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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, JULY 1, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
By Mil. Mr m (ID advance) _ IIH
Carrier, per year. On advance) _ un
AS BIG BUS WRECKS
*
Battle Lines Tighten In Governor’s Race
Hoey Supporters
Ready For Final
Push On Saturday
Olive Predicting
A Large Majority
Stale Manager Olive Predicts
Overwhelming Victory For
Shelby Candidate.
Thousands of friends o f
Clyde Hoey were flocking to
his sipport today in this coun
ty and in other parts of the
state in preparation for the
Final push which will “finish
the joV’ of electing him gov
ernor by a great majority
jver his opponent, Ralph W.
In a dispatch from Raleigh to
day State Manager Hubert E. Olive
predicted that Mr. Hoey "will be
nominated bv the biggest majority
«vtr given a Democratic candidate
in a gubernatorial campaign in
North Carolina.”
In This County
Here in Cleveland, Peyton Mc
gwain, chairman of the Democratic
committee, in collaboration with
scares of workers and officials in
Eoey Headquarters and with pre
cinct chairman were making a
complete canvass of the situation
here and predicted that, "if our ex
pectations are reached, Cleveland
will give Mr. Hoey a bigger major
ity than it did before.”
Plans have been made for a large
number of absentee ballots to be
cast in the coming second primary.
It is the first time in history that
such an election has fallen on a
legal holiday and both factions
are working to get the votes of the
persons who expect to be away. Mr.
Hoey made a personal statement
to the voters of the county today.
' McDonald Claims
Mr. McDonald claimed that
three-fourths of the vote Sandy
Graham, eliminated candidate, got
in the first primary in the East
would switch to him. Graham got
around 20,000 votes in that sector.
Manager Olive said "those who
voted for Sandy Graham have been
filled with contempt by the dis
PiKing manner in which Dr. Mc
Donald has positively fawned upon
them In an effort to win their sup
port” and would vote for Hoey "to
swamp Dr. McDonald.”
There was much activity also in
two other State-wide races, but as
before the first primary the guber
natorial contest held the center of
interest.
Secretary of State Stacy W.
«« and his opponent, Thad Eure
winton, continued to send out
'“inds of letters and pieces of
jure, while in the fight for
lieutenant governorship W. P.
of Pittsboro' and Paul D.
of Kenly, who led the first
also worked intensively.
Morning Cotton
letter
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JJz ®ore actlv* yesterday re
? to a large degree profit
“ut th8 market showed re
« to the sales due to substan
« 8 scale
two Sentlment has been
he Mel th reCCntIy baaed on
al ntK „ that the market’s technl
airert hv0^ had been ®°mewhat im
f the btihe <*m5tant rise- The bulk
ounts .3!n? has heen for tmde ac
n the Sflrg the tmprovement
at the S busipes*' We doubt
ounted f! nre to date has dis
trict w, P sltuatlon and believe
tiling ui8her IeVCl8- The
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Makes Appeal
* ■ 1
Mr. Hoey Speaks
To Citizens Of
ClevelandCounty
To Th* People of Cleveland
County:
Words are wholly inadequate to
express to you my gratitude for the
magniflcient support which you
have given me throughout my race
for Governor and the unparalleled
vote which 1 received in the first
primary on June 6th.
Z shall not live long enough to
toe atole to repay the debt of grati
tude which I owe for this expres
sion of confidence and this man
ifestation of interest in my cam
paign and my nomination. Nothing
could give me more pleasure or
gratification than the knowledge
that the people, among whom I
have lived all of my life, have
manifested this confidence in me
and shown such an abiding inter
est in my cause.
It means a great deal more to
me than either the nomination or
election as Governor, and I assure
you that I shall always remember
it with feelings of both pride and
humility. Pride—that the people of
this great county have been willing
to trust me in this sort of way;
humility—because I realize my own
unworthiness to receive such a
tribute at the hands of so generous
a people.
May I express the hope that the
citizenship. of Cleveland County
will not neglect to go to the polls
on Saturday, July 4th, and finish
the Job which we began on June
6th. I realize that the primary
comes this time on a holiday and
I wish to admonish all of our peo
ple, If they contemplate being
away from home, to avail them
selves of the privilege of voting an
absentee' ballot and that this im
portant matter be not overlooked.
I think we shall win a splendid
victory on next Saturday and noth
ing could interfere with this un
less our people should become over
confident and fail to realize the
importance of casting every ballot
in the primary on Saturday. I am
counting definitely on Cleveland
County to repeat the magniflcient
record made in the first primary.
With sentiments of gratitude al
ways, I am,
Torn* sincerely,
CLYDE R. HOEY
HoeySaysProgram
Of Professor Will
Blast Foundations
Favors Few Changes
In Personnel
Shelby Candidate Says McDonald’s
Tactics Recently Have Been
Disgusting
ROXBORO, July 1—Clyde R.
Hoey last night continued his cam
paign for nomination In the second
primary here last night by voicing
a constructve plan in contrast to
Dr, McDonald’s which he called
destructive.
"It will be my purpose as gov
ernor to improve the schools, the
road system, the State’s Institu
tions and services,” said Hoey.
"These must be developed and made
more effective.
“We must build further, not de
stroy the foundation upon which
we have built.”
Few Changes Needed
i Mr. Hoey expressed the opinion
' that some changes in the person
| nel of the various departments of
the stats government would prob
ably improve the efficiency, but
stated “I will not engage In a pro
gram of punishment and vengeance
by firing everybody, regardless of
the service they render the State,
as McDonald has threatened to
do.”
"Perhaps McDonald doesn’t know
It, but his t actios, especially during
this second primary campaign,
have so disgusted the people of the
state that McDonald is going to be
beat even worse than be otherwise
would have been.”
DURHAM, July 1—Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald last night went on record
as favoring an eight-hour day for
labor as he charged his opponent,
Clyde R. Hoey, with favoring
"longer hours and lower wages for
the men in the mills.”
At the same time, be called for
a decree freeing workers from
"economic slavery.”
"Liberty Leaguers”
"Corporation connection,” the
Winston-Salem man declared, Mid
"liberty league support” cause “Mr.
Hoey’s lack of sympathy with the
workers of our State.”
"The Liberty league was not
formed until President Roosevelt,
through the NRA, launched an
earnest effort to better the stand
ards of living of the working class
es of our nation,” McDonald said.
Banded Together
“Then these corporation pres
idents banded together to oppose
Roosevelt and the New Deal. They
had rather keep the workers in in
dustrial slavery than pay them
decent wages and give them decent
hours of work.”
Hoey, he continued, is opposed to
“a fair deal” for labor.
Cleveland Agents
To Speak On Radio
Cleveland radios 'will be toned in
on Charlotte Thursday at 12:15 to
hear boosts given this county by
members of the Extension Depart
ment.
County Agent, John S. Wilkins,
and Home Agent, Frances Mac
Gregor will speak on the work of
their departments in this county.
Gaffney Officials War Against
Strike Violence And Disorders
GAFFNEY, 8. CL, July 1—Gaffney
officials this week took drastic
steps to stop the violation of peace
and order which has resulted from
the strike at the Gaffney Manu
facturing company village.
Lake W. Stroup, sheriff of Cher
okee county, said yesterday that
gun “toting” and the shooting of
dynamite bombs and other explos
ives must cease. Rewards have
been offered for1 the arrest and
conviction of anyone connected
with the bombings last Sunday
night which shattered the weather
hoarding at the homes of Yates
Moores and Sugar Pennington,
on-striker*,
Webb fcewis and Walter Godfrey,
also non-strikers, said bombs were
thrown into their yards..
Three cases of dynamite, contain
ing 100 sticks in each case, were
stolen from the Smith Hardware
company’s cache here June 7. Only
46 sticks, apparently dropped by
the thief, have been recovered.
Mayor R, C. Swafford announced
he had detailed two policemen to
patrol the area around the Gaffney
Manufacturing Company at night
to prevent repitition of the Sun-,
day morning outrage. He also caus
ed upon the officers to enfpcmiT the
city ordinance against loiterers on
the streets between thfe/hours of
lidnight and daylight.
A
Zioncheck Escapade Enacted As
Accident Victim Flees Hospital
A veritable “Zioncheck escapade"
was enacted in Shelby yesterday as
W. L, McWhorter, narrowly escap
ed death after being struck by a
Southern passenger train and then
while in a serious condition at the
Shelby hospital last night, managed
to escape and was ducking and
dodging about the city for two and
a half hours.
Mr. McWhorter was struck by the
passenger train yesterday, about
11:30 o’clock. He was sitting at
the time on the end of a cross-tie,
near the overhead bridge at West
Sumter street. The engineer blew
his whistle several times and when
he saw the man didn’t move, he
put on the emergency brakes.
striking his slightly.
The victim sustained a lacera
tion on the head and several bad
bruises.
The escape from the hospital
was made a little before midnight
Several parties reported seeing the
patient hiding behind the shrub
bery, slipping hither and yon. clad
only In the hospital nightshirt and
with the bandage around his head
He was said to be resting wel
today, and is expected to recover
Attaches did not think he was dan
gerous. He was reported to havt
been in a drugged or drunken con
dition at the time of the accident
and for some time has not been lr
a normal state of health.
Sworn Statement
Names Six Leaders
Of N. C.“Legion”
Wilmington Paper Obtains State
ment; Preacher, Merchant
And Women Named
WILMINGTON, July 1, OP)—The
Star-News said today It had obtain
ed a swam statement naming a
preacher, a merchant, and three
women as leaders of a hooded
band of night riders accpisad of
flogging s number of Columbus
ocunty women and men In the last
few months. The' paper says its in
formant waa connected with an
assault trial at Wbltevllle last
week In the course of which the
alleged beatings became known
publicly for the first time.
Solicitor J. J. Burney was shown
the statement but withheld com
ment pending further questioning
of the Informant. The informant
was quoted by the Star-News as
saying foe night riders celled them
selves the “Vigilantes" and operat
ing with k slogan “to change or
kUl,” set o ut to rid foe Beaver Dam
community of persons they con
sidered undesirable.
The statement said seven women
woe listed for lashings. At a grand
jury investigation last week Fore
man Hackett Applewhite said the
names of four women and two men
alleged victims were obtained.
To Settle Strike
COLUMBIA, S. C„ July 1, (A*)—-•
State officials today sought to end
the lengthy strike and lockout at
the Mallohon mill in Newberry
county, scent of South Carolina’s
worst labor conflict at present.
Governor Johnston said there bad
been recent changes in the atti
tudes of parties involved which led
Mm to hope that a settlement i
might Bb brought about to a short
time,
CCC Enrollment
Quota Given County
Announcement of another CCC
! enrollment was made today by Mrs.
T. W. Hamrick, associate in county
welfare work.
Cleveland county's quota this
time will be 14 whites and four
colored boys. Mrs. Hamrick has al
ready begun with applications, and
said today she expects no trouble
in filling the quota.
Hoey Will Make
Final Radio Talk
Clyde R. Hoey will make one
of his strongest bids for addi
tional support in the race for
the govemship
in another
hook-up. He will
Charlotte, Raleigh
villa stations ____
til 7:46. ^
Mr. Hoey
expecting
and “shoot
address
state.
would give no in
what he will say
or in regard to
opponent or McDonald’s pol
but the 45-mlnute oration
to be a masterpiece.
Political
over
Building And Loan
Associations Pay
$13,OOOOnShares
Figures Slightly Below Last Years
Interest Rate Is Four
Per Cent
Money jingled In Shelby pocket
this morning as the three bulldini
and loan associations paid out theii
semi-annual dividends on paid-ui
stock.
A total oT 113,460 was paid out bj
the three organizations, the Inter
est rate being four per cent. Thfa
[is slightly below last July's flguret
of $16,600, which was paid on at
interest rate of five per oent.
The Shelby building and loan as
sociation paid out $7,310.40 the
Cleveland $3,500, and the Shelby
and Cleveland County $2,650. _
These payments, together with
the bonus payments, have put a
smile on the faces of Shelby mer
chants.
Casar District
Leads In County
With $1.12 Rate
Casar school district In No. 11
township leads all the townships
and special districts in the tax
rate under the new financial set
up in the county for next year.
This district will pay $1.12 per $100
valuation, according to tax super
visor Troy McKinney,
The other rates in the townships
set by the commission given by
the supervisor in their "break
down” form are as follows:
No. 1 Township.
Adval- Poll
arem Tax
County property.* .24 $ .5C
County school_... .. .16 1.5C
No. 1 road__ .. ... .45 .60
.No. 1 school__ .20
No. 2 Towrahip.
County property__ .24 ,5(
County school-. __ .16 1.50
No. 2 road.. ..30 .48
B. Spgs. school__ .08
No. 2 ele. school_ .15
New Mooresboro sch_ .07
No. 3 Township
County property.. .. .24 .50
County school _J. ...ie 1.50
No. 3 road-- X... .20 .18
No. 3 school.____ .25
♦ Township
; County property .. .. .24 .50
i County schbot .. .16 1.50
Kings 'Mtp. road. .08
Grover wad__ .10
Grover school . .. .08
Old Ueth-Ware sch...... .32
New Beth-Ware sch. .15
Park-Grace school .. .. .10
No. 3 school ... . _ .25
No. 5 Township.
County property.. .34 .50
(Continued <pn page ten.)
Floods Hit Texas
SAN ANTONIA, Texas, Inly 1, (JPj
—Two were dead, at least one per
son was missing and several were
l critically injured as south Texas
| creeks and rivers surged out of their
j banks today after a suddeb rain
i fall which reach .) flood propor
jtions In some see) ions.
Zioncheck “Check* For Home”
Representative Marion Zioncheck, impulsive solon from Seattle, Wash.,
appears securely bound with sheets lo the Gallinger Hospital stretcher
as he is wheeled to the door for tf ansfer to a private sanitarium at
Towson, M«L, for further observation. This move releasea him from
appearing in court on a mental charge.
i
See Diversity Of Activity
In Celebration Of July 4th
Banka And Building And Loans To Close On
Saturday; Merchants And Court
Attaches Off Monday
A diversity of activity will mark the Glorious Fourtt
in Shelby and Cleveland county, and the holiday season wil
extend through Monday, July 6 for some it was learned to
day in a check-up on what various business houses will do.
A check with all the banks and
building and loan associations In*
dtcates that they will close on Sat
urday. resuming regular operations
on Monday. Banks and building
and loan associations In Kings
Mountain will observe the same
rule.
The majority of the merchants
contacted said they will remain
open on Saturday, but will close
Monday with clerks and supervis
ors taking Monday as a holiday.
Court House
At the order of the county board
of commissioners, all county officers
and attaches of the court housi
will observe Monday as a holiday
although their regular schedule wll
also be somewnat hampered witl
the election on Saturday.
County Agent John 8. Wllklm
said all the extension work will la
suspended on Monday. Farmers wh(
have been notified may call foi
checks on Saturday, the fourth.
Thus far there have been n<
plana for any formal celebration
of the holiday, as most of the daj
is expected to be consumed witl
(Continued on page ten)
WPA Workers Resume Jobs;
Raise In Pay Is Announced
All the wheels of the WPA In
dustries In Cleveland county will
begin to turn again Thursday at
the regular time, following a two
day halt while local officials were
awaiting instructions about prevail
ing wage scales, adjustments of
projects, and other information
from headquarters.
A telegram to John Hudson,
Cleveland supervisor said today
that the schedules will be resumed
as soon as possible. This will in
clude men and women, working on
streets, sewers, roads, buildings, in
sewing rooms and recreation proj
ects.
Mrs. Pansy Petzer said this
morning that supervision for the
up-town playground will be re
sumed from 8 until 11:30 and from
4 until 0:30 in the afternoon. Othei
recreation projects in the county
will start at regular hours.
WASHINGTON, July 1, (A>)-A
$1.05 Increase in the average
monthly pay of Works Progress ad
ministration workers in seven Sou
thern states were ordered today by
Aubrey Williams, acting admin
istrator.
Williams said WPA workers ir
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, South Car
olina, and Tennessee, heretofore lr
(Continued on page ten)
Scorching Sun Sends Shelbians
Seeking Safety, Soothing Shade
High marks for hot weather
were set here yesterday and today
as thermometers shot to 100 de
grees and above, with a number of
reliable thermometers being check
ed 103 and 103 degrees In the shade,
with no estimate of how hot It was
in the sunshine.
Actually, eggs were being fried
on the side-walk by negro boys, one
man had a sunstroke, and old tim
ers vowed that in 50 years they
had not experienced heat so in
tense, nor had nights—even after
midnight, been so unsleepable.
Farm officials over the county
looked for hopeful signs of rain
which would give succor to the
parching crops, which for the mosl
part just began to grow at the las)
rain and now are much wilted and
stunted.
The weather man promised re
lief today and tonight In the form
of showers In the western part of
this state, but made no definite
about rains in general.
The drought, according to Asso
ciated Press reports is now grip
ping the entire nation, with little
relief in sight.
The sunstroke was sustained by
A. L. Brown, workman on the coun
ty school garage. He was attended
'Continued on page ten)
Accident Occurs
On Natural Bridge
At Famous Resort
Misses Plunging
Into Deep Gorge
Driver Plunges Uncontrollable
Machine Into Road
Bank.
(By Associated Press)
NATURAL BRIDGE, Va.,
I July 1.—A passenger bus- ca
Ireening out of control on top
I of Virginia’s famous natural
bridge crashed into a bank
early today in a heavy rain
| killing 5, and injuring 24.
The bits was driven Into the bank
by the driver to save the skidding
vehicle from /jHungihg over the
brink of the 215 foot gorge. The bus
rolled over and stopped within only
a few feet feet of the edge.
When the bus got out of control
J. J. Olderson of Roanoke, the driv
er, threw his weight on the wheel
Vnd turned It abruptly into the
bank. The front end was crushed
. and he and others in the forward
seats were killed.
The dead: J. J, Olderaon, J. P.
Hamilton, Birmingham, a bus driv
er. an unidentified white woman
of about 38, another unidentified
white woman, a man tentatively
. identified as John Keeeee, of Tsse
well county, Virginia.
The injured were at Jackson hos
pital. Lexington, and at Natural
Bridge hotel here. Those being
cared for here included: Virginia
Nelson of High Point, who was
bruised, and her companion Kath
erine stimler, 22. Salvation Army
lieutenant of Durham.
Band To Be Here
For Army Concert
A telegram was received here
this morning from Lieutenant
Colonel Alfred Tyler, division com
, mander of the Salvation Army in
[ the two Carolines, that he will ar
! rive here tomorrow with States
ville's 40-plece band to conduct the
> formal opening of Shelby’s new Sal
, vatlon Army post.
, Beginning at 7 o'clock tomorrow
evening the Salvation Army band
will give an open air concert on
, the court house square. At the con
, elusion of this program the group
will march down South LaPayette
street to the Ella mill where the
Army's tent has been sgt up for
the revival going on this week.
At 8 o’clock the Thursday pro
gram schedule for the formal af
fair will begin In the tent with
special singers giving several pre
sentations.
Captain Ben Jones,* recently ap
pointed head of the new post who
has Just arrived, will be the chair
man of this session. Lieutenant
Colonel Tyler will be the feature
speaker of the event. Shelby's new
ly named advisory board which Is
headed by Attorney C. B. McBrayer
will also be present.
Six-Year Child
b Electrocuted
But Will Recover
If little Ben Norman, six-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nor
man continues to improve, he will
soon know what it is to be electro
cuted and get over it.
He is now in a serious condition
at the Shelby hospital minus the
greater part of one hand and with
deep burns on his neck and should
ers, after he became entangled
late Wednesday in an electric wire
which was said to be charged with
2,300 volts.
Except for the heroism of an old
man by the name of A. B. Hutchin
son who happened to be passing
that section of McBrayer street
and the aid of John Norman, )r..
15-year-old brother Ben. the lad
would likely have been killed.
“I was just walking along, and
the wire fell on me—and that’s all
I know,” Ben told his father to
the hospital, hours later, after he
had been unconscious for a long
time.
Physicians at the hospital said
that with great care, it may be
possible to save two of the fingers
on the child’s hand. He bad aought
to throw the wire off his body,
zrasoing the wire with his band,