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8 PAGES
TODAY
VOL. XLII—NO. 97
Member of Associated Press
SHELBY, N. CL MONDAY, AUG. 10, 1036 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
ir u u m> itu (la MinMi — M
Carrier, on year, (la advance) _ U.N ,
Loyalists Report 13
Communities Captured;
See Quick End Of War
DettK of British Subjects Holds Potentialities
For European Accord; Report 100
# Fascists Are Killed
By Associated Press
Capture of 13 Spanish communities from rebels was an
eotineed by Madrid loyalist troops today as insurgents pass
id in the north for an offensive against San Sebastian and
Iran.
The government predicted a quick end to the eivil war
now in fts 28rd day.
Th* deaths of the British sub
ject* meanwhile was used in dip
lomatic circles as holding poten
tialities which might endanger a
Capture of the town and
province of Santander on the
Bay of Biscay was announced
by a Spanish rebel radio sta
tion today as word filtered
through that other far noth
ern communities faced a sort
age of both food and water.
general European accord sponsor
ed by Prance for non-intervention
m Spain.
Government Claims
Government claims covered re
pulse of a rebel attack at Nftvel
pral where 100 Fascists were re
ported killed. Capture of the town
of Lugones and seiure of a muni
tions factory in one province, oc
cupation of towns in another prov
ince, capture of the town of Gilfa,
by a Loyal column also marching
on Zaragoza and capture of Ivlza
capital of an island of the same
name in the Balearics, were re
ported.
A retired British naval officer
was killed by a rebel shell aboard
his yacht. His wife was wounded.
Great Britain had warned both
(Continued on page eight.)
Report On Crops
Expected To Be
Very Important
Washington, Aug. lo.—yp)—
Farmers and commodity traders
looked today for one of the most
momentous crop reports in history.
In this analysis of conditions in
the agricultural area, which will
reflect the havoc wrought by the
drought, federal officials expected
And a guide to relief demands
on the government.
Secretary Walae^ who is now
Prepanng a general drought report,
010 ne*'" men the official crop es
timate will furnish an accurate
.wdstick nn what help will be need
K - thousands of farmers.
Threatens To Bolt
CMon^ACrEN’ A0g
"7*1 Charl** A. Lindbergh, ang
**<i by photographers, nearly bolt
openinr smsinn
the opening session of a sclntlfl
wnfereoco her* today at which fa
^ dfwonetrate his mechanics
Morning Cotton
letter
rw^dI°HK’ Aug. 10—The flg
f 12 mi nno n? 411 estlmat6d crop
iSfiSLhJV undoub^
Lha hl“d«<i thousand
Wag ,e and
«** tral ”* * PriC88- How
Derc UK.. lr,terests should buy
The S'* °n the "‘back.
•sent Sal ^e'iper *** renected
*»ption"nf CQndltions with
T.?k ah0ma and Parteo1
•stem belt * * &nd localIy ta the
S*M. malt* such a large
r^s"srjsrto5
fes weather * te Pr*^ and
jj* * W°re
*• -A- PtSROB * CO.
■*•• JJ* MARKETS
touou zj- yn-10,1
etJ Car tot, ton
^Qbf Qr. iv-- ~ —•
Jar, 5J m K colton *
Ml j,.,_ Mar. 12.10,
fr* '■ l21n. Oct. 12.00,
Tax Stream Mounts
To $17,500 Figure
A steady stream of bills anc
coins on taxes for the next fis
cal years is continuing to pour
Into the county treasury.
Approximately $17,500 has been
reported to the auditor of which
$4,500 came in last Saturday.
'Taxpayers will continue to get
a two percent discount during
the month of August, one and
a half in September, one in Oc
tober and a half in November.
Penalties will begin after Jan
ary of next year.
Lovelace Confirms
His Resignation At
Boiling Springs
Win Go To Loray In Gastonia As
Educational Direc
tor.
Confirmation of the resignation
of Prof. A. C. Lovelace as president
of Boiling Springs junior college
came from Mr. Lovelace today in
an announcement that he has ac
cepted a position as pastor’s assist
ant and educational director of the
Loray Baptist church in Gastonia.
Mr. Lovelace will take up his new
duties at Gastonia about Septem
ber 1. He will be associated with Dr.
J. W. Whitley in a church which
has a membership of about 1,200.
He will be actively in charge of
the Sunday school and training
union departments of the church.
Has Good Record
The retiring president attended
Round Hill academy, Wake Forest
college, Duke university and for a
number of years was active in pub
lic school work. For a time he was
superintendent of the Sandy Run
associational Sunday school, mak
ing one of the most successful rec
ords In the south.
During his term at Boiling
Springs last year the college gained
30 per cent in enrollment over the
previous year. He had been re
elected for the next year. “The
slowness of the associations in
adopting a definite financial policy
for the school and the great chal
lenge for service at Gastonia made
the call to the new field irresistible,'’
Mr. Lovelace said.
Contact with officials of the
Kings Mountain association and
with members of the faculty com
mittee, indicated that although no
successor has been named, the col
lege is expected to open anyway.
Other members of the faculty are
being chosen.
It was thought that possibly some
layman or minister of this or Sandy
Run association might be chosen
temporary head, until a fitting suc
xAor may be named.
LINT ESTIMATE
CUTS $1.50
ON BALE
12,481,000 Bales
Is U. S. Forecast
Trading Resumed Today Aft*
ter Saturday’s Report
Shows Decline.
Cotton lost $1.50 a bale to
day as a result of the govern
ment’s estimate which was
higher than anticipated. The
crop estimate of 12,481,000
bales issued Saturday at the
close of the market, had its
depressing effect on the ex
changes when December
which sold Saturday at 12c
sagged to 11.70.
Trade Interest la active ta the
market. Reports come that Texas,
Oklahoma and Missouri experienc
ed the hottest weather of the sum
mer over the week-end when the
mercury Climbed in some places to
110. The drought has become sev
ere in that section and is thought
to be reducing crop prospects.
WASHINGTON* Aug. 10—<*">—
Prospects for a 12.841,000 bale cot
ton crop which officials said might
prove one of the most lucrative
since 1930, were reported Satur
day by the agriculture department.
The forecast of a cotton yield
1.842,609 bales larger than last
year’s coincided^with official dis
closure that the drought of the
mid-west had left dairy pastures in
the poorest, condition on rooordand
that 46,099 farmers had been placed
on emergency relief Jobe.
Per Acre Yield Higher
The cotton estimate was the first
official one this season. The pre
dicted total of 12,481,000 bales of
500 pounds gross weight compared
with 10,638,391 bales produced last
year and 9,636,00 in 1934. The in
dicated yield per acre, 199.7 pounds,
was 29.8 pounds higher than the
10-year average, 1923-’32.
Commenting on the cotton out
look, an AAA spokesman said:
“Considering the cost of produc
tion, farm income from the 1936
cotton crop, except in the southeast
drought area, should be one of the
best since 1930 if prospects prove
out and prices do not decline ma
terially.”
World Carry-Over
In the official cotton report the
world carryover of United States
cotton on August 1 was placed at
7.100.000 bales, compared with 9,
040.000 on the corresponding date
last year. The domestic carry-over
was estimated at 5,450,000 hales
against 7,200,000 in 1935. ,
In addition to the prospective
farm income from cotton this year,
officials said cotton producers could
receive between 8100,000,00 and
8110,000,000 in federal payments by
full compliance with the soil con
servation program.
Lights Extended To
100 Near Mooresboro
Since February the Mooresborp
branch of the Duke Power company
has completed some 15 miles of new
rural lines which extends electric
service to more than 100 farm fami
lies in Cleveland and Rutherford
counties.
A number of other rural electric
extensions are under way in Cleve
land county which now has about
1,400 farm homes served by elec
tricity.
Full Confession Given Sheriff
Brown By Alleged Slayer Of Girl
Following ie the text of the con
fession which Martin Moore, 33
year-old murderer of Helen Clev
enger made to Asheville officers,
and announced yesterday by Sheriff
Km:
My name is Marion Moore,
I am 33 years old.
I live at 84 and one-half Hill
street.
1 am employed as a hall man
at the Battery Pars hotel I
finished my work at 5 p m. on
.filly 15. lfl.lfi. and left (nr home,
I sneaked back into the hotel
same night through back door
about 9 p. m. and I hid down
stairs in my locker. About
15 .44 a, m, July 16th, I went up
back stairway to the second
floor and went to room 394, I
opened door. Room was not
locked.
When I entered room girl
was on bed. I walked in. She
screamed. Then I shot her. She
still kept screaming and I hit*
her with aim on hrr fare four
(Continued on page eight.)
Two Leading ‘Party-Dividers”
.
i
Sterling E. Edmund* (left) of St Louis, a former attache of the State
department and former Senator James A. Seed of Missouri are sponsors
of the assembly of Democrats at Detroit in a conference which marks the
moot important schism in the party since tile rejection of the candidacy of
Dorton Gets Ideas For Fair;
Says Racing To Be Feature
Already Has 85 Steeds EnteredGoes To
Toronto Exposition To See Attractions;
Expects Bigger Crowds
Dr. J. S. Dorton, perpetual enthusiast, promoter and
manager of the huge Cleveland County Fair will leave in a
few days for the Canadian National Exposition at Toronto,
Canada, where he will look over the attractions for ideas to
be injected into the 1936 Cleveland Fair.
nc opuu wuay uiai ne nu hi*
ready re-arranged the midway,
which will possibly be a permanent
change, and that rock dust is be
ing put down for the elimination of
so much clay dust on the dry days
at the fair.
To Be October 6-10
Dr. Dorton gets his enthusiasm
up to 100 per cent when he men
tions the horse-racing events al
ready booked for the fair which
will be held October 6 to 10.
"We have from 85 to 100 of the
finest racers in the country already
booked, and there may be more.
Fielding W. Scholler, veteran start
er from Indianapolis. Ind., has
been secured to do all our start
ing. The track is in the best con
dition ever, and it is being used
daily by Shelby horses."
Dr. Dorton said he will have some
other important announcements
about features for the fair on his
return from. Toronto. He expects an
even greater attendance this year
than ever before, as a number of
the neighboring fairs, Rutherford
and Cabarrus, have been discon
tinued.
Relief Workers
Jom Fight On
Raging Flames
By The Associated Pres
Relief workers, supplied with Na
tional Guard equipment, joined the
fight against spreading flames in
northern Minnesota forests today
while weary fire fighters controlled
smouldering timber lines in six
other states.
Fires in northern Wisconsin and
on the upper Michigan peninsular
wtere temporarily checked but
thousands of men kept a constant
control along the charred timber
front.
Forest fires burned stubbornly in
seven states today destroying valu
able timber, homes and bams and
defying the efforts of thousands of
men.
While the numerous crew of fire
fighters and scores of evacuated
fangiles looked hopefully for rain,
smoke rolled over wooded sections
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and
California.
The worst fire ran wild in Al
berta, Canada, endangering a ranch
owned by King Edward of England.
Several of the fires passed the
major stage Saturday and yester
day but on most fronts.the forestry
men, CCC boys and hurriedly en
listed volunteers hoped to have the
flames under control today. Two
deaths were attributed to fire.
Commissioners Leave
For State Meeting
3. L. Herndon, Joe E. Blanton.
George Cornwall, members of the
county board of commissioners.
Troy McKinney, auditor, and Pey
ton McSwain, county attorney, left
today for Asheville where they will
attend this week a joint meeting of
commissioners, auditors and attor
neys.
The meeting is state-wide, and
an elaborate program has been ar
ranged with the best speaking tal
ent in the state on the program for
speeches. Clyde R. Hoey will ad
dress the convention a little later
in the week.
Is New Promotional Director
RIDGECREST. Aug. ;10—'The Rev.
Dr, James E. Dillard, pastor of the
Southaide Baptist church of Bir
iruttee of the Southern Baptist
tional director of the executive com
mjngham. Ala., was elected promo
convention
Hoppis Sentence
Totals 5 Months
Fred Hoppis, was tried this morn
ing cm a charge of resisting arrest
and assaulting an officer, and was
sentenced by Judge Bynum Weath
ers to two months on the roads
which, coupled with a suspended
sentence of three months already
hanging over him, will put Hoppis
on the road for five months.
Deputy W. L. Blackburn was
bringing Hoppis and a negro pri
soner to Shelby, when Hoppis al
legedly hit Blackburn on the back
of the head, causing severe injury.
The deputy stopped the car, and
then applied his black-jack to the
prisoner who was seated in the rear
of the car. During the melee, the
negro escaped.
License Inspector
Is Here This Week
A license inspector from Raleigh
will be in Shelby today and will re
main for several days, Patrolman
Hatcher said this morning.
The Inspector wiN check applica
tions for licenses and give exam
inations wherever necessary. He will
be located at the police department.
Mr. Hatcher explained that the
regular patrolmen wanted to devote
more time to their regular duties,
and that' the special inspector was
being sent in order that all those
perrons who had not yet, obtained
licenses could do so this week.
REACTIONARY
PLAN IS BAD
FR SAYS !
Speaks To League
Of Non-Partisans
Has Sought Through Legists*
tion To Correct Economic
Evils.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19
President Roosevelt told la
bor’s non-partisan league to
day he was confident future
history would show, as it had
in the past, that “a return to
reactionary practices is ever
short lived.”
In s letter which George L. Berry,
president of me League, read at
the first national convention, Mr.
Roosevelt said:
Tried To Corerot
"During the past three years we
have endeavored to correct through
legislation certain of the evils in our
economic system. We have sought
to put a stop to oertain economic
practices which did not promote
the general welfare.
"Some of the laws which were
enacted were declared Invalid.
“1 renew the fight In the faith
that future history will show as past
history has shown, repeatedly and
effectively, that a return to reac
tionary practices Is ever short liv
ed.
“Having tested tha benefits of
liberalisation men and women do
not want to forego those benefits.
"I have aver faith that we shall
find our Way to progress through
co-operation. Your support la the
rightful contribution toward con
tinued faith in that outcome."
Owl Shop Safe
Robbed Of $650
Early This Morn.
Robbers entered the Owl Shop in
the heart of the business section
early this morning and cracked the
small safe, from which they took
(650 in cash.
Entrance to the sandwich and
soda shop was gained through a
rear door. The office in which the
small safe was located was enclos
ed near the center of the building
with only one door which opens to
a narrow passage way. This shield
ed the robbers from passers-by and
the noise of a refrigerator motor
nearby, enabled them to work with
out detection.
P*tsr Wright, proprietor, thinks
the Job was done about S o’clock
this morning. The (650 was in cash.
No checks were in the safe, and •
Hew insurance papers and leases
were not disturbed. The robbery
was reported to police this morn
ing. who made an investigation but
have faund no clues so far. Mr.
Wright says his loss is fully covered
by Insurance.
Grigg To Speak At
The Beam Reunion
J. H. Qrigg, county school super
intendent will deliver the principal
address at the annual Beam re
I union to be held Thursday August
113th at New Prospect Baptist
church, a few miles northeast of
Shelby. The Beam klan will gather
at 10 o'clock and fraternize until
mid-afternoon. A picnic dinner
will be served at noon. This i6 one
of the largest family reunions to be
held in the county.
Modern Amazon Furnishes Court
With Entertainment During Trial
A modfcra Amazon, Mr*. Dock
Sexton of the Buffalo district, pro
vided recorder'* court wi^i athrae
ring circu* this morning during
the trial of her husband on the
trial of her husband on the charges
of public drupkeness and assault
on his wife and son.
Stocky, vibrantly angry, and
rapid-fire both in talk and gesture,
Mr*. Sexton literally had the spec
tators and official* rolling in the
aisles.
Claude Harris, who lives nearbv,
| was the first to testify and told J
how he rode home from Shelby cm
the tram with Sexton Saturday aft
ernoon, accusing thp defendant of
being drunk. He said that he heard
Sexton using excessive profanity in
his home, that he saw the defend
ant chase his son into the yard
throwing a shoe and rocks at him.
and that he saw Sexton strike his
wife with his fist. He aiso said
Mrs. Sexton’s dress was tom. •
Maggie Wuod reiterated mast oi
what Harris said, quoting a num
‘ Continued on page eight)
Mark Martin Moore, 22
To Face Charges Monday
In Confessed Slaying
Detail* Of Horrible Crime Are Re-enacted By
Giant Negro Who Confessed; Gun Fur
nished Important Clue
By Associated Press
ASHEVILLE, August 10.—An early trial waR promised
today for Mark Marion Moore, 22-year-old negro* hotel em
ployee who confessed to Sherill Lourenee Brown said he mur
dered Helen Clevenger, co-ed in a moment of panic when he
went to her room to rifle it.
Solicitor Zeb Nettles said the hall hoy of the fashionable
Battery Park hotel where the New York University girl was
staying, would be tried, and at a term of court beginning
Death Solved
next Monrta.?.* * *
Moore denied he made any at
tempt to ravish the girl. The ques
tion of whether the girl was as*
. suited was never definitely deter
mined. At first the undertaker, the
Martin Moore, 22-year-old negro
hotel employee was arraigned on
charges of murder and first degree
burglary today, waived prelimin
ary hearing In county-court and was
ordered held for trial In superior
court for the slaying of Helen Clev
engc.
Conviction on either charge caj
riea the penalty of death in the
chamber.
The court appointed Thomas &
Johnson, jr,. to act as Moore’s at
torney. No evidence was-presented.
Solicitor Nettles said today "The
sox angle la definitely out of the
case." . , ' *
coroner and a physician said Sht
was, but later three physicians who
Examined the bpdy were unable to
decide.
Gaddy Js Exonerated
The last of the suspects, was re
teased after Moore made his con*
lession. He was Daniel H. Gaddy.
28-year-old hotel night watchman,
who had been detained for ques
tioning almost since the crime::
Previously Sheriff Browft. the
thief investigator of the murder,
had regarded daddy aa the "bey to
the whole mystery" and said that
"when Gaddy gets ready to fMk,
we’U break this case wide opeh."
He released the night watchman
and said he was "oompletaly ex
onerated.” , 3
TOe tfaJema-cJad body of the lg
year-old student was found in tier
(Continued on page eight)
HELEN CLEVENGER
Mrs. D. McBrayer
Is Buried Sunday;
Was 84 Years Old
Member Of One Of County’s Most
Prominent Kamil lee Succumbs
To Stroke.
Funeral rites were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lat
tlmore Baptist church for Mrs.
Martha Ann McBrayer, who died
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at her
home near Lattlmore. Mrs. McBray
er, who was eighty-four years of
age, died following a Heart attack.
She had been In her Usual good
health and spirits, having been up
and active about her home through
the day Friday.
She was stricken while resting in
a chair Friday afternoon and death
came Instantly. Her husband, Dav
id McBrayer, died exactly fourteen
months ago. on June 7, 1035.
Funeral Rites
Services for Mrs. McBrayer were
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Rush
Padgett, and burial was In the Mc
Brayer family cemetery across the
road from the home where she had
lived for many years. Quantities of
beautiful flowers paid tribute to
the respect and affection held for
the deceased by a wide circle of!
family and friends.
Mrs. McBrayer. born and reared
in Cleveland county, had reared her
family In the community where she
(Continued on page eight)
100 Lawyers Here
In Annual Meeting
Of 16tl^Distark*
Approximately ldb member* of
the District Bar of the 3*V.eer>t.h
Judicial District met here Friday
night In the annual meeting of this
group.
In the absence of President Wil
liam Ervin and of vice-president
W»A. Self, vice-president O. M,
Mull presided.
The program was as follows:
John P. Mull welcomed the vis*
lting lawyers, and Charles Jobss
replied to the address of welcome.
Miss Nettie Rayle, accompanied
by Mrs. Jack Hartigan, rendered1
three vocal solos.
Short addresses were made by
Judge Wilson War lick, Isaac Avery
and W. C. Newland.
W. C. Felmster made a report" -
containing advice to young law* .
yers. • - • •
The committee which had been
appointed to prepare » minimum
fee schedule, filed with the secre
tary the schedule and requested
that the district secretary mail to
the members of the executive com
mittee of the different counties a
copy of It, so that it might be act*®
upon by the local bar associations.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, A. I Quick®!; vice
president, Sam J. Ervin; secretary
treasurer. 8. M Roper.
The following members of the
executive committee were named:
Burke, E. M. Hairfleld, Jr.; Cataw
ba. Jesse C. Sigmon; Caldwell.
Thomas L Warren; Cleveland, E.
A Harriil, uncoin, L, E. Ruuasili;
Watauga Wade Brown.
The district bar association will
mret m Lincolnton In 1937, and ad
Scone in 1988.