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I ffc Grow Cotton, We Manufacture Cotton, Let's Wear Cotton; This Is National Cotton Week, May 6-11 Cal Phone 11 And I"*"* A Want Adv In The Star for Remit* The Eltevelzmd ZWE VOL. XU Vo.H SHELBY, N. a MONDAY MAY 6. 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. *1 Mali. per fnr. (la atfraaea) _ U.M carrier, per year, (la advane*) _ UU boards Consider Roads,School,Tax In Monthly Meet Ask New Gravel Road To Cliffside <tff appointment Delayed Kt, official; T«* Pro ^ bnportant board*, the coun [ ff commtt^one” and the board of ojoeat’on were considering a num ^ probtoms of importance for devfland county today, among them three new roads, one of gravel I fonstmoMon, the appointment of Lnroximately 1M committeemen I tor county schools for the next two I Vears and the possibility of adding I or more units for vocational I apiculture or home economics in I jchools of the county. I in applications for roads are in I eluded a gravel project from Boil I ins Springs to Cliffside, which I would connect the Rutherford and I Cleveland county town with ade quate facility; and improvement of I, short stretch from Cicero Palls’ [to highway 18 in No. 10 township, [ind some work on the road con IjKtlng Grover with Earl. Pinal ■ decision had not been made at 2:00 | (dork Education The board of education was noti [ tied today that tt was not to make | appointment of committees official | until next week. | Appointments and recommenda tions for each school in the county I will be made this afternoon and will | be made official later. Vocational Needs Jointly, the two boards were con | sfcrtflf the possibility of obtaining I vocational departments for a num I ber of township consolidated | schools It Is understood that Boil ing Springs. Grover, and Moores boro have in applications. Legislation is underway at Raleigh which would increase the state al ■ lowance for vocational subject I from *90.000 to $146,000. Also, % X06 I ns! bill for Cleveland county which Uould allow the community destr | tug a department 'to levy a special I tu. County eommisisoners have also. I been asked to consider a county wide tax for vocational depart I nents. but as yet the board has not 1 seen fit to do so. Hoey To Speak At UNC Golden Fleece Tapping CHAPEL HILL, May 4.—Clyde R. | Hoey, Shelby’s probable candidate lor governor, la scheduled to deliver the principal address at the annual Golden fleece tapping at the Univer •tty neat Thursday night at 8 I e’clock in Memorial hall. The speaker will be introduced by I Dr, Horace Williams, professor of philosophy in the university, who is regarded as founder of the bonor *ry order, and by Frank Abemethy, I Greensboro, ruling jason. The Fleece annually selects for I membership from ten to 12 juniors «hd seniors it regards as the out, bMdmg leaders of the campus. [Patlors, Workers To Meet Monday The monthly meeting of the Pas |tars and Workers of the Kings Mountain Association will be held |K the First Baptist church Mon U»y morning. May 6, at 10:00. Rev. *• G Camp will be in charge of kvotinrais and Rev. J. W. Buttle speak on doctrines. All work Im »nd pastors in the association I *re invited. | McBrayer To Talk At Rotary Meeting , *• McBrayer. Shelby at *,0eT ’'ill be one of the principal st the Wth district Rotary in Rock HH1. S. C., tomor I ^«vis, tT. L. Patterson and sh«Ib*' Rotttrtana, ak ^ opening session yester Mr- Reevte win return to £rWr- to attend a secretaires’ | •hquet. Showers Tuesday “ Carolina: Showers Monday Tuesday, somewhat warmer R' excePt in extreme south ** Portion. I fob- THE markets ear, ton . Moll Talks Wynona Burdette tf Relating a vixfid account of life ■with a band of machine-gunning bandits, Wynona Burdette, above, “gun moH" of gangsters, told the inside story of the Karpis-Barker gang, when she testified at the St. Paul trial of 10 charged with the $200,000 Bremer kidnaping. New Liquor Bill Fight Is Forecast For Legislature rom Bowie Would Legalise Trans portation Of Rum In North Carolina. RALEIGH, May 6.—Though 35 ier cent of the general assembly ipparently has gone home to stay Dossibility of at least three new It juor bills and resurrection of th« iourth may bring those temporary truants back to Raleigh. In Wilmington Saturday Repre lenative Tam Bowie who is down it sea with Senator Harry Newman md about 40 more legislators, gave rut a statement that Monday night ie proposes to introduce a liquor Jill giving legal sanction to the ;ransportation of liquor into North Carolina. Mr. Bowie left the de rails of his plans to the Monday light meeting. It is understood by some of the legislators who were iiscusstng the statement today bat this is primarily a measure tc five hotel keepers the right to serve iquor with meals. In some of the (Continued on page ten.) Phillips Upholds Ejectment Order Judge Don Phillips, at a hear ing in Newton thia moring, dis solved One restraining order pre venting eviction of Eton mill strikers on the grounds that the strikers had not nut up bond, The Star learned by telephone today. The temporary restraining or der had been signed by Judge J, H. Clement, holding court in Gastonia, and stopped eject ment of nine Eton mill families. They had been served with ejectment papers and appeared for a hearing before Justice of the Peace A. B. C. DePriest, who set bond at $300 each. Bacculaureate Sermon Delivered By Dr. Zeno Wall Final Commencement Plans Given Baptist Minister Speaks To 1,500 On The "Call of the Day”; 72 Seniors. A crowd estimated to exceed 1,500 persons assembled In the auditor ium of the First Baptist church last night to hear Dr. Zeno Wall preach the baccalaureate sermon to the 73 members of the graduating claw. This was the first part of the Shel by high school commencement ex ercises which will be held during the week. Class night will be observed Tues day night. May 7, with Clyde Wil liams in charge. The theme for the occasion will be ‘The Happy Hunt ing Ground," to be carried out with Indian chiefs, sachems, medicine men, young braves and dusky maid ens. The senior gift to the school will be presented at that time. Literary Address Dr J. E. Abernethy, pastor of the First Methodist church at Forest City will bring the commencement address Wednesday evening. He is known over the state as a speaker of unusual ability. Graduating exercises will be held Friday night with the class using as a theme, “Worthy Home Mem bership." Honors and awards and diplomas will be given at that time. Dr. Walt’s Sermon In last night’s service Dr. Wall pointed out in the “Call of the Day,” the call to resist the multi tude of temptations facing youth of today; the call to rely on God and on the more stable things of life; the call to risk all in the life of a graduate for the cause of righteousness, and the call to be happy in doing one’s best. The high school choir under the direction of Mrs. W. E. Abernethy sang ‘Lead On O King Eternal” as a procesional and “The Son of God Goes Forth to War” «s recessional. At the organ and piano were Mrs. Hugh Plaster and Miss Margaret Lee Liles. Invocation was by Rev. E. C. Cooper, pastor of the Lutheran church, scripture by Dr. E. K. Mc Larty, pastor of the Central Meth odist church, and benediction by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Miss Eve lyn Elam was soloist for the even ing. Captain B. L. Smith, city super intendent of schools presided dur ing the evening and introduced the speaker. Marshals for commencement this year are Germaine Gold, chief; Ruby Morgan, Jane Washburn, Ralph Roberts. Richard Jones, C. B. Poston, Millicent Hicks, Dorothy Greene. Dorothy Magness, Grady Mauney, George Morgan and Edwin jFord. Six-Year Old Child Bitten By Bulldog Henry MeWhlrter, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ro«:oe Mc Whirter was suffering Saturday with serious face lacerations and bruises after fceing bitten Friday | afternoon by a large bulldog. ! The lad W8s on his way home from the barber shop where his father works. The dog was said to have had a bone and was in some way enraged at the child and at tacked him. The animal was killed and an examination for rabies is being made. Henry was resting better today. -A Pre-natal Care Red Cross Theme As Mothers’ Day Draws Near "Sunday May 12th w Mother's Day. It will be commemorated this (fear for the fifth time in a nation wide campaign for betteer matern ity care conducted by the Matern ity Center Association of New York City in cooperation with men and women’s clubs, civic and religious organizations, health departments and medical societies What do we Kbi^ir of the man who sends flow ers to hi* mother on Mother s Day and forgets all about her the rest of the year? Yet we as a nation wear 8,000 new white carnations each Mother's Day for women who have died in child birth, who could have been saved by adequate ma ternity care.” Miss Harte Oliver, Cleveland county Red Cross nurse, made the foregoing comment yesterday in connection with her April repoi' j She continued • One of the aims of the Ridi Cross public health nursing program of Cleveland county is better pre natal care, A health program to be constructive must have the cooper ation of all agencies. It lies with the medjcal profession, with society as it is represented in organizations and with the persons themselves who are to be benefited Physicians need lay help, they can advise and direct hot are criticised for impro priety if they go beyond this func tion. Unfortunately not every com munity has facilities for giving ade quate care to every mother for a ptlce that she can afford but every community has some faculties and good doctors, so the first thing for mothers and fathers to do Is to find out these helps and make the best possible use of them. "The nursing activity for April has been finding ways and means to g*t adequate medical supervis ion for the inq famltrr, In tin county who cannot get this care. | Quits Huey Biff Job**, who resigned u loot bail coach at Louisiana State uni versity altar his wordy row with Senator Huey Long, is shown coaching spring football practice at University of Oklahoma, Okla homa City, where he is now grid mentor. Seniors Capture Honor Roll Lead For Finai Month Boost Year’s Standing By Having 32 Percent; Juniors Are Next. Seniors at Shelby high school made their last final effort at scho lastic excellence and came out on top in tht eighth month with 33 percent of their number on the honor roll. The junior class has been leading for almost the entire year, but registered only 18 percent this month. Freshman and sophomore classes tied at 16 per cent. Other honor pupils from all the city schools are listed. Eighth Grade Sims Blanton, Grady Dover, Av ery McMurry, Billy Smart, Martha Arrowood, Katherin Bailey. Mary Lyllyan Blanton, Marjorie Eskridge, Joanna Flnklestein, Edith Fitch, Evelyn Self, Ann Smart. Virginia Toms, Ruth Toney, Ruth Wilson, Bruce Morgan, Edna Downs, Mar garet Elliott, Martha Eskridge, Mary Glenn, Mildred Whitener, Mary Frances Davis, Edith Holton, Sarah Williams, Margaret Trammell, Gor don Weathers. mmo uraw. Elizabeth Falls, Mlllicent Hicks, Eva Lane Jones, Floyd Bost, Lloyd Boat, George Morgan, George Wat son. Sara Esther Dover, Dorothy Greene, Catherine Dellinger, Ruth Lewis, Dorothy Magness. bora Mc Swaln, Catherine Roberts, Ada Wall, Helen Wells, Ray Willis. Tenth Grade John Dorsey, Earl Hamrick, Rich ard Jones, Gladys Bland, Ruth By ers, Gwyn Davis, Juanita Eskridge, Germaine Gold, Ruby Morgan, Jeanette Post, Mary Beth Toms, Louise Whitener, Clyde Grigg, Jack Price, John Shytle, Helen Lee. At leen Lowman, Marjorie Lutz, Mamie Rayle, Helen Carrick, Eleventh Grade Roy Lee Connor, James Galll more. Hill Hudson, Willis Lowe, Maurine Davis, Margaret Hamrick, Helen Sue Kendrick, Marie King, Louise Lybrand, Nancy McGowan, Mary Rachel Parks, Maryln Smith, Ruth Toms, Frances Blanton, Kath ryn Blanton, Gaynell Duncan. Mar ian Bass. Jefferson School. First grade: Dorothy Mae Mc Allister, Elizabeth Gibson, Betty Ann Hudspeth, Richard Weaver, James Williams. Second grade: Jean Blanton. Paul Willis, Audry Hendricks. Lavonne Meacham, Pearlimae Peek, Bettie Mae Smith, Betty Jean Walker, Nellie Sharpe. Eleanor Mofflt, Jean ette Jones. Third grade: Mary Allen, Mildred Blanton, Doris Bides.. Fourth grade: Nova Peek, Lucille (Continued on Page Three) Deputies Capture Forty-Gallon Still Deputies McKinney and Jolly this morning brought to the court ’:ouse a 40-gallon capacity still. *ctured 'a t ivhl in fn. 1 town ship. No arersts were made Youth Is Arrested h Death Of Girl On Train Tracks Bill Burton It H«kl In Barnett Tragedy H«r Mangled Body Hanoi AMar rimit Of Can Near Mm* Mnwtoto. Police yesterday arrested BM Bur ton, 33. of King* Mountain, and am holding him In the Gaston oounty jail for grand jury Investigation In the death of Miss Le«aie Barnett, whose mangled body was found on the railroad track* early Saturday morning near Dairy HIM. She had apparently been HHed by southbound train Bo. 39, at 4 o’clock, but there were discrepan cies In Burton’s story that led to hls arrest for Investigation. Leaves Few Brothers Miss Barnett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Barnett, who have lived in the Cora Mill com munity for 17 years. She leaves four brothers, Neal, Dillard, Edmond and Clifford and two sisters, Tela and Artte, Burton was arrested Saturday morning and placed In the Besse mer City Jail pending Investigation, and was Saturday afternoon order ed transferred here and held for grand Jury investigation by Coroner L. E. Kincaid who made a prelimin ary survey of the case this morn ing. Miss Barnett apparently was In stantly killed by the freight train, her body badly mangled. Burton told officers that he and the girl had been drinking during the night. An empty bottle which apparently had contained liquor was found near the spot where the tragedy occurred. Burton Heard Train Burton said, officers reported that he left Miss Barnett sitting on the train tracks as be started to go to a filling station not far swag in get some water. He had not gone far. he said, when he heard a train coming, and fearing for the girl’s safety, started back to where she was sitting. Burton said, however, according to the officers, that the train had already passed by when he got back, and that the girl was dead. Stories Conflict Coroner Kjncald indicated he de cided to hold Burton for the grand Jury on account of the fact that youth told conflicting stories re garding the incident. Officers said Burton had Mood on his slothes when he was arrested. ERA Workers Attend Winston-Salem Meet A large group of social workers fropi district 5 of the ERA left Sun day for Winston-Salem to attend the annual conference for social workers to be held from Sunday un til Wednesday in that city. Special speakers at the conference will be Mrs. J. T. CBeryr state head of FERA and Dr. Howard Odum, of the University of North Carolina. Shelby people to attend the con ference in full or In part are Miss Margaret Anthony, head case work er for Cleveland county, Miss Caro line Long, Mrs. T. W. Hamrick. Mrs. L. H. Ledford, and perhaps others. Others of the district who will attend are Misses Ruth Catlln and Helen Reinhardt, Mrs. Minnie Webb, Mrs. Jack Shuford of Ruth erford, and Mias Margaret Yancey of McDowell. Polls Open At 6 O’Clock, Close Tuesday Sundown Polls open at S o’clock Tues day morning and close at San down, 7:06 o'clock, according to City Attorney O. Z. Newton who says Sholby’s municipal election la governed by the state municipal election law. There are five polling places, four In the court house and one in South Shelby. Voters must cast their vote In the precinct In which they reside and where they are registered. AH voters may mark the bal lot, which will bo handed to them when they present them selves at the precinct, express ing a preference for one of the four candidates for mayor, their choice of one In each of the four wards for aldermen and for tho five members of the Board of Education. Therefore, there will be eight squares In which to mark an X. Girl, 12, Marries Youth, 22 ■■ 1 " :. Mt. a«4__ . -HW *■ ' 1 oourtahip reauKed tatfca rrmrrimgt of Mm Arwood of KnoicWtt*, Term.' Mid WtMa Bwjki, M. *be shown shoot Jwt after *hek marritga. Recant rapaat of ttnntMot1* isehpt marriage hwi made ponihle the union wtjch took place dt^ •pita objections of tha *M*» parents." Seven County Towns Share Political Limelight Sochi Elections For Most Part To Be Tuesday; Few Present Mayors And Aldermen Contested; Names Given .. ■ .. — Shelby politicians will not share the Hmehghk alone leict week in electing mayors and aldermen for a two year term of office. Seven other Cleveland county towns are beginning to think of politics and are grooming candidates for races this week and for the week of the 14th. The town* are King* Mountain, a rover, Waco, Lattlmore. Moores boro, Bolling Springs.and Lawndale. Kings Mountain leads the race with 18 candidates lor mayor, town commissioner and trustees for the school. Cltlsens will elect on Tues day either J. E. Herndon. Incum bent, or W. A. Rldenhour, foe mayor Running fortown aomnMafr, front whioh Kve wM bo choeen, are th« following: O. P. Goforth. Joe IVeialer, George Oanaler, J. W. Blalock. W. B. Brackett. R. O. Oold Jim WUMa. J. B. Maanap, W. T. Bo gan, H. T. Pulton. W. K. Mannap. (Continued on page tent —.-.— ■ National Cotton Week Is Sponsored By30,000Store* Special Bargains Offered To Encourage A More Liberal Use Of Southern Grown And Manufactured Staple Cleveland county merchants are co-operating iti “Na tional Cotton Week” May 6th to 11th in which 30,000 mer chants throughout the nation will take part In order to en courage a more liberal use of cotton products. Special bargains are being orrer ed this week to emphasise "Every - .body Use6 Cotton” and it is esti mated that two million dollars will be spent by retailers in special lo cal advertising and merchandising programs. Interest in Cleveland County. Of particular interest Is National Cotton week to people of Cleveland county In all walks of life as every body is directly or indirectly de pendent on the growing, manufac ture and merchandising o' cotton and cotton products. Cleveland county has over 5,000 farmers growing cotton. Last year, after the deduction program. Cleve land grew approximated 46,000 bale* of cotton, the second largest crop of any county In North Caro lina. Prior to the reduction pro gram, Cleveland held first place in cotton production in North Caro lina. Then there are over >0 cotton textile mills in Cleveland county, engaging over 5,000 worker . so since “ we grow cotton, we manu facture cotton, we sell cotton, let's wear cotton" has been adopted as the slogan for this section. During this week merchants wl'l feature special bargains in cotton (Continued on page ten) Boy Thought To Be Dead Returns From Star Gazing In Hollywood C. J. Deaton. 17, the boy they thought was dead, came home last week to his parents in Mooresboro, and told how it happened C. J. ran away from home last January, hopping freights and catching hitch hikes in the direc tion of Tennessee. By slow stages he made his way to California, where he has been most of the time. Meanwhile, word came from Tex as of the death of a boy whose name resembled C. J. s, and the distraught parents were convinced they had lost ther son But C. J. was in Hnl'yu<•••'!. g«' ing at the movie str !<*■ w.*ij most impressed he said lht> mum-] ing. by James Cagney, whom n« saw m the filming of a gangster picture "It was all a big fake," he said. That part where Jimmie la thrown out of an automobile—shuck*, they Just used dummies for that.*’ The boy was sent home by a re lief agency In Los Angeles which wired the parents last week to ex pect him. He has been planting cot ton every since, happy to be home, and his word to other boys who think about running away is this: Don’t do It. And if you just muot, why r.ta.v away from California 1 Acre's too many other bums out there." Nineteen Names On Shelby Ticket For Vote Tuesday Four Candidates Out For Mayor** Office Two Out ror A Mermen la Word* On# And Two, Throe la WirS Throe And Four. The municipal campaign doses tonight and the voter* will go to the five polling place* Tuesday morning to register their choice of the four candidate* for mayor and four al daemon to aervo for the next hero yean, boginning July tat. Tho campaign has boat g spirited ona, but frao from Mttameas or per sonaUUa*. Pour man sat* the office of Mayor which page a yearly sal ary of fg.400. in Warda Ona and Two these aro oontasta hstwaan two man. while three aaak mambsmhlp on the sound* Worn Wayds Three and Pour. The school hoard la unoppoead, tho five former mom bon agreeing to serve another two years, but they must be vote don la Twee tar's election and their names appear an the ballot. The Ballot. ‘Bo vote for a candidate on the ballot, voters must make a cross (X) mark In the square at the left of the name. Mark only with pefl oM or pen with Ink. If you deface or tear or wrongly mark the ballot ' handed to you by the election offic ials when you present yourself at the polling plane, return It to the registrar and get another. Names hers aw arranged In alphabetical order but their order will be switch ed_to different position on official boBots. Par Mayor, < > W. N. Dorsey < ) #. Cleveland oardner < > f. f. McKinney ( ) Harry »■ Woodson 9m kldemat, ..s&i&j. fVo*s lor on* from aich ward) M |t. 1 RHrfcM ( ) O. P. Allen Ward Visa. ( ) O. 0. Oobia non-gam* fish. The oommunlaaMon Mam “The oloaad aaaaon for al (am' fleh, except mountain trout, In Burke. McDowell and Caldwell countle* la from Marsh 1 to Jims 1 of each year. During this tfca« non game fleh, namely: Carp, suckers and catfish, may be taken at night In Lake James and Lake Rhodhiss and in the streams either day or night. These regulations can be found on page 10 of the depart ment’s rules and regulations of 1931 under the local fishing regulations • regulations governing fishing in Burke. Caldwell and McDowell eoun ties.)" Election Returns At Star Office Returns will be received at The Star office Tuesday even ing and posted on a bulletin board for the Information of those Interested The bulletin! > board will show a tabulation by the five voting precincts for aU candidates except the un-oppos ed Board of Education. After The Star receives the returns, they will be relayed to the Cloth Mill baseball park where the first night game Will be played, and announced there to the spectators between in nings. Those who do not come to The Star office or attend the baseball game may telephone No. 11 or 4-J and receive re turns j;1