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Weather yortta Carolina: Partly cloudy. vrmr-r In Interior Monday; pjeidny little ehange in ^pfrature. ' ■ 1 > < MU . ..^ 8 Pages Today *-.--4 you XLL No. 69 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■» M'"> **“• "» •<•»•»«•» - Cirrlir. wt j«»t. (in tdnMil — Name Health King And Queen In 14 County 4H Clubs County Contest To Be On Tuesday M^or* m Contestants Entered In Annul Health Try-Out*. Kings and queens of health were *rowned In 14 Cleveland county qommunitiss over the week-end and the county wide health contest for 4-H club members will be held In Shelby Tuesday when the boy and jtrl malting the highest health (cor* in the entire county will be named. Ranging between the ages of 10 end 10 yean of age, more than 350 youngsters were entered In the con test's, under the supervision of H. B. James, assistant county agent and Mte Frances MacGregor, home dem onstration agent. Winners Winners 'in Tuesday’s contests will go to the district contest at Charlotte the last week In June and tf successful on to Raleigh the last week In July. Cleveland has in the past two years had a state winner in health, Charles Palmer, of Polk ville. Mary Sue Holland, of Boiling Springs at another time got second place. Health te one of the four key words In the club program. The others are head, heart and hands, all devoted to thetr club, community and country. Formal crowning of the kings and queens or at least of county win ners will be carried out with a public ceremony later In the sum mer. perhaps at the county fair this fall. Winners in the contest are: Patterson Grove—Howard Ware. Ozit Thornberg. Belwood—Robert Peeler. Sara Falls. Waco—Dwight Whitworth, Ruth Goode. Beaver Dam—Dan McCurry, Bea trice Blanton. Shanghai—Earl Wallace, Imogene Wallace. Sharoh—Hazel Anthony, Rebecca Dodd. Casar—Neek Deviney, Elaine Pruett. Boiling Springs—Hugh Dover, Mary Lee Moore. Bethware—J. B. Lail, Janette Whisnant. FaJlston—Tom Cornwell, jr., Alice Falls. Grover — Andrew Bumgardner, Aldie Mae Biddix. Bethlehem—Donald McGinnis, Pauline Bell. No. S—James Ponder, Kathryn Hardin. Zoar—Louise Whitener, no boys In club. itlount Pleasant—Organized too late to enter contest. Betty Jean Lee Is Buried Sunday Betty Jean Lee, 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philmore Lee. died In the Shelby hospital Saturday at 9:00 after a short ill ness. runeral services were held from the home Sunday at 4:00. In terment was at Sunset cemetery. In charge of services was Rev. H. C. Sisk, assisted by Rev. Reid Sisk. Besides the parents, several children survive. Grover To Discuss Agricultural Course Plans for financing an agricultur al department will be discussed at a meeting in the Grover school Fri day evening, June 14. All residents interested in the pro ject are invited to be present at 8 o'clock. Superintendent of County Schools J. Horace Grigg will lead the discussion. Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YORK, June 10.—The ad *&nce on Saturday was chiefly due ” th® buying of a large line of Oc tober believed to be a covering op aration. The supply of contracts *«ain proved limited although there *8* a fair amount of selling in May *b * acale up said to be for eastern •^counts. Sentiment is mixed with • rather general disposition to await welopmauts both as to the crops brogress and the general situation. We believe that favorable weather result in Increased offerings, •specially on the advances.—E. A. *b«rce A Co. THE MARKETS CoUon, spot.11% to 1214c J*t«a Seed, wagon, ton_ 32.00 c*t«« Sad, ten, cor lot_M.00j First Picture Of New Cotton Picking Machine After Thirty Centuries, The Machine Age Threatens a Revolution in the Cotton Fields Mrs. Eliza Creene Dies At Age 75; Burial Is Today Widow Of Late Ben Greene, Miller. Passes At Boiling Spri ngs. Ftmeral services were held today at 2:30 at the Double Springs Bap tist church tor Mrs. Eliza Bridges Greene, 57 year old widow of the late Benjamin Gre.ene, who died yesterday at the home of her ne phew, C. E. Bridges, of Boiling Springs. In charge of the services were Rev. Clarence V. Martin, pastor of the Second Baptist church at Shel by and pastor of Mrs. Greene. As sisting was Rev. D. G. Washburn. Husband Millwright Benjamin Greene, late husband of Mrs. Greene, died on April 8 at his home in South Shelby where, he has been a miller and millwright for many years. He formerly op erated a corn mill at Lattimore and Boiling Springs. Mrs. Greene had been in ill health since her hus band’s death. The immediate cause of her death was heart trouble. The daughter of the late Zacn ariah Bridges and Nancy Hamrick Mrs. Greene had numerous family connections in Nos. 2 and 7 town ships and in Rutherford county. The closest surviving relative is a brother, C. M. Bridges, of Latti more. There were no children in the family. 15 Crates Berries Marketed 2nd Day Cleveland county’s newest crop, raspberries,' began to move towards market in earnest last week and 15 crates were sent the second day. Even more are expected this week. Prices for the shipments were not disclosed, but the fact that there is a market for them is encouraging to growers. An invention which has been awaited more than a century, and which may affect the entire social, and economic structure of the south, has been tested and proved successful. It is a cotton picking machine which, in a 7H hour day, can pick some 8000 pounds of seed cotton; several weeks' work for an average man. Whether this "robot” cotton hand proves an unmixed blessing to the region, however, remains to be seen. Back of the enthusiasm displayed by many planters in the new ma chine is a shadow: What will become of the 3,000,000 negro and white laborers in Dixie land and other regions, who have thus belatedly become victims of the machine age? Solution of this problem rests, while planters await general intro duction of the invention which may help them attain the progress achieved in other regions. In 3000 years of cotton production, only one important advance has been made heretofore—Eli Whit ney’s cotton gin, devised 140 years ago. But before and since, as in India 30 centuries ago, the picking of cotton required the back-break ing toil of men and women, who plucked the fluffy bolls by hand and thrust them into huge bags dragged on the ground behind. It remained for John D. Rust and his brother, Mack, of Texas, to ac complish what 800 preceding in ventors failed to do; devise a ma chine that would take in bolls with out injuring green plants or gath ering so much rubbish that ginning was impossible. The feature responsible for suc cess of the Rust machine is a smooth wire spindle, automatically moistened, to which the cotton clings. Spindles of previous "inven tions" had been equipped with in jurious “teeth.” On one side of the Rust harvester is a tunnel-like opening from front to back, allowing the machine to “straddle” the row of plants. Into this opening a line of small, smooth revolving rods projected sideways. Carried on an endless belt, the rods first pass through a moisten (Contlnued on page eight.) Piscatorial Prizes Weigh 134 Pounds; Hero Is Stoagh Hopper This fe not just another “fishy fish story.” It is the truth. Read it and see. The many fnends of Stough Hop per, D M. Freeman and Tllden Queen, will be interested to know that they have recovered suffi ciently from their week-end labors of hauling in 134 pounds of fish, to be back on their Jobs today. Mr. Hopper broke Shelby fishing records for this season by making the biggest catch, snaring a couple with reel and rod that tipped the scales at 24 and one-half and 20 and one-half. Queen’s was big enough to make the three weigh 66 pounds. Most of the catch were big chan nel bass, and were caught off the coast of Soutli Island, and the others were taken at Merrill's In let. The big catch was made Thurs day and others made Friday when| the party was joined by Mayor Ben Douglas of Charlotte at the inlet. The rest of the story is the cur rent gossip that goes with catching such huge fish a.nd is to the effect that Mr. Hopper was almost wor ried down to a shadow before he was able to haul in the piscatorial prizes. They were stored in an ice plant at South Island, Then, on coming home, no one in Shelby had seen such big creatures In a long time and none of the younger gen eration knew how to dress them. The beauties were said to have scales the size of dollar bills and had to be taken off with a hatchet. The youngsters gave it up as a tough job and finally a colored man who was acustomed to dress ing cows and other large animals prepared them. Mr. Hopper gave a mess of fish to all his neighbors and friends and still has enough for several days j Mrs. Hudson Calls Special Meeting Of Woman’s Club Will Study Matter Of Public Library And Proposed Community Building. Mrs. w. H. Hudson, genera] presi dent of the six divisions of the Shelby Woman's club is calling a special general meeting of all offi cers and members of the club for Thursday afternoon of this week to consider immediate plans for a public library building and th? pro posed pfan Of co-operation of all civic organisations in the city for a community building. The meeting will be at 4:00 in the Woman's club room. In a meeting of civic club leaders and members of the Ed Post Bible class who are boosting a YMCA for the city, Mrs. Hudson spoke of the long Interest the Woman’s club has had in a library and advanced her personal ideas as to prospects for the library and community build ing. These will be discussed Thurs day, along with other matters. Attorney Pat McBrayer will take up the matter with civic clubs this week for a proposed general meet ing Friday night of this week to crystalize sentiment and get imme diate action on securing federal aid on the projects. Mrs. Laughridge Dies Last Night; Funeral Tuesday Eighty-One Veer Old Resident Passes After Extended Illness; Native Of Burke. Mrs. J. C. Laughridge. 81-year-old resident of Shelby died at her home Sunday night at 1:00 after an illness of several months with heart trouble. She had lived In this city two years, but was a na tive of Burke county. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 at the Rehobeth Methodist chutch, with Rev. J. N. Wise in charge. Surviving Mrs. Laughridge are her husband who lives on Blanton street and is also 81 years of age; eight children, John F. Laughridge, of Asheville; A. L, Laughridge of Gas tonia; P. O. Laughridge, of Salis bury; A. G. and H. P. Laughridge, of Atlanta. Ga.; Mrs. 8. L| Baber of Reidsvilie; Mrs. Ed Wesson of Greenville, 8. C., and Mrs. Z. L. Canipe of 8helby. Mrs. Laughridge was closely re lated to the Laughridge families of this county, although she had not lived in this immediate community very long. She was known to a wide circle of friends in adjoining coun ties as a devoted mother and faith ful member of the Methodist church. BOB LEE TAKES OVER BEAM'S SERVICE UNIT Bob Lee is asking patrons to in spect his new place of business on the Cleveland Springs road, which was formerly operated as Beam’s Service Station. He will handle pro ducts for the American Oas and Oil Co. David McBrayer, 91 Year Old Vet, Buried On Sunday Was In Confederate Cavalry Was One Of The Largest lam) Owner*: Wife And Three Children Surrlre. Funeral service* were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lat timore Baptist church for David B. McBrayer. 91 year old Confederate ealvaryman who died Friday even ing at 8 o’clock following an fllneas of 18 weeks. Confederate Calvaryman Mr. McBrayer developed pneu monia during the late winter and was confined to his bed until the end oame. He was a man of un usual physical and mental vigor and had enjoyed excellent health up un til his last, sickness. During the war he served for four years In Co. I lRt N. C. cavalry and distinguish ed himself for valiant service. Business Man And Farmer He was the son of Robert Mc Brayer and Fannie Harrill and was born and reared near the home where he died. He was married to Martha Ann Blanton on January 26. 1871 and together they lived at the present home place for 64 years. Mr. McBrayer was very frugal and industrious. He possessed unusual Judgment of values and had unusual foresight and vision. For many years he was In business at Moores boro, selling livestock and fertiliser and at the same time carrying on his farm work. When his present home-place was purchased, all was woodland. This was cleared and converted Into one of the finest farms and country homes In the county. He and his son, John, who lived with him owned about 1.600 acres In this and adjoining coun ties. Find Death Ih Family The passing of Mr. McBrayer was the first death In hts family of four generations. Surviving are his widow, three children. Mrs. S. S. Royster and Chas. C. McBrayer of Shelby. John A. McBrayer of Lat tlmore, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. After funeral services at Lattl more Baptist church where he serv ed as a deacon since the church was founded, Interment was In the fam ily burying ground on his farm where his antecedents were burled. Rev. Rush Padgett, pastor, was In charge of services, assisted by Rev. D. G. Washburn and Rev. John W. Buttle and one of the largest crowds ever to gather at this church was there to pay respects to his noble life. A beautiful floral offering was but a gesture to the high esteem In which he was held. Pall bearers were as follows: Active: Joe Jones. Frank Corn well, Thomas Eskridge. L. A. Blan ton, Bate Blanton. Yates McBrayer. Honorary: Will Walker, Thore Ramsey, Foster Jones, John Brid ges, Broadus Hamrick, Walter Lucas. Lester Callahan. Huff Hamrick, J. B. Lattlmore. Jeff Hamrick. Carl Jolly. Chas. Callahan. Am Toms, Cicero Bridges, Hugh Harrill, Hugh Wray. Fred Blanton, Will Mc Brayer, Chas. Doggett, J. Lawrence Lackey, A. M. Hamrick, Joe E. Blanton, L .F. McBrayer, Lester Herndon. Roy McBrayer, Oeo. P. Webb, John Smart, Ralph Jones and Norman Lee. Final Rite* Held For Mr*. Deaver Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon In Mooresboro for Mrs. Mary Vera Deaver, 48, who died at the Rutherford Hospital Saturday afternoon after an Illness of several months. The services were conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby and Rev. S. E. Welchel, pastor of the S&ndyq Run Baptist church. Burial was In the churchyard. Mrs. Deaver leaves three daugh ters, Hazel, Sadie and Geraldine Deaver, all of Mooresboro; five brothers, Furman Harris, B. R. Har ris, T. B. Harris and C. W. Harris; two sisters, Mrs. V. D. Lovelace and Mrs M. C. Bostic, and her father and mother, Mr and Mrs. John K. Harris, all of Mooresboro. More Boys Can Get In CMTC Says Beam Although Cleveland county's quota of 14 young men has been filled for the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Bragg, Dr. Pitt BeBam who Is enrollment chairman for this county, says as a number of North Carolina counties did not fill their quotas, other young men can enroll from Cleveland county. Dr. Beam has application blanks and all de sired information on this free train ing service offered by the govern ment. Negro Wife Kills Husband, Who Took Her from Church Maif-breed John Neal, |>nrt. negro and part Indian, dragged tala wife from a colored church, threw her clothe* In the fire and threatened to cut her throat Mis wifa, known as a hard working woman and a good cook, has no Indian blood in her veins. But ah* took a M cali bre pistol and drilled a hole through John's temple. This happened Sunday morn ing. According to Ila, who was bound over in recorder's court this morning. John hurt hern drunk *11 Saturday, He returned home Sunday morning, found she had gone to church, follow ed her, and took her home. There he (matched off her drew, threw It, In the fire, and threatened to cut her throat. A large pocket knife waa found tn hta hand. He died at 2 o'clock In the hospital. John, police aatd. had a bad record, and had been arrested several times for bootlegging. NPS Actively Interested In County Park Proposal Borrowing Plans For N. C. Counties To Be Set Today LomI Ornmnwit UnM To DnM« On Rtum In Worka Pminun. Br N. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, June 10.—To whet ex tent North Carolina counties, cities and town* may borrow money lor publio works from the Public Works Administration under its new plan of granting 46 par cent of the loan and charging an Interest rate of 3 per cent on the balance, will be de cided today at a meeting of the Local Government Commission at the call of Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer and director of lo cal government. Under state laws no local unit may borrow money without the ap proval of the Local Government Commission, or by its executive committee, composed of four state, officials, the treasurer, the audi tor, the storetary of state and the commissioner of revenue, which acts between meetings of the commis sion. which la composed of five ad ditional appointed members. Director Johnson announced that he considered It a proper thing to get the full commission together and decide on a policy to follow in the future with reference to the PWA loans. “Up to this time It has been the policy of the commission to dBnfine borrowing strictly to absol utely necessary things, and while the federal government makes a grant of 46 per cent and makes the loan at 3 percent and makes the the opinion that this policy should still be followed,” Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson states that local governmental units should not go Into debt for something they can get along without, just because of the grant and the low rate of In terest. “We are now having to pay back money that was borrowed when borrowing was easy; however, I am of the opinion that it is a fine opportunity to borrow money for something that must be done in tre near future,” he said. Charles A. Owens, Grandson of Amos Owens Dies At 52 Charles Alonzo Owens, 52. and a nephew of the late Amos Owens of Cherry Mountain fame, died of stomach trouble In the Shelby hos pital Saturday morning and was buried Sunday afternoon at 4:00 at Walls Baptist church in Ruther ford county. Mr. Owens lived in the New House community of this county and leaves his wife Julia and several small children. He was a well known and respected farmer of that com munity. The pastor of the church was in charge of funeral services. Vinton* of a 30-aer* playground for Cleveland, centered around a lake for swimming and boating, were focused today on the National Park Service. L. A. Sharpe, regional Inspector for the NP8, telegraphed the coun ty oommlanlonera Saturday for more specific Information on th# play ground proponed for the fairgrounds, specifying that this Information must reach him In Richmond on Tuesday. Project Submitted, Dr. J. 8. Dorton and Troy V. Mc Kinney. county auditor, prepared the desired Information from plans submitted more than a year ago to the CWA and sent It off this morn ing. The project calls for a large dam, between the race track and the ptia on camp, for the construction of a lake about a quarter of a mile long; boat houses, a large community building, a 4-H club building, a large and thoroughly equipped playground, and a camp site for school children. The Pair Association, which last year received more benefits than any other county organization from federal works projects, now possesses a grandstand and exhibit hall val ued at more than $60,000. An audit taken last week revealed that the total cost to the 'Pair Association was >8,161.50. Cost Is 156,000. Estimated cost of labor on the project.Is >41,000. It would require 118,000 man-hours of labor, skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled. The swimming pool, bath houses and dam would cost >11.000 and the community house >4.000. Total cost of the project would be >56,000. Delay Granted In Theft Trial C. C. Christopher and Clyde Hill, held on charges of breaking and en tering and larceny this morning gained a delay of two days for ? hearing In Recorder’s Court. The defense asked more time to prepare They are charged with breaki-v and entering the home of J. O. Dud ley, and were arrested here Thurs day after both the sheriff's office and city police had worked up the case against them. Several pistols, hidden near the golf course, were said by police to belong to them. Drunken Drivers Get Heavy Fines Five Cleveland defendants charg ed In recorder's court this morning with drunken driving were fined $60 and warned not to operate mo tor vehicles for four months Judge Bynum Weathers, as court adjourned, said that he intended to stop this menace In the county If he had to raise the fine to $100. The offenders were arrested byi Patrolman Orecnway. Commissioners Go To University For Explanation OfTheNewLaws County Commissioners Lester Herndon and Joe E. Blanton, Coun ty Auditor Troy V. McKinney, and Mayor-elect Harry Woodson are this afternoon speeding toward the University of North Carolina, hop ing that there they will get an ex planation of some of the new laws passed by the recent legislative ses sion. They will attend the Institute of Government gathering, which is holding a two-day session. The commissioners and the audi r are anxious to acquire more in formation on tax foreclosure pro feedings, which were radically and confuBtngly changed. Harry Wood son la getting ready to become may or of Shelby, and. Incidentally, is expected to call on Herman C. Baity state PWA engineer to discuss the possibilities of public works money for the city when his administration takes hold. If the new laws can't be explained by the speakers on the program, why they probably can’t be explain ed at all. Senator Bailey, Represen tative Doughton, W. B. Umstead, Relief Administrator Mrs. Thomas O’Borry and Commissioner Graham will speak. Assurance Given For T. B. Clinic In Red Cross Meet County Medical Body Gives Sanction AppMcwlnon For Fund* Filed; Hop* To Open Clinic by July lKUi. Possibilities of a WI*II equipped tuberculosis clinic with Information, Instruction, one.' rules of car* for the dsease for Shelby by July 111, were assured In a meeting of the Red Cross chapter officials Friday afternoon. Official sanction for the clinic has been given by the county Med ical society and a formal appltra ton was filed today with the atate ERA for funds. Other funds will come from the sale of Christmas seals, a hoped for allotment from the county commissioners, Mid oth er sources. locution. Definite location of the (clinic, has not been decided, but Henry P. Edwards, chairman of Red Cross ii\ the county, and Dr. Ben Kendall laid some desirable places era In view and will be available at a min imum cost for renovating and fit ting. Miss Harte Oliver, nuviw for the chapter, made her monthly report to the body In whch she indicated that she has enrolled some 80 mem bers in three classes In Shelby mill villages and will open two other schools next week at Lawndale and Bel wood. She la teaching home hy giene and care of the sick. Alarming Report. An alarming part of her report was that she contacted 68 tubercu losis patients and 1B4 persons who have been living with T. B. who have not had an examination. Nine teen persons In the county have died of the disease since Mlsa Oli ver has been In the city. Ten T.B. patients have made ap plication to the state sanatoriu m five of which are still on the *elt« Ing list. Miss Oliver visited 10 pre natal caeca, 32 new bom babes, and 60 HI adults this month. She dis covered in contacting school chil dren and pre-school children that there are at least SO who need ton silectomles and estimates 800 to the county. Fret Aid Home first aid work is being done with Olrls Scouts. The committee voted to allow Miss Oliver a we k‘s leave of absence In July to taacb first aid and health at the 111 club encampment from Cleveland county to be held at Lenoir. A stenographer, Miss Hazel Davis, has been added to the Red 3r es office, and a telephone Installed. Blanton Affirm* Belief In Bible, Prayer To G?**\m Speaking to representatives from 23 churches in the Kings Mountain Baptist Association at Pleasant Grove yesterday. Prof. Lawton Blan ton, veteran education and school leader said, "if you remove prayer and the proper study of the Bible from the lives of people, there is lit tle else to consider.’* He was speaking at the regular monthly meeting of the Assoclation al Sunday school meeting, in charge of J. W. Costner, superintendent. The little country church was crowded with several hundred peo ple. Miss Ruth Wacaster led the de votional and others on the program were Mrs. Bessie Weaver of Kings Mountain, Mrs. R. P. Hamby of Eastside and special music from a group from Carpenter’s Grove church. Mr*. Nan Turner, 70, Succumbs In Hospital Mrs. Nan Turner, an Inmate of • he county home for several years, died at the Shelby hospital Friday. She was 70 years old. and had been suffering for some years with dta betes. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. H. C. Seefeldt, were held on Saturday, and burial was at Elisa beth. A step-son, John Giles, lives in Kings Mountain. City Curb Market Open 2 Day* Soon The Shelby curb market is near ing the crest of ito opening season for all kinds of vegetables and will within the next fevfr days announce a two day a week schedule. Up to now this season the market has been only open on Saturday. The day to be added is Tuesday. The hours are from 7:30 until 10 o’clock
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