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SHELBY, N. CL MONDAY, JULY 6, 1986 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Holiday Death Total
Highest Since 1931;
HighwaysClaimMost
Motor Vehicle Death* Total 290, Drowning*
Aeeount For 99; Grand
Total Is 441
(By The Associated Press)
The nation today listed its toll of violent deaths at 441
in the week-end fourth of July celebration.
It was the largest independence
fatahty list since W81 when 49B died
tnd the second largest in the last
nine years.
Fireworks resulted in sis deaths.
one less than last year.
Motor vehicle fatalities number
'd iso as unprecedented numbers
took to the highways for the double
holiday. Deaths by drowning were
listed a* 99. Others lost their Uvea
in tavern brawls, airplane crashes,
shooting and railroad and other ac
cidents.
National guardsmen oooupied
Itemsen, Iowa, where a firecracker
started a Maze that resulted in a
loss of 9500.000. Four business blocks
were razed. Fifteen families were
homeless. North Carolina had three
auto deaths, one drowning and 9
deaths from various causes. South
Carolina had 4 auto deaths, 2 draw
ings and 5 deaths from various
csuaes.
H0L Corporation
Grants $235,408
In Cleveland Co.
Thirty-One MBtione Granted Home
Owners In North
Carolina
One hundred and twelve distress
ed home owners in Cleveland coun
ty have received a total of $396,408
in loans from the Home Owners
Loan Corporation since June, 1933.
A total of $31,394,471.10 has been
loaned in North Caroline to approx
imately 12,500 home owners out of
the grand total of more than three
billions which has been loaned to
mote than a million distressed home ,
owners in the United States since
June 1033.
Under the Home Loan act a fif
teen year loan at five percent was >
granted distressed home owners
while the holders of their defaulted
mortgages received HOLC bonds
hacked by the Federal Treasury.
Now Collecting.
The work of the Home Owners’ *
(Continued on page eight.)
Morning Cotton ;
Past week new high prices were '
made following the announcement
\«t the CCC that additional cotton
from 14c loans would be released, j
rjp net change for the week was 2 .
wwer on Oct. to 9 higher on Mar oh. .
pm* trade no doubt believes that
the additional cotton which may be (
Obtained from 12c load Will bd of r
r1® better grades and staples and
pot in sufficient quantity tp depress '
phe market. The rains which occur
Nd last week in the western and
central belt were beneficial to the
r?*,x'T ftl* prolonged dry spell
rut their effect, seemed offset by the
lower private acreage report. Vol
li-ne Of sales ip textile market* last
estimated well above produc
r" pnr*s for graw goods main 1
iamM thetr strength and made fur- \
r 7 ?”'!ns b’mng week. We continue ,
r Twr th» constructive aide of the ,
r*Tst .** believe trend is to- ;
P™ higher price levels. K. A.
fierce & co.
LETTER
NEW YORK, July 6.—During the
4-H Beauty
Miss IubBi Tffilfy of Jiduon
County, Illinois, is one of the beau
ties among themambera of the 10th
National 4-H Chib members camped i
in Washington, p. 0. Miss ffiUirt •
forte is elothes-making in addition
to her regular 4-H work. «
N. C. Leads Nation
In Textile AfiBs,
Workers, Products
rhls State Is Largest Textile Manu
facturing Center, Report
Shows.
WASfUNTON. July 6. — North
Carolina leads the United States as
. cotton textile manufacturing oen
er, it was reveled by the Bureau
i Foreign and Domestic Commerce
?hlch made public the Mrst report
t has prepared on basic industrial
narkets.
North‘Carolina has a total of 401
ombined textile establishments,
nth 136,898 wage earners paid $69
40,000 annually, and the total val
le of finished products, $431,926,000.
More Wage Earners.
The number of cotton textile mills
s 289, wage earners, 87,709; annual
tayrolls, $45,295,000; total value of
iroducts, $272,026,000.
The report shows that of the 1,
157 cotton mills in the United
(Continued on page eight.)
Bidding Permits
Show Construction
Above Last Year
Month Of June Show*
Increase
Tot*! Of First Six Months Is
SUchtty Below lut Tear,
However.
Construction work in Shelby dur
ing the month of June registered a
$2,000 gain over the same period last
year, it was revealed today by the
monthly report of the building in
spector, W. T. Orowder.
A total of $33,007 in building per
mits was issued last month, Mb.
Crowder's report shows. The largest
permits in this group wen issued
to W. J. Arey and the Rev. Wade
Bostick, both permits being for resi
dences costing $3,500.
Figure For June MM.
The figure for June, 1935 was $30,
400, the largest item being a $7,300
permit for the Planters Mid Mer
chants warehouse.
Thus far in 1936, a total of $134,
105.93 has been issued. This is slight
ly lower than the figure for the first
six months of 1985 which was $181,
335.00.
A majority of the permits issued
last month were for residential con
cfruptWi wnHr
Bacon-Akock
Slate Senators
In This District
F. P. Bacon, Tryon business man
won the Democratic nomination for
State senator In the 37th district
according to complete unofficial re
turns from all six precincts in Polk
county, whose turn it was this year
to select one of the two candidates
tn the district
Bacon defeated W. Y. Wilkins,
former Polk county sheriff, by a
vote of 1,307 to 1,286. The Tryon
man’s majority is 21 votes.
Mr. Bacon is a director of the M.
and J. Finance Co., which maintains
its home office in Shelby.
Counties in the district are: Polk,
Cleveland, McDowell, Henderson,
and Rutherford.
The 27th district has two sen
ators. C. E. Alcock, of Forest City,
Rutherfbrd county, was nominated
by the Democrats for the other sen
atorial place in the first primary.
Government Slept
Into Controversy
WASHINGTON, July (ID
Warning that industrial warfare
threatens the government stepped
into the steel picture today as the
struggle over unionised in the five
biBion dollar industry headed rapid
ly into its first erueial phases.
With John L. Lewis spurring the
drive to organise ail 800,000 steel*
workers into one Mg union in de
fiance at the bitter opposition of*
employers, the national labor rota
tions board reopened a fight in the
courts to force steel companies to
accept the national relations act as
a means of keeping peace.
The board announced it was pe
titioning the federal circuit court
of appeals at New Orleans today in
a new effort to enforce the act
against the big Jones and LaughHn
steel corporation.
Dying Woman Sees Own Funeral;
Services Repeated At Grave
LIBHRTY HILL. 8. C„ July 6.
Urs. Butter Fundbrburk believed
n “rases tor the living” and so
TitieaBy ffl, she asked the Itov. J
-little to conduct her funeral while
he still was alive.
So Little announced the “funeral
icrvice” and hundreds gathered for
he solemn occasion. Mrs. Funder
>urk lay In her bed while prayers
vere offered and songs were sung
She requested that “Shsftl We
3ather at The River?” and “God
*e With Yoy Till We Meet Again’
>e sung, and the request was eom
'lied with.
A son. Robert Funderburk, a dea
con in the Liberty Bill Baptist
church, led the opening prayer and
another son, Osmond, led the sing
ing.
Little took as h* text: "My soul
thirsteth lor Thee, O God; my
flesh pamteth lor Thee.”
As the services ended, Mrs. Fun
derburk voiced her appreciation.
She said she wanted her funeral
while she still can hear it.
That was Sunday.
Wednesday, Mrs Funderburk, 78,
died. She was buried Thursday. Her
six sons acted as pallbearers.
The same service she liked so
much while shf was, alive was re
j peated at the graveside. (
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| North Carolina’s Next Governor
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nanuntwa ior afvemor iv i inijoniy ox over
in Saturday*, prtauury. »--* \'.J:.'i
Cleveland Almost Doubles
Hoey Lead In 2nd Primary
Comparison Of Figures With First Primary
Shows That Voting Was Some*
what Heavier .
Cleveland county, which gave its
native son, Clyde Hoey a 9 to 1
lead over Dr. Ralph McDonald in
the first primary, showed even
greater loyalty to Mr. Hoey in the
second primary held Saturday, giv
ing him a lead of approximately 10
to 1, a landslide vote.
A comparison between the of
ficial figures of the first primary
and the unofficial figures of the
second primaries shows interesting
(results:
The total vote for all four candi
dates for governor in the first pri
mary was 13,206, as compared to
lj2,463 in the second primary. Mr.
Hopy gained 499 votes, while the
Winston-Salem professor lost 716.
Hoey’s vote In the first primary
was 10.755 while that of McDonald
was 3,035.
Vote Hither
The total vote for all four candi
dates for the lieutenant governor
(Continued on page eight.)
G-Men Start Hunt
NEW, YORK, July <*>>_Feder
U agents, eat to destroy an inter
national bond theft syndicate, cred
ited with two phantom-like snatch
» totalling 12,046,000, hunted today
two men whose arrest would bring
the number in custody to eighteen.
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Governor
Lt. Gov
County Vote
Sec. State
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Sharon_
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East Kings Mountain .
West Kings Mountain
Grover
Waco
Shelby No. 1
Shely No. 2 .
Shelby No. 3
Shelby No. 4
South Shelby
Queens
Double Springs
Lattimore _
Mooresboro
Polkville
Delight
Lawndale
Fallston
Double Shoals
Mulls _
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Young Democrats
Will Meet Friday
to Elect Officers
To Hold Mooting In
Courthouse
Also To Choose Piliplw To Send
To State Convention Thh
Month.
Cleveland eounty'a unit of the
state's Younf Democrat Organisa
tlon will hold Its annual election
waalon on Friday night at S o'clock
In She court house here. The pur
pose of the meeting will be to elect
both officers for the Incoming year
and delegatee to send to the state
convention In Oreensboro on July
17 through 1», according to Presi
dent G. C. Horn.
Horn this morning said that he
has stressed to the members of the
Young Democrats that it is urgent
that a large delegation from each
precinct of the county be present on
Friday. Before adjournment of this
session the newly elected president
will probably begin tentative plans
for the future work of the county
group.
Flan Speaking Tours.
Plans for the ensuing weeks will
Include the sponsoring of some
score of speaking engagements over
|he pounty In order to aid in giving
Clyde Hoey as lorge an overwhelm
ing majority In November as on
Saturday, and to campaign for
Roosevelt In the national election.
OiMirimt Him Mil) that his nrffnn
teatton has not been so active in the
state primary of the, past few
mcntbs because a "local democratic
etoettofc la Just a friendly fight be
tween ourselves."
The Young Democrat’s Club of
Cleveland county was organ toed
here In 1938 with A1 Bennett as the
first president. At that time A1
Smith was running on the demo
cratic ticket for the presidency. In
1939 Henry Edwards was chosen to
servie as president for two terms
and he waa followed by Cobby Horn
who is still leading the county
group. Local organisation is given
one vote for each thousand cast for
the governor in the 1983 election
when the state convention meets.
Mrs. Newton Dies
At Home In Casar;
Hold Rites Today
Prominent Sixty Year Old Woman
Found Dead In Bod Sunday
Morning.
Funeral services were held at 11
o'clock this morning In the Clover
Hill Methodist church for Mrs. Mar
that Newton, 80, who was found
dead in her bed at 6 o’clock Sunday
morning. Rev. Van B. Harrison was
in charge of the services.
Although Mrs. Newton had been
in declining health for several
months, she had improved lately and
her sudden death came as a shock
to her family and friends. She talk
ed to members of her family only
three hours before her death. She
was married to the late Jacob New
ton, also of Casar, on July 7th, 1909.
Mrs. Newton Joined the . Clover
Hill Methodist church when 18
years old and sinoe that time has
(Continued on page eight)
Shelby Man Retains
Big Lead As All But
93 Precincts Report
Horton For Lieutenant Governor And Eure
For Secretary Of State Sure Of Nom
inations In Saturday's Run-off
/ Rv A Kwnrifi I pH (Vpkk \
CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 6.—Clyde R. Hoey, adminis
tration defender had a majority at 2 o’clock today of 53,232
votes in Saturday’s run-off primary for Democratic nominee
for governor with all but 93 of the 1858 precincts.' W. P.
Horton had a lead of 7,320 for lieutenant governor over his
opponent Paul Grady, while Thad Eure had a lead of 38,343
for secretary of state over his opponent, Stacey Wade, in
High Men I
- *
Above are W. P. Horton of Pitts
boro, who was nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor, and Thad Eure
of Kenly nominated for Secretary
of State. Horton's majority over
Paul Grady will be the smallest in
the three states contests. Eure,
principal cleric of the House, piled
up a big lead over Wade.
Western State Is
The majority of Clyde R Hoey, of
Shelby, for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor, continued to in
oreaee in the 22 Western North Car
olina counties as additional returns
were reported from Saturday’s sec
ond primary contest.
With 367 precincts reporting out
of a total of 415 in the 22 mountain
vote of 63.802 compared to 18,62 for
vote of 68,802 compared to 18,632 for
Dr. Ralph McDonald, of Winston
Salem, his opponent. Hoey’s major
ity in these 366 precincts is 45,170.
Strong
Made 109 Campaign Speeches
And Continued Bible Classes
!
Clyde R. Hoey was naturally
happy over the outcome of the sec
ond primary in which he received ,
the Democratic nomination by a
majority of around 58,000. He de
clined to issue a statement today, :
awaiting final returns, but he was
beaming with smiles as hundreds
of messages poured In from friends
throughout the state congratulating
him on his decisive victory.
Surrounded by ihembers of his ]
family and friends, Mr. Hoey re- .
ceived returns at The Star office,
a newspaper which he founded 40 j
yrars ago after serving as a print- ,
er's devil in his teen age. He re
mained well after midnight, study
ng the return* as they poured in
!rom the Associated Press and re
viving telephone congratulations
rom friends throughout the state.
Up to bright and early Sunday
norning he went to Central Meth
idist church to teach his Bible
slass which he has taught for 15
'ears. He received a cordial wel
:ome and at the close of the les
ion, Secretary Jean Schenck re
>orted “181 members present." 39
dsltors and one governor.”
During' the first campaign Mr.
foey made 90 speeches and missed
>nly one week-end being at home
(Continued on page eight)
cumbent.
With 176ft precinct* reported in
the governor'* race, the uno(Ttrial
vote stood:
FOR GOVERNOR
Hoey ..'.1.. 261.870
McDonald ..206.738
Hoey’s lead . 83.232
Returns from 1,723 prectht* In
the race for lieutenant-governor
show a* follows:
Horton . 208.878
Grady .108.588
Horton's lead ............ 7,320
Returns from 1,723 preclnts In th*
race for secretary of state reveal:
Eure .*. 222,008
Wade .
Eure’s lead ...._...
Both Horton and Eure ran
ond in the first primary but__
aged to overcome the leads of their
opponents in the run-off, the feat
which McDonald hoped In vein
that he would do. Mr. Hoey'a lead
over Dr. McDonald In the first pri
mary was about 4.480 votes.
Another fight Ahead
RALEIGH. July 6. ifP)—Two vet
erans at, tpe game of politics be
gan' today to lay plana for an In
tensive fight this fall for the gov
ernorship of the state, but the Dem
ocrat. Clyde R. Hoey, of Bhejby.
held the advantage.
Gilliam Grissom, Republican nom
inee, could point hack td almost
as much Republican party service
as Hoey can In the Democratic
party but the Republicans have
(Continued on page eight.)
Roosevelt Address
Stresses Need Of
Freedom, Leaders
President Delivers Address At Heme
Of Thomas Jefferson On -
Holiday.
MONTICELLO. Va., July «—Pres.
Went Franklin D. Roosevelt, speak*
Ing Saturday at the home of the
man who wrote the Declaration of
Independence, summoned America
to battle anew for “true freedom"
uid declared that the nation need
ed leaders of the caliber of Thomas
Jefferson.
“There are no limitations," he
said in a Fourth of July address,
‘upon the nation’s capacity to ob
tain and maintain true freedom «c
sept of our nation’s desire and de
termination.”
Goes To Richmond.
When he concluded, he motored
to Richmond and went aboard the
yacht Potomac, which will bring him
back to Washington Monday mom
Ing.
Sprinkling eulogies of Jefferson
liberally through his Monticello ad
dress. the President firmly voiced a
confidence that the spirit of-Jeffer
wn was not that of "a golden age
gone now and never to be repeated
in our history.”
Need New Jeffersons
“Our problems of 1936,” he said,
"call as greatly for the continuation
of imagination and energy and ca
pacity for responsibility as did the
age of Thomas Jefferson and his
fellows.
"Democracy needs now, as it
found then, men developed to the
limit of (heir capacity, through edu
cation. for ultimate responsibility.
Emergencies and decisions in our
ndividual and community and ua
jonai lives are the stuff- out
’ Inch national character i» made.