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^ Carolina: Fair tonight and no change in temperature. Shalby temperatures: 4$, rainfall, clear. 8 PAGES TODAY Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. G. MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, per year, (In advance) _ tl.M Carrier, per year, (in advanoe)_*J (10 MADRID LEVIES SIEGE ORDERS AS REBELS APPROACH COMMITTEES FOR RALLY NAMED Fn&l Plans Are Being Formulated Ure* Numbers Of Leading Residents To Care For Many Details. Final committees to handle the many details of the big Democratic rally to be staged here Saturday afternoon when Clyde R. Hoey speaks to a home town audience, were an nounced today by A. A. Pow ell, Young Democratic presi dent and general chairman of the gathering. Chairman Powell has made ar rangements for several bands to be At least ten notables from the state political house of fame have notified A. A. Powell of their intention to attend the Democratic rally here on Sat nrfiav and the dinner on Satur day night. They are; W, Kerr Scott, Ala mance county; A. L. Bulwinkle, of Gastonia; George Ross Pou, rhad Eure. Charles M. Johnson, A A. P. Seawell. A. L. Fletcher, Clyde A Erwin, all of Raleigh; W, P Horton of Greensboro and J Ed Butler of Morganton. present for thp program which will begin at 3 'clock with Mr. Hoey speaking at 3:30. All the nominees lot state, district and county of fices will be here to salute their torernor at home. Charles M. Johnson, state treas urer and A A. F. Seawell, attorney (entrsl will address a dinner of Win? Democrats at the Hotel Charles in the evening. Visitors Neighboring counties and visit ors from all parts of the state have bten invited. Especially have lead ers from Rutherford, Polk, Mc jhwell, Burke. Lincoln, Gaston and Mecklenburg been invited. following are the committees »med today by Mr. Powell. The nogram and publicity committees Wf named last week: Sheriff Raymond Cline, chair iContmued on page eight) klians Attack Masses Etkiops ADPIS *BABA, Oct. 19.—(/P)~ t0<i? completed a mass re gainst Ethiopians who last V ,mbushed and killed 30 Fas Italian planes swooped 7)hon surprised Ethiopians — P„B ,ck Shirts scattered Em ^lassie’s former sol stTin ,omed f°rces with local Jors sympathetic to the Ital extradition sought lensihi ,Ethioplans believed re C , or !hF July slaying and line guns.6™ Wlth b°mbs and ma ,,rreS!uiar forces were scat hind dead and wounded their flight to escape. Morning Cotton LETTER m ofYt??K' °ct- 19—The move dhcioscd h-r°P LS at its heaviest fo and tr>,ai ‘sfason's largest into «• In JJ f°7arKdln^ of last N cffpnrm 01 1116 extremely pHy of thp8S r°m <he ,south the ptrscts .. ?7rkn t0 absorb the i rece - 1 only temporary ate JJ2*5 would seem to in S hfB The ®rr' .on f?Vy Nestle mill *** ,• w four to five Sit!? !ow stocks of « «r * * ibroad and like ^ xpn4 over next few v a p f° strengthening ' - P,prre & co. jHe Market* J./ .lU" tar M .... mw ’• ’Vl‘*‘»n lot .. 933.IM ‘.M*« U. 13t«( mj t«n ’Put ^ oot^ Jan 11:93 at 2 o’clock to July i? (u 12:03> Ma *■ *1:59, Dei Democrats Open Office, Set Goal Of 12,000 Ballots Chairman McSwain And Committees Seek To Show Mr. Hoey And President Roosevelt County’s Full Power Democratic headquarters has opened an office m the lobby of the Charles Hotel. Several typists and clerks have already volunteered their services to assist in writing cam paign letters and getting out literature between now and the election on November 3. Ralph Hoey will be in charge of __ A large number of boys and girls from this county are away in col lege, quite a few teachers are teaching school out of the county, and hundreds of men and women from Cleveland county are working at different places in this and other states, all of whom if regis tered here are entitled to vote ,by absentee ballot. Peyton McSwain, Chairman, asks that everyone who knows the name and address of any Democratic voter absent from the county call Democratic Head quarters Phone No. 744, in order that absentee ballots may be pre pared and mailed to all persons out of the county. Push Absentees It is requested that this infor mation .be furnished headquarters as soon as possible so that those receiving ballots will have time to return them before the election. Every person who expects to be out of the county on election day is asked to come to Democratic i Headquarters and get an absentee I ballot. | Mr. McSwain says the county is | the best organized that it has been (Continued on page eight) Broadcasting Company Not To Repeat Speech ‘Cut Off’ Visits At White House Between Campaign Trips By Associated Press President Roosevelt net urn ed to the White House today for a 40 hour stay between campaign trav els, while Governor Landon, head ing westward for a speech .Tuesday night in Los Angeles, challenged the president to say whether he intends to “perpetuate the NRA willy nilly.” The president will leave Tuesday night for campaign a tour through Rhode Island, Massachuetts. and Connecticutt. Landon in his statement referred to a speech which James Roose velt, son of the President made last week. The younger Roosevelt said. “It is obvious that we must shorten working hours and better working conditions for men and women." Col. Prank Knox, touring Neb., plans to cap his campaign there with an address tonight at Lincoln. Financial Drive For Boy Scouts On This Week M. A. Spangler Heads Committee To Raise $1,000 For Work In County Pinal plans were being laid today for a drive for $1,000 to finance the Boy Scout movement in Cleve land county, the actual canvassing to begin Wednesday morning. M. A. Spangler, president erf the fpaelby district , is heading the drive and said this morning he has his organization completed and feels the amount will be raised easily, if business firms and friends of Scouting will co-operatc as they have in the past. The Committee Other members of the finance committee who will assist in the drive are R. T. LeGrand, Carl (Continued on page eight.) CHICAGO. Oct. 19.—(/T*)—Deny ing a Republican national commit tee's contention that free speech had been Jeopardized, Columbia Broadcasting system officials main tained today that established policy would not permit re-broadcast of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg’s in terupted debate with the recorded voice of President Roosevelt. The broadcast came two minutes after systern officials, learning, that a phonograph would be employed to reproduce President Roosevelt’s voice, had announced the chain S would not carry the program at all. To a demand by Hill Blackett of the Republican national committee for a brief re-broadcast Edward Clauber. vice president of Columbia, said: "We will neither give time nor sell time to the Republican party to broadcast a program in which the president’s voice or any other person's voice Is reproduced on a phonograph record or simulated by an actor.” Construction Begins On Calvary Building Construction on the new home of the Calvary Baptist church is un der way with the contractor prom ising the pastor. Rev. H. E. Wal drop, room for meeting in a revi val early in November. The new building is on a lot re cently purchased at West Shelby near the Graham school building where the church has held its meetings since it was founded a little over a year ago, springing from a mission school. Brick-veneering and with a well balanced Sunday School plant is the final goal of the pastor and building committee. New Earth Shocks Alarm Italians VITTORIA, Italy, Oct. 19 — (/P)—Light earth shocks in this section of northern Italy, where an earthquake brought death and destruction yesterday, creat ed fresh apprehension today. The death toll to date, a hos pital check indicated was be tween 20 and 25. The new trem ors sent residents rushing Into the streets of the town. Yesterday’s quake damaged virtually every house in the town. The damaged was esti mated at 5,000,000 lire. Lion’s Share Of 4H Ribbons Awarded To Cleveland Members The hearts of the rural youth of Cleveland swelled with pride today as a dozen healthy lads and their leaders, the county farm agents, were bach from Raleigh after Cleveland had garnered a lion’s share of 4-H club prizes and awards at the state fair. According to J. 8, Wilkins and John Reitzel, agents and coaches, following Is a summary of the hon ors: Jack Palls. 13-year-old Bolwood lad was named winner of first j prize and sweepstakes m cattle ■ judging, leading the parade of 153 boys in 37 county teams. Aided by Dan Harrelson of Waco and Tom Cornwell, jr., of Fallston, Jacks' outfit also took first in team horr ors. The team won first in Judging beer cattle with Fails high scorer, third in dairy cattle and third in swine. In poultry judging Cleveland was second in the state, the team being composed of Donald Propst of Bel (Continued on page eight.) ' A NINETEEN DIE AS VICTIMS OF GALE 18 Men, 1 Woman Drowned In Erie Dredge Boat Overturns In 50 Mile Gale; Only Seven Survive. By Associated Press CLEVELAND, Oct. 19.— The cold waters of Lake Erie today held bodies of 18 men and one woman, victims of a 50-mile gale which overturn ed and sank a Canadian sand sucker, the San Merchant, in the second major disaster of the 1936 Great Lakes season. Of 26 aboard only seven remain ed today to te how their benumb ed companions dropped off, one by one, from the two capsized life boats to which they clung through a terrifying night of waiting. For ten hours they watched unseeing ships pass them. Daylight brought their rescue five miles off Cleve land. Captain Saved One of the seven rescued was Graham MacLellan. 39 year old captain of the gale stricken ship. "It was the most terrible night that you could imagine,” said Mac Lellan, his eyes bloodshot, his face haggard. Coastguardsmen searched for bodies without success. At Ottawa, Canada, R. K. Smith, deputy minister of marines, said "immediate steps would be taken for a preliminary inmiirv ” J Penney Store Is Moving This Week _ i J. C. Penney Company is moving < its stock of merchandise from the i Masonic Temple building into the j Mrs. Hush Stroup store room at the ( corner of LaFayette and Warren streets. c The moving of the large stock of merchandise has been going on for several days, during which time the store has been closed. It is ex pected that the big job of moving and arranging stock will be com pleted in a few days and that busi ness will be resumed probably on Thursday of this week. Extra workmen and a fleet of trucks have been engaged gnd new shipments of Fall merchandise are being opened in the new store room, just completed. t c ( 1 i f \ f t I i < School Enrollment Hits 3,268 Marie; Attendance Good E Figures For Fint Month Given To day; Average Above 3,000 Daily. Enrollment for the city schools of Shelby have hit a mark of 3,268 to close the first month, according to Superintendent W. E. Abernethy today. The average attendance has been unusually high with an aver age of 3,098. As compared with last year there is a slight decrease in enrollment at the Graham, Jefferson, Marlon and South Shelby schools. There was an Increase in enrollment at the LaiFayette and Washington schools. In all the elementray schools there is a decrease of 60 In enrollment, but only nine in aver age dally attendance. There is an increase of 12 In enrollment In the high school. I A 8 d I fa C » I I 1 n c J I c c School Enr. At. Pet. „ Graham. 291 286 97.8 _ Jefferson . 282 273 97.5 j LaFayette. 331 314 96.9 ( Marion . 346 331 97.0 t S. Shelby. 363 353 97 0 Washington . . 311 295 95 9 , High school. 598 587 98.0 J Total white . __ 3522 2438 Negro Schools I Zoar . 104 103 99.0 Elementary. 508 447 90.1 s High - . 134 110 87.6 1 Grand Totals . ..3268 3098 t To Open Air Lines GENEVA, Oct. 19.—</P)—Japan a will open an air line to the Man- i dated Pacific islands which once I belonged to Germany, an official report to the League of Nations 11 disclosed today. ] v y Planes Catapulted FromShip German engineers and aviation experts are staging rehearsals in catapulting these days at City Island, New York, preparatory to launching a projected regular airmail service between New York, the Azores, and Europe. The photo shows the mother ship Schwabenland and the plane Zcphir in place, ready tor a catapult test A second plane, the Aeolus, is at the right Both planes recently made successful trial flights from the Azores to New York. Kings Mountain Association Meet Begins Thursday ’leaunt Grove, With New Church, h Rmtf CtMTege Center* Interest. Considering the interests of Boli ng Springs junior coHege will be ne of the main points of emphasis s the annual meeting of the Kings fountain Baptist association gets nder way on Thursday morning f this week. The two-day meeting will be held his year with the Pleasant Grove hurch eight miles north of Shelby n highway No. 18. This cnurch ias just completed a new brick-ve eered church and Sunday school lant which Is fully equipped and ras paid for when it was com leted. Many Expected Rev. J. W. Suttle, moderator of he association, said today he is ej ecting one of the largest crowds l years to attend the Pleasant trove meeting. Rev. D. G. Wash urn. host pastor, and the church ommittee are making preparations or the delegates, appointed last lonth, and to serve picnic din ers both days. Beginning at 9:30 Thursday lorning the following will be ob srved: Devotional, enrollment, announce lents; Religious Literature,. W. A. Jam; Woman's Work, Mrs. John Itacaster; Mills Home. Rush Pad ett; miscellaneous business; intro- i uctory sermon, w. G. Camp; alt., awrence Roberts. Afternoon session: Miscellaneous usiness; Co-operative Program and hurch Finance, A. G. Sergeant; lissions—State, C. V. Martin, , [ome, D. G. Washburn, Foreign, J. • Jenkins; closing worship. j Night session: B. T. u. Work,, j Irs. L. h. Ledford; doctrinal ser lon, Zeno Wall; alt., Rush Padgett. , Second Day Devotional, reading minutes, mis sllaneous business; Sunday schools, , . W. Costner; Baptist hospital, j awrence Roberts; Christian Edu- ] a,tion and Boiling Springs Junior bllege, R. p. Hamby; worship. Afternoon sessipn: Short reports nd miscellaneous business; Old [lnisters Relief, L. W. Cain; Tem eranoe and Public Morals, B. P. arks; Our History. C. J. Black: ►ur Dead, R. L. Chaney; closing | ispirational address. -— Senior Class Plans Carnival Oct. 29j The senior class of the local high -hool Is sponsoring a carnival on hursday. October 3P and will use! iv Hallowe'en theme for flic dec- ■ rations and entertainment. Everything that can be done at carnival, plug the pep and ingen-! Ity of a senior class will prevail Iveryone is invited. Class elections are being held at high school tomocr-w and the mners will be named Wednesday Jack Frost Hits County Lightly Jack Frost, that shadowy white nemesis of growing crops, picked last night, just after the new moon had set, to visit the fields and gardens of Cleveland coun ty. . ■ ■ -**-*-■ - First traces of a very light frost were reported here today with no damage being done. The weather man did not indicate that it will be repeated tonight. Upper Cleveland and Burke re ported frost a week ago. Farmers were looking to the new moon in the clear sky to bring fair weather for at least three weeks to aid in harvesting the late cotton crop which is just now beginning to open. N. L CONFERENCE MEETS THIS WEEK Pastors, Delegates Go To Salisbury On Thursday. Methodist pastors and delegates from the various church in Cleve and county are making plans to ittend this week the Western North Carolina annual conference vhich meets in Salisbury on Thurs iay and continues through Monday >f next week, at which time the appointment will be read for the msuing year. Salisbury has the unique dlstinc ion of entertaining the conference i or two consecutive years, which Is j vithout parallel In the state's his- i ory of this religious body. The session will be held in First I iburch. seat of the 1935 gathering. Extensive preparations for enter ;ainment of the conference have >een made by that church, of which lev. w. A. Newell is pastor, and he other Methodist churches in Salisbury, Spencer and environs, vith the co-operation also of the >ther denominations. Under the leadership of Bishop aaul B. Kem, of Durham, who mpervises the work of the church n North Carolina and South Caro ina, the conference year now clos ng has been successful along fi nancial and other lines, reports so ar available Indicate. Dr. Frank Graham To Address Meet Here On Nov. 12 Noted UNC YVwMent To Speak Ouriiif American Education Week Dr. Prank P. Graham, rapidly becoming one of the most noted university presidents in the United States, will deliver an address In Shelby on the evening of Novem ber 12 it was announced today by Walter E. Abernethy, superinten dent of city schools. Supt. Abernethy said this is the first time the UNC president has spoken in Shelby. The occasion for his visit will be the observance of American Education week. He will address a dinner meeting of all the civic clubs, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary. Others Invited In addition, officers of the P.-T. A., teachers in all the schools, members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will be in vited. The American Legion and the Parent Teachers Associations of the nation began the educational fveek idea some 15 years ago in which national Interest is pointed to the schools, the child, prob lems and achievements. The gen eral theme for this year will be ‘Our American Schools at Work.” A program of visitation and spe :ial features are being planned for ,he week of November 8-14. Left No Chimney, So Fire Made One Paging Mr. Ripley and all firemen! The Shelby fire department answered a call to put out a fire in a house owned by A. W. McMurry, occupied by a tenant. There was a fire all right. The tenant bad built one in the stove. But the smoke and the fire couldn’t get out. In covering the house a few days previously the workmen had ignored the hole in the roof for a flue and had shingled It over too. Salvation Army Gets Use Of New Community House For Activities Arm ngements by which the Sal tation Army la to use the new community building (or Us activi ties with boys and girls were an nounced today by officers of the •egioii post and auxiliary. Through the plan adopted the sfcUvatiou Army will establish lt« •entral office in one of the office •ooms of the building and will utl ize the basement floor for activi ties with boys and girls. A game •oom will be provided and in one if the basement rooms efforts will * mad\ to establish a crafts shop. B A* a result of the negotiations | between the Salvation Army and ! the post the building will be open j all day and into the evening for ! the use of members of the Legion and the Auxiliary at any time they care to visit the'building. 'Has is some tiling that had been desired by the post ever since the completion of the building, but no plan for proper supervision of the structure had been worked out until the proposal was made that the Sal (Conunued on page eight.) INSURGENTS COMPLETE RING Draft New Forces To Defend Capital All Communication* Said To Ik* Out Off; Expect Fall Soon. By AsHocuited Press Madrid levied virtual siege orders on its population today as insurgent forces pushed their lines within 20 miles of the capital. * Fascist commanders declared they had consolidated a strong force south of the city. Intensified at tacks closed in the Fascist ring toward Elracortal In the north, ac cording to insurgent reports, and east of Tbledo. ... The government massed a force of militiamen sixteen miles south of the- capital. Laborers and office workers were drafted to supplement the capi tal's exterior defenses, which offi cials said would be almost Impreg nable. , With rail communications cut off on the Mediterranean coast new orders were decreed to conserve* food and power. Officials super vlstcd supplies and new warning* were issued against hoarders. May Withdraw From Neutrality MOSCOW, Oct. 198.—(4*)—Russia, angered over application of practical measures to enforce neutrality In the Spanish war, is determined to withdraw from the non-intervention accord. Informed sources said’ today. The Kremlin has made up Its mind on the withdrawal, It was re ported and will announce Its deci sion today or tomorrow. Statements in authoritative Rus sian newspapers made It plan Rus | sla desires to break up the agree ment. Crew Wins Fight Against Ship Fire ROME, Oct., 19—OP)—With 1100 anxious passengers aboard the crew of the Italian motorshlp, Vul cania, won a two hour fight with a stubborn fire. The death of four persons In the fire was disclosed when the vessel reached port at Talermo, Sicily; All of the victims were members of the crew. Eagle Roller Mill Opens Forty Ton Feed Plant Here New Unit To Make Feeds For Cat tle. Hornes, Mules And Poultry. Operation of & feed mill with a capacity of 40 tons dally is being announced today by the Eagle Roller Mill which has Just com pleted a new unit at its plant near the Seaboard station. The well known milling company In expanding its business will man ufacture a high grade of mixed feeds for dairy cattle, horses and mules and poultry. More than a dozen varieties will be made. Names of the two brands to be made are “Cleveland" and "Shelby'' in honor of Revolutionary war he roes who fought in the battle of Kings Mountain and for whom the county seat were named. Five men have been added to operate the new unit with Edward D. Washburn in charge. Modern feed-mixing machinery has been installed in the new p*rt of the building which is an exten - sion and eombinatin of the main flour plant. Officials of the com pany have been studying formulae for weeks and have what they term, “some of the best feeds on the mar ket." An interesting feature of the plant is a 12*10 gallon storage tank which is aiuHist full of imported Cuban molasses used as a “sweet ener" for the dry feeds. The Eagle Mill was rc-organlzed and rebuilt in 1923 and has a cap* ! ocity for manufacturing 310 barrels «f hour f<nd 500 bushels oi wwn ■ meal dally.
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