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WEATHER , r Fair in west. cloudy in east tonight- and Saturday. Mist or light '“official'Shelby temperatures: High w lo* •«. rainfall, none. The Eltevekamd Stmj 10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XLII—NO. 120 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. CL FRIDAY, OCT, 2, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, par year, (In advance) „ H M Carr tar. oar yaar, (In advanea)_I.1N PLAN rally IN SHELBY OCT. 24 Hcey Will Speak At Huge Meeting ■inerts Thousands To Gather k\ County. District Demo cratic Conclave. formulation of plans for a ■font rally of the Democratic Siers of' Cleveland county »nd the tenth congressional district were announced today bj Peyton McSwain and A. A. Powell, respective heads of the Democratic party and the Young Democratic Club in this county. The meeting which will be more ■in a rally will be held Saturday afternoon on October 24, and Clyde g Hoey, Democratic nomine* will he the speaker for the day and all to nominees for state offices on to Democratic ticket wtH be spe titl guests. Other Speakers The two generals lor democracy Ibo announced that lor the period between the lair and the election! • November I there will be Qeeches by Senator Joeiah Bailey ■d former Governor Cameron Morrison in Sheiby that Senator Robert R. Reynolds will speak in. rtng* Mountain and that other; ipeeches will be made la the leaser towns of the county. Exact dates! have not been announced. Plans for the big rally here on (he 34th call for music by two or more bands, possibly the Lenoir Mgfe school band, and the drum led bugle corps at Gastonia, Alee, the Rings Mountain and Shelby Ugh school bands. Women Feataare Participation of women in the po litical meetings this fall is being > •tressed by the leaders. One of the1 •Continued on page sic.) High School PTA Chooses Theme For Ks Programs Character Development will be tee theme this year lor the Shelby high school Parent Teachers asso ri&tm This subject was chosen from a number of others after a rounetl meeting of PTA officers, it was announced today. Rev h N. McDiarmid, pastor of tee Presbyterian church, is preei fl'nt of the high school group this plr and led the meeting at the local school building. The programs for the entire year will be built around the selected theme. pit first program of the year ** on October 13, witt-sh enrollment, much larger than last l:ar expected. The present mem horthip is no. Leaders who were present for contoence included school sup erintendent. Walter E. Abemethy. v. cj, swcrnciuy, President McDiarmid, Miss Joe , secretary, Mrs. Frank Olenn, repurer. and Miss Anne Harbison. wlw' D Lineberger. Mrs. Carl Miss Joe i Morning Cotton JITTER tel *h*h absorbed the hedging *W1C adnri°Te reallzinB- Both do es,, , “d foreign spinner inter furthe^l' !!berally and there was «^ulativsfrh“e for toveetment or to S*te The th, J?°^8 evidently encour *h* that higher prices Kpj*> , ' Pwoend for actual in a-.ig. t*. *+ htt8l» Ihortiy * should diminish IT w-ttt PfiC®8 ^ llke lor tfc.t continue of the opin the r^«WiHtrUCtiVe *lde •em^bUfties.-E. a. Pteac* „,d !^«on.Tp^ Mark«t* cm,* J"1.b>4 !• i«c Cotton **,' *‘‘*on- *0®-m.M tar **.$38.00 Nwv York <»v L12 Y!. •hn. 1304 U.38 cotton at 3 o'clock to 13 01. *2.14, May Dec Hitler’s Gunners T ake A Workout With camouflaged machine gunners crouched at his feet, Realmleader Adolf Hitler surveys the greatest war maneuvers Germany has staged since the days of 1914. The new war machine is reported ready for any European eventuality. Violence Attends Strikes In Inland Labor Troubles 11 Several Hundred Workers Injured At Read ing, Pa.; S. C. Governor Ponders Sending Troops ToMonarch Mills — By Associated Press Two outbreaks of violence attended inland labor strikes today in contrast with peaceful negotiations toward settle ment of once-threatening maritime disputes. Cabinet Ministers Flee From Madrid LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 2.— (jp)—Reports from the Spanish insurgent stronghold of Valla dolid today said several Spanish cabinet ministers had left Mad rid aboard an Argentine .war hip, en route to Marseilles, Prance. The insurgent reports also said the dictator-designate, Gen eral Franco had declared in a proclamation that the "new Spain” would be ruled by a cor porate body similar to that of Portugal. Funeral Held Today For Mrs. Brackett Funeral services were held at Mt. Moriah church Friday morning at 11 o’clock for Mrs. Jane Bracket, 93-year-old woman who died Thurs day morning at the home of her son-in-law, John Queen in the Golden Valley section of Ruther ford county. Mrs. Brackett, who was Miss Jane Waters before her marriage many years ago, had been in ill health for several months. Services were conducted by Rev. H. F. Fogleman and Rev. Otis Cook and interment was made in the church cemetery. A large crowd at tended the services. Several hundred persons suffered minor Injuries in a fight between pickets and workers at a Reading, Pa. knitting mill. Skull fractilres were suffered by a state trooper and a striker. Thirty were hurt in clashes there yesterday. Bombing of a truck near a bar-; ricaded area of the strike-ridden California lettuce growing district led to the arrest of three men, a truck driver, a lettuce trimmer and a box maker. Governor Olin Johnston planned to decide today whether to send na tional guardsmen to the Monarch! mill at Union, S. C., to take over patrols established by 75 special' deputies sheriff in a strike brought i on by the discharge of a union member, "The question,” Johnston said, “is whether it is best to have the guards in charge instead of a group of inexperienced officers.” Members of the dairy farmers protective league installed pickets in a strike against Baton Rouge, La., creameries. Employees of the National Biscuit! Co., carton plants and the Certain teed Roofing company, maintained a strike in Marseilles, HI. A ship strike waned at New York. Conferences were arranged on Miami longshore wage scales and negotiators in San Francisco sought agreement to bring perman ent labor peace to the Pacific coast Between 1,500 and 1,600 long shoremen of the Hampton Roads area were assured of an Increase in wages. Police Seek Two Negroes For Brutal Taxi Robbery, Murder Mecklenburg police are searching for two negroes who murdered Thomas Clifford Fowler, 21-year old Charlotte taxi driver near the Paw Creek bridge while he plead ed for mercy early Thursday mom to*. The negroes, Fred "Mutt” Steel and Sam Jones, are known to the officers. William Smith, young negro employee of the taxi firm, who accompanied Fowler on his trip, gave a graphic description of the murder which was committed after Fowler and Smith were rob bed. When the robbery was over Smith ran as the negroes shot Fowler. Police are of the opinion that the two negroes are responsible for a series of taxi-cab jobberies that have keen taking piece around Charlotte recently and they are wondering if there is any connec tion betwen this murder and that of Guy Leatherman,, .Lincoln coun ty native, .who was killed under mysterious circumstance* last Christmas eve. When Fowler was asked by the negroes to take them on a trip he was suspicious and asked the man agement to send someone with him. Smith was sent along. After getting some distance out of Charlotte the negroes caused the driver to leave Wilkinson boulevard and drive out bile old Gastonia road. Shortly after' leaving the boulevard they pulled: their guns, robbed the two men and shot Fowler. Smith running as; he heard Fowler begging for hisj life One of the negroes was quoted as having told Fowler “We’ve got to kill you because you know us.” i -_ F. R. PREDICTS BALANCED BUDGET GOP In Applause At Smith’s ‘Walk’ Landon Expresses Deep Ap preciation For Support Of Brown Derby. By Associated Press After predicting that the federal budget would balance in ,a year or two President Roosevelt resumed his east »rn campaign travels today while Alfred E. Smith, now definitely a Landonite, plan ned more attacks on the New Deal. At Topeka Governor Landon ex pressed deep appreciation tor the support of Smith, the 1928 Demo cratic standard bearer who called for the Kansas governor’s election to the presidency In a New York speech last night. No Comment There was no immediate comment from the president on this pro nouncement by his one-time ally. The chief executive, speaking be fore a Pittsburgh throng last night, discussed New Deal expenditures,' calling them “an Investment in the future of America.” The president headed toward New York today to attend the World Series and dedicate two projects in the Metropolitan area. "Takes A Walk” Smith’s threat of last January “to take a walk” became an ac tuality when he declared “The -remedy for «U the ills that we ore suffering from today is the election of Alf M. Landon." The New Deal, he said is not Democratic. Landon conferred last night with Herbert Hoover who later left to campaign in the east. “The Repub lican cause is making progress,” Hoover said. Col. Prank Knox who spoke In Pittsburgh shortly before Mr. Roosevelt renewed previous charge:- j that New Deal financial policies I endanger insurance and savings. Replying to Knox’s previous ac cusation Secretary of Commerce Roper said “If conditions continue i as they are at present we will have! in two years not only a balanced financial budget but also our hu mah budget will be balanced for the greatest period of prosperity and happiness among our people ever known in American history.” R. E. Biggerstaff Dies Following Stroke At Bank Robert E. Biggerstaff, prominent! Forest City resident and father of Mrs. J. S. Dorton of Shelby, diec at his home last night following a stroke of apoplexy suffered while at work at Union Trust company in Forest City at noon Wednesday. Mr. Biggerstaff was assistant cash ier of the Forest City branch of the Union Trust company. Well known In this section of the state, the attack came as a shock to his many friends in Cleveland as well as Rutherford county. Mr. Biggerstaff took an active part in the business and social life of For est City and his sudden illness was the cause of much concern in For est City Wednesday afternoon and of much sorrow when news of his death was learned. In addition to Mrs. Dorton he is survived by his wife, two other! daughters, Mrs. Oftry Hiatt, of Pickens, S. C„ and Miss Robbie Biggerstaff of Forest City and two! sons, William and Blanton Bigger-' staff of Forest City. Funeral services for Mr. Bigger-; staff, wWo was for many years a member of the Forest City Meth odist church, will be held at the residence at 3 o’clock Saturday aft ernoon. Interment will be made in! the Forest City cemetery. Mitt Long Replaces Mrs. T. W. Hamrick Miss Carolina Long of Statesville and former case worker under the ERA here has been named to fill the position of associate county wel fare worker and certifying agent. Mrs. T. W. Hamrick, former agent, has accepted a position with the 8. and W. Cafeteria at Asheville and will be dining room hostess. Tenancy Report Gives 5 Things For Curing Pis HOT SPRINGS, Ark,, Oct.. 2.— UP)—C. E. Palmer, chairman of the Arkansas Farm Tenancy comntls soin said today proposals for a concrete program are falling into five major classifications for social and economic betterment among tenants and sharecroppers. The many submitted suggestions as roughly segregated called for: 1. Education among both adults and, children. 2. Health Improvement. S. County board to review and arbitrate crop settlement and other disputes arising between landlord* and tenants. 4. Financing of the tenants equip ment and livestock which he sup plies in the contract with the land lord, through cooperative to elimin ate high prices and high interest rates on these supplies. 5. A system of farm home owner ship through federal aid and atate cooperation. CommencementOf Nursing School Will End Tonight Dr. 8. S. Royster Will Preside; J. E Grigf To Give An Addreea. The final* of the eleventh annual commencement program of the Shelby Hospital school of nursing will be held this evening in the auditorium of thfe cottnty commun ity building, beginning at 8 o’clock. Dr. 8. 8. Royster will preside in the absence of Clyde Hoey who is out of the city and will introduce J. H. Origg who will make the address. Dr. Zeno Wall preached the bacca laureate sermon last Sunday. The Graduates Graduates will be Miss Vela Cov ington, of Shelby, who has been named valedictorian of the class; Miss Doris Freda Bennett, of Talla hassee, Fla.; Miss Lillian Ruth Vickers, of Albemarle; Miss Ruth i Lynn Westmoreland, of Hickory Grove, 8. C ; Miss Mary Lee Har rill, of Shelby. Following is the program com plete: Processional, Mrs. A. C. Del linger. Invocation, Rev. J, W. Buttle. Violin Solos. Mrs. Dwight Houser, 1—Klegie, 3—Russian Medley, ar ranged by Abe Lyman. Introduction of speaker, Dr. S. 8. Royster. Ad dress. Prof. J. H. Grigg. Plano Solo, Mrs A. C. Dellinger. Concert Ara besouw- «cheris-Ezler. Presentation <•! Diplomas. Mr. O. M. Mull. Presen* tats on o' Hospital Pins and Medal, Mrs. w. B Nix. Valedictory. Miss Vela Covington. Double Mixed Quar tet, First Baptist Church, Be 8trong -Kobm&on. Vocal solo, Mr. Horace Lissom, Consider and Hear Me— V.'oolcr. Benediction, Rev. K. O. Cooper. Repairs Made And Traffic Turned On Cherryville Road Repairs have been made and traffic again turned on highway i No. 150 between Waco and Cherry ville. Damage was done to this as-1 phalt surface road during the sev-1 ere cold winter, leaving the sur-! face pitted and bumpy. There was considerable delay in making the repairs, but the road is said to be in better condition now than ever before. While repairs were under way traffic was detoured. No. 150 is a short-cut route between Shelby and Salisbury, the distance being 15 miles nearer than by way of Char lotte. Shoots Cow Instead Of Chicken Thieves Paul Roberts of the Bethlehem community thought his neighbor’s cow was a chicken thief and shot, the animal. The cow was injured in | such a manner that sire had to be killed. TTie cow was the property of Alf Arrowood who lived nearby. Mr. ! Roberts, heard a noise and after getting his gun slipped out to the chicken house and on seeing the moving object, fired. Tfcere were no (chickens gone. “All Is Ready For Big Fair,\ Says Doc Dorton As Final Plans Made To Care For Record Crowds Expect Throngs Of School Children O n Opening Day Next Tuesday; Exhibits To Be Best Ever; Other Attractions “We are ready for the biggest fair ever held in either of the two Carolinas,” said Dr. J. S. Dorton this morning as he paused a few minutes between long distance telephone calls with concession men, horse and auto owners. Dr. Dorton returned late yester day from Concord where he went on fair business. He says Cabarrus people are all pepped up over the Cleveland fair and he expects the greatest turnout from that section yet. This year for the first time In a number of years Concord has no fair. Final work of detail nature is be ing done the last few days before the fair. Addition to several build ings are complete, rock dust is down on the midway and on walk ways, Indirect lights are in readi ness and the plant, the finest in the oountry Is ready for the crowds. Tuesday, opening day, will be free day for Cleveland county i school children and this, will be a big day as the opening day always Is. Opeing day program Includes horse racing, both harness and run ning racing and the free acts, which, this year are expected to be the best ever. In addition to a splendid revue with girls and music, two animal acts, Pallenberg's won der bears and Emil's Royal Dober man Pinchers, will be presented along with other free acts. These win be seen, as usual, each after noon and even throughout the fair. Wednesday Js the.ftULllm fl» (Continued on page six.) R. V. Toms Resigns As Head Of City Water And Lights R. T. Toms, for a number of years superintendent of the Shel by water and light plant, has re signed his position, effective Octo ber 1, It was announced today. Mr. Toms has been In ill health for more than year. He stated to day that he had no immediate plans for the future except a much needed rest. Mayor H. S. Woodson announced that no successor has as yet been named but that some member of the department will act temporar ily as superintendent and It Is Ms opinion, subject to approval of the board, that permanent appointment will be made of some employee familiar with the work of the de partment. City officials expressed regret | over Mr. Tom's physical condition ! and paid tribute to his faithful work over a long period of years. I Diogenes Finds One Honest Man Diogenes, here’s your men! It is Bill Dodson. Bill found a pocketbook with $256 in it on a Shelby street near the Cleveland hotel, ^giere was no indication as to who its owner was. But Bill, a cafe waiter and former football player, didn’t want to keep it, he said. He even went to the trouble to look in The Star want ads for the owner. The ad was there and the man was J. P. Wilson of the Lily Mill. Resigns R V. Tom*, who hu resigned u city superintendent of water and lights.' Vocational Head Speaks In County To Two Audiences T, E. Browne, Director Of Voca tional Agriculture Speaks Here And At Polkvllle. "Labor income few student* en gaged in vocational classes of the high school* of the state, amounted to two million dollars last year," said T. E. Browne, head of the state department of vocational instruc tion. speaking last night before the Klwanls club. Mr. Browne, came to attend the Polkvllle fair, promoted by E. L. Dillingham, master agriculture teacher in North Carolina. Mr. Browne spoke there today to fair visitors. The Polkvllle Junior fair opened yesterday and closes with a grand climax on Saturday. 298 Teacher* There are 298 teachers of agri culture in North Carolina rural schools, a larger number than in any other state in the Union ex cept the vast empire of Texas. Mr Browne said his work is to place crippled men and women in re munerative employment, direct the teaching of agriculture and home economics, all of which are design ed to teach the youth of the state to cooperate with science and the laws of nature in producing more from the soil and in making home life more attractive and interest ing. “There are too many farmers en (Continued on page six.) Balanced Budget Of American People Before Nation—FDR “We had to balance the budget of the Americas people before we could balance the budget of the na tional government,’’ declared Preal dent Roosevelt ha an address at Pittsburgh Thursday night. Speaking at Forbes Field, the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball park, the president asked his listeners to compare the box score of America today with that of 1833, when his administration took office. National income was in a down ward spiral. Federal government revenues were In a downward spiral. To pile on vast new taxes would get us nowhere because values were soing down On top of having to meet the! * * ih. -A;.-.. ' .. . *> »’ - '.-.X- ». ;£! ordinary expense* of government, I recognised the obligation of the federal government to feed and take care of the growing army of homeless and destitute unemploy ed. Had To Do Home thins Something had to be done. A na tional choice had to be made. We could do one of two things. Borne people—who sat across my desk In those days—urged me to let nature take its course, and continue a policy of doing nothing. I rejected that advance. Nature was in an angry mood. To have accepted this advice t Continued on page sixj GUNS MOVED CLOSER TO CAPITAL Moors Are Coming To Be Watchword Are Now At Very Gates With Armies, Planes And Explosives. By Associated Press Insurgent leaders schemed today to hatter down Madrid's resistance with a barrage of fear. They disclosed General Franco. Fascist commander, hoped to trick the city into a quick, merciful surrender. They mid he would substitute "fear for force." Mia strategy, they mid would be to spread alarm through the capital with whispered rumors. “The Moors are coming.1* and with a thunderous but not dev astating artillery barrage. Seeks Panic He hoped thus they said Is plunge Madrid Into panic and dis organise Its resistance. The Insurgents general aaaertad they were maneuvering forces dam to Madrid, both from the north and south In order to provide van tage points for artillery near tha suburbs. . Accompanied by bombing planes clearing their road with tern of explosives dropped Into Important positions the Insurgent army, marching from the south, passed Illescaa within 38 miles of tha cap ital, It was reported. Shorten Wag Other forces shortened tha cir cumference of the ring, according to insurgent reports. The government however put Its hastily drafted and unprepared militiamen under martial law. Bach man was Informed hts own com rade would shoot him if he with drew against orders and comman ders said the move had strength ened the morale. Political differences which ham pered the government campaign were submerged in the crisis. At Geneva the Burgos Insurgents Junta Issued a pamplet delivered by mall attacking the "so called Madrid government.** Plan "Dover Day” Next Sunday For Late J. R. Dover "Dover Day” In nonar of the late John R. Dover, Shelby business and churchman, and founder of the Dover Baptlat church, will be ob served Sunday at the Dover vlllaga church. A special program haa been ar ranged by members of the church and the pastor Rev. W. A. Elam. Emphasis will be placed on the singing of old religious songs which were favorites of Mr. Dover. The program will begin at 1:46. Fully 500 persons are expected to be present and the present mem bers of Mr. Dover’s family will sit in a body at the church. On Sun day the new year for the Sunday school will begin and Charles 1. Dover, new superintendent will be In charge. Services will dose with a message by the pastor on "The Blessed Life Here and Forever Be yond.” Many visitors are expected to at tend the services at the Dover church which has come to be an annual affair. Burnetts Arrive At Junior College Dr. and Mrs. George J. Burnett and two daughters have arrived at Bolling Springs where Dr. Burnett has taken up his new work as president of the Baptist junior col lege He Is a former field seeretarf and teacher In Marshall college. Marshall, Texas. He is conferring this week-end with leaders of the association as to plans for the school. The college opened In mid September and is reported to be running smoothly. 1 YANKEES HAVE GIANS • TO 1 AT THE ENI> Of KOIKTH In the second game of the World scries at the Polo Grounds In New York City the New York Yankees have the Oiants on teh short aM of a nine to one soar*
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