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VOL. XLI, No. 77
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1935
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Young Democrats Off
For Raleigh Meeting;
Form Clyde Hoey Club
Delegation Of Fifty Leave* For Capital To
Attend Convention; Weathers Elected
President Of County Group
To Cleveland’s Young Democrats fall the honor of of
ficially opening Clyde R. Hoey’s campaign for Governor of
nul LU Vfli Ullua.
More than fifty members left
this morning and last night to at
tend their state convention in Ra
leigh. Uninstructed on any of the
issues that will be debated in the
convention, they are organized to
conduct a quiet, tactful but dieter
mined campaign to convince other
politically minded young gentle
men that Clyde R. Hoey should be
the next governor.
Politicking in Raleigh.
Mr. Hoey will go to Raleigh, but
will not speak there. In fact, none
of the candidates will speak, and
the convention is scheduled to take
no official action of the the forth
coming race for the governorship.
But there will be politicking and
politicking, and the Clevelanders
will be in there with as handsome a
gesture as they can make.
This strategy was planned at a
mass meeting in the court house on
Wednesday night, at which a
Clyde Hoey for Governor club was
formed, old officers of the county
organization were elected, and Mr.
Hoey made a brief speech of grati
tude for the work being done in
his behalf.
Form County Club.
Let B. Weathers, editor of The
Star, was named president of the
“Hoey for Governor” club, and Ev
erett Houser secretary. Before night
fall yesterday, approximately 1,000
names had been enrolled.
Officers of the club, re-elected on
the suggestion of Mr. HouSer, who
suggested that it would be wise to
keep the organization intact in viev.'
of the forthcoming campaign, are
ft Horn, president; Mrs. Clar
ence Carpenter, vice-president, attd
William Osborne secretary.
Charles Eskridge, Harry Woodson
and “Red” Newman were named1 as
a committee to make arrangements
for the trip to Raleigh, which will
be made largely in private cars.
Cleveland’s votes will be split
among the delegates who attend,
and will be cast after a conference
this morning at the Sir Walter. All
delegates were asked to meet at Mr
Horn’s room at 9:30.
Three Salesmen In
Triple Car Crash
Fled H. Sides is in the Lincoln
ton hospital with serious injuries,
having been taken there yesterday
afternoon following a triple-crash
at cars, driven by three salesmen.
Two of the salesmen bore the same
name. One traveled for a book con
cern, one sold scales and the other
electric refrigerators.
The cars driven by Sides of Char
lotte and Harry Howell of Raleigh
crashed on the Lincolnton-Maiden
road. After the crash, a wheel on
the Side6 car gave down and
crasnea into another oncoming car
driven by J. R. Howell of Gastonia.
Then the Sides car turned over
twice. Mr. Howell received first aid
treatment at the Lincoln ton hospi
tal. Mr. Sides was taken to the
hospital in an unconscious condi
tion. All three cars were badly
damaged.
Dr. Moore To Return
To Shelby July First
Dr. D. F. Moore, Shelby physi
cian, who has been taking a post
graduate course in gynecology at
St. Louis, will return on or about
July 1.
Morning Cotton
LETTER
NEW YORK. June 28.—The ma
jority of those in the trade are con
fused over the immediate trend and
new commitments are small. Lat
est advices indicate that the senate
committee may report out the A. A.
A. amendments today. The small
amount of available contracts will
likely discourage selling for the
present. We feel that sales made on
the advances will prove the better
policy.—E. A. Pierce & Co.
THE MARKETS
Cotton, spot .- 11% to 12«4c
Cotton Seed, wagon, ton .... 32.00
Cotton Sed, too, ear lot__ 35.00 j
Succeeds Mitch -II
John Monroe Johnson
The new assistant secretary of
commerce, Col. John Monroe John
son of Marion, S. C., takes over his
duties in Washington. He succeeds
Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Post Office Gets
1st Class Status
On First Of July
Record Shattering Business In
1934 Brings Raise To Execu
tive Officials.
The first class rating of the Shel
by post office, lost during the days
of the depression—when there wasn’t
even any chain letter business
will be restored on Monday.
This rating was obtained last
January, when reports for the cal
endar year showed that the Shelby
office had exceeded by some ten
thousand dollars the $40,000 mini
mum for the class 1 rating. Since
then, the office has consistently
increased its business, shattering
monthly and quarterly records with
every report.
Salaries Raised
No change in service will be
made with the new rating, but
Postmaster J. H. Quinn and assist
ant Russell Laughridge will receive
salary raises.
Under a recent order from Wash
ington, all first class post offices
will after July 1 operate their own
dead letter offipes, instead of for
warding misdirected mail to Wash
ington. Mail for which the proper
destination cannot be found will be
opened here. If It contains money,
it will be sent to Washington.
A. And P. Tea Store
Changes 1* Location
The N. LaPayette street A. and
P. Tea company’s store has moved
one block closer in and is now oc
cupying the store building next to
Washburn Hardware company.
Transfer of the stock was made
this week.
County Officers
Salaries To Get
10%BoostMonday
Raise Not To Affect
Taxpayers
Increase Of *1,700 Expected To Be
Authorized By County Board
In Meeting.
A ten percent raise tn pay for
all county officials in Cleveland
is expected to oe authorized Mon
day when the board of commission
ers holds its regular session.
Aji unofficial report has it tnat
all members of the board have
agrt ed to the proposed raise and that
the raise will amount to approxi
mately $1,700.
Rise In Fees
Cause for the raise was given as
the unexpected rise in funds re
ceived from fees, fines, forfeitures!
and other miscellaneous revenues
taken In by the county this year.
They have stated that in no way
will the increase affect taxpayers
of the county.
The raise will affect all employes
of the county whose salaries were
cut during the depression years fol
lowing 1929 and had not been re
stored to the normal level. One or
two which have not been cut, will
remain unaffected.
Figures Monday
Full figures on the whole change
will be released Monday.
At present officials of the county
receive $20,000 in salaries and the
new figure will be $21,700. Fees,
fines, and forfeitures usually reach
close to $21,000, but has this year
seen a $5,000 raise above the 1931
figure.
The law provides that such reve
nue shall first be applied to county
salaries, before the taxpayers are
called on.
Boiling Springs
Resident Passes;
Is Buried Today
Mrs. Dan Turner, 74 Years Of Age,
Succumbs After Long- Illness;
Funeral At 3:00.
Funeral services will be held today
at 3:00 at the Boiling Springs Bap
tist church for Mrs. Dan Turner
who died at her home there Wed
nesday at 3:45 after a long illness.
Mrs. Turner was in her 74th year.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins will be in
charge of services. Interment will
be in the Boiling Springs cemetery.
Married Twice
Mrs. Turner was the daughter ol
the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Greene and in early life was mar
ried to Willis Greene who has been
dead nearly 20 years. She was later
married to Mr. Turner who preced
ed her to the grave several years
ago. There are no children.
Surviving are one brother John
Greene and Mrs. E. W. Hamrick of
Boiling Springs, and many close
relatives throughout Cleveland and
Rutherford counties.
Mrs. Turner was a faithful mem
ber of the Baptist church in the
community where she spent the
greater part of her life. Until a few
years ago when her health began
to fail she always attended serv
ices and took an active part. Her
illness was borne with a great
amount of fortitude and patience.
Salvation Army
To Begin Revival
Revival services will begin at the
Salvation Army Hall on Sunday
July 30 with Rev. J. A. Armstrong
of Gastonia doing the preaching.
It will last for one week and ser
vices will be held each evening at
7:45. Singing will be conducted by!
Rev. G. W. Clark. All persons are1
invited to be present.
Officers Capture Car And IS
Gallons; Man And Woman Jailed j
A Ford V-8, 1935 mode! with 15
gallons of liquor was captured last
night by Officers Stanley and Har
din and the occupants of the car,
George F. Gettys and Mary Lee Lutz
Dawson are in Jail charged with
transporting.
Miss Dawson is reported to be the
mother of the child that was left on
the porch of a West Marion street
residence a year or more ago. She
later made confession that she was
the mother of the child and made
an unsuccessful appeal to the fos
ter parents to relinquish the child
to her.
Officers Stamey and Hardin sus
pected the car as Jt was seen on S.!
LaFayette street shortly after sun-1
down and shadowed It out Highway!
No. 20. Immediately after the car
drove into the parking space at the
Pig-N-Whistle, officers pulled in be
hind the V-8 and got out. When
Gettys saw the officers, he made an
attempt to get away, driving around
the house into a field. Here the car
stuck up in a side ditch, enabling
officers to make the arrest and con
fiscate the car ant’ liquor. Gettys
and his riding companion, were plac
ed in jail and will be given a hear
ing in Recorder’s court Monday.
Gettys is said to live in the lower
part of Cleveland county. (
Lehman Declares War on Crime
Governor Lehman
District Attorney Dodge
Declaring war on various types of cnme »nd vice in New Tone
county”. Gov. Herbert Lehman, left, issued an ultimatum to William
C. Dodge, district attorney of New York county, threatening to
supersede him unless he launched an intensive campaign against
crime. Mayor La Guardia and civic organizations had urged the
governor to put somebody in Dodge’s place to prosecute vice. Dodge
was one of the few Tammanyites elected when La Guardia and tha
progressive Fusionists carried the city.
Wagner Labor Bill Given
Final Approval By Congress
WAHH1JNUTON, June Ifio.—Aliotn
er of the administration "must”
measures—the controverted Wag
ner-Connery labor disputes bill—
cleared congress today and was
headed toward the White Hou*
for President Roosevelt’s signature.
Final action was completed on the
long disputed measure when the
house and senate In rapid succes
sion adopted the conference report
on the bill, virtually without debate.
The calm, casual manner In which
congress finished up Its work on the
bill was In sharp contrast to the
conflict and discussion which has
revolved about it since it was first
proposed almost two years ago.
Friends of the measure have
hailed it as a new guarantee of in
dustrial peace, but opponents have
contended it would lead to more
labor strife.
Designed to protect workers in or
ganizing and bargaining collective
ly. the bill would declare certain
activities of employers "unfair lab
or practices’* and create a national
labor relations board to prevent
them. Briefly, the five unfair prac
tices would be:
To interfere with, nMtraln, oi
coerce employes In organising or
bargaining; to dominate or interfere
with the formation of unions; tc
discriminate against workers 1m
union membership; to discharge oi
discriminate against an employe for
filing charges against the employer;
to refuse to bargain collectively with
representatives of the employes.
An independent board composed
□f three members would administer
the law and would have exclusive
power to prevent the unfair labor
practices by going directly to the
courts to enforce Its findings.
Unique Record Made by Four
Vaughns In Beams Mill Area
Miss Inez Page,
Age 18, Dies Here
Of Hemorrhage
Inez Page, 15-year-old daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Page of East
Buttle street died at the Shelbj
hospital last night at 7:00. She hac
been 111 for nearly five years ant
the Immediate cause of her deatt
wa sa cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Miss Pagi
will be held Saturday at 11:00 a
Mt. Moriah church. Interment wil
follow in the church cemetery
Services will be in charge of Rev
R. S. Troxler.
Surviving are her parents, a sis
ter, Mrs. Onedia Devinny, tv
brothers, Fay and Loy Page, all o
Shelby.
Inez had suffered an unusua
amount of pain since she was madi
blind several years ago, but ha<
borne it patiently. Her father is i
school teacher and for the pas
four years has held a position ir
’he Oak Grove school
Legion Election
Tuesday, July 9
Arrangements for the July meet
ing of the Warren F. Hoyle post o
the American legion, at which of
ficers for next year will be elected
were made at a meeting of post of
ficers Tuesday night.
The meeting, to be held Tuesday
July 9, will likely be held at th<
fairgrounds and refreshments wil
probably be served. At the meet
ing the drawing fund will be paic
out. Several months the name o:
each member was placed in a cap
sule and at each meeting a name
is drawn, a dollar going to the
lucky man if he Is present. There fc
now $7 in the fund which has nol
been won and at the July meeting
the drawing will be continued until
the name of some member present
Is drawn.
By MR8. JAMES COSTNER
Four Cleveland county people whose
combined ages total more than 300
years live in the Beams Mill com
munity and have made a living to
gether for 32 years without their
parents or other relatives. TtiWr
mother died 32 years ago and their
father 70 years ago. The house in
which they live is 80 years old.
The members of this unusual
family are Chap Vaughn, 84 years
of age, Louisa 76 years, Dovie, 74
years, and Mollie, 71 years. One
other sister, Mrs. Leah Gladden, ol
. near Gaffney, is living, at the age
of 80, making a total of 385 years
1 in a family of five. One sister. Mrs
. Carey Hoyle and a brother, Tom, an
dead.
The first death occurred in the
. family four years ago when Ton
> was burned to death In his home
r Carey died about two years ago with
measles, after having had her hip
1 broken. She is the only one to have
, had measles.
[ Remember Civil War
. Each member of the family can
talk freely about the after effect*
of the Civil war. They can well re
member burning com cobs to get
soda, using molasses for sugar, hav
ing to borrow fire (if you happened
to let yours go out) not being able
to get salt, and having to run cane
through an old wooden cane mill
with wooden cogs twice to get the
juice out
Have Old Articles
Quite a large number of very old
articles are in their possession. They
’ have the rolling pin that their
father made for their mother tc
start housekeeping, the scissors that
■ she used then, which still cut al
most as good as new one; the Bible
that their father bought then, con
taining very plain script, written
by Chap in 1867. They also have
an dM stone Jar purchased by their
grandfather Hendrick over 100
years ago, a wash pot 80 years or
older, an old weight clock purchas
ed in 1882, that still runs and keeps
, iood time, a fire shovel handle
that came from Virginia over 100
years ago, the canteen that their
(Continued on page eight.)
Harry S. Woodson
To Go In Monday
With New Board
Will Be Sworn In At
Mayor Of Shelby
McMurry Retires With Best Wishes
After Holdlnc Office HU
Years.
Shelby's new city administration,
headed by Harry Woodson who will
be sworn in as mayor, will lake the
oath of office at City Hall early
Monday morning and Immediately
take over the reins of municipal
government.
Mr. Woodson, elected In May In
a run-off race against Cleveland
Gardner In which an all-time record
of 2,082 vote* were cast, will suc
ceed S. A. McMurry. who did not
seek re-election this year after
serving for three terms or si* years.
Mr. Woodson received 1,673 votes
In the run-off to Mr. Gardner*
1,345 in one of the most exciting
contests In city history.
Board Of Aldermen
The board of aldermen will be
composed of R. Z. Riviere, ward 1;
Charles Coble, ward 2: Coleman
Doggett, ward 3, and W. C. Harris
(reelected) from ward 4.
The city school board, which was
re-elected In toto. will not be re
quired to take the oath of office.
The members are Dr. Tom Gold. L.
P. Holland. J. Lawrence Lackey,
Roger Laufhrldge and Thad O.
Ford. They were reelected without
opposition for another two year
term.
McMurrjr Happy To Retire
Mayor McMurry was In happy
mood this morning as he contem
plated retiring from the city har
ness after three terms of service.
His administration has been con- (
servative. and he has received high
acclaim from business men for his
skill in piloting Shelby through the
uncertain years of the national de
pression.
*1 want the new administration
to know that 111 be glad to help
them any way I can, at any time,”
he said. “I'm just as much Inter
ested in the town as they are. I'll
be glad to consult with the new
men at any time they want me, if
the need arises. The new adminis
tration has ray best wishes."
Mr. Woodson and his board will
not be faced with any immediately
pressing problems as they assume
office. One of the first sets the new
mayor will perform is to sign a
routine check for approximately
$3,800 to the Chase National bank,
New York, in payment on a bond
issue.
In June 1999. Just before the
Woodson term ends. the $35,000
school bonds will fall due, and
some kind of re-financing or meth- 1
od of payment must be devised to 1
meet that.
No word of contemplated changes
in office staff or police force haR '
come from the mayor-elect, nor has '
any prediction been made as to the
office of city attorney, now held by
D. Z. Newton. It Is assumed that
no Immediate changes are planned.
Three Shelby Cates
Up To Commission
RALEIGH. June 28.-Industrial
Commissioner T. A. Wilson has a
calendar of 40 workmen’s compen
sation cases set for hearing in the
piedmont and west during the nine
day* from June 26 to July 5, with
cases as follows: Charlotte 10, Hunt
ersville 1, Gastonia 3, Albemarle and
Concord, one each, Lexington four,
Statesville 2, Shelby 3 Rutherford,
Tryon and Franklin one each; Bry
son City 3, Robblnsvllle 1 and
Asheville 8. The Shelby cases, to be
heard at 10 a. m. July 1 follow: N.
B. Gladden vs. Consolidated Tex
tiles Corp.; dependents bf Tom
Smith, deceased, vs. Forest City
Cotton Co.; D. W. Royster vs. H.
R. Royster, trading as Oulf Refin
ing Co. |
Muddy Little River
Takes Lives Of Pair
Of Double Shoals Men
Lloyd Cook And Lloyd Lankford Drowned
Wednesday Night In Mill Pond; Manual
Spake Escapes To Give Alarm
The muddy water* of Little Broad River claimed the
lives of Lloyd Cook, 26, and Lloyd Lankford, 18, of Double
Shoals who were drowned in the mill pond ai 9:30 Wednes
day evening:. Manual Spake, 17. barely escaped drowning to
spread the alarm as quickly as possible in the quiet little mill
New City Head
will be sworn in and enter upon his
official duties st mayor of Shelby,
luoeeedlng Mayor 8. A. McMurry
who has served for the last rftx
rears.
Teacher Allotment
For County Given;
Shelby Loses Two
County Aa Whole Gain* Five Above
Last Year; Negroes Need
Class rooiru.
Cleveland county lias been allotted
five additional teachers for public
ichools, Kings Mountain's quota rc
nains the same, and Shelby’s quota
las been set at two teachers under
ast year's figures.
This information was gained
rom an official release of allot*
nents today by LeRoy Martin, gen
eral secretary of the state depart
nent of education at Raleigh.
The whole county will receive
182 teachers, both white and color
'd, as compared to last year’s 177.
{tugs Mountain allotment remains
ntact at 77.
For some reason unlearned today,
Shelby’s city school teachers has
leen trimmed from 88 to 84. Cap
,ain B. L. Smith is In Durham, and
J. H. Qrlgg In Raleigh, school heads
for the city and county, and an ex
planation could not be learned this
nomlng. The added enrollment for
i.his year is expected to cause quite
i hardship, if the teacher load Is
ncreased.
County teachers will be composed
it 51 white high school and 143
white elementary teachers; two
'olored high school and 86 colored
:lementary teachers. Last yeai
white high school was 48 and white
•lementary was 144. There wen
ihree colored high schools and 87
colored elementary.
The state would allot the county
rive other colored elementary teach
:rs, according to the population
ind school enrollment, but nc
puddings have been provided.
Approximate enrollment figures
tor Cleveland county schools are
10,000 children.
Southern Gentleman with Good
Sense, Says Pastor of Mr. Hoey
An unusual tribute to a candidate
for public office was recently paid
to Clyde R Hoey by W. E. Aberne
thy, formerly a Methodist pastor
here. He wrote the following com
ment In the Christian Advocate:
“Years ago I made my first visit
to Shelby. Early one morning I
saw a tall, gawky lad yet In his
teens, carrying a dinner pail, and
going to The Cleveland Star to
work. On a later day I went to
Shelby and the boy owned The
Star. It was Clyde Hoey.
"So I have known him practically
all his life, and that life is clean as
a star. For three years I was his
pastor. While assistant district at
torney, no matter how far from
ihome he was caught on Saturday, ji
he always got home for church or
Sunday, and for his Sunday school
men's class. Living but two doors
away, I came to know him Inti
mately and love him as a friend
For this matter everybody love
Clyde Hoey.
"Personally, as his friend, I am
sorry he» entered the field. Few
governors long survive the rigors
of a state canvass, and the onerous
duties of governor. But especially I
regret that his thrilling voice will
not be heard In the United States
senate.
"I believe the other candidates
vill follow Judge Warllck and leave
he field to Hoey. He is a typical
Southern gentleman, with the gen
us of common sense." ,
14 III v4y •
The double tragedy, which came
hn a shock to the entire county, oc
curred about ISO yards above the
historic Double Shoals Mill and
Power company dam. The two men
were drowned within 10 feet of saf
ety, but In the dark did not know
It.
The body of Mr. Cook was taken
from, the muddy 13 feet of water In
about two hours, but the water from
the pond had to be let off before
young Lankford could be found. He
was submerged nearly four hours.
Use Pulmotor
The Luts-Austell pulmotor was
used on Mr. Cook, but with no good
results. Members of the Shelby po
lice and fire departments aided in
the search for the bodies.
Funeral services for the two men
were held at Double Shoals this
afternoon at 1:00 In charge of Rev.
D. Q. Washburn. Rites for both
were held at the same time with an
unusually large erowd of people
present.
Ranting Frogs
No tme seems to know exactly
how the accident occurred, but
rrom the story told by Manual
Spake. Mr. Cook was with him and
Lankford, all three hunting frogs
with flashlight, rifle and gigs. They
had just shot a frog and had turn
ed the boat toward the bank to get
it.
"The first thing 1 knew the boat
was getting full of water and Mr.
Cook yelled for us to grab the boat,
or get to the bank one. I couldn't
swim and Lloyd couldn't either, but
somehow I managed to.reach the
bank and run for help.”
When the huge crowd which
gathered at the scene soon after
the drowning had recovered the
bodies, numerous scratches were
noticed on thoir faces and Mr.
Cook's clothes Were torn, Indicating
that he had tried hard to save
(Continued on Page Sight)
Kansas City lift
Moves Its Offices
L. R. Cornevin Goes To Columbia
And Miss Myrtle Gilbert To
Birmingham. Ala.
District offices of the Kansas
City Life Insurance Co., maintained
here for several years In the Weath
ers-Blanton building next to the
Masonic Temple, are being moved
on July 1st to Columbia, 8, O,
L. R. Comevln, manager who has
had the two Carolina* under his di
rection, will become state manager
or South Carolina and work the
territory more intensely. He leaves
Saturday. Mrs. Comevln and chil
dren will spend a month with rela
tives in Virginia before going to Co
lumbia.
Miss Myrtle Ollbert, book-keeper
in the local office has been transfer
red to Birmingham, Ala. She will be
on a two week’s vacation before en
tering upon her new duties July
15th.
Liquor Elections
In 3 More Counties
HENDERSON. June 38.—Judge
W. A Devin refused In Vance su
perior court here to grant injunc
tions preventing liquor control elec
tions in Vance, Warren and Hali
fax counties, following a hearing on
petitions brought by the United
Drys in the three counties.
As the result, Vance and Warren
counties will hold their elections
next Saturday and Halifax will vote
the following Saturday, July 6.
Judge Devin dismissed a temporary
injunction granted in Halifax last
week by Judge R. Hunt Parker,
and refused to grant an Injunction
for Vance and Warren counties. In
the latter two Instances no tem
porary injunction had been given,
Judge Devin himself having Issued
summons here last week to the
county commissioners and board of
elections in each county to appear
and show cause for not Issuing a
restraining order.