Weather mart* Carolina.: Pair. coldeP n ,.«t tonight. Saturday fair, wlder in west, and central. The grikaikmd Styx VOL. XLI. No. 134 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1935 Published Monday, Wedi!tsdu> and Friday Afternoons. ■y M -U. D*f year, (to ad*anaa> Carrier. net year, an advance! ti.J) UM Auto Races, Holiday HugeParadePlanned; Final Plans Released To Make Awards For Beautful Floats In Show Shelby Legion Brings Race Program Most Colorful Celebration In Years Planned By Ameri can Legion Officials. Shelby will join the nation n paying tribute to its Work War dead. Monday, with A gi zantir Armistice Day cele bration arranged by the War ren V. Hoyle Post. No. 82, American Legion. Directed by Everett Houser, com mander of the local legion group and secretary of the Shelby cham ber of commerce, the patriotic dem onstration will include military pa rades. drill competitions, dancing and six big events of Eastern cham pionship automobile racing. Colorful Parade Ito wiR be gaily-bedecked floats, uniformed soldiers, Khaki - dad i gionnaires, Gold Star moth oi iraternalists, Boy Scouts and one leaders included in the ex toded line of march. Stirring music •ill be furnished by drum and bugle fflrps from the Greenville, S. C., and Gastonia legion posts. Merchants will co-operate by de claring a half holiday while the celebration is In progress. The court bouse and post office will also close »t noon. School will close at 10:30 for the parade, but wtll resume tgam at 1 o'clock on regular sche dule. To Make Awards Awards will be made four the three best commercial floats in the pa The judges, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey. Mrs. H. T. Hudson and Mrs. George A. Hoyle, will reveal the identity of the winners at the Cleve land county fair grounds prior to the program of auto racing. Scheduled to get under way WOBiptlv at 11 a. m., the parade will form on South Washington street * 10:30. Prom the starting point, "be line of march will proceed north ® Washington street to Marietta, •est on Marietta street to LaPay *fe. south on LaPayette to Grigg •fceet, At. the conclusion of the pa i'tde, all participating organizations ivp repair to the Cleveland county l«r grounds. Auto Races At the conclusion of the Amen | **Automobile association sanc *DW* 8”t<> races, scheduled to be Worvtinued on page twelve) Morning Cotton LETTER , ^ ORK, Nov. 8.—There was J“rfdb!fc broadening in the de Ior c°tton yesterday and the «g p!°v(»d somewhat more gen I J»i thaa has recently been the better. "e strong sP°t situation and ^ment in world textile fields ior^n, 50 ** gradually encourag b*v« , la<>*. ton .»«. I U«'jInrk,COtton at 2;3( i* t£ '• 1 - 1130, Oct. 10.99, Methodist Church Greet New Pastor Renovating And Painting Completed And Service Will Be In Auditorium. J An unusually large crowd is ex |pected to attend the Sunday morning ! service at the Central Methodist i church when Rev. R. M. Courtney j meets his Shelby congregation for the first time in the new conference ! year. Painting and renovating will be completed some time Saturday and the congregation will gather in the auditorium, according to J. R. Mc Clurd. Scaffolding is now being re moved. Baptists To Join No elaborate program has been arranged to greet the new minister, but on Sunday evening the congre gation of the First Baptist church and perhaps others of the city will join the Methodists in the evening service. Music for the day was announced by Miss Nettie Rayle, director. The ■Sunday morning anthem win be J “God Is a Spirit.” For Sunday even ing the antHem will be “Bless the Lord” by Ivanoff. Miss Rayle will also sing “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains” by Harker. Rev. Mr. Courney brings to Shel by his wife and a son. Merle, the latter entering the local high school, He is not a stranger to Shelby peo ple, having been presiding elder 01 the district at one time. PWA Road Work To Begin Soon Totals $111,300 Representing a total cost of tlll - 300 are the highway projects in Cleveland county which will e launched within the next few days under the supervision of the high way department and the PWA. Following is a summary of the work, described by Capus Waynick. state highway road head. On U. S. 74, approaches to overhead crossing over Southern Railroad at Kings Mountain, grading and concrete paving, 0.2 of mile, estimated total cost, $8,100; same designation 0.5 of mile, estimated total cost, $21,900. On county road in Grover, grad ing and topsoil surfacing, 1.3 miles, estimated cost $17,700; another in Grover, 0.8 of mile, cost $4,000; on county road, Shelby to Grover and spur to Karl, grading, structures and topsoil surfacing. 11.5 miles, esti mated total cost, $11,300. Many To Thieves Use Crowbar, Clipper To Rob Freight Depot Of Candy A bold robbery, forced at the point of a crowbar, bolt clippers and possibly other burglars' tools yas affected late last night at the freight station of the Seaboard Depct. Officers were searching this morn ing for a tall, angular, square fea tured man who was said to have , made suspicious inquiries to sta tion attaches there yesterday noon. The thieves failed to get anything more than a few cases of candy, but caused considerable damage to doors trying to get in This was ; the second robbery of the Seaboard i freight station within the pas! i eight months, the former entry re sulting in the theft of nearly $1,00 , worth of cigarettes. Entrance last night was made by prying woodwork and lock supports 11.141.000 Bales Seen In Official Monthly Forecast Local Markets React With Advances Production Estimated Half Million Bales Below Re* port Month Ago. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.— A cotton crop of 11,141,000 bales of 500 gross weight was forecast in a report issued to day by the department ol agriculture as indicated from conditions November 1. A production of 11,646,000 was in dicated a month ago. Last year’s crop was 9,626,000; the 1933 crop 113.047.000 bales. Ginnings from this year’s crop i prior to November 1 were reported ‘by the Census Bureau to have totalled 7,749,355 running bales, counting round bales as half bales and exclusive of linters. Ginnings to that date a year ago were 7,917,671; two years ago 10,355,031. North Carolina The indicated crop this year in cluded; North Carolina, 600,000; ! Carolina, 750,000. Ginnings to November I included 143,881, round bales counted as half bales and 7,325 of American Egyp tian, compared with 148,430 and 7, 1759 in 1934, and 430,183 and 2,468 in 1933. i Ginnings by states included North ! Carolina 393,503: South Carolina, 615,186. Prices Advance Prices saw an advance of about 25 points on the strength of the re port. The condition of the entire crop I was reported to be about 86.1 per cent normal. Kingsford Smith Last Seen Over Bay Of Bengal SINGAPORE, Nov. 7.—(AP)— Straits Settlements darkness fell over the Malacca strait tonight without further word from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, missing on a flight from England to Aus tralia. The noted pilot and his co ; pilot, Tom Pethybridge, were last ! cited by C. J. Melrose who reported I he had flown over their jjlane over i the1 Bay of Bengal. I Melrose, a prize winner in the | London-Melbourne air derby last ! year announced he was abandoning his own flight from England to Australia to assist Royal air pilots tomorrow in search for the missing men. Ships in the Bay of Bengal were warned by wireless to keep a sharp lookout. Aviation experts expressed fear for the safety of the famous trans oceanic flier, who began his latest flight on Wednesday. away with some metal instrument In the front office and smashing through a secondary door to get In to the freight compartment. The office safe was unmolested and invoices showed all materials except the candy to be safe. Get away was presumably made in an automobile or light truck. Strange tracks “were partially obliterated by light showers later in the night. Apparently a first attempt to gain access through a window fail ed. A light was broken out and nails drawn, but iron bars and fastenings held. The thieves turned over a keg of water and left tracks which may lead to clues on a piece of tin in the room. Officers were searching this morning for what might lead to | possible clues. | The Homestead of Today V v There ni a time when the word “homestead" meant a large tract of uncultivated land on which, in a log cabin of his own making, the pioneer lived. Here, abovfe, in'* one of the 10 modern, equipped homes supplied selected homesteaders at Longview, Wash., in the Federal Resettlement Homestead Project. Bach of the “home steaders” reimburses the government $18 a month. Blanton And Upton Get 2 To 110 Years In McSwain’s Death i —1 *****tvw •**•*,* •• Jack Blanton and Monroe Upton, young white men, drew a verdict of second degree murder in the Su perior oourt yesterday and were sentenced by Judge Hoyle Sink to serve not'less than two years nor more than ten in the state prison. They were charged with inflict ing a wound with a rock on the head of Irvin McSwain near the home of Lee Cabaniss, farmer, liv ing between Shelby and Pineview lake bn the night of July 13th. McSwain was found an hour or more later under his wrecked car after Blanton, Upton and McSwain had quarreled on the road and a rock was thrown at McSwain. The rock struck McSwain in the head but he went on to Pineview lake and after discharging his two pas sengers, started home alone in his car. The car was over turned and paaaeraby found him unconscious After lingering for several days he died in the hospital from a blood clot on the brain, the surgeon tes tifying that a blow caused his death. Evidence revealed tjjat the three were drinking the night ol the fight. If the prisoners avail themselves of time off for good behavior in prison, they might be discharged in 18 months. Three Divorces No contested civil cases were tried at this term of court, the criminal docket being heavy. How ever, three uncontested divorces were granted yesterday before ad journment of the term. F. L. Leon ard vs. Florence Saul Leonard; Yates Hayes vs. Chacy Rabb Hayes; Bryan DeVan vs. Essie May DeVan. Visits Planned To 4H Clubs Next Week For Reports A series of visits to all the 4-H clubs in the county will be made within the next few days for a final check-up on records, club work and projects carried out this summer and fall. Making the visits will be the ex tension workers of the county, the county agent and his assistant and the home demonstration agent. All club members in the various communities are asked to present their reports at that time. The communities and the schedule of time Is given as follows: Saturday, November 9 Beaver Dam, 10 o’clock. Tuesday, November 12: Belwood, 8:40; Waco, 11 o’clock; Patterson Grove. 7 o'clock. Wednesday, November 13: No 3. !3 o’clock. | Thursday, November 14: Shang hai. 10 o’clock; Sharon, 11 o'clock. Friday, November 15: Casar, 10 ! o’clock. Monday. November 18: Boiling Springs, 10:30 o’colck. Tuesday, November 19: Beth ware i 10:30 o'clock ; Wednesday. November 20: Beth ilehe* 9 o’clock; Grover 10:30 Thursday, November 21. South Shelby, 7 o’clock Friday, November 22 Fallstor. 1 o’clock; Mt. Pleasant, 10 o'clock There is a possibility of a change in the time for Mt. Pleasant, Beth lehem and Grover meetings. When the final reports are in the clubs will be re-organized for the new year's work. There are more than 500 young farm boys and girls enrolled in the work. Italians March Unopposed Into Ethiopian Cities By Associated Press Italians troop marched unoppofeec into Makale today and the corres pondent of the Giornale Oltalia ai Mogadiscio, Italian Somaliland, re ported that Italian troops had tak en the town of Gonahei in Ogader Province, south Ethiopia. General Emilio de Bono, comman der of the east African forces re ported the victory to Rome: "Oui Flag, which was lowered on Janu ary 22, 1896 from the fort, of Ma kale, was unfurled anew over th< fort at 9 a. m.” Deserter Enters Striding before the Italian columr Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa, Makale’: former governor who deserted U Italy. was the first to enter th< conquered city. Behind him Italian legions pour ed in from three sides, their ad vance unhindered. Eight miles to the east a colunu of black shirts occupied the villagi of Dole. City residents who had noi fled before the occupation came for ward to greet their conquerors wltf white flags, smiles, hens and eggs. Defenders Gone Defending forces of Emperoi Haile Selassie's army hac left th< city before the Italian march start ed at Daw a Ra.-. Gugsa set himsel up as governor of Tlgre province ii the palace he had deseried Makale is to be his capital ant headquarters for the invading army Already the Ethiopian defender: were preparing for action at Dessye Departure of the emperor for th< front was believed imminent. Miss Esther Quinn Seriously Injured i As Train Hits Car | Roommate Dies Of ; Injuries Two Other* Injured In Collision In Qreemboro Yeeterday Afternoon. [ An Associated Frees dispatch at t o'clock today stated that Mies Helen William*. IT, of Max ton and one of three In the Greensboro auto-train crash, died this morning- She was a roommate of Miss Esther Ann Quinn of Shelby both at Flora McDonald last year and at W. C. U. N. C. this year. Charles Simmons, the driver Is being held charged with man slaughter. He was only slightly Injured. Mis* Esther Ann Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Quinn, and I student at W. C. U. N. C., Greens boro, was seriously injured yester day afternoon at 1:20 when the car in which she was riding with two others was struck by a train of the I Atlantic and Yadkin railway at a 'grade crossing In Greensboro. A message received last night from her aunt, Mrs. Frank Love, of Saxa pahaw, who reached Greensboro yesterday afternoon, stated that she haul suffered a broken pelvic bone ancf lacerations about the head and face which had caused the loss of three teeth. An account of the accident, appearing In today's Greensboro News stated that she "complained of chest pains." Her | condition, however. Is not constder jed critical. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn and Charles Roberts left for Greensboro i late yesterday afternoon. In the car with Miss Quinn when the accident occurred were Miss Helen Williams of Maxton, who suf fered head Injuries with a possible fracture of the skull and was in a I serious condition last night, and .Charles W. Simmons of Greensboro, driver of the car. who received sev ere bruises and minor cuts. Officer F. B Money, who Inves tigated the crash, reported that the car was badly smashed and came to rest In a ditch beside the tracks 115 feet from the point of impact. Mr. Simmons told the officer that no warning signal was blown by the trainmen as they approached the crossing, but E. M. Patterson, of Ramseur, fireman on the train, as serted that the whistle had been blown for the crossing. Occupants of a passing car saw the train stop suddenly and, noting jthat there had been a crash, tele phoned for an ambulance. The i three Injured were taken to Wesley Long hospital for treatment. Shelby Man Injured | In Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. Nov. 8—A six wheel truck and trailer toppled over early yesterday while the. driver was 'making a left turn. Chives A. Law ! rence, 33. of Shelby. N. C., a pas ■ senger on the truck, was treated at Emergency hospital for a possible skull fracture. Police said the truck, from Besse !mer City, N. C.. was driven by Her Ibert Hoopaugh, 30. Free Airplane Show Includes Upside-Down And Stunt Flying Two zooming plane* that fly up |side down, cut loops, cut ribbon*, !and whose pilots give parachute ex hibition* will t* at the new corv jstructed Byers airport this week end A free program of stunt hying wtii be carried out from time to | time and m the meantime the pilots will do passenger flying Both planes are already In the j city, piloted by Joe Musleh, Syrian flying ace from Jacksonville Flor ida and winner of nice prizes in the air races at Miami last year. Joe ha* had 10 years flying experience and travels in a K-5 Eaglerock j whirlwind motored plane ■ County Relief Office * Spends $70,000Last Year, Reduces Rolls Plan Study Work At Presbyterian ChurchNextWeek N. (I. SyiAjd Lender And Davidson Professor Will Be In Charge Of Work A special series of studies in re iigiou: edtvatidh is being planned for next week at the Prr.sb'»: nan church when church leaders hope to arouse the whole congregation to consider phases of religious train: tor ah ages of people. The course of studies will be un Uf r the direction of Rev. J. Oe.lv r Mann, director of religious educa tion In the Synod of North Caro lina. A faculty of three add!'Iona’ helpers has been secured. Dr. P. H. Gwynr. Each evening a popular address <»i U.i ..uitiTU subject of itiisiou:: education will be made by a mem ber of the faculty. Sunday. Novem ber 10. 1:30 P. M.. Dr. Price H. Uwyrm of Davidson college wttl make the popular address. Following this first period each evening Rev. J. Oscar Mann w lead a group In the study of “Th Christian Home and Parent Train ing”; and Miss Jane Hall of Wil mington will lead all-officers am teachers in a course on "What tc Teach." Rev. L. P. Burney of Char lotte will make popular addresst. In the last evenings of the school which will run November 10-14. Sunday at' 11 A. M„ Rev. J. Osc. Mann will preach from "the pul; of the Shelby Presbyterian church where the school Is to be conducts The departmental Sunday school will meet "at 9:45 A M.; and tlv young people at 7 P. M. A cordial invitation is extended by Rev. H. N McDiarmid and his congregation to all the services. Bid Receiving Date Moved Back 4 Days The date for the acceptance of bids for >50,000 worth of construc tion Jobs on rural Cleveland school buildings has been moved back from November 21 to November 35. ac cording to county superintendent J |h. Orlgg this morning. | Mr. Orlgg said this would effect I buildings at Belwood. Casar. Pied mont, Lawndale and Fallston, anc I this only for four days. | -- STEP-SON OF J. E. WEBB PASSES IN GA8TONU t j - Funeral services for Charles Hii bert Smith, age 17, were held ii Gastonia yesterday from the resld ence of his grandmother, Mrs. Cash on S. Broad street. Young Smttl had been ill for two weeks with dou ble pneumonia. He was a step-soi of J. E. Webb, former Shelby clti zen. John Crawford, 25-year-old yout) 'from Birmingham, Ala., will pilo | j, five passenger J-5 Standard whic] !was formerly used "for U. S. mai transportation and hat been alter >d for this type of flying He ha five years flying experience Botl pilots and planes are licensed. Motors in the planes are said t ;he the same typ-- Lindbergh used t make his initial non-stop flign I across the Atlantic in 1927 The planes will begin their pro jgram this afternoon and will con |tlnue Saturday and through Sun jday afternoon. Joe and Johnny wil put on their acts above the loca : landing field Parachuting will de ‘pend on the weather. ; Poor And Hungry Folk Cared For; | July Peak Month Spent $5,239.95 Last Month For Relief .Mrs. Goforth Reveals Nearly 1,000 Less Than 1934 Now On Roll. How poor and hungry peo ple in Cleveland county are being fed and cared for and provided with jobs is reveal ed in a report just made at the local Emergency Relief d'r'ic.e which shows that dur ing the past 12 rhonths ap proximately $70,000 has been '•went here for relief, and ’i enough cases have been drop | ped and jobs found for people | io reduce the roll to nearly 1, 1)00 less than last year’s fig tm. The present case load stands at 381 cases or 1,936 person* and aslm Uar report last year Indicated that | there were 3,030 persons on relief In 'this county. Mrs,. Beh H. Goforth is head case worker for the Cleveland office which is part of the N. C. E. R. A district with headquarters in Gas tonia. "We feel that much progress is being made." she said as she ex plained a number of the details oi her report. October Expenses During the month of Otftober, 05. 1239 95 was spent in the county, on the relief program. of which 04;* 692.80 wo.* for Clothing, food, and medicine. The concentrated relief loads have been in Shelby and Kings Moun tain. but aid has been extended to rural districts. July was the peak month for this year as 2,340 persons were register ed, caused by a lull in textile work The number has gradually decreas ed since that time. New Set-Up "Persons cant be on relief and work for the WPA at the same time.” Mrs. Goforth said. “This office holds their names until they have drawn two weeks pay on the WPA. and then they are dropped from our I rolls." Certification for Work Relief | comes from person^ who have been on relief since last May. Mrs. Goforth feels that Cleveland county has one of the best records for relief administration in the dis trict. She has a complete set of rec ords for all activities since she as sumed her duties as head case work er. Other case workers are Miss I Caroline Long, Mrs. T. W. Hamrick ' and Mrs. George. Thompson. Mrs. ■ E. W. Neal resigned last week to II take up teaching at Tryoh In Gas • ton county. Miss Alice Goode King 1 is intake secretary. W* Lawrence Td Speak Before Union Here R. R. Lawrence, president of the State Federation of Labor will ’ speak to members of the local tex tile union in the Union hall, Arey building on S. Washington street i Saturday evening at 7:30, it was i announced this morning by Paul i Christopher, state president of the 1 United Textile Workers. * Mr. Lawrence, who is fresh from a i attending the American Federation i of Labor meeting In Atlantic City will give a report on this national 3 convetnlon and also discuss the sub* i ject “Will the textile workers be t able to keep the eight hour day’*’ Fire Does $500 Damage Fire winch originated in a closet, ■ did an estimated damage of $500 to : a residence on Sumter street this l morning. Tht residence is occupied ■ by Pinegar Spradley. according tg the fire chief’s records.