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Constitutional Revision Trails Today In Two State Elections Weather yorth Carolina: Cloudy tonight Mid Thursday, crobably showers m Wuth. slightly wanner in northwest; occasional showers The Eilevelacnd ka /■ 1 .. 1 ■■■11 ' 10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XLL No. 112 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, SEPT. 18,1985 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Hill p*r xu, (la advance) — Carrier, per year, (la ad ranee) _ U< * ITALY SCORNS LEAGUE REPORT, RAISES WAR FUND Posable ’36 Issue Losing In Penna. And New Mexico Early Report* Today Show Defeat »U Deal Governor Loses in Ftgh for Revision In Keystone State <Bv The Associated Press! Constitutional revision, much dls fussed as a possible issue In th 1936 campaign, was apparently re jected by the Pennsylvania elec torate in yesterdays off-year prl mary- With half the precincts tal lied, the vote calling for a consti tiitional convention stirred 407,43 for and 538,625 against. Governor G. H. Earle, a New Des Democrat, campaigned for revlsior In New Mexico, change of th constitution was also an issue. Th major change proposed—exemptim property from taxation up t *2300—was trailing in early returm A sales tax issue in New Jerse was still unsettled. In New York City J. J. Dooling’ leadership in Tammany Hall wa undisturbed in the elections of dis met" leaders. ' Veterans Oppose War, Asking Pay For the Last One (By Associated Press) WEW ORLEANS, 8ept. 18.—Wa veterans of the United States swun yesterday from consideration o world peace proposals to a mor personal matter—the soldiers’ bantu They heard a quartet of congress men assure them the adjusted ser vice certificates would be pali shortly after congress convenes ii January. They cheered when two of Pres Went Roosevelt’s severest critics Govemor Eugene Talmadge o Georgia, and Major Oeneral Smed ley Butler, retired former com mandant of the marine corps a Quantico hurled broadside afte broadside at the administration vnd they yelled Just as loudly whei other speakers praised the Presi dent and predicted his re-election. Extension Course Is Opened Here Dr E Derendinger of Catawbi tollege is offering an extensioi course in history and appreciatiot of art at Shelby high school. Th< rourse Is primarily given to enabli teachers of Shelby and Clevelam tounty to earn additional credits E?rh teacher taking the complete (oirse will receive eight hours o reification and college credit. Classes will meet at the higl arW,] on Tuesday afternoon at3:3i c flock, the next meeting is c&llei to* Tuesday, October 1. The pub i’1" is Invited to Join the class at i nominal fee. Morning Cotton LETTER , > c'w YORK, Sept. 1*.—Prices ad rather easily yesterday un /’ = sl'ghtly more general demand ^ European interests and Fa; , Hedging moderate. Judgini 'action the market, quite a fev * buving limits were advanced ‘ r situation abroad undoubtedly " ',crd son'« of the buying butthi " 01 hedge selling to increaa ,L ;a!ly ,s apparently changinf ‘ ideas of these needing cotton m , UprP°ol market is sharply s7nfr:his morning- The situatioi ee 14 favors the constructiv< hoUeve that setback: - he taken advantage of t( purchases. * A PIERCE Ac CO. TH£ MARKETS -10 1’* ^ U U V.H .. . . .$25.(9 seed. ,r 'ot- *«n.._-«28.W ftSf vl(Xin*'- Oct. 10:63; De to*,. *?’ 10 69: March 10.79; Ms Jm.v lO.Jtt. '1^0, twenty points up ---—4 Real Life Mural O n Bridge The scene might be a real-life mural depicting mechanical perfec tion or the rise of industry, but it isn’t. A quartet of winsome Santa Crus, Calif., nymphs adorn the gear-like arch of a Pacific Coast casino, in an interesting pose. Federal Agents To Seek V * **-• * Jt.r’rr-“• Indictments ' Federal secret service men, nar cotic agents and representatives of 1 the alcohol control unit will make headquarters in Shelby next week when Judge E. Yates Webb's Fed eral court opens Monday morning. r An unusually large number of in dictments Is expected. Evidence has ■ been gathered 'for many 'presenta tions to the grand jury, which acts r next week not only for the Shelby , area, but replaces grand juries both ) In Charlotte and Asheville. Included in indictments to be pre sented to the grand jury are several against Ben Dover. Shelby man, charged with violation of th< Mann act, and with several liquoi infractions. Henry K. Thomas. In charged ol secret servMe operations in th< Carolina, will have around a dozer cases for presentation. There wil be several from the office of Johr Dixon, narcotic agent for westeri North Carolina, and investigaton of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation will have at least three 01 I four cases. T Ed Patton, investigator Ir (Continued on page ten.) Mac Arthur Quits to Head The Phillipines’ New Army 'By Associated Press' | WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. - Gen. Douglas MacArthur. announced to s1 day he would retire as chief-of - staff of the U. S. Army Dec. 15, to undertake the task of organizing I the military defenses of the new 1 Commonwealth of thePhilippines. Preldent Roosevelt detailed him to the assignment at the urgent re quest of Manuel Quecon, who wa± elected first president of the new government In yesterday’s election Secretary Dern announced he would not recommend appointment of Mac Arthur’s successor until aft er the. Phillipdne Inauguration Koosevelt Will Propose New 0. S. Forestry Program (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—A six point forest conte rvation program [is expected to be presented to the next congress by the President. Thi; became known as Senator Fletcher of Florida made public a letter from the President, who wrote that he had in mind legislation which would supply an "organic basis” for the forestry policies for the next ten o fifteen years. Under Fletcher’s measure, a blank with a capital of *10,000,000 would be set up. Five-Foot Black Snake Escapes, Is Captured By Fire Department 1 The fire department on Tuesday i i night came to the rescue of the i • Star snake editor, who with more < faith than commonsense left a five- i foot black snake to spend the night in a paper poke on his desk . i ! I The snake made two escapee j t ' . The first was about seven o’clock g ,! when it appeared at the top of the t fiews room steps as Miss Jean Me- t ! Millan, special edition worker, cam; t 1 up. It rolled past her like the curlet’ hash of a whip and climbed a door j Charles Keel, linotype operator ] eporting for night work. immediate y went an strike. His walkout last d until the snake had been eap ttred and again imprisoned. The neat escape was at 10 o'clock, .hen the snake appeared on the treet. frightening the wit* out of everal passersby. The fire depart ment boys caught It, after a vigor u« chase, and made it fast with »pe In a heavy box The snake was brought to the (.Continued on page ten.) Williams Grants Eleven Divorces As Court Adjourns Compromises Feature Civil Session {Settlement Reached hi Webber - Marlowe Highway Death; 91S5 for a Finger Judge Clawson Williams adjourn ed the civil term of Superior court Tuesday noon with a flourish of his pen that granted the eleventh di vorce here this session. Among these was that of Mary Lee Daw son, 17-year-old unwed mother who abandoned her baby on a doorstep of a Shelby home several years ago and subsequently married Willie Dawson, also a minor. She charged that WUlie had been unfaithful, and the divOTce was granted through her legal “next friend," Attorney P Cleveland Gardner. One of the most tragic highway accidents of last year was recalled in the compromise settlement of suits brought by Mrs. Barbara Web ber, widow of Vernon Webber, and Frank Y. Hicks, administrator of the estate of C. M. Marlowe, who were killed three miles west of Shelby, on Highway 20, the night of No vember 24, 1934, when they were struck by a small truck operated by ru.dr on ik. Logan-Morris Furniture company of Rutherford ton. Widow GeU $1850 Davie' employers, Mrs. L. A. Mor ris, and Dr. T. w. H. Logan, were named as co-defendants. They agreed- Ao rty jfea-. WaM»ar flflH and the Marlowe estate $1850. In'a suit bought by n employee against the Southern Railroad It was established that the first finger ; of the left hand is worth 8135. W. B. Capps was awarded this amount las a result of an injury which be fell him on January 39, 1935, when he ^was working on the tracks near Kings Mountain. In his complaint he alleged that he was using tom or “tie dogs, ’ and that a fellow em ployee suddenly turned a cross-tie in such a manner that his finger was crushed. The injury, he said, was permanent. Settlement of the Earl Byrum case, in which a 850.000 claim foi damages rising out of an automo bile accident December 3 was com promised for approximately $4,500, was the only other major action on the docket. Divorces Granted The divorces were: Oscar A. Mc Dowell from Lillie Hudson McDow ell; Connie Hill from J. H. Hill; Bertha Earney from Robert Eamey; R. F. News from Frances News; W. E. Gantt from Ruth Gantt; E. W. i Webb from Minnie Webb; Ethel | Black from George Black, and Hor ace Lee Littlejohn from Nellie Hall Littlejohn. Set Goal Of 150 At Junior College 128 Students Already Registered, With Others Expected; Dorm itories Now Full BOILING SPRINGS. Sept. 18 — Less than a week ago President A. jC. Lovelace declared that he had se. an enrollment of 125 students as I his goal, and believed that it would 'reach that before Thanksgiving. The 138th student registered early {yesterday. At noon today Mr. Love lace had moved his goal up to 150, saying that he thought there would soon be that many students en rolled. Application blanks have already been received from two or more i prospective students. Fifteen or more of the 138 are day students. Girls' Dormatory Filled It was learned this morning'that the girls’ dormitory is full “Guess I’ll have to stack the girls up," laughed President Lovelace This is the first time the girls' dormitory has been filled since the institution became a junior college Hubert Dixon, dean of men re ported that every room in the boys' dormitory was taken also. Mr. Lovelace has driven more than seven thousand miles In the interest of the r-ollcge since he came on the job in July. Hits New Deal Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia, who yesterday joined Gen. Smedley Butler In a broadside against the administration in a [speech at New Orleans. Paralysis Takes Mrs.J.B.Philbeck; Funeral Is Today Wife of Former Educator Dies Mon day Afternoon at Home Near Beaver Dam Funeral services were held at Beaver Dam church this mominj A* Susan Margaret. ttiU beck. se. who died at her home foui miles west of Shelby Monday night at 7:48. She was the widow of the late J. Bate Phil beck. Mrs. Phllbeck was for many year* ill with diabetes, and that, compli cated with a paralytic stroke Mon day afternoon, contributed to her sudden and unexpected death. Services were held for Mrs. Phll beck at Beaver Dam Baptist church in charge of her pastor, Rev. J. W. Buttle, assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall and Rev. H. C. Seefeldt. She had been a member of that church since she was 15 years of age. Husband Was Teacher Mrs. Phllbeck was the daughter of George W. Doggett and wife, Sara Anne, and In 1901 was married to J. B. Philbeck, who taught in the public schools of Cleveland county and at Gibson and Laurtnburg fol lowing their marriage. Surviving are the following chil dren: Mrs. Bynum E. Weathers, Shelby; Joseph Beattie and Charles Cullen Phllbeck. Brothers and Ma sters are Coleman A. Doggett, city alderman and manager Southern Oil company here; R. C. Doggett, Mrs. Coy McSwain, all of Shelby, and Burwell G. Doggett of Dallas 1 Mrs. Philbeck was active manager of the large farm left by her hus band and a short time preceding her death had visited relatives in Pa ducah. Ky.. and was In apparent good health until her sudden illness Monday. She was active in the work of Beaver Dam church and was vitally interested In the social wel fare of her community. Lions Will Give $150 Scholarship To 1936 Graduate The Shelby Lions club last night voted to give a correspondence school scholarship worth $190 to the boy who is graduated from Shelby High this year with the best rec ommendation from his teachers and who can get the most votes from Shelby citizens. rhe scholarship will be given to a boy who will not be able to go to tsclleie, and the award will not be based upon scholarship alor.e. though this is a primary require ment. The superintendent of schor* wi.l be askfd to recommend several toys fot' the scholarship. The boy will then ask their friends to vote for them Thus oersnoality a»’.< for them Thus, personality and will be rewarded. Murchison Sees Prosperity About To Return to U. S. He’ll Address Club In Charleston Director of V. S. Bureau Say* Nothing Fundamental In Way of Recovery ~ (By The Associated Press) CHARLESTON. S. C„ 8ept. 18 A return to the economic level of 1939 within the next 13 months was forecast' here today by Dr. C. T. Murchison, director of the U. 8. bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, who tonight will address the Charleston Propellor club. The climb back to the peak of four years ago is contingent upon the continuation of improved busi ness conditions, he said. “There Is nothing fundamental In the way of full recovery. It takes time for anything and everything in a tremendous economic system to function but now conditions are rapidly and definitely swinging up. We hope they will not stop." Stocks Fly High In Opening Rally (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-Cotton futures opened very steady, 13 to 17 advanced In response to higher Liverpool cables and active Liver pool buying. Steel and other Indus trials led » rally In early trading. U. 8. Steel and Inland Steel rose to mw 1995 highs. Chrysler gained more thap 1-3 points. Westlnghouse IJ. S. Smelting and N. Y. Central advanced a point. To Seek TVA Power For Western N. C. j RALEIGH, Sept. 17.—Dudley Bag ley, chairman, and Oeorge Steph en* of the state rural electrifica tion authority will go to Knoxville Tenn., next Friday in an effort to interest the Tennessee Valley Au thdrity in extension of power lines in Western North Carolina or to I learn how interested the TVA al lready may be. ; , Bagley said he and Stephens, who 'Is from Asheville, have an engage Jment with George W. Kable who handles rural power development [tor the TVA. He said Stephens *s optimistic over the prospects for j electrification of the rural sectio ns ! Ill the western counties with the jhelp of the new federal develop ment Presidential Work To Delay Vacation tBy Associated Press) HYDE PARK. Sept. lg. — The President announced that an ac cumulation of work would keep him in Washington until the latter pari of next week, making it very im probable he could attend the Legion convention at St. Louis. Coal Miners Drop 30-Hour Demand WASHINGTON. Sept. 18—A nev contract between soft coal miners and operators appeared to hinge solely on a question of a wage in crease as the union dropped its de mand for a 30-hour week and agreed to continue the present 35 hour schedule. Invite Your Friends To Come | During Big Fair Week Here i rmn wrrfc wui UC nume-COmUlg week. Merchants will put on spe cial bargains, J. 8. Dorton will stage the biggest and best fair ever held and to make the event complete in every way. those who live here and have friends residing elsewhere are urged to Invite them to come on a visit during fair week. The idea of combining home coming with fair week was sug gested some weeks ago and various organizations will endeavor to pro vide entertainmen The fair band (will play m the city each morning ana me iair association win aeco rate the main streets. Merchants are urged to put or special bargains for morning shop ping and provide check-roomi where shoppers may leave theii packages with perfect safety unti they have visited the fair in the afternoons and nights. A big dancf may be planned as a climax to th< week of celebration. The Star is planning to Issue a 4C to 50-page Historical and Home «Continued on page tenj Council Offers Plan To Assist A byssin ia As Naval Race Begins \ Italy Rejects it as “Absolutely Inacceptable,” Passing “Defense” Provisions; British Postpone Fleet Maneuvers The Italian cabinet passed sweeping provisions to rais« funds “for the defense of tfie East African colonies’’ and th* British admiralty indefinitely postponed regular autumr maneuvers of the rBitish fleet. ‘Peaches’ To Get $800 A Month; Husband Broke <By The Associated Press) NEW YORK. Sept. 18— Doroth Browning Hood will get 8800 month to allow her to live, Burro gate J. Delehanty decided today a he approved an order allowing th adopted daughter of the late Dadd Browning to withdraw $10,000 froii her share of her father’s S3.000.00 estate and to receive the $800 month. In her petition she said she wa without funds, and her husband C B Hood, who formerly worked fo his mother, In a Dunn, N. C., i&un dry Is now unemployed. 15,000 Applying To Drive Autoi In This County i Patrolman Greenway Issue* Appll catkins; No Charge Made By State. V - Almost. 18,000 application (or drlv ! era licenses have been sent to Ra i leigh (tom Cleveland county. Cor poral Green way of the State High way Patrol said this mbomlng. A few of these were distributed U Forest City and Spindale, he said but the majority were from Cleve land. He estimates there are ap proximately 7,000 automobiles of one type or another in the county, and that (here are about three driven to each car. The county has a popu lation of 53.000. Thire is no charge for the appli cation. and will be no charge for thf license if application is made now Highway patrolmen are empowered to witness the applications, without fee, or they may be settled by of ficers authorised to adminlstei oaths who charge the usual notary fee. Negro It Recovering From Cate Lockjaw Frank Reid, 10-year-old colorec boy, who was taken to the hospita' Sept. 1 suffering from a severe cas« of lockjaw, Is expected to recover doctors said today. He contracted the poisonins through a splinter in his foot. Many Cleveland doctors studied the pa tient, lockjaw now being extreme ly rare. nounced today after the committer evolved a plan "for the, assistance of Ethiopia." Report Nearly Complete. With the report virtually com* pleta It embraced two main point* foreign assistance in economies and i fnlancial development In Ethiopia and protection to meet any threat to the security of foreigners In Eth iopia. and Italian colonies bordeV t! Ing the empire. . | Hopes that Italy might agree to the report were discounted. "Ab * Cutely lnacceptable'as a basis for negotiations," was the comment of > the Rome delegation, which had > .suggested that if Italy like the plan 5 it might be wining to nepotist* 1 along Its lines. * Navies Marshal Strength. b Naval developments went forwtr’ ■ with Increasing momentum. In ton don it was estimated that betwe*r 135 and 180 British ships were or <hity In- thtr Mediterranean, where Italian and British movements war* gaining in velocity. Among these? I j movements was that of seversi thousand Italian troops to Lytya A Reuter's dlapatch to London the Governor of Kara province called all men to arms'under pen alty of death to slackers. Ethiopia Prepares. Emperor Haile Selassie continued to hope for peace as tils soldiers prepared- for war. •' ‘' Erance went quietly about build* inr up her fleet. Another 'Mm cruiser will be launched Bept.-jg The government intends to do noth ing to bring about a conflict with Italy, spokesmen said. A Downing street official In Lon don said nothing Justifies the ■>. sumption that England’s naval ma neuvers are being mad. In ap£. patlon of an outbreak of iuskt hostilities. He said "there U nothing whatever to Justify *av such sensational observation tJ, movements are simply preoau««. t NEGRO IS LYNCHED IN MISSISSIPPI Aasoclat<^ Press) ' OXFORD, Miss., Sept. l«—mi wood Higginbotham, negro defend ant in a murder trial hire, was He was seized Snd hanfcTO „„uc the Jury was on his case. He was on trial for the slaying of Olenr Robe.is, a white man, last May. th?Iei!!!ier‘S 01 th® mob broke Into the jail, overpowering the sheriff and three deputies. They carried mn* lnt^ th* MUntry about two miles and hanged him. **"" ' 1 ' " I ii i IW i— High School Offers Free Business Clsuis ' Special students who with to learn typewriting or shorthand will be accepted, without charge, at the Shelby High School if they ngieter within the next few days, Superin tendent of City Schools B. L. Smith said today. Any resident or former student Is eligible First year typewriting class es are at 10:50 and 13:80 daily, sec ond year classes at i:» p. a Shorthand classes are at 3:80 p. m. WEARS BROWN PARIS.—Lady MllHcent Hawes likes brown. She wears a brown wool Lelong redlngote designed with diagonal pockets and belted snugly in front.
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