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Carolina: Generally ftir wight and Saturday, oool ;J « central and wutheaat U> Shelby temperatures: **71. W- ****" 34 ' 10 Pages TODAY *-..... , + VOSU XLII—NO; 108 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Hr M .u. Off jaar. «m adraneai — MM Oarrirr. par rear, (in advane*) .. U.H Barnett FULL FACULTY NAMED BY BOARD School To Open Early Next Week President Has Had Wide Experience As College Executive. Dr George J. Burnett, of Marshall CoHege, Marshall, Texas, was today named pres ent of Boiling Springs Jun ior College and will move his familv here in the next few davs to take full charge of the Baptist school. He succeeds Prof A C. Lovelace who re signed to become educational director at the Loray Baptist church in Gastonia. The Junior college • will open pn next Tuesday September 8. and ap plications now indicate the enroll ment will be about 125, A farulty committee composed of Judge E Y. Webb. Dr, Zeno Wall, A w McMurry of Shelby. J. w. Jones of Henrietta and Rev. C T Plybon of Forest City made the fin al selection of Dr. Burnett as presi dent and announced that a full faculty has been selected for the school Is Tennesseean. Dr Burnett Is a native of Tenn essee. and was for 16 years presi dent of Murfreesboro College at Murfreesboro Tenn. He was twice president of the Baptist State Con ception of Tennessee. While in North Carolina he was chairman of the Anti-Saloon League and later was !n charge of Stewardship under the Baptist Brotherhood. At present he is field representa tive and professor at Marshall Col lege Hp will bring his wife and two daughter with him to Boiling Springs He has had unusual suc cess in his field work in finance, the committee said. Members of the faculty commit 'ee were elated at Dr. Burnett’s ac ceptance. they said this morning, snd feel that the college now faces one of the best years of its history. Under the new financial program "f the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run Associations, sponsors of the Khoo! it will be able to meet ttje requirements of 'union colleges, as ret up by the Southern Association. members of the faculty will '■arrv an M A. degree or higher j and will be paid salaries equivalent an’- standard college. Mone- has already begun to ac- ■ cumulate under rhe new program. 1 ® ® '‘'il.'on. of Shelby is sssocia- j tiona! treasurer. •;Ir? r W Ebeltoft and Miss i Eizabeth Fbeltoft have returned j ■cme »fr,r spending two weeks ini the mountains. Morning Cotton letter YORK, Sept. 4.—Early re I ~' r ln pnre‘ yesterday was not I 85 hert8e Pressure in I 81 the advance and the ]ot *l nJtimately lost most of prev »i * gains- Spot sales in Ly, markets increased to 50, Uv« ,M.COmpared t0 Previous rL JTf 01 30>800' the LS " unchanged over past ST"* ^ “Potion. in market is 12.000,000 bales yet 1*,^!^ ftXtets due to low I ailce Th!Ch ie8m llk#ly to |5r!5t *-i',^TS*1Jlar nervou* market ***** *«■ TH* MARKETS 1"-13^ to »HC pttou Si U>“ 330 00 » • i tar lot, ton_|13 00 ^°lJjlQ8fedt °n New York ex *- 11 ** Mar H* ■h"5 “-W. Oct. 11.04. Heads Ensilage Gas Kills Three In Maryland FOPLAR SPRINGS, Md , Sept. 4 —</P)—Swift-acting ensilage gas— almost pure carbon dioxide given off by fermenting cattle feed—left a mother, her 9 year old daughter and her foster daughter dead today. Two men narrowly escaped as phyxiation while attempting to re scue them. Anna Richards, 9, playing with two small boys fell eight feet into an old underground ice house con verted recently into a silo. Screams of her playmates brought Mrs. Ella Melinda Richards, 37, her mother, to the pit. Mrs. Richards jumped into the dark hole, sought to lift the child overcome by fumes from the rot ting corn husks. Mary Sine, 19, the foster sister, lowered a heavy lad der into the pit, descended to the level of the husks, and dragged Anna’s body across the lower run before she too collapsed. AAA TO MAKE PAYMENTS SOON Will Distribute Checks From Regional Offices Under New Plan. HAVE NEW PLAN By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.— Paymeiit* to farmers tinder the $470,000,000 soil conser vation production control pro gram this year will'be made directly from Regional offic es in three of the five nation al divisions instead of from Washington. Officials said today AAA leaders Approved this step for western, northern central, and southern re gions although auditing of benefit claims as well as payments will continue to be done in Washing ton for the east central and north east regions. Date Is Uncertain AAA spokesmen still were uncer tain as to the exact date when pay ments will be made although they predicted the bulk of benefit checks will go out in December and Jan uary. Secretary Wallace, at a recent press conference, said a few checks might be ready by November. Pay ments this year will be a lump sum spokesmen said, contrasting with the former separate checks for wheat, corn, hogs, cotton and other AAA commodity control programs. Englishwoman On Flight To N. Y. ABINGTON. England, Sept. 4 —• WP)—Mrs. Beryle Markham, blond English society woman, took off to day on an attempted non-stop flight to New York. Plying alone, the tall 33-year-old matron lifted her gren monoplane “The Messenger” into the air at 6:50 p. m. British summer time, 12:50 p. m. E. S. T. College 2 CANDIDATES GO DIVIDED WAYS Roosevelt, Landon End Drougth Talk Significant Meeting Of Presi dential Opponents Held Productive. By Associated Press ROOSEVELT SPECIAL ENROUTE TO HANIBAL, Mo., Sept. 4.—President Roos velt and Governor Alf Landon went their separate ways to day while the nation .studied reports of the epochal meet ing of the opposing president ial candidates tor possible po litical effects. The chief executive headed for Hannibal. Missouri, on his special train and Governor Landon motor ed toward the Kansas capital at Tcpeka after they spent a good part of yesterday afternoon and evening in each other’s company. Governor Landon said his drought parley with Mr. Roosevelt— who interviewed representatives of each of the states separately—had proved productive. “How Do You Do?" DES MOINE6, la., Sept. 4 — Greeting each other with a “how do you do, Mr. President" and “how are you, governor?," Presi dent Roosevelt and Governor Lan don talked over the drought situa tion for 40 minutes here at Iowa’s state house yesterday afternoon. The conference followed a lunch eon at which the president and the man who seeks to oyst him sat at the same table and ate fried chick • en, and com on the cob and talked about fishing. Very Fine Man After the luncheon and drought discussion between the opposing presidential candidates, an event unparalleled in recent political his tory, Governor Landon told news men: “President Roosevelt is a very fine, charming gentleman.” Aides of the Kansas governor told reporters clustered in the huge rotunda of the state house that the president and Governor Landon touched every aspect of the drought problem from immediate to long (Continued on page ten.) Two Electrocuted On Murder Counts At State Prison RALEIGH, Sept, 4.—(AV-J. B Buck) Garden of Dunn and George Alston, Chapel Hill ne gro, died by electrocution at state's prison tday for having committed murder. Their execution left only one man .under sentence of electro cution in the state, John Press ley, of Gaston county, as lethal gas was substituted for the cur rent by the 1935 legislature for all persons convicted of capital crimes committed after July 1, 1935. Alston was electrocuted first after making the statement he had killed his sweetheart, Helen Massey. Garden, 42, was convicted of killing his wife, Vera. Merrill, Rickman Reach Croydon Completing Eastward Lap Of Hop CROYDEN AIRDROME, Eng land, Sept 4—UP)—Formally com pleting the eastward lap of their piopoeed trans-Atlantic round-trip the Americans, Harry Richman and Dick Merrill, landed at Croyden at 2:57 p. m. today (8:57 a m. EST). They flew from South Wales where their fastest ocean crossing tailed in a cow pasture yes lei day. The Broadway Baritone and Mer rill, his phot, had to hurdia a mo tion picture lorry in talMng off irom (.he cow pasture anrt Merrill call'd it a close shave,” — Less than 200 persons, most of them members of the airport staff, witnessed the completion of the flight, In a pouring rain. L-LANGADOCK, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Sept. 4—Dick Merrill *nd Harry Rlchmen. who left New YOrk Wednesday on a “commuta tion hop” to London and back, were preparing to leave this place today to go to London. They were forced down near this small village yesterday afternoon at t 30 p. m '9 30 a m. eastern stand (Continued on page ten) Young Prexy John Wilbert Olaxton, 34 (above), former church pastor of Manistee, Mich., has been chosen president of Defiance College, Defiance, O., to succeed Dr Frederick W. Raymond. President Claxton is one of the youngest college presidents in America. THOUSANDS TO GATHER AT RALLY ■■■■ - ■■ Democratic Rally For West ern North Carolina To Draw Notables. EXPECT MANY (By A Staff Writer) FOREST CITY, Sept. 4.— tween 15,000 and 20,000 per sons are expected to assemble here Saturday afternoon fWr a mammoth Western North Carolina Democratic Rally, the largest rally of its kind held in this immediate vicin ity in many years. A galaxy of notable, most of them important officials in the state Democratic organization, will be on hand for the event. Heading the list are Senator R. R. Reynolds of Asheville and Democratic guber natorial nominee Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby. Prominent People Other prominent figures in North Carolina's public eye who are sche duled to take part in the proceed ings are: Clyde A. Erwin, state sup erintendent of public instruction; Zeb Weaver, congressman from the eleventh district; State Treasurer Charles M Johnson; J. Ed Butler, president of the N. C. Young Dem ocrats; J. Wallace Winborne, chairman of the N. C. Democratic executive committee; and Wilkins P. Horton, Democratic nominee for lieutenant-governor. The day’s program gets under- ( (Continued on page ten.) Will Place Marker At Kings Mountain One of the markers being erected at historical places In North Caro lina by the state department of conservation and development has been received in Kings Mountain and will shortly be put up at the corner of Mountain street and Railroad avenue. The sign is about four feet square and has the fol lowing wording on both sides of it: ‘Kings Mountain Battleground, Scene of Decisive British Defeat. October 7th, 1780, Sevfcn miles south in S. C. National Park ” The raised lettering is black on a silver background. Close Death Mine LOGAN, W. Va., Sept. 4.—<AV Officials clotted the Macbeth mine today after recovery of the last of ten men who died in the state’s worst un4(ergTwmd disaster in a decade. It is to remain closed pend ing an inquiry. Survey Flights NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—(AV^The first of scvtrrul survey nights from (lie lioi'ts tu Uie Lulled Slate* ill preparation t3r a regular trans-At lantic air freight ami mail routes1 will begin next week it was an-1 nnunred today at the New York of fice of (he f.-rman International Airways System. 10,535 PUPILS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Will Go Higher In Second Term Sell 25.000 Rental Textbooks To Surpass AH Expectations. Nearly one fourth of Cleve laod county’s population is going to school, according to a report today which shows that 10,535 youngsters are enrolled in the rural schools of the county. Shelby, Kings Mountain and Park Grace will begin in a few days and lift tht total to nearly 16,000. . First month enrollment* for the 12 rural high schools and 21 asso ciated elementary units, with three separate elementary units are list ed: Fall*ton . .. 564 Cesar. 470 Piedmont . . 468 Bolling Springs , ..601 No. 3 . 700 llooresboro . _ 447 katttmore . ........_501 Waco . 375 O rover...500 Bath-Ware.414 Belwood . 496 Pollmia. 550 Moriah Elementary .. 145 Do vet Elementary _ 200 No. 1 Elementary.214 Total. 1,635 Total colored In 16 schools . .. 3,900 Final Total . 10.596 The enrollment Is expected to number close to 12,006 at the be ginning of the second term—or aft er the cotton-plcldng holiday which will begin In about three weeks. New Textbooks uoumy Hupt. j. h. Grigg said the new rental text book system is meeting with unexpected favor. Sale of books has already passed the 35,000 mark, and wily 17,000 books were thought needed at first. He said that with the books which can be purchased at one third the price of books formerly, that the pupils a/-e using more books and teaching is much more effective. Moreover, children can have draw ing and writing books, and helpful little charts and manuals they could not possibly have, if It were not for the system. All the princi pals find the system in high favor with both parents and students. Novel Sound Truck Advertises Fair A novel sound truck, advertising the Cleveland county fair to be held October 6 to 10 has been built and is now touring neighboring coun ties both in North and South Caro lina. The rushing speed of the race horses the color and glamor of the midway and daring events before j the grandstand are depicted in al most lifeslze form on the sides of the large framed box and dome shaped structed. Inside is plenty of room for literature on the fair and for a loud speaker. W. D. Bablngton and Matt O’Bhields are doing the advertising The painting was done by P. H. Russell, formerly an official sign painter for Downie Bros, circus. Turn Thumbs Down On Armory Project “Thumbs Down" on a new pro posal for Cleveland county to be come a sponsor for a WPA armory was the answer made here yester day. The armory and auditorium would cost a total of about $38,000 of which the minimum part Cleve land would pay would be $8,500. Commissioner Chairman said he did not fee! the board will act fa vorably on the proposal when they meet on next Monday. He said there would be additional cost of plucing seats In the building fur nishing Mulct and lights and a care taker at ail times. Besides there are several other projects, such as the library, and a number of city projects, which will he using all available labor lor some time. Science And Farmers Join Hands In Erosion Control “Dirt-farming” has join© soil erosion projects just»coir McMurry by the CCC Camp ii lafid County Soil Conservation Postal Receipts Off For Month, But Beat 1935 Postal receipts fell off slightly during the month of August, but the local office (till showed an In crease over the same month last year, figures released today by Russell Laughrldge Indicate. T'etal receipts for August were «,?jp3.ia. which, la an Intteaaa of 1239.35 over the $5,973.87 figure for August, 1936. Thus far In 193S, the local office receipts have reached a total of $49,778.74 which Is $8,545.97 above the $43,333.77 figure for the first eight months of 1935. The average increased dropped slightly to $818.35. Last year was the biggest, the Shelby office has ever experienced, and Mr. Laughrldge said today “We’re satisfied If we make any kind of an increase at all.” Frank Hoyle, postmaster, prophe cled that his office would “go over the top” this year, breaking all previous records. "Our next quar ter Is the biggest of the entire year, and we’re expecting to go over the top." Postoffica, Banks Close On Labor Day All banks and the postoffice will i>e closed on Monday. September 1th for Labor Day. There will be no :ity delivery or rural service from bhC poetofflce. Other business will proceed as usual MARION SCHOOL CHIEF QUITS; BEAM SUCCESSOR MARION. Sept. 4.—Zeno Martin, superintendent of schools for the last five years, resigned today to enter business here. Hugh F. Beam, principal, Is his successor. SUr Stiff Photo j 1 hands with science in two' pleted on the. farm of A. W. i collaboration with the Cleve Association. The above picture shows one of two terrace outlet channel* which is the latest method of safety guar anteeing drainage of soils without erosion. Eighteen terraces draining 34 acres empty into the channel which funs for a length of 750 feet with a vertical drop of 54 feet Second Channel. Another outlet channel on the same farm is (150 feet long, has a vertical drop of 40 feet and controls on 33 acres. "The very thing to make water run where you want it to run," said a well known farmer who has seen what CCC boys and agricultural engineers have done on these two ; fields as an experiment. They are I working in other parts of the coun- : ty on similar pojects. The step-Uke fixture* are called "baffles’* and they do battle the wa ter which would carry the soil to creek bottoms In the county. There are also some "U-Type" drop sructures which control the grade of two terraces each, on either side, and at the same time contol the vertical^ drop. Seven standard drop structures control the vertical drop only. The baffle* control eight inches, and the U Drops three feet. All the • structures In the picture are of concrete and the terrace* were built by the machine owned and operated by the Cleveland County Soil Conservation Associa tion. Many other types of soil conser vation and erosion control Is being carried on over the county by the local CCC camp. WFA ALLOTS >100,000 FOR PROJECTS IN STATE RALEIGH, Sept 4.—<4*i-The WPA announced today It had al located more than $100,000 to four new projects, with sponsor* pro viding about $30,000 of the money. Wtnston-Salem was given $14, 709.50 for work at Miller airport, Burlington $7,831 65 for street Im provements. Albemarle $46,144.94 for water lines and Macon county, $51,343 for road work. Optimism Seen In Real Estate; ! Dealers Say City Ready To Grow "Feeling the best we have since 1M8 and ’39.” several traders In real estate said today, answering a qi|ery about prospects (or (all business In buying and selling o( houses and land. "Shelby Is now ready to grow.” they said. ITie old confidence is back, and nearly everyone is buying or think ing or thinking of buying." one dealer said. His office has recorded some kind of trade each day this week. From five to 10 deeds per day ale being recurdel by Kegihter A. F. Newluil. Hie survey indicated tnat sev eral types of buyers are bringing b*uk prosperity." Actual examples are given: No 1 if a young man who wjth hu> wife work la a mill here. They V have been living with his father and for a time rented a house. "Now," they say, “the outlook is good. We want to own a home.” No. 2 is a business man who has had some property but It was un developed. He is building and there by giving Jobe to carpenters, ma sons and other workmen, then selling or renting the property No. 8 is a man who has been liv ing in poor circumstances since the depression and feels he can now af ford a little better surroundings for his le and children. Hr hu>i a house and u ui t use ter location. Ail the real estate men contacted feel that the New Deal through the HOt.C and the improvement In hanks and facilities for borrowing money, and increasing wages, ha all been very helpful. 500 REPORTED KILLED BY VICTORS Leave Flaming Ruins In Wake Second “Verdun” Falfa Aftet Seven Weeks Merciless Siege. By Associated Press Spanish Fascism hoisted its flag: over the flaming city of Iran just across the border from France today. With almost the whole of irua burning, with the strets Uttered with bodies of sort si 1st defenders, with BTlm conflicting reports of the tat# of ss many as 500 hostages who had been held by the fleeing gov ernment mUlfia, the rebels ad vanced victoriously through tha fallen town. Bridge Held One tiny band of desperate gov ernment zealots, however, seised the International bridge head at Iran in a wild dash and held It by virtue of machine guns, grenades, and shot guns. New international facets of the Spanish civil war now ending Its seventh week included a plea by Pope Plus for a "crusade of pray er" to cure the world’s spiritual tils and a French communist move to form a united front with social ists against France's policy ot neu trality. The communists want Socialist France to aid Socialist Madrid be cause they contend other European countries are arming the rebels. Irun, almost another ‘’Verdun," fell after nearly seven full weeks of sleze and the Fascist captor* crept on toward Blscayne bay resort of San Sebastian, eight mttee to the west. MADRID. Sept. i.—m—Premier Jose Glral Pereira, resigned today and a new government was an nounced for war tom Spain. The Socialists extremist leader, Francisco Largo Caballero, was named prime minister and minister Of war. Calls For Labor Pour Into Office Of Employment Daily Request* Come .For Skilled And Semi-Skilled Labor From Over The State. During the month of August the N C Re-Employment office here, placed 58 people in private employ ment and 181 in public employment, according to Information secured this morning from C. C. Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter took active charge of the Shelby office about, two weeks ago. succeeding C. M. Baber who has been transferred Dally requests come in for skilled and semi-skilled workers, says Mr. Carpenter. There are % number of re-employment offices in the state and If one office cannot supply the requests, they are passed on to oth ers. Most of the requests are for carpenters, masons, truck drivers and others trained for heavy con. struction work. Pour truck drivers have been sent to the Skyland Drive near Roanoke. Va. There is a call on hand for four colored cooks from a firm willing to train them. White girls have se cured Jobs as waitresses and still there is a shortage. At Durham, ths re-employment division has opened a school in which white girls are trained as waitresses and 55 have enrolled. Mr. Carpenter says the re-em ployment office continues to enroll people who wish to improve their status. NEW TOM GIRL TO W’ED INTO RICH DtTKE FAMILY NEW YORK. Sent 4 —The JfST York Evening .Journal said today that Priscilla 8t George, wealthy daughter of Mr. and Mrs George B St. George of Tuxedo Park. N Y . will many Mi* in Duke when 'lit seturnc irera. Europe."' Duke is the son of the late An gler B Duke hefr to a tobacco for tune. His mother, the former Mias Cordoba Biddle, of Phiadplpbia. la rw Mr* T. Markoe Fobiasou kP New York, to
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