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Weather jfcrth Carolina: Generally fair Monday and Tuesdal: warmer In the north west. Mk M E du n d Aas VOL. XLL Vo. K)2 SHELBY, N. C. I^ONDAY. AUG. 26. 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. m Hr Mill, pur |u>. <f» Mbtaoil _ *Ui Carrier. par year, (in tdtuM) _ «3 *» ADJOURNMENT NEAR AS PRESIDENT OPPOSES 12c LOAN $250,000 U. S. Airport Is Slated for Shelby If Charlotte Loses It Grice Tell* Mayor City Is Next In Line If Mecklenburg People Can’t Unravel Their Current Difficulties If Chariot* doesn’t soon provide a municipal airport for mail and atmy planes, ending the present involved contro versey. itoe government will steer a course to the west and pstabiish a $250,000 airport in Shelby. This was learned today from Mayor Hawy Woodson, who confer red last week with John Grice, district director of PWA and WPA tctivirtes in the area including Ghartotte and Shelby. Look To Shelby. Mr. Grice said definitely, the mayor reported, that Shelby would get the airport if Charlotte didn't. The government requires a 200 icre tract suitable for establish ment of 3,000-foot runways. Mr. ■Woodson said he believed such a tract would be easily obtainable. The government would spend ap proximately a quarter million ^dol lars if the site were located here. Charlotte has an airport, but It b privately owned, by 167 various stockholders. The government re quire* a municipal port. All mail and army planes operaing through th» pert of (he TTnited State would use (he port. ®L DROWNS !N BOTTOMLESS POOL RWBBRFORDTON. A Mg. 26 — Hi* Thomas was drowned at ♦be Bottomless pools, Lake Lure, at noon on Saturday. She and Miss Boris Glines had gone lor a swim »bov* the pool when Miss Thomas dipped, fell and got caught in the waterfalls, dropping about SO feet *> th* laage pod. Her body was soon rescued and AsheviUe foremen brought a pul raotor and worked with her three Bouts with no results. The body is here awaiting orders from her par ents m Platteville, Wis. She was librarian at Lima, Ohio, and was a life saver for five years. The water was swift and trecherous. Yesterday afternoon County Cor oner Robert Hovte and Sheriff Mc Farland held a hearing and Miss Otaes told the full story of the ac cident Sheriff McFarland stated how bis investigations that it was an accident. No inquest will be held. Mise Thonaas was about 26 years old and had been at Lake Lure two "oeks on a vacation. Hospital Reaches Maximum Capacity The need for the completion ®e addition to the Shelby hospl emphasized yesterday when revealed that every . availa hob m the instittuion except < *** filled. Patients are admit ind ^missed daily but it requi "mch maneuvering and shifting Accommodate the patients. The asidaup is nearing comp n now. Floor coverings, painti wd heating are now being do z t.^iu he several weeks befi addition can be occupied. Seeks “Slim” Mr*. Gladys Gl«n Fair “A thin man” was sought by po lice throughout th£ far west after the partly clad body of Mrs. Gladys Glena Fair, blond naval clerk, was found in the bathroom of her Long Beach, Cal., apart ment. She had been shot through the back of the head. W. fiey Wellmon Dies At Age of 82; Funeral' Tuesday Member Of One Of The Largest Families In Cleveland; Leaves Eight Children. Willis Riley Wellmon. 82, mem ber of one of the largest and most widely-connected families in Cleve land, died at 8:30 this morning at the home of his son, B. B. Wellmon, in the Sharon community. Funeral services, for which com plete arrangements had not been made today, will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Zion church. Ill For Three Weeks Mr. Wellmon had been in declin ing health for more than a year, and was critically ill for three weeks just before his death. He was widely known and respected, ' was a prosperous farmer and a ' loyal church member. He was a member of the Zion Baptist church, 1 which he joined in early manhood. 1 Eight children survive. They are Mrs. Clarence Dedmon, Mrs. Henry Wellman. Mrs. Millard Sparks. Mrs. (Continued on page eight.) Hundreds In County Will Get Federal Aid In High Schools Hundreds of county high school] students who would have to drop ] out of school this year because of financial reasons will be allowed tc' pursue their studies and at th< | same time have the privilege of j working 10 hours per week for *6' per month, allowed under the stu dent aid division of the PWA. This explanation was made this morning by Capt. B. L. Smith, su perintendent of city schools whr said that seven percent of the num oer of persons on relief, bet wee >" i the ages of 16 and 25 will be allow j ed to receive this aid The type of work will be libra ry. • clerical, and other tasks around the i school, and may be entered into by | either boys or girls. Students will be selected on the i basis of their actual need, their 1 character and ability, and will be < allowed to work provided they < carry at least three-fourths a nor- ] nisi course. It was estimated that there are < dose to 500 students in the county who wil lreceive this aid. Both t county and city school children wii < be eligible. , Mrs.Gantt.AtlOl, Says It’s Too Soon For Her To Retire She’ll Re-Open Store On South Morgan Hundreds Pay Respects To Shelby's Oldest Woman, Who Has No Recipe For Longevity. As proudly as a small girl, Mrs Mary Gantt thrust her small foot into a slim black slipper and wig gled her toes to regard the sheen of the new footwear. Shelby's "Grand Old Lady" was trying on a bit of finery for her 101st birthday party, attended yesterday by hundreds of friends and relatives from all parts of the county. Except for the new shoes. Mrs. Gantt didn’t seem greatly unpress ed with the occasion. Age is no novelty to her. She was 32. the mother of several children, when Booth shot Lincoln, and she was 67 when McKinley was assasinated. She will be 101 on Thursday, Aug ust 29. but her grandchildren and great grandchildren always ^cele brate the birthday on Sunday, so the party was held yesterday at the home on Blanton street, where Mrs. Gantt ran the little store for many years. ° Back To Business. And about that store—she gave iL up last spring, her first concession to age. But yesterday she announc ed that she was plum tired of sit ting around doing nothing and she thought she’d go back into business. Yes, she's going to open the store again, assisted by her son, W. H. Gantt, who lives with her. She runs it, too, does mo6t of the buying, keeps the accounts, and has a wary eye for credit. Doesn’t forget any body. Just a little hard of hearing now, that's the only difficulty she has. Mrs. Gantt was til the early part of the summer, but the sturdy phy sique that has endured the vicissi tudes of so many eventful years*re sented the encroachment of old age, and Mrs. Gantt resented the medicines. She wouldn’t take pills, and recovered without the aid of doctors. . Old Age No Secret. She was asked again-—somebody is always asking her—“How does one go about living so long? What Is the secret?” Mrs. Gantt Just smiles at that [fuestion. “I didn’t have anything to do with it,” she says. Last year, on her birthday, she said she guessed it was hard work that made her live so long. She doesn’t look more than 70 or 75 today. Her reddish hair is barely touched with white. She is plump and but little wrinkled by the mark of time. Usually. on bright days, she sits on the front porch of her home, wearing a great straw hat. The colored boy who passes by with a pail of well wa ter is her friend, and she always demands a dipperful. Doesn’t like aid city water, she says. Two Arrested With Liquor On Sunday Clyde Noggle, white, and Schenck rripps, colored, were arrested Sun iay afternoon by Constable Bob Cendrick on West Marion street ind placed In jail. Noggle ,the driv er of the car is charged with irunken driving. The car struck a :urb and smashed a wheel, but the iriver continued for three blocks on hree wheels until the second wheel vent down. A quantity of liquor and »per bags were found in the car. Grand Old Lady and Great-Greati Five generations of Clevelanders, grouped around Mrs. Mary Gantt, 101 years old this week. Starting from the.top, left to right, are Mrs. Gantt’s daughter, Mrs. Annie Newton, Mrs. Gantt, her granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Workman, Mrs. Workman’s daughter, Mrs. Hettie Mann, and Mrs. Mann’s little daughter. Grace. Carolina Ready to Accept Federal Old Age Pensions North Carolina wril be ready when the time comes to accept the benefits of the federal old age pen sion plan. according to a letter from Secretary of State Stacy Wade to Cullen Mull of Shelby. "During our recent legislature,” Mr. Wade writes, “the governor recognized that some law would be enacted by congress providing far old age pensions, and with this in view the general assembly passed an act giving the governor and council of state authority to issue bonds up to five million dollars to match any appropriation made by the federal government. "Of course. It is a tremendous : job. but nevertheless, our people, I feel, will be taken care of in due time.” Both state and county boards will be set up through which old people can make applications for ; the pensions. It is not necessary to ' employ an attorney. 1 Polkville Community Fair ' Expands to Two Day Event ; - i Elaborate preparations for Polk ville's second. Junior fair were made known today. This largest com munity farm and school exposition in the county will be held Septem ber 20 and 21. The whole event will be in charge of a body of officers elected from the student body of Polkville high school and will be divided In to three main departments, agri culture, home economics, and edu cational. Officers are: Clarence Beam. | president; James Turner, vice-presi- , (dent; Geneva Champion, secretary; , Howard Elliott, treasurer; E. L. Dillingham, faculty advisor. Prof, J. < A. Kiser will have charge of all I educational exhibits. Miss Elva Dietz will supervise home econom ics, and Mr. Dillingham agricultur al entries. Last year more than 1.000 per- ' sons were present at the fair and , some 700 entries were made. It was learned this morning that , (Continued on Page Eight) Historical Star Edition Gains Speedy Headway in Making i Expressions of endorsement and ipproval of The Star's Historical and Fair edition continue to pour into the office from all parts of the county. An impres sive list of special articles is in »urse of preparation from emin ;nt figures in religious, educational, ndustrial and civic walks of life, rhe financial and industrial sec ion will be a complete review of he county’s strong position in the ield of industsry and finance and pecial articles are being prepared >y John F. Sehenck, sr„ R. T Le >rand, Forrest Eskridge, J. H. Srigg, Peyton Mc8wain, Mrs. Clyde l. Hoey and various others who are n position to speak with authority n the subjects covered. Mr. Grigg of the county schools Lso has a number of school officials I ompilirtg data for ,iort- 11 tire i arious phases of the city and county’s educational progress. The edition Intends to proclaim to the world the outstanding ad vantages possessed by Cleveland county, laying stress upon the fact that Cleveland has the lowest tax rate in the state: claims leadership in cotton production and in em phasizing other lines where the county holds advantage. An interesting feature of the Kdition will be a large number of letters from all parts of the United States from Cleveland county men ind women who have gone into 3ther sections and made good, all >f whom send greetings and best wishes to the old “home county.” Special copies of this de luxe idition will be mailed to any part >f the United States postage paid >y The Star for ten cents each and jatrons are urg'd to send in such k r o f; fl i&ts of addresses early. Roosevelt Asserts He Will Not Okeh Deficiency Bill Byrnes Expects To Adjourn Today Declares * Old Age Pension Funds Are Ample Until End Of Fiscal Yean (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, An*. 26 President Roosevelt told Con gressional leaders in confer ence late this morning that he would not approve either the proposed 12-cent cotton or 60-cent wheat loan rider to the third deficiency bill. The President’s action ap parentsly ends the deadlock which last night held congress in session and means adjourn ment soon. Move To Adjourn . Speaker Byrnes mid today that the lower chamber would receive a resolution either late this morning or early this afternoon calling for adjournment today. He said that the house planned to "sit tight’ ’on both cotton and wheat. He Is tlje aunor of the rider on cotton to the deficiency bill, and had predicted that the house would accept the rider when it ap peared for vote today. But with the president’s assurance that he would not approve It, it is now possible and probable that both houses will adjourn without again bringing up the measure. Baawtty Fund* Ample Byrnes added this morning that he thought funds could be obtain ed without a deficiency appropria tion bill to carry the social security, or old age pension program, to the end of the fiscal year. Quicker Mail From North To Shelby On account of Southern railway schedule changes effective today, nail car that has been carried by rain 37 leaving N. Y. at 9:30 p. m vill be transferred to train 33 leav ng New York at 8:05 p. m. This rain will connect Seaboard train II arriving Shelby at 12:18, bring ng in northern mail three hours tarlier. Train 37 leaving Charlotte it 3:50 a. m. will pick up mall car >f train 29 and connect star route eaving Kings Mountain at 4:30 for Shelby. Star route now leaving 8helby or Kings Mountain at 11:50 a. m. vill not leave until 2 p. m. making lose connection at Kings Moun ain for train 34, but will not con lect train 33 going south. This will tllow two hours later closing for lorthern mail*. Drum’s Condition Very Critical Now Renn Drum, former news editor >f The Star is critically ill in a Washington hospital where he Is suffering with ulcerated stomach ind complications. He is in a semi sonscious condition and all hope for its recovery has bee*)* abandoned. Urs. Drum social editor of The Star s still at his bedside. Mrs. C. B. Way and son, C. B., r„ are spending this week with At. and Mrs. J. W. Silver while Mr, Vay is holding a revival at Weav rville. W. D. Earl at 72 Lives On Land Of Pioneer Great-Grandfather Unusual M It may seem, Cleveland county has a man 72 yeah of ue who has lived all of his life in the house in which he waa born, and even more unusual Is the fact that he lives on the same plantation that his father, grandfather and treat grandfather occupied. Futhermore, his father-in-law at 85 visits him regularly. The man is W. D. Earl, well nown citizen of the county and rsident of Earl, small town south r Shelby which was named for his it Her. Ahel Earl when the rail tad fame through in 133$ Aside from the unsual fact ol living so long under the same roof, Mr. Earl still drives a car nearly every day tn the week, directs work'on quite a large farm, and last year did all the drilling on 13 acres of oats “I couidn t sit down -and be still if 1 wanted to, 1 have got to be going about doing something.”. He has been driving a car of some kind ever since cars came in style. Before that time he drove oxen, mules and horses. Mr. Earl has three children, two sons, living on his farm. They also have sons which mean;, that tCoDUnued on page eight; One Killed, Several Hurt In Week-end Car Wrecks; Tedder Dies 7ive Arc Under Arrest; Kings Mountain Woman Has Fractured Skull In Gastonia Hospital Edward Tedder, Jr., of Charlotte is dead and two otharfa »re badly injured as a result of car accidents over the week end-' Homer Morrison of Charlotte has a broken arm and )ther injuries He is in the Shelby hospital. Helen Mitch ;m of Kings Mountain has a fractured skull in a Gastonia New Radium Frol. IrnMl O. Uvraic* Artificial radium, not only cheaper bat three times more powerful Hum the real thins, commercially manu factured from cheap abundant sub-" stances, will be ready shortly, says Prof. Ernest O. Lawrence, Univer sity of California’s leading “atom smasher,” in announcement at San Francisco meeting of American i Chemical Society. Deadline Is Set For Relief Folk ; In WPA Program : Those Who Fail To List Names To Be Stricken From Rolls And Receive No U. S. Help. The Both district, office of the N, * C. Employment Service. covering * Cleveland, Lincoln. Gaston, Meek- * lenburg, Union and Anson counties 2 Issued last week a final call for 1 registrations of all relief clients un der the ERA in these counties. This i final registration period will run l only one week starting Monday, Au- 1 gust 26 and continuing through the t week to a final positive deadline of 1 12 o’clock noon Saturday, Aug. 31. t This registration Is for the pur- ' pose of certifying all employable t people drawing relief funds that < they may be continued, where qual- I ified. with the Works Progress ad ministration and It was announced < that these people with a relief I status who had not registered in t the employment office by the dead- i line date, would lose their relief ' status and consequently be remov- 1 ed from relief In any form. Registrations have to be made In ' person by the relief clients. and cannot be made by mall or other wise. The North Carolina Employment 1 service’s registration office for 1 Cleveland county is in the basement of the Hotel Charles in Shelby. Riding in ft Charlotte oar Satur day afternoon en route to the mountains for the week-end were Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Morrison. Edward Tedder and Miss Martha Burton On highway No. 20 west, a car driven by Cordis Craft of R-l Cherryvllle headed out into the highway from the Lattimore road The two ears struck and Mr. Ted der received a fractured skull from which he died Sunday morning st B o'clock in the Shelby hospital without gaining consciousness. Ladies Unhart Mr Morrison has a broken arm and other injuries. Mr*. Morfison. Who before marriage was Miss Mina Caldwell, a niece of R. T. LeOrand and Miss Burton escaped injury. Mr. Tedder Related Hero Mr. Tedder is a brother of Mrs, Haywood Thompson and a nephew >f D. A. Tedder of Shelby. He wa (Continued on page eight.) SOIL EROSION BODY SIGNING ACREAGE Approximately 3,000 acres or lam, has been signed for soil erosion work n conjunction with the COC work in Cleveland county, according to a report from D. H. Osborne, contaci •«ent, and John 8. Wilkins, ooun y agent. Nine of fourteen township meet* ngs over the county were completed ast week with favorable attendance it all meetings. At these meetings andowners heard explanation of he plan of co-operation at the ounty unit of GOO workers and he Boll Erosion association. Week’s Meetings Five other meetings will be held his week to complete the rounds. The first was at Polkvllle this aft moon. The others will be at Fall ton Tuesday afternoon ai 3:30 and t Belwood the same day at 3:00: t Moriah school Wednesday at :30 and at Casar Wednesday even ig at 7:30. ' ... The immediate work being done ow is in connection with the CCt ut Mr. Wilkins said that enough wid has also been signed to assure he purchase of a terracing unit or the county within a eompara ively short time. This outfit could rork in conjunction with or eep rately from the government lab ors. according to the wishes of he landowner. It would be permanent property f the County and farmers would »ay close to $3 per hour for the ise of the machine, while it wat erracing their land. This figure vould ordinarily cost close to *1.50 o $2 per acre. iOSPITAL AUXILIARY TO MEET t^EDNMDAT The Hospital Auxiliary will meet it ten o'clock on Wednesday morn ng at the hospital. New Features Begin Today Two new features will appear regular in The 8tar, beginning with today’s Issue: HOW IT BEGAN. an educational art square and BACK HOME AGAIN, a comic art square, both of which are extremely popular with newspaper readers. Other features whloh appear regularly !n The Star are of a varied nature and are well worth your reading with regu larity Gee McGee’s Nobody’s Busi ness. Dr. Newton’s Everyday Living. Theatre Thimble, starring Popeye Latest spot news pictures. International Sunday school lesson. --
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