WEATHER > carol'nas: Fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler Tuesday. The Allevewnd Ztak Member of Associated Press VOL. XLII, No. 54 SHELBY, N. a MONDAY, MAY 4, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. A ■T M U. DO MU. (ID Mrumi _ uw i'«rnrt mi r»*r. iin idTum _ ti/fk Building Surpasses 3-Year Record With $71,000 In Permits Progressive Spirit In Entire County As Skill ed Labor Becomes Scarce; Materials Show No Price Gain. Surpassing any month in the past three years, $71,828 in building permits were issued by the city of Shelby during April, and the city and county in enjoying one of the most nrnoTcssivp nerinds of huildinc seen here sinre 1Q99 Skilled labor is being sought at a premium and brickmasons are the hardest to find of any of the tech nicians. There has been a decided increase in employment, with 212 placed on jobs by the local employ ment office, 200 of which went in to private employment or PWA jobs. Theatre Building. The largest single item in the rec ord breaking month is the $50,000 theatre on which construction was begun during the week-end, initiat ed by R H. Rogers, local business man. Addition of a power unit in the Shelby cotton mills some three years ago was the last project which exceeds the present figure. Nearly a score of residence in the city are being erected, as well as a number of places of business. Among the largest items appearing In the report made by W. Y. Crowder, in spector are the county agricultural building, costing $7,820; four houses on East Pinkney street by Henry B Edwards. $2,200; a dwelling by H L Nolan, on Thompson street, 12,5000; a dwelling by Roy Newman $1,000; a filling station by Charles 1T Eskridge. $2,500: .addition hi Bosts Bakery, $1,500. In The County. Out in the county the main build ing boom which has been going or Continued on page two) $5 Bill Blown Up From Gainesville, Ga. Is Found In A Field A *5 bill soiled with red mud and bearing every evidence that It was blown here during the Gainseville, Ga., tornado, was found In a field on the Ed Blanton farm in the Beaver Dam community a few days ARo by J. b. Ashley. The out of the way place where It was found and its soiled condition leads all to be lieve that it was wafted a distance of 190 miles during the storm. It will be recalled that checks and pa pers bearing Gainesville printing and signatures have also been found in the county. Ashley spent the bill at Hamrick Brothers Service Station and Mr. Hamrick who was in Shelby this morning was debating whether to keep the bill as a souvenir or spend h Morning Cotton LETTER N'K a YORK, May 4.—The market *'owed losses of about 7 points on ™;lv. H on July and 18 on Oct. at c cnd °f the week, compared with F rumis woek. The decline werp due freely to hedge selling against pur ^ °f 'oan cotton and some "initiation on improvement in “rather conditions in the south. The support was largely from foreign trade sources, the CCC an oouneed at end of week that re ,’s for release of cotton In 12c ..oans amounted to 1189,123 bales 'Hi May l. Under present plans only one million bales will be re / rfi "P to Sept. l. At the same 'nf producers pool reported hold s'- of futures amounting to 618,000 r with total holdings of spot °n in pool 216,000. We believe ‘Teasing resistance will be met on u.‘\ "rther declines from present *evd —E. A. Pierce & Co. r„„ THE MARKETS r "n' Spot . UK * c" 0n seed- "**on, ton .... $33.0 °n seed, car lot, ton_$36.0 Close on New York cotton fo ,Jan 102°- Mar. 10.23, Ma July 11.06, Oct. 10.16, Dei f No. 3 Sets Record With 48 Seniors; | Medals Awarded Graduates 48 Seniors, Thought To Be Largest In Rural School Ranks. The most widely attended clos ing exercises of the No. 3 school system in the history of the schools were climaxed Saturday afternoon with the graduating exercises of the : senior class and the making of an jr.ual awards to honor students. | Thought by Principal Lawton Blanton to be the largest graduat ing class in the history of rural i Cleveland county schools, diplomas were presented to 48 seniors. Prof. A. C. Lovelace president oi Boiling Springs junior college de livered the literary address in the final gathering Saturday afternoon after the high school and the ele mentary units at Patterson Springs Earl and Elizabeth had enjoyed other events during the week. Medal winners were Nell De Loatch, scholarship and valedictor ian closely rivalled by Ruth Wright Mary Love Bettis, most versatile Mary Belle Humphries, reader Lewis Davis, declaimer; Prank Cornwell, all around athjete, with second place going to James Pon der; dramatic, Jessie Lois Hulsey. Approximately $2,000 in scholar ships in six southeastern states will be given to the following students who also ranked high in scholar ship, to whom the awards have al ready been made: Mike Lowery, Nell DeLoatch, Ruth Wright, Louise Kendrick, Mary Love Bettis, Mil dred Bari, Pansey Blanton, Frank Cornwell, Helen Borders, Sarah Thrift, Roy Weathers, Lucille Hen drfCk, Gladys Whisnant, Robert Spangler, Margaret Horton, Jessie Lois Hulsey, Mary Belle Humphries, G. C. McClure, jr. Former Shelby Lady Passes In Daville Shelby friends of the W. D Wig gins family regret to learn of the death in Danville, Va., of Mrs. W. D. Wiggins who formerly lived here where her husband was in charge of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company office. She had been sick for sometime. Funeral services were held in Danville Sunday afternoon at four O'clock at the home of her moth er, Mrs. Ida L. Lentz. Surviving are her husband, three children, Evelyn, Mary Lee and William Wiggins, jr., her mother and four brothers. Mrs. Wiggins was a member of the First Baptist church of Shelby. Telephone Rates Cut In County And Over State Retroactive To Oct. 1 Last Year New Rates Which Go In Effect In Shelby, Kings Mountain, Grov er and Waco. Telephone subscribers of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph compand which has systems in Shelby, Kings Mountain, drover and Waco are to benefit in a state wide rate reduction. An agreement was signed in Ra leigh Saturday between officials of the telephone company and the members of the Utilities Commis sion. Litigation had been under way over telephone rates for the last 16 months and this agreement on low er rates is a compromise of the case which has been pending in the courts. The rates are retroactive to Oc tober 1, 1935 and subscribers of the telephone company will receive re funds representing the amount they have been overcharged, on the basis of the reduced rates, for the period between October 1, 1935 and May 31, 1936. About 80,000 subscribers to thi Southern Bell service in North Car olina will be benefitted close tc $300,000 annually by the rate reduc tions. Subscribers will be refunded the difference between the new rates \ and the old rates since October 1 I of last year. Just how this refund I will come, has not been announced whether by check or credit on fu ture telephone bills. New Rate* New rates to be placed In effect on June 1st for Shelby are as fol lows; Shelby, business phones: one oar ty, tt.15rtwo-Wtri3.25; three party $2.75; rural subscribers *2.25 Shelby, residential rates: One party $2.25; two party $2.00; three party $1.50; rural $1.75. • Kings Mountain, business phones: One party $3.50; two party $3.00; three party $2.50; rural $2.25. Resi dential rates: One party $2.25; twe party *1.75; three party $1,550; ru ral $1.50. v Grover rates: Business phones: One party *3.00; two party $2.50; three party $2.00; rural $1.75. Residential rates: one party $1.75; two party *1.50; three party $150; rural $1.50. Waco rates: business phones: One party $3.00; two party $2.50; rural $1.75. Residential rates: One party $1.75; two party $150; rural $150. Rioters Set Fire To Churches And Schools In Spain MADRID, Spain, May 4.—(VP)— Rioters, inflamed by rumors that priests were distributing poisoned candy to children, set fire to more than 12 Roman cathode churches, schools and monasteries. At least 34 persons, including 32 nuns were wounded. The fierce rioting since October, 1934, spread through the north part of the cajJttal. Five churches, two convent schools and two homes of priests were destroyed by rioters who cut fire hoses and threatened'firemen attempting to save the building. Rioters exchanged gunfire with squads of civil guards attempting to clear the streets. Is 77 Years Of Age And Has 77 Living Children, Grandchildren James Monroe Hawkins is 77 years of age and has a child or grandchild for each of the years of his life. That is he has nine living children and 68 grandchildren. This record was brought to life on last Sunday when the children and grandchildren all came to the Hawkins homeplace at Trinity in No. 2 township to honor the birth day of Mr. Hawkins who reached a milestone on April 27. Mr. Hawkins is one of the most remarkable men in the western part of Cleveland county in that he has reared such a large family, has always worked hard, and still goes to the field, has his entire cot ton crop planted and is ready to begin the other field work. “If I didn't have it planted, I wouldn't be here,” he told a re porter here today, having come to Shelby to see about this new farm program, which he said he was be ginning to like mighty well. He cul tivates a 30-acre farm practically hlone. In his married life of 87 years he has reared nine children, all of whom are now living. Mrs. Haw kins is still able to work around the house and garden. Before mar riage she was Miss Evaltne Mathey of Rutherford county. She is now 73. Twenty-three years of Mr. Haw kins’ life was spent at Caroleen at the cotton mill, and his boys are now connected with mills in Cleve Continued on page two) Straw Newspaper Balloting Indicates Second Primary Straw balloting being conducted by 24 newspapers in North Carolina to ascertain the sentiment of the voters on the governor’s race, indi cates that a second-primary will b< necessary to settle th^ nominatior between Clyde R. Hoey and Dr Ralph McDonald. Percentages in the first 80 coun ties to report give McDonald 48 pel cent of the total vote cast. Hoey li second with about 34 per cent ol the vote and Graham is third wltl 17 per cent. McRae has been giver only 2 per cent of the total. Hoey Strong In West. At the same time that voters lr the populous piedmont countiei were showing a preference for th< McDonald candidacy, 17 counties ir the Asheville district expressed i distinct preference for Hoey. Thi Sh#»lhv Iftwvpr ku) n pIpup Ip art n1 better than 2 to 1 over McDonald and 3 1-2 to 1 over Graham. In 10 counties In the Charlotte area, where botn Mr. Hoey and Ueut. Gov. Graham ere well known Hoey has about 5£ per cent of the total vote. McDonald Is given 33 1-2 per cent with Graham and McRae splitting the remainder. Cleveland county. In the Charlotte area Is giv 1 lng Hoey an 87 per cent vote while McDonald has a 3 to 2 advantage over Hoey In Mecklenburg county. Forsyth la Loyal. If Hoey's home precincts may be rated as faithful to his candidacy the bailiwicks of McDonald are equally as loyal to their favorite ! son. Returns from Forsyth count) and eight nearby counties give Mc ' Donald a 3 to 1 vote over Hoey Continued on nan> two) Agent Advises To Plan Crop For Co-operationln “AAA” -- 1 Although the actual time first al jloted to filling out work-sheets far compliance with the new farm pro gram Is over, County Agent Wil kins pointed out today that there will possibly be an extension of time for the worksheets and strong ly advised all farmers to plant ac cordingly. “Plan to plant your cotton, corn, legumes and other crops in a pro portion that will allow you to fill out the worksheet a little later and be in line for payment* next fall.” Just when the work wyi be done is not now known, but it will likely be In the next two weeks. Hundreds of farmers are already signed up and have met necessarj requirements, but there are a num ber of others for which the follow' ing rules about worksheets will b< valuable information: Where one or more farms in thi same county under the same own ership are operated in ’ 1936 as i single farming unit by the sami operator, they will be covered b; one worksheet. If two or more farms are operat ed by the same person, but are un der different ownership, each sep arately owned farm will bo coverei Continued on.page two) Hagood Serves One Day, Retires To Write A Book WASHINGTON, May 4.—(JP)—Ma jor General Johnson Hagood, after serving only one full day as com manding officer of the sixth army corps area at Chicago, requested im mediate retirement today. In a com munication received here at the same time from Chicago the veter an offlcr, who spent seven weeks in military exile after he criticized NRA spending policies, announced he expected to go to his home in Charleston, S. O., to write a book. “In It” he said, “I shall show how the United States can get much bet ter national defense at much less cost to the taxpayer” During part of the time he has been on Inactive duty, after losing command of the 8th corps area, General Hagood has worker with Sears Roebuck ft Co. He is under stood to have been tendered a per manent position with that firm but to have decided against accepting an active business oonnectinn. He would automatically retire for age next year on his sixty-fourth birthday. McDonald Voted For Sale Tax On j Meals And Rooms Although Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidate for governor in the Democratic primary to be held June 6 is making his fight against the sales tax the paramount issue in this campaign, it 1s charged that he voted for a sales tax on the gross receipts of hotels and restaurants from meals and rooms. He denied that he had voted when the statement was made by Clyde R. Hoey, but a copy of House Jour nal of the 1935 session of the gen eral assembly shows that Mr. Mc Donald did vote for such a sales tax. The house of representatives of which he was a member at the time, had under consideration a bill to levy a sales tax on the gross re ceipts from meals and rooms. On page 800 of the House Journal it reveals that a vote was taken and Dr. McDonald voted for the sales tax. His statement now being made in the campaign in which he is so bitterly opposing the sales tax in any form, do not square with his recorded vote. Zero MuD, Aged 76 Ends Own Life By Jumping Into Well Despondency brought on by a loni period of ill health and a weakene< mind was responsible for the deatl yesterday morning at six o’clock fo; Zero Mull, 76-year-old farmer o upper Cleveland whp ended his lift by jumping into his own well when he was drowned. Funeral services for Mr. Mul were held this afternoon at Casa: Baptist church at 2 o’clock with hi pastor Rev. W. G. Camp of Cher ryville in charge. A large crowd o his friends and relatives was pres ent for the final rites. Had Been Watched Mr. Mull had been dismissed fron the Shelby hospital a few days agi and was at his home, and it was re ported he had been nervous an< restless, and his wife and othe: members of the family had beei watching him. On Sunday morning he arosi rather early, saying he was goini to walk around a little. He was sooi missed and a search was started He was discovered to be In thi family well. He was still struggling but was drowned before the fam ily could get enough help ant equipment to rescue him. It wa nearly one and a half hours before he could be reached. Coming from one of the mos prominent families in Clevelan< county, Mr. Mull was lohg connect ed with the Cleveland Mill anc Power company as manager of thei; Casar store. He later had a mer cantile business of his own. He wa. considered a good farmer, and al ways took an active part in count; politics Survivors are his wife, who wa before marriage Miss Etta Hull, hi; death breaking a marriage tie o nearly 80 years There are three son; and two daughters, Dr. W. P. Mull surgeon and commander in thi United States Naval Service h Washington, D. C.; Fred Mull, o Shelby. Charles Mull, of Gastonia Mrs. Prank Price of Chase City, Va and Mrs. J. O. Hoyle of Casar. A brother Attorney John Mul lives in Morganton and anothe: bi other, Arch Mull, lives in Cali fomia. Interment will be in the Casar Baptist church cemetery. No Opinion Today WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4. UP—Another opinion session fallec to produce a supreme court rulini today on constitutionality of the Guffey coal act. 21 Candidates Out For County Office In Coming Primary Seven Offices Still Vacant ; - List Of All Flirt! Given By Chair man Mull; Ends This Week. — ■ ■ - At two o'clock today 21 candidate* tot major and minor political of I flees In Cleveland county for the I Democratic primary of June 6 had filed with Board of Elections Chair man John P. Mull, the latest three to file being the board Incumbent of commissioners whose member! tiled this morning. The commissioners are Chairman J. L. Herndon, Joe E. Blanton and George Cornwell, the latter making his first race as he is filling out the term of Rev. J. D. Morris, resigned. Expect More A number of. other candidates are expected to file this week, before the closing date of May 9. Registra tion books will open after that date and will remain open for three Saturdays at the 26 polling places Judges for the eleotlon will be named by Chairman Mull after filing dates are closed. Following are the candidates who are eligible 1 for the race now: Sheriff—Raymond CUne and Ir vin Allen; legislature—Raymond Sunders, Ernest Gardner and J. B | Smith; coroner, Dr. D. M. Morrison ‘ and Roscoe Lutz; recorder—A. A Powell; solicitor—Reuben Elam and Frank L. Hoyle, Jr. wiuivjui, v. •«. w. *■ inuiva , vuui' I missloners, J. L. Herndon, Joe E Blanton, George Cornwell; constable No, 9 township, Clyde Peeler, Tom Sweezy; constable No. 6, R. B. Ketj . crick; constable No, a, w. B. Dodd justice of peace, .No. 5. 8. L. Delttn , ger; constable In No. 4, C. H. Shep ‘ herd; Justice of peace, No. 3, W. G Graham. » There are no filed candidates foi county treasurer, registrar of deeds and none for the county board ol education, although the board U in 1 session this afternoon and members are expected to fQe some time to : day. 1 Kings Mountain To Get CCC Camp YORK, 8. C., May 4.—Another CCC camp will be established in the l Kings Mountain park section tc . take the place of the one removed . 10 days ago. it is stated in a tele gram received by Solicitor W. Gist , Finley here from Senator James F | Byrnes. The personnel of a CCC camp in Georgia will be transferred to the Kings Mountain area, if the ! present plans of the government are , carried out, it is said. ! Reach New High In P. O. Receipts Gauged by postal * receipts, ' business continues in the city of Shelby. During the month of April the postoffice qbowed a gross busi ness of $7,185 in receipts, com pared to $6,215 for the same month last year, an increase of‘ [ $970 in a single month. Postmaster Frank L. Hoyle said today that this is the blg I, gesfc April the office has ever had, and added that although l! May is usually a slack month ,i that it will go far above nor | mal. — I I New Historian >|*ii P. CLEVEI/AND GARDNER Gardner Elected i | County Historian As Boards Gather I Commialonera Request Governor To Cancel May Term Of Civil Court. ! - j Meetings of the county board of; I commissioners and board of educa- { tion were in progress today, the ijr-aw-iW education leaders coming together thik afternoon. | Petition to the governor to can cel the May; term of civil court! scheduled for the county was made' by the board of commissioners this) morning, a move which will save j the comity about $700. The reason! was given that there are such a few cases on the docket, it is un necessary to have a Judge sent here. Appointment Appointment was made Just be fore noon of Attorney P. p. Gard ner as county historian, to lake the place or W. E. white, former teacher and historian of the coun ty who was killed last month In an auto accident near Clinton. Mr. Gardner was named by the board an being one of the best in formed men on the history of the county, both as to family history and political and social history of ! Cleveland. He said Immediately after learn ing of the appointment, "If there Is anything I can do to be of service to the people of Cleveland county, I shall be glad to do so. There are a number of things I think should be done to preserve the historical i facts of the county. A little later ! 1 should like to make some recom mendations." The board of education Was not expected to have a history making conference, but will work out sotae of the details of the school build ing program of which the first half is being climaxed this week and of i which work on the second half will begin Immediately. Urge Short Route WOODRUFF, 8. C., May 4.—(/Pi— The Anderson-Woodruff-York high way league urged eighteen state senators and representatives by let ter today to foster a proposed “short way" route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Houston, Texas, through Ander son', Spartanburg. Laurens and • York counties. Hoey Warns That Enemy In Rank |j is Much Worse Than An Outsider , Carrying his campaign lor the . Democratic nomination lor Gov , ernor into Western North Carolina, t where for more than 30 years he has waged his party’s battles against the Republicans, Clyde R. 1 Hoey warned Democrats against 1 "the enemy within our ranks." “We have a strange situation to . day,” said Mr. Hoey. “We have** ■ man who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the high office of Governor on a platform of attack ing the record erf the party. "Ralph McDonald charges that ■ the Democratic party is machine > controlled and is dominated by ■ corporations and wealth. He says : that Democratic administrations have crippled the schools and be trayed the people. “I submit that U these charges are true, then the Democratic par ty Is not fit to govern North Car olina and should be thrown out of power. But IX these charges are not true, then I submit that the man who makes them Is not fit to receive the Democratic nomina tion for Governor.” Answering the charges one by one. Mr. Hoey presented official figures showing that corporations pay almost $13,000,000 a year into the state treasury in franchise and corporation income taxes. The North i Carolina corporation franchise tax1 Is exceeded by the rate in only four, Continued on page two) Haile Selassie Flees Invasion Of Duce’s Annies Bandits Go Wild In Addis Ababa American Minister Van H. Engert Protects Life, Howe • With Gun.. . (By Associated Press) Beleaguered Americans in fire ravaged Addis Ababa fought for their lives today as native marauders made a sav age attack. Haile Selassie, who fled be fore the invasion of Premier Mussolini’s Blackshirt armies, will seek refuge in Palestine Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the British House of Commons today. Armed "with only nine rifles and two Shotguns American Minister Cornelius Van H. Engert advised the state department In Washington by wireless the American delegation leught off a charge by bandits be hind their flimsy defenses. After a brisk exchange of shots the band was driven off, leaving none either killed or wounded. Surprise Attack Engert said natives made the surprise attack on the legation'! two bates, pouring heavy rifle fire Into the compound from behind trees and fences. A bullet struck danger ously close to Mrs. Sngert, who had elected to stay with her husband. Marshal Pietro Badagllo, com mander In chief of the Italian armies In East Africa, advised his government that Italia Eritrean Continued on page two* 5 N. C. Prisoners Escape In Duplin HALEIOH. May m~#lv* prls oncCi overpowered a guard and es caped at the Kenansvllle prison camp In Duplin county today, the state penal division announced The men, all white, disarmed but did not attack the guard. Sato Coley, of Wilmington, and escaped with his pistol and shotgun. All Wore stripes. Three of the escapees were Identified as Kenneth Hughes of Yancey county, said to be a former Magnolia bank robber: Horace Nlch ols of Alamance; and Lao O. Pol lard of Durham county. About thirty officers, with three sets of bloodhounds began the search for the men. The prisoners were members of a party of ten wot king on a county highway leading out of Magnolia. As their truck stepped the guard slip ped out and was seized by two of the men. Mother Of Four Is Found Dazed LAURENS, S. C.. May 4.—