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Attend The Hoey Rally In Shelby Friday Night—Speech, Music, Torch Parade—10,000 Expected WEATHER North, Carolina: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, possibily powers' near coast and in north Thursday, slightly cooler. The Mede SEND 12 Pages TODAY VOL. XLII, No. 67 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoona. II? M iv. wr IHI, (in tOniiMi — UM Carrier par yrar. iln advanrai _ »J TO Mr. Hoey To End Drive For Gubernatorial Post In Grand Blaze Of Glory Giant Amplifier* Will Be Placed Around Square And Colorful Torchlight Parade Will Follow The Address With interest anod excitement becoming intensified as the gubernatorial campaign draws near the date for the Saturday primary, plans are being completed for the great est mass political rally ever held in Shelby and Cleveland COUHty. Original estimates were that 10, 000 people would flock to the cour square to hear Clyde R. Hoey wim up his campaign, but present indi cations are that the assembly ma: greatly exceed this number, drawn Irom this and surrounding coun ties. Loud Speakers Giant amplifiers and loud speak ors will carry Mr. Hoey’s messag to the ears of the faithful, and i brilliant torch-light parade will fol low the speech. The Kings Moun tain high school band has alread; been secured, and Mr. Hoey’ friends are trying to secure anoth rr to make the occasion even mor colorful. Mr. Hoey is following his long established custom of closing poli tical campaigns in his own horn city, surrounded by thousands o ardent admirers and supporter; Shelby and Cleveland county ar more completely solidified in hi support than they have ever beei (Continued on page twelve.) Pneumonia Takes Mrs. Gilead Green Funeral services will be heli Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock a 1 he Double Springs Baptist churcl U r Mrs. Gilead Greene. Mrs, Green died at her home in that commun i\y at 8:10 Tuesday evening. Services will be in charge of Ret D G. Washburn assisted by Ret D. F. Putnam. Interment will be ii the Double Springs cemetery. Mrs. Greene had been an invalr for about six years, following stroke of paralysis, but had beei able to be up. A bad case of pneu monia was given as cause of he death. She was 78 years of age. Lxrge Family Born on June 7, 1858 Mrs. Green was Susannah Hamrick, younges child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jame Hamrick and is the last one of family of 20 children to pass awaj She was married to Gilead Green on January 5, 1892 and is survive' by her husband the following chil dren: Miss Hannah Greene, Mr; I C. Jones and Mrs. W. P. Love h’ce. all of Double Springs; J. E Greene of Charlotte, 18 grandchil dren and seven great grandchil dren. Her grandsons will be pallbear -ers, the granddaughters flowe bearers and the deacons of Doubl Springs honorary pallbearers. Sh joined the church at 14 years o ??e. She was known in her com inanity as one of the kindest an most friendly mothers and despit her illness, always had a smile fo everyone. Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YORK, June 3—Under Uoad and quite general deman cotton prices movement to new hig: ►round for the move. July in sup P'y by the pool but the new cro months advanced rather easily. Eu rope was a buyer of distants an 'here was an increased amount c trade buying together with ne’ speculative or investment purchase! the markets Cotton, spot.. 11% to 12% Cotton seed, wagon, tod__ $27.0 Cotton seed, car lot, ton_$30.0 Close on New York cotton for to riay: Jan. 10.70, Mar 10.71, Ma 1C.72, July 11.65. Oct, 10 77. Dei 10.71. I i Hoey And Others { To Speak By Radio Several radio addresses in the interest of Mr. Hoey’s candidacy for • governor will be delivered during ; the closing days of the campaign, 1 with Mr. Hoey himself to address the voters of the state from Greens t boro on Thursday evening 7:30 to 5 8 o’clock. A hook-up has been ar ' ranged tox roadcast this same ad 3 dress at the same hour over Char . lotte’s WBT. Hubert Olive, Mr. Hoey’s cam J paign manager will address the vot 1 ers over WBT Charlotte and WBTF Raleigh on Friday evening from ' 7:15 to 7:30 o’clock. Immediately fol 5 lowing Mr. Olive’s address. Mr. 1 Hoey will appear before his home folks in Shelby in a big rally and demonstration, beginning at eight o’clock in the court house. Mr. Hoey’s Friday night speech, how t ever, will not be broadcast. Wednesday night, Hon. T. A. Mc Neill of Lumberton will broadcast [ especially to the farmers of North Carolina over radio from 7:30 to 8 o’clock. 1 On Thursday night Mrs. Wilbur t Bunn of Raleigh and one other i prominent woman speaker to be 5 selected later, will speak to the - women of the state over a radio hook-up from 10:30 to 11. I steering committee Named For College t i r t 3 l I A steering committee for Boiling Springs junior college was named in a meeting of the board of trus tees here Monday to work out a rec ommendation by which the school will meet the standards set up by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges. Rev. J. L. Jenkins of Boiling Springs is chairman and other members are Rev. Rush Padgett of Grover, A. W. McMurry, G. V. Haw kins, Rev. W. A. Ayers of Forest City and Rev. S. E. Welchel of Avondale. ; Young Girl Has Brown Moth Pet Little Miss Doris Bowling, who r lives on Hillcrest Drive, proud ' ly displayed to the Star office ?! force this morning a beautiful 1 brown moth which, she said, was her pet. i She found a cocoon hanging ; on a tree and took it home r with, her, keeping it six months. The mature moth emerged from , its cocoon recently. Balloting Rules To Be Enforced States Chairman Names Of Registrars, Judges Given Arrangements for rigid enforce ment of the Australian ballot vot ing system in the Democratic pri mary on Saturday was announced today by board of elections chair man John P. Mull. Mr. Mull said the courthouse will be roped off and only voters and election officials will be allow ed Inside the doors. Workers for the various candidates will not be al lowed further than the steps. He said the move is only the carrying out of the law, but one of the main reasons is to speed the voting in order that there may be no delay in casting the expected larga num ber of ballots. The precincts out in the county are expected to be ruled in the same manner, with only voters and officils being llowed with in 50 feet of the polls. Signs for Shelby voters will be placed at each of the doors of the court house, No. 1 precinct enter ing the north door to vote In the tax door; No. 2 the east door, to vote in the registrar’s office; No. 3 the south door, to vote in the clerk’s office and No. 4 the west door tu vote in the treasurer’s office. The following is a list of the registrars and judges for the pri mary in Cleveland county: (The first name Is the registrar and the last two judges) Holly Springs: M. B. Earl, Platt Allison, J. A McCraw. Youngs: R. V. Green, Bos* Greene, George Harris. Boiling Springs: W. C. Hamrick Charles I. Putnam, Dan Moore. Sharon: B. R. Moore, J. D. Ell iott, D. D. Dodd. Patterson Springs: C. P. McSwain, Hayne Patterson, Lee Mayhue. Earl: S. H. Austell, Austell Bettis R. G. Turner. East Kings Mountain: Jim Mc Ginnis, J. B. Thomasson, W. B Simonton. West Kings Mountain; Eugent Mathis. I. B. Goforth, North Smith Grover: J. B. Ellis, Charlie Mar (Continued on page twelve) Election Returns And Star Extrs! Election returns will be re ceived at The Star office Satur day night and posted on a bulle tined board. Complete returns will be re ceived from every precinct in the county contests and from Asso ciated Press on the state con tests. The Mauney Radio shop will provide loud speakers so that the thousands who gather in front of The Star office and in the court square may hear the returns as they come in. It is also planned to issue an ejection Extra” at 2 o’clock Sunday morning, carrying com plete returns from the county and fuller returns from the state than any other newspaper which circulates in the Shelby terri tory. Election officials are urged to hasten returns from their pre cincts to The Star office and the public is invited to attend the election night /party. Miller Building Is Part Of City’s History And Tradition l Steeped in the tradition and - background of Shelby’s history is ? the old Miller block on the comer ' of South LaFayette and Warren : streets which this week is being ravaged in preparation for a new structure. The building has been a familiar sight in Shelby for so long that few c can remember much of its early D history. It is almost a landmark in 0 Shelby, having carved out a niche for itself in the memories of local . residents during its existence of y | some 75 years. When the building is demolished, it will change the aspect of the section surrounding the courl square, and though the new edifice will be more modem in every re spect, the city will lost something of its character when the Millei block passes on into oblivion. The origin of the building if rather obscure, though Mr. C. C Blanton is of the opinion that the late A. C. Miller built it. Mr Blanton recalls a fire which prac tically destroyed the structure years ogo, forcing the owners t< rebuild. Many concerns have occupiec the building during its existence (Continued on page twelye.) New President Robert H. Cooke, who was last night chosen president of the Shelby Lions club for next year. Robert H. Cook ! I Lions Club Head For Coining Year Robert H. Cooke wa6 last night elected president for the coming yoar of the Shelby Lions club. Mr. Cooke is an accountant and is at present in charge of the Hoey-for Governor headquarters here. Other officers chosen in the an nual business session of the civic club are: J. O. Williams, superin tendent of the Shelby Cotton Mills, first vice-president: Jesse A. White, superintendent of the Cleveland Cloth Mills, second vice-president; R. G. Laughridge, assistant post master, third vice-president; W. F. Eckard, lion tamer; Roscoe E. Lutz, tail-twister; William Osborne and Joe Wright were re-elected secre tary and treasurer, respectively. Directors The board of directors was named as Z. M. Groome, John Honeycutt, Dr. Robert Wilson, Harvey S. White, Jesse E. Bridges. Robert C. Miller was named honorary director. The Shelby Lions Club has seen one of its most active years in its history during the past season. Be ginning the first of the year with 42 members it now has 79 men enroll ed, most of whom are responsible business men of the city. Some of the outstanding things the club has led in this year are the sponsorship and completion of a blind census, a number of tonsil clinics, aiding the Salvation Army, furnishing books to the school li brary, giving a regular milk fund to under-privileged children, establish ing of a fund to furnish spectacles for needy children and numerous other minor projects. ouciuy wui ocnu acvciai uiwua tu the state convention next year. Initia Shipment Of Raspberries Headed For N. Y. The first shipment of the new crop of Cleveland county rasp berries was speeding on its way to New York today. “Carolina Delicious’’ is the trade name of the raspberries to be shipped from Cleveland county this year. The second year’s production is very un certain at the present time as the berries are Just now com ing into their best bearing and the quality and quantity both depend on showers' within the next few days. If the weather remains dry, County Agent Wil kins said the quality will be very poor. The first berries reported were grown by J. E. Hamrick, Wajter Davis, Mrs. C. C. Whis I *nant and Clif C. Blanton. There are some 355 growers who 1 . will have berries for local and ncthern markets this year. Red La1 ham is the variety being used. 350,000 Workers Out In Socialist Strike In France Food Shortage Looms For Paris Prepare For Making I-eon Blum, Socialist Leader, New Premier. By The Associated Preaa PARIS, June 3—A strike move ment which embraced 350,000 work ers and 300 factories rolled over Frtmce today as socialists and radi cal socialists prepared to take over the government. These figures were estimated by authoritative sources at 4 p. m. as the strike developed throughout the country. The capital Itself was threatened with a shortage of food, milk, water and meat. Folded Arms The “folded arms” strike spread to the very life stream of trie par-1 lsian populace. Workers In pumping stations threatened to quit and bakers considered joining. The new development prefaced the resignation of Premier Sarraut and his cabinet tomorrok, in prep aration for the designation of Leon Blum, socialist leader as premier. Paris’ milk supply was threaten ed and refrigerating and ice manu facturing plants started shutting down. The ice strike caused anx iety because of meat stocks valued i at $600,000 on hand in packing houses. Employees quit work in one munition factory others quit at shipyards in Versailles. Industrial regions around Paris and northern Prance showed possibility of being paralysed. French issues sagged on the Bourse and franc reacted heav-1 ily. The demand of strikers in all in- j dustrles were identical, among them were: higher wages, a 40-hour week with abolition of overtime, and pay to discharged workers. In other Citizen worked followed the lead of the Paris strikers. Cotton Displays In Show Windows Cool comfort, sheer beauty and adaptability, of dress good of all types and in the latest styles are being displayed here this week as Shelby merchants co-operate in Na tional Cotton Week. Most of the department stores and dress shops of the city and county are decorating their windows and counters with the latest goods made of cotton. Color and simple design are brought out in some of ! the attractive displays and the range of articles is from dish tow els to upholstery fabrics. Cleveland county both grows and manufactures enormous amounts of cotton goods and business men are urging their customers to buy the staple on which the prosperity of the county depends. Hold Tonsil Clinic For Dover-Ora Kids A tonsil clinic is being conducted at the Professional building by the Dover and Ora mills this week The clinic will be held one more day, to morrow. Thus far, 18 children have under gone tonsil operation. They are as follows: Perry Dover, Buddy Bum gardner, Donald Liles, Sammie Bos tic, Burns Dollar, Venelia Rupp*:-. Claudette Hensley, Faye Hamrick. Louis Hamrick, Margaret Pritchard, ; Betty Honeycutt, Lawrence Derrick, Henry Green, Marcelle Divine. Haz el Flowers, Johnny Tate, Bobby Mos teller, and Ben Kiser. The operations are being per formed without cost to the parents of the children. Dr. Tom Gold performed the op eratio nand Dr, Ben Gold gave the anaesthetic. Hoey Headquarters Are Moved To Hotel *■ Hoey headquarters in Shelby have ben moved into the lobby of the Hotl Charles, since the old Miller building is being raz ed to make way for a new structure. The Hoey offices are located on the right of the entrance to the hotel. To Appear In Bro ad way Play l-i rr*r Pictured above are Mildred Byron and Julia Fassett who vill appear tonight at 8:00 in "Post Road" Federal Theatre version of the Broadway play which will be given at the high school auditorium. Miss Byron became famous in “Abie’s Irish Rose" and the latter is one of the Fmglihh Fassetts ^hose family has led in drama for 100 years. 250,000 Chinese Troops Move To Block Japanese On North SHANGHAI, June 3.—(fl5)— Canton government troops num bering 250,000 marched in three directions toward Fuketn and Kiangse provinces today the Japanesce hews agency report ed but the purpose of their ad vance renamed obscure under a barrage ot nationalistic claims. Japanese sources reported the Canton Chinese government had declared war against the Nan king Chinese government to forestall attacks directed to ward simple coalition of the two regimes. Chinese quarters to the contrary, said such suggestions were made to detract attention from Japanese smuggling In north China and reinforcement of Japanese garrisons In the Tientsin and Peiping wea. Chinese and foreigners were puzzled. Some reasoned a civil war could only result. In distaste for tflc Chinese, as Canton pos sesses im army, air force and munitions almost equal to those of Nanking. Cleveland Has 82% Sign-Up To Lead Counties For AAA Lattimore Road Follows East Line Improvement of the Boiling Springs-Lattimore road will be resumed at once and the route to be followed will be on the “eastern line,” according to a letter received by The Star from Capus Waynick, chairman of the state highway commis sion. Work on this road was re cently held up temporarily on account of indecision over the two proposed routes from the forks of the road at the home of Mr. Lovelace to the town of Lattimore. Having reviewed the matter carefully, Mr. Waynick says the eastern route whic hen ters Lattimore near the pres ent school building has been adopted. Report 2 Jews Shot JERUSALEM, June 3.—ttP>—'Tw< Jews were shot today, officials re ported, by Arabs who turned upoi them in an Orange grove after ask ing for drinking water. Troops pur sued the attaches. Cleveland county took the lead to day in the major cotton producing I counties in co-operating with the new soil Improvement program u, County Agent Wilkins announced that to date approximately 82 per cent of the 3,600 cotton growers In the county have signed work-sheets. No estimate of the actual number of acres In the program could o made, but it was thought to be near ly 90 percent, much higher than the average cotton county in the state. There are actually 2,931 farmers who have signed to date and will be in line for payments from the gov ernment next fall for diverting land from soil-depleting crops to crops which will conserve and build up the soil. The final date for signing work sheets has passed, but a few are still being submitted to the state office, but the agent said today he was uncertain whether they could be accepted. ' He also announced that 60 acres of wheat and 39 acres of oats in the i county were certified this week by the state department. Cotton and corn will be certified next fall, add ing value to the seed of the crops. Nine-Year Old Kitchen Scion Politicking Freely For Hoey RALEIGH, June 3.—Clyde R, Hoey will be elected governor if all his friends work for him with same enthusiasm as does Claude Kitchln, jr., nine-year-old member of the family of politicians and public spirited men who have made ora tory and statesmanship famous in this state. A few days ago Claude jr. wrote Mr. Hoey in his own hand saying "I am only nine years old, but I want to work for you. Please send me some literature and some but tons.” Mr. Hoey wrote the young pol itician, who at the present thne is at Wake Forest with his mother and grandparents, sending him the material he asked for and thanking h^ for his willingness to hslp. The youngster put on a house-to-house canvass in the village of Wake Forest, asking all the protessors, boarding house proprietors, towns people and even the students to “vote for Mr. Hoey.” A little later he went to Raleigh to the stae headquaters office where he showed attaches his letter . and told Of his work. He was forth j with loaded down again with but ' tons, placards, literature. With all : this paraphernalia he marched ; down to the office of Dr. Ralph i W. McDonald and began his cam I paign by telling why Mr. Hoey would make a good governor. He worked several hours in Raleigh j and is continuing his campaign in ■ other parts of Wake county. Seeking To Speed Deficiency Bill To Final Approval Benefit Payments To Be Restricted Ronds Hill Author Says Each State To Gel Part Of $'161,000,000. (By Associated Press) Hastening of legislation on the relief deficiency bill, ap proval of restrictions on large soil-conservation benefit pay ments and further clarifica tion of the federal road pro gram were foremost items in the capital’s spotlight today. Congress improved ifs ad journment outlook today when house Democrats and Republi cans rushed the $2,430,829,000 relief deficiency bill to con gress for reconciling differences with the senate. An agreement directed that the conferees have authority to accept any or all senate amendments except the $10,000,000 additional expendi ture for the Florida ship canal and the $300,000,000 fund giv An 1 bn mir A fne wwaitja WASHINGTON, June 3—(/Pi Moving to hasten adjournment the house rules committee today voted ft special resolution designed to rush I the important $2,430,829,000 relief | aellclency bill toward final approv j ul. its action constituted adoption of a rule directing that the meas j lire with $1,425,000,000 for relief be 1 sent to conference with the senate j with house conferees allowed to ac cept or reject all senate amend - | inents except those reopening the i Florida ship canal project and al loting PWA $300,000,000 for grants. The committee took the second | important action in Interest of speed. It approved resolution au thorising the Mouse to take recess on motion of the majority leader or rules committee chairman dur ing the remainder of the session and to permit consideration of bills brought out by the rules commit tee on the same day without the usual two- thirds vote being requir ed. Benefit Payments WASHINGTON, June 3.—f/P*i— (Continued on page twelve) 500 Young People Expected At Meet Sunday Afternoon The program for the annual meeting of the Baptist Young Peo ple Training Union of the Kings Mountain Association was released i today by the president. Mrs. L. H. Ledford. The meeting will be held next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the First Baptist church of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Lefordd said there will be from 400 to 500 officers and lead ers of young peoples work in this association gather for the meeting which will be taken up with plans for the coming year, musical num bers and an Inspirational feature on the "summer assemblies.” \ The Program oA the program Sunday Aileen Scisirhof Patterson Grove will give the devotional; special music will be given by juniors from Double ! Shoals and by Mike L. Borders, jr., of Elizabeth. T. W. Roberts of the Shelby Second Baptist church will give some of the necessities of hav ing an adult union, and a feature about Ridgecrest, the state and ! southwide conventions will be glv i en by unions from the First Bap tist church here. Wyan Washburn will be in charge. Officers of tire associational body are Mrs. L. H. Ledford, president; W T. Brown of South Shelby, vice president; Miss Velma Hamrick, of Pleasant Grove, secretary; Mrs. Alvie Jones, of Polar Springs, jun nir-intermediate leaders and cap tain of Group No. 1. Other group captain%are: Paul Wilson, of Shel by. No. 2; J. A. Hallman, of Bari. No. 3; W. H. Redmon. of Kings Mountain. No. 4; Mrs. Everett Lutz of Carpenters Grove, No. t>
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