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VOL. XL, No. 104
SHELBY, N. a WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29. 1934
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Aftemooift.
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Late News
THE MARKETS
Cotton, spot . 13H to 14>*
Cotton seed, ton, wagon_25.00
Fair Thursday
Weather forecast for North Car
olina: Fair tonight and Thursday,
slightly cooler tomorrow.
Criminals Loose
By UNITED PRESS
RALEIGH, Aug. 29.—Officers
combed the countryside today for
seven men, three of them murder
ers, who overpowered two guards
and escaped from the criminal in
sane ward of the state hospital this
morning. None were captured.
Among the fugitives is Ed Denver
of Columbus county who was con
victed of slaying an aged neighbor.
Sinclair Wins
By UNITED PRESS
Latest reports from elections in
three states are as follows: In Cal
ifornia, Upton Sinclair was nom
inated for governor of California
on the Democratic ticket. Sinclair,
long a crusading author with so
cialistic tendencies, recently flung
aside the banner of the more radi
l eal element, and based his plat
form on a new method of eliminat
ing poverty in California.
In South Carolina, the wets were
slightly ahead of the drys in a pro
hibition referendum.
In Mississippi, Bilbo was cutting,
down the lead of Senator Stephens.
Snug Nest-Egg
By UNITED PRESS
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 29.—
President Roosevelt regards the
$2,800,000,000 profit made by de
valuing the dollar In the terms of
a gold nestegg. It may ultimately
be used for reducing the national
debt, he said today.
The March
Of Events
Science Saves Boy
Medical science is apparently sav
ing the life of 8-year-old Wallace
Doyle, Alabama boy, after a faith
cure by Holy Rollers failed to help.
His improvement follows an opera
tion which has reduced an infected
leg from four times its normal size.
Supports Byrns
'ffcspmsuHtaffVe R. E:^ Houghton
told newspapermen in Concord yes
terday that he thought Joseph W.,
Byrns of Tennessee would be chosen j
speaker of the house to succeed]
Rainey. He’ll support Byrns.
I
League Organized
Organization details of the Amer
ican Liberty League were perfected
on Tuesday at a conference between
ita president, Jouett Shouse, Alfred
E. Smith and Irene Du Point,
members of the executive commit
tee. The meeting was brief. No
reply was made to President Roose
velt’s statement about the league.
Prince To Marry
The engagement of Prince George
of Englan dto Princess Marina of
Greece has been announced. The
fourth son of the British King first
asked the girl’s parents for con
sent, then telegraphed home, where
another assent was given. Prince
and Princess have known each
other five years, and they say
they’re in love.
Named Legion Head
Hubert X. Olive, Lexington at
torney and veteran of the Wildcat
division, on Tuesday was elected
department commander of the
American Legion as the North Car
olina unit, held its final business
session in Greensboro. The 1935
convention will go to Fayetteville,
against the protests of Raleigh
Legionnaires, who wanted it. Louis
Ratcliffe of Charlotte was elected
national executive committeeman.
Hit» At Shysters
An immediate house cleaning was
demanded yesterday by Earle W.
Evans, president of the American
Bar association, at its convention
in Milwaukee. He said the entire
legal profession was under suspic
ion because of some of its shyster
members. ,
Rural Carrier No
Longer Waits Late
Mail At Lattimore
Since the consolidation of Lat
timore R. F. D. 1 with Shelby route
1 4 the carrier on the consolidated
route 4, Fred E. Greene, stops at
the Lattimore office to pick up any
mall there for patrons of his route
or for the Shelby office or to leave
there £ftiy mall that can be expedit
ed thereby. By order of the post
office department the waiting on
late trains will cease on September
let. The carrier will continue to
stop at the Lattimore office in go
ing both directions but will not
rait on trains.
Doug Smiles
A t Troubles
Reports in Hollywood that Douglas
Fairbanks, shown above, and his
estranged wife, Mary Pickford, are
near a conciliation are rapidly gain
ing strength. Joseph N. Schenck,
movie producer and “peace maker”
has arrive to artibtrate troubles be
tween the couple.
World’s Fair Club
Makes Final Spurt
To Win Free Trips
Only Few 1Wore Honrs Remain;
Contest To Close Saturday
At 10 P. M.
Miss Libby E. McCurry of route 4,
Shelby, is the winner this week of
a $25 special prize offered to
World’s Fair club members for
turning In the most subscriptions
^QgLgSSfi, MW MfUaLJ-UC** at
Shelby and Mrs. T. D. White re
ceived honorable mention.
Ihis means, if they win their free
trips to the great exposition, they’ll
have Just that much more to en
joy the trip. And if you intend to
win a trip at all, it’s now or never,
the club manager announced this
morning.
Useless After Saturday
You have until 10 p. m. Saturday,
Sept. 1, to qualify for the trip. Aft
er that, all the subscriptions In
Cleveland county wouldn’t help.
The contest will positively end Sat
urday.
Friends of club members, who
wish to see them get this great trip,
will be allpwed to leave subscrip
tions for them at The Star office
for the remainder of this week.
With only a few hours remaining,
workers are urged to speed their
efforts. Of course, they’ll win a
commission in any event, but the
trip to the fair is the. big thing—
and then can all win that if they’ll
exert Just a little extra effort.
Legionnaires Back
From State Meeting
Basil Goode, Robert D. Crowder,
Arthur Benoy, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Abemethy, Jr., Everett Houser and
A. W. Archer have returned from
Greensboro where they attended
the American Legion and American
Legion auxiliary state convention.
Smith Throws Voice *
To Amuse Children
Alvin H. Smith,, Shelby ventrilo
quist and memory expert, will per
form this afternoon for the chil
dren of the Orthopedic Hospital in
Gastonia. His appearance is spon
sored by the Lions Club.
He Streamlines His Own Auto;
Color?It's Gonna Be Lavendar
t
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wuij V uc Ctobuuioiiru U m lllC ItCAt
few months, you sec a lavendar,
turtle-looking auto go whizzing by
you at 100 miles per hour. For It
will only be W. D. Bishop in his
home-made combination Deusen
berg-Roamer, speedster.
Bishop, who has been straighten
ing and rebuilding smashed-up auto
bodies for the past 25 years, has
been working on his own interpre
tation of correct streamlining for
the past 12 months and is rapidly
bringing his work TO completion.
His car has it all over some of
the latest models. The streamlining
is more complete, in fact, if he
slants it any more, he'll never be
Preview Forecasts
Dramatic Triumph
For Local Players
Mrs. Hoey Stars In
Play Friday
Last Minor flaw Eliminated; Rec
ord Crowd Is Forecast For
"Sun-Up.”
After having practiced intensely
for the longest period in the his
tory of the club, the Shelly Com
munity Players will present their
greatest achievement at the high
school auditorium Friday night at
eight o’clock.
The name of the production is
familiar to Shelby. It’s "Sun-Up”,
written by Lula Volmer,' which
stars "Miss Bess” Hoey in the role
of Mom Cagle, stoic, hard-hearted
mountaineer “widder.”
Eliminate Flaws
And never before has the club
worked so hard on a production.
Precise plans for eliminating every
little flaw in the play were decided
upon weeks ago, and every practice
has been conducted with the aim
of putting on the stage the most
perfect, the most gripping drama
Shelby has ever witnessed.
Mrs. Hoey, all her life anxious
to have the opportunity of playing
such a role as hers, has thrilled
the supporters of the organisation
with her performance. Even down
to her pipe-smoking, she has care
fully Worked out every little motion,
every speech, until she has sur
passed criticism.
Nit-Wit” Bud
Pegram Holland, playing a dll
ficult chrfracter role of a nit-wit
mountaineer youth, Bud Todd,
brings tears to the eyes of his aud
ience when he hears the news that
his best friend, Rufe Cagle, has
been short in the World war—"gov
ment feud” as Mom Bagle terms It.
And dames Sheppard, already
well-known in Shelby for his past
performances, has never been bet
ter than he is as Rufe Cagle, the
rough, hardy youth, whose deep
emotion and love for his people
(Continued on page ten.)
New Construction
At Junior College;
Will Open Sept. 4
Boys’ and Girls’ Dormitories Being 1
Painted. Faculty Augmented. j
Expect Large Enrollment.
Visitors at Boiling Springs Jun
ior college find carpenters, paint- 1
ers, and plumbers In possession of '
the campus with some pleasing re
sults already to be seen. Both girls’ .
and boys’ dormitories are being 1
painted and screened, the improve- 1
ment adding greatly to the appear- 1
ance of the buildings both Inside
and out.
A new bathrom with two showers,
Is being installed in the girls’ dor
mitory. The W.M.U.’s of the Sandy
Run and Kings Mountain associa
tions have made the bathroom pos
sible through their contributions.
The Kings Mountain W.M.U.’s have
donated" the screens for the girls'
dormitory. The grounds have
been cleaned and improved, includ
ing the destruction of mosquito
beds.
School Opens September 4.
The work is being rushed in or
der to have everything in readi
ness for the opening on September
4. College officials are expecting an
increased enrollment; reservations
have been made for practically all
rooms in the dormitories.
The,Rev. J. L. Jenkins, president
of the college, yesterday announc
ed five new members of the faculty.
The new teachers are J. E. Allen,
head of the education department
and dean; Frank Hamrick, M.A., of '
Wake Forest, head of the soc'al
science department; Miss Josephine :
(Continued on page ten)
In dinger of running over a pedes
trian, for even if such an accident
should happen, the poor walker will
merely be scooped up and will
gently slide down the rear end.
Bishop took an old Koamer chas
sis which had a Deusenberg motor
in it, add built his own body. He’s
fixed the front seat so it will fold
back and meet the back seat, mak
ing as comfortable a bed as one
could desire.
His windshield points much more
than any other auto ever put on
the market. The fenders are wide,
and will be completely shielded
; Continued on page ten)
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Children Welcome President
President Roosevelt is all smMes as be responds to the greeting of
some children who welcomed Won upon his arrival at Ms Hyde Park,
N. Y., home. The president plans to use his home as a "summer
White House" for a 30-day stay.
Julian Price In Spotlight;
May Be Possible Candidate
Wets In Lead
In S. Carolina;
Johnson Ahead
-a-.
I o’clock; this afternoon showed the
rets leading by more than 8,000
rt^as'thesaatf’iwarfo i&fe
a vote both on Prohibition and a
lew governor. One thousand and;
even out of 1,474 precincts gave
he wets 88,216, drys, 80,716.
In the race for governor, Olin D.
Fohnson, avowed prohibitionist,
leld the lead, while former Cover- \
ior Cole Blease followed. The vote
ras polled like this:
Johnston, 79,040; Blease 62,341; 1
Vyndham H. Manning 38,843, and
rhomas B. Pearce 25,382. (
The candidates are running for i
he Democratic nomination, tanta- ’
nount to election. The Hquor vote
s a non-binding referendum.
Party Honors Go
To Beatrice Cobb
Mforganton Newspaperwoman Is
Named On National Committee
Over 3 Opponents.
RALEIGH, Aug. 28.—Miss Bea
trice Cobb, editor and publisher of
rhe Morganton News-Herald Burke
:ounty, on Monday night was elect
sd Democratic national committee
ivoman from North Carolina by the
state executive committee.
Miss Cobb was selected on the
hird ballot from a field of four <
;andidates. After the second ballot
Mrs. Marshall Williams of Faison,
Duplin county, alone faced Miss
Gobb.
68 To 58.
The final vote was: Miss Cobb
M; Mrs. Williams 58.
On the first ballot Mrs. E. L. Mc
£ee of Sylva, Jackson county, re
vived five votes. Miss Mary Hen
lerson of Chapel Hill, Orange
»unty, received 36 votes the first
xallot and 31 the second. Jler name I
vas then withdrawn by George
McNeill of Fayetteville.
West Gets 2 Posts
The selection of Miss Cobb as na 1
ional commiteewoman gave both
josts on the Democratic National
:ommittee to "the west," as the
lommitteeman is c. L. Shuping it
Greensboro, Guilford county. i
As was expected the committee t
igain selected J. Wallace Wlnborne t
if Marion, McDowell county, as Its <
hairman.
Between the second and third c
pilots for national committecwo- l
nan the commitee heard an ad- i
Iress by Governor Ehringhaus. It 1
ater on oral motion of the Gover
lor adopted a resolution express- I
ng regret at the serious Illness of £
ihairman E. B. Jeffress of the t
ilghway and public forks com- /
nission and wishing for him a j
peedy recovery. e
A report from South Caroltw at
New Man Mentioned
For Governor
By M. B. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Aug. 29.—And now
inters: a new element, possibly an
important one. In consideration of
the candidacy of the next governor
If North Carolina.
Julian Price, president of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
¥■>- beMLjwshefl
BtC We forefront within the lest
tew days as a possible candidate,
ind one, should he decide to enter
he contest, who will give the re
maining potential—there are none
innounced—candidates pause.
Developed This Week
This was found to have tran
spired at the American Legion state
invention In Oreensboro this week:
Five leading legionnaires were talk
ng of the next governorship. They
igreed to write on a slip of paper
lames of the men each thought
vould be the next governor. A
omparison showed that all five of
hem had written: “Julian Price.”
rhat may have been under en
husiasm of the minute, in part,
ecognition of his part In entertaln
ng the convention. But even then,
:ould, or should, it be Ignored com
iletely.
Mr. Price has been known to re
(Continued on page ten.)
FERA Start. Work
On 2 Sewer Projects
Kings Mountain and Shelby to
Benefit by Many Feet of New
Piping As Work is Started.
Work on the Shelby FERA sewer
project started on Monday, and
material Is now being placed on
the ground for the storm sewer
project for Kings Mountain, work
supervisor Robert Hord of the Clev
eland Relief office said today.
The Shelby project costs $4,332.80
and will place sewers in Dodd, Mor
ton, Ligon, Lackey, Gardner streets
end Carolina avenue, Construction
Is under R. V. Toms, superlnten
ient of the Shelby water and
light department.
The Kings Mountain project
;osts $2,036, and is for repairing,
training and maintenance of storm
sewer lines.
Vlr*. Cobb To Open
New Piano Studio
dN. Cobb Opens Studio In Hotel
Cleveland; To Teach New
Method.
Mrs. Bessie Hill Cobb of Green
llle, S. C., has located in Shelby,
md will soon open a music course
ti which she will teach the Kins
ella piano method.
Mrs. Cobb studied under Kins
ella, major teacher of piano at the
Jniverslty of Nebraska school of
lusic, and has successfully taught
irge classes of piano.
She was organist of the First
’resbyterian church of Greenwood,
I. C. for years. Sketches of mas
ers, recital In studio, and “On the
iir,” programs rendered by her
Qpils, were enjoyed by music lov- j
rs there.
Two Shelby Boys
Injured In Crash
Said To Be Better
W. C. Roberts Leaves
Hospital
Harrison Yarbrough And Petr Wahh
WHI Be ('onflnrri For Eight
Week*.
Word from Gastonia this morn
ing says that two of the Shelby boys
who were Injured in a wreck there
Sunday night. Harrison Yhrbrough
and Pete Webb, ara resting well
and stand a good chance of recov
ery, provided no complications aet
in.
Webb, youthful golf professional
who is well known throughout the
south for his sports achievements,
will probably be forced to wear a
cast on his leg for about eight
weeks or longer. The limb was
broken in two places, a compound
fracture, and It will be necessary
for him to remain under a physi
cians care for some time He also
suffered a chest injury.
Has Fractured Jaw
Yarbrough was not as seriously
hurt as first examination revealed.
His Jaw bone was broken in three
places, and he suffered numerous
outa and laoeratlbns. However,
x-ray examinations show that he had
received no painful internal injur
ies, and that his skull was not frac
tured as was first thought.
W. C. Roberts remained in the
Gastonia Sanatorium until Monday
night when he was brought home.
Ha is still confined to his home on
Chestnut street.
Hal Putnam is nursing a banged
up head, but is able to be up town.
Gaatonlans In Hospital
The two Gastonia men who were
Injured remain In the city hospital
at Gastonia. Bealer Ballard was the
most seriously Injured of the two.
He was an occupant of the taxi
which William Oreen was driving.
Green was expected to leave the
hospital momentarily.
The wreck occurred on highway
20 about two miles west of Oaatonla
at the Myrtle mill village at 12:30
o’clook Sunday night.
Few Wheat Grains
Lead To Arrests;
2 Confess Thefts
Sheriff CUne Cttchei Negroes Who
Took Grain From Beam Barn;
Suspect “In The Bush."
A few grains of wheat In the
scoured bottom of a Ford truck led
to the arrest last night of two ne
groes accused of stealing from the
grainery of Shovine Beam, near
Buffalo.
Sheriff Cline has Nath Degree in
jail, Mason Roberts under bond,
and a suspect “In the bushes.”
tl Bushels Taken.
Twenty-five bushels of grain
were stolen frorft Mr. Beam's barn
on Friday night. The Sheriff and
his deputies traced the tracks of
the thieves, found where they load
ed their wheat on a truck, followed
the truck tracks a while, then ask
ed questions all over that part of
the county.
Mason Roberts Is a pretty well
to-do negro who has his own farm,
with about ten mules, and made a
crop this year of about 200 bushels
of wheat. He Is accused of selling
the grain for Nath to the Eagle
Roller Mill. Botl) have confessed
Sheriff Cline said today that
many farmers in this and adjoining
counties have been missing crops
recently.
YOUNG PEOPLE TO MEET
AT FALLSTON CHURCH
The Cleveland County Union of
the Young Peoples division of the
Methodist church, will meet Thurs
day night, August 30, at the Fallston
M. E. church.
Bad Little Boys Not So Bad
If You Consult The Records
Cleveland county’s bad little boys
aren’t such bad little boys after
all. Put this down In your little red
note book and take a look at It
next time somebody hands you a
porridge bowl of synthetic hooey lr,
that subject.
As A1 Smith used to say, “let's
consult the records.’* They show
this: there were 1,877 cases In the
Cleveland county Recorders court
last year—and not more than fif
teen percent of them Involved boys
under 21 years old.
The vast majority of cases tried
in Cleveland county implicate men
more than 21 years old, and most
of them are more than 25 years old.
7
Nazis Expel
Lewis’ Wife
After literary attack* on the regime
of Relchfuehrer Adolf Hitler, ex
pulsion from Germany of Mrs.
Dorothy Thompson Lewis, wife of
Sinclair Lewis, has stirred com
ment In International journalistic
circles. Mrs. Lewis outspokenly
criticised the regime.
Expecting Checks
For 200 Farmers;
Gin Tickets Soon
County Agent Shoffner Due Horn*
From Washington Tommorw
To Pay Up 1st Quota.
The county agent's office, click
ing with activity these days, Is ex
pecting Its chief, R. W. Shoffner
back from Washington Thursday
with good news for 300 Cleveland
county farmers. He has been to the
capital to see why cotton reduction
checks on the first payment hav«
-been wltheld *r their eases.
And he found, so a letter salt
yesterday, that they would all gel
their money soon. That doesn't
mean for these farmers to rush lntc
the office tomorrow to get their
checks—no; It means for them tc
wait until they get a letter from
Shoffner telling them to call. He
checks will be given out without
this preliminary announcement.
More than 3800 applications for
gin tickets have been sent to Ra
leigh, it was announced at the of
fice today. The tickets will be sent
here soon, but again, farmers are
asked not to call for them until
notified. Cotton growers must sign
receipts for these tlekets, which
permit them to gin a certain
amount of cotton tax free. Aver
ages have been worked out by the
committee, under the Bankhead
bill, and farmers who produce more
cotton than they are allotted, ac
cording to their acreage, will be
heavily taxed.
Today (Wednesday) Is the last
day on which application can be
made for the tickets.
Material It Ready
For Sewer Project
In Kings Mountain
(Special to The Star)
KINGS MOUNTAIN, Aug. 29.
Material Is being placed on the
ground to begin work on the $2,03t
storm sewer project which was re
cently approved by the Ralelgt
ERA bureau. The project was sub
mitted through the Shelby office
of which Harry Woodson Is head.
The project is for repairing
draining, and maintenance of storm
sewer lines. Thirty six inch pipe
will be Installed across Gold street
18 and 48 Inch pipe across the sanu
street. 15 inch pipe across Lackey
street and 12 Inch pipe across Brie*
and Gantt streets.
In the Juvenile Court. Lon Ham
rick reports that there were not
more than 50 cases last year, and
that hardly 25 per cent of these
were guilty. So far this year, there
have been about 25 Juvenile cases
that Is, children under 16 years old
Still .there is a cry and hue about
juvenile delinquency. They say it’s
increasing, and that Cleveland
ought to have a prison to put these
bad boys in. They say that many ol
them aren’t even brought to court
because there's nothing that can be
done about them.
In practically all instances, Mr.
*QoaUnued on page uni
Mill Men Silent
As Strikes Board
Calls A Deadline
Manufacturers Ignore
Walkout Threat
Apparently Unperturbed Aa SIriks
Commlttss Raj’s Ns Action Cm
Avert General Walkout.
Repeated statements by the tex
tile union strike committee that a
general walkout Involving about
000,000 workers oould not at ftIs
late date be averted hava tatted to
draw any response, or even any hint
‘of action, from textile manufactur
ers, who, apparently, are In the
happy position of not oaring great
ly whether this strike goes ahead
or not.
A United Press dispaleh this aft
ernoon says that the tauttle strike
committee has drafted Its strike or
der, effective on Saturday, despite
peace overtures from the National v
Labor Board, and Is prepared to
telegraph this order w> NO local
chapters.
Hope for Settlement
George S. Sloan, chairman of the
Cotton Textile Institute, has beer
Invoked to oall together a repres
entative committee of manufactur
ers, but has not done eo.
While union officials reiterate
that their strength Is solid, north
and south, real doubt has bean ex
pressed by industrial observers that
the strike will be a realistic one
some say that, even taking last
minute developments Into oooald
eratton, K will surely bo averted;
others hold that It will run a brief
course and end in a compromise.
Textile manufacturers feel no
sword over their heads because they
know that the grey goods industry
is more than a month ahead of
production—many of the mills
would lust as soon shut down for
that period. «
In Shelby, union men have ex
pressed faith in the national or*
ganlsatlon. declaring that they will
go flown the line, but they are not
eager for a strike. That Is because
they ate now satisfied, save for
minor contentions, with local con
ditions.
Taxpayers To Get
Financial Bulletin
On County Status
Auditor Pro purer Printed Booklet,
To Be Distributed Pint Time;
Hits Toucher Sputum.
The county Is treating it* taapay
era this week u if they hud stobk
tn the company.
Beginning Thursday, Trow V.
McKinney, county auditor and tux
supervisor, is mailing u printed bul
letin of the financial condition of
the county as of June M, 1984. This
Is the first time such booklet bus
'been compiled here, end McKinney
believes, the first time hi North
Carolina.
The booklet gives complete de
tails ss to expenditures, tax col
lections, bond Issues and official
costs.
Criticises Distinction.
In an epilogue on page 6, the
auditor aim a few views of his own
—with the approval of the com
missioners, He says he can’t sea any
reason for the distinction muds by
the state- between agricultural tea
chers and other teachers. The situ
ation is this:
The last session of the legislature
forbade levying of any tax In ahy
special school district for any oth
er purpose save the payment ot
bonds, interest, and bonded Indebt
edness. Says Mr. McKinney:
“Under a ruling of the Attomey
(Continued on page tenJ
Four Men Held
In McGee Murdei
Beneficiary Of Insurance Policy I
One Of Quartet Questioned In
Lincoln Shooting.
GASTONIA, Aug. 28.—Pour men
were being held here today In con
nection with the mysterious killing
of Dick McGee, whose bullet-rid- i
died body was found a few days
ago on a lonely road near Cherry- |
ville.
Andy stamey and Marshall
Leonhardt were ordered held with
out bond for grand Jury action at
a magistrate’s hearing. Simultan
eously Stamey’s brother. Andy, and
Foy Miller, were arrested. They
will be given a hearing within a
few days.
All four men are charged with
conspiracy in the killing.
At the hearing for Stamey and
Leonhardt, state’s witnesses testi
fied that the forme- was the bene
i ficiary of a $3,000 iruranee pohey
(on the slain man’s life