^WEATHER -h Carolina: Cloudy. poaslNy powers tonight and Thura I »^er. d»-' . Sfielbv temperatures: ^ low SO, rainfall clear. The gllljevelacnd Stark — 16 PAGES TODAY J^xui-n0-128 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21,1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, par yaar, On advaaeal _ « M Carrlar, par yaar. (In adaaneat_U no May Evacuate Refugees By Air FRANCE SEEKS method to HELP gvffian Armi«a Battle Fiercely Along On Ten “White Col Aid. By Associated Press PARIS, France, Oct. 21.— lies of spreading anarchy, one by refugees streaming ito France from Spain today, iurred secret conversations ittreen Premier Leon Blum id the Argentine foreign inister. Carlos Lamas, on k possibility of evacuating fugees by air. With reports indicating the last iys oi the Socialist Madrid regime »v be at hand, Lamas, whose imtrj' has been influential in King Spanish political hosta*^, nferred repeatedly with the rench premier. Official maintained a careful sil ler concerning the talks but su nritative sources indicated the unces of bringing endangered Isons into Prance by airplane Be discussed. Reinforced by a wild civilian By from Madrid Socialist troops br°ice and a sailor E* * heac! injury, that naval TT '“‘aches said would be fa L h,en hp fel1 through the roof ournmg store while handling “cr hose. hours the water pressure lettv Slarmlng fire fighters, was forced to tap an ad reservoir. •Mg Cotton letter iiljiy- 31—Market JSSLEJ"?,OTel«* ■* iw^ rae foreign sell |t tcfr^~da'lori here 85 senti oZ * mon to ideaa of re improvement. Trade jj^sued Strong. Strength *! ^~°te continued with , !°T. M* Mv*~. <*®Uverft!s dS ^ 13 1-J to 14c «l!le Market* 1 SI' "?"■ **» .Ml.® kSt M u«* —.nu .l**4c to iSHi -.lock tc JUlr ui M*r- 11 *M. Mf 11 *• Oct. 11.44, Dr Seven Policemen ‘Arrested* For Faliure To Be In Court Shelby police were making no arrests today. In fact, almost the entire po lice force were, in effect, under arrest. They were ordered into court, faced Judge Bynum E. Weathers and paid a fine. The unusual citation was caused by their failure to ap pear as state witnesses at a “jury day" session of county re corder’s court here yesterday. It was not regular jury day but 14 cases had been continued. Each of the eight officers de clared they did not mean to go on strike, but merely forgot to attend. For a time court was almost thrown into a terror of comedy. Solicitor Frank L. Hoyle, Jr., called for the first case and only the defense witnesses ap peared. Then he called all of the 14 cases and no state wit nesses appeared. The Judge almost lost his temper and sent capiases to bring the erring officers to jus tice. But they couldn’t find Sheriff Raymond Cline either. He was (Continued on page nine.) Finance Sailing Smoothly As City Rounds 1st Comer Only large quantities of black ink, and no "in the red” spots could be found in the city financial ledger today, as an examination showed the administration to be well with in the budget fot the first three and a half months of the fiscal year. In fact, expenditures have been quite a little under budget allow ances and the bank balance shows the sum of $53,626.26 on hand. Collections Good Tax collections have been above normal with $22,125.11 already paid in on the new levy of $96,572.07. There Is ample money on hand for the city clerk to meet a bond payment of $18,842.50 on November 1. Of this amount $9,000 in bonds will be retired. The city council which met Mon day night was well pleased with the present financial condition. Only a few other routine matters were discussed. The formality of ac cepting a resolution in regard to the passing of a sewer line under the Seaboard and Southern rail ways was disposed of. AM the al dermen and Mayor Woodson were present. Officials agreed that the “first corner of th? second year of the administration had been smooth sailing.” Seven Shelby Men On Big Bear Hunt Seven Shelby men returned yes terday from a bear hunt in the Pisgah Forest and while they have bear meat to eat, neither one in the party pulled a fatal trigger. A man named Wilson who owns 12,000 acres in the forest, allows large parties to come on his re servation and partake of a hunt together. Under the rule, however, it matters not who kills a bear, the meat is divided. Three bruins were killed by the party compos ed of 25 or 30 and the Shelby men shared in the meat. In the party from Shelby were Drs. Ben Kendall, D. F. Moore, B. | M. Jarrett, D. M. Morrison, Bloom j Kendal], Ed Dixon and W. P. j Wright. Mission Worker Speaks Tonight Miss Emma teachman, field worker for the Baptist Home Mis sion Board, located in Atlanta, Ga., will arrive in the city this after noon for a brief stay. She will be the guest speaker at the evening prayer service at the First Baptist church. Bids Submitted On Nurses’ Home; Trustees To Meet Doxen Bidders Submit Offers To Erect Home To Care For Forty Nunes. Trustees of the Shelby public hospital will meet tonight to con sider a dozen or more bids sub mitted for the erection of a nurses’ home designed by Architect V. W. Breeze to accommodate 42 nurses. It will be recalled that the Duke Foundation recently made a dona tion of $10,000 toward the cost of the home, the same to be matched with local funds. The building is designed not only as a home for nurses, but contains reception room, lobby, class and demonstra tion rooms and library. The Bids For the general contract the two lowest base bidders are as follows: Lutz and Webb, $23,480; Barger Brothers of Mooresville, $23,920. Plumbing: J. G. Dudley, $3,075; Waldrop Plumbing and Heating Co.. $3,576. Heating: Waldrop Plumbing and Heating Co., $2,871; J. G. Dudley, $3,050. It is possible that some changes will be worked out in the plans by the trustees tonight as the bids are higher than anticipated. Dilling Mill To Be Sold Nov. 23 KINGS MOUNTAIN. Oct. 21. — At a meeting of stockholders of the Dilling Cotton Mill, held here yes terday, it was decided to offer the same for sale at> public auction on Nov. 23rd. The mill has been idle since the first of the year. Having no working capital and a heavy outstanding indebtedness, the stockholders have decided to offer it for sale. Reach No Accord NANKING, China, Oct. 21.—(JP) —A three hour conference betweeen the Chinese foreign minister, Chang Chun and Shigeru Kawaeoe, the Japanese ambassador to China, was understood to have broken up today with negotiators failing to reach an accord on any major Is sue. Girl Named Senior President; All Class Winners Announced For the first time in many years a girl has been elected president of the senior class at the Shelby high school. Miss Dorothy Magness was today named head of the senior class by virtue of a small margin over Floyd Bout. School officials did not an nounce the count, but the race was known to be very close. The announcement came following the annual election of all class officers in the Senior. Junior and Sopho more classes. A spirited election was held yes terday and the several hundred high school students carried ors their balloting in closed booths on the same order of a major elec tion. The election is a project of the sociology class, directed by Mrs. Paris Yelton, teacher and also se nior class sponsor. Other officers elected were: Se niors, Grady Mauney, vice-presi dent, over George Morgan; Ada Wall, secretary, over Elizabeth Palls; George Watson, treasurer, over Catherine Applp. Juniors: Bruce Morgan, prew (Continued on page rune.) DECORATIONS PUT UP FOR RALLY City To Be Gay Center For Event Clyde Hoey To Make Address; State Officers Speak At Dinner. Decorations denoting a gala and festive occasion were be ginning to appear about the city this afternoon, as her alds of the huge political rally and celebration to be held here Saturday afternoon. Cleveland will honor Clyde R. Hoey, its candidate for the governorship of the state, who in turn will speak to cheering thousands. The meeting will be county wide and statewide, inasmuch as a dozen of the Democratic nominees Ralph Hoey said at noon to day the crack drum and bugle corps of the Greenville, 8. C. marine band will perform at the rally here Saturday afternoon, beginning at 1:30. This band was here last November 11 at Armistice day and was receiv ed with enthusiasm by those who saw it parade. The high school band will also be pres ent for a concert. and officials of the state have sig nified their lfitdntldfi'bf being pre sent. Begins At t: 3» Mr. Hoey will speak at 3 o’clock after the crowd has been enter tained 30 minutes by two or three bands and by other features be ing arranged by A. A. Powell and a large group of committees. The entire meeting is being sponsored by the Young Democrats of the county. The afternoon address by Mr. Hoey will be his last appearance to a county audience before “elec tion dgy on November 3 when a record vote is expected to be cast here. Nearly 13,000 votes were cast for him in the June primary. A dinner will be held at 7 o’ clock in the evening at the Charles Hotel at which speakers will be Charles M. Johnson, state treas urer and A. A. F. Sewell, attorney general. Tickets are being sold at $1 each to rally 300 persons, a capacity crowd for the dining room. Profits will defray expenses of the rally. Decorations are being furnished by the Jack Finch Co., professional decorator, who knows how to make a town look “welcome." Lo cal merchants and business men are working under Chairman Frank Hoey and a special committee. Chairman of other committees for the rally are: Traffic, Sheriff | Raymond Cline; program, Peyton j McSwain; entertainment, J. W. ] Gardner; reception, O. M. Mull; marshalls, Ivy Whisnant. Final Rites Held For Mrs. Scruggs Funeral services were being held today at 2 o'clock at Boiling Springs Baptist church for Mrs. Dave Scruggs, 75-year-old resident of that community who died there late yesterday, following a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pastor was in charge of the rites and a large number of relatives and friends was present. She was for many years a member of the Boiling Springs church and one of the most faith ful workers. Surviving are six children and one sister, Mrs. J. C. Lovelace, all of this county. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hamrick and was a sister of the late Rev. G. P. Hamrick, preacher and educator. Her husband died about four years ago. “Crown Property” LONDON, Oct. 21.—<>P)—Declar ing it was “crown property" police today shooed loiterer* away from Cumberland Terrace, site of the new home of Mrs. Wallis Simpson. King Edward’s American friend. A strgranf end constables pa trolled the district. Where Association Will Meet This Week This spacious, new Pleasant Grove church building: will be the meeting place of the Kings Mountain Baptist association which begins there Thursday. The modern struc ture was erected and paid for by donations by tyembers of the church. A history of Pleasant Grove will appear on Friday.—(Photo by Star). More Than 1,000 Attend RaDy At Junior College Enormous Crowd From Throe As sociations Greets Burnett, New President. The muMd enthusiasm of more than 1,000 friends of Boiling Springs college was shown yester day afternoon and last night at a huge rally and barbecue at which the new president, Dr. George J. Burnett was Informally presented to patrons and friends. Hundreds of preachers, deacons, Sunday school teachers, farmer college students, church officers and laymen with their wives and many of the younger people packed the large Boiling Springs church audi torium for the exercises. Plenty To Eat At the close of the program the crowd, which was larger than the average associationat meeting, gathered around a long table on which had been placed 650 pounds j of barbecued pork, sheep and goat, with all accessories. In addition there were 60 fried chickens, more than 100 cakes and hundreds of pies, sandwiches and pickles which the residents of the college town had brought. Large vats of steaming coffee, milk and ice water was also avail- ; able. It was by far the biggest “re ception” ever held in this county. ' It was planned and executed by A. (Continued on page nine.) Moore’s Counsel Files An Appeal RALEIGH. Oct. 21— (/P)—Counsel j | for Martin Moore, Asheville negro ! under sentence to die for the mur- | ( der of Helen Clevenger of Staten i j Island. N. Y., in an Asheville hotel | j July 16, filed the case on appeal in j supreme court here today but at torney general A.- A. F. Seawel! said the rules of the court had not been complied with. The appeal record did not bear the signature of Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles who prosecuted Moore as the solicitor has declined to accept; service with the papers which were not served on him until October 20. { In superior court the defendant had been granted 45 days, which expir- j ed October 6, in which to prepare' the appeal. Spinning Reaches Higher Activity WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—(IP)— The cotton spinning industry was reported by the census bureau to day ,to have reached a higher per centage of activity during Septem ber than in any month since June, 1033. The industry worked 125.8 per cent of capacity on a single shift, basis lor the month as compared with 115.8 percent in August this year and 93!) percent in September last year. The hieh point of June. 1033, was 128.9 percent of ^capacity. | County Panes The $28,000 Tax Mar,k The $25,000 mark In collection Df county taxes was paaaed by the office of the sheriff today as fanners Who hare had a few bales of cotton ginned seek to preserve Cleveland’s record of being “a county where every honest man. who east takes pride in paying his taxes." Chief Deputy Roger Laugh ridge, who does most of the col lecting for Sheriff Cline, said the greater part of the remain der of the slightly more than $200,000 levy will come In short ly after the cotton growers re ceive their AAA checks and more of the late cotton Is sold. The office has only had the books since October 1. )R. J. A. HARRILL FORMER DENTIST IS BURIED TODAY Pioneer Citizen O f Shelby Succumbs To Stroke. Funeral ■services were held this ifternoon at 2 o'clock for Dr. J. tb Harrlll at his residence near ’atterson Springs. Dr. Harrlll died Monday evening at 6:15 at the age >f 86 years. Two weeks ago he suffered a itroke of paralysis and since that .ime It was known that his condi ton was critical. Dr. Harrlll was a Jloneer citizen of Shelby, where for thirty years he practiced dentiA ry. Here he was born Sept. 28th, 1850, the son of John Harrlll and lane Wray Harrlll. He lived to see Shelby grow from a small village o a large, thriving city. About a (uarter of a century ago when he iiiffered a decline In health, he [ave up his profession and settled ;n a fine farm below Shelby. When a youth, Dr. Harrlll Join ’d the First Baptist church of Shelby and with this church he leld his membership at the time of Us passing. Following the funeral service (Continued on page nine.) County Council Outlines Program Of Work For ’37 Representative* Of Denuxutrallor Club* Plan For New Year. At an enthusiastic meeting at th< county community building yes ter day afternoon, the County Counci of Home Demonstration clubs, rep resenting several hundred clut women, outlined a program of wort for 1937. Miss Ruth Current, dis trict agent from Gastonia wu present to help with the plans. Hie four regular council meet ings will be held the first Monday afternoon in March, June, Septem ber and November. Name Committee The committee appointed to mak< suggestions and plan for a special project are: Miss Mary Dameron ol the Beulah club, Mrs. John Craft ol the St. Paul club and Mrs. V. A Powell of the Polkville club. The two county federations will be held as usual—one in the spring in the form of a garden party. The committee appointed tc make plans for this federations were: Mrs. N. B. Lee of the Latti more club, Mrs. Thurman Horn ol the Zion chi* and Mrs. L. C. TOnu of the Lattlmore club. It was de cided to have the fall federation in the form of a county-wide hus band's night and Mrs. A. I. Jollej of the Bolling Springs club was ap (Continued on page nine.) Maxwell, Gardner Addresf Textilera A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of the Internal Revenue department, and O. Max Gardner, former Gov ernor of North Carolina, will be principal speakers at the annual convention of the North, Carolina Cotton Manufacturers association at Plnehurst, November 5 and 0. Announcement of progrram plans for the convention, which will be attended by from 250 to 300 mem bers of the association and per sons connected with allied indus tries, was made yYsterday by Hun ter Marshall, Jr., secretary and treasurer of the organization. Impressive Ceremonies Observed As Pickens Is Made Legion Head Impressive parade, ceremonies and rituals marked the inaugura tion of WUey M. Pickens. Lin oolnton school head, as state com mander of the American Legion at Lincolnton Monday night. He suc ceeded Josephus Daniels, Jr., o: Raleigh as chief executive of the North Carolina Legionnaires. In the same ceremonies Mrs. C P. Andrew of Charlotte was in stalled as president of the Legior auxiliary to succeed Mrs. T. J Oau.se of Wilmington who became national committeewoman. A number of other officers nj statewide and district importance were also inducted with prope rites into the proper position o their office, and’ following the ac i tlvlties a series of luncheons, busi 1 ness sessions and committee gatlv ! erlngs were held at Lithia Inn. Mrs. T. B. Gold of Shelby was in stalled as committeewoman fror the 16th judicial district for th American legion auxiliary. Several Shelby legionnaires am officers of the local post were pre sent for the biggest event Lincoln ton has had in a number of year? ! The entire population of the towi (Continued on page nine.) FR CAMPAIGNS WITH VIGOR IN NORTH Says Bread Line, Bankruptcy bided Declare* Ttat PmioIi Am Mere Important 9Kmi By The PROVIDCNC®. R. I., CM. 21.—President Rooeer el i opened two days of New |m« land campaigning todwr mffh a deelaaraWon that **#« 'Mil not again allow people Ip be regimented by s&ffeh mimri Wes into bantwwptatae An! bread Staiw _ __ _ , Mend's raprtol and remark* to tlon especially, Mia said: RmUla Di "You hnvw inn told __ tation, I am opposed A)_ of regimentetton under which *ou labored and suffered In Am <&ge of false prosperity end in the deg* of the greet depression.* Asserting that people an even more Important then machine* he added: “We beMeve that the ma terial resources of America should serve the human resources of America.” The president’s address was de livered shortly aftsr breakfast Mrs. Roosevelt met him at the sta tion and motored through crowded streets to me capital With -him. Governor Theodore T. Green head ed the welcoming committee. "Around me lies the moat highly industrial and densely populated state in the country,” the president said, "X could speak to qo people who better undexatand the fhtVr dependence of modem economic life.” Sunflower Special Leaves California The "Sunflower Special" started across the continent today from Los Angeles where Governor Lon don told an audlenee that "fit we are to preserve oar form of gov ernment this administration must be defeated." Sharp fighting broke out be tween London and Secretary Mkes. PWA chief. The latter said at Washington that in 10R4 and MM Landon was a "state aoetaMst,* seeking Federal funds for state owned telephone and gag distribu tion systems bat that recently the Kansas governor became a tugged lndlvidumet over Mg*. Baa questioned fcandbsglp “sfneerttgP Landon rep that the “New losing team, around wildly He said he favoretj "pqflHq ship and a gun behind the < obtain lower ntflltiaa rates. The speech that Sa« Becpdm, communist candidate, ljoped it make at Terre Haute, Indiana, teat night, remained unuttefatk stalled by a barrage of rotten and a muling crowd that (Continued on page nine.) Court Postponed As Election Day Draws Interest Even a criminal term cf court is not so important as an election. Clerk of Superior Court, A. M. Hamrick announced today that due to the interest in and ths pressing in%>ortance of the election that the November term which was scheduled to begin here Mon • day November 2 will not begin un* . til Thursday, November 5 First week Jurymen who were . called to attend on that day and defense and prosecuting witnesses who were to come will wait until Thursday. A conference with Judge F'elut K. ‘ Alley of Waynesvllle and with So ‘ Heitor Spurgeon Spurting uf I.enuii j yesterday resulted in the postpone ment Both men and court at ' taches here are also connected with the election in some way. [ Thus is the fir t . time in that a court week and electiondad have conflicted. ;v