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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
<t!tde desperately on a ten mile
let today to halt the sweep of
Mist legions toward the capital,
unites distant.
flute Collars Aid
i Holding Madrid
Re fresh white collar forces,
Be clerks and mechanics, young
id old. plunged into raging cou
rt with the trilled “to arms,” ex
'Continued on page nine.)
iscists Push
Mil* Front:
lars”
'ire Sweeping
it San Diego
Easiness Area
I DIEGO. Cal., Oct. 21.—(/P)—
Particular fire swept through
towntown business block today
n damage estimated by owners
|tt.000.noo, before it was brought
*r control.
twusands of persons watched
firemen and volunteers win a
i. an,p ,A pnd the flames
n broke out after midnight In
lepartment store and leaped to
[lull height of the 7 story Watts
* building in the same block.
, carp *nd utility service
cut off in the area.
' mpn »ere critically injured.
«nan suffered possible skuU
es when the nozzle of a high
hos<> 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
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|t tcfr^~da'lori here 85 senti
oZ * mon to ideaa of re
improvement. Trade
jj^sued Strong. Strength
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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.
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