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WEAfHER t forUti 9»roto«! ftenerally fgit tonight *nd Tuesday. TUW 10 Pages TODAY Member of Associated Press VOL. XLH, No. 78 SHELBY, N. C MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. If y H Ml fear, Ill MUIMI _ H.N Carrier, par rear. (Ip advance! _ UM T Board Approves Budget Increase, 40 Coit Tax Rate PWA Bonds Are Cause For Raise Allow Extra Funds For Hos pital, Nurse, Agents, And Tuberculosis. Approval of tentative In crease in the Cleveland coun ty budget for next year of from $18,000 to $20,000 was announced by the county board of commissioners today. The board will meet on June 26 for final approval of all items in the budget and said in all likelihood the new budg et will call for a “four cent” tax increase. Troy McKinney, secretary to the board and county auditor, said that • mainly because of the PWA school bonds which the county voted last year, the commissioners Will most likely put the tax rate at 40 cents per $100 valuation instead of the piesent rate of 36 cents. At the top figure it will still be the lowest rate in North Carolina.” ueneral Fund No increase is expected in the general fund or the poor fund. Fol lowing are the main items in which increases have been recommended and tentatively approved: 1. increase hospital fund from $2,500 to $5,000. 2. Allow $550 per month on the salary of a Red Cross or public nealth nurse. 3. Allow $600 as part salary for an assistant county agent and sec retary, or have the service remov td 4. Allow $60 per month on the salary of an associate in the welfare office. Without the associate the county could not qualify under the proposed social service laws. $. Increase the tuberculosis ap propriation from $1,500 to $2,000. The increases total $4,720. which i added to principal and Interest of PWA school bonds of $13,442.50 ap proved by a county-wide vote last year, makes a figure close to $18,000. The commissioners said the county is in good financial condi tion, has never defaulted any obli getions, and that the slight tax in crease may not have to be perman ent. They added, however, “that it would have taken at least a 10 cent increase to get the buildings and school plants we have, if we had not done it through the PWA.” Taxable property in the county is about $27,500,000. The tax levy last year was a little short of $200,000 and may pass $215,000 this year. To Begin Campaign TOPEKA, Kansas, June 15—— Governor Alf M. Land on turned bis thought today to an eastern at tack in a forthright campaign for the presidency. The plan of battle remained in the embryonic stage, pending councils today ano tomor row, but the Republican nominee wa* reported attracted to the idea of speaking In several large eastern ritles to precede a probable west ern tour. Condemn Policy WASHINGTON, June 15$—4/P)— ! The American Liberty League today j •truck out .at what It called gov ernment leisure of “the market of the private electric power industry in many areas.” In a pamphlet condemning the New Deal power policy the League •et forth that “socialist experi menting has run riot.” Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YORK, June 15.—Trade buying was quite substantial at the close of last week and absorbed a moderate amount of hedging sales and considerable profit taking. Re cent reports from overseas would indicate a gradual improvement in the textile situation there while l!]£ domestic outlook promises a lar?er consumption than recently anticipated. Growing conditions Improved somewhat but the lateness of the crop in the eastern ^'ons of the belt calls for Ideal *esther from now on. We believe the major trend is upward and that se’backs should be taken advantage to make purchases.—E. A. Pierce *nd Company. THE MARKETS jetton, mot-11% to 12%c Cotton seed, wagon, ton_ 827.00 Cott°n seed, car lot, ton __130.00 New York cotton closed today J»n. U.15, March 11.16, May 11.17,1 U.68. Oct. 11.18, Dec. 11.15. * East Looms As Big Battleground In Second Gubernatorial Primary t JACKSOI? HOEY G-ffAHA Ml DONALD iuHnaTicii Here’s how the state looks after Saturday’s primary, when Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby won 51 of the 100 counties, Mcltonald 28, Graham 20 and McRae one. While the map shows Graham won in Granville county, the offi cial vote gives it to McDonald by] two votes. In Pitt county, Graham lead by only two votes. In Stokes county the unofficial vote shows that Hoey lead by only two votes, while there was a difference of twenty for Hoey in Sampson county. One of the greatest surprises was the block of tobacco growing coun had figured strongly on carrying these counties. The strength of Hoey lay In the fact that he carried counties scat tered widely over the state, six In the Albemarle section, two others along the middle coast, Brunswick on the southeast and Harnett and Robesor In the middle section. In the west he found his greatest strength, sweeping all of the coun ties in the second and third dis tricts going to Graham. McDonald ties west of Qreensboro, except An son which went for its native son, McRae, and Surry, Jackson and •Gratlam which fell slightly In the Graham column. The battleground in the July 4th primary will therefore be waged more actively in the east. Confederate Vets And Widows Get Semi-Annual Pension Money Huge Vote Shows Registration Book Revisions Needed Alphabetised List Of Voters, Re vised Yearly, Would Be Advisable. The huge vote of nearly 13,000 votes in the June C primary has caused comment in Cleveland poli tical circles the past few days that a complete revision of the voting registration in all of the 26 pre cincts would be commendable. Interview of a number of regis trars and with election officials in dicated that the county board of elections can by law order a revi sion or a complete new registration in any one or all the precincts, as provided in section 23 of the state election laws. Fall Election However, no revision could take place before the fall election as the law requires that It be done an the Saturday before the election, and at that time officials may strike off the list the names of persons who have moved away, who are dead (Continued on page ten.) Many Are Marooned By Tropical Storm FORT MYER, Fla., June 11. —(A5)—Residents of many South Florida cities were marooned by high waters resulting from a tropical storm which crossed the state and went out on the Atlantic ocean today. There was heavy rainfall throughout the night but no material wind damage was re ported. Sheriff Bob King was informed by residents of Onita Springs, 20 miles south of here, that the waters were higher there than they had been In ten years, approximately two and one-half feet. No damage was reported In Fort Myer al though the highways south of here were covered by water. Fred A. Flandin, weather obser ver at Moorehaven, reported the rainfall In the 24-hour per iod up to 4 a. m. today was more than nine inches, the highest since the 1935 hurri cane. Walking sticks in the form of checks, on which old soldiers and widows of old soldiers may lean for another six months were being de livered from the office of the clerk of Superior Court today. The checks, totalling $5,857.50, were received during the week-end from Auditor Baxter Durham in Ra leigh. Pension money comes to 11 Confederate veterans, $1 widows of Confederate veterans in Class A and to 14 widows of veterans in Class B. Veterans semi-annual checks total $182.50 each and Claes A widows get $150 with Class B. wid ows getting $50. The grey line has been cut from 18 to 11 members during the last year. Following are the veterans who now remain on the pension rolls of the Cleveland clerk’s books: A. F. Connor, Co. c 68th Regt.; Emanuel !Crotts, Co. F. 34th Regt.; J. C. El liott, oldest of the veterans remain ing, Co. F 56th Regt.; J. Z. Falls, Co. C 71st Regt.; S. M. Hamrick, Co. C 71st Regt.; Rueben McSwain, GUI’s Battalion of S. C.; J. M. Mor ris, Co. C 71st Regt.; T. G. Phllbeck, Co. B 49th Regt.; Charles Rlechard, South Carolina Regt.; J. A. Sims, Co. D 14th Regt.; W. W. White, Co. C. 17th Regt. Congress Tackles Legislative Knots As It Reassembles WASHINGTON, Jime 15.—W— With its aim set for Saturday night adjournment congress reassembled today after a week’s respite to tackle anew its legislative problems. Lead ers of the house and senate launch ed an intensive drive to wind up the 74th congress before the Dem ocratic national convention next week, but there were severe bar riers to be hurdled before they reached their goal. One of th most stubborn obstacle in the path of ad journment is the tax bill on which the committee worked last week with little material progress on controversial points. When congress recessed a week ago today for the Republican na tional convention, it was the hope of leaders that reports on the reve nue bill and other measures would be ready for final action today. Conferees on the $2,430,829,000 de ficiency relief bill did not meet last week and still have several knotty problems to solve before making their report. To Choose City’s Cotton Queen At Ball Here On Thursday Night An elaborate cotton ball, remi niscent of the famed balls which were held years ago at the old Cleveland Springs hotel, will be held at the Community building on Thursday night, June 18. A "Cotton Queen” will be elected by popular vote, and will be award ed a silver loving cup. Three maids of honor will also be chosen, and will be presented prizes by three Shelby firms. A five tube radio door prize will also be awarded, and an efficient system of ventilation will be em ployed to keep the hall cool. The building has one of the best hard wood floors in this immediate sec tion. Music for the dancing, which will begin at 9:30 o’clock, will be fur-, nlshed by Boe Norris and his broad casting orchestra. The ball will be the first of its kind held here in many years, and it is hoped to make It an annual event. The dance will be an inform al affair. Cargo Of Bonus “Baby” Bonds On Way To Vets WASHINGTON, June 16.—(/P)— | Nearly $1,650,000,000 worth of bonus “baby” bonds trundled from the 12 Federal Reserve bank centers at midnight tonight, tagged for de livery to the approximate 3,000,00( World war veterans. By the end of the weal;, govern ment experts predicted, millions oi dollars in cash would be in the hands of those veterans throughout the country who seek immediate ’trade-in of their bonds for gov ernment checks. When the whole job is done, 38 000,000 bonds will be in the hands Shelby postal officials an nounced at noon today that; Delivery and certification of Adjusted Service Bonds will be gin Tuesday, June 16 instead of Wednesday, June 17 and that the local office will seek to deliver all bonds to bounty vets on that day if possible. A veteran must apply, that is make a formal application for his bond before one is mailed to him from Washington. Legion officials said numbers of veter ans in the county have not even applied for bonds. Delivery to veterans on rural routes will begin early Tuesday morning, and on city delivery on Tuesday afternoon. All deliveries must be made in person. Vets getting mail through boxes or general delivery will be notified. Certification of bonds for pay ment will begin at the commun ity building Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. Actual cash for the bonds will arrive three or four days aft er conversion of the bonds. As for the bonds, any vet can hold them against the claim of any and all people for any reason. of the nation’s 3,500,000 veterans. The size of the individual pay ments will range from $00 to $1,600, official estimate. The government threw around the system of distribution all pos sible checks against fraud. Treas ury and poet office detectives were prepared to strike swiftly against anyone seeking to defraud veter ans. Misrepresentations made to gain possession of registered mail con taining the bonds, they warned, would bring down on the heads of offenders ®ve-year prison sen tences, $2,000 fines, or both. Even heavier penalties await any who at tempt to cash the bonds. The bonus payments has been heralded for months by the predic tions of its advocates that a tre mendous upsurge in business would come when the millions of dollars start flowing into the channels of trade. The American Legion estimated that merchants and retailers would receive $623,615,793 from the pay ments. Attack By Pirates AMOY, China, June 15,—(AV-Pir ates attacked the American hospital here tonight but were beaten off after a machine gun batiet in which five men Were killed. Those slain were three fdrates I and two policemen. Road Construction And Repairs Speed Up In Cleveland County Several crews of workmen are engaged In road maintenance and repairs in Cleveland county, It was learned today from W. A. Broad way, county road supervisor. Soiling the road from Bolling i rings to the College Tilling Sta ir on highway No. 74 is progress ij. Mr. Broadway has no orders o proceed further than the paved highway, with the Bolling Sprlngs Lattimore road. Engineers will be sent to re-locate and straighten out the curves from the College Station to Lattimore. Eliminate Curves Curves are being eliminated on the Bolling Springs-Cllffslde road, a state project, which will later be graveled and surfaced the distance of six miles. At the Grany Moun tain quarry where Sandy Run empties Into Broad river, a crew of prisoners has crushed 20,000 yards of stone for this road. Finishing touches are being put on the bridges and culverts and the soiling of the Shelby-Grover road. Surface treatment will come later under a state contract. Federal funds are being used for this road, already open for travel. A contracting firm Is working near Sharon, conditioning the road bed of the Zoar-Bolllng Springs road, making ready for surface treatment, contract for which was recently let. A stone treatment has been ap plied to the Bankhead highway be tween Kings Mountain and Grover. Asphalt coating will soon be applied to recondition this road which went to pieces during the severs winter. Mr. Broadway says soil treatment line” road leading from Kings Mountain toward Cherryville. Mrs. West Dies At j Her Home Here; | Bury at Fort Mill Mrs. Lucy Belle West died Sun day afternoon at her home, 509 Oakland Drive after an Illness of several weeks. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robt. Howie of Port Mill, S. C„ and had lived in Shelby since 1925 with her two children by her first husband, J. M. Jones and Mary E. Jones. Her second husband died seven years ago. Surviving are five sisters, Ledy Deas of Rock Hill, Mrs. B. F. Nich ols of Spartanburg, Mrs. Ernest Miller of Fort Mill, Mrs. F. H. Pat terson of Danville, Va., Mrs. R. H. Crane of Durham and one brother, B. M. Howie of Clinton, S. C. Remains were taken this after noon to Fort Mill where funeral services will be held Tuesday morn ing at 11 o'clock. She was a member of the Methodist chinch there Mrs. West had made many wans fnends during her residence in Shelby. To Run For Conjure** BOSTON, June lS^-OPy-The American said in a copyrighted story today James Roosevelt, eldest son of President Roosevelt, Is t jad^ to run for congress in the ninth Massachusetts district, now repres- 1 ruled Fy ltlehard M. Russell of j Cambridge, a Democrat. Shelby Democrats Have Large Parts In District Meet George Wray, P, C. Gardner And Charles Eskridge Berra On Committee* Shelby men played pramlnenl parte In the Democratic atate con vention held In Raleigh last week A large delegation from this coun ty attended the convention, and three local men were instrumental in the functioning of the tenth district convention. George Wray was assigned to th< credentials committee from this dis trict, and was also named on the congressional executive committee representing Cleveland county. P. C. Gardner was named a mem ber of the Judicial executive com mittee from Cleveland county. Hakridge Named Charles R. Eskridge, along with other representatives from thli district, was on the senatorial ex ecutive committee. The tenth district convention which was held in the gallery ol the Memorial auditorium, was al most without incident, other thar an attempt to discipline James A Abemethy of Lincolnton for opposi tion to Congressman milwlnkle hi the recent primary. Thomas W. Bird was chalrmar (Continued on page ten) Equalization Board Tour* Tha County The board of equalization and re view, appointed a short time age by the county commissioners start ed today mi fts inspection tour ol the entire county for the purpose ol listing and evaluating property built or improved during the past year. The board is composed of W. J Arey and J. B. Nolan of Shelby and E. L. Campbell of Kings Mountain Buildings which have been repaired to the tent of $100 and all new buildings will be Inspected and listed by the board. It will make its report In July. Lawyers Given $500,000 Fees By High Court WINSTON-SALEM, June 15.—<A’t —A half million dollars attorneys feea were allowed today to the law firm of Brook*. Parker, and Holder ne*s, and Brook*. McLendon, and Holderness of Greensboro for repre senting: Anne Cannon Reynolds, II, In litigation since the death of her father. Smith Reynolds. In 1932. The fee was set by Judge Clayton Moore in superior court upon peti tion of Mrs. Anne L. Cannon of Concord, one of the guardians of the child, who Is her granddaugh ter. The other guardian, the Cabar rus Bank and Trust Co., took ex ception to the Judgment and filed formal notice of appeal to the su preme oourt. The bank officials de clined to file Its own petition for counsel fees due to the Illness of E. T. Cansler of Charlotte, a member of the firm. Hoey’s Tax Plans Are Adopted By State Convention Pledge M Vote* To Roosevelt; Fol ger Replace* C. L. Shaping. RALEIGH, June 15—Democrats of North Carolina pledged their 36 votes at the national convention In Philadelphia to President Roosevelt and Vice President Qarner and adopted a platform favoring chang es In the sales tax but saying the levy cdUld not be abolished entirely Friday at an harmonious State con vention. The platform, which incorporated a ringing indorsement of the ad ministration of Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaui, followed closely the sales tax proposal of Clyde R. Hoey as outlined in his campaign for the party’s gubernatorial nomination. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Hoey’s op ponent in the second primary, a critic of the State administration, has conducted his aampalgn on a promise to abolish the sales tax en tirely. Liquor Plank Omitted. No discord was evident at any time on the convention floor, though the platform committee wrangled over a possible "wet” or "bone dry” liquor plank and then compromised by making no mention of the ques tion at all. Immediately after the convention adjourned the delegates to the na tional convention, acting on lnstruc (Continued on page ten.) Month Old Child Ha* Three Teeth Dennis Anthony Beam, month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Beam. Is proudy displaying three new teeth for the In spection and approval of his parents. The baby, bom one month ago today, cut the first of the three teeth at the age of two weeks, and has since cut two others. The teeth are not the center front teeth, customarily cut by babies between the sixth and twelfth months, but the eye and stomach teeth, usually cut at the age of two and a half or three, years. Two of the teeth. In the lower gum, are in the position of stomach teeth, and the third. In the upper gum is an eye tooth. The baby Is a healthy, normal child and, If he sustains his present reputation, bids fair to cut his wisdom teeth by the time he reaches school age. County Vet Says He Will Spend BonasFor “Face-Lifting”Scheme By WILL AREY, JR. William Crowder, one of Cleve land county’* 600 veterans who will be among the 3,500,000 eligible men in the country to receive the bonus payable to ex-soldiers on June 17, said today that he has arranged to do some “face-lifting’’ with bis war returns. He says that he intends to do this in reference to surpria 'ng some local bill collectors. It is estimated that $1.924 000,100 will be made available in the na tional treasury for the ex-dough boys and administration officials report that many rackets have been designed in recent weeks to get this money from the veterans. I However, the group of Shelby ! World war soldiers who were inter* ! viewed this morning seem to be aware of the racketeering gfoup and plan to spend .their bonus In benefiting ways. Edgar Hoyle, local negro veter an, has planned to build some homes to rent on several vacant lots that he owns in town, he said today. "Ed” served 22 months on foreign lands and when asked to recall a few • experiences from those days overseas, he answered that "It Is quite different from what one might expect over there (Continued on page ten.) Mrs. Lura Litton Instantly Killed In Auto Accident Davidson Coach Seriously Hurt Davidson Coach Not Expected To Live; Funeral Services Hero Tomorrow Afternoon. Mrs. Lura Smith Litton waa in* stantly killed and J. W. (Doc) Unger wrestling coach at Davidson col lege was critically Injured when the automobile In which they wore rid ing overturned near Cornelius last night about ten o'clock. Mrs. Litton suffered a broken neck In the accident, and died In stantly. Unger was taken to the Mooresvtlle hospital where doctors this morning gave him little chance for recovery. The baek of his skull was crushed, and one foot was smashed. Mrs. Litton, a native of this coun ty, had been living in Charlotte for about three years, where she had been working In a department store. Unger has been, for the past four or five years, wrestling coach and assistant football coach at David son college. He resigned Ms posi tion this spring. Funeral ToOMrrpw Funeral services tot Mrs, Litton will be held tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. Reid Mlsenhelmer, on the Cleveland Springs road. The services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Buttle. One small son, Bobby, who Is six years old, survives. Her husband, F. B. Litton, who waa connected with the Litton Motor copipdny In Shel by, died several years ago. Also surviving are two brothers, Griffin P. Smith and Brantley P. Smith, both of Shelby, and five sisters: Mrs. J. R. Mlsenhelmer, Mrs. H. L. Toms, Mrs. J. Q. Panther, Miss Theda Smith and Miss Lons Smith, all of this city. The accident occurred near Cor nelius, a small town located two miles south of Davidson on the Charlotte-StatesvlUe' highway. Mrs. Jodi Wright Passes Suddenly Funeral b Held This Moraine At Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o'clock for Mrs. Clara Hamrick Wright, wife of Josh Wright, who died suddenly Saturday morning at Beams Mill from a stroke of apoplexy. She had been in good health up until the end came. Rev. D. G. Washburn con ducted the funeral amid a large crowd of friends and relatives. Mrs. Wright was bom November 30, 1883 and died at the age of 53 years, six months. 13 days. She was married to Mr. Wright May 31st, 1880 and to this union seven chil dren were born. Lawson Yates died about 34 years ago. Surviving are three sans, Cledith, Lawrence and J. T. Wright, thTBh daughters, Mrs. G. A. Spangler, Mrs. C. D. Hendrick and Miss Clarene and her step mother Mrs. W. T. Hamrick. Her parents died about seven years ago. Also surviving are three brothers, Lloyd. Posey and Denzy Hamrick and one sister, Buna Hamrick. Mrs. Wright Joined Pleasant Grove at the age of 13 and was baptised by Rev. Mr. Holllfield. She remained a faithful member until death. Chinese Officials Predict Fighting HONG KONG, June 15.—<AV-Of ficial sources predicted tonight that General Chlang Kei-Shek, leads* of the central government might order an attack by national troops of Kwangsi province In the south. National government troope day by day are occupying more strate gic points along the border of Southern provinces. At some places only thirty miles separate the northern and southern forces. Kwangsi province is continuing its preparation for defense against attac kof natlonsl troops but im proved relations between Kwsngat and the national government indi cated Chlang would not attack. \pprove Resolution WASHINGTON, June l&»—(*V The senate interstate commerce committee today approved a Joint congressional resolution to continue Joseph B. Eastman as coordinator of transportation for one year. At the same time it voted to strip the office of regulatory posssr.
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