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Weather Weather forecast for North Carolina: Generally fair Wednes ,jay and Thursday, gllevklsmd Stark 8 Pages Today * VOL. XLI, No. 91 lr SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, JULY 31, 1936 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. i I I By M ill. per year, (to tllnoMI _ M.M Carrier. per year, (la advance) _ won Set County Quota For Gin Tickets At Raleigh Today Represented At State j Meeting To Be Distributed Sep- j tetnber 1; No Checks For Rental Now. Tp represent Cleveland farmers; u gm certificate allotment Bating »n Raleigh today, County Agent John S. Wilkins. Bankhead j Administrator Alvin Propet and the, mree members of the county com- j nittee sped toward the capital at j 4 this morning. They will attend the extension department conference at which ( thr state gin certificate allotment nil! be discussed, and the quota of each county determined. Members of the county committee j ire S. S. Mauney, B. B. Suttle and f. A. Boyles. Distribution Sept. 1. Although the quota of the county , mav be soon determined, if not at ‘ this meeting, gin certificates will ( not be issued until September 1, the county agent’s office learned today. Hundreds of farmers have called In the past week, it was said, ask ing for their second rental checks, i payment due them under the Bankhead reduction program. These checks have not arrived here, and j sill not be distributed until after the compliance check has been j made, reported and approved. When the checks do arrive, farm ers Kill be notified by letter, and told on which day to call for them, j Sunday School Rally Is Set For August 4 The Associational Sunday School rally will be held at the Union Bap tist church on Sunday, August 4. , at. 2:30 o'clock, according to announ cement by J. W. Costner. The program for the assembly is is follows: 2:30 o’clock, song ser- : vice led by G. A. Green; Prayer; j 2:40 o’clock, devotional message by . the Rev. Hugh Harrill of Lattimore; 3:05 o’clock, special music bp Mark and A C. Lovelace; 3:15 o’clock, roll cal] and count; 3:30 o’clock, address by A. C. Lovelace, president 1 of Boiling Springs college: 4:00 ' o'clock adjournment. Mr L. L Morgan, state field work- ' er for the Sunday Schools, is ex pected to be present at the rally. : PWA Allotment For N. C. Increased ; 14—PWA ALLOT — front WASHINGTON, July 31.—Seere- ; tsry Ickes yesterday announced the . following increases in PWA allot ments. J South Carolina. Williamston, loan 1 tnd grant of $135,000 for water works systems Increased to $143, 520, North Carolina: Fayetteville, J grant of $6,000 for installing water «eters increased to $6,100; Shelby, grant of $3,000 to Cleveland county , for additions to a high school buildr ing increased to $4,200; Clarkton, loan and grant of $27,000 for a high school building addition increased to 138 000. 1 M oianton lo ope&k * i At Randall Reunion ! 'Special to The 8tart The annual Randall reunion will f* hpW Sunday. August 4, at the - fif Grove Methodist church seven 1 ™ es south of Shelby on Highway There will be an all-day pro ?rarr’ u'*th a special address In the doming by Pro!. Lawton Blanton. Pecial music will be rendered. In the afternoon the Cleveland u^ers convention will convene. There will be several good quartets from the two Carolinas. The pub c **s invited to attend and bring . YORK. July 31—Weather »K."tirie6 favorable over most of ‘Tory’s weekly report Is - pected to show good progress be hy the crop, a few com- ! E A. PIERCE & CO. _.___ Dr. Campbell * Rev. R. C. Campbell who will con ii|;t a revival beginning Sunday Vug. 4th at Grover Baptist church. Dr. Campbell, a native of Cleveland ounty is now pastor of a large :hurch at Lubbock, Texas. Rev. Rush Padgett, pastor, says ervices will continue for a week vith preaching at 10:45 a. m. and ! p. m. by Dr. Campbell. Hospital Charity Amountsto$7,000 New Report Shows Quarterly Report Shows 188 persons Receive Free Medical Treat ment At Hospital A total of $7,351.50 was spent by ;he Shelby hospital during the nonths of April. May and June in treating charity cases, a regularly juarterly report submitted to the Dounty Board of Commissioners hows. This and other equally interest ng figures are contained in this re wrt whith is submitted every three nonths by the hospital authorities. Includes Whq)« Count*.- .. Although the Shelby hospital is ocated in No. 6 township, its char ty functions are not limited to this listrict alone. Individuals from very section of the aaunty who lave no means of paying receive the >enefits of the modern equipment md excellent training. The following tabulated* figures how the number of individuals from :ach township treated during the sast quarter, and the sum spent on ;ach district: rownship Persons Total Jo. 6 87 $2,970.00 Jos. 2 <£ 3 27 1.249.00 Jos. 4 At 5 14 917.50 Jos. 7 At 8 24 909.50 Jos. 9. 10 & 11 36 1.305.50 Total 188 $7,351.50 Of the total number of patients reated, 37 were colored, the report hows. County Aids Some The county donates the hospital 2,500 each year for work of this :ind, a sum which fails by a large nargin to cover the expense. The Duke Endowment Fund furnishes ipproximately $7,000 gach year for harlty cases. x iic icpui i, wiuuii w.Milieu uy kliss Ella H. MacNichols, covers temized expenditures for Board and Cursing. operating room and de Ivery room, anesthetics, laboratory, K-Ray, drugs, and dressing. 2 Paralysis Cases Show Improvement Shelby's two cases of Infantile paralysis are both showing satis factory improvement, it was learn “d today. Shelby physicians declare here is no threat of an epidemic lere, and while they wish to allay ;he fears of parents, at the same ime urge them to keep their chil iren out of crowds as a precaution - iry measure. $275,000,000 Ta AsN. C’s Dough t WASHINGTON. July 31—The new 1375,000,000 tax bill was rushed to ward House passage yesterday hrough a fire of criticism from Republicans and Senate Democrats The House Ways and Means com nittee in a 13-minute session for nally voted 17 to 7 to approve the •ill, introduced by Chairman Houghton, Democrat of North Caro ina after less than four weeks of tudy. Plans were made to take it ip on the floor for initial dc’o Thursday and for pa > .■ •: ■’ ir Monday. Immediately, a Republican com LiLMi -._.__- - _ Appointments Include Weaver And Miss Catlin Get Staff Jobs Under Charlotte District Other Positions In Doubt As New Agency Moves To Take Over FERA Work. Two appointments to Works Pro gress Administration ejobs in this district were announced yesterday in the first step ftf the new organi zation in assimilating the FERA. George W. CAan, state director, has confirmed the nomination of A. F. Weaver of Shelby as district di rector of projects and planning, and of Miss Ruth Catlin, now FERA administrator, as district woman's work advisor. They were nominated by John Grice, director of the Char lotte district, which includes Cleve land county. Henry W. Courtney of Lenoir was named district finance director, Frank A. Hutchinson of Charlotte, district executive officer, and Hoyt A. Cunningham of Gastonia district manager of labor planning. Weaver To Plan Work. Mr. Weaver will be in charge of preparation of work and specifica tions, planning and analysis. He has been serving as project supervisor in the fifth district. He is a grad uate of Weaver College and has been associated with contractors in various capacities for the past nine years, and was at one time him self in the general contracting busi ness. Miss Catlin will be In charge of planning and promotion of wom ens work under the WPA program. She is familiar with this type of work through her experience with the FERA both in this district and in Gastonia. Show “Marked Ability." Selection of these appointees was ! made by choosing onty'jjhbs*- ‘who showed marked abilities for Itider ship. Director Grice aald. known, employees not being aware just how their leadership score stands with the new bc*s. One of the persistent rumors on the streets is that the WPA will assimilate the FERA without, using many of the present employees, or by offering the majority of them trifling Jobs. Appointment of Miss Catlin and Mr. Weaver to contradict, this re j port. Mrs. O’Berry May Go It has been suggested too that Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, state FERA administrator, is slated for a demo tion at the executive table as State WPA Director Coan gets his nAw organization under full steam. Under the WPA plank all employ able persons now filed with the FERA will be given work, and it's up to the WPA to create the pro jects for them. As distinct from the PWA. the WPA uses relief labor, while the PWA uses contract, labor. Come And Get It/ Says Court Clerk; Has Extra $1,400 Bill Osborne, clerk of t.he Re corder's Court, yesterday thrust a ! thumb tack through sixteen pages | of manuscript containing nothing but names of persons who can have some money if they'll just come get it. He put the list on the bulletin board at the, court house, to adver tise jury fees due hundreds of Cleve land residents who have appeared as witnesses in ■ Recorders Court trials, but who have not claimed their fees. The itimized statement is publish ed according to a law passed in 1931. The total amount due wit nesses Is $1,400. Mr. Osborne said. x Bill Under Fire on Seeks Passage ,mitteeman, Representative Tread way of Massachusetts, insisted the bill was a surrender to “the Presi dent’s dictation." He said, too, that it would be a political “boomerang” for the Democrats. On the Senate floor, Hastings, Democrat of Delaware, assailed the bill as a “half-baked measure, nei- I flier sugar nor salt nnd satisfactory to nobody.” He raid that by start ',+he surtax n .vase at the $50, i income level,- be assumed the, s and Means committee had cured "not a single Democrat would be affected.” i Hundreds of Black Widows Teeming in Shelby Garden A garden teeming with Blact Widow spiders, virulent and some times deadly member of the Latro j dectus mactans tribe, was reported j t his morning by D. P. Roberts, ol 214 Suttle Street. He brought one of the Black Wid l ows to The Star office for identifi cation. Reporters, who have beer studying the insects, easily recog nized the species by the distinctive red hour-glass markings on the ventral side. The Black Widow, commonly known in rural communities, has never been seen in great, quantities here, although one man waa believ ed to have been bitten by one about two months ago. He recovered, but hts sufferings were intense for five days. "I’U sure have to get rid of those spiders." Mr. Roberts said. "My wife has been working in our gar den every day. with bare hands I guess there are hundreds of Black Widows in there " Governor Directs Probe In Louisburg Lynching LOUISBURG. July 31.—With a judicial investigation scheduled here at 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing into the lynching of Covan Ward. 25-year-old negro, who de capitated Charles G. Stokes, white fanner, and the fullest co-operation and assistance of the state promis ed by Governor Ehringlmus. thor 1 ough investigation of the state’s I first lynching since 1933 will get under way. The negro was lynched Tuesday by an unmasked mob which took him from officers and hanged him from an oak tree half a mile from the scene of the killing while the National Guaudsmen sped toward the scene in an effort to prevent the lynching. GhringhMa Statement Governor Ehringhgus said tr part: "Such occurrences and outbursts do not represent the sentiment oi the attitude of Uorth Carolina’s citizenship,” the governor said if deploring the events. Hie last lynching occurred in Report Progress In ERE literacy Schools^ J9 Teachers Employed Gaffney Sunday On Club Court | Cleveland Sprints Team Wins From Hendersonville By Fight To One Score The Cleveland Springs tennis team will clash with what to expect ed to be mighty stiff competition from Gaffney at the Country Club Sunday afternoon. Most recent victim of the Shel by tennists is Hendersonville, whose team was smashed under a 8 to 2 defeat last Sunday. Six singles and three doubles were played, Shelby winning five of the singles and all three of the doubles. The score: Singles—Whitelaw Kendall defeat ed H. A. Smith (Hi 6-0 3-6 6-2. J. L. Suttle, Jr., defeated Chevis (H) 6-1 7-5. Russell Laughridge defeated Ivan Smith (H) 6-0 6-1. George Wray defeated Barker <H) 3-6 6-2 6-2. Brown (H) defeated R. U. Woods 4-6 6-4 6-4. Doubles—Kendall and Laughridge defated H. A. Smith and Ivan Smith iHi 6-0 7-5. Wray and Suttle de feated Brown and Chevis (H) 1-6 6-2 6-1. Irvin and LeGrand defeat ed Jones and Barker (H) 8-6 9-7. Siamese Influence Hits Melon Patch MOORESBORO, July 31.—Cliff Allen, young Moores boro farmer, found a watermelon In his patch over the week-end that-lives up to the name of the seed from which it sprouted. A Retuer’s Wonder, it had to do something’ to be a wonder. The melons grew together all the way a round, and the stems were as one. The two melons weighed for ty-seven pounds, but one of the twins is slightly larger. Young Allen has placed the melon on cold storage to yait for the exhibition hall at the fair. He is also going to save the seeds, with the hope of creating a set of quin tuplets or quadruplets next season. Mrs J C. Smith returned home Monday from the Charlotte Sana torium where she has been under going treatment for seven weeks, and she is now improved and able to be up. I. C. Lowe, and George Lowe of Charlotte came up with her but returned home that evening. Miss Jimmy Green, who has been her nur.ie while in the hospital came with her and will be here for sometime. _._L ( >. Clfirftkinrt MHnty im bIbmMnhv teachers employed this summer If the BIW; school*, eighteen wMte and one colored teacher. Nine of the teachers aee doing general adult work wish an enroll ment of 336 of whom M made per fect attendance last month. One hundred and thirteen have beer enrolled in literary classes. Fifteen were taught to Mad and write name and drew and 30 were taught to write first, social and business letters during the past month. A special effort has been made tc reach the illiterates of whom there are 1,817 in this county. Thee* adults are not only taught the three R’s but any subject that wil lhelp them to get a better job or raise their standard of living. A number of clubs have been or ganised for both men and women These folks have helped equip and furnish the club houses and take great interest in the meeting. Some of the clubs are starting li braries. One club raised enough money, with the aid of donations to take a week-end trip to Folly Beach. Charleston. The Homemak ing clubs are busy canning anc sewing, getting ready for winter and school. The members of these clubs not only improve themselves but help care for the sick and dis tressed in their community. Six teachers are employed m re citation classes with an enroll ment of 265 most of whom are chil dren. Seventy-four of these made perfect attendance last month These children are being taught quite a number of new games singing, story-telling, swimming, croquet, art craft, dramatics, etc. and enjoy hikes and picnics each week. There Is one nursery school In the county located at South Shel by. Three of the teachers have charge of this which Is a most worthwhile project for children un der six. These children are taught regular health habits, how to play and get along with each other and are given a well balanced mid-day meal. Quite a number of persons and organisations in Shelby have helped promote this project. “Way.ide” To Give Program At Dover Old "Wayside” Brown, noted edi tor, columnist and raido entertainer, will give a program at the Dover Mill school auditorium Thursday. The program will begin at, 7:30 o r Ira k and all profits will go toward the Wayside work among stfUt-ms. Pender county in August of IMS Since 1883 the state has recorded 98 lynchings. 15 whites and 8R ne groes. the state welfare department reported today. "Two horrible crimes have been committed in Franklin county." the governor said. "The first by an ap parently crazed and degenerate in dividual. the second by a mob of supposedly responsible citizens. The first intimation of either occurence came to the governor’s office only through the Associated Press, and this was to the effect that the wretched defendant, had already been taken from the officers by the mob. Arrive QvfctUy "Immediately the highway patrol and the national guard received orders to do all possible to avert a lynching. Both acted with the ut most promptness and dispatch, ant both were on the scene within a remarkably brief period of time but too late to prevent t*»e Iasi crime.** July Civil Docket Is Yet Unfinished As Court Adjourns Judge Sink Calls Off Cleveland Term Cigarette Robber* And Chfwm; Gum Thl*w« Receive Sen tence* On Igurt Court l>*j. The July term of (the Supertor court tn Cleveland county. which hu been presided over by Judge Hoyle N. Strvk, adjourned at noon Tuesday without taking up any du • puted otvtl cases of importance. Thoee etvil cases which were omited leom the July docket, will be taken up at the September term | of (he Superior court which will be gin the Vast Monday kn September. | Sentence Thieves Sentences were handed out to participants In the Southern rail way freight office cigarette robbery and the Carolina Fruit and Pro duce company chewing gum theft 81* divorces were granted as fol lows: Willie Sue Roberta vs. Colum bus Roberts; Mae Ella Smith vs. Beaulo Smith; Cethel Hoyle vs. Betsy Hoyle (colored); Sidney C»n slor vs. Florence Cansler; Thelma Wilson vs. Fred Wilson; Lai hue Pinkney Wright vs. Minnie Smith Webb Wright, Frank Simmons was found not guilty of lareervy. and Robert Lee Thomas was sentenced to SO days t lor gambling. In tha cigarette robbery. Gra ham Padgett was sentenced to 20 months toi the oouny Jail for B. and B. larceny, a sentence of three to seven years suspended on motion of the solicitor In live years; Paul Sisk pled guilty and was sentenced ,to Hve months, and a three year suspended sentence. Jeee Lefler was ‘found not guilty. Roes Gets 3 To 5 Tear* In the chewing gum robbery, Odus McCoy was sentenced to four months lor larceny and receiving stolen goods. Willie Roes of Char lotte, who bought the gum, was given three to Rye years at bard labaF ih the state penitentiary. Other oases disposed of were as follows: Ray Greene’s sentence of 1* months was changed to 1ft for receiving etolen property; William L. Wall's former judgment was dis carded and he was sentenced to 18 to M months In state prison; Rob ert L. Lemmons. Judgment changed to Ml to 34 months in the state pri son; James Hall was sentenced to four months for B. and E.; Vic Lee, R. L. Mlntz, Slim Dawson, Ezell Wood and Claude Durdeen, nolle prosse with leave. The last four were connected with the barn burning ease. Dr. Ferrell Gives Dental Inspection In County Schools Dr. W. I Ferrell of Troy, N. C. Is at present conducting an annual dental clinic In the schools of Cleveland county. The clinic began when school opened, and will last for ten weeks. For the past, several years, the county and the state board of health have furnished funds jointly for a clinic of this nature. It. Is con ducted in the first three grades of the grammar schools and lasts for ten weeks each year. The examining doctor inspects tno cimaren s leetn ana gives in structions concerning proper mouth hygiene. If the child needs dental work, the parents are requested to have the work done. Dr. Ferrell himself performs the necessary cor ective measures on those children whose parents are unable to hire a regular dentist. Dr. Ferrell has been working at the Patterson Springs and Earl schools, and will reach other schools in the county before the time is up. He Is unable to be at every school each year, but manages to return within the next two or three years. Lincolnton Certt Will Come to < President Roosevelt will accept an invitation to visit Uncolnton this fall during the sesquicentenial celebration, The Lincoln County News said on Monday. The story from The News follows: "This source, a very close person to the president, wants hi.s ideality I withheld but it is a knowq iaci | that wires are being pulled strip' are being jerked and ocher h:i>_ ; are being done toward obtaining the Colored Contingent Here to Begin Work On $16,000CCC Camp Pitch TenU On R. L. WiUon Trace Prepara tory To Erection Of Barracks For 200 Men; Will Employ Carpenters ('amp fires twinkled in the dusk 1 mile from Court. House last night as 25 colored CCC campers under the command of two white officers pitched tents on the R. L. Wilson tract, near Belvedere Heights, preparatory to breaking ground for - ■ - - ■ - t hil l 'i ' t 1 u/\i] nsnni r\M i • m «4 Golfer Ruth George IT turn an “Babe” Ruth hai forceetam the diamond for bbo enll course end here the Bambino piayi in the qualifying round of a west cheater, N. V., invitation touma merit. He •cored Rl, one better that the defending title holder. Recorder Hearing ; In McSwain Deatl i Is Set For Friday | Monro, Upton nnd Jark Blantoi Charge With Murder In Mysterious Case Monroe Upton and Jack Blan ton, Shelby youths charged with th murder of Irving McSwain, will I) given a preliminary hearing in Re corder's Court Friday morning. So llr.ltor C. C. Horn announced Mon day night. The boys were arrested Monda by Deputy Bob Kendrick and Sheri! Raymond Cline, the day after Me Swain died in the hospital, suffer ing from a head Injury received th night of July 13. Fight Suspected Upton and Blanton are held 01 the suspicion that they injured Mr Swnm In a fight near Lee Co bines place, on the. Polkville Road It i known that, they .left Shelby tha night, in company with McSwalr intending to go to Plneview Lake. McSwain was found later tha evening, unconscious at the whet of hm car, a wound in his head ap pnrently made by a rock, or sont such blunt weapon. Both deny thei guilt. CLEVELAND HAS 28 STUDENTS IN APPALACHIAN SCHOOI Cleveland county has 28 student in the Appalachian State Teacher College at Boone, according to a re port Issued by J. M. Downum, re gistrar. The Lotal number of stu dents this year was 955 for the firs summer term and 666 for the sec ond. tin the President Sesquicentennial services of the president on that oc casion A formal invitation from Jame, A. Abernethy, Jr., chairman of tin celebration committee, was pre seated to Mr. Roosevelt on July 2 by Senators R. K. Reynolds, J. W Bailey and members of the Non I Carolina house delegation in cen ‘•rivv. Mr. Roosevelt received tin " nation committre rordially am "rd (hat he would give an am we hortly,“ 1 Later, 200 more colored worker*, recruited through the Charlotte of fice. will Join the camp, living tn barracks, army style, to work on the soil erosion project. Under 2 Army Officers The first contingent arlved here Tuesday by truck from Fort Bragg, under the command of Captain J. F. Hepner, 17th Field Artillery, and First Lieutenant Adams. The Lieu tenant will remain here in charge As soon as their own camp of tent* Is established, the 25 negroes now on hand will begin erection of bar racks, to be built, of fabric material and lined with celotex. Within two weeks, Captain Hepner said, a crew of 2ft to 30 local carpenters will be employed to help in this construc tion. To Hire Local Men By about September 1, he said. 16 Cleveland colored men will be hired as leaders of "straw bosses" for the work crews which will be employed on the erosion projects. These men will be paid $46 a month, and must be experienced and highly recommended by the community. CCC campers a base pay of $30 a month. ’ Captain Hepner was conferring yesterday afternoon with Mayor Woodson about connecting wetter and electric light lines. Whether a two-inch or a four inch main will be needed to serve the camp has not been determined,, en gineers are expected to rule on this point. Bring Supplies Two Army trucks brought plumb ’ tng supplies, and food and utenalls 1 are also on hand. The camp, which will be operated I here for more , than two years, will cost between $16,000 and $16,000, the captain said, including the expense of ereetttig the barracks, and the cost of labor to establish the camp. 30 White Overseers ' Besides the colored campers, there will be three white officers, probably a first and two second lieutenants. In charge, and about, 30 white over seers, soil erosion and forestry «x ’iperts, etc. ij About one-third of the super visors, the captain estimated, will . bring their families and live in town, but the others, unmarried, will live in officers quarters to be erected t at, the camp. f Farmers To Organise Under the direction of County Agent. John S. Wilkins, county far , mers co-operating In the soil erosion project will soon be organized, with officers and a bonrd of directors. , Specific details about the amount of co-operation each participating ■ farmer will be required to contribute have not been received here. I - Dental Official I Delivers Address To Schoolmasters r j The Schoolmasters Club, an or ; gnnizatlon composed of the men . teachers of Cleveland county, held | Its regular monthly meeting Mon , day night In the office of Prof. J. H Grigg, county school superinten . • dent. Thirty-five members were pres - ent and heard an address by Dr. W. 111. Ferrell, examining doctor of the - state dental clinic, who Is at pres ent conducting the dental clinic in county schools. After Dr. Ferrell spoke briefly, Mr. Johnson, special agent for the school commission, addressed the i meeting. Mr. Johnson is at present checking and rearranging bus rout es m the county Doctor Buy* Calf That Ate His Shirt MOORESBORO, July 31.—Dr. B W. Bailey, the veterinarian who had 1 his shirt eaten by the progeny of . uu ailing cow he was doctoring, has ''bought the calf, declaring that he ■ ‘did so in order to recover his shirt. 1 "Calves can't cat my shirt and get ■ bv with it." says the doctor, for I tbuy the calf, getting both animal ^and shut for the same price.” • . ,i
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