SOCIETY
NEWS....
Mrs. Renn Drum,
Editor
Mrs. Drum may be reached each morning at The Scar Office
over Telephone No. 4-J. At other times at the Cleveland
Hotel, Telephone No. 128.
PRESBYTERIAN S TO
HOLD BUSINESS MEET
Members of the Woman's Auxil
iary of the Presbyterian church will
hold their regular, monthly busi
ness meeting at the church Monday
afternoon at ♦ o'clock. Members
are urged to be present.
MISS BERNICE SHYTLE
' TO WED MR. STALLINGS
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shytle an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Bernice to Robert Glenn
Stallings the marriage to take place
In the late summer or early fall.
I^r Stallings, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Stallings of Winston-Salem,
has been in Shelby for the past year
ahd a half. He Is better known as
“Lefty” Stallings pitcher with the
C. T3. baseball club.
WEDNESDAY CONTRACT
CLUB IS ENTERTAINED
Mrs. C. J. Mabry enertained
members of the Wednesday con
tract club Wednesday afternoon at
a three table party. In addition to
club members her guest Included
Mrs. B. W. Dickson Mrs B B. Mat
thews and Mrs. Jim Wilson.
After several enjoyable progres
sions scores were counted and
prizes went to Mrs R M. Laugh
ridge for high score and to Mrs.
Charles Lever for second high
among members and to Mrs Dick
son for scoring high among visitors.
81mple refreshments were served
METHODIST CIRCLES
TO MEET MONDAY
Circles of the Woman’s Mission
ary 8odety of Central Methodist
church will meet Monday afternoon
as follows:
The Fanny Thompson circle will
meet with Mrs. Sam Ellis at 4
o'clock; the Betty Lineberger circle
«flth Mrs. Lewis Forney at 4 o’clock;
and the Mary Lee Hudson circle at
the home of Mrs. R. Lee Weathers,
Camp Call, Polkvllle road, at 3:30.
All members are invited to attend
the meetings.
GOLDEN LINKS CLASS
WITH MRS. GREENE.
Mrs. Graham Greene will enter
tain members of the Golden Links
Sunday school class of Central
Methcdist church Monday evening
at 8 o’clock at her home at Boil
ing Springs.
All members and honorary mem
bers are Invited to attend Those
alio plan to go are asked to meet
at the church at, 7 30 and the entire
group will make the trip together.
Members of the class are urged
to attend the regular class assembly
on Sunday morning.
WEEK-END HOUSE PARTY
AT CHIMNEY ROCK
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. McLeod. jr
of Winterhaven. Florida, and Mrs.
Wayne Williams and two children
of Laurlnburg came to Shelby to
day to visit Mr and Mrs. R. U.
Woods Mr. and Mrs. Woods and
their two daughters. Marjorie and
Anne, with their house guests and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Short ana
daughter. Patsy, left this afternoon
for Chimney Rock to spend th"
week-end, having taken a cottage
to accommodate their party
Mrs. Woods Is a sister of Mrs
Williams and Rev. Mr. McLeod
.MSS. NOLAN HOSTESS
TO CLUB MEMBERS
Mrs. Clyde Nolan entertained
members of the Contract budge
club and a number of other
friends Wednesday morning at her
home on Cleveland Springs road.
Players were present to make up
si* tables and after the game was
played for four progressions scores
were counted and prizes went to
Miss Minnie Eddins Roberts who
won a pair of hose as member.'.’
prize and to Mrs. Charles Dover,
wfcoee prizp. for visitors scoring
high was a set of linen tea nap
kins Mrs. Nolan gave Mrs White
Kendall, bride of the spring, an
attractive gift.
A pretty plate luncheon was
served at 12:30. the hostess being
assisted in passing the plates by
her sister Mrs. Harry Caldwell of
Gaffney and by Mrs. Ed McCurry.
Mrs. Lowery Suttle and Mrs.
Wank Kendall.
Out-of-town guests present were
Miss Anne Armstrong, of Baltimore,
who is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. PTank Kendall, and Mrs
Cline Lackey of Gaffney, guest of
Mrs. Buttle. Other visitors present,
ouidde the club membership, were
Ma. Dover. Mrs. Whitelaw Kendal'
Mrs. Buttle, Mrs. Caldwell. Mrs
Vlek Wray, Mrs. Joe E. Nash, Mrs
fi. O.- Stephenson, Mrs. Furman
MelAity, Mrs. Gerald Morgan. Mrs
D. Z. Newton, Mis* Hattie Gidney
Mrs. Tom Moore, Mrs. D R. Yates
Mr*. J. e Ehkrldge. Mrs. c. R
Webb, and Mrs R. H. Rccera
1 MISSES WHISONANT AND
HARRIS ARE HOSTESSES
Mi s Lucille Whisonant and
Amanda Harris entertained at a
| bridge party Wednesday evening at
I the home of Miss Harris in com pi i
| ment to Miss Nell Freeland of Elf
| land, who Is visiting Miss Whiso
nant, this week Sharing honors
were Miss Essie Bass, home from
Washington. D. C., on vacation, and
Mrs. Floyd Willis, bride of June
The girls wore pretty party frocks
of varied designs and colors; Mis'
i Whisonant was dressed in blue net
j Miss Harris wore white organ tie,
, Miss Freeland wore blue satin. M ss
| Bass' dress was of pink chiffon
i and Mrs. Willis wore white crepe.
I with jacket, of navy blue organdie.
| Each Of the three honorees re
ceived a gift and the prize for scor
! mg her cousin, Miss Frances Mae
| Gregor of Forest City, who is visit
ing her cousin, Mss Frances Mac
Gregor.
A color note of pink and green
was effectively carried out. in de
tails of' the party Lime ice. pink
iced cakes, pink and green stripped
ribbon sandwiches, nuts and punch
were served.
j Two Implicated
; In McSwain Death
I (Continued from page one.)
and hair the next morning, July H
when he picked them up.
He was unable to recognize any
| of the men. he said, but heard a
blow struck:
Sheriffs Statement
A statement by Sheriff Raymond
jCline, who was unable to be pre
jsent. further Implicated the defen
dants. This statement, read by
Solicitor Horn with permission of
the defense, declared that Upton
told the Sheriff that he and Blan
ton had a fight, with McSwain on
the night of July 13. on their way
to Pine View Lake. McSwain, ac
cording to Upton's statement to the
sheriff, continued to take the wrong
iroad, was drunk, and belligerent.
| Upton said he snatched the keys out
jof the car. that they fought, and
| that Blanton struck McSwain on the
| head wi'h a rock
They left him at Pine View Lake
and did not see him again, accord
ing to Upton's statement to the
| sheriff
Dixon on Stand
■ Dr. Sam Schenck, called as an
expert witness, said that, McSwain
.died of a hemorrhage on the right
side of the brain. Questioned, he
.said that it might have been caus
jed by a blow on the left. side. Mc
Swain, he said, had suffered a blow
on this side, which made a two
inch gash above his ear.
J. M. Poston, who saw the car in
which McSwain was found, said
that there was no blood in the driv
er's seat, but that the rear floor
land the right of the front seat were
liberally smeared. The car was 20C
yards from his home, headed toward
Shelby, he said.
Dan Pritchard, called to the stand
said that he had talked with Up
iton after his arrest, and that he.
Upton, said Blanton struck McSwain
with a rock. He said that McSwain
threatened to kill them with a
■ knife.
More than 500 spectators Jammed
the sweltering courtroom all morn
ing. Court was to have resumed
at 2.30 today.
GRIGG EXPLAINS
1 SCHOOL ELECTIONS
i
It was explained last night before
the Kiwarjis club by J. H. Grigg
superintendent of county schools
that Shelby will not only get a grant
of 45 per cent of the cost of the pro
posed new high school building, but
also a grant of equal amount on th«
site and equipment.
' Mr. Grigg explained In detail th<
ten elections to be held in the coun
ity Sept 14th on special taxes fot
enlarging the school buildings undei
I the government's liberal offer anc
; pointed out that no opposition ha:
| been voiced from the rural com
| muni ties.
He called attention to the fac
that new registrations are called fo:
in each district and that to carr
out -the program, a majority of re
gistered voters must be cast thet
ballots favorable to the plan, t
majority of votes cast Is not suffi
ciet.
Mrs. Clyde Thaclcston and twi
children, David and Marilyn Jane
rpent Thursday in Gaffney S C
j with the former’s aunt, Mrs. C. X
| Taylor.
Navy Will Aid
N. C. to Set Up
Radio System
j RALEIGH, Aug 2.—Naval ex
perts will be requested to come to
North Carolina to make a survey In
connection with the establishment
of the state radio authorized by the
1935 general assembly as an aid to
I prevention of crime and capture of
i criminals, Revenue Commissioner
■A J. Maxwell states.
Governor Ehringhaus will be ask
j ed to write direct to Secretary of
'the Navy Claude A. Swanson for a
' technical engineer of the naval
i communications staff for the sur
jvey, Mr Maxwell said. Michigan
; asked and secured such aid eight
! years ago and Its system la working
j satisfactorily.
Probably four sending stations
I will be established In the state and
I the 40 new Ford roadsters recently
| purchased for highway patrolmen
1 will be equipped with receiving sets
The additional force of patrolmen
121 In all, will take to the roads
August 1 They have been In train
ing a month
Carolina Revenue
Gains 10 Per Cent
During One Month
More Than Four Million Dollars
Received During July De
partment Reports.
RALEIGH. Aug. 2.—Revenue col
lections In North Carolina from all
sources Increased $382,427.21 or 10.IE
per cent during the past month
the first of the current fiscal year,
In comparison with figures for
July, 1934, the state revenue de
partment reported today.
The statement showed the col
lections amounted to $4,140,442.05
for the month ended today, as
against 3,758,014.84 for July a year
ago getting the state away to a
fast start from a financial stand
point.
Revenue division collections
gained from $2,195,908.27 for July
lasts year to $2,330,956.29 for the
month ended today, while the mot
or vehicle division relums ahowed
an Increase from $1,562,106.57 to
$1,809,485.76. The general fund per
centage gain was 6.15 per cent,
while that of the motor vehicle sec
tion was 15.84 per cent.
Sales Tax Gain
The sales tax of three per cent
despite the fact that no returns
have come In since exemptions were
listsed July J on all articles but
milk, reflected a gain of 27 per cent
—from $556,580.07 for the first
month of the past fiscal year to
$709,979.46 for the month ended.
The gain was partially due to the
tax on meals which went into effect
June 1.
66 NORTHCAROLINA
COUNTIES TO HAVE
LOWEST WPA WAGE
I Scale Of $19 to $39 A Month To
Prevail In Most Of State;
RALEIGH. August 1—The low
cst wage scale provided under the
WPA program will apply in 66 ol
North Carolina’s 100 counties.
A tabulation by the state WPA
office showed that this minimum
scale, ranging from $19 a month
for unskilled labor to $39 for pro
fessional and technical services
would rule in the greater part ol
the state, the allocations being
made according to the population
of the largest town in each coun
ty.
Group A, in which the 66 coun
ties fall, includes counties with
towns of less than 5,000 popula
found 26 counties. The wage scale
tion. In group B, with towns ol
from 5,000 to 25.000 population, are
for these runs from $22 to $46
Group C. 25,000 to 50,000 popula
tion. provides a scale of $25 to $55
and consists of tw’o counties, Wake
and New Hanover.
Five counties—Buncombe, Dur
ham. Forsyth. Guilford and Meck
lenburg, fall in the group D. classi
fication. 50.000 to 100,000 popula
tion, with a $pale of $27 to $64 a
month.
Yearly pay in this state under
the WPA will range from $228 foi
■ unskilled labor in the lowest, group
to $768 for professional and tech
nical services in the highest group
ROBERTS TABERNACLE
SERVICES FOR SUNDAY
Services for Sunday. August 4th
1 at Roberts Tabernacle CME church
are as follows; Sunday school at
9:45. Morning worship at 11 o’clock.
“Text “Come and See." Holy com
1 munion at the morning service
■ Evening service under auspices of
• senior stewardess board. Epworth
League at 6. evening services at
IIL__
'Action Of Young Bickett
Recalls How His Father
Stopped Mob As Governor
j RALEIGH. Aug. 2—North Carolina
j again has been reminded that the
[Bricketts neither dodge trouble nor
! fear mobs A sense of duty, a ca
pacity to meet a crisis, seems to be
| a family trait. All that remains
i to be learned is whether. In deal
ing with mobs, the son can be as
[successful as the father,
j It was late one night some 16
i years ago. that The News and Ob
| server called Governor Blckett and
Informed him thlr a mob was storm -
j ing the Wake County Courthouse
.and Jail In an effort to lynch Earle
! Neviffe. Negro, charged with rape.
[Blckett might have called for troops
jand taken a chance they would ar
rive In time. Instead, he slipped on
an overcoat over his nightclothes,
stuck a pistol in his pocket and
hurried to the Courthouse, where
the mob was beating down the
doors with hammers and chisels,
firing as they battered.
"Stop!" a member of the mob
yelled as the Governor approached.
"This Is the Governor of North
j Carolina,” said Blckett. and kept
looming.
"The hell you .say!" yelled some
body. There were more shots. Bick
ett, kept coming. "I want to talk
to you,” he said.
That display of courage—“guts,"
In the language of the mob—stopped
them long enough to listen. The
Governor climbed to the Courthouse
steps and made a speech. When he
finished the mob dispersed. Later
Neville was electrocuted.
The other day Vhen news of the
lynching reached Solicitor William
Y. Blckett, the Governor’s son, he
went straight to the scene—was
there ahead of the troops, while the
body was still hanging to the tree
True that the Negro already had
been lynched before he reached
I there but also true that he left
; Raleigh for Franklin County the
i moment he heard of the trouble
and drove wide open all the way.
.Too late to stop the lynching, the
| Solicitor immediately began his
investigation. He was getting the
names of witnesses before the Sher
iff had come to earth.
What information Bill Blckett
got, is as yet not known. The
fact that he is a native of Franklin
will make his job more unpleasant
when the investigation begins at
Louisburg today. But. also, it may
jnelp him to secure a conviction.
I There's no way around it, Bill
i Blckett has a nasty Job to do and
the whole State will be watching
jhim do it. If he gets a conviction
lout of a lynching—thing which peo
j pie are betting he cannot do—the
i phrase “like father like son” will
[echo from coast to mountains.
The Solicitor Is 36 years old but
his legal experience covers wide
Superior Court prosecution he
served as prosecutor in the Raleigh
City court for years.
; Last year Blckett was swept into
i office by a majority of 2,000 votes
jover the incumbent after a cam
paign in which he was seen more
than he was heard. He did very
[little speechmaklng but he got a
lot of votes.
The Solicitor went, to the Univer
sity at Chapel Hill and to Wake
Forest. He is an amateur airplane
pilot—when Mrs. Bickett and the
two children are not looking—and
before he became an officer of the
law he broke it daily with some
of the fastest automobile driving
seen around these pans—a training
which stood him in good stead as
he went to Franklin County the
other day
"Under the Dome," Raleigh News
A: Observer
Shelby Infant Death Rate
Lowest In North Carolina
(Continued from page one.>
had a higher birth rate, but Utah
tied North Carolina's figure.
Wilson High.
Wilson had the highest infant
death fate of any North Carolina
city in 1934, was 60 deaths and a
rate of 159.6, while Chowan had the
highest of the counties, with 40
deaths and a rate of 145.4 per 1,000
live birth*.
In 1933, Fayetteville, with 162, had
the highest death rate in the mu
nicipal list, while Wilson’s rate was
134.9.
Gastonia Rate.
Gastonia had the highest muni
cipal birth rate in 1934, with 539
babies being born for a rate of 30.3.
Asheville, with 992 births, had the
lowest rate. 18.5. In 1933 Greens
boro had the lowest birth rate.
while. Wilson had the highest.
In addition to Wilson, cities with
an infant death rate of 100 or over
were, Durham, 111.4; Goldsboro
144.2; Kinston, 131.7; New Bern
110:2; Raleigh 102.1; Rocky Mount
136.5; Statesville, 118.9; and Wil
mington, 101.5.
Counties with a death rate of 10T
or above, omitting Chowan, were
Bertie. 121.4; Camden 101.7; Dur
ham 100.8; Edgecombe 109.8; Hert
ford 115; Lenoir 112.5; New Han
over 107.7; Pasquotank 101.3; Pitt
107; Polk 103; Scotland 105.8; Tyr
rell 101.4; Vance 102.2; and Wash
ington 109.8.
Wake county, which had 2.C09
births and 159 deaths of infants
under one year, had a death rate
| of 79.1. Raleigh had 823 births for
ja rate of 211 an increase of 18.8
j from the 1933 rate.
14 Gaston Mills Battle
Processing Tax in Court
GREENSBORO. Aug 2 —One f
Charlotte law firm In Federal fcis-1
trlct court here Wednesday filed 15 1
actions on behalf of cotton mills
fighting the collection of cotton
processing taxes and asking the
court to declare the tax unconsti
tutional. All of the mills save one
are in Gaston county.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes set Au
gust 5 at Wilkesboro at the time
for Collector Charles H. Robertson'
to appear and show cause why col
lection of the tax should not be
temporarily restrained.
The mills entering suit are the
China Grove Cotton Mills, of Row
an county, and the following mills
from Gaston cunty: Crescent spin
ning, Ohronicle, Climax Spinning,
Acme Spinning, Eagle Yarn, Imper
ial Yarn, Linford, Majestic Manu
facturing, National Yarn. Perfec
tion Spinning, South Fork Manu
facturing, Stowe Thread, Stowe
Spinning and Sterling Spinning
The total of such suits now in the
district court is near 100, and ap
parently the deluge is just begin
ning and the files of the court are
to be overrun with litigation of the
kind. The court in granting re
straining orders is requiring bonds
for protection of the taxes and is
bending its efforts to get an early
opinion of a test action of the Can
inon Mill
BRASS BAND TO PLAY
AT MOORESBORO GAME
MOORESBORO, August 2—The
Splndalc brass band will play at the
game between Mooresboro and For
est City here tomorrow afternoon.
The two team have always been
|cl06e rivals, and fans are looking
'forward to an unusually interesting
i contest.
YORK COUNTY GROWERS
EXPECT BIG PEACH CROP
YORK, S. C., Aug. 1.—York coun
jty peach growers are now market
ing one of the biggest fruit crops
(they have ever produced. The yield
is exceptionally large and the qual
ity of the fruit is said to be excel
lent. j
May Postpone
School Opening
Due To Polio
RALEIGH, Aug. 2.—Public schools
may be delayed in their opening on
advice of Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,
state health officer, and Dr. J. C.
Knox, state epidemiologist, due to
the prevalence of infantile paralysis
and the uncertainty of the time for
a decided decline in the number of
cases. These officers advise against
gatherings and suggest postponing
openings until October 1 as a pre
caution against further spread in
the warm months. Already schools
that normally open in the cotton
counties In July have postponed
openings.
Dr. Reynolds states that there is
no quarantine actually in effect 'in
the state, but continues to advise
against gatherings in which infan
tile paralysis might be spread. Up
to Tuesday, 476 cases had been re
ported this year, but probably not
more than 85 are now in infections
stages, officials say.
N. C. Bank Deposits
Show Huge Gain
WINSTON - SALEM, Aug 2.-De
posits in the banks of North Caro
lina totaled $293,000,000 on June 23
as compared with $239,000,000 on
June 30. 1934, according to a state
ment issued here today by Clarence
T. Leinbach president of the North
Carolina Bankers' association.
Mr, Leinbach said that figures
compiled from statement by both
state and national banks at the
ast call showed that North Caro
lina banks had outstanding loans ot
$107,000,000, and Investments in U
S government sescurlties of $58
300.000. Total resources of the banks
in this state, exclusive of industrial
banks, were approximately $335.
300.000. i
At The Theatres
'The Keeper of the Beer" Is or.
last runs at the Carolina today.
Neil Hamilton and Eetty Furness
are starred. John Wayne in "The
Dawn Rider" will feature Satur
day’s program at the Carolina. Com
edy and serial are extras cn the
same bill. The new process techni
color photoplay, "Becky Sharp" with
Miriam Hopkins begins at the Caro
lina on Monday.
Ann Harding and Herbert Mar
shall will be seen today In their last
performances on “The Flame With
in," at the Webb. Boris (Franken
stein) Karloff is the star in Satur
day’s feature offering, “The Raven,"
at the Webb. This famous Edgar
Allen Poe story boasts two of the
screen’s greatest mystery players,
Karloff and Bela (Dracula) Lugosi.
Jane Withers in "Ginger” will open
the week Monday at the Webb.
Penny Column
THE FULLER BRUSH COMPANY
announces new dras'ic price reduc
tions: Fiber Broom $1.19. Wet Mot
99 cents. Push Broom $1.79, Dr;
Mop $195. Wall Brush $1.65, Pies!
.Brush $1 19. Friction Shower $3.45
All waxes and polishes drastically re
duced, l. E. Couch, phone 350-E
Shelby. N. C. It pc
NINE GOOD FARMS FOR SALF
about four million feet timber, neai
Mooresboro and Ellenboro. See Jo<
S Martin, two miles West of Moores
boro on Highway 20. 3t 2j
I FOR SALE:_ONE CANE MILL
Ifurnance, and evaporator complete
| John Crawley. Shelby, N. C„ Rt. 2
2t 2pd
I ~0 M.~Suttle of Columbia, S. C. i:
! expected to come to Shelby Mon
day to spend his vacation, r.ex:
week, with relatives and friends
Mrs. Suttle is spending some
months with relatives in Texas
CAHTCRET COUNTY ^PE\i
HER FIRST LIQl 0R ‘SL
See It Mond
Carolina
BEAUFORT, Air; 2 -Th*
Carteret county llqu r store* on
ed here rfior.iy af'er j’0.?j
Wednesday afternoon ,n(J CC|
<'iC6.95 worth of liquor before Pf
ing lean than three hours ;ater nr
i hur Willis is manager of thp J
| and Leslie Mason is his as.
try Gulf 3 weeks
IN THE'TRAFFIC COURT''
Want'd: *1al,trlal
If it’s been some time since you’ve
used Gulf, try it 3 weeks—then give
us your verdict.
Try it in traffic. Starts. Crawls.
Get-aways. Climbs. There’s no fairer
test—and we think you'll confirm a
recent judgment...
75O Turn'd Judge*
We went to 7 50 owners of aver
age cars—asked them to judge Gulf
against their regular brands on
mileage, starting, pick-up, power,
all-around performance.
Gulf Won th« V'rdietl
At the end of the trial, 7 out of 10
toted Gulf superior on one or more of
the } counts—many on allfive.
Reason? Controlled refining
makes Gulf 5 good gasolines in one.
Gives it not only 2 or 3—but all five
qualities of a perfect gasoline.
Try That Good Gulf 3 weeks—
and you’ll be an addict!
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Starts Tomorrow
August 3rd
In Order to Make Room For The
New Sentinel
Line of Radios, We are Offering Our En
tire Stock of Radios at
y2 PRICE
This Includes Philco, Zenith, Stewart
Warner, Majestic and Many Others.
This is the first and only opportunity
you have ever had to buy a Radio at such
prices.
Pendleton’s Music Store
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