Prison Mule Won't Plow Unless
< Driver Wears Convict Stripes
RALEIGH, Oct. 12.—A mule that
refuse* to plow for any driver that
does not wear stripes is owned by
the prison division of the state
Highway and Public works coni
misslon, according' to Bernard
Crocker of the purchase and sup
ply department of the prison di
vision..
This mule has been at Camp
Polk for 16 years or more, where
virtually all the prisoners wear the
prison stripes. But because the
mule was getting old and not able
to do heavy work at the Camp Polk
farm, he was recently transferred
to the Granville county camp for
misdemeanants near Oxford, where
the short term prisoners are not
required to wear stripes.
"When they took the mule out
and tried to make him plow, he
would not budge,” Crocker said.
"Finally, some one thought the
reason might be because the driver
did not have on stripes.
A striped prison suit was finally'
found and the driver put it on. Thej
mule then started up and plowed
along Just as if nothing had hap
pened. The trouble was that he had
become so used to seeing men dress
ed in prison stripes that he refused
to work for anyone that did r.ot
wear them."
Now. whoever works this particu
lar mule is required to wear a strip
ed prison suit, although the wear
ing of these suits is not required in
the misdemeanor camps, since that
is the only way the camp officials
can get the mule to do any work.
Driven from the hills of Hupeh
Province in China in search of
food, wolves and tigers have been
killing and devouring peasants, who
were already suffering greatly from
the drought.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Winslow and
children spent the week -end with
Mrs. Laura Morgan, having return
ed with Mrs. Morgan who had spent
last week with them in High Point.
Miss Minnie Eddlns Roberts,
Misses Hattie, Elsie, and Elizabeth
Gidney, Mias Reeves Forney, Miss
Minna LeGrand. Miss C&robcl Lev
er, Miss Isabel Hocy, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. James
Shepard and Charles Wray expect
to go to Charlotte this evening to
see the play, “Three Cornered
Moon ’ to be presented by the
Charlotte Little Theatre.
Dr. Joe Osborne returned to his
home at Rosman yesterday after
spending sometime here with his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Osborne
on Cleveland Springs road.
Miss Julia Bailey of Clinton, S.
C., Miss Mary Gay Hurd and Miss
Marie McKenna of New York City,
and Miss Doris Coleman of Flor
ence, 8. C.. all students at Lime
stone college, spent the week-end
here with Miss Virginia Lefler.
Zeno Wall, Jr., and Dow Shepard
attended the football game at Duke
university on Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. John
McClurd. Mrs. Oscar Palmer, Mrs.
Wilbur Baber and Mrs. George
Hoyle spent the day in Charlotte
yesterday.
Miss Lucy Yelton has returned
home after spending several days
with her sister, Mrs. Clemie Span
gler, and Mr. Spangler at their
home in Charlotte.
Mrs. Lula Evans of Monroe is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bec
ham here thl sweek.
Mr. and Mrs. Chivous Byers an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Mary Ann, on Tuesday, October 18.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McIntyre, Miss
Thelma McIntyre and Fred Blan
ton spent the day Sunday in Greens
boro with J. B. McIntyre and Wray
McIntyre.
Mrs. B. H. Yarborough has been
quite ill for the past week at her
home In S. Bhelby.
Mr. and Mrs. John McClurd and
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beckham went
to Spartanburg. S. C., Saturday for
the football game between Wofford
college and the South Georgia
Teachers’ college. John McClurd, Jr.
and Joe Beckham returned home
with them and spent the week-end
here.
Mrs. E. E. Post has been 111 and
confined to her home for several
days.
Mrs. L. A. Getys, Mrs. W. F.
Mitchell and Mrs. H. N. McDiarmid
spent the day in Charlotte yester
day.
Mrs. G. H. McCombs expects to
leave the Shelby hospital today and
return to her home at Cleveland
Springs after spending ten days
there following an operation for
the removal of her appendix.
Dr. and Mrs. E. K. McLarty spent
the day Monday in Asheville where
they visited the Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
McLarty.
The Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Price,
Mrs. C. A. Morrison and Mrs,
Clarence Morrison are spending to
day in Charlotte.
Miss Marne Hardin of Lynch
burg. Va„ a native of Shelby has
recently been appointed to the
board of directors of the Virginia
Chapter of the American Nurses
association. Miss Hardin received
her appointment at a meeting ol
the organization which she attend
ed, held in Philadelphia, Pa., a few
weeks ago. Miss Hardin is a sister
of Mrs. R. D. Crowder and C. H
Hardin. Jr., of this place.
Mrs. L. A. Devine was able tc
leave the Shelby hospital on Mon
day and return to her home in easi
Shelby after undergoing treatment
for a week.
Mrs. J. C. Beckham and guest,
Mrs. Lura Evans of Monroe, Mrs
John McClurd and Mrs. W. L. An
gel are spending today in Spartan
burg, S. C. Mrs. Beckham and Mrs
McClurd will visit their sons, Joe
Beckham and John McClurd, Jr.
student* at Wofford college
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Higgins are
visiting their son, Dr. H. B. Higgins
and Mrs. Higgins at Spartanburg,
s. c.
The Yale Clinic of Child Behav
ior has a photographic dome for
studying infant behavior. A one
way vision screen makes observers
invisible to the subject inside. Mo
tion picture cameras are provided
for making photographic records.
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Will frave Dance
At Union Hall
There will be a dance at the Un
ion Hall Saturday night, beginning
at eight o'clock and lasting till
12:00. Music for the occasion will
be furnished by the Shelby Sere
nade™ and there will be both round
and square dancing. It will be a
benefit for the U. T. W. local 1901
benefit for the U. T. W. local 1901.
Script. Ladles free.
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P. T. Group Hears
McLarty On Movies
With 133 members present the
South Shelby P. T. A., met Friday
night. In the most spirited meeting
of the year. Dr. E. K. McLarty gave
the feature address of the evening
In "Movies of Today” and made a
plea for malting them more educa
■ tional and religious and helpful
I rather than harmful.
| The Rev. C. V. Martin conducted
f the devotional and Miss Frances
MacOregcgr spoke on Home Demon
stration w|rk. A club will be form
ed in South Shelby soon. Mrs. J. W.
Dogget's room received the prize for
having the most parents present.
Dr. Cooper Delegate
To National Lutheran
Convention in Georgia
Dr. E. C. Cooper, pastor of the
Lutheran church here left today for
Savannah, Ga., where he will at
tend, as a delegate, an 8-day con
vention of the United Lutheran
church In America. The United
Lutheran church Is one of the larg
est Lutheran bodies In this coun
try. It consists of 32 state synods
with more than a million confirm
ed members, and will be repres
ented at Savannah by 552 pastors
and lay delegates. This Is only the
second time the convention has ever
been held In the south. The main
topics of Interest will be the mat
ter of further union of Lutheran
bodies, theological education, stew
ardship, missions, evangelism and
the moral and social order. The
Lutheran pulpit will be supplied on
this coming Sunday by Seminary
Student. Lamar Rhyne of Kings
Mountain.
PRESIDENT MOVES
TO END ALLEGED
STRETCHOUT EVILS
Issues Executive Order Creating
Three Boards To Probe Work
Assignments.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.—Presi
dent Roosevelt on Tuesday night
struck at the heart of one of the
most troublesome barriers to peace
in the mighty textile industry—the
“stretchout.”
He issued four executive .orders
creating, under the textile labor re
lations board, three boards under a
common chairman to investigate
work load assignments in the cot
ton, silk and wool mills.
The boards are ordered to make
recommendations to the president
no later than January 1, 1935, for a
permanent plan for regulation of
the work load in the respective-in
dustries.
These recommendations, one ex
ecutive order states. unless some
good cause is shown to the con
trary, shall include, among other
provisions, substantially the follow
ing principles:
1. No employer shall increase the
work assignments on any class of
work until he has secured author
ization therefor from the district
impartial chairman (appointed by
the textile work assignment board)
of the district in which the mill'op
erates.
2. The district chairman, on pe
tition by the representatives of any
employes affected, shall investigate
the justifiability of existing labor
assignments, and if he finds any
assignment involves excessive ef
forts by the workers, shall requre
the employer to reduce such assign
ment.
3. Decisions of the district chair
man rendered under the above pro
visions shall be subject to appeal to
the textile work assignment board,
whose decision shall be final.
Extension of work assignments
may not be ordered by the impar
tial chairman until notice has been
served upon employees affected and
then oiy after six weeks has elap
sed since the filing by the employ
er of a petition setting out his plans
with the chairman and representa
tives of the employes.
What we call “charm” is found
ed on kindheartedness. You can dc
'pend on that virtue.
! With ^ population of more than
(6.100,000, u Portugal has only about
5.000 radios operating iii the coun
j try.
More Trouble for Fathcr-in-Law
Troubles of Roger E. Baker, Inset, 119-year-old baseball league owner
and night club operator of Newton, Mass., who has been arrested on
a charge of pilfering money from his former employes, have been
multiplied by the action of Mrs. Marie Dour.ane Baker, above, Bak
er’s daughter-in-law, in filing suit against him for $100,000. Baker,
who allegedly has confessed to stealing $100,000 from a leather firm
where he once was employed, was accused by the woman of failing
to keep his promise to settle $50,000 on her when she married his son.
Mars Hill College
Has Founders Day
MARS HILL, Oct. 16—The world
must be built around human be
ings, and society with its Institu
tions should be created and opei
ated for the benefit of Individuals,
Dr. William Preston Pew, president
of Duke university said Monday
morning in delivering the Pounders
day address at Mars Hill college.
Speaking to more than 500 as
sembled In the college auditorium
at 11 o'clock to celebrate the 87ti,
anniversary of the founding of the
college. Dr. Pew paid tribute to
those who established Mars Hili
and other instllutloas. Many rduca
tional Institutions, he said, arc old
er than the nations which they
.serve. He expressed approval of the
effort of Mars Hill to give Individual
attention to students, to give mor
i alitjr religious sanction, to teach
people to live together, to teach
think well of each other In such a
way to prepare them for a world
wide brotherhood of understand
ing..
Discovery of a common basic sub
stance In blood and chlorophyll sup
ports the contention by some scien
tists that anLmals and plants
sprang from the same ancestry.
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