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WEATHER N c Occasional rains except in' northwest tonight and Sat rday. continued cool. Official weather: Temperature high 87; low W; rainfall 2.18._ . The Wieviemnd Ztms 12 PAGES TODAY - VOL. XLII, No. 93 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By U U per yeer. <la uIhbmi _ RH Carrier, par rear. (IS advancer _ UN FEAR INTERNATIONAL REPERCUSSIONS IN SPAIN’S WAR John Lutz, Age 62 Does Not Flinch At 10 To 15 Year Term Unmarried Lutz Girl, Mother Of Year-Old Child And Claude Towery Give Eye-Wit ness Testimony of Bloody Stab “Oie Eye" John Lutz, age 62 did not flinch yesterday when * sentence of 10 to 15 years was imposed upon him by Judge Felix Alley for the fatal stabbing in the heart of For rest Peeler with an army knife In the Belwood section Sun nav The wheels of Justice moved more swiftly In the .John Lutz case. In less than four days after the mur <j*r was committed, John Lute was arraigned, pleaded guilty to second! degree murder and received a court sentence. "I want to get it over with," he said soon after his arrest. He left the scene of the crime near Belwood and was arrested in Lin coln county. A session of the Su perior court opened Monday and hie case was set for Thursday morn ing. Hearing of the evidence lasted less than three hours. His unmarried daughter, Lome Lutz, mother of a child, appeared for the state as one of the main witnesses and told of the bloody fight which took place at the Lutz home last Sunday afternoon, re sulting in fatal stabs of Forrest Peeler with a fierce looking army knife. Having engaged no attorney to defend himself, the court appoint ed Attorney Ector Harrill erf Kings Mountain to represent the defajd; ant before the bar of justldeT while B. T. Falls assisted Solicitor Spur geon Spurlin in the prosecution. 1 Two Eye Witnesses A number of witnesses swore that Forrest Peeler, the Victim of the Lutz knife, was a peaceful, sober, law-abiding young man, not given to quarreling. But he had heard that John Lutz, a new-comer into that community had been making insinuating remarks about the at tentions he was paying a girl down the road, a sister of Claude Towery Hoyle, who with Lonie Lutz, were the only two eye-witnesses to the tragedy. Lutz Carried Baby Lonie Lutz testified that Forrest Peeler passed by the house on two occasions Sunday, once at 2 o’clock and again at 5. She was picking cucumbers in the garden and had called her father to bring a bucket for the cucumbers. In addition to the bucket, he picked up Lonie’s’ baby and had It in his arms when Porrest Peeler came by and asked the defendant why he had been talking about him and the girl he had been calling on. Lutz denied (Continued on page twelve.) island Bombarded WASHINGTON, July 81.—(>P>— Tb* master of the American export ™"- Exochorda, reported by wire »w that he witnessed an aerial bombardment of Palmer in the Bal dric Islands shortly alter he had bemored 9f foreigners from that Spanish possession. Pick Chairman ■ALEIGH, July 31.—(AP>—Chair w Winbome of Marion todav 'or the state Demo ' " executive committee to meet Aurnst 14 to elect a chairman the next two year*. J?Li:eave* Office WASHINGTON, J«l, 31 _<*> frn,.” *• ¥^r,*!f withdrew today S? S'’*" « Postmaster *en moBth the neat three «r)ueivej, to hi. drive for Zi, W n of Roose R«»>gn» "f Abl»«ffle, S. C„ ttamrtTS" /dlrector °* hmitx> * POh52ea„d0r thf dlvl#‘on *d and d contr°I h“ resign *« LaZZJiV"become busi a*er of Eton college. Cotton 2™ *****™ Cotton * V.*• MHc Cotton , “*,on' 100 — *20,00 • c*t lot. ton_ $20.00 for to ll* ' ,w 11°* 13 07. Mev HS, •’llT 13 03. on 12 00, Dec. Hoffman Orders Public Hearings TRENTON, N. J„ July 3’.—(IP) —New Jersey’s first public ex tradition since 1932 will be ar ranged today when Governor Hoffman meets New York offi cials to fix the hearing for Ellis Parker, sr., rural detective chief and his son, Ellis, jr. The Parkers are sought by New York to answer Brooklyn indictments charging them with kidnaping Paul Wendel, former Trenton lawyer, whose repudi ated “confession” to the Lind bergh baby kidnaping delayed the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Several Schools Name Faculties For Coming Year Waco, Baton* Springs, Grover And No. 3 List All Teach ers. Faculty lists for a number of the high school and elementary divi sions of the Cleveland schools which will open for the summer session on Monday were given today by principals of the schools. Waco teachers and their subjects will be: Clarence S. King, princi pal, history; W. N. Pope, of Wades boro, science and math; Frances White of Chapel Hill, French and English; Martha McLeod, of San ford, home economics; J. L. Wil liams, of Mountain Park, seventh grade, coach boys basketball; Miss Hilda Williams, of Lexington, sixth; Miss Mary Belle Jones, of Lawn dale, fifth; Miss June Evelyn Blan ton, of Mooresboro, fourth; Miss Blanche Carroll, of York, S. C., third; Miss Blala Blanton, of Shel by, second; Miss Ella Lee Burnett, of Callison, S. C., and Miss Rebec ca Beard of Charlotte, first grade. Boiling Springs Botong Springs: O. P. Hamrick, of Boiling Springs, principal, teach ing English; Miss Ada Hamrick, of Gaffney, S. C., math; E. A. Law hon, of Carthage, science and coach; Mrs. E. A. Lawhon, of Car thage, French and English; Miss Vemia Cabaniss, of Zion, social science and coach of girls; Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, seventh grade; D. B. Pruett, fifth and sixth; Mrs. J. D. Huggins, fourth; Mrs. J. H. Jones, fourth; Mrs. M. A. Jolley, first grade. No. 2 Elementary No. 2 Elementary at Shanghai: Miss Johnnie Morehead, principal and seventh grade; Mrs. W. F. (Continued on page six.) Justice Moves S Murderers; Cot What » believed to be a record for awift justice was set, in Cleve land county superior court when two murder cases were tried and sentences given in les6 than six hours court time. John Lutz, one-eyed knife slayer of Forrest Peeler, was tried in the forenoon period with all evidence heard, the judgfe giving him a 10 to 15 year sentence. After an hour for lunch, court reassembled and in approximately an hour had tried Eva Mae Black eny. young colored girl for killing Frankie Toms, another cblored girl, about two months ago. The two strove for the affections of the same man. Imprisonment of from 12 to 15 years was given the negress Clevenger Case SecretClueWas Hair On Towel ASHEVILLE, July 31—(/Ph- 1 Chief of Police W. J. Everett an nounced today a "secret clue” in Helen Clevenger salying, sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, was several hairs from a man's head found on a towel in the girl’s hotel *x>m bath but they did not match the hair of D. H. Gaddy, hotel night watchman held for questioning. Everett said the hair was dark.' and straight from the head of a white man. He said it was not com pared with the hair of anyone ex cept Gaddy. Conceding that the hair may not be from the head of the criminal, the finding may still prove very important m the event we catch the murderer, or, in case the hair on the towel is found to match the hair of our suspect it would be a very important piece of circum stantial evidence.” Bureau Gets Evidence At Washington, J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau, said ‘‘several pieces of evidence” had been sub mitted to his department for chemical examination. He said he could not foretell when the exam ination would be completed. As the slaying of ihe 18-year-old Staten Island college girl In her Battery Park hotel room became a two-weeks-old mystery with a solu tion apparently not in sight, Bun combe county authorities began to talk of bringing m outside detec tives. No Chargot Here In Election Case Ho one appeared before the Clev eland County Board of elections Thursday morning to make any complaint whatever of the manner in which the July 4th primary was conducted, so the matter has been dropped. After duly advertising that a special meeting of the election board would be held in the court house at 10 o’clock July 30th to hear any complaint of election ir regularities, Chairman John P. Mull and Zemri Kistler appeared, A letter from the state board of elections was read asking the county board to investigate any charges of irregularities in the July 4th primary. Then followed a quarter of an hour of silence. Three or four election officials who had charge of boxes in which reports of irregularities were ru mored, put in their appearance to defend any charges made. There were no charges, the meeting ad journed and Chairman Mull is so reporting to the state board. Ill Grover Cilizen Attempts Own Life GROVER, July 30.—E. C. Lemons of Grover, route 1, attempted to take his own life Tuesday. He plac ed a gun In his mouth, intending to shoot through his head. Instead, the bullet went through his jaw. Mr. Lemmons had a light stroke of paralysis 18 months ago and has been in poor health since. He told members of his family since the accident that he had been planning to end his suffering. He is now at home and getting along nicely. He has a wife and one child at home and four children living elsewhere. wiftly On Two irt Is Adjourned The July criminal term of court | adjourned early this afternoon, with I 1 Judge Felix A. Alley leaving tmme- ■ diately for his home in Waynes-! vill^ In the session this morning Jess j Pearson was convicted of assault- ! ing his wife and was given four months on the roads. J. L. Queen, charged with violation of the gaso-! line law was released on payment of the costs of the action. Some half dozen divorce cases occupied the closing minutes of the court. Judge Alley will return on Mon day to dispose of the civil docket. There are said to be very few cases if importance listed, with no large line! or damage suits slated to come up, i < 12,000 Children To Enter Schools For Summer Term Rural Units To Open On Monday Principals In 12 High Schools To Be Same As Last Year Nearly 12,000 rural sohool children in Cleveland county cheerfully received the drop in temperature the past few hours as they prepared to be gin on Monday the annual “summer term” of the eight months school. J. H. Grlgg, county superintend ent, said today that the 13 main high schools with their elementary units and U other elementary schools are ready to begin, with most of the faculty members al ready in place. Prospects for en rollment are said to be better than last year. New Bandings Many of the units will begin sohool In new buildings, erected this spring and summer under the PWA program. Lattlmore and Beth-Ware will not enter their new buildings until after the summer term. After a "cotton picking holiday’’ all will again resume work. Fifty-two modem busses will carry some 60 per eent of the stu dents to and from school. The county is scheduled to get other busses a little later in the season. Following are the high schools wfaidh will open, with their princi pals, which are, coincidentally, the same as last year: Boiling Springs, O. P. Hamrick; Lattlmore, R. D. Arrowood; FoikvUla, J. A. Baser; Oasar, L. W. Cain; Piedmont, U. L. Turner; Balwood, H. M. Young; PaUston, W. R. Gary; Waco, C. a. King; Grover, H. B. Covington; Mo. 3, Lawton Blanton; Beth-Ware. E. 8. Teague; Mooresboro, JB E. Simmons. Vocational Subjects Of these high schools Lattimore, No. 3, Piedmont and Polkvllle have (Continued on page twelve.) Two Inch Rain And 49 Degree Drop m Tomger&ture Here A general rain refreshed vegeta tion and revived the spirits of peo ple who had b$en suffering under % heat record of 106 degrees on Wednesday of this week. Rainfall was 2.18 inches from 6 a. m. Thurs day to 6 a. m. Friday in Shelby and vicinity. On Thursday, the thermometer began to drop as the rain poured in torrents and in a 12 hour per iod, the temperature fell 49 degrees from a high of 106 to a low of 68. People who bad been seeking the shade and using fans to cool them selves, pulled out heavier clothing from their closets, dressed in wool ms Instead of sheer cottons and Bilks. The rain was not only general throughout Cleveland county, but the two Carollnas as well. Char lotte, with a rainfall of 5.58 inches, the heaviest in a 20-hour period in fifty years, was visited by a high wind. Many trees were uprooted and the streets were littered with limbs and foliage. Storm sewers overflowed. Continued low temperatures and occasional rain is forecast for today by the weather bureau. Heavy Rains Fall In North Carolina RALEIGH, July 31 .--Unusually heavy rains in the last 48 hours over oust of North Carolina today sent (he Neus* river into flood at Smith rield and other eastern streams rose rapidly. The heavy rains blanketed the state from Asheville with 216 inches In 48 hours to Wilmington where .08 was recorded for the per iod. Charlotte topped all reporting stations with 6.74 in 48 hours, in cluding a deluge which set a new | record for a 24 hour period at 558 inches. 1 Weather men here said high 1 waters had done comparatively. lit- i tie damage thus far. The storm area for the state for I the last 48 hours they said, moved in from the north and a tropical ; dorm now over Florida mav cause d.hrr unseasonable weather if it tnovee on in this direction. . Where Fascists Seek To Overthrow Loyalists OF 6 fSC AY, - . RCELONA £NC)A TOUCANTE ( MED/TEQPANEAN RTA6EHA SEA One bt the fiercest civil war conflicts in modem' history continued to rage In the rocky passes of the Guadarrama mountains north of the Spanish capi tal at Madrid as rebel and government forces launched attacks and counter-attacks. Mounting death toHa bespoke the lesperats natime of the fighting as Mvotathmarie* csncsntmted on the hie torie capital after seizing control of the southern provinces around Seville and the northern section indicated by the shaded portions on the above map. San Sebastian in the north and Malaga in the south were rebel objectives while loyalists sought recapture of Saragossa and Toledo after regaining possession of Barcelona. County Reduces Public Debt $19,000 In Past Six Months Refugees Driven Before 85 m.p.h. Gale h Florida PENSACOLA, Florida, July 31 — VP)—A party of refugees from Camp Walton, reaching Valparaiso today told of being driven out of the Oulf Coast summer resort by 81 mile winds and surging tides, seven to eight feet above normal. Camp Walton is an exposed spot about forty miles east of here, near the center of the tropical hurri cane which passed inland this morning from the Oulf of Mexico. At Valparaiso an army radio sta tion reported the wind reached a maximum velocity of 90 to 100 miles early today. The vacation party, all from Birmingham, Alas bama, suffered no injury but ex pressed fear for others left at camp. They did not say how many remained behind. Panama City Suffers The Panama City Herald said considerable water and wind dam age had been suffered there. Roofs were blown from fishing shacks along the coast and a schooner was driven up on the beach. The muni cipal dock was washed away, to gether with the supply house used by the coast guard cutters. More than five hundred persons in Pan ama City left their homes yester day. A CCC camp near Niceville was unroofed by the storm but the camp had been avacuated before | the hurricane hit. All wharfs at Camp Walton were reported swept away, small build ings were damaged and trees up rooted. The weather bureau said the hurricane winds would dimin ish as the hurricane passed over land in a nbrthwesterly direction. F. C. Correll Diet GREENSBORO. July 31.—t/P>— Fred C. Correll, 43, secretary of the Grenaboro Motor Gar Co, for a number of years and prominently identified with the industry through out the Caroll nas, died here today after a long illness. Correll was born in Concord. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow after noon with burial in Concord. Polio Cates Grow MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 31.— 14*)—Infantile paralysis cases stood at 327 and deaths at 22 today in out breaks over Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia. The dis ease, basing stricken 1.7 additional' persons in the hut M hours. A reduction of $19,000 In the pub lic debt of Cleveland county has been made In the last six months. A report filed today with the local government commission In Raleigh Indicates that six months ago the indebtedness of the county, Includ ing uncollected back taxes, amount ed to $901,900 and now it is $882, 960. Some of the outstanding points of the report are that the 57,000 persons IB the county have prop erty assessed at a valuation of $28, 703.049, nearly 300,000 less than in 19S4. The 36 centt&x rate was divided Into 16 oents' for debt service, 10 cents for the general fund and 11 cents for all other expenses. Uncollected taxes for 1936 amount to $35,098.37; for 1936, $15,035.11; for 1934, $9,340.30; for 1933, $10, 340.27, and for all other years, $11, 600. County-wide bonds total $226,000, and special district bonds. $499, 500; state school bonds responsible for by the county, $78,726 and the same bonds responsible for by the districts, $78,725, all making a total of $882,960. The report said that In all Its financial history Cleveland has never defaulted a single payment. HAVE VACANCIES IN U. S. MARINE CORPS Thirty-two vacancies for the U. S. Marine corps will be filled at the Marine Recruiting station, Savan nah, Oa., during the month of Au gust, it was announced by Captain A. C. Small, the officer in charge. There are also vacancies for musicians who are qualified to play either drum or trumpet for assign ment as drummers and trumpeters, it was announced. Sendees Are Held Hus Morning For Mrs. A. C. Miller I Widely-Known Leader In Church And Civic Affair* Die* After Illne**. Funeral services for Mrs. A. C. Miller, one of Shelby's most widely known and respected women, were held at the home on South Wash ington street this morning at 11 o'clock. The services were conduct ed by the Rev. H. N. McDiarmld, pastor of the Shelby Presbyterian church. Interment was in Sunset cemetery. Mrs. Miller died at her home Thursday morning at 4:30 o'clock. She had been a semi-invalid for about five years, and had been seriously ill for about a month. Mrs. Miller, wife of the late An- ■ drew C. Miller, who died December j 16, 1930, was Miss Emily A. Graham j before her marriage on December 1, 1874. She was bom in Marlbor ough county in South Carolina January 8. 1845. After the passing of her parents, she came tA Shelby where she mar ried Mr. Miller. Both she and her husband had been members of the Presbyterian church for many years, and Mrs. Miller was organist for over 30 years. Her influence in church and civic affairs had been felt over a period of a half a century, and she was held in the highest respect and admira tion by a wide circle of friends. Three children survive her. They are Hugh G. Miller of Raleigh, and Robert C. and Andrew C. Miller, jr., of this city. Also surviving are eight grandchildren: Hugh G. Mill er, Jr., Eugene, Emily, George, Gra (Contlnued on page twelve.) Books To Cost Only One Third ParchasePrice Under New Plan New courses of study and books at one-third former costs will greet the thousands of Cleveland stud ents who will trek to school on next Monday. For the first time this county will operate in full the textbook rental system authorized by the last leg islature. ' The office of the county superin tendent has literally been swamped the past few days by teachers and principals receiving their part of the 17,000 new books expected to be put into use within the next few days. The books will cost the parents of the pupils just nnr-thhti of the punha-e pr.<» of h'jok. but 'he pupil must turn it back to school authority* at the end of the year Unnecessary damages will be paid for by the pupils. Principals and teachers of the various grades will be in full charge of the dispensation of the books and will be responsible to the coun ty and state for the collection of the rental price and also the collec tion of the books at the end of the term. In a meeting here Wednesday afternoon principals examined the new courses of study and found new types of learning which are said to be far .superior to the Blue Back speller, the old "rule of three' and ?\e:i the books and methods in use last year. Loyalists Attack Rebel Stronghold; Many Casualties Italy Reported Aiding Revolt Order Invest Ration of Planes Which Were Intercepted Loyalists beseiging north eastern rebel strongholds to day rushed fiercely at insur ectionisi defenders while the French Radical Socialist par ty voiced fears of internation al repercussions from Spain’s civil war. Thousands of fresh troops and a squadron of bombing planes reinforced the legions storming Zaragoza and Hu esca. The government was de termined to sieze the twro cit ies, 40 miles apart;, by night fall. Reports from government sources tended to indicate the rebels were being hard-pressed. American re fugees from Madrid w>ere reported to have reached Valencia safely. Frightened by alleged Italian in tervention in the rebellion. French Radical-Socialists ordered an inves tigation of the crash of an Italian seaplane and forced landtng of another in Frenoh North Africa. Paris heard the planes were part of a fleet of six, enroute to Span ish African headquarters. Oran advices said the planes were load ed with machine guns and ammun ition but woMMa Casa Blanca said the cargoes were bombing equip ment but no bombs. Many Casualties The provincial president of Cat alonia reported "many casualties’’ in bloody battles on the slopes sur rounding Zaragoga but elsewhere Loyalists were reported giving ground. Columns of loyal militia were reported converging on Cor doba and Granada, southern rebel trouble spots. The government In sisted that mountain passes, pro viding entry to Madrid were in complete control of Loyalists. Leftists took over control of Bar celona, unseating rightist members of the municipal council. Perfpig nan advices received from Perpig nan said committees resembling Soviet groups had assumed control of Catalonia province. Leftist bands in Gijon were re ported to be taking "cruel repris als,” including mass executions, on Fascist rebels. FDR Deliver* Goodwill Talk QUEBEC, July 31.—m—Presi dent Roosevelt, responding to a tremendous ovation today, said (rank dealing, cooperation, and a spirit of give and take between na tions Is more important than ever before in solving grave world prob lems. Pointing to the long yean of peace and friendship between Can ada and the United States m an example for other nations Mr, Roosevelt also referred to the Can adian reciprocal trade agreement as tangible evidence of the desire of people of the two countries to prac tice what they preach when they speak of the “good neighbor.” The first American president to pay an official visit to Canada's governor general, Mr. Roosevelt ar rived this forenoon for a long promised good-will call. The Search For Popeye’* Poppa! A new episode Is to begin tn i the experiences of Popeye, the Sailor Men, beginning Monday, August 3rd. Read this funny comic strip in The Star and keep up with the funny charac ters in “Thimble Theatre.” Pop eye will go to sea to find his long-lost parent. This thrill and laugh, ep&odfi In the hilarious adventures of the dauntless Popeye brings back favorites of Thimble Theatre, In cluding Tour. Oeeisll. Oscar. | Rough House and Alice the Goon oid introduces two brand new funmakers, Poopdeck Pappy and Pnoky Jones. Don't miss a sin gle lf-SU* 4
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