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VOL. XLII—NO. 121
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SHELBY, N. C.
MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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GATES OPEN TUESDAY FOR
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WINS CLAIMED
BY MADRID
ANDREBS
Place* Question
Mark On Position
Declares Heb
Severed; Rebs Take
Illec ae.
Lines
gr The Asoclated Press
Proud—and confused—Claims of
strategic victory from both sides
msd* * question mark today of the
mart of the Spanish civil war, the
Madrid sector.
The government contended:
IhM militiamen had raged
Dove th« main highway southwest
of Madrid taking the Important
joneuon o£ Maqueda from which
tb« highway leads to insurgent dom
inated Toledo and fought their way
* west to a point near Santa
Otlaha.
This, if true, would have severed
the main line of insurgent supplies
from tile Fascist base at Talavera,
nfl farther to the west.
Insurgents Claim
But the insurgents stated:
That their southern flanking col
umn*. having taken Illecas and cut
th« southern supply line to Mad
rid at a point 22 miles south of
the capital, then had cut abrupt
ly toward Navlacamero on the Mad
rid-Maqueda road.
8hould the Fascist sieze Naval
earnero they would cut off the mil
itiamen, who. if government claims
were true, just had succeeded in
tutting the Fascist themselves.
However, the insurgents did not
concede the militia’s recapture of
Maqueda. They announced their
Moorish comrades had turned back
» government assault on the supply
road, leaeMng to that junction and
to Santa Tolla.
Will Determine
Kings Mtn. Grade
KINGS MOUNTAIN. Oct. 6 —
Whether the grade crossing of
highway No. 7* and the Southern
railroad main line will be eliminat
ed by the construction of an over
head bridge, or the situation will
remain as it present, will likely be
determined tonight at a Joint meet
®g of the town council and state
highway engineers.
Sometime ago, a tentative agree
ment was made whereby approxi
mstelv $100,000 of federal funds
"ouid be spent, in building a new
overhead bridge across the rail
road tracks one block north of the
Present crossing and near the
present bridge. The city is required
W pay f0r property damage.
“ is said that the city is un
, ms now to assume the damage
’o property which is estimated to I
p*1 flfty w sixty thousand dollar*,
woperty owners also are said to
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Taxi-Man Pat
Under Bond On
Assault Charge
Doyle Ernest, local taxi driver,
was bound over to the next term of
superior court this morning by Re
corder Weathers for kidnaping and
attempted criminal assault on a
teen-old married girl. Ernest at
tempted to prove an alibi, but
the court found probable cause for
guilt and sent the case up to the
higher court.
Clarence Davenport, local taxi
driver and Paul Smith who came
here with the fair followers, engag
ed in battle ith knives over the
week-end near the Southern depot
and both are charged with assault.
The cases were continued for 30
days. Davenport is cut on the lip
and Smith is badly cut on the
head.
George Paxton, local taxi driver,
charged before the recorder this
morning with driving drunk, was
taxed with a fine and his driving
license was revoked automatically i
for 12 months.
A number of drunk cases en
gaged the court’s attention for the I
whole morning.
Break In Labor
May Be Healed
In Near Future
Washington! oct. 6.—m—
For the first time in many weeks
there appeared today some pros
pects that the break in the Amer
ican Federation of Labor might
be healed before it becomes irrem
ediable.
Tentative talk of a possible basis
for peace was heard on the eve
of the quarterly meeting of the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor a meeting at
which the split in the labor organ
ization is expected to be a major
topic of conversation.
The conciliation talk did not
originate here, however, but in New
York. The New York Times quoted
David Dubinsky, international ladies
garment workers leader, as saying
the committee on industrial or
ganization would give up its cam
paign on condition that the A. F.
of L. permits vertical unionization
of the steel industry.
Dubinsky made his statement on
behalf of his union and other af
filiated ones of the C. I. O., ten of
which were recently suspended from
the A. F. of L. for “rebellion.”
To Celebrate 156th
Battle Anniversary
A very brief program which will
mark the 156th anniversary of the
Battle of Kings .Mountain has been
arranged by the Daughters of the
American Revolution of York, S. C.
A few members of the chapter
and a number of visitors are' ex
pected to meet at the Battlegjpund
on Wednesday for the progra*. The
Shelby and Kings Mountain chap- :
ters will have no prominent parts in
the celebration.
Court House To Be
Closed In Afternoons
The court house will be closed in
the afternoons during the fair, it
was ordered this morning by the
county commissioners in monthly
session. The offices will be open
from 8 o’clock until noon.
Spacious Grounds and Modern Buildings For Big 13th Annual Fair
Artists conception of Cleveland County Fair Grounds which will be alive with humanity for the remainder of the
week. Exhibits from farm, field and factory will fill all available space when the gates swing open Tuesday morning.
POLITICIANS
STUDYING
MAPS
FR TO GO WEST
Campaign Leaden Plan New Way*
Of Reaching V. S.
Voters.
By The Associated Press
Pouring over maps campaign lead
ers planned today to carry their
messages to more and more voters.
President Roosevelt invited some
prominent supporters. Including
Prank Murphy, Democratic candi
date for governor of Michigan, into
conference at Hyde Park before de- j
parting tonight for Washington. |
Prom there he is expected to
leave Priday on a stumping tour
which probably will take him as
far west as Denver.
Homecoming
Governor Landon arranged to
participation in a homecoming cele
bration at Topeka in honor of
Harry Colmery, new commander of
of the American Legion, then he
will return to final plan making for
an eight day tour through Illinois,
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
Col. Prank Knox was in Massa
chusetts today delivering a series
of talks to culminate an address in
Boston tonight.
Other presidential candidates
were active. William Lemke, Union
party, spoke at Williston, North Da
kota last night and Norman Thom
as, Socialist, at Spokane, Washing
ton. Earl Browder, communist was
touring New England.
Mr*. Tesseneer, 75,
Is Buried At Union
Pinal rites were held Sunday at
3 o’clock at the Union Baptist
church for Mrs. Josie Smart Tesse
neer, 75 year old native of the
county who died Saturday at Gas
tonia at the home of her son,
Getys Smart. She was ^ member of
Union church for many years.
Rev. D. G. Wshburn was In
charge of services and a large
crowd was present. Mrs. Tesseneer's
husband, Alfred Tesseneer died 18
years ago.
Survivors are her sons. Wilson,
Gettys and Gamer Smart. Also,
four brothers. Bishop, Rowland,
Whitefield and Lee Smart.
Roaring Hell Drivers Headed
For Thrill Program At Fair
Roaring motors and screaming
sirens lead the way to the grand
stand at the Cleveland County Fair
ground Wednesday when "Lucky”
Teter and his internationally fa
mous Hell Drivers get into action
at 2.00 P. M.
Two hours in which these motor
mad mahiacs vie with each other in
making their particular stunts more
hazardous and thrilling than those
of their fellow Hell Drivers. These
two hours Wednesday will be in
which the spectator* with a^rves
on edge and hair frequently stand
ing erect, will sit on the edge of ,
their seats and dread the approach J
erf each seemingly impossible stunt, j
yet thrill to the entire performance,
and then sit back with a sigh of
satisfaction after it is all over.
"Demon” Davis and "Fearless”
Fern have been scheduled to drive
two automobiles head-on early in
the program on Wednesday after
noon. The two daredevils will re
in a seventy to eighty-mile-an-hour
in a seventy to eighty-mile-anlhour
unpact directly in front of the
grandstand.
"Daring” Daniel and "Daredevil”
Dillon come in for their share of
the glory when they race their mo- !
torcyeles through two solid board
(Continued on page eight)
D .D. Wilkins And Negro Cut
By Madman In Fierce Fight
Both Remain In Serious Condition; Elgin
Ross, Former Asylum Inmate Is In Jail;
Went On “Cutting” Spree
Desk Sergeant D. D. Wilkins and John Hoskins, negro,
remain in a serious condition at the Shelby hospital after
being cut in one of the worst knife slashings Shelby has
known in recent years.
Both were cut eaxly Friday even
ing by Elgin Ross, ao-^af-ol&jfprr
mer inmate of the state insane
asylum, and who is alleged to have
been crazed still further by some
potent drinks like bay rum or flav
or extracts.
Sergeant Wilkins who is a for
mer chief of police here, was cut
twice on the head, once on the
arm. and the worst cut is on the
hand with most of the wrist lead
ers severed.
Negro Cut
John Hoskins, 55-year-old negro
was cut on the shoulder and neck
and suffered a great loss of blood.
His condition is considered very
grave.- TW Cutting occurred oh
South LaFayette street.
According to Chief D. L. Willis a
call was received by his department
just before dark Friday evening
Mrs. W. A. Pendleton said "some
one who is either drunk or craxy
is running loose near my house.”
Chief Willis and Sergeant Wilkins
left Immediately for South LaFay
ette.
It developed that Ross had been
chasing a young negro who work
(Continu-- >n page eight.)
Pair Of Tragedies!
TakeLivesOfTwo
County Residents
Mrs. Minnie Morrison Drowns At
Marion; Train Kills Paul
Martin.
Two tragic events which involved]
Cleveland county families too the
lives of Mrs. Minnie McClurd Mor
rison of St. Paul's community near
Lawndale and that of Paul Mar
tin, 24 year old youth of Lawndale.
Mrs. Morrison was drowned Fri
day afternoon in Lake Tahoma aft
er a car in which she and her son |
Lee, were riding plunged over a j
175-foot embankment into 40 feet j
of water. A truck is reported to have j
pushed the car off the road.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mor- j
rison were held Sunday afternoon j
at 3 o’clock at the 8t. Paul Baptist!
church where she had been a
member since childhood. Rev. Ed
McDaniels was in charge and a
| large crowd was present.
Mrs. Morirson was a native of
the county, being Miss Minnie Mc
Clurd before marriage. Her husband
died four years ago. She is survivea
by her two sons, Lee and Roy, of
this county and several brothers
and sisters of Burke county.
Martin Is Killed
The second tragedy which shock
ed'the Lawndale community was
when Paul Martin, 24, was killed
by a train at Kings Mountain about
12 o’clock Saturday night. He was \
thought by police officials there to;
have tried to swing a north bound j
freight.
His body was found on the tracks,
badly mangled after his brother
had taken him to Kings Mountain
Saturday afternoon where he was
! to have caught a train for Wash
| ington, D. C. He had a job there.
Funeral services were held at the
Palm Tree Methodist church at 3
; o clock this afternoon with the
pastor. Rev. W. L. Scott in charge.
! The youth is survived by his par- j
; ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Martin
.and several brothers and sisters. He
j was said to be e.-t ranged from his
; wife, Mrs. Edith Neal Martin.
Youth Killed On
Way To Wedding
As Car Overturns
Oliver Melton, Ace £4. Meets Death
In Anto Acci
dent.
BOSTIC. Oct. 5.—Oliver Melton,
age 20, was killed Sunday morning
in a car accident and two of hi*
riding companions were seriously
injured.
It is reported that Melton was
on his way to be married at the
time of the accident, but this could
not be confirmed. Riding in the
front seat of the car were Melton,
E. G. Freeman and Hoyle Bowen.
They were driving over a newly
top-soiled road between Bostic and
Sunshine wh ;n the car got beyond
control and turned over. Melton's
skull was fractured and he died
shortly after being taken to the
Rutherford hospital in an ambul
ance.
Freeman is in a serious condition
in the hospital with a fractured
skull, while Bowen suffered the loss
of his third finger and has had
cuts and lacerations about his body.
Melton lived on a farm near
Bostic, but was learning to weave in
a Rutherford textile mill.
Exports Disturbed
ROME, Oct 5.—(4”(—Government
interference in the American cot
ton market seriously disturbed ex
world study showed today.
The rejrart of the study was pre
sented at the opening of £he gen
eral assembly of the International
Institute of Agriculture.
Possemen To Recover
WINDSOR, N. C.,_ Oct. Fif
teen possemen wounded yesterday
before a straight shooting negro
was flushed by fire from his barri
cade shanty and killed, today were
pronounced out of danger of death.
SEEK SPEEDY
FACISTS
END
COMBAT BROKEN
Street Riots Cause Much Trouble
For Police: See End
Soon.
PARIS. Oct. 5.—(d»)—Speedy sup
pression of French Fascist groups by
the socialist government was pre
dictedioda-y after belligerent poli
tical foes battled through the city's
streets.
"Organised combat” by Fascists
attempting to break up a commun
ist meeting, informed sources de
clared, had shown the new social
party to tee a military league rather
than a political organisation.
Street rioting—chractertzed as
"the worst in many years”—trans
formed the area near the Parc des
Princes into a shambles yesterday
and brought 12.000 policemen and
mobile guards into action as the
political battlers surged in attacks
and counter attacks.
Fifteen hundred persons were
jailed temporarily although all but
a few were released later after the
fighting had been halted by ener
getic, and strong-armed guards.
Hoey Opens Fight
At Greens Creek
Clyde R. Hoey. Democratic can
didate for governor will definitely
begin his campaign for the gover
norship this week, and a school
house at Oreens Creek in Polk
county will be the starting point
Wednesday evening, October 7.
He will then speak nearly every
day, sometimes twice per day, and
a major address will be here In
Shelby on October 24 for a coun
ty-district rally, and at a four
county rally at Burnsville on Oc
tober 31.
Mrs. J. B. Spilman, state Demo
cratic vice chairman said she
planned a state-wide meeting of
women in Raleigh in October, and
she had speaking engagements to
fill for the next several weeks.
Wesley McDonald, president of
the Young Democrats in Washlng
! ton, D. C., said the club will hold
I its first rally sometime next week
| and that Mr. Hoey will be invited
1 to attend.
I
Secretary Dorton
Expects New Record
Crowd Of 250,000
Tented City It Rising; Rubin And CKerry
Shows Arrive And Exhibitors Filling Up
All Available Spaces
A tented city is springing up at the fair gro&nds. elube,
schools and individual exhibitors are making entries, live
stock has filled the exhibit spaces to overflowing and horse
men have brought in their finest and fastest flesh for Cleve
land county’s 13th annual exhibition which opens tomorrow.
Fair Program For
First Two Days
Tuesday, Oct. I
School Day—All school chil
dren admitted free on this day,
Gates open at S a m.
Judging begins In all depart
ments except livestock.
Exhibit buildings open at 10
a. m.
Grandstand opens at 13:30.
Grand parade of all livestock
at 1:30 p. m. before grand
stand.
Horse races begin at 3 p. m.
3:16 trot. 3 year old pace.
Free attractions at 3:15 p. m.
Pony races at 4 p. m.
Evening
Grandstand opens at 6:30.
Spectacular revue and grand
stand show begins at 7:30 p. m.
Fireworks display at 9:30 p. m.
The great Rubin 6b Oherry
shows of 19 rldee and 33 shows
on the midway.
Wednesday. October 7
Thrill day-—"Lucky'' Teter and
his hell drivers.
Gates open 8 a. m.
Judging of livestock begins.
Grandstand opens at 13:30.
Thrill show begins at 3 p m.
—"Lucky" Teter and his hell
drivers turning car over and
over at 60 miles per hour; rac
ing stock car on two wheels;
head-on crash, both drivers
staying In car; racing two
motorcycles through a solid
wall of flaming boards of fire;
Jumping motorcycle over large
truck, “ski" Jumping at 60 miles
per hour; hurtling auto 6 feet
Into air completely over a large
truck; "suicide” gamble drop
ping off the rear of a car at
70 miles per hour and many
other thrilling feats.
Evening
Grandstand opens at 0:30 p.
m.
Spectacular Revue—"Revela
tions of 1936”—at 7:30 p. m. and
grandstand show — Including
Elaine Dowling and Her Four
Co-ettes, Pallenger's Wonder
Bears, Emil's Royal Doberman
Pinchers—and many other acts,
Fireworks display at 9:30
p. m.
The greatest midway in Amer
ica. The Aristocrat of the Tent
ed World The Great Rubin &
Cherry Exposition—19 rides—22
shows.
Scenarists Retort
..HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 5.—Scorch
ed by George Bernard Shaw’s
recent description of them as “bell
boys" high priced Hollywood scen
arists replied today, calling him
among other things a “very silly
old gent who should be given a
hot water bottle and put to bed."
3,000 Attend Polkville Fair;
Some Of Winners Are Selected
A triumph in community fairs
was registered the past week-end
at Polkville as the third annual
exposition was ended there Satur
day night after more than 3,000
persons were said to have seen the
exhibits and attended the features.
Pretty Annette Daves, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Daves was
crowned "queen of babies" in No.
8 township after going through an
elaborate test for health by Dr.
Bdh Gold.
In the amateur show on Friday
evening Miss Louise Towery with
about six lira made versions of
"Mary Had a I idle i amb’ won
first prize; Miss Freda Spangler,
l
with a singing and tap-dancing
act won second honor*, and Mias
Thelma McMurry at the piano won
third.
A style revue or fashion playlet
on Thursday evening was one of
the features of the fair, followed by
an address by Prof. T. E. Browne,
state vocational head from Raleigh
The revue was under the direction
of Miss Elva Dietz, home econo
mics teacher, she also arranged a
formal luneheofi for the judges and
a number of official visitors Fri
day at noon.
Athletics featured the day Sat
urday followed by a highly drarna
(Continued on page eight.;
"If ruin doe* not interfere, we
expect a new record In attendees
of 350,000," said the enterprising
and hustling Dr. Ddrton as ha
whipped Into shape the final plans
for the opening of the big gates.
Tuesday la Reboot Dug
Tuesday, the opening day, wMl bo
ftee day for Cleveland eounty
school children. As the rural
schools are dosed for the cotton
picking season, It la eapected that
all school children of the county
will come with their pamnta.
Shelby school system will does
on Friday of this week so the chil
dren can attend.
Opening day program tndudw
horse racing .both harness and
running racing and the free acta,
which, this year are expected to be
the beet ever. In addition to a
splendid revue with girls and music,
two animals acts, Pallenberg’a won
der bears and Emil's Royal Dober
man Pinchers, will be presented
along with other free acta. These
will be seen, as usual, each after
noon and evening throughout the
fair.
Wednesday Is the day given over
to "Lucky" Teeter and his Hell
Drivers, a group of young men who
do all sorts of seemingly Impossible
things with automobiles. Cars will
be turned over while moving at
terrific speeds, a car will hurdle a
truck, there will be a head-on crash
with both drivers staying In the
cars and other stunts calculated to
thrill the most blase. Teeter is the
acknowledged peer of auto atunt
ers and a few weeks ago a news
reel was shown in a local theatr#
of some of his stunts.
Rubin And Cherry Show*
Rubin and Cherry's shows again
play the big Cleveland county failr
this year and the forty-car train
arrived last night. Today, big motor
trucks are transporting the shows
and rides to the fairgrounds. The
Rubin and Cherry exposition pre
sents this year 34 feature ahowa
combined with 17 of the latest and
j most attractive rides. For the past
(Continued cm page eight)
Rev. W. E. Lowe
Diet Suddenly
Of Heart Attack
Pastor Of Four Churehee fluff—he
To Angina; Bury Today M
New Hope, Earl.
A sudden heart attaok proved
fatal Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
to Rev. w. E. Lowe, 66, at hit home
on highway 74 near the Cleveland
Springs Estate. He had been feel*
ing as well as usual and was mak
ing ready to leave for Pleasant HU1
; church where he was to preach at
111 o’clock.
I Mr. Lowe had lived in this coun
ty for 28 years with the exception
of four years apent in Florida. He
was a native of Prince Williams
county, Virginia and a graduate of
Richmond university and the
Southern Theological seminary at
Louisville, Ky. He served churches
at Clover, and Blacksburg, S. C. be
fore locating in this county. At the
time of his death he was pastor of
four churches, Pleasant Hill, An
tioch, Mount Paran and Buffalo.
On Dec. 19.1916 he was mdrried to
Miss Lois Bechtler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Bechtler of below
Earl. She survives with one son,
Willis Lowe, jr. Mr. Lqw* was a
modest and unassuming man, very
industrious, sympathetic and lov
able/His parents, two brothers and
two sisters preceded him to the
grave.
j Puberal service* were held this
afternoon at S o'clock at New
i Hope Baptist church. Karl by Rev.
< John W Suttle, assisted by Rat.
jc. V. Martin and L. W. ilWQgB,