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VOL. XLII—NO. 112
Member of Associated Press
SHELBY, N. C MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 1936
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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COMMUNISM
damage suit
TOPS CIVIL
TERM
Cate Transferred
From Rutherford
Frank Lai) Seeks $10,000 For
Injuries At Henrietta ,
Mills. j
A $10,000 damage suit, in,
n-hirb Frank Lail is seeking!
that amount from A. U. Wall
and others, led the parade of
40 cases to he tried during the
two weeks of civil court, which
began here this morning.
The damage suit originated In
1931 at the Henrietta mills In
Rutherford county when La 11 Is al
leged to have been attacked and
(mured by a guard of the mill. A
transfer of the suit, to this county
obtained.
Finley On Bench
.Judge T. B. Pinle.v, of North
Wilkasboro and veteran of the North
Carolina superior court bench is in
charge of the September term here.
The docket is calendared for one
week, but two weeks wBl be avail
»ble. if necessary.
•Jurors for the term are as fol
lows
First week beginning September
14: No. 1 township. J. E. Scruggs;
Mo. 2, W. G. Gillespie; No. 3, D.
Floyd MeSwein; No. 4, D. W.
Adams. Robert Allen; No. 5, J. M.
Putnam. Broadus E. Baker; No. 6,
Max Washburn, Chesley Hendricks;
Mo. 1, W. E. Walker, H. E. Gold;
No 8, D. T. Grigg, J. G. Lattimore;
Mo. 9, Randolph Peeler, W. E.
Comyett; No. 10, A. M. Boggs; No.
M. A. R. McNeely.
Seeood week, beginning September
R: No. 1 township, H. E. Ruppe;
Mo. J, C. W. Harris; No. 3, H. M.
Camp; No. 4, C. J. Borders, Pate
A.-wwood; No. 8. T. F. Ware, A. T.
Randall; No. 6, W. L. Simmons,
John L. Wright; No. 7, J. W. Irvin,
H. Beam; No. 8, Andrew J. Ell
wNj Wyatt Stamey; No. 9, Clyde
Peeler, Yates Williams; No. 10,
Gurry Elmore; No. M, Paul War
hot. v
Report* Hearing
, ^Exeewtion” Plan
WWrOFF, Sept. 14.—Michael Lay
tat former ctty employee testified
in the trial of 12 men charg
* ■executing” Charles Poole,
heard plans to abduct the
»PA worker discussed at a Black
t'e&wr meeting a few hours before
**,shoot,ing last May 12.
said he recognised both
-otonei Harvey Davis, one of the
lefendants and Dayton Dean, the ,
wnfessed 'trigger man” to the ,
wwing at the meeting.
C0L ASHE CELEBRATES
HIS 98TH BIRTHDAY
RALEIGH, Sept. 14,-Capt. Sam- \
. ' A ^he. clerk of the federal
~f'nct court, North Carolina his
nan ar|d veteran of the war be- !
nten the states, celebrated his 96th *
birthday here Sunday. 1
Morning Cotton
letter
*mfW JORK' 14—The ease
hpfj„,nwhlch the market absorbed
lu,- 8 "'ale's Saturday was quite
Z!T:- Forelgners are showing
kh« nrA 'erP8t m the markct “d
tos, P*ct for 8«>d business in
»r :„h«'1P lmes encourages a rath
*i'andb actlai domestic de
ta,,. Peculative or investment
&lon * also broadening.
the peak^ of'th Ukely reSUlt
r»ath«i, f the movement being
m* b- ,.*ar ’er than usual. Judg
action toe market a
Remand wyi be found on the
Kvt a7« „* belj*ve toe construe
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M*rl«eU
Colton ^ .to 13 tie
‘•“vi. ^ »<*• -— $32.00
ri * V**' *“1. two_Vf».W
a« - |',esr fc,rs cowon for to
«■* -nw Mar-12as- M*y
8.11, 3,>> Oct. 12.06, Dec.
Sound Truck Tell* Of Fair
The speed of racing horses and the fun of a circus is pic
tured on the new sound truck which will advertise the Cleve
land County Fair in 21 North and South Carolina counties.
‘Fairtime’ Is3 WeeksAway
Says Dorton Who Evisions
Best Exposition In South
Thrilling Features Listed By Secretary; Fa
vorable Late Summer Assures Bountiful
Agricultural Superlatives
Pounding hooves of the fastest race horses in North
Carolina, cheering voices of thousands of spectators, and the
finest/irray of exhibits ever assembled at a fair in the south
were envisioned today by Dr. J. S. Dorton, secretary who
said that in three more-weeks the 13th Cleveland Fair will
Let The Star Go
To School With You
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months to students and teachers
who are away from home dur
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Start your subscription now
so you won’t miss a single copy.
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Mid teacher Informed as to af
fairs back home,
Subscription price is payable
in advance.
Stephenson To
Build Apartment
Near Belvedere
• B. O. Stephenson will let the con
tract this week for the erection of a
six family apartment house on the
A. P. Spake corner lot across from
Holly Ledford’s near Eelveaere
Park.
Plans were drawn by Mrs Steph
en, nee Margaret Morgan who com
pleted a year or two ago a four
family apartment on the same,
street. Mrs. Stephenson studied
architecture at Columbia University
for four years.
It is expected that the new
Stephenson apartment will be com
pleted In ninety days. It will be
built of brick, have steam heat and
jther conveniences. Four apart
ments with five rooms and two
apartments with four rooms will be
provided in the building.
be under way.
The colorful exposition will begin
Tuesday October 6 with Children’s
Day and will last throughout the
week. The dynacic secretary
who has just returned from
Toronto and Montreal expositions in
Canada with numbers of new ideas
said the fair this year will be the
biggest, and best anywhere in the
state.
Want Sup : iatives.
"Superlatives in every depart
ment of the fair has been our goal
this year.” he said. "We have found
that we can have things at our
fair . . . now we want only the
best.
"Nearly 100 of *he finest race
horses in North Carolina and from
other states will run on a track
that is being impioved every day.
The grandstand alti actions Include
the "Revelations of 1936.” sensa
tional spectacles In ultra-modem
decorations, and a company which
carries its own 12-piece band.
"Elaine Dowling with her world
famed acrobatic girls null be rivalled
by Pallenberg’s wonder bears and
Pallenberg’s Royal Doberman Pin
cers, wonder dogs of machine-like
perfection.
'Horse racing will be held Tues
day. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday with one section of the AAA
sanctioned auto races slated for
Saturday only. Chet Gardner, Ken
Fowler. Bobby Sail. Frank Beeder
and other knights of the roaring
road will be on the Shelby track.l
Thrill Day.
"Thrill Day” has been set apart
as Wednesday when the Hell Driv
ers come to town with "Lucky”
Teter who crashes a stock car over
(Continued on page ten.)
Hordes Of Army Worms Threaten
Large Amounts Of Late Cotton
From the east, west and south
veritable armies of tiny worms were
reported today to be advancing on
Cleveland county crops with a possi
bility of doing some good but threat
ening late cotton with much dam
age.
The worms are close akin to the
old-fashioned army worm which
covered the county several years
ago and which In several late sea
sons since have wrought havoc with
growing crops.
Much late cotton which is said to
need at least three more weeks
growth for proper maturity is being j
attacked first, ami on many farms i
t h* tan.iT£ arr iulTfr^dy . I ho
hungry worms devour the tender
leaves.
A number of fanners are begin
ning sprays with poisons su' i as
lime, strychnine, paris green and
arsenic. Any stomach spray is very
effective according to a bulletin
from State College.
Leading growers said that If the
worms would hold off for two weeks
then remove the leaves f-wn the
cotton, so it would mature and
open, they would be a helpful pest
Humorously. B. B. Buttle at the
office of me County agent said the
best remedy against worms is to
use oniy one bag of 8-2-2 fertilizer
on poor land. • 'lhere wont be
enough cotton to attract eni,” he
said.
HITLER TELLS
170,000 HE
IS READY
Memorial Address
Full Of Defiance
Would Like To Gain Rich |
Russian Territory; Ready
For War.
By The Associated Press
The entire nation of Ger
many is armed to the teeth
and ready to defend a miracle
—"the miracle of its own self
resurrection”—Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler told 120,000 uni
formed Nazis and 50,000 spec
tators in a ceremonial tribute
to World War dead yesterday.
The speech followed another ad
dress on Saturday in which the
“mad monarch of Europe” voiced
his readiness to expand Germany's
physical territory. He told of his
ambition to acquire part of the vast
territory of Russsia, the Ural moun
tains and Siberian tundras. "Ger
many must not die.” he shouted.
“We Are Ready"
In the memorial address he said,
‘‘Let no one be deceived. We are
ready at any hour.”
The distant tolling of church
bells emphasized the Fuehrer’s
words as, speaking in the huge
Luitpold grove, he dismissed with a
phrase the material achievements
of Nazi rule—expensive road build
ployment.
ing and claimed reduction in unem
“Our mircle. however, was resur
rection of a humiliated people,”
Hitler said. '
‘ That miracle consisted in the
fact that onet man arose (Hitler)
who believed in the resurrection
but that millions followed him and
went the same way.
“That I found you, that you bore
with me all these years—that was
Germany’s great good fortune.”
Assails Communiun
Emphasizing that the 120.000 uni
formed men before him were only
an extremely small percentage of
his 2,500.000 storm troopers, nis
225.000 black uniformed “S. 8.” men,
not to mention the nation’s arma
(Continued on page ten.)
To Have Fair Booth
For Roosevelt, Hoey
Decision has been made to have
a booth at the Cleveland county
fair in the interest, of the candi
dacy of Clyde R. Hoey for the gov
ernorship of North Carolina and
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presi
dency of the United States.
Mrs. Haywood Thompson who is
also vice-president of the Young
Democrats of the county will be in
charge, assisted by Mrs. Wythe
Royster. Mrs. Clyde Hoey, and pos1.
sibly others.
Singing Aviator
And Pal Nearing
American Coast
NEW YORK. Sept. 14.—(Copy
righted by Associated Pros*).—
Radio report* to Floyd Bennett field
| said Hary Rlchman, singing avia
tor. flying the Atlantic with his
pilot, Dick Merrill, was cited off
Cepe Race, Newfoundland today at
12 05 p m . E. 8. T.
Earlier reports from the flying
pair were heard at 10:05 a m. after
seven hours of silence.
Both the Eastern Airlines sta
tion at Newark. N. J.. directing the
flight, and Press Wireless Incor
porated reported hearing the radio
telephone of the Merrill-Richman
piane, Lady Peace at the same mo
ment.
Neither station was able to make
out what was being said although
the voice was identified as Rich
man's. Static condition* garbled
the attempt at conversation.
At the time it was established the
plane should have ben about 2,500
miles out from England, headed for
Fioyd Bennett field and a landing
sometime after 4 p. m.
EDWARD VIII
FOE FOUND
GUILTY
Pudry Cripple Say* Foreign Power
Wanted Kin* Edward
Shot.
LONDON. Sept. 14.——George
Andrew McMahon was found guilty
today of producing a revolver near
Kings Edwards VTII. with intent to
"alarm his majesty."
McMahon was sentenced to 1J
months imprisonment at hard lab
or.
McMahon was acquitted on two
of the three charges placed against
him after he "slithered” a loaded
revolver at the monarch as he
rode by in a military procession on
Constitution hill, July 16.
Wanted Spy
The pudgy, crippled Irish Scot
testified “a foreign power” had
wanted him to shoot the king on
an earlier occasion and had tried
(Continued on page ten)
REPRESENTATIVE ON WAY
TO REMOVE BLIND STAND
A letter today from the State
Blind Commission to County Com
missioner J. L. Herndon indicated
that a field representative of the
commission is on his way here to
effect the removal of the ‘blind
man’s box” from the court square.
The stand was ordered removed
several days ago. The county and
city officials hope to find a suit
able place for the stand. rather
than mar the beauty of the square.
Humorous Sides
Of The “Great Mistake”
In The President’s Passing
While missing the president was
! the most unfortunate and regret
table affair in Shelby’s history, the
I incident made many funny situa
tions and caused many wise cracks.
Rev. H. N. McDi&rmid won the
record for fast sprinting. He made
; it across the square three times in
ten seconds for each lap. Then he
lost his wind and quit
I One fat spectator, suffering with
arthritis, entered the race. He
made it across the court square i
once before he became exhausted,
j Then he stepped on his tongue and '
I fell in the water fountain. Several;
i corpulent women caught themsel- .
vet on the brink before they tum
bled in on him.
i "Dean a town with two streets."'
said Charlie Keel. ’1 believe I'll
move to Cherryville”
Carl Webb watching and waiting,
1 shifting; from one street to another
as the report would come that the
president was coming this wav or
that Hi:; breath was alv'iil, gone
when he tried it one more tune. Dr.
Sherrill was ahead of him at the
last big rush and Dr. Sherrill you
know is some “big man." The doc
tor got wedged between a car and
a truck and was hung there, block
ing the passage. As he massaged his
sides to reduce them. Carl stopped
to crawl under the truck. Just as
he kneeled and soiled his suit on
the oil soaked ground, the president
passed. Carl didn’t see anything.
There's a high board fence be
tween West Marion and West War
ren. On a Warren street porch the
group of portly ladies had gathered
with their chatter and knitting to
await the eventful coming. After
they waited for hours and finally
learned that another street was be
ing used, they hit the high fence,
j None of them could scale It, but they
found a hole Just large enough for a
calf to crkwl through. Some how
they managed to squirm., through,
j leaving Iilnvis of their dainty drem
tv on the splinters.
“Lee Weathers that Star fellow,
dUi not want to be outdone after
(Continued on page iivc.j
Slight Decline In Enrollment
As School Parade Begins Again
Stghs of relief which were per
haps mingled with tear* of pride
and Joy ax happy mothers hurried
their children off to school this
morning, scores of the youngsters
beginning their first term.
A check at noon today indicated
that the enrollment for the open
ing date is slightly under the en
rollment, on the first, day last year
The total announced this morn
ing by Superintendent Walter E.
Abemethy Is 3.037 as compared to
3,042 last year. The figures Include
the colored units in the city and at
Zoar.
School 1935 1938
Marlon . 328 329
Jefferson . _ 303
Washington . ._..... 253
Morgan. 353
Graham . 314
LaFayette . _ 300
Totals
High school .. 550
Shelby, colored - .. 518
Zoar, colored . 118
265 I
281
353
210
313 1
1840 1811’
551
585
104
Grand Tatal. 3042 3,037
Superintendent. Abemethy said
the entire system Is working smooth
ly despite the absence of High
school principal C E Rankin who
is ill.
AAA Compliance Checking
Ends With 95% Qualifying
Seeking Return
Of $8,000 From
Banking Agents
Echoes of the sensational bank
failures In and around Asheville
during the depression were heard
again today as Federal Judge E. Y.
Webb listened to pleas of Autrey
and others, bondholders, against
the Universal Liquidating company
and others.
The latter company Is said to be
a part, or was once connected with
the Wallace B. Davis system of
banks.
The bondholders, represented by
A. 8. Barnard and E. 8, Loft in made
a motion before Judge Webb that
the officials of the liquidating com
pany pay back the sum of $8,000 In
salaries which they are alleged to
have paid themselves. The defense
was represented by James Carey,
III, of Baltimore and J. G. Merrl
mon of Asheville.
Judge Webb’s ruling was that the
liquidating agents pay no more
salaries without strict orders from
him.
Joe W. Sullivan.I»
Killed In Oklahoma
News has been received here of
the death of Joe W. Sullivan In Ok
lahoma City on August 2flth. Mr.
Sullivan was born and reared In
Shelby and Is remembered by many
of the older citizens. He was struck
by a motorcycle which Inflicted In
juries which proved fatal, accord
ing to W. D. Babington who has
heard of the tragedy.
Mr. Sullivan was a brother of the
late Mrs. Elsie Beam.
New Hi School Head
Undergoes Operation
C. E Rankin, newly elected prin
cipal of the Shelby high school had
an attack of appendicitis Saturday
and was rushed to the local hos
pital for an operation School had
to open its fall term today without
the new principal. Reports from
his bedside this morning are that
he is getting along nicely.
Badly Cut In Fight
In Rutherford Co.
Dexter Guffey was brought last
night to the Shelby hospital badly
| cut across the abdomen, cheek, arm
i and parts of his body. It Is said that
I he and another man engaged in a
; fight In Rutherford county several
miles west of Polkville.
Virtually all of the necessary
field checking for compliance under
the new AAA was finished during
the past week-end by the officials
In charge with a report that com
paratively few of the 3,300 growers
failed to qualify.
When the voluminous office
checking has heen completely fully
95 percent are expected to meet the
terms of the AAA.
Announcement was made today
that even those who failed to quali
fy by having enough land planted
In soil Improvements crops may stHl
do so by planting fall and winter
cover crops
These additional crops must, be
planted and checked, however, bv
October 31. In qualifying for the
new program growers will receive
five cents per pound for cotton
which would have grown on the
land seeded to Improvement crops.
They will also receive a payment for
seeding the Improvement crop.
Following are three divisions of
fall and winter crops which may be
sown or planted at this time, with
the rate of payment for seeding:
1—Alfalfa, serecla, kudzu, $2.00 per
acre. 3—Red or crimson clover, $1.50
per acre. 3—Alsikc, sweet, white, bur
and crimson clover, winter peas,
vetch, annual lespedeza, or croto
larta, $100 per acre.
Word from Washington indicates
that payments will bagtn in late
fall or early winter.
CARL WRIGHT MIS
FROM AUTO INJURY
Wu Native Of Fallston Section Of
Cleveland County; Father
Lives At Are 93.
GASTONIA. Sept, 14 —Carlo# Bl
ester Perrv Wright, 56. of 304 South
Linwood street, better known to his
hosts of friends simply as Carl
Wiight. died at the City hospital
at 11:10 o’clock Saturday morning
from injuries sustained about 11
o’clock Thursday morning on high
way 39 near the Myrtle mill . He
sustained a fractured skull, a brok
en arm and numerous other In
juries In an automobile accident. He
never regained consciousness and
his physicians never had the
slightest hope for his recovery.
Whether Mr. Wright was struck by
one car and thrown against anoth
er passing car, the latter driven by
Rev. R. A. Christenbury, or whether
he Jumped to avoid the first car
and fell against the second has not
been definitely determined
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 30 o’clock at
(Continued on page ten.)
Political Experts Watch Maine
For Results In Today's Election
By The Associated Press
Maine took Its quadriennial place
In the political sun today as citi
zens of the pine tree state voted In
their state election.
Throughout the nation political
experts were on the alert, watching
for portents of the presidential out
come in November There is much
dispute as to how far Maine's elec
liuii cuu Ijc coiMikinl a "wcutlur
vane" oi uui«onwi .cniunent tut
t.iry foui' yvar* th* major partus
seek to wring every last ounce of
|s\vclu4oaic)>l advantage fran it.
Tip irlrnl Rii<v.rvrll vi-Heri lh*
[ ute some time ago to be followed
*
by Governor Alf M l.andon who
made a speech at Portland Satur
day night.
One of the principal contests is
between the Democratic governor
Louis J. Brann and the Republican
sent tor Wallace White, Jr., for the
latter’s senatorial seat. Governor,
members of congress and other state
officials also will be elected, presl
Uiuti.il balloting in Maine «t. in
other states will iaee place iu Nut
tatber.
Voura of Massachusetts, Nc
[Hampshire Wisconsin, Nr* Voik
and Mtihmao tvilloi tomorrow in
talc primaries.
SAYS FORCES
IN SPAIN
MENACE
Sees Civilization
In Danger Soon
Spanish Refugee* Listen In
Throne Room; Radio
Spreads Speech.
if'npyri shied by The Associated
Freaa.)
CASTLE GANDOLFO.
Italy, Sept. 14.—-Pope Pius
XI in strong, passionate ton
es, gave his blessing before
the whole world today to a
militant defense against the
‘'mad” forces of communism.
Declaring those forces menaced
In tragic Spain and elsewhere "the
very foundation of all order, all cul
ture and all civilisation."
Pardons KUIera
The holy father nevertheless
pardoned the Spanish killers of
bishops and priests and called up
on the constituted authorities of
all nations to o[>pose the great
evils with every remedy and bar
Sadly he foresaw utter chaos If
"those who have a duty in the
matter, do not. beaten to repair the
breach—If Indeed It la not already
too late,"
Five hundred Spanish refugees
were In the throne room of the pa
pal villa when the pope entered.
The Vatican radio station carried
the address to the far comers of the
world. In many lands the devout
heard the plea for a militant de
fense which the pope acknowledged
would be both difficult and dan
gerous for "It Is only too easy for
the very ardor and difficulty of de
1 erise to go to an excess which is
not wholly warranted."
Fascist Warriors
Take San Sebastian
SAN 8EBA8TIA&, Sept. H —
(Copyrighted by Associated Pm).—
Fascist warriors completed their
occupation of San Seheeation to
day, setting up a civil admirgstra
ti on heeded by the governor of
Pamplona, provincial capital of
Natvarre. Strong lines of Pssaist
troops held the otty from
counter attack by
lets who fled before
advance yesterday.
Regin
Military and dv
Ran speedy rehab
services whi^h had
for days during thi^sieqe,
Water aijd electric -~
reestablished shortly after
vatiers maroheti In.
Officiate estimated
ly lO.opo dviHara
have Ned.
prevent
halted an
burn the
ed their
miles
An
future
cists In a
approaching
Santander a
nounoetnent
elded to lay
McIntyre Writer
Chairman Of Boned
J. L. Herndon, chairman of the
county board of cSnmiasfoaerg re
ceived a letter today from Marvin
H. McIntyre, assistant secretary to
President Roosevelt, expressing Um
chief executive’s regret at not haw*
lng time to stop at this city on hjg
way through here to speak at Char
lotte.
The letter was In answer to a
telegram sent last week asking that
Mr. Roosevelt pause briefly here.
The letter did not mention the con
fusion which resulted when the
president was routed over the
wrong street.
! Legion Officers
To Be Installed
I Installation of officers for next
j year will lak<- plutv at the American
j region tjiuiiiin*- at 8 o'clock Tue*
jiag night -
Joint insullatian of officers foi
i'iH fiK'oaui's yrar is beifcg held
An i ri. <n \j> piou poiK, all over tfe4
j state at- this time
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