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VOL. XLI. No. 134
Member of Associated Press
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1935 Published Monday, Wedi!tsdu> and Friday Afternoons.
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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<nce in higher prices. To
"?°rt * not expected tc
Im m ’important variation from
* the nr/1 flgures- The average
7ie]d *** estimates indicates a
8*lfr«e ar°IJnd 500,000 bales
SgtalL-'''!6 «e apparently start
purctj- -■-’nish and we believe that
Wit wo around the present
" -D-ove a Stood investment
-- A. Pierce <& Co.
I 'We- Jr~ markets
«<*<* .. to
«*4, ton .... S33.0<
I <mr ><>*. 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
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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.
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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.