of this week will report Mon-,
day to the county chairman, Oliver
8. Anthony, the names of the new
ly elected precinct committeemen
and also certify their names <u>
delegates lo the eonvention
Bailey Will Support
Revival Of Monazite
Senator Writes Dr. S. S. Rnyxici
That He la Interested In Bring
ing Bark The Industry.
Noting a communication in The
Cleveland Star written by Dr 8 S.
Royster urging that steps be taken
to revive the monazite industry in
Cleveland county. Senator J W
Bailey of Washington writes that he
11« much concerned about bringing
back the industry which at one time
was a great source of revenue to
the farmers and land owners in this
section.
The mining of monazite wa.1 at
one time a very profitably industry
for Cleveland county and other sec
tions in Western North Carolina,
but the tariff duty was removed
and monazite from Brazil was al
lowed to be brought in at a much
cheaper price.
Senator Bailey has interested
himself in the matter and is getting
what information he can from
sources in Washington. He says he
will lend his influence toward re
storing the industry in Western
Carolina.
Two Doctors Sick,
But Better Today
Two Shelbv doctors are ill, Dr
John W. Harbison. surgeon at the
Shelby hospital and Dr. B. B. Mat
thews, physician. Dr. Harbison Is
suffering with an Infected thumb.
He has had very high temperature
but the thumb was opened yester
day and he shows improvement this
morning
Dr B R Matthews who liar been
quite sirk and »• a patient in the
8helby hospital, suffers from at) old
injury received months ago in an
;Hitom< bile accident. He was some
| better this morning.
Herndon Lead* Race
A* Commissioner*
Go Back In
Weather* Reals Wrijrhl For
Recorder; Gardner And
Smith May Ruti-Off.
Casting over 8,000 vote*
in the primary Saturday, tha
Democrat* of (Heveland coun
ty showed a decided liking for
present officer* by re-electing
them to succeed themselves,
except for a change for coun
ty recorder.
Andy Newton polled toe largest
vote and tend the ticket, !n his race
against. W. A. Rtdenhour of King*
Mountain for register of deeds.
Hamrick Benia Four
lister Herndon lead the ticket
for county commissioner, A. M.
Hamrick bested his four opponent*
for the four year office of clerk of
court, Ernest Gardner has a strong
lead over J. B. Smith for house of
representatives but Is subject to a
second primary with hi* nearest
rival If Smith sees fit to ask for ft.
Cleveland county voted unani
mously to keep Wtnbourne in a*
' state utilities commissioner end re
! tain Spurgeon Bpurlln of Lenoir as
solicitor of this district. Both
Bpurlln and hi* opponent, Theodore
IF. Cummings of Hickory are na
tives of Cleveland, but Cleveland
was truer to the Incumbent Bpurlln
and Bpurlln'* adopted county of
Caldwell gave Oummlnga only 3t
votes with all the balance to Spur
ltn.
Thompson's Majority Small
Unofficial returns give Carl
Thompson n majority of only 96
over w. E. White for the iitate sen
ate In this district. Thompson car
ried only 12 of the 28 precinct*,
while H went for White. Thompson *
strength was in three Shelby boxes,
while White got two of the Shelbv
| pick up lead STREAMER - front
| boxrs by slight majorities.
Ernest Gardner has a lead of 543
over his nearest opponent 3. B.
j Bmlth of Waco for house of rep
i resentatUes. Gardner polled 2.41!
j votes. Bmlth 1,809. Allen 1.547, Falls
11,076 and Mull 706. Not, having a
j majority of the votes cast, Gardner
S may be railed into a second primary
with J B Smith Mr. Smith an
; pounced Saturday night that h* had
not derided whether he would a*k
I for a second primary, but would de
ride In a few days and make public
announcement through The Star.
He wishes to consult his friends and
j a ten consider the expense a second
primary would cost the county.
Then, too, when the official vote la
tabulated this week. thr result '
■night change, although tt will
hardly reveal a change In the re
sults
i -:'ij
'Continued on page six.’
James Limerick
Dies In Florida
Was Grandson Of la»le Rev. R. L.
Limerick, And Son Of Victor
Limerick.
Jam * Limerick, age 14, son of the
, late Victor Limerick and grandson
of the lafe Rev. L R. Limerick of
I Shelby, died of blood poisoning In
Sr bury1, Florida. Wednesday, May
30. The blood poison developed
from a broken leg received when
the youth fell from a tree while
playing with some companions. It
was two hours before aid reached
the stricken youth, and he was
1 immediately rushed to the hospital
j where he lived only nine days.
He had been staying with his
i aunt in Waco, but went to Florida
in December, and was employed by
the Florida Packing company, His
sister. Barbara Miller Limerick, is
at the home of her aunt in Waco.
James is also survived by his
mother. Mrs Victor Limerick, who
at present is living In Winston
Salem His father, who was a con
ductor on the Seaboard railway,
died a number of years ago.
Funeral services will be held at
four o’clock this afternoon at th* a
home of the youth's aunt Mrs. An
■ tie Putnam at Waco. The service*
will >»' conducted bv the Rev. J. W,
<g(i»tie. Interment, vail be in Caper
(mum cemetery, near Waco.