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Weather North Carolina: Local thund ershowers Monday; Tuesday gen *rally fair except probably show ers on the coast. I- 1 l"111 — LThe Ellievkland Stak 8 Pages Today ' i SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. VOL. XLL No. 81 -- — ■T UlU. par mr. (la tarasM) _ M.so 1 Carriar. par |Mr. (la adraaaa) _ MOO Death Of Sentell Again Postponed; To Ask Clemency Was To Have Died On July Twelfth »he«W Prisoner Get* Reprieve; Last Hope 1* Action By Governor Ehringhaus Another depay has extended the J Kft expectations of Louis senrel'.. j The Cleveland county man, convict- ( ted of the murder of Florence Jones, ir*s to have died on July 12. but ha. been granted a reprieve because of construction work under way at ihe prison. Four prisoners were scheduled to die cm that day, but it is likely that only two will be executed. There has never been a quadruple execution in the history of the state, and only twice have three condemned men been electricuted in one day. Another Reprieve George Whitefteld, convicted of criminal assault in Guilford Coun ty, waa reprieved along with Sen tell. Three prisoners are to die August 9 A total of 25 condemned pri soners are now on death row, two short at an all-time record. To Seek Commutation Louis Sentell was orginally sen tenced to die on Feb. 15, one year to the day after he killed his sweet heart. but execution was stayed by notice of appeal. This appeal was denied on technical grounds, and the only hope of the Shelby prisoner now is for executive clemency. It is believed that his attorney, Wil liam Breese, of Brevard, will make strenuous efforts to obtain a com mutation of sentence to life impri sonment, and that he will not be opposed by the trial Judge and the .solicitor. If Sentell were to die in the chair, he would be the first vic tim from this county in 30 years. Many Folk Attend Scout Dedication At Lake Lanier A luge crowd, many of them from thelby and Cleveland county were *t Lake Lanier, Tryon for the de dication of the gateway to the Boy Scout camp to the late Franklin Jenkins Jr. former popular scout leader and resident of this city. After brief remarks by R. M. •rhteiK, scout executive for the Pied mont Council, and Judge Blsmark Capps, council president, M a 1 «p»ng!ar Jr. made the dedicatory speech. Young Spangler was close ly associated with Scout Jenkins up until the time of his death last year. Both were counselors at the camp and had charge of the water front. Spangler succeeded Jenkins at the task. Mss. Jenkins, Frank’s mother was leaiqninr rt and the dedicatory ad dress was made to several hundred scouts and visitors by Rev. M. L. Sttrewalt of Salisbury. Will Standardize Fire Hose, Equipment At Kings Mountain ZINGS MOUNTAIN. June 8 — Id Ballard of the Southeastern Fire Underwriters association. At lanta, Ga., will be in Kings Moun tain for about two weeks standard ising the hose and fire hydrant threads of the town and all mills. Mr. Ballard is also checking the equipment of the local fire depart ment. A crew of 14 men are assist ing in this work. The purpose of the work is to make all threads on fire hose and hydrants in every city in the southeast the same, so that in eases of emergency a fire depart ment from a city might use equip ment from a neighboring city. Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YORK, July 8.—According to the average of the private estl matee acreage of around 39,150,000 ii expected. Selling was light on Saturday and moderate price fix ing and small covering operations were sufficient to raise prices sllgtly. Weather conditions in the belt are much more favorable but the limited supply of contracts dis courages any Important selling for the present. Today* estimate should prove the medium for the immediate trend. Government acre age 99,188,000 vs. 37,883,000 lpst year —E. A. Pierce & Co. THE MARKETS apot.UK to UKe (toed, wagon, ton __32.08 Sad. too, car lot__ 86.90 Cotton. Postmaster B. T. Bird Bird Appointed New Postmaster Former High School Head is In formed of New Post By Rep. Bulwinkle B F Bird has been appointed postmaster at Grover, it was an nounced today in Washington by Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle. He will take up his duties at once, suc ceeding Broadus Ellis who has been serving as temporary postmaster for one year. Mr. Bird was principal for a num ber of years of the Grover High School. He is a vfteran of the World War and an active member of the American Legion. To Mr. Quinn Returns To Law Practice; Thanks Patrons J H. Quinn who relinquished the postmastership here on July 1st af ter serving in this government posi tion for 13 years, has returned to the active practice of law. When he entered upon his duties as postmaster, he did not fully a bandon the practice of law, intend ing to return to it later on. Hence he di4 not sever his connection with the law firm of Quinn and Ham rick formed in 1902. Fred D. Ham rick, a native of Cleveland county had charge of the firm’s activities at Rutherfordton. In order to ex tend their field of activities, a third member, Mr. Nat Harris was taken Into the firm under the name of Quinn, Hamrick and Harris. Mr. Harris died last year and Fred Ham rick’s son, Fred, Jr., has been taken in under the firm name of Quinn, Hamrick and Hamrick. Mr. Quinn will be in charge of the Shelby of fice and the Hamricks, father and son, will be in charge of the law offices at Rutherfordton. Mr. Quinn has taken back his law of fices in the Royster Building, Shel by. With reference to his service as postmaster here for 18 years he says: “1 thank my co-workers in the service for the hearty coopera tion that I had at their hands at all times. I also thank the patrons of the office for the many courtesies extended me in connection with my official duties. I think I can truth fully say that I have at all times striven to rend* the best service to the patrons of which I was cap able. Whether or not I succeeded in this line the patrons are the Judges." Trial of S Prison Camp Guards Will Start in Charlotte Today CHARLOTTE, July 8—Five for mer convict camp officials go on trial here today, charged with as sault and negligence for having con fined two negroes, Woodrow Shrop shire and Robert Barnes, in a "lit tle dark house” where their feet from. The defendants, H. C- Little, R. C. Rape, J. W. Eudy, T. M. Gordon, and Dr. C. S. McLaughlin, are charged with assault and negli gence in having placed Woodrow Shropshire and Robert Barnes, ne gro convicts in solitary confinement and having allowed the convicts’ feet to freeze. The two convicts claim thpy were placed in the "little dark Wet Majorities In 15 Counties; 2 Vote Tomorrow Four To One Lead For Liquor Stores Nine "Wets" Report Saturday; Rockingham, Greene To Ballot Tuesday. By M. R. DtJNNAGAN RALEIGH. July 8—North Caro lina, in spots. Is going wet with a bang. Two counties placed liquor stores in operation last week, Wil son first, Tuesday, and Edgecombe second, on Wednesday. Four other counties had already voted wet, New Hanover, which will not oe permit ted to open liquor stores, however, and Vance, Beaufort and Craven, which are preparing to open liquor stores. Nine counties voted four to one for liquor stores Saturday, Pasquo tank, Martin, Halifax, Carteret, Onslow, Pitt, Lenoir, Nash and Warren. Two others, the last of those permitted, Rockingham and Greene, hold their elections Tues day. Greene, however, regardless of the vote, will not be permitted to open liquor stores, being in the same class with New Hanover, being prohibited by a judicial order, Franklin is prohibited from hold ing an election and from opening stores. Appeals have been taken from decisions on the three coun ties, but they will have to wait un til fall. Moore county ts in a different category. A majority of the voters in the two townships in which Pinehurst and Southern Pines are located may petition for liquor stores and they may then be open ed. Neither is expected to open such stores', however, until the fall tour ist season starts, although suffient voters have petition for the open ing in the Southern Pines area. Rockingham is named in those counties which may have liquor stores, but is not specifically named in the list in which an election is required but that b assumed. The control board was named as to Hali fax, but in the other Pasquotank act counties this was left to the county commissioners. It will be just too bad for those counties which go ahead with es tablishing stores tf the Supreme oourt next falls bolds the act un constitutional. Pneumonia Takes Double Springs Woman Suddenly A sudden development of pneu monia following an operation for goitre was responsible for the death at 6:30 this morning for Mrs. Elijah Brooks of the Double Springs com munity. Mrs. Brooks died at the Presby terian hospital in Charlotte where j she had been a patient since an op eration for the removal of a goitre Friday a week ago. She was 36 years of age. i Funeral services will be held for :Mrs. Brooks at the Double Springs Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. J. W. Suttle, pastor of the church will be In charge. Surviving Mrs. Brooks are her husband and two children Jenelle, 6 and Deems, 4 years of age. Also her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wright, and two sisters :Mrs. D. P. Washburn and Miss 1 Bloom a Wright, and a brother ■ Verr.o, of that community. A bro ther Harley Wright, Is a barber jhere. Mrs. Brooks joined the Double Springs church early in life and was a faithful member, a former Sunday School teacher and worker. She was a graduate of Lattimore high school. She had been married to Mr. Brooks seven years. house” used for confining recalci trant prisoners at the north Meck lenburg prison camp, and that dur ing the cold weather last January the fire In the house was allowed to go out with the result that their feet frose. They subsequently were removed to Charlotte hospitals and later to the State prison hospital at Ra leigh, where their feet were ampu tated because gangrene had develop ed. The defendants in the case have denied they allowed the men to suffer while in solitary confine ment. Captain Little, who had (Continued on page two) Charge New Deal “ Socialism” islands smacked of Socialism were made by Charles H. Gibson, right, of Baltimore, former federal attorney for the island*. Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington, left, is a member of the senate committee investigating the administration of who ousted Gibson* Woodson, Frazier, Dorton Mayor Harry 8. Woodson, City Engineer Dan Frazier and President of the Chamber of Commerce Dr. J. S. Dorton left at 8 this morning for Raleigh with a stack of blue prints to lay before PWA and WPA officials. Their primary interest on this trip is for new water and sewer mains. Mr. Cnuder. who has been employed hy the new administra tion. has prepared the plan* on these projects, and Ik is the hope of the mayor and the hoard of aldermen to obtain extensive improvements Schools to Open on Time Despite Paralysis Threat Although CASAS of Infantile para lyse—poliomeylitlA—wfre reported over the weekend In neighboring Mecklenburg and Lincoln Counties, Superintendent of Schools J. H. Origg said this morning that no in structions had been received from the department of education about edlaying opening of the schools. A radio report Sunday gave the Saturday Day of Big Bath; All Time Water Record Set W. W. Wilson Dies Sunday Morning; Burial Is Today Funeral services lor W. W. Wil son, farmer and cotton ginner in this county for many years, were held at the home on Cleveland Springs road at 11:00 today. Mr. Wilson died at his home early Sun day after a lingering illness of some weeks. He had not been able to work for several months. Services were in charge of Rev. B. P. Parks, and interment was at Elizabeth Baptist church where Mr. Wilson was a member. Surviving Mr. Wilson are his wife and two sons. Willie Wilson and Charles Wilson, all of this county. Mr. Wilson was in his sixties. Mr Willson was known to friends and neighbors as a hard working, conscientious citizen. He was faithful to his church, and a beautiful floral offering showed the esteem in which he was held. Jesse White Car Is Stolen And Wrecked The Jesse White Pontiac was pushed from his yard on Bast Mar ion Street Friday night and aban doned in the garden at the home of Mrs. J. A. Wells on West Marion street shortly thereafter. The car left the road and went over an em bankment when the thief failed to make a right angle curve. It did not turn over. A negro was seen by B. M. Jarrett to run away from the car and Dr. Jarrett pursued him ,but he was lost in the darkness. ; no ooat hot In the city at virtually the taxpayers. At least, that's what they're go ing to ask lor. * Sewer and water mains aae, oil course, only part of the program, but they come first. Municipal buildings, city hall remodeling, parks and playgrounds are all envisioned, Rit » believed the* a weak pro on more ever-day, ritaUnotlg, yu>*fUUl H*y win be more gecept abiy, right <*f the bat, both to the work relief officials—and to the tax payers. impression that county schools In Western North Carolina would de lay opening because of the spread ing epidemic. The Cleveland schools are scheduled to open on Monday, July 32, and no change has so far been contemplated, Mr. Grigg said. Dr. H. C. Thompson county phy sician says not a single case of “poll” has been reported in Cleve land county. An all-time record for water con sumption was set in Shelby as hot and bothered residents sought to drive away to heat on Saturday. Saturday according to the records must stand as the Day of the Great Big Bath. R. V. Toms, superintendent of the city water and light department, re vealed the figures this morning. During 24 hours on Saturday, Shel by used one million, two hundred and three gallons of water. The biggest previous record was set on June 11 of this year when consump tion Whs an even one million gal lons. And that’s a lot of water for one day, whether you drink it or get in H. The total water consumption for 1033. through June 30, was 216,372, 000 gallons, as against . 220,402000 fast year. The reason for the drop in 1935 is probably accounted for by the general strike in September, when all mills were closed. For the month of June, 1886, con sumption wa*v 30-600,000. and for June. 1834, it was 19,417,000 Dr. Allen Cash Attends Boston Clinic Dr Allen H. Cash of Shelby who was recently appointed on the den tal staff of the State Board of Hea lth is attending a dental clinic at the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children in Boston, Mass. He is one of a party of 14 dentists con nected with the North Carolina State Board of Health taking a six weeks course preparatory to enter ing the public schools of this state next Fall to resume their work. Company K Off For Coast Camp; Will Seek Titles Sharpshooter*, Boxer* Primed For Fight Mitlbr'i Crick National Guard EnK To ft pend 15 Daya a* Camp Glenn. Shelby's Company K, MOth In fantry, ona of the crack militia units of the state, left Saturday Aft ernoon for Its annual encampment at Camp CHenn. Commanding officer* making the trip are Capt. Peyton McSwsln. lat lieutenant Henry C. Long and 3nd Lieut. Andrew W. Me Murry. Seek Championship. “We hope to takg top honor* on the rifle range," said Captain Mc Swain, "and we've depending on Je rome Spangler, Bynum Cook and Willie WUhenu to be regimental boxing champions In thetr respec tive classes." Approximately 8,000 enlisted men and 390 officers of the North Car olina National guard will attend 15 day camps of Instruction during July and August, AdJ. den. J. V. B. Metta announced today. Hie men will attend the encamp ments pursuant to an act of the national tense act requiring. In ad dition to home training, each organ isation to go Into a 19-day field training period a year. The act also rsquisas that 90 per cent of any state organisation take the training in order to participate in federal of Company. Hie foHoming enlisted men be B. Wright. S. ElHs, Dwells orrest J, Gray son, Loy William M. Huffman, Rtvatee Claude E. Altai, The. H. Aden, Curie R. Baker. Altai L. Bettis, Arthur B. Byers, Elmore I. Cody. Mon M. Deal, William G Duncan, Boyd B. Edmonson, Paul •. Gibson, Oscar Oilreath, Ray H. Hoffman, Everett W. Howell, Wood row W. Humphries, Kendrick Jack son, Lester P. La 11. Frank L. Lowe, Lonso McClellan, Roy Melton, Mar lon Morehead, Oscar B. Morrison, Odus P. Mull, Eugene Patterson, Ho ward Patterson, William H. Patter son, Carroll E. Richard, Otha W. Roberts, Arch el D. Sanders, Fred O. Sanders, Jerome Spangler, Dai vln S. Street, Roy B. Walker, Lawrence WRHams. Community Group To Have Picnic All members of the Community Players have been Invited by Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and Mrs. J. D. Llne berger to attend a picnic Tuesday evening at 7:0p to be held at the Llneberger home on Cleveland Springs Road. The affair had been planned earl ier In the season, bat a heavy rain prevented. Mrs. Llneberger Is asking All who choose to bring bathing suits for swimming In the private lake near by. 1%ie players will give their major production of the summer Friday night of this week. It la entitled "The Push" and Is being directed by Paul Neal. Belmont dramatics Instructor. Two dress rehearsals will be held this week. 4H Club Demonstrations Reveal That Top-Dressing Wheat Pays That it pays in actual cash to top dress small grains In Cleveland county was demonstrated this spring tn a project carried out with wheat by Howard Ware. 4H club member at Patterson Grove. Demonstration plots laid out by Howard, assisted by H. B. James, assistant county agent vouch (or this fact. Also the work tended to show that on the type of land In that community 100 to 150 pounds of nitrates was about the proper a mount. On land with no side dressing at all the yield was 9.8 bushels per acre; land top dressed with 100 pounds of nitrate of soda yielded 14 bush els per acre and that dressed with 300 pounds yielded 17.35 bushels per Board Seeks to Hold Tax Rate at $LOS; Working on Budget Two Sources Of Revenue Cut As New City Administration Takes Over; $5,700 Lost In “Corporate Excess” The hoard of aldermen this week detlves into the brow wrinkling problem of preparing the city budget for the year. Warrior Premier Benito MouaeoUnt due# OC Me*, doean't look pugnacious jhme. But he is today mseeing troope to invade Ethiopia. Mn. J. I Falk Din Here Today; Funeral Tuesday Marrla<e The Of A7 Yean la Brer erf By Death At Ace K Yean: Mother Of 11 Children. A marriage tie of AT yean was broken this moraine in the passing of Mrs. J. Z. Palls, age 86 years, at her home on West Marlon street. Mrs. Palls had been in for some time. The end came at W o'clock. Puneral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at New Bethel Baptist church near Lawndale, services to be conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the Plrst Baptist church here where she was a member, assisted by Rev. John W. Buttle, New Bethel pastor. Mrs. Palls before marriage was Catherine Cline, daughter of David and Charlotte Cline. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are living: Mrs. A. D. War lick. Alfred Palte, John P. Palle. B. Thurman Palls, Cicero C. Palls Mrs. Clarence Warrick, Mrs. Clyde Eaker, Mrs. Oeorge Edwards and Mrs. Herbert Borders. Also surviv ing are two sisters, Mrs. P. V. Hen drick of Shelby, Mrs. T. A. Stamey of Pallsbon. All members of the family were at her bedside when the end came. Two of her children preceded her to the grave, Louise, a baby girl 18 months old and Til den Palls who died 35 years ago. Her husband, Squire J. P. Palls has been one of the county's most active farmers. He Is one of the Continued on Page Two ■ere. A spirited meeting ot the Patter son Grove 4H club was held Friday night at! which some 50 boys and girls of the community enjoyed a picnic after the regular business ses sion. Mr. James said that he had been visiting a number of the club6 re cently and that more work than ever is being done. The cancel lation of camp on account of infan tile paralysis has not cut the work at all he said. Both boys and girls are preparing for achievement day and for exhibits at the county fair in the fall. The average yield of wheat for the ccunty is from 11 to 13 bushels per acre. * Whether the tax rate of fl.OB will be ralaed, and whether the epeelal school district No. M sate of 43 cents will be upped, aea questions undecided today—hut the board 'hopes to avoid boosting the sate. Yet, to balance the proposed ex penditures • and to meet sevenut losses, they may have to teeest to * an increase. The budget for last year was $061,4ffl.N, for the opera tion of aM departments, and the payment of bonds and intern* At the end of the fleoel year, as Mayor , atm McMurry turned ever the books to the new administration, bit left a bank balance of M4006. Hath a far ory from tha county's big ac count of gtootooo cash on hand. ' Two revenue losses aea feted, and must be met same way. First, there's f to per cent seduction in light end power rates to tha con sumer. which, when worked out to relation to the city and the Duke Power company, means almsat a 30 percent; reduction to revenue from that source. Then there Is the loss due to removal of "corporate ex cess” by the reoeat legislature, that will amount to about $8,700, abou twloe aa much as was estimated. Would Avoid Balm With so many proposed PWA and WPA protects before the* the board looks tenderly at the tax rate and hopefully at the budget The aldermen are ttytagr they M •aM. to make ends meet without oeMtog on taxpayers to contribute more. Thp George O. Scott auditing company, of Charlotte, on Saturday completed the annual <*ty audit Georg# Neeley was In Ohaegs $30,000 Dover School Budding To Open July 22 The new elementary school plant at Dover completed tbit spring at a cost of approximately $60,000 Will be opened July 38 along with other county schools for a two months summer session, according to Fiof. Wilbur Wilson, principal. Playground equipment, stage fix tures, and modern school supplies have been installed in the building and It is planned that shrubbery will be planted soon. Tha building for the Dover unit will ha one of the most attractive In the oounty. Mr. Wilson said today that hi* faculty is complete and wtM be com posed of Miss KUaabetti Oldney, first grade; Miss Mary Agnes Lett! more, second; Mrs. Floyd Dover third; Miss Kathleen Dover, fourth; Mrs. Clyde Bridges, fifth and sixth; and Mr. Wilson, sixth and seventh grade work. County Schools NotToUseRenl Text Book Plan The possibility of the InsUUstion of the state textbook rental system in Cleveland county grew dim Sat urday as County Superintendent J. H. Origg received a telegram from Raleigh advising him to use the old method, at least for the beginning of the year. The wire was from the executive secretary of the newly appointed textbook rental commission set up by the last legislature. Mr. Grigg said that all books for the more than 11,000 school children in the county win be obtained in the customary ways. Principals of the county units met with Mr. Origg Saturday after noon to discuss plans of administra tion, to co-ordinate the work, and iron out any differences, when the 12 high schools and elementary - units are opened three weeks henee. All Janitors met with Mr. Origg in the morning to study heating, clean lng, and ventilation methods. Mr. Origg was today ordering complete supplies for all the schools, such as chalk, erasers, boards. curtains, glass, polish and other supplies.
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