WEATHER Saturday. TMEMEMM ka 10 Pages TODAY VOL. XLH» No. 84 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. bj m u. mi rear. on i«Tta«w — IUI Carrier, per rear. (la adranrM _ nn DEATH LIST GROWS IN DROUGHT-STRICKEN NATION City Council Votes To Sell Bond Issue For Public Projects City Father* Favor Tetm Of Four Year* For, Municipal Official*, Employes; Deposits Are Changed The City Council, in its regular meeting held in the city hall Wednesday night, voted to sell a $52,000 Public Im provement bond issue. The original estimate for issuance of bonds to cover the expense of public projects was $92,000, and this new issue will represent the balance of this esti mate, a $40,000 issue already having been sold. The issue will probably be placed on sale sometime in August. The mayor and the Board of Al dermen expressed themselves as be ing very favorable toward a four vear term for city officials. To Offer Resolution Resolutions concerning this term will be presented at the League of Municipalities meeting to be held in Wilmington July 16. The league will present the resolutions to the next session of the legislature. The question of a municipal swimming pool was brought into the discussion but no definite action was taken on the matter. The funds for this swimming pool have already been alloted, but the city officials have been handi capped by a ruling which limited the employes of PWA to those who had been on relief between the months of November, 1935, and May 1936. The ruling has recently bedn re icinded by PWA officials, and the city is now in a position to make more deflite plans. Mayor Wood son will probably go to Raleigh in the near future to discuss the plans for the swimming pool. Alter Deposits A change for deposits on city wa ter and light services was announc ed. The new schedule Is as follows: water. *2.50; lights, $2.50; heat, $5; combinations. $2.50. This represents a slight change fiom the recent regulations con cerning deposits. When the pres ent administration took office, a tlC.00 service charge for electric stove meters was removed, ,and a *250 deposit put in its place. This was found to be insufficient, so the figure was raised to $5.00. To Trim Trees C. C. Coble offered a resolution that the city obtain bids from tree surgeons In order to have trees over the city trimmed. This resolu tion passed unanimously. The contract for awarding the audit of the city books was award ed. Alderman R. z. Riviere was the «uly member of the board absent. New Work* Program WASHINGTON, July 10—(IP)—A *50.000,000 Public Works program has been submitted to President Roosevelt by the administration but the chief executive said today It had been held up to determine how “any workers could be taken off relief rolls. I Morning Cotton LETTER rpNE',V Y0RK, July 10—Scattered and hedge selling was weU ... et‘ }a earl>’ trading and after b.!*“ 01 f0relgn markets. general n ' f extended the advance into of» io‘8h, ground- The liquidation M a long ilne of octobej by a prom ho.01"’rator during last half trhe5Ulted to most of the gains, 9 his her "'"’‘fj Cl0SinS 2 l0Wer to out B.„ ' con-Mderable cotton came' Utters °r 0n day yes averaep ?nCe 0t 58 ^^ts in at 10 markets vanrr fn r ODly a 2 P°int ad * today* market “*** teinrj'nri Tu r.ket 18 slowly broad **k hii Pri066 ^sduaUy s a. pnmes * co. Cotton seen ^2c 80 13 ^tonseetclX^" ~ *20(> ■ car lot, ton_$20.0 ST,? 5 V“k - to 12.69. JuIy March 12.68, Ma limber 12 T^45, October 1010. D* Weds Envoy . Capital society hears that Captair Boerge Rohde (above), a member ol the bodyguard of the Danish King wiD marry Mrs- Ruth Bryan Owen, United States Minister to Denmark Projects Of Over $25,000 Approved At Kings Mountain Monthly library Fond, School Ap propriation, And Street Pro ject Already Secured KINGS MOUNTAIN, July 10—At a lengthy session this week the Kings Mountain City Council ap proved appropriations providing for school building repairs, a Cherokee street project, and funds to main tain a public library for the town. School Superintendent B. N. Barnes and A. H. Patterson of the school board appeared before the council Monday night and asked for an appropriation of $2,000 for repair work for the school build ings of Kings Mountain. Rev. W. M. Boyce, Attorney J. R. Davis, and Haywood E. Lynch ap peared before the board and made the request that a monthly fund of $25 be set aside for the main tenance of a public library provid (Continued on page ten.) F.D.R.Nominators Contribute $87 To National Expenses CK«ck Is Mailed To Headquarters Complete List Of Names Given; Asks Committee Members Report. A check for $87 was today forwarded to national Demo cratic headquarters by Troy V. McKinney, treasurer of the local committee, which was headed by Everett Hous er. A list of the Roosevelt nominators, each of whom gave $1, was also forwarded. Not all the members of the committee have reported, Mr. Mc Kinney states,, and he asks that those who have not turned In their reports, do so Immediately so that he may close the records of this enterprise. List of Nominators. Hie list of nominators, each of whom gave $1, follows: A. M. Hamrick, Wm. Oubome, H. L. Newman, Geo. D. Dedmon. H, E. Richburg, Mrs. H. E. Richburg, C. M. Baber, J. O. Shepherd, J. P. Garrison, J. O. Corbett, J. A. White, J. M. Jones, Max Hamrick, D. Trammell,, John N. Green, Arthur L. Weldon, Francis Boyles, Lewis Burgess, Doris Bolt, G. V. Hanna, Cecil Wilson, J. W. Gardner. W. R. Gary, Stough Beam, Her man A. Beam, M. L. Smith T. M. Sweezy, J. w. Edwards, Claude C. Ralls, F. B. Toney, \ G. Spurting, Miss Charline Stamey, R. W. Wil son, Joe Stamey. Clyde Nolan, C. C. Horn, A. F. Newton, Paul Webb, C. R. Webb, Robert C. Miller, L. H. Ledford, Troy V. McKinney, Joe E. Blanton, Wm. J. Arey, E. L. Campbell, J. F. Harris, Reeves Forney, Everett Houser. R. G. Burrus, V. B. Lovelace, Z.j W. Green, W. M. Harris, C. S.i Green, D. M. Morehead, C. Y. Har ris, R. V. Greene. Henry B. Edwards, D. R. Mc Brayer, Geo. A. Hoyle, J. C. Mc Neeiy. w. A. Broadway, J. Alvin Propst, S. F. Parker, K. K. Keeter, Robert C. Barnett, Hubert Plaster, C. B. McBrayer, John P. Mull, G. T. Cornwell, J. Lowery Austell, Frank E. Hoey, A. V. Hamrick, Z.j Kistler, C. H. Sheppard, M. A. Jolley, H. S. Woodson, John A. Beam, R. B. Kendrick, A. B. C. DePriest, J. L. Suttle, M. A. Spang-, ler„ Frank L. Hoyle sr., J. L. Hern don. Ralph R. Hoey, Wade W. Hoey, A. H. Webb, Vick Wray. Young Democrats Will Meet Tonight The Young Democrat’s Club of Cleveland County is scheduled to hold its annual election session at the court house here at 8 o’clock tonight. All officers of the organ ization for the ensuing year will be chosen and delegates named to at tend the state convention in Greens boro on July 17 through the 19th. President C. C. Horn, who has served since 1932, has announced the necessity for all members of the Young Democrats to be present to night. The newly elected officers will probably begin tentative plans for the future work of the county group, especially during the ap proaching state and national po litical campaigns. “Joy Ride”From Curb To Curb Urges Woodson In Unique Plea Mayor Harry Woodson made a unique plea to the citiaens of Shel by this morning. Said the mayor: 'If you want to go joy riding, take your car over the new city streets and ride from curb to curb in ord er to help us complete our Job more efficiently.” He was referring to those streets now under repair in the suburbs of the city, part of the Ig7,000 street repairing fund. The mfeyor explain ed that most of the streets are re ceiving a coat of tar and gravel, but are' not traveled enough to receive the corredt packing. It’s difficult for the street department to finish their work until the roads have been packed sufficiently by the ex tensive travel of automobiles 'The citizens can aid in adjusting tins need," the mayor continued, "if they will just do their traveling about town on these roads so that the soft dirt is packed and smooth ed by the automobile tires. * These streets under repair at pres ent are all in South Shelby includ ing Broad, Dodd, and Shannon house and also West Graham. Carolina’s Colorfu 1 Hoey ■T—^—■nmaassiyi Clyde R. Hoey, a “ellver-tongucd" orator of the old achool who remlnde of Daniel Webater with hla flowing grey hair, cutaway coat and high atandlng collar, la North Carollna’e Democratic nominee for governor. The nomination la conaldered equivalent to election. He and Mre. Hoey are aean In the garden of their home at'Shelby. Board Analyzes Drought; To Plan Emergency Action To Make Report Public At 3 O’Clock Today; Relief Action By Government Waits On Report (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON,- July 10.—While burning rays bom barded dwarfed or ruined grain over a wide area today the government crop reporting board completed one of the most momentous analyses in its history. me coia statistical report sche duled to be made public at 8 p. m. tells the first official comprehensive story of the drought’s toll In the farm country. Action to txend the area of em ergency drought counties where re lief efforts are concentrated await ed release of the report. Govern ment relief officials said practically all emergency drought activities would be conducted by existing agencies. Thus tap only the Reset tlement Administration has allocat ed funds. It set aside $393,000 for direct grants in six states in the worst drought area, allotted on a basis of population and need. WPA drought relief measures are expected to consist largely of jobs provided for needy farmers. The W.P.A. farm relief workers will dig wells, build roads, and en gage in water conservation activi ties such as the building of dams. Drought Relief Program To Get Underway In S. C. I COLUMBIA, S. C„ July 10.—UP)— Lawrence Pinckney, State WPA di rector, announced today a drought relief program should be under way in South Carolina sometime next week. He said Malcolm Miller, WPA re gional field representative telephon ed him from Little Rock, Arkansas yesterday that he would be here next week to confer on launching a program. Meanwhile he said the state WPA office has applied to Washington to increase its alloca tion of funds so that tenant farm ers and others suffering from the drought may be given jobs giving them some immediate income. Negro Prisoner Attempts Suicide Near Fatal Hour RALEIGH, July 10.—(A1)—About two hours before he was scheduled to be electrocuted today for murder, Henry Grier, Winston-Salem negro attempted suicide by jumping from the second tier of death row cells bo the concrete floor below. He ask ed for the usual privilege of shak ing hands With the other inrrAtes of death row before he went down. He then requested a postal card and as the keeper turned to get it he darted up th^ steps, jerked him self free from an assistant keeper, and jumped over the rail. He suf fered fractures of both wrists, lacer ations and other painful injuries. He was under a physician’s care for examination as the hour for exe cution approached. RALEIGH, July 10—<£>)—Henry Grier, 43, Winston-Salem negro, who attempted suicide this morning, was electrocuted this afternoon at State’s prison here. He was carried Into the death chamber at 12:30 by five men. His lips were strapped and both arms were in splints. His eyes were closed except for once when It appeared he might have been look ing around. As the switch was thrown to send a current through his body blood dripped down the outside of the mask over his face from his lips. 4-H Club Members To Leave For Camp Approximately 70 boys and gtrls will leaye here Monday morning to attend,.the ahnual 4-H chib camp held at Swannanoa. This number is somewhat smaller thfap usual, due to the general crop conditions pre vailing throughout the county. The young people will assemble at the office of the county agent at 7:30 o’clock Monday morning. All those who are planning to attend are requested to notify the county agent's office so preparations may be made. The group will remain at the camp through Saturday of next week. Announce Changes In Routing Buses Of County Schools Mile Limit Is Set By State Board New Schedule Will Eliminate Overlapping Of Routes; More Efficient. A new schedule for county school buses, arranged by the State school commission which controls the rotting of buses, was announced today by the office of the Cleveland County board of education. This schedule will eliminate ex cessive mileage and over-lapping between oountles and between dis tricts. Beginning with last year, the state school commission took over charge of the routing of buses, and adopted uniform state-wide reg ulations to eliminate excesses of ' travel. Surveys Route* Last year the commission sent a man to survey this section and to lay out the routes. This year. W M. Jenkins from Cumberland coun tv, was sent here by the commis sion and he changed the routing still more. The biggest change is that the busses are prohibited from ap proaching the homes of the most distant families on their route clos er than a mile. To Illustrate, If a family lives on a side-road, the bus may drive down that side of the road to within the distance of a mile from the house. This regulation also applies to the families who live on the main roads, but at the end of the regular route. Busses Stay At School Another new regulation Is that the school busses are required to re main at the school building during the day. This will mean that ex cept In very rare Incidents, the drivers will be student drivers. The busses can not be used for anything except transporting chil dren to and from school. The only exception to this rule Is that the busses may be employed during commencement services during the day time. The new routings are generally considered somewhat more satisfac tory than those made last year. S. C. Building High COLUMBIA, July 10.—