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[ Weather North Carolina: Generally fair Friday and Saturday except scat tered afternoon thundershowers. <■ — TM MWMIM Stank 10 PAGES TODAY VOL* XLI, No. 83 .Jim SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. B.T Mill |vr fear. (la IdlUHl Curler, per year, (to advance) . Sentell Meets Death With Smile On Lips; Kisses Electrician Shelby Mwrdreer Died This Morning With Words Of Gratitude For Sheriff And Mrs. Raymond Cline. By WYAN WASHBURN S'FAI® PRISON, Raleigh, July 12.—While the plaintive strains of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” swelled from Death Row this morning, Louis Sentell walked to his death in the electric chair with a smile on his face and no bitterness in tiis Vipnrt. I . ' ..— Sentell, at his own request, was electrocuted before George Whit field, Greensboro negro. He entered the chamber at 10:26 and was de clared dead at 10:38, after three shocks totalling three minutes and thirty-five seconds. Burial la Brevard His attorney. William Breese. who defended him in his trial in Shelby here last January, was here, and is taking the body to Brevard for burial. His wife and two children were not present. As “Swing Low” died in the throats of Death Row prisoners, they toe* up an unknown death chant. Sentell, walking bravely, holding his gnantframe erect, smil ed as they strapped him in he chair. "Lock me in boys." he said, “and get shet of me. Tell everybody I don’t care.” Just before the electrocution, he kissed R. A. Bridg'ers, who pulled the fatal switch*—and then his tiody leaped forward against its straps as the current smote his lean body. More talkative than at any time during his long imprisonment, Sen tell spoke to me and to Dr. Forest Frezeor. Praises Sheriff Cline “I want The Star to express my appreciation for the kindness of Sheriff and Mrs. Raymond Cline," he said., “They were good and thoughtful, and I hope to meet them in Heaven. "I want you to say in The Star, too. that I hold no bitterness against anyone, even against those who swore lies about me on the stand.” Whitfield entered the death chamber at 10:44, singing and pray ing, asking that his mother be re . - membered. He was dead at 10:53 .after two shocks had coursed '.through his body for three minutes and thirty seconds. Dr. William Wilkerson pressed the stethoscope to thl breasts of the two prisoners and pronounced them dead. Sen tel died for the murder of his sweetheart, the girl known in Shel by as Florence Jones, but who was later revealed to be a married woman, Mrs. William Drake. HeI killed her with a shotgun at noon on February 15. 1934, near the By rum Hosiery mill. The Supreme court denied Sen tell’s appeal some time ago. and the \ governor and Parole Commissioner j ^uv*ui um studied nis appeal tor mercy this week, but decided against him. Whitfield was convicted in Guilfor county in October, 1933. fm criminally asaulting a white wom an. The two men were the 151st and the 152nd, victims of the chair, which was installed here in 1910. Sentell was the twenty-eighth white man to die in it and Whitfield the 124th negro. REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT DOUBLE SHOALS SUNDAY A revival meeting will begin Sun day at Double Shoals Baptist church and continue for one week Rev. John W. Suttle, the pastor, will preach Sunday morning. Dr. Zeno Wall will preach Sunday night and conduct services daily there after. Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YORK, July 12—Trade generally is watching developments in the Senate regarding the AAA amendments. Despite the favor able father there is no disposi tion to follow the short side due the present tight contract sit uation brought about by the large concentrated holdings and which are evidently being added to dally re placing the sale of actual. Liverpool speciAl cable says very fluiet. Good Bombay advices, Bom bay buying, offerings light, Man chester Inquiry continues but sales disappointing. THE MARKETS Cotton. spot.11% to 12',4c Cotton Seed, wagon, ton_32.00 Cotton Sed. too, ear lot_25.00 Youth Leaders President Koosevait naa ap pointed Aubrey Williams, above, assistant administrator at FERA, and Josephine Roche, assistant ... secretary ot the Treasury, to di rect his newly-created National Youth Administration, a 950, 000,000 program to assist 650,000 persons under 26. “We can ill afford to lose the skill and energy of our young men and women," the ' president said to announcing the huge plan. Footless Convict Ends Testimony In Bosses’ Trial Shropshire Sticks To Story Of Al leged Cruelty In Prison' Camp Near Charlotte. CHAR1.0TTE, July 12.—The stubs of his footless limbs resting upon an upturned bucket, Woodrow Wilson Shropshire, short-term negro convict, yesterday finished his story ■ to a jjury of alleged prison tortures j which the state contends made the j amputation of his feet necessary, j Shropshire was the state’s princi-j pal witness in the trial of five for-! mer prison camp officials charged with mistreating him and Robert Barnes, another young negro pri soner. Barnes, whose feet were also | amputated, is expected to testify today. The five defendants are Henry C. Little, a chalngang boss in Meek- 1 (Continued on page ten) Expect Young People To Test Old Legends As Moon Eclipses A night of strange happenings and grotesquely changing shadows is expected next Monday night, July 15 when there will be a total eclipse of the moon visible in Shel by and on all but the northern end of the Western hemisphere. Hundreds of young people in the county are expected to wait up for the strange phenomenon to see if the legends are really true—wheth er or not men’s shadows are purple and women’s shadows red, or whether spectres will dance and play in the changing amount of re flected light. This is one of the greatest of the year's astronomical events and ! people over half of the world men- : tioned above will observe the phen omena with awe—the educated will marvel at the strides of science I which has been able to explain the phenomena and the ignorant and savage notions will view it with dread as they have done through the ages. The moon as every one knows is a satellite of the earth. The night of the eclipse the earth will be di j rectly between the moon and the ] ! sun. Glowing a dull red from light \ ! refracted from the earth's atmos <Continued on page six.) Paralysis Decline Shown In State; None In Geveland Seven New Cases Are Reported | Seven New Case* Reported To ! Raleigh. But Contagion Seen On Wane. While not a single ease of infan tile paralysis has been reported in Cleveland. according to County Physician H. C. Thompson, word from Raleigh this morning is that the disease seems to be on the wane throughout the state. Seven new cases have been offi cially reported, but the number of cases in the contagious stage was said to be on the decline. Three wreeks after a victim is stricken with the malady there is no danger of another contracting It from him, state health authortles said. On this basis, there were only 104 contagious cases in the state to day as compared with 108 yester day. A total of 345 instances of the disease has been reported in the state since January 1. The spread of the disease ap peared to have reached its peak in the week ending June 29, dur ing which time 63 cases were re ported. Foj- the weejc ending July 6, 55 cases were listed In the state. The prevalence of the malady also seems to be showing a decline this week from last. Thirty - eight were reported through Thursday „ of last week, counting half of those listed on Fri day a* Thursday’s cases, health of fices having been closed THursday for the Fourth. Through today 33 cases have been recorded this week. McDowell Named ' City Fire Chief JOgctJop at. J, U McDowell m chief of the Shelby fire department was approved by the board of ald ermen Thursday night. He- will serve until July 1, 1936. ' Other officers elected were Sam Thompson, assistant chief; Paul Hawkins secratary-treasurer; Nel son Maundy assistant secretary treasurer; R. G. Mauney captain; Alton Hopper lieutenant and Henry Lucas captain of quarters. Zoar Young People Enjoy Putnam Party f Special to The Star.) ZOAR. July 12.—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Putnam delightfully enter iuoz am jo ajdoad 3unoX »ifl pautaj community with a party given at. their home Saturday evening. July 7. About seventy-five guests called during the evening. Out of the com munity guests present were: Misses Eva. Elizabeth and Landrum Allen of the Elizabeth community. Misses Selma, Beula and Vemle Wellmon of Sharon. Miss Lola, Purvis and Howard Wesson of Poplar Springs, Ben Turner and Graham Wright of Earl. Jimmie and Conley Patterson ! of Patterson Springs and Mr. and I Mrs Frank Cantrel of Lancaster, C. B. Redmond, New Manager At Efird’s C. B. Redmond, Jr. is the new manager at Efird’s department store, succeeding Paul R. Wooten who has been transferred. Mr. Redmond has been with the Efird organization for eleven years and comes to Shelby from Greer, S. C. He is a native of Lumberton, this state and Is thoroughly experienced in department store management. ! Ebony Tribesmen Rally For War * Thonsands of reserve troops, many of them «W iHbeanvcti. hnvt: locked to Addis Arbaba, capital of Ethiopia, top, to jota fba colors o therr emperor, ready to moot invasion by Km Krdran toacea. JPho'< betas* show* a member of one of the nessdy nigufird machine guii WHts testing a rapid-free gsm Nine Bundles Front Heaven Set, New Hospital Recorc Maybe the stork took a tip from 1 tiie Supreme Court. He made a 1 44 decision at the Shelly Hospital ' InTOielttys i There are nine new bundles from heaven in the hospital this week, . four girls and five boys, for a new 1 high record, and one set of twins. ’ The twins called it a draw, a boy i and a girl, and they’re the children 1 of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Harwood 1 of Fallston, born on Tuesday. 1 So rapidly did new people arrive 1 in the world this week, that several i bureau drawers had to be pulled t out to accommodate them. The \ hospital has 61 patients, with every l >ed filled. and a waiting Wet, eag< o get in. At for baMaa, the nil wasn’t all. Previously reported a Ivaie -make-* receMf’OC. M'baM or the first 11 (toys of tbfc month Here are the nine: Mh and Mi tohn Stamey. a boy. bom Thursda; dr. and Mrs. W. O. Roberts, a gli esterday; Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Pag . son. also yesterday; Mr. and Mr lobert Agtiew, a boy, bom Monda; dr. and Mrs. J. J. Courtney, a gli orn Monday; Mr. and Mrs. H. 1 ’ogle, a boy. bom Saturday, M .nd Mrs. Joe Yandle, of Charlott boy. born Tuesday. Mrs. Yand /as Miss Reba Lee of Lawndal aid the Earwood twins. Red Cross Unit Reports Energetic Health Program Earl Men Testify In Murder Case GAFFNEY, July 11.—John C. Sparks, 63-year-old roadhouse pro prietor, was convicted of manslaugh ter in circuit court here today in the fatal shooting of Guy P Clary, 28, last July 22, Judge Marvin M. Mann sentenced Sparks to serve five years in the state penitentiary. The jury deliberated an hour. The trial began yesterday. The defendant claimed that he shot In self-defense. James Roberts and J. A. Laven dar both of Earl, N. C., corrobo rated the defendant’s claim that he had attempted to avoid trouble by ordering Clary and several com panions to leave the roadhouse a few minutes before the shooting. Sam Scates, 20. charged with the murder of Lester Drisklll, who was shot to death here a few weeks ago, was allowed to plead guilty to man slaughter. Judge Mann sentenced him to serve five years in the state penitentiary. ro OFFER OLD STILL TO STATE S MUSEUM GOLDSBORO. July 9.—Deputy Sheriff Brad McLamb showed his respect for the aged when he went iquor-stlll raiding in Johnston :ounty. He found a 50-gallon capacity still and was about to tear it down when le discovered it was very heavy. A modern still of this, size weighs a Pout 50 pounds but this one weighed L25 pounds. McLamb investigated md found it was made in Bristol, i’a , 151 years ago. He said he would offer it to the >tate historical museum. The precarious financial statu of the Cleveland Red Cross un and an enlightening view of 11 strong attempt to raise health star dards In the county were reveale when annual reports were read 1 the office of Miss Harte Olive: public health nurse. Wednesda afternoon. At the meeting were Presider Henry Edwards. Superintendent c Schools Horace Grlgg, Dr. H. ( Thompson, who has charge of pre natal supervision, county auelite rroy McKinney, and Cameron Ship] newspaperman. Between Feb. 15 and June 30, Mls Oliver reported, she has made 32 visits and has had 451 Interviewi in field interviews, classes, clinic and special projects, me has work ed 821 hours. / The nursing activity has two majo objectives: tuberculosis control an maternal and infant hygiene. Th Red Cross is trying to prevent th spread of tuberculosis by tea chin personal hygiene, by locating a] sases of the disease, but obtain In medical supervision and assisting li jetting institutional care. Instruc lion and medical aid are given li maternal and pre-natal cases. Seventy-eight visits were made oi (Continued on page six.) Prof. Lovelace Move* To Forest City Home A C. Lovelace, newly electei president of Boiling Springs Junio College, tried to find a sultabk 3helby home In which to move hi family while he would eommuti daily back and forth to Boilini 3prings. Failing to find one In Shel >y, he has located at Forest City VIr. Lovelace who served for a fe\ /ears as principal of the Shelb; Sigh School has been head of thi sghools at Thomasville. He is i lative of Rutherford county. 1 I Production Speeds ' Up In Rayon Mills With Fall Business Upswing Is Revealed At Four Plants Smnt Textile Fartorlea Working Part of Plant on Throe MtlfU Thli Weak WM-h Pall orders arriving lor rayon textiles, production la being stepped up In four local plants, giving en couragement to this class of mills. In cotton textile, business Is still on the drag. Itoa Eton has closed down Its cotton department com pletely, the Lily Mill Is on sixty per cant production and the Shelby Mill seventy five per cent. The Belmont mlU which did not *^rate last week la on full SO hours this week and expects to work full neat week. Rayon mills are making up sam ples of Fall merchandise to be sub mitted to the trad# and orders are coming In much better than they have during the past several months. Encouraged The Eton, Dover. Ora and Cleve land Cloth are more encouraged over the outlook for orders. A few looms at the Eton, Dover and C are on three shifts, while a few loom* at the Cloth Mill are also on three shifts, making up samples. ! The newly opened throwing de i partment at the Cloth MlU has opened up many new Jobe and this i department la running three shifts. Some of the looms are still Idle, however/ and the plant production Is stln slightly lees than capacity on two MB ahtfte. It Is understood that the Ella di vision of the Consolidated Textile Corporation Is running tone shift this week, so as a whole the local plants are busier than they have been for the past few months. Conditions In both cotton add rayon textiles are tsUl very unsettled Overnight changes arc to ha ex pentad to view of the market H^a tlon And especially a threatening proeeestog to* on rayon, which Washington authorities are consid ering this weak. New Po»t Offices For District Urged WASHINGTON, July 13._Four new poetofflce buildings for the tenth congressional district — at Llncolnton, Lincoln county, New ton, Catawba county, Belmont, Gaston county, and Rings Moun tain, Cleveland county, were urged this week by Representative Bui winkle in a statement to the sec retary of the treasury, under whose direction new postoffice structures will be built. The second deficieny appropria tion bill soon to become a law makes tentative provision for new build Ings at the four places, and Major Bulwlnkle asked that they be given favorable consideration. The post offices are now In rented quarters but government activities are ex panding in each of the four coun ties and additional space is constan tly desired. First Watermelon Shown By Mr. Ponder r i, s 8 s r 1 i l 1 5 The county’s first home grown watermelon yet reported to The 1 Star was brought to the office yes terday by J. M. Ponder of the Pat- ] terson Springs community. The melon was of the Dixie Queen variety and Is one of hun dreds now in the process of matur ing in Mr. Ponder's acre patch. He j said he will soon have plenty for f the local market. 1 He grows melons In an "upland [ flat,” manures heavily in fall and j early spring and fertilizes with D-5-3 ! fertilizer. \ 1 1 1 Shelby Man On Freighter Carrying Mill Machinery To South America . Reports of Southern cotton mill machinery • being shipped to South i disgruntled by processing taxes and other New Deal legislation are con i firmed by W. W. Dedmon, Shelby r electrician, ttrho returned Saturday > after a three months cruise on a 5 South American bound freighter. [ Shipping as an electrician from ; New Orleans, Mr. Dedmon was a . board the "Del Norde,” a Mtesis . sippi Shipping Co. vessel heavily r laden with cotton mill machinery t dismantled in Virginia and Texas, i The cargo also included thousands i of dollars worth of new electrical devises for installation in Brazilian textile plants Mr Dedmon visited Paraguay, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, Bahia Blan ca, Santos and Sao Paulo. At Sao Paulo he saw what is called the largest snake farm in the world, and the canning plant at which snake meat is preserved as a delicacy. Mr. Dedmon, who was formerly employed at the vast governmental project at Boulder Dam, will be In Shelby a few weeks, visiting his i family, but expects to make another ; SOuth American trip soon. Friends < are enjoying the Brazilian coffee j< he brought back with him. j Double Parking Ban Decreed By Council; % State Rules Adopted i Board Orders One-Hour Parking Regula tions For Five Business Section Streets; To Keep Sidewalks Clear. m Vigorous action to break Shelby’s daily traffic jam, be ginning with a decree forbidding double parking at any Mmi was taken Wednesday night by the board of aldermen. Rotary Head Or. Ben Gold, who «u Installed ast week as president of the Shel ly Rotary Club. Lions To Install Officials Taught At Dana* Dance Scores of Visitors Fran Other Cit ies To Be Welcomed To Shel by By The Mayor The Shelby Lions Club will en-. ertaln several score Lions from ilckory, Bessemer City, Statesville md other cities In the 31st dis rict at an annual Inauguration and adies night at the Charles Hotel his evening. Dr. Robert L. Wilson, retiring )resident will act as toastmaster nd J. O. Williams will make the nvocation. An address of welcome o visiting Lions will be made by dayor Harry S. Woodson, Miss Net le Rayle will sing, accompanied by diss Margaret Smith, and Dr. Arth ir T. Abernathy will made the prln lpal address. He will be Introduced iy Robert H. Cooke. Forrest Hamrick, who will be to talled as president, will make hts nauguration address. The complete roster of new of lcers is as follows: Forrest W. Hamrick, president; J ) Williams first vice-president; tobert H. Cooke second vlce-pres ient; Joseph M Wright treasurer; lasll Goode Lion tamer and Jesse Bridges tall twister. Dancing will follow the dinner and nauguration ceremonies. Little Dover Girl Win. Prize Of $500 Betty Ann Dover, daughter of dr. and Mft. Fred Dover of Lenoir, ,nd granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dover of 8helby, won first irize of $500 in the News-Topic's irlze contest which closed July 6. She led by a large majority In the oting. F" * IV I l IH a VB U1WU1UUA were decreed for five streets tn the business sortion. state highway de partment traffic rule?, were adopted In toto, and It was decided that center atop lights at the four eor- ' nera of the square would be swung overhead. One-Hour Parking Street?, on which one-hour park ing will be enforced are: »: J| West aide of Lafayette. lump- i; ter to Graham: East aide of Lafay ette, Marion to Sumpter: South aide of Warren, railroad to DeKalb; north aide of Marlon, railroad to DeKalb. and went aide of Waahldf ton, Marlon to Graham. <•*,:«* Vial ton Exempt This rule la to apply only on week-daya. and to Shelby cars. Customers from the county and oth er citlea will be permitted to park « long as they wish. And to iden tify Shelby cam. It. waa dectded to require purchase of city platea by* all car owners in Shelby. New rule* for aidewalka were passed as well. The danger of hang--I ing signs, over sidewalks, waa dia- * cussed, and the city attorney In structed to ascertain the liability of the city In event of accident, if one should fall. A five-dollar fine was set for violation of a new or* dinafloe forbidding display of any . kind of goods or produce on the sidewalks, it was even suggested I that the benches along Lafayette n etreet. In front of the court house, be removed, but this motion was no* carried. .*. , : ^ To Collect Bills Collection of water and light bills i wia an Important Item discussed, and it was decreed that the city will be forced to insist on prompt pay ment. Customers will be required | to pay their bills by the ISth of : each month or service will b* dia- > continued, the, board decided. ,A charge will be made for reconneC- , tionai Enforcement of an ordinance al* ? ready on the books, which forbids erection of buildings with woodden roofs within the city limits wag | ordered. A ten per cent incresae in 1 fire Insurance rates Is certain un less this ordinance is enforced, it | was announced. The board has not completed preparation of a license schedule, and will not have Its annual budget ready until these rates are set. Mrs. D. F. Cook Diet At Casar Of Heart Attack | Funeral Is Held This Morning At 11 O’clock At Clover HOI Methodist Church. following a heart, attack. Mrs Carolyn Cook, wife of D. f. Cook died suddenly at her home near Casar Wednesday evening at 1 o’clock. She was 78 years of age. Before marriage Mrs. Cook waa S Oarolyn Turner. She was a faith ful member of Clover Hill Methodist ; church, funeral and Interment ■ took place there this ’ morning at 11 o'clock. Surviving besides her Husband are two children, Mrs. R. L. Carpenter and Roecoe Cook. 14 grand children and 11 great ?rand children. One aged sister. Mrs. Rebecca Baker of Lawndale al so survives. A large crowd attended the fun-... sral this morning to pay respects to Mrs. Cook for her noble life. Miss Ruth Grigg Is Appointed To Post Appointment of Miss Ruth Grigg, - daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Grigg of Lawndale as stenographer 1 for Postmaster -I. William Coleman and other postal officials, was made this Week. She will assume bar . iuties July 15th Miss Grigg Is a graduate at Woman’s college and for several rears has been engaged in steno graphic work at the college in Greensboro. She made an excep tionally fine record in civil service ‘xamination and is considered a ilghlv capable stenographer. Mias '.rigg Is a sister of J. H. Grigg, ounty superintendent of schools iere. ^_- _J
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