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WEATHER Vorth Carolina: Fair tonight „,d Thursday, not much change ■iSKKV Shelby y«a t^rday: High 78, low 63. 10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XLII—NO. 113 Member of Associated Press SHELBY. N. a WEDNESD’Y, SEPT. 16,1936 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Cantor, aar mi, <ta itmM _ O.N RETURNS ROLL IN FROM PRIMARIES IN FIVE STATES aerial war FIERCE IN SPAIN Rebel Bombers Are Shot Down Fail Tn Halt. However, March On Capital; Hurry Reinforcements. Coprrifhted By Associated Press MADRID, Sept. 16.—Gov ernment anti-aircraft batter ies dominating Maquada and Olalla on the Talavera front today brought down several huge bombing planes, authori ties announced but failed to i halt a vicious aerial bombard nent of the two cities. The cities approximately 45 miles from Madrid are regarded by the mturgents as indispensable as links between advancing Fascist forces an the north. Ground forces with the govern ment hurrying all available rein forcements into the line against Moorish troops were regarded as evenly matched. Strong detach ments of Catalan militia arrived to rrengthen the defense of Toleda at Madrid. The Fascists superior air force, however, formed the main difficul ty of the defenders. At Morocco Tangier internationalized Mor occo—France threatening complete elc-sure of its Moroccan frontier to night demanded Spanish Fascists insurgents offer apologies andj indemnity for the execution of a French citizen. The demand followed French representation to the insurgents on September S, at that Mow Fascists authorities in Spanish Moroeeo were asked to explain the disap pearance of a Frenchman. Today French authorities learned an in habitant of Rabat, French Moroc co. had been arrested in Spanish Morocco. Spanish Morocco has been tn Fascist hands since the start of the Spent* civil war, July m. In Toledo •Copyrighted by Associated Press) TOLEDO. Spain, .Sept. 1€.— -government plans to Mow up tCcotteued on page nine.) World Conditions Affect FR*s Plans WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—(£V ^Nsf6«t Roosevelt’* plans for a *o»nwj«y campaign tow authorita to« source* indicated today are toattagent on world conditions. president disclosed yesterday had been reading time tables " fehe west coast trip but skid he ®*<1 reached no decision. final arrangements lor his participation * ^ re-election drive would not * oompieted until early - next fiiontij ht from sources close to the White ■ouse cams indications that the haoenamty of his plans was due * wvsertaMty of worid conditions, wwas hesitant the sources said to * ** ** would take him t^r **** ** tnm from Washing Morning Cotton letter JJ*7 ZORK' “—Hedge Tl?* **** rwporaiMe tor f 2* «•*« to prices. The #nd dMnesric trade Se ^ sbs^hed meet of the sell ‘ scale down. Judging by lowi, ^°mments the demand for *f&l ann e*pect*d to continue Ub ■ takings w111 lively ■wifiment the hi«h basis. SSTL® most quarters is ap the prLS*n<Uy 10 cotton around h«rag * levek but the fo'tn, aggressive buying he* J;r* “■ ®*» constructive fc*nM "v, , , believe advantage t ?•** *> tcaptn- "S!*—*' A- Hiwoe and r-“«‘T£,e Market* Uiu - . 1*‘» tv n* •*«•* *••* *“*' M, iwii_j3i. •Ur' Npw York cotton for t Sv f„Mar' Mi If*. Jlv n-sr. oct. 11 an, r* The President Did n’t See This Crowd in Shelby A crowded street scene on Warren test Thursday, waiting for the President who "passed on the other side” by mistake. For hours they waited in the hot sunshine and when they found he was routed over Marion by the highway patrol, the crowd surged across the Mock like a tidal wave to get their first glimpse of President’s visit to Shelby. Dean Harrelson To Addreis 500 F am Club Woman Beu Of State CoMefe To Head 41 *-m J. W. Harrelson, dean of State college will be the principal speak er at an annual fall meeting of the County Home Demonstration dubs to be held Friday at 6 o'clock at Boiling Springs. The meeting will be the fall fed eration of the 24 Home Demonstra tion clubs in the county under the supervision of the extension de portment, headed in this county by Mrs. N. B. Lee of Lattimore with Miss Frances MacGregor as home agent. Expect 500 Ail members of the clubs are be ing asked to bring their husbands for the meeting. From 400 to 500 persons are expected to attend. A picnic lunch will be spread. The county supervisors, committeemen ana other farm leaders will also be invited. Miss Ruth Current, district agent for the southwestern part of the state will be present to lead community singing and recreation. Other features of entertainment will be greetings from Mr. J. L. Herndon, chairman of county com missioners, Mrs. J. S. Wilkins, farm agent and others. Dean Harrelson is a native of this county and this is the first address he will make in the county since being placed in charge of the State college division of the university. Miss Mary Flo Roberts of Patter son Springs has returned to school at Western North Carolina Teach ers eoHage at Cullowhee. Roy Carpenter has purchased a lot on Grover street from Miss Margaret Smith and is planning to erect a house at, an early date. Democrats To Formally Begin Campaign At High Point Rally RALBSOH, Sept. 1«.—The state Democratic campaign, which has been gaming momentum for the past two weeks, will be ‘ opened form ally'’ at She sixth district rally to High Point on Friday, Septem ber M. It must be admitted, howe^r, that enthusiastic Democrats “jump ed the gun” and that the campaign has reached unprecedented Septem ber heights in advance of the opening. The visit of President Roosevelt to the Green Pastures rally in Ghartottr September 10 wan the highlight of pre-upenaig poli tics—even ii the sponsors did t«ui it a “non-political” meeting—but the rallies at Taylorsville. fWeat City and Saniord were as signifi cant, m showing sectional enthus-1 its® *« was the Charlotte meeting to revealing the political desires olj McSwain, Lad, 16, Still Misting; 2 Others Found A false due in the search for Kay D. McSwain, 16-year-old miss ing youth of Rock Springs, was run down he** yesterday by Chief of Poboe D. L. Wttbs but the lad’s ‘■whereabouts te sUH a mystery. A telegram from Tocoa, Ga. in dicated that a 16-year-old boy who almost answered the description of McSwain is dead there. A morgue picture and descriptions of teeth proved that ft was not McSwain. ‘ Kay D.” is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McSwain and has been missing since September 1, when he walked away in search of work. He .is five feet seven inches tall, has red hair, blue eyes and weighs about 135 pounds. Mystery of two other Shelby boys, Alonzo Tesseheer and Floyd Hop per, missing since the latter part of August, was cleared up yester day in a telegram from the juven ile officer and entering charge. There are two or three other Shelby boys missing, but neither answers the description of the dead Georgia youth. Announce Creation European Squadron WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.—(IP)— The Daily Today announced the creation of a temporary European squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield. The squadron will consist of the light cruiser Raleigh, which will be Admiral Fairfield’s flag ship, the destroyers Hatfield and Kane and the coastguard cutter Cayuga. The last three named have been on emergency duty in or outside Span ish waters since the Spanish revolu tion broke out. The Raleigh, which now is at the Norfolk, Virginia navy yard under going routine repairs, will sail soon for Gibralter to relieve the heavy cruiser Quincy which ia returning to the United States. the entire state, said State Demo cratic Chairman J. Wallace Wtn bome. The sixth district rally, to be held at the High Point municipal lake, is expected to attract thous ends of Democrats. Among those on the program will be: i Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic nom inee for governor who will make the principal! addreas; Governor J. C. B- Bhnngfcaus, forftier Governor O. Max Gardner, United States Sena tors J. W. Bailey and Robert R. Reynolds, Congressmen William B Uiimleutl and Robert L. Doughton mid outer Democratic uommees tor office. But oratory wiu not be tire only tiling served up u> the sixth dis trict Democrats. Among other things in.non pcunds»of pork *ori soon pound:- o' cabbage have been purchased for tha barbecue. , Horton Motor line Opens Terminal On S. Morgan St. Large Meier Transportation Com pany, Operating 300 Units, Lo eatee On S. Morgan St. On Tuesday the Horton Motor Lines, Inc., opened their new Shel by terminal at 415 S. Morgan St., the old Shelby Wagon works plant, which has been remodeled into a high class terminal. Last week. J. D. Klutz, vice presi dent from Charlotte, M. B. Speir, jr., personnel and safety director, B. C. Thrasher, Charlotte manager and C. P. Mooney, local Shelby manager were in the city and com pleted plans. Building was leased for several years from the building and loan association and Messrs. Roberts and Austell handled the remodeling of the building, while Russell Stikeleather, building sup erintendent of the Horton lines em ployed local men in the construc tion erf platform facilities to meet the requirements for loading the heavier vehicles which will now operate into this city. Mr. Klutz stated that Shelby was the first of four additional termin aLs now under construction for Hor ton Motor Lines, which will place their total terminal list up to 16 serving the East and the South. Local People Employed In each Instance, as with Shel by, the policy of Horton Motor Lines is to use talent local people. At Shelby, C. P. Mooney, a former resident of Rutherfordton, who has been with Horton for over four years, will be in charge as manager and will be assisted by Herbert Combs and Miss Marie King, both of Shelby, with other employees to be drawn from the territory served by the Shelby terminal. Horton has for over five years had a pickup and delivery service in this area, operating out of Char (Continued on page nine.) “Code of Morals” To Go In Schools Efforts at civic and moral im provements in the public schools oi the county will be made in the near future as attractive copies of “the moral code of youth” furn'sh- . ed by the Lions International are placed in all the school buildings of the county. ' Decision to allow this to be done was made in a meeting of the Schoolmaster's Club here Monday night afler President R. H Cooke and Rev. J. N. Wise had spoken. Tha «®de la designed to teach courage, hope, wisdom, Clennline*, unselfishness, charity,, humility, ref erence, faith and responsibility. i W. R. Gary of Faliston Lad charge of a'humor program in which music and stuns by Faliston stu dcnts and former students were given. AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY IN U. S. Deals With Labor Loans And Strike Farm Tenancy Commission Seeks Way To Aid Life Of Worker. A series of events of vital interest to all who deal in agriculture were in motion >ver the nation today, having ;o do with strikes, crop loans, ind a movement to improve farm labor. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Sept. 16.— (AV-Members erf ths Arkansas' Farm Tenancy commission studied today an outline for tha South's first organized effort to Improve tha lives and fortunes of its largest laboring class. C. E. Talmer. commission chair man, announced a 16-point pro gram which will be followed at the group's initial meeting hera Mon day and Tuesday. Governor Fut rell. who created the organization of 56 men and women, will address the session Monday morning. The governor proposed that the commission lay the ground work for a southwide conference to be held here later this fell. The styjdy outline covers in de talT major questions of law, educa tion, living conditions, working conditions, financing and home ownership with emphasis on the later. Announce Loan On Western Seed Corn WASHINGTON. Sept. 16—l/P)— Tiie AAA announced today that Secretary Wallace had approved a *10.000,000 corn-seed loan two-fold program to assure supplies for nextj .spring in the drought area. Two types of loans on farm stor ed seed corn will be made. A loan of 11.75 a bushel will be advanced; the government also will hold an option to buy this corn at $3.50 a bushel up to April 1. The second loan will be a 5$ cent a bushel and option on this com includes the right of purchase at $150 a bushel until April I. Tear Gas War . SALINAS, Calif., Sept. 16.—llPj— Kerosene, tear gas bombs, carpet tacks and red pepper flew from police and picket lines today as lettuce shippers began packing their produce behind barricades in an effort to circumvent a strike of 3,300 organized vegetable workers. The pickets spoiled portions of three truck loads of lettuce by spilling kerosene on them as they rolled towards the packing plant. Police drove the strikers back with tear gas. Tabaceo Legislation WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.—<*V Representatives from nine tobacco states, including North Carolina left the capital here today after a two day conference which indorsed compact tobacco legislation similar to the Virginia tobacco pact. This procedure was authorized by the last congress. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1«.—(jp, —Directors of the American Co operative association voted today to authorize its management to apply for membership in New York and New Orleans exchanges, and will also allow farmers to own member ships on the exchange floor. Pakhoi It Reported Under Martial Law HONG KONG, Sept. 16.—W— Martial law was reported in Pak hoi today where defiant soldiers are opposing Japanese and Chinese in vestigations of the killing of a Japanese druggist. Members of the old lath Chinese army have refused bo withdraw from the city to allow inquiries or dered by the Tokio and Nanking governments. General Oone. commander, was declared to have stated his inten tion to resist landing of the Japan ese investigating commission in the same manner bis force* opposed [Japanese attack at Shanghai for more than three months in 1932 Pear was expressed in Chinese quarters that, strengthened forres of Japanese marines might attempt to force the inquiry. Ready For Hop T o Sweden S'ery detail is completed for Baroness Era yon Blixen-Elnedte and Kurt orkvel), noted Swedish aviator, to hop from Roosevelt Field, N. Y., on a non-stop flight to Stockholm, Sweden. They are awaiting favorable weather reports. Both art shown in cockpit of tneir Bellanca monoplane September 16 It Mystical Date Supposed To Be Fall Of Meaning FormerBurlesque DaicerConvicted Of Drowning Son NEWBUROH, N. Y., Sept. 18.— UP)—Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, for mer burlesque dancer and Salvation Army lassie, today was sentenced to from six to fifteen years at the state farm for the drowning of her two year old son, Jimmy. Mrs. Sherwood last weelc pleaded guilty to a charge of first degree manslaughter just as she was about to be tried for a second time on a charge of murder. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing last winter but won an appeal for a new trial. Her trial and conviction came about after she had walked into a police station in Newburgh with the baby in her arms and said she had drowned it because she had no job and wanted to keep the baby from starving. Civil Court Term Moves On Schedule The docket of the civil court was moving on schedule today, although no important cases have checked the regular routine. The suit of Prank Lail against the Henrietta Mills Company ended in a voluntary non-suit as did the case of McDonald against Harris, connected with a broken bank at Forest City. Both cases were trans ferred here from Rutherford coun ty and have been on the books for several years. Judge T. B. Finley of North Wilk esboro is on the bench. *Talking Book Machine*Enables Blind To Hear Best Literature BHnd people may not ever be able to see, but a new “talking book machine" enables them to hear the words of the immortal writers and speakers of the Bible, ancient and modem literature and to bear strains of beautiful music for hours at a time. A “talking book machine' has been proeurred for this county, and another will be obtained in a short time, by the Shelby Lion* club in co-operation with the State Blind Commission. The machine 1* an electric phono graph which has specially con structed records on which are in scribed selections from Shttkes |-ere, Bacon. Tenw.vson. well known novels, and even lessorw m his tory, Geography and travel. Jt mav be operated by direct and alternat i ». 1 Today—Sept. 16, 1936, la Uv* day of days! Something Important 1* likely to happen today. The world has been waiting for years for thtti particular date. Mathematical mys tic* of the past 3.000 years have tapped the secrets of the great py ramid of the Cheops in Egypt and say thla Is the date All are agreed that something will happen. It may be terrible, cataclysmic, or It may amount to nothing more than your relatives coming, or someone paying you a ten-spot. But don’t hold your breath. It may not happen after all. This date merely marks the beginning of some happenings. The hour struck at 4 a. m. when the sun crossed the kings threshold in the great pyramid, so hang on to your .sects and don't be surprised. According to Dr. D. Davidson, noted English pyramldologtst, the mystics have measured, Inch by Inch, the tombs In the big building and have the theory that all arc full of prophecy. For instance the birth of Christ is ms/ted by an In tersection leading into the queen's chamber, the world war by a low gallery. The second low passage was from May 29. 1928 until Sep tember 16-16, 1936 Until August. 1953, will be a per iod of re-adjustment of 17 years, possibly war and unrest, then there Will be 50 years of peace and pros perity ending in 2001. Hurricane Imperil* Bermuda Islands JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sept. 16.— </P)—A fierce tropical hurricane gave Indication early today of a change in course which might imperil Ber muda even If the disturbance con tinued its reported north north westerly movement. The British winter resort apparently would be raked by strong gales. in* current about as cheaply as a 60 watt globe. Blind persons In this county numbering about 40 totally blind and as manjr more partially, will gather at appointed times for study and recreation before the talking book machine. The manufacture of the ma chine* began as a WPA project and some 5,000 have been made with a,000 or more placed with blind people. All the records are approved by the Library of Con gress and there IS an anuual ap propriation of *75,000 by U»e fed eiai government for making them. R H Cooke, president of the local club said efforts are being made to bring a teacher of Braille, •he aysWtm of reading by the blind, to this county for a 60 day leaching period. STATISTICIANS SEE MEANING IN FALL Known N&jnet Seen In Voting Michigan, New Hampshire. Mansachuseits. Wisconsin, N. Y, Vote. By Associated Press | Name* known the nation i over figured in triumph and | defeat today as thfe returns rolled in from primaries held yesterday in five states. Political statisticians went to work on the vote totals from the five state, Massachusetts. Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and New Vork in tyi effort to flcufe whsl, If anything, they signined for Nov ember. , Some of the primary results fol low: Michigan: Senator Qousena had 14ft.385 votes to 229,2Q3 for fortner Oovernor Brilckcr, anti new dealer, with nearly two-thirds <jf the pre cincts In In the Republican sana toria! race, fn the Democratic gub ernatorial contest prank Murphy, Philippines commissioner, won ever George Welsh with a Ijad of near ly 45,000. Representative Prentiss Btown, seeking the Dempcratlc sen atorial nomination wgs ahead of Louis Ward, associate of Father Coughlin, * Moeee Loses New Hampshire: Governor Brid ges rolled up 40,08ft votes to 28,497 for former Senator Moses, who bore the endorsement of Herbert Hoover In the Republican senatorial con test. The tabulation bras nearly com plete. ' } , Massachusetts; Governor Curley garnered 195,799 votes to 84,937 for Mayor Robert Greenwood of Pitch burg to take th$ Democratic sena torial hpnors. Pitted against him in November w!U be Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., grandson of' tho late Massachusetts senator., ‘ Wisconsin: ,Qovemoir. LaJFollette unopposed for , the progressive re nomlnatlon, holds 158,874 votes with more than 30Q-precincts still out. In the Republican gubernatorial contest Alexander Wilgy. pad 75, 545 to 73,399 for Jphn Chappie, edi tor. In the Democratic race Ar thur Ljtpck led Senator Carroll. New York: The return* smother ed the |iopes of Townsend *nd Coughlin candidates who sought 1ft of the state’s 48 nominations for the nationalhouse of representatives. However, oife candidate who ran both as a Republican and a Town seudite captured a nomination. ’ Richman, Merrill t Again In HarnpOQy MUSQRAVE HARBQR. Canadian Press, Sept. 16.—WV-Harry t Rich* man and Dick Merrill., working’ in apparent harmony to .gat their trans-Atlantic monopUna out of a bog, denied today they had quarrel led over dumping their gasoline stop, ply off the Newfoundland coast Monday afternoon. “Cold Weather” Early Predicted And On Its Way "Cold weather early and all the fall" was a prediction made recently by Uncle Joe Weaaon, county weath er prophet who had hla prophesies made famous last year by an uut precedented number of snows. “There will likely be a frost be fore the last of September," he said. “Not a heavy one. perhape, but a frost. Too, I am expecting It to keep on raining quite a bit, This has been an unusual year all the way and will continue to be unusUal to the end." Uncle Joe ’s prophecy came true Joe the extreme northwest last night as winter whipped the gardens ci northern Utah and southern Idahe fully a month ahead of schedule. At Ogden. Utah, the mercury sen* to 3t degrees —two below freexlng— exactly a month earrter Uian a yea* ago. A heavy killing frost was report ed in western Wyoming where thg temperature dropped to 30 degrees, n was the lowest ever recorded
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