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WEATHER I m (•••' • Generally fair con \ 'M" ■ ' ™rm tomght ,”ld T,1PS‘ |H dev Wl 1 ^■1 hou r‘a t<)c8l temperature last 34 b0ur.‘; High 98, low 71. Thie Elevekand Stdn 8 PAGES TODAY * VOL. XLII, No. 91 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, H. a MONDAY, JULY 27, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By M U. pm yaar. its Uiimi _ «a.M Carrlar. par yaar. (la adrancn) _ U.M REMOVE MORE AMERICANS FROM BATTLE-TORN SPAIN Forrest Peeler Killed ) In Hand-to-Hand Knife Battle With John Lutz Kftler I* Jailed Here A Few Hours Later By Lincoln County Officers; May Be Tried In This Week’s Superior Court VTotous stabs with a sharp, heavy-bteded army knife at Vhe hand of John Lutz, 62, at 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon, drew the life blood of Forrest Peeler, 28-year-old Belwood farmer and suitor of May Lutz, 23-year-old daughter of John Lutz. .. Ji ' » young Peeler, who to the son o! Mr. and Mrs. Will Peeler of the Stlwood community and lives near peters Methodist church, died , fPW moments after he was stab bed. The tragedy occurred at the Lut* home about four miles north «t ralteton. Jailed Quickly tuts was taken into custody about two hours later by Lincoln county officer / C. Martin and his son, A W. Martin whom he had depu tized after hearing of the crime. The killer was brought to the Cleveland county jail where he was placed under the supervision of Sheriff Raymond Cline. A preliminary hearing for the ease had not been ararigned at noon today, but Mr. Lutz was quoted by; the sheriff as saying, “I want to: be tried during this week of courts if possible—and get it over with.” , The Story According to Lincoln county of ficers who made the arrest, alleged information given them by Mr. Ldte and his daughter made the story something like this: Mr. Luts, who to a native of up per Cleveland returned a few weeks ago from a prison sentence which be served far an alleged cutting of a Lincoln county man three years •go. He found that bis unmarried daughter was the mother of a child and that Peeler bad been going to see her regularly. Peeler had accus ed toe father of the girl of “talk ing about me.” He and another young man, Claude (Tommy) Hoyle were at the home of Mr. Lutz and were in toe yard discussing d*re matter. Angry words arose and Lutz is alleged to have rushed into the bouse and was followed by Hoyle. He made a slash at Hoyle, cut him •lightly and knocked him down. He then set out after Peeler across an nPen field and caught him about WO yards from the house. Killed Him •refer toe young man’s head toft arm he £ alleged (Continued on page eight.) ^orty Seven Apply For P, O. Carrier *wty-sevep filed applications lor * derk-carrier position <fcen at ?» SwU* postoffice here, it was *8rn*<i this morning from Tal Oaedner who conducts the «W» sewtoe examinations. This tea* vacant by the death e **n A weaver is now filled by iTgy y1*1*- * Win be ninah **»**»« the neuHs of the •» announced. The wTltJ^'®rrier Pe wmm *•*» »d 18,000. 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Lutz Conjured Tells Reporter At Local Jail “I’ve been conjured, and me and my wile are both still under the spell,” John Lutz, confessed murder er ol Forrest Peeler, said today as he told his side of the story from a cell in the Cleveland county jail. “I know I am under a spell, and that is the reason I have been hav- j ing to treat my feet lately.” He; then pulled off his shoes to showi large bunion like places which he said appeared since his wife went, away and since “my daughter or; somebody wanted to keep us apart.” j He said it helped some to rub the; sore places on his feet. In a separate room in the jail was fully a peck bucket full of articles which Mr. Lutz, who has only one eye, carried to keep the “spell off." There were at least 500 different articles, ranging from lit tle tobacco sacks, filled with rab bits feet, old roots, asafoetida, to shells and other articles. There were rags and strings razor blades, marbles, old Confederate money, four wallets, an ice pack, pencils, spectacles, dozens of but tons, several finger-nail files, a new testament, a detective's badge, ear rings, matches, and a mass of other articles. All were stuffed in the pockets of the man who was agile enough to overtake and cut the heart and vitals of Peeler so that he died al most instantly. "Why yes, I would do it again,” if I had to go through it again. I meant to kill him. I tried to dodge1 them the first time about three1 o’clock in the afternoon and then' when they came back at 5 o'clock I and were drunk and were threat-1 ening to kill me In my own house,1 why I just couldn’t stand it,” Lutz cried bitterly. “Th^y would have hurt me the first time—only I had my grand baby in my arms and wouldn’t fight with them,” he said, and add ed, “If I could just get out from under this spell this wouldn’t have happened. I love my wife and she loves me and all my family.” Vicious Fighting MADRID. July 2JT.—<&>—■Vicious fighting: broke out anew this after noon on distant fronts of the Span ish civil war while American and British refugees were being avac nated from their crowded embassies in Madrid. Fund For Refugees BERLIN, July 27.—</P>—Chancel lor Hitler today ordered a fund of 50,000 marks, about $20,000, set aside for the relief of German' refugees from Spain. --- Plan Flight A projected flight from Loc An geles to Moecow by these two men will follow a course far ther north than any route ever before attempted. Standing by the propeller of their single motored . plane, pilot Sigmund Levenevsky, right, air hero of tiie Soviet, and his assistant and navigator, Victor Levchen ko, ace pictured as they await Jd the start of their perilous journey. Court Wade* Into Criminal Docket; Alley On Bench Marvin taker Made Foreman Of Grand Jury; Thomas Lawson Gets Sentence. K was either too hot in the court room to engage m a long charge to the grand jury or Judge Felix Alley’s custom to be brief and to the point when he convened the July term of Superior court here this morning. Only criminal cases are set for trial and Judge Alley briefly point ed out the duties of the jury and their responsibilities in the admin istration of the law. Marvin Baker was elected as foreman and after the good behavior docket was call ed over. Solicitor Spurlin was ready to begin trial cases. Within an hour after the session convened, the court was organized and down to business. Judge Alley let it be known that he would not leave the docket M the condition In which it was found. He will insist that all court fines and costs Be paid or suspended sen tences will be invoked. J. A. Woods of 'Bessemer City charged with driving drunk on the highway near Kings Mountain was fined $60 and costs, his driver li cense revoked and he must show good behavior to the court for the next six months or have a six months sentence imposed. The case of Brack Wallace, charg ed with assault on a member of his family while under the influence of liquor, drew a suspended sentence of six months, the defendant to show good behavior and escape (Continued on page eight) Two Major State Honors Given Cleveland County 4HDelegation The spothght of state interest swung brightly the past week-end to Cleveland county 4-H club work and other farm extension activi ties. At the statewide 4-H convention and short course held at State col lege In Raleigh which ended tliis morning, Fallston club was awarded honors for having the best record of any club In the state. Miss Elizabeth Randle, one of the leading members of the Beth-Ware club was named general secretary of the state organization for next year. These two major honors coming to one county are held by club leaders as an outstanding achieve ment lor the club work and for the county as well. Some 20 youngsters from this county with their lead ers will return late today. Continuing in the parade of tal ent in the extension work, some 40 persons from this county, leaders in home demonstration clubs, the county agricultural committee, and other progressive residents of the county will attend the Farm and Home week classes. Two vears ago this meeting (Continued cm page eight) Strides Of Progress Made ■In County Road Building; Grover Unit Taken By State Surfacing Due To Begin Immediately On No. 29 And On Zoar Boiling Springs Road; Lattimore Survey Complete Strides of progress in highway construction in Cleveland county were noted during the past week-end, the main one of which was the acceptance by the state of the newly com pleted Shelby-Grover road and the Patterson Springs-Earl spur. The final Inspection was made by W. A. Broadway, supervisor In this county, Paul Miller, resident en gineer and Engineer Hogan who said the construction was satisfac tory in every detail and that the conditioned strip of 11.2 miles is now ready to be surfaced. Surfacing Definite Surfacing Is definite, but funds were not set up in last year’s' bud get, but have been included in plans for the coming year, and the department Is expected to put on the treatment before a second re conditioning has to be done, as in the case of the Zoar-Boiling Springs road. Total cost of the Grover road, conditioning, bridge surfacing and all, will be close to $100,000. Repair No. 28 A telegram from Capus Waynick, state highway chairman, indicates that work will begin Tuesday or i Wednesday on the rough stretch of I U. S. No. 29 between Kings Moun l tain and Grover and will be com pleted within a week. This one link : has been a “sore spot” on the en tire route from Washington to At lanta. A campaign of advertising for travel over this route has been instituted by chamber* of com merce along the route. Surfacing of the Zoar-Boiling Springs route it expected to begin within a day or two. It is under contract by Kiker and Yount oi Reidsville, and the work thus far has been in reconditioning. When complete^ the unit will connect highway No. 18 with No. 206 at Cliffside. Surveying was completed last week on the Boiling Springs-Lat tlmore unit which finally went the "east route,’* but officials could not say today Just when construction will begin. Former Citizen Of Shelby Dies In Opelika, Ala. News has been received here ol the death in Opelika, Ala., on July 20th of Clyde C. Cobb who served here as superintendent of the Ella Mill under the late John R. Dover in 1914 and for several succeeding years. Mr. Cobb had been in failing health for sometime and had re tired from the mill business in Opelika. His remains were taken to his old home at Belton, S. C. for interment. Mr. Cobb is pleasantly remember ed by many Shelby people who learned to know him when he came here to succeed Mr. Culberton as superintendent of the Ella. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Clyde, Jr. and Charles Davis Cobb. Deputy Collector To Be Located in Shelby A deputy collector of internal revenue for the United States Treasury department will be located at the Shelby poetoffice on Augflst 1st.. He will have charge of the counties of Cleveland, Rutherford and McDowell. The name of the collector who is coming has not been learned, neither has the exact nature of his work been announced. It is supposed that he will check up.in personal and corporate hi comee in the three counties. Eleanor Jarrett Turn* Sport* Writer BERLIN, July 27.—{JP)—Eleanor Holm Jarrett, New York swiiymtng star, expelled from the American Olympic team on charges of repeat ed infractions of regulations, today Joined the army of sports writers to report the Olympic games. De termined to remain for the Olym pics. Mrs. Jarrett accepted an offfr to write for an American ayndj | cate. Lattimore Plans Paving Project; RoadRouteNamed Win Spend $3,500 Or More In Coming Weeks; East Route Chosen For Rood. In a few weeks time the progres sive town of Lattimore, center of No. 7 township will have paved streets and will be connected with a surfaced link of a state highway. This information was learned from two sources this morning. Lattimore's mayor, R. R. Hewett, said this morning that In a council meeting Saturday the board of al dermen voted to pave slightly more than one and a half miles of its main streets and outlets, that is to put a good treatment of tar and gravel, at an approximate cost of $3,500. The surfacing will be paid for in cash as the town of Latti more has ample funds in its treas ury and has one of the best bal ance sheets ^of any town in the county. Mew Highway The other announcement of in terest to the county and to Latti more in particular is that the final survey for the state highway link which will connect Lattlmore with Bolling Springs has been completed The "east route’’ was chosen and will go almost directly south from the overhead bridge, following the general direction of the "old road” and not the present sand clay rout ing. . Construction work is expected to begin immediately, or in thS very near future, according to W. A. Broadway, county road supervisor, who spent most of Saturday in con ference with lattlmore citizens and officials. He was accompanied by two engineers from this district. The state department will pave the road into Lattlmore and will surface the main street without cost to the town. The following "lead-in roads’’ will be surfaced to the cor poration limits by the town: On the west roads by Forrest Crowder, toward Moores boro, and by the Baptist church; on the north, the New Houae-PolkvlUe road; on the east, the Shelby road, and on the south the present road connecting with highway No. 20. Aldermen who with Mayor Hewett unanimously agreed on the project were A. L. Calton, Colon Harrill and O. O. Toms. Mrs. Eure Smith Dies At Sharon Mrs. Eure Smith, age 57, died at her home in the Sharon community today about 11:45 o’clock alter an illness ol six or seven months. Funeral services will be conduct ed at the Sharon Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. J. N. Wise will conduct the services. Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Eure Smith; two children, Hughlon Smith of this city and Mrs. Lloyd Hamrick of Jefferson ville, Ga.; the following brothers and sisters, Dr. Guy I. Dixon. Mrs Burt Allison, Miss Lottie Dixon, Miss Stella Dixon, Mrs, Roy Bass and Albert, Averette and Reid Dixon, all of Hendersonville A number of other relatives Mve in this county. Will Bury Infant At Sharon Today The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M D. Moore, who was bom Satur day morning at the home on Chestnut street, died this morning at six o’clock. Funeral services will be conducted at the home this aft ernoon at 6 o'clock and interment will be in the Sharon church ceme tery 4 “Alibi Girl” Says G oodbye Mildred Ward, 19, is shown kissing her mother at her Asheville, N. C.. home after being released by the authorities who checked her story of accompanying Mark Wollner, radio violinist, on the night that Helen Clevenger, 19, New York co-ed, was found slain. Sheriffs Investigation Now As Baffling As Girl’s Murder ASHEVILLE, July 27.—OP)—Sher iff L. E. Brown's Investigation ol the baffling Helen Clevenger slay ing became as mysterious today as the circumstances of the girl’s mur der on July 16, in the Battery Park hotel. Another mystery was the statui of Professor W. L. Clevenger, uncle of the girl who was detained for In vestigation late Friday then offi cially released late Saturday when habeas corpus pgoceedlngs were started. Clevenger was reported to have left the jail yesterday but the sheriff refused to admit he was outside the prison. Asked when he would have an anouncement to make about the case the officer said, “Not until the next two or three days." Guy Weaver f attorney for Pro fessor Clevenger, and C. B. Clev Guy Weaver, attorney for Pro Professor Clevenger had left the jail yesterday. Gas Fumes, Lighted Match Cause Explosion And Fire A combination of leaking gasoline fumes and a lighted match caused an explosion ana lire in the gulf service station at the corner of Lafayette and Graham streets this morning, seriously threatened the ! safety of three persons inside the station, though it did little damage to the building. The manager of the establish ment, S. E. Hancock, Marion Camp and Marion Champion were inside at the time of the explosion. A truck was unloading gasoline into an underground tank, and evidently the fumes leaked up through the floor of the station. One of the men struck a match to light a cigarette, and the explosion followed. The windows were blown out, and one of the men who was sitting in a window, was knocked out back wards but was uninjured. The other two escaped without injury, also. The attic burst into flames after the explosion, but little actual fire K&rpis, Fitzgerald Get Life Sentences ST. PAUL. Minnesota. July 27.— (tP)—Alvin Karpis and Charles Fitzgerald, participants in the $100, 000 William Hamm, Jr., kidnapping, were sentenced.to life terms today by Federal Judge M. M. Joyce. Both had pleaded guilty earlier. Before sentence was imposed Karpis, asked by the court whether he had anything to say, declared, “Jack Pfeifer is absolutely not guil ty because I know the circumstances. He had nothing to do with the kidnapping.” Pfeifer, night club operator, in St. Paul, charged as "finger man” in the case, was convicted of parti cipating in the case Saturday. damage was done. The firemen found some fire between the first and second floors. Most of the damage to the building consisted of the buckled weather boarding and broken windows. Clevenger Is Fine Fellow Say Local Resident Who Knows Him Prof. W. L. Clevenger, uncle ofi Helen Clevenger, student vaca tionist who was killed in a mys terious manner in an Asheville hotel, was well known in Shelby. He was held for questioning by the Buncombe county sheriff. A number of former students at State college said this week-end that they knew the professor well, and a check on a number of dairy men and in the creamery business indicated that he made quite fre quent trips Into the county. He was one of the speakers on the program here about a month ago in which dairymen, creamery men and ice cream makers gather ed here for a state convention. The professor was given a clean bill by all the persons contacted in this county who happened to know him. One college student knew the girl and although he said, “1 had never dated her, she seemed to be an unusually nice girl—a very sweet girl and who studied a whole lot.” Of Mr. Clevenger some of the! students said, "I reckon he was a little peculiar. He might have seem ed so because he didn'l mix with the fellows so much, but everybody (Continued on page eight) Washington Hears Of Serious State From Vigo Consul Battles Rage Through Nation By The AnwrlaN Pr«m WASHINGTON, D. C., July 27.—An increasingly alarm ing situation at Vigo, Spain, prompted American -(Consul W. W. Corcoran today to ad vise the state, department, he was evacuating 211 Americans and Cubans on a British cru iser, Quincy, was steam ing toward Alicande to res cue more than one hundred Americans and other foreign ers, reported taken there by train from Madrid. Robert S. Smith Taken From Spain Among; the Americans evac uated from Barcelona to Mar seilles on the steamer Exeter Saturday were Robert S Smith Of Durham. N. C. Mrs. Smith, who was not with her husband .will be remember ed In Shelby as the former Miss Luclle Mulhollaud, who taught In the Shelby high school for a number of years. Asserting that, “apprehension In Vigo Is Increasing hourly as the Right elements are apparently be coming leas hopeful and Increas ingly nervous,” Corcoran, sdM. He added, “if they should tall mob rule and anarchy would follow.”, Corcoran said his wife and the wife of vice-consul W. C. Steward would remain in Vigo for the pres ent and that the consulate would continue to function. MADRID. July 27.—OP)—(By Sec ret Courier to Hendaye, Pranoe).— After a week of terror huddled In their embassies American and Brit ish refugees today were being evac uated to Alicante on the southeast coast of Spain. The government placed a special train at their disposal. It was as sumed the refugees would board a British cruiser at Allcande where they were due to arrive tonight. MADRID, July 27.—i/P)—Spain's loval troops marched on three reg ions dominated by Insurrectionists (Continued on Page 81 Funeral Held For Mrs. Lattimore At Aged Woman Of Sharon Commun ity Dies Friday; Had Wide Connections. Funeral services "were held Sat urday at 3 o’clock at'the Sharon Methodist church for Mrs. Mary Elliott Lattimore, 79-year-old mem ber of one of the oldest and best known families lit Cleveland coun ty. She died Friday afternoon. Her pastor, Rev. J. A. Wise was in charge of final rites and he was assisted by Rev. R. M. Courtney and Rev. Rush Padgett. Interment was at the Poplar Springs Baptist church cemetery where her hus band, the late W. A. Lattimore, wm burled some years ago. A large crowd was present for the funeral. Special music was fur nished by the Central Methodist church quartet. Mrs. Lattimore had been in declining health for some* time, and her death came as a re sult of a complication of troubles. Surviving are the following chil dren: Andrew Lattimore, Shelby; George Lattimore, Kings Moun tain; Sam C. Lattimore, of Col umbia, S. C.; Eugene Lattimore, Shelby; Mrs. W. G. Harris and Mrs. Roy Miller. Harm; Mrs. R. O. Crawford, Gastonia; Mrs. P. N. I Qcok<$ Menett. Mo.; Mrs. M. D. 1 Moore, of Shelby, at whose botne she died; ' an adopted daughter. | Mrs. Broughton McGinnis, of Shel hv. One brother. Andrew J. Elliott, also survive*. Pal! hearer*, were the sons Mr? Lattimore and flower bearer* ,ve» nieces and granddaughtess, Sharon
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