Late News
THE MARKETS
Cotton, spot_12!sc to 13!4c
Cotton seed, ton, wagon 33.00
Fair and Cooler
Weather forecast for North Caro
ttna: Pair, somewhat cooler in east
and central portions Monday; Tues
day fair, rising temperature in the
interior.
F.D.R. To Act
To Bring Labor
Capital Closer
By UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—Presi
dent Roosevelt's radio speech last
night, in which he said he would
stand or fall on the platform that
there could not be a permanent un
employed class In the United States,
and in which he told capital and
labor to rfW together for a trial per
iod of industrial peace, has met with
approval from labor leaders, sil
ence from Wall street.
President Roosevelt today as.sur
e dnatlonal permanency to the New
Deal, pledging a fair profit system
for business and proposing a three
way contract between himself, in
dustry and labor to end bickering
and Industrial warfare between
manufacturers and their workers.
In his most important radio mes
to the people since the memor
able address he made on the col
lapse of the banks, President
Roosevelt last night foresaw future
prosperity solidly built upon a
sound foundation, and pledged him
self to lead the country under the
banner of liberty to greater free
dom and security for the average
man.
He said he would confer this
month with labor leaders and in
dustrialists on his plton to effect a
trial peace arrangement.
Man Hunt On
By UNITED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va„ Oct. 1.—A
(rand Jury is today preparing to
make an investigation to determine
how Walter Legeiusa and Robert
Mala, convicted murderers of a mail
track driver escaped from the city
JaH here Saturday. In the mean
time, all the forces of law in the
states of North Carolina, Virginia
and Washington have been mar
shalled to conduct one of the big
feet man hunts in the history of
the South. >
Loray Man Shot
Bp UNITED PRESS
GASTONIA, Oct. 1—-Harmon Da
ria. an employee of the Loray Mill
hem was critically wounded this
morning bp two strikers when he
started to work on the early shift.
Pred McMahon and W. O. McMa
hon, brothers, have been arrested.
Prisoners Escape
By UNITED PRESS
PETERSBURG, Oct. 1.—Making
an exit through the roof ventilator
George Kelly and Ralph Moore,
Pederal prisoners .escaped from the
eRp Jsfl here today.
Abandons Plan To
Run For Recorder
B. X King Saps He Has Been Be
sieged With Requests To Op
pose Bynum Weathers.
B. J. King of Kings Mountain, In
Shelby today, says he has been be
sieged with requests to run for re
corder of Cleveland county as an
independent In opposition to the
Democratic nominee Bynum E.
Weathers.
Mr. King came to Shelby tills
morning for the purpose of an
nouncing, but he finds after a con
ference with John P. Mull, chair
man of the board of elections, that
an Independent candidate must
fils notice of candidacy two weeks
before the June primary. This time
Having passed, Mr. King says he
has abandoned any idea of running
as an independent but has politi
cal ambitions for the future. He is
former publisher of the Kings
Mountain Herald and .has never be
fore sought political office.
A check-up this morning with the
chairman of the election board re
veals that no Republican nomina
tion has been made* so the Demo
cratic nominee Bynum E. Weathers
will be unopposed.
Vale Postoffice Is
Robbed; No Clues
UNCOLNTON, Oct 1—Officers
stated this morning that they had
no clue as to the guilty parties who
broke into and robbed the Vale
post office just west of here.
The loot consisted of about $1.50
In small change left in a drawer.
Moneys orders and other records
were left undisturbed. Colbert E
Sain u postmaster. (
The Eltiwkwnd Stka
VOL*. XL. No. 118
SHELBY, N. a MONDAY, OCT. £ 1934
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons,
$2,100,000 IN COTTON CERTIFICATES READY
C. B. Alexander
Dies Suddenly;
Is Buried Today
Heart Fails On Trip
From Charlotte *
Prominent Shelby Man, Elder Of
Presbyterian Church, Succumbs
In Car Besides Wife.
Funeral services were held at 3
this afternoon for Charles Blake
Alexander, elder of the Shelby Pres
byterian church and retired busi
ness man, who fell dead in his au
tomobile Sunday noon while return
ing from' Charlotte with his wife
and daughter. Mr. Alexander, who
was 69 years old and had been suf
fering from angina pectoris for
more than a year, died instantly as
the car neared Kings Mountain and
medical help, immediately called,
was of no avail. The services were
held at the home.
With his family, he had been a
resident of Shelby for the past ten
years. coming here after a year’s
residence in Charlotte. He was a
native of Greensboro and had also
lived in Greenwood, S. C., for ten
years. His father was the Rev.
James C. Alexander, pastor of the
Buffalo church in Greensboro for
35 years.
Survived By Wife
Mr. Alexander is survived by his
wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Carrie Clary; three daughters:
Mrs. Charles Freeman of Columbia,
S. C„ Miss Elizabeth and Miss Au
gusta Alexander of Shelby; one
son, James Clary Alexander, and a
brother, A. G. Alexander of Greens
boro.
After services at the home, con
ducted by the Rev. H. N. McDiar
mid, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, interment was made in
Sunset cemetery.
Honorary Pall Bearers
Honorary pall bearers were L. P.
Holland, J. O .Corbett, R. L. Ry
burn, L. 0. Arrowood. J. P. Jones,
H. M. Loy. W. A. McCord, J. S.
McKnight, J. M. Black, R. T. Le
Grand, E. J. Cooper, J. P. Harris
and A. M. Hamrick.
Active pall bearers were Hugh
Arrowood, James Tlddy, B. A. Lef
ler, Jesse White, Harvey White. B.
W. Dixon, C. B. McBrayer and R.
W. Shoffner.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Medlin
90 Year Old Lady Passes At Shelby
Hospital; Had Leg
Broken.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cynthia
Medlin were held at the Bethlehem
Baptist church this afternoon at
two o’clock and were conducted by
Dr. C. J. Black, pastor of Mrs. Med
lin for a number of
ment was in the ch
Mlrs. Medlin died
hospital Sunday morning at 10:0C
where she had been since Satur-^
day. She had sustained a broken
leg and internal injuries as result
of a fall on Saturday. Had she liv
ed until next Sunday Mrs. Medlin
would have celebrated her 90th
birthday anniversary.
Surviving are her two daughters,
W. N. Harmon and Mrs. Ida Med
lin of the Bethlehem community.
Five grandchildren and four great
grandchildren also survive.
In her long life Mrs. Medlin was
known for hard work and kindness
years. /Inters
Cemetery,
at the Shelby
Instills Go On Trial Tuesday
Judge C. J. Herrington
Martin and Samuel Intull
Criminal Courts building
t
In separate courts at the same time, justice weighs
the charges against Samuel lnsull, Sr., and his
brother, Martin, to determine whether they shall
serve prison terms for alleged defalcations which
Federal Court building
Judge J. H. Wilkeraon
resulted in the oollapse of the ln«ull utility em
pire. While Samuel Insult is tried In Chicago’s
federal court before Judge «J. ,H. Wilkerson, Mar
tin appears before Judge C. J. Harrington.^
Fair Attendance May Set Up New Record;
Dorton Injured In Fall From Grandstand
Dove Season Ends
Today; Quail Open
On November 20
Squirrel Hunting Begins Today
Warden Offers Bounties For
Chleken Hawks.
Doves should be carrying literal
olive branches today, for an arm
istice has been declared.
In other words, the dove shooting
season ended today, and will re
main closed until November 20,
when the quail and rabbit season
opens, according to H. C. (Shorty)
Long, county game warden.
The squirrel season opens today
also, and continues through Decem
ber 31. The possum season opens
Nov. 1.
Warden Long said he had noted
a great many hunters were killing
Whipporwills, or Bull Bats. They
shouldn’t he said, for these birds
are permanently protected, and do
not do any damage. On the con
'trary, they destroy many harmful
Insects.
j Bounties of 25 cents a head will
be paid, beginning Nov. 20, for hawk
heads, and 15 cents for crows. Two
dollars will be paid for wildcats.
The bounties will be withdrawn
Feb. 30.
A sharply rising tide of students
flood the colleges today because the
government Is helping boys and
girls get an education. Federal re
lief funds have Increased the col
lege rolls In the United. States
about 10 per cent, it is estimated.
More Students
King Snake Takes A High Dive
To Bring Up Struggling Mole
W. S. Johnson. farmer of the
Dasar sectiota doesn’t believe all the
snake stories he hears about swal
lowing their young, flying into
pieces, or rolling In loops, but he
loes believe an unusual story about
i king snake which he saw with his
swn eyes.
“I was going down the path to
wards the spring the other day and
saw a king snake catch » mole right
put of the ground.”
Mr. Johnson continued by saying
Shat he had seen evidence of a
nole’s presence and that the ground
was being raised up almost under
nis feet, when “all of a sudden that
make came sliding along and stop
ped at the path a minute. Then he
-aised up and went down like a
high diver and came out of the dirt
with a mole in his mouth.”
The snake then preceded to make
a little coil around the unfortun
ate mole and swallowed it in short
order.
In speaking of snakes. Mr. John
son advises farmers to let the king
snake live as he is mo6t valuable
in ridding the farm of rodents,
toads and other snakes. He says
that king snakes have been known
to clear crib6 of rats within a few
days and that they are the deadly
enemy of moccasins, pilots and rat
tlers.
Most farmers will agree with Mr.
Johnson that aside from the poison
group the big variety chicken snake
is about the only one that does no
ticeable damage.
Chester Gardner Sets
New State Record
For Half Mile
Attendance records may or may
not have been shattered as the
Cleveland county fair closed late
Saturday night with a crowd jam
ming grandstand and midway, and
estimated at 60.000 during the en
tire day.
Last year’s attendance, according
to secretary Dr. J. S. Dorton, was
between 160,000 and 175,000. This
year’s at least equals it, he said, and
probably exceeds it'.
Dorton Hurt In Fall
Dr. Dorton made his1 estimate
from his bed this morning. The Doc
is incapacitated, painfully but prob
ably not‘seriously hurt as the result
of a fall from the grandstand into
the race track Saturday afternoon
just before Chester Gardner’s big
Miller car roared around the stretch
for a new state record. Dr. Dorton
fell heavily on his side, and may
possibly be suffering from a frac
ture. Both legs were hurt in the
fall.
Friday Big Day
Friday’s crowd was said to be the
biggest ever to attend a Cleveland
county fair—and that, if true,
means the biggest ever to attend a
fair in this state. It was at least
60.000, ticket takers said.
Chester Gardner of Long Beach,
Cal., flashed around the damp clay
track at the fairground Saturday
afternoon to set a new state and
southern record for the half mile,
his time of 28 2-5 seconds was of
ficially sanctioned by the AAA.
and clocked from the Judges’ stand
by J. R. Magars, member of the A.
A. A. contest board who acted as
chief steward during the racing.
Gardner set his record in his first
heat in the qualification trials. The
next best time was by Vernon Oren
duff of Patterson. N. J., who made
the sprint in 29 3-5.
Gardner who ranks fourth in the
national championships also won
the main event of a 15-mile race
with the time of 15 minutes and 6
seconds followed across the finish
line by Vernon Orenduff, Eldridge
Tadlock, of Norfolk, Va., was third.
Body Of Dead Man
Identified By Son
The body of a race horse stable
man, who died at the fair grounds
Friday morning, of heart diseases,
was identified today as that of
Aquilla Meade Whittington, aged
61, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
A description of him from his son,
William F Whittington. came by
telegram today to the Lutz Funeral
home.
The dead man was six feet sev
en tall and weighed more than
250 pounds. No instructions for dis
position of the body have been re
ceived.
City To Observe
Fire Prevention
Throughout Week
Citterns Asked By Hr* Chief To
Co-operate AU Week In
Project.
According to Fire Chief J. R. Rob
inson, this week, October 1-6 as Na
tional Fire Prevention week.
The Shelby fire department Is do
ing Its part by asking all citizens,
business men, schools, and civic or
ganizations to help stress the Im
portance of prevention of property
destruction by the red demon.
Inspect Flues
Chief Robinson asks that citizens
inspect all flues. basements, fur
naces, electric connections, and ash
cans. Schodl officials are asked to
put on special chapel programs and
to inspect fire escapes and safe
guard any possible fire trap. He
suggests that all owners of property
clean off the land close to hydrants
and keep them unobstructed.
“A lot of people don’t appreciate
the value of a fire department un
til they have need of one,” said the
chief. "We are going to do all we
can to help make Shelby a safer
town, even, more than it is now, and
with the co-operation of everyone
we can do so.”
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts are asked to measure
up to their former alertness in fire
prevention and to take a leading
part in the school programs. Offi
cials from the local department will
visit in the schools this week as
they conduct fire drills.
These same measures ara being
carried out in every city in the
United States this week and are
purposed to reduce the enormous
loss each year from fire.
The local department has an un
usually good record for fire serv
ice. On the forge are three active
firemen, 30 volunteers and five
honorary members.
Music Teachers
Offered Courses
Mrs. Grace P. Woodman is send
ing announcements to ail the
schools now- in operation in the
county to the effect that teachers
interested in raising their certifi
cates in courses in public school
music will be able to do so. if they
will make application now
Wednesday is the deadline for
entering the first course which will
begin at 4 in the high school build
ing. She asks that all teachers In
terested In taking advantage of the
university extension course be pres
ent at that time.
Seeking Quarters
While Shelby P.O.
Undergoes Repairs
May Start Extension
Here Soon
MOh For Temporary Quarter* Of
Shelby Pew t of flee Will Be Re
ceived Up To Oct. It.
Temporary quarter* for the Shel
by postofflee are being sought by
the postofflee department In Wash
ington while “extension and remod
elling” of the building la under way,
according to a letter Just received
by Postmaster J. H. Quinn.
This Is the first, definite step the
federal government has takfti In
extending and enlarging the Shel
by postofflee under the *80,000 ap
propriation made over two years
ago. Twenty thousand dollars of
the appropriation was spent for the
two store rooms belonging to C. R.
Hoey to the rear of the postofflee to
give additional space for the federal
building. Tills leave* *60,000 for
the extension and remodelling.
While this work Is going on, the
postofflee will be forced to occupy
temporary quarters and bids are
now asked from property owners
in Bhelby. Specifications and forms
can be had from the office of Post
master Quinn and bids must be in
by October 19th. There are few, if
(Continued on page eight.)
Rev. R. C. Wilson
Passes Suddenly
Pastor Kins* Mountain Presbyter
ian Church Succumb* In Gas
tonia Hospital.
The entire town of Kings Moun
tain wm shocked this morning to
learn of the sudden death of the
Rev. R. 6. Wilson, 1r„ 48, who suc
cumbed at 5:30 this morning In the
City hospital In Oastonia.
The Rev. Mr. Wilson had been In
declining health for the last two
years but was not thought to be In
serious condition. On Friday of last
week he underwent an operation for
appendicitis and was recovering
nicely.
Physicians assign his death to a
heart attack
Coming to Kings Mountain from
Cartersville. Oa. three years ago the
Rev. Mr. Wilson was pastor of the
Presbyterian church and was loved
and respected equally by his mem
bers and other citizens of the town.
He was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Bertha Hanscon of
Belvedere, South Dakota who died
In 1928. To this union were bom
four children. They are Lucia Jane,
Richard, III, and William. His sec
ond wife was Miss Sophia Hughes
of Rome, Oa., who, with the chil
dren survives him.
The body of the beloved minister
will be sent to Macon, Oa. where
he was born in 1888 and where the
funeral service will be conducted
tomorrow at 4 o’clock.
Misses Rayle Take
Rooms With Kendalls
Miss Hattie Rayle, director of
music and young peoples’ work at
Central Methodist church and her
sister, Miss Manle Rayle, have tak
en rooms with Dr. and Mrs. B. H.
Kendall on N. Washington street
The younger Miss Rayle has enter
ed Junior high school In Shelby.
Gin Tickets Arrive
For County Farmers;
35,000Bales Un taxed
Certificates Will Be Distributed Tuesday
And Wednesday At County Fairgrounds;
Must Call For Them In Person
Rankhpad Bill Administrator Alvin H. Propat and As
sistant County Agent H. B. James returned from Raleigh
this morning with a huge package containing a Hteraf $2,
100.000 for Cleveland county cotton farmers.
They brought the long awaited gin certificates, which
permit, sale of cotton certified an tax free nnder the Bank
head control measure. The certificates are mads ap into
8.000 books for distribution to Cleveland Farmers.
Eton Resumes
Today; Dover
Ora on Tuesday
The Eton mill opened Its rayon
department thla morning and la em
ploying approximately 360 workers
on two shifts. Under normal work
ing conditions, the mill would em
ploy nearly 500,
Bot hthe Dover and Ora mills
plan to open full Lime tomorrow,
employing five tft six hundred work
ers between them. The Cleveland
Cloth, Byrum and Lily mills have
been running for more than a week,
leaving three mills In the Shelby
area that have not reopened.
Life In Russia
Traced Vividly
By Dr. Jenkins
Is Against The Law To Hold A
Prayer Meeting; A Sad
Country.
"Russia is truly a land without
Ood," declared Dr. E. B. Jenkins,
prominent Ruther ford ton pastor, as
he spoke to a large congregation at
the First Baptist church here last
night.
Dr. Jenkins based his assertions
on a recent tour of the European
continent In which he spent a week
In Russia visiting the great wheat
sections of the Ukraine, going
through Moscow and Kiev and In
specting the Russian system of con
ducting government In a country In
which there Is "no church, no Sun
day school, no Sabbath, no distinc
tion of sex. no morality, and where
It Is against the law to hold a pray
er meeting.”
Mad Nation
The speaker described Russia as
a nation mad with building, telling
of the process of building or re
building more than 7,000 new struc
tures In the city of Moscow alone
He said that 70 per cent of the
value of farm products is used by
the government.
In an Interesting conversation
with a Russian Journalist Dr. Jen
kins was told that there are 7,000,
000 newspapers but that every arti
cle Is censored by a government of
ficial befote It Is printed. All the
papers exploit the "redness” of the
(Continued on page eight)
11.2 Per Cent Of N. C.Population,
3.9 In County, On Relief Rosters
By M. R DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Sept. 30.—North Car
olina had 11.3 per cent of the State
entire population, of 355,228 per
sons on federal relief rolls during
August, the report of Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, State relief administrator,
shows.
Cleveland county had 2,030 per
sons, or 3.9 per cent of the co'unTy’s
population on relief in August
These Included 393 families, total
ing 2,019 persons and 11 single resi
dence persons, a total of 404 cases,
or families and Individuals. The
case load in this county increased
4.9 per cent over the case load in
July.
Tlie report shows that 72,187 fam
ilies totaling 346.753 4.8 persons to
the family—oo the State rel’ef
rolls, along with 8,499 single resi
dence persons, or a total of 80,886
cases, family and Individual, which
were given aid. This Is an Increase
of 7 per cent in the number of ?as
es over those In July. Only 17
counties showed decreases In the
number of cases, while the remain
ing 83 counties increased the case
load in August over those in July,
the report shows.
Harnett had the smallest per
centage of its population on re’tef,
3.3 per cent. Cleveland had 3 9 per
’cent and Beaufort 4.8 per cent.
Avery had nearly one third. 32.5
fper cent, of Its population on re
lief. Brunswick had 31 per cent,
Currituck 29.2 per cenk GraJiam
27.9 per cent. Clay 26.9 and Tyrrell
36.4 per cent on reliei
Thin distribution will Mm ptaoe
Tuesday and Wsdnmday at exhibit
hall at the county fairground*. Don’t
go to tha county agent's offict
there’ll be no certificate far you
there.
Mtut Call In Panon
R. w. Shoffner, county agent,
•mphaalaed the following potnta In
making the announcement this
morning:
1. No certificates will bo laamil to
those who grew eotton only In IMS
and *34.
3. Holdera of Interim Certificate*
will get no new certificate* now.
3. Grower* must call in pereon
lantHoade, Tor Instance, cannot get
the tickets for their tenant*.
Represent 38,000 Bales
These 8,000 books of ticket* rep*
resent approximately 38,000 bales of
Cleveland cotton that can be aold
tax free, Mr. Shoffner said, and at
the low estimate of 880 a bale,
mean 12.100,000 to the county. He
figured the sale at 13 cento a pound,
to be on the safe side.
The Bankhead allotment ter the
county is 34,285 bale*. Cleveland Will
probably produce between 38.000 and
38,000 bales this year, Mr. Shoffner
estimated, and will hava to pay tax
on the surplus.
Senator Bailey
A Visitor Here
Hay* Clay William*, Head Chair
man of NRA Board la A lib
eral To Help Mankind.
Senator J. W. Bailey panaed
through Shelby Saturday returning
to hi* home In Raleigh from Ruth
erford county when he had opened
the Democratic campaign with a
speech on Friday.
Senator Bailey had boon invited
and had accepted an Invitation to
speak here on Saturday at the
Cleveland county fair, but because
of the crowded program of features
ahd the milling throng of people. It
was thought beat not to have a
public speaking. Dr. Dorton, fair
secretary, wrote Senator Bailey to
this effect earlier in the week, when
it was seen that the crowds would
be so large that It would be impos
sible to preserve quiet for a speech.
"Because Clay Williams la a man
of wealth and former president of
the Reynolds Tobacco Co. la no
reason for thinking that ha la a
conservative and will In any way
lean toward the favored class,” said
Senator Bailey. Mr. Williams la the
newly appointed chairman of the
NRA board and Senator Bailey
says “he Is a liberal who la honestly
doing his best for humanity."
Mr. Williams Is the North Caro
linian honored by President Roose
velt last week when he was appoint
ed chairman of the NRA board,
created after the resignation of
Oen. Hugh Johnson.
Democrats Plan
District Campaign
Plans for the tenth congression
al district fall campaign were made
at a convention in Morganton last
week.
Prom Cleveland county the dele
gates were Oliver Anthony, chair
man of the party organisation,
John P. Mull, chairman of the
board © felections. W. D. Burns of
Lawndale, Brack Wallace of Lawn
dale, J. B. Ellis of Grover, Prank
Hoyle of Shelby
Speeches were made by Mia*.
Beatrice Cobb, North Carolina’s
woman member of the national
committee, and later by Major
Bulwlnkle. the party candidate for
Congress. About 175 persons, repre
senting every county in the district,
attended the meeting