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WEATHER v c lair, colder in east and ‘,'rai' severe freeze tonight. SJ’y fair- not so cold in aft prnooD in aest. The Lllkvkland Stak Member of Associated Press I VOL- XLII. No. 12 SHELBY, N. CX MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■> H U Ml IMF. (to IHCIII Carrier, per year. (to advene*! ■■ n > HM _ UN City Makes Application For $225,000.00 PWA Loan Would Be Used To Build Local Electrical Unit Baity Approve* At Chapel Hill Would Use Deisel Engine Power And Pay For Self In 12 Years. An application for a loan and grant of $225,000 with which to build an electric gen erating plant to furnish pow er for the City of Shelby, has been forwarded to T>r. H. G. Baity of Chapel Hill. It is understood his stamp of ap proval has been given and the application has been sent on to Washington for consider ation. The present city administration has been discussing for sometime the wisdom of building a generat ing plant, and made a visit to Paris, Ky, last year to inspect a Diesel plant there. Seek 45% Grant. Several manufacturers of Diesel pints have sent representatives to Shelby to present their proposition for building generating plants in which crude oil is used and Mayor Woodson and Aldermen Doggett. Riviere, Coble and Harris have look ed with favor upon the plan. While the cost of an adequate plant would be $225,000, an effort is being made to secure a grant erf 48 per cent from the government. One manufacturer has agreed to build the plant with four Diesel en gines generating 2,700 horsepower snd reoelve pay for <its investment out of saving in the cost of primary (Continued on page eight) Shaw’s Brother Killed On Road Shelby friends of W. R. Shaw, West Warren street will regret to learn that his brother, Linwood B. Shaw, age 36, was fatally injured in an automobile accident Friday morning about 1 o’clock when the Chrysler sedan which he was driv ing alone, failed to take a iurve near Vanceboro and struck a pole by the road. He died at 8:30 in a New Bern hospital. Mr. Shaw was taken to the hos pital by a passing motorists. He sustained a double compound frac ture of the left leg, a fracture of the tight leg, lacerations of the face, *nd a possible fracture of the skull. 1'uneral was held_ Saturday after noon at 4 o’clock. i — Morning Cotton letter NKW YORK, Jan. 27.—Hie ad wnp o( s to 23 points Saturday ■'’ fine more to a scarcity of con cts than to heavy buying. The actuations were generaUy within narrow Innite throughout most of t',' "rfk and outside speculative in r'^ ; )n market has not been large „" lhf uncertainty as to legal ' new farm legislation pending before congress. ''n‘th,,he acivance of sterling and tion t currenci«« with rela b(- ,h(’ dollar, following passage f'Jt nU* bU1’ Inflationary in are being drawn in many Wlr, 7nf- " h,Ch Ptobably haa had ^ influence in recent price ad Jbc immediate trend of the mar W afi? 10 depend on a^ion in PnS nf0n„With relatlon to farm haoriiin' &"d 40 the futupe plans for eotton e *e *overnment controller’ wn' E' A. Pierce & Co. Cotinn THE markets Cotton Zl \ 11% *° UHe Cotton Z ^?n’ Un —- »» ^ car lot, ton_$34.00 f..cn- York ^on at 2:30: Jan. t*M rv, ’’J°- May 11-13, July 0,1 10 «. Dee. 10.39. Where Thousands Pay Respects To Late King MUaMtBK flickering tepeni and fanmoMe pidi, the body of George V Mae in state la amOon! Woo*, minoter Hall in London. Hon the subjects of the mourned monarch an paying their last roopecta. Picture transmitted by radio. Italians Claim Slaughter Of 10,000 Ethiopian Troops As Duce Pushes On When It Rains It Pours Fast Say 3 Victims Comm* in an unsuspected wave, a series of accidents dur ing the week-end at Patterson Springs left the little commun ity wondering what was going to happen next, John Hamrick, respected term er, aged 60, fell out of his barn and was unconscious for such a period of time members of the family thought he had sustain ed a broken neck. Vqs Allen, 11-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gaither Al len fell from her bicycle and was knocked insensible for a long while. The same day, a mad dog bit Pete Sutherland and then hit his fine hog. Mr. Sutherland had to kill the dog and the porker, is having to take Pasteur treat ment now. All these accidents happened within a radius of one mile and within a few hours of each other. Mr. Hamrick and Miss Allen are much improved from, their falls. Meet In Washington BERLIN, Jan. 27.—(AV-The air ministry announced today that a special German diplomatic mission would go to Washington next month to participate in negotiations for the establishment of a trans-Atlan tic air line. (By Associated Press) The Italian government announc ed today its military forces' in Ethi opia had reported the slaying of 10,000 Ethiopians In a series of bat tles cm the southern front. The army reported it had moved as far north as Wadara, 43 miles northwest Neghelli. The action appeared to be that of an advance column moving away from the spearhead rammed into Ethiopia, north from Dolo. The advance was that of a partly motorized division commanded by General Agostini whose movements previously had been only hinted a in Italian communiques. Agostini’s men, meeting a stiff re sistance, were'reported to have led an Ethiopian counter attack into a trap, massacreing thousands of na tives in the fire of machine guna Still no definite word has emerg ed from the battle front to substan tiate who was the victor in last week’s battle near Makale. Scores Are Hurt As Train Derails CHICAGO, Jan. 27—</P)—Ten per sons were injured seriously and more than two score others were hurt when 2 cars of a 3 car Chicago Rapid Transit Company southside express jumped the rails on a curve near the Chicago stock yards early today'. None of the cars overturned but the 2 derailed tottered dizzily on, the elevated structure with the front ends overhanging the edge and tilted at an angle of almost 45 degrees over the street 35 feet be low. Hoey Opens Campaign In Charlotte, Thursday Feb. 6 Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby will of ficially open his campaign for the Democratic nomination for gover nor with an address in Charlotte on Thursday night, Febraury 6, tenta tively set for the Armory-Auditor ium. His speech will be broadcast over radio station from 8 to 9 o’clock. “At the Charlotte meeting I will outline my position on public ques tions that will be of interest in the campaign,” said Mr. Hoey, “and at later meetings in various sections of the state I will go into each ques tion thoroughly. We are expecting a big meeting and I am delighted that this campaign is being opened in Charlotte.” • Several other rUies had a^kerl tor the opening meet mg oi the Hoe\ campaign, it was revealed, including Raleigh, Greensboro and Asheville. After careful consideration it was decided to begin with the meeting in Charlotte. During the campaign, however, Mr. Hoey will speak In j every county in the state. He la onfri of the best known, if not the best' known Democratic orator in North j Carolina and in numerous cam paigns has carried the colors of Democracy into every county. Mr. Hoey declares prospects for his nomination are unusually bright and he is preparing to enter the campaign in fine shape. He is in good physical condition for a strenu ous speaking itinerary and is fac ing the fight for the nomination eagerly and in excellent spirit*, he declared Auto Tag Sales 732 Above ’35; Total b 6078 Auto ownm are buying tags better this pearthen .last. It wu indicated at the office of the Carolina Motor dub, license bu reau. . ..-mm To date 6,0TB autew. •truck* and trailers hare been sold, which i* 733 ahead of the same period last year, and which lack* only 1,077 having tags for an t registered vehicles in the county. , The number being sold each day is steadily decreasing and are said to be going mostly to old model cars or to newly bought autos. Of the 6,078 tags, 6,4011 went to automobiles, 540 to trucks and 137 to trailers. Reports from patrolmen and other officers Indicate that there have been but very few persons who tried to drive autos improperly licensed this year. Mrs. Mamie Crews Dies In Hospital; Funeral b Today Was Graduate Of Greensboro Fe male College; Had Been Hos pital Patient 3 Weeks. Mrs. Mamie Ware Crews died in the Shelby hospital this morning at 6 o’clock following an illness and treatment in the institution for three weeks. Mrs. Crews was. 58 years old and the daughter of John A. and Ola Heading Ware. After the death of her parents she made her home with her aunt, Mrs. Laura Wells on West Marion street. Mrs. Crews was graduated in music at the Greensboro Female col lege and taught in public schools and private classes in music for many years. She was appreciative ol the finer things of life, music, flow ers and children and was a faith ful member of Central Methodist church. The body is resting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wells until the funeral services which will take place at Central Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in charge of the pastor, Dr. R. M. Courtney, assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall. Interment will be in the Ware family plot in Sunset cemetery One aunt. Mrs. Augustus Ahspaugh of Barton. Oregon survives. Mrs. J. R. Dover To Be Buried In Shelby Tuesday E1U Mill Wat Named For Her Widow Of Prominent Textile Man; Nine Children Survive; Bury In ■anaet Cemetery. Funeral services tor Mrs. KUa Toms Dover, widow ot the late John R. Dover will be held from the resi dence on 8. Washington street Tues day morning at 11 o'clock and inter ment will follow in Sunset ceme tery in the family plot where her husband was buried four years ago. Funeral services will be in charge of Dr. Zeno Wall, assisted by Revs. W. A. Elam and John W. Buttle. Senring aa pallbearers will be J. L. Buttle, la P. Holland, Carl Thomp son and L. F. McBrayer, while cou sins and neighbors will be in charge of flowers. Mrs. Dover died this morning at 1 o’clock at the age of M years. About a year ago she suffered a fall and a broken hip from which she never fully recovered. For the past few weeks her condition had been quiteaarious. Before marriage M yean ago, Mrs. Dover was Ella Toms. She was bom in Rutherford county and after marriage she and her husband lived on a farm on Buffalo for eight years before moving to Shelby In lMg. She was a devoted wife and mother and wm Baptist Shurch, Mm was a member of Bm Woman's club aad Daughters of American Revolution. The Ella Mill, built and operated by her husband, was named in her honor, This mill was sold to the Consolidated Textile corporation, after which Mr. Dover was the or ganiser and operator of the Dover and Ora mills 'In Shelby. Surviving are three sons: J. Toms Dover of Richmond, Jack and Charles of Shelby, and six daugh ters, Mrs. DeWitt Quinn, Mrs. R. O. Laney, Mrs. Charles Roberts and Miss Katherine Dover of Shelby, Mrs. Frank Love of SsLxapahaw, this state, and Mrs. John Fox of Ridge wood, N. J. Two half brothers and two half sistsn also survive: H. L. Toms of Shelby, Bate Toms of Salis bury, Mrs. Baylus Justice of Ruth erford ton and Mrs. Mary Wilson Log aft of Stevensvllle, Montana. Committees For Roosevelt Ball Are Selected Committees for the President's Ball to be held Thursday night of this week were announced today by officials of the Junior Civic League which is sponsoring the event. Mayor Harry 8. Woodson is gen eral chairman of the ball which in addition to honoring the President’s birthday will gather funds to fight infantile paralysis. The mayor will address the guests at the begin ning of the evening. Tickets committee will be compos ed of Mrs. Krank Hoey, Mrs. Draper Wood and Mrs. Dan Frazier. The receiving committee will be Mrs. J. S. Dorton, Mrs. 8. F. Park er and bliss Burton Gettys. Johnny Davidson and his troupe of musicians from Charlotte will furnish the music for the occasion which will begin at ff o’clock. A large crowd is expected to at tend the Shelby affair. There will be more than 7,000 such bells in the nation the same night and more than $1,000,000 is expected to br raised to combat poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis. 2 Crash Victims LOS ANGELES, Jan. «—(*»>_ W. E. Matlock, the man aC a thou sand crack-ups, who rode with At Gordon yesterday when the racing driver crashed to death at Ascot speedway, died today. Matlock, mechanic and stunt ar tist, succumbed to internal injuries. Gordon, bis skull fractured and rbest crushed, died a short time after the accident. Mumps Troubling Schools; Two Teachers Are Added The Shelby high school began the second semester’s work with an es timated enrollment of 3.600 and a report that the average attendance has been cut short the past two to three weeks due to an epidemic or mumps. More than 100 cases are re ported to be among teachers and Ipuplls. | Two new teachers were added to | the high school faculty this week In an announcement made by Supt. B. L. Smith. Miss Mary Louise Bradley, of Lima, Ohio, has accepted the posi tion of English teacher in the local high adhool. She replaces Mrs. W. E. Abemethy. who has taught In the system for the past five and a half years. Miss Bradley received her training at Duke university, where she made an outstanding record. Miss Brad- | | ley was a classmate of Miss Bara (Continued on page eight) Makes Plea For Surfacing No. 18 h Cherokee Co. Geffaey Bariums Mm Urge* RoaUi Carotin* Road Authorities To C*R7 Out Promise. Cleveland county people win be Interested in the pie* which R. B. Johnson. Gaffney business man la malting for the surfacing of high way No. It from the state Hm to Qaffney. North Carolina surfaced this road to the state line six or eight years ago with the promise that South Carolina would connect with a sur Ur. Johnson of Gaff toJ.iL with Mr. Sawyer to pave our road from Gaffney to Shel by, N. C., and his excuse was that It would be paved juat'as soon as our county graded it. "The last time I was down then ha said this road had already been approved by all 'and would oome in the next contracts. five years I have "I have; watched the lists of con tracts every since expecting to aee this road In the letting, but for some reason. I can’t guess why, ft has been left out “ThU road will give as a direct road to Bristol, then No. 23 right straight to the Orest Lakes, being the most direct route from the r*r»»» to Columbia, Charleston and Miami. "Lay your rule on Detroit and Miami and aee how straight this route is. **I believe with this road com pleted with a few road signs from Chicago to Portsmouth, Va., from Buffalo to Marion. OKlo.'ws could make this one of the moot travelled i roads In the south. “I will appreciate It very much if you will put this road contract up | the next work is let." 4 Second Lyceum Program Tonight The second number of the enter tainment program being given by the Shelby Inter-Club Council will be given at the high school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock tonight when Miss Lucille Elmore, accompanied by a violinist and a singer, will appear In a comedy revue. Miss Elmore, cousin of Fred Stone, has appeared on the New York stage In several shows, in cluding the Stone show, Stepping Stones, and In addition to being a gifted entertainer gives an amusing ventriloquist number. ( I “Illiteracy Out” It Goal Of WP A Adult Education VtMUoMl, Recreational Awl Trade Subject* Will Be Taught. The light of day is at last break ing lor adults of this county who in their youth did not leant to read and { write and who do not know the rudiments of language and math and geography. A group of eleven teachers In adult education met with Mrs. Ben Goforth Saturday to report that above MO persons an now enrolled in the tlaiwee and this morning a plan to extend the program Into the ‘Step the "X” “We want to put a atop to the deplorable oondltlon of a man or woman not being able to read or having to put an "X" to his name.” the supervisor said. A conference was hel dwlth Mrs. L. W. Gardner who has agreed that some of the teachers wlU go Into the seven sewing rooms at least three hours per week and present courses In literacy, borne hygiene, health, sanitation, geography, home finances, etc. Mrs. Pansy Petser, supervisor of WPA recreation also agred that her agreed that her program will Include three two-hour periods per week of recreational work with the sewing room workers and possibly some other work with other WPA workers. Schedules were worked out together to prevent a duplication of the program of each unit. Glasses are also being planned for the men on WPA who may have some spare time to attend either afterneon or night classes to study some trade or vocation such as masonry, nursery care, gardening, j landscaping, carpentry, home me chanics, etc. lYle work %U1 be with both colored and whites, the county having the two divisions. Cash’s New Book To Be Out Soon , A completed manuscript on "The , Mind of the South” written by W. J. Cash of this city was mailed to \ Knopf, publishers, last week, and , will appear on the market this , spring. The book contains about 100,000 | words and Is said to be very com- ; plete. Mr. Cash has been working on the book, gathering material and i writing since writing several articles for the American Mercury some months ago. Change Is Noted In Policies Of Resettlment Work In N. C. i A fundamental change In agricul tural credit policy haa been lnaug ura.ed by the Resettlement Admin istration, which extends loans to im poverished farm families, in an ef fort to help them become self-sup porting, Regional RA headquarters announced today, through George Dedmon of the Cleveland county of fice. Under Resettlement policy, each farm family granted a loan agrees to follow approved farm and home ; management plans worked out by local supervisors, who are trained practical farmers, in on-oneration with the county agricultural agent. With this plan, Resettlement makes certain In advance of the utiliza tion of every possible method of making the farm pay and operating the home economically. At the same time, the client Is given the benefit of the farming knowledge of trained men and women who are familiar with local conditions, to the end that he may be able to repay his loan. During!1 the crop season the fanner is ex- 1 pected to confer with the supervl i ' Continued on page eight t Override Veto Of President; May Mean Taxes Gives 2 Billion Dollars To Vets Both House And Senate Act Against Wishea Of President. (By Associated Prews) WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.— Immediate payment of the ' toldiera’ bonus was made law >y Congress today over Presi* lent Roosevelt’s" veto as the Senate voted 76 to IP to over-' ride. The house had smashed daws the ihlef executive’s veto lest week 324 o SI. The two ballots, which saw top democratic leaders go qm jresldent on the iS-year-old Issue, >ut the $3,491,000,000 band payment ilan on the statute books. They raised also for Mt.’ltoaee* relt and his financial adviaem the wrlous problem of finding funds to neet the new drain on the treasury. Whether new taxes will be- asked o meet this budget outlay, which is a require Immediate expenditure of >ne billion dollars, remained to be teen. V An actual appropriation Will have » he made latav< in eante regular tupply Mil. One Near Death Four Injured In Lincoln Auto Crash ions or C. M. Walker Of EUenboro Were On Way Prom Nor folk. Vn. R. f . McClellan, Unoelntssk poul try dealer wa* sahMB tr HTTVery critical condition at the Reeves hos pital In that city today, following ui auto accident Saturday In which to received a broken leg an4>*tJttr ither persons wen injured. All In Hospital AH four ate still in Lincoln hos pitals. They are L. K. Monroe, of South Carolina and brother-in-law o Mr. McClellan, Mrs. H. W. Lall. lames and William Walker, au of lorfolk, Va. • Mrs. Lall and ths Walken were m their way to EUenboro to visit 3. M. Walker, father of the boys, when the wreck occurred. > McClellan and Monroe each have i, broken leg, and severe face lac erations and soalp Injuries, while Mrs. Lall and the Walker brothers ire badly bruised and cut about the >ody. Hospital attaches said this after toon that the full extent of their in luriee had not yet been ascertained. The accident happened about • >*elock this morning an highway ISO at a point near KUUan’s stars in test Lincoln. McClellan end Monroe wsra en •crnte to Mooresville In a light pick ip truck end the Norfolk party Was .ravelling toward Lincolnton in a "ord V-8. The cause of fibs Nkfcck •ould not be determined but both nachinee came' together„* in the niddle of the highway. So terrific was the impact that xiggage stored in the back of the Ford car was broken open. Both pars were almost completely de nollshed. Abel R Hill Dies In Kings Mountain Abel Lynch Hill, age 56. died sud ienly Sunday morning at the home >f Mrs. Mike Plonk at Kings Moun a In where he and his wife had >een living for two years. Mr. Hill had been in declining lealth and suffered a heart attack which brought the end rather, aud ienly. He was at one time sheriff if Polk county and was a licensed unbalmer. Surviving are his wife who before carriage was Miss Cira Compte of [owa and two children, Dr. L. A. ■fill of Kings Mountain and Mrs. J. E. Carrigan of Burlington. Remains ire being taken to Burlington for nterment. Mr. Hill had patented a looping Machine which is being used in the ielsler mills at Kings Mountain. • s
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