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WEA THER c. scattered showers to* night or Thursday, warmer In central tonight, cooler in' south Thursday. ,—- 1 TIJW 10 Pages TODAY Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. CL WEDNESD’Y, JUNE 10,1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By M U. per fwi, (la idinw _ NN Carrier, per rear, (la adranea) _ U.M yOL. XLH, No. 71 LANDON MOVEMENT GATHERS FORCE AT GOP MEETING Official Returns Give Clyde Hoey 4,342 Lead Over Dr. R. W. McDonald Record Breaking Count Of 515,654 Votes Drawn Out By Spirited Race For Governorship (By Associated Press) CHARLOTTE, June 10.—Complete returns, with the count from all but three of the state’s one hundred counties reported as official, shows that Clyde Hoey holds a 4,342 lead over Dr. R. W. McDonald in their race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The vote from 1,858 precincts: Hoey, 193,872; McDonald, 189,530; Graham, 126,682; Mc Rae, 6,735. l The two men are expected to en ter a second race which calls for another vote on July 4, to deter mine the Democratic nomination,1 in this state equivalent to election in the fall election. All-Time Rich A record-breaking vote of 516, 166 was tabulated to set a new all time high for primaries in this state. The returns were compiled by the Associated Press, and include official returns from 97 Of the 100 counties, the other returns being complete, but not certified by elec tion officials. On the face of returns Hoey ear ned 50 of the 100 counties, Mc Donald carried 27 and Graham 22. McRae carried the other, Anson. Bailey’s Record Senator J. W. Bailey, who did not make a campaign speech, was leading his three opponents by a 25,000 majority, on the face of re- • turns from 1,789 precincts. The re tur nfrom all bui ld of the coun ties ware official in this count. The standing was: Bailey 238, 344; Richard T. Fountain, former lieutenant governor, 175,835; Wil- ' Jiam H. Griffin, 23,643, and David L. Strain, 13,065. There was no clear-cut issue in the senatorial race. Bailey’s oppon ents criticised him for what they 1 said was his failure to support President Roosevelt, but the sena tor replied in a statement that he voted with the New Deal on vir tually every issue. With 76 small precincts still miss ing, and the returns official from 80 counties, the lieutenant gover nor’s race was inconclusive, a run (Continued on page nine.) Mr. Powell Ha* No Complaint To Make \ A A. Powell, defeated candidate lor Judge of the Recorder’s court i Mated this morning that reports , rnme repeatedly to his ears that he , is dissatisfied with the result of the ( Flection and that he is threatened an investigation of alleged irregu- , larities. j "While I did not get as many j votes as I wanted, I am not one to ( whine and cast insinuations on flection officials. As far as I am ( concerned, the election was over ( Saturday night and I am looking . to the future and not the past. I j am not a party to any of this whis- 5 peeing that is going around and do j not want my name further con nected with it,” said he. i Morning Cotton jj LETTER ! NEW YORK, June 10.—There was further realizing by recent buy-1 er* and small hedging sales early i yesterday but the selling was read ily absorbed mainly by the far east and domestic trade interests. Some additional showers in parts of the c pastern belt were helpful. Attention . ■ Present is focused mainly on the improving conditions in the textile 1 situation and expanding retail c Today’s weekly weather re- c Por should reveal the extent of the t in the dry areas by the re cent showers. j see nothing at present to war- 3 }ant any important setback and be- 3 llpve the limited supply of contracts \ will bring gradually higher prices. 1 ~~E A. Pierce St Co. 1 the MARKETS I votton, spot- 11% to 18Wc c l»‘ton seed, wagon, ton __*27.00 i lu»vn seed, car lot, ton_- *30.00 1 Mew York coton closed today: c j n 10 91. March 10.91, May 10.93, 1 1164, Oct. 10.95, Dec. 1050. I ■ Controversial Points Skipped WASHINGTON, June 10.— VP)—Controversial points in the tax bill were passed over today at the first meeting of the house and senate conference commit tee seeking to work out a com promise on the legislation. Doughton, of the house ways and means committee, told press men the conferes agreed to give out no information on their pro cedings and their would be a second conference tomorrow. “We passed over all controv ersial questions, including the tax on undistributed corpora tion surpluses,” he said. “We agreed on a few minor points, such as clarifying amendments and discussed the bill generally.” Boiling Springs Zoar Road Work Is Started Today Kiker And Yount Company Move Machinery In For Con ditioning. Construction was begu% today on the Zoar-Bouing Spring! highway, second major piece of Cleveland highway work to be started this year. The work will cost approxi mately $25,000 for conditioning and surfacing and the 6.28 miles will be ready for traffic after about 60 working days. Kiker and Yount Construction company of Reidsville is in charge of the work with J. H. Ware being named foreman. Foreman Ware made a requisition for 25 men to begin preliminary work today and other skilled tech nicians are expected in a short time. Most of the labor on the road will be taken from the rolls of the local employment office, with re lief labor getting the first consid eration. J. R. Ramsey, foreman of the Grover-Shelby road said today that the rains which have fallen the past few days will enable his crews to rush that project to completion shortly. It will be opened for traf fic at least by July 1. Another major project, the Kings Mountain overhead bridge and approaches, to cost $115,000 is due to be the next lettings by the state highway department, it was said here. Official Vote On State Races Is Tabulated The official vote In Cleveland county on the state ticket. Includ ing all absentee ballots, la as fol lows: For Senator Bailey . .. 1,865 Fountain . . _. 2,875 Griffin . .. 1,042 Strain - ._.. 182 For Governor Hoey . 10,755 McDonald _ _... 2,025 Graham . _ 192 McRae . _ 34 For Lieutenant Governor Horton . _ 4,228 Grady . _ 3,856 McNeill . 2,298 For Secretary Of State Wade . .. 5,406 Eure . . 2,966 Dunnagan . .. 1,705 For Auditor Pou . 5,669 Durham . _.... 2,252 Miller . 1,325 Dowell . 1,232 For Treasurer Johnson . _-_ 8,702 Mrs. Wohl. 3,116 For Superintendent Erwin . _ 8,778 Craig . . 992 Alderman . _ 813 For Commissioner Scott . 5,201 Graham . . 5,055 Congress Bulwinkle_ 6,200 Whiting .. ... 4,928 Scholl _ _ 291 Woltz. 109 Late Bulletins War Debt Payment ' PAJUS, Jana 10.—(/P)—Genevieve Tabouia, political writer «f tka newspaper 1/Oeuvre, predicted to day Italy will make a token payment on ite war debt installment doe the V. S. June IS. fibs said this payment would be made to escape the Johnson law ha* «a additional loans by IT. g, Jfbtionsis to debtor nations. F»D.R. In Arkansas HOT SPRINGS, Arkk., June IS —(&)—Presi^bnt Rpoaevelt arrived here today for a bmgr schedule of inspection and pageantry prelimin ary to his speech late today in Lit tle Rock in commemoration of Ark ansas 100th year of statehood. Selwyn Head Dies CHARLOTTE, June 10_(/P>—W. C. Pety, operator of the Selwyn hotel here for the last IS years, died to day of a heart attack. S. C. Is Qualified For Social Security WASHINGTON, June 10.—&P>— South Carolina qualified today for benefits from the Federal Unem ployment compensation program as its state law be ;arne the 14th ap proved by the Social Security board. The South Carolina law becomes effective July 1, but qualified un employed workers do not begin drawing benefits until 1938. On the effective date employers of 8 or more persons begin payments to a pooled fund from which will come the future benefits of unem ployed workers. Tieless Joe” Tolbert Seated By GOP’s In Vindication Move CLEVELAND, June 10—<£>)—The credential* committee of the Re publican National convention early today voted to seat the South Car olina delegation headed by 70-year ola "Tireless” Joe Tolbert of Nine ty Six. Tolbert, leader of the Republican party in the Palmeto state for 40 years until he was unseated at the 1032 Chicago convention, scored a victory against the faction headed by J. C. Hambright of Rock Hill. Hambright was temporarily seated with his delegation yesterday upon recommendation of the national committee. Tolbert owed his victory in part to two negroes, R. C. Sim mons of Chicago and Leroy Bundy of Cleveland, on the credentials committee, both leaders of a move ment to remove so called “Lily White”, Republican delegations from southern states. Both spoke at considerable length before the committee in behalf of Tolbert who6« slate includes three negroes, whereas Ham bright’s dele gates are all white. “I’ve vindicated you Joe,” Sim mons cried as the two warmly em braced after the vote. Hambright, who peeped through a window to count the delegates as they voted behind closed doors, left before the doors were opened. Gardner, of Orangeburg, chair man of Hambright’s delegation re-i mained to congratulate Tolbert, saying "I hope you will let us come into your delegation.” “We want you," replied Tolbert, who said he would assume the post of national committeeman previously claimed by Hambright, and that a national com mil tee woman would be ap pointed. Full Instructions ToGet Bonus Cash Given By Hoyle Expects To Serve 400 Veterans Here Gives Details Of Hair Sands And Money Gan Be Ob tained. Kiwi details o* delivery and **r tiflcation of Adjusted Service bonds to veterans were announced today by Postmaster Frank L. Hoyle, nr. The bonds are due here June 17 and more than 400 veterans are ex* pected to be accommodated from the Shelby office. There are ap proximately 600 vets in the ooupty who are scheduled to receive near ly $350,000. Postmaster Hoyle emphasised that the bonds will not be delivered to the veterans at the poet office. There will be no exception to this rule. Veterans wno receive their mail through P. O. Boxes or general delivery will be notified to call at the Civil Service room in the post office building the afternoon Of June 17th, and thereafter. Veterans receiving their mall by city or ru ral carriers will be notified to meet their carriers on a designate^ day or trip, and if not known personally to carrier be prepared to furnish suitable identification as the bonds can only be delivered to person ad dressed and at the address given. The matter of identification applies to all veteraps regardless of where they receive .their mall. In The City The bonds will be delivered by,' for oeftinOMUfi and transmis sion to the (Metgnattd paying of fice. AsheviHe, N. <S„ has been de signated as paying Office for this district, from which office checks will be mailed to veterans as speed ily as possible to the address given at the time of certification. There will be no cashing of bonds or checks at the local poet office. The re wishlng to East checks will not be delivered at the post office except to veterans re ceiving their mall through P. O. boxes or general delivery. Certification A force of clerical workers will be at the Legion Community house June 17th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m., and later If necessary and there after both day and night to receive bonds from veterans for certifica tion. Included in this force will be the postmaster, assistant post mas ter, superintendent of mails and five of the best known members of the post office force. The holders of the bonds must be known to at least one of these men. Should any veteran not be known to any of the certifying clerics he must be Iden tified to them by two witnesses, who are known to them. He urges all veterans who are not in Immediate need of the money to wait until June 22nd, to get their bond certified, In order that those who are In Immediate need may get their bonds certified at the earliest possible moment. The veterans may caih all or any part of their bonds or they may keep them In their possession. The bonds will be tax exempt and will draw three per cent annually. Osborne Chosen As District Director HIGH POINT, June 10.—<JF) Wllllam Osborne was one of the di rectors chosen by delegates attend ing the convention of the 31st dis trict of Lions clubs at the annual meeting here yesterday. V. J. Ashbaugh of Durham was unanimously elected governor and Charlotte was selected as the 1937 convention city. A. J. Koonce was elected lieutenant governor of clubs west and Roger Williams of Wilson was elected lieutenant gov ernor of clubs east. Official Tabulated Election [Returns On Page 9 Todav GOP Leaders Seek “American Deal” ■■ ■ -.. ' . . ■■ ■" . Ck.'WSS&W--* Left to right axe Daniel Field, national committeeman from Maine; Rep. John Q. Tilton of Connecticut, parliamentarian of the Republican national convention, and Rep. Cheater Bolton in cheerful discussion at Cleveland when some of the early arriving delegatee attended a garden party at Bolton’s home. Rain Is Worth $1,000,000 County Agent Wilkins Says Township Racesj Add Interest To General Primary, Several township races added to the interest in the past Democratic primary throughout the county. With official tabulations available, the several races show interesting results. Number 7 township had the clos est and most exciting race for con stable in the entire county election. D. M. Morehead barely nosed out Forrest Tessener for the office of constable .in that township by the narrow margin of six votes, polling 409 votes to Tessener's 403. Bob Kendrick defeated Marshall Moore for constable of Number fi township by a rather large major ity, getting 3,309 votes to Moore's 1,656. In Number three township, D Floyd McSwaln was elected con stable, polling 363 votes against 227 for Robert F. Borders. T. M. Sweezy won the race for constable of Number 9 township, Sweezy had 796 votes against 389 for Peeler. L. I. Scruggs was elected justice of the peace in Number 1 town ship, getting 105 votes, while his opponent, Thurman Byars, only polled 50. County Board Meets To Consider Budget A special ineeting of the county board of commissioners will be held at the court house Thursday when the body will take the entire day for further consideration of next year’s financial budget The budget and recommendations were made on June 1 by Troy Mc Kinney, auditor, but routine busi ness prevented a detail study of the budget. Little else is expected to be done by the commissioners on Thursday. Warn Dog Owners Of Vaccination Law A word of warning to owners of dogs who have not had their dogs vaccinated was given today by county officials to charge. Only 20 more days remain to have the work done, after which owners must pay a fine or go to jail. Two whole townships report vac cination complete. They are No .9 and No. 10. July 1 is the deadline for all owners to have their canines immunized. -V County Agent J. S. Wilkins this morning predicted that last night’s ruins In the county, which substan tially broke the moat serious drought In years, would be worth nearly a million ■ dollars to county farmers. Mr. Wilkins based his prediction on this fact: The rains iheant difference between no cotton crop at all and a fair crop. He said the million dollar estimate was not too high. Practically no cotton had come up Mr. Wilkins said, and farmers had resigned themselves to a cropless season. The rains will cause the plants to grow. The showers will also be valuable to the raspberry crop. The berries are already ripening and the first shipments to New York were start ed yesterday. The vines and berries on the 30 acres of raspberries In Cleveland county will be helped materially. Farmers had been unable to plant com. because the ground was too hard to break. Corn planting will begin since the rains, Mr. Wilkins said. Late wheat and oats and pas ture lands will also be helped. The, rain last night was rfl«r general throughout the county, be ing lightest In Number 3 township and around the Lattlmore section, A lew communities In the county need lots njpre rain, but some have had enough to help the crops greatly. ■ ' The rainfall In Shelby ,as meas ured at the post office, was Al of an inch. Celebrate Opening OfKings Mountain Gastonia Highway New Concrete Road shorten* Dis tance Between Kings Mtn. And Gastonia 4.50 Miles. Members of Kings Mountain Bustnees Men's club and the Qas tonla chamber of commerce will gather at Central school building Kings Mountain Monday evening to celebrate the opening of the new road between these two cities. Capus Waynlck, chairman of the state highway commission Is expect ed tp be present and deliver a brief address. The program will be fur nished by the Ohstonla chamber of commerce and number numer ous officials of the two cities wil! have a part. It Is understood that 128 Gastonia citizens have made 'reservations for the banquet and [that an equal number will attend from Kings Mountain. The banquet will be served at 1 o’clock in the high school cafeteria It is understood that the road has been used for travel for the past week or ten days. The banquet will bark the formal opening for gen eral traffic. Cotton Carryover WASHINGTON, June 10—m With cotton consumption establish ing a new high record the agricul tural economics bureau yesterday estimated the world carryover Aug ust 1 would be about 12,500,000 bales compared with 13,624,000 a year ago. The 1923-32 average was about 10,185,000 bales. Proposes Historical Society And First Centennial Plans A proposal to establish a Histori cal Society In Cleveland county and begin preparations at once for col lection of enough data to write a history and for the celebration of the centennial of the county in 1941, was made today by the county historian. Attorney P. C. Gardner. Mr. Gardner, was recently named historian to succeed the late W. E. White, killed In an auto wreck near Clinton. “The thing we need to do most of all,” he said, “Is to collect data That Is about all we can hope to do. Historians are bom and not made, and possibly someone will come along In the future who can write an acceptable history of our county.” Attorney Gardner would first lorm an historical society to be composed of especially the history 1 teachers In the county, a number of the older men and women In each community, civic leaders and others who wish to join. He would contact the students from this county who are enrolled in various colleges and ask them tc help in compiling and classifying all the information about the coun ty and men from this county. The state historical society would be asked for suggestions. High schon pupils would be used as much a.< 1 possible. The county will celebrate its cen tennial in January 1941. Mr. Gard ner says a history could be ready by that time. The date also fails on the birthday of Thomas Dixon who would be 77 at that time. He added that if Mr. Hoey is elected (Continued on page nine.) Hoover To Speak On First Ballot; Receives 50 Votes Kansas Governor Will Not Attend Nomination or Landon Said To Be Certain At Cleve land Meet. (B.v Associated Prcas) CONVENTION HALL CLEVELAND. 0., June 10.— The “Landon-for-Preaident” movement gathered momen tum here today as the Kansas governor gathered 50 votes for the first presidential nom ination in the first ballot at a caucus of the Pennsylvania delegation. Senator Borah was given 14 votes. Former Senator Retd voted for Senator Stelwer on the first ballot. Senator James A. Davis cast his ballot for Borah. Other candidates received the following vote from the 75 member delegation: Stelwer 4. Knox 3. Dick Insen 3, Vandenburg 1. Second Ballot Eight Indicated they would vote for Lahdon on the second ballot. There were few absentees. Ari zona’s six votes will be cast for Landon in the first ballot the dele gation decided at a caucus. The Porto Rican delegation said Its two votes would go to Landon. Pausing for a moment in * his greetings to a throng of admirers Herbert Hoover told newsmen, to day he was at the convention for just one purpose, "to make a , speech." He laid this just aftdr Cal dslsgatton was told by Chairman Chester Howell that there was not a wofd faintly «ug Cleveland “regardless of devglop Hoover will deliver tonight. ' * , Devastating Speech “The speech is the most devas tating Indictment of the New Deal ever wrlttens" he said, adding the address would not be “any William Jennings Bryan cross of gold ges ture.” He referred to Bryan's ithm prde of the Democratic convention in 1896. the first time he won the nomination. Landon forces today assured Sen ator Borah a hearing on his plat form proposal and promised him an opportunity to address the conven tion if they are rejected by the resolutions committee. Words of praise for the keynote (Continued on page nine.) r uneral Services For Mrs. Newton Held This Morning Funeral services lor Mrs. Nancy J. Newton, aged 80, who died yes terday morning about 6 o'clock, were held this morning at 11 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Canipe, with whom she had been living for about ten years. Mrs. Newton, a widow of John Newton who has been dead a num ber of years, broke her leg three weeks ago, and never recovered from the effects of the accident She was raised in Cleveland coun ty. The services were conducted by the Rev. E. C. Cooper, pastor of the Lutheran church at the home of Mrs. Canipe. Interment was in the Beaver Dam cemetery. Mrs. Newton is survived by four children: Mrs. C. D. Weast, New ton; Mrs. J. S. Hastings and Mrs. Canipe, Shelby: Dr. W. M. Newton of Spartanburg; one brother, Andy Newton of Bel wood, and 22 grand children and seven great grand children. Fishing Season Opens On June 11 The fishing season opens in all counties west of Rutherford on Thursday, June lx and will remain open until next April. Cleveland Waltons are expected to be keenly interested in the announcements and may obtain licenses for daily and season permits. The season •'ened in tlv east one month ago. L Warden H. C. Long said today a i number of fishermen will go to ' Lake Lure, Lake James and Green j River this week-end. Re also called attention to the tact that there are a number of ; coveys of birds in the county this vear and is asking sportsmen ta protect them until open tmiugl
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