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SHELBY, N. G
FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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3 FRONTS IN
CIVIL WAR
Madrid Attacked j
By Rebel Planes
Diplomats Assemble In Lon
don For Neutrality
Conference.
By Associated Press
Spain’s opposing armio
braced on three fronts today
as diplomats assembled to re
new London neutrality debat
es in the civil war.
Insurgent troops of General Emi
lio Mola routed government de
fenders from mountain positions,
5 miles west of strategic El Esco
rial.
The advancing forces occupied
the town of Navas yesterday after
beating Socialists.
Difficult Situation
The complicated situation in the
Bntish capital held only slight hope
for aicable settleent of diplomatic
difficulties.
In Madrid operations were rush
id to defend the capital against a
projected Fascist invasion In the
face of movements of heavy artil- ,
lery in two positions within 20
miles of the city.
Anti-aircraft gun on the roofs of
capital buildings blasted without
aucceas at two Fascist airplanes
which droned overhead dropping
leaflets demanding surrender un
der threat of bombardment.
Terrified housewives raced'
•Continued on page twelve.)
Mrs. E. M. Auten
Passes Suddenly
l*Mkr In Presbyterian • Church
Succumbs To Stroke Of
Apoplexy
Mr? t. m. Auten died this morn
in* at 7:30 o clock at her home on
8. DeKalb street following a stroke
of apoplexy which came upon her
last night at 10, Prior to that time
•he had been in her usual good
health.
One of the most active women in
the Presbyterian church, Mrs. Au- j
t*n was a most unselfish charac- '
always doing something for1
others. She had a host of friends to
whom the news of her death is a
peat shock.
Funeral services will be held Sat
May morning at 11 o'clock from
the Presbyterian church with the
Wator, Rev. h. n. McDiarmid in
'large. Interment will be in Sun
*t Cemetery.
Before marriage she was Carrie
Gaffney, of Blacksburg, a
descendant of the pioneer Byers
“a Ross families of Cherokee
“umy. she was born 57 years ago
*“*! be€n married 38 years. She
her family moved to Shelby 18
f*ars ago from Belmont.
Surviving are her husband and !
jo children: Mrs. Roy Tiddy and
r55 Prancps Auten, both of Shel- !
“’■one brother Will Gaffney and
ne sisfer. Mrs. J. h. Kinard, both i
w Blacksburg, S. C.
Morning Cotton
letter
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ijuiil, I and there were many
S£L^,n» orders at the lows.
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Baptists Give $94,355.05
To All Objects Last Year;
86th Session Nears Close
Termed One Of Beat In History As 1,750
Gather On First Day; Highlights Given;
Report 13,813 Members
A membership of 13,8.13 who gave the total sum of $94,
355.05 to all objects last year were reported today by officials
of the Kings Mountain Baptist association which was pre
pring to end late this afternoon the 86th annual session
lich met the last^b days with Pleasant Grove.
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Baptist He4d
Beginning his 24th year in ac
tive connection with the Kings
■Mountain- -BapttBt association. Rev.
J. W. Suttle, pastor of seven rural
churches, was expected to again be
named moderator of the organiza
tion. He presided at the 86th an
nual session at Pleasant Grove
which was to end late this after
noon.
Senator Couzens
Dies Suddenly In
Detroit Hospital
Strong Republican Supporter Of
“New Deal” Ends Coloful
Career
By Associated Press
Grief and sorrow, mingled with
admiration for a man of convictions I
were expressed by members of the
two political parties and by thou
sands of friends today at the pass
ing of Senator James Couzens of
Michigan who died suddenly at a
hospital In Detroit yesterday.
The career of the 64-year old
supporter of the New Deal who at
the turn of the century was asso
ciated with Henry Ford in a major
auto industry was ended after
Couzens failed to rally from an op
eration.
Greeted Roosevelt
A week ago yesterday the senator
left the hospital to greet President
Roosevelt, whose re-election he had
termed “the most important matter
confronting the nation.” After this
statement, Couzens was defeated
for renomination.
Mr. Roosevelt, on a campaign
tour, offered to visit Couzens at
the hospital, but Couzens left his
(Continued on page twelve.)
Rev. J. W. Suttle, moderator for
I the past 24 years was expected to
be named again to head the body
of 43 churches and what was term
ed the "biggest and most progress
sive association in all North Caro
lina.” Approximately 1,750 persons
attend the session yesterday.
512 Baptisms
Baptisms reported this year were
512 as compared to 709 last year,
although the figures for the present
South Shelby meeting have not
been reported.
Sunday School and training un
ion membership showed an Increase
the past year with 11,747 being en
rolled in the Sunday School.
A break-down of the gifts show
ed that $76,050.96 was contributed
to local objects and the home
program of work, with $15,016.91
going to the co-operative program,
of which $4,299.72 went to Boiling
Springs Junior college.
Orphanage
The Baptist Orphanage at Thom
asville was sent in money, in ad
dition to boxes of food and cloth
ing, the sum of $3,287.18, slightly
less than gifts last year.
All gifts were nearly $2,000 larg
er than last year.
The association*! meeting Was
adjudged the most successful held
in recent years. The crowds and
spirit were remarkable, with 350
cars bearing at least 1750 persons
i attending the Initial meet yester
i day.
“All the reports and addresses
seemed to have more religious fer
i vor and fire than in an average
. year,” one minister said. Rev. W.
C. Camp preached the introductory
(Continued on page twelve.)
Snowing In Texas,
| Is Quite Warm Here
A radio report early this after
noon indicated that snow was fall
ing over portions of northern and
western Texas, a rather unusual
weather phenomena for this time
of the year.
Temperatures in Shelby were far
from encouragement of snow as
thermometers found the 88 to 90
degree mark, the highest level they
have reached in a couple of weeks.
County Sorghum
Shipped Up North
A party of New Yorkers will
this week know more about the
incomparable taste of sorghum
syrup (lassies to us).
J. R. Price, Casar resident has
just crated 12 gallons of the
sweet syrup and sent them to
Clifford King, a former resident
of the county who eats molass
es regularly' and has a few
northern friends who have nev
er seen any.
Mr. Price has a large evapo
rator which is running regular
ly now and on which many gal
lons of the syrup bus been
made this yeur.
Candidates Indorse Amendments;
Hoey Links Sunflower With GOP
Both of North Carolina's guber
natorial candidates today issued
statements indorsing the four pro
posed tax reform amendments to
the state constitution.
Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic can
didate. also indorsed the fifth pro
posed amendment which would al
; low for the enlargement of the;
supreme court from its present;
number of five to seven members.
Gilliam Grissom, Republican, did!
not comment on the supreme court
amendment.
Grissom's statement said in part:
“The homestead exemption
amendment is the greatest induce
ment I have heard to encourage
home ownership . . . The classifi
cation of property for taxation'
seems thoroughly equitable . . . in
come tax is the fairest basis to !e- :
vy tax . . . Debt-limitation cannot (
be made too stringent."
Hoey said hi part:
“I shall vote for each of the con
stitutional amendments to be sub
mitted to the people of the State
In the November election. Iam not
unmindful of the objections raised
and the arguments advanced
against each of them, but taken as
a whole I am persuaded that these
amendments will enable the Legis
lature to deal with vexing prob
lems of taxation in such a way as
to work out a more equitable and
just system of taxation.”
Speakipg at Salisbury last night
Mr. *Hoey characterized the • sun
flower,” Republican campaign flow
er, as vefy typical of the Republi
can party. "It faces both east and
west, is black at heart. Is yellow j
all around, and is a flower that
always dies in November.”
$1,500 GOAL
SET BY RED
CROSS
Drive To Begin
On Armistice Day
General Chairman Announced
By Dr. Parker; Sees Suc
cess Easily.
Shelby's part in the na
tional program of raising
funds for that recognized
agency of relief, the Red
Cross,, began in earnest to
day with the announcement
that the financial drive is be
ing thoroughly outlined. It
will begin here with armistice
day and will continue until
the $1,500 goal has been
reached.
This information was learned
from Dr. S. F. Parker. county
chairman for the American Red
Cross who is organizing his work
ers and L'wconferring with repres
entatives of the board of directors
about the drive.
General Heads
Dr. Parker said M. A. Spangler
has accepted the chairmanship of
canvassing the business district and
Mrs. E. Y. Webb will in co-opera
tion with the Junior Civic league,
conduct the house-to-house drive.
School superintendent W. E. Aber
nethy and J. H. Grigg will direct
the activities of the Red Cross drive
in the city and county, respectively.
District chairmen will be named
soon.
Tentative plana now call for a
workers breakfast on the morning
of November 12 at which time 40
to 10 workers will receive final in
(continued on page twelve.)
Russian Tactics
Are “Hands Off”
LONDON. Oct. 23.—(£■)—Soviet
Russia’s representatives, going into
a supercharged session of the trou
bled European hands-off-Spain
committee indicated today Jdoscow
probably will refrain from taking
steps which might precipitate a
European war.
At the same time it was stated
authoritatively the Russians will
continue to operate every possible
diplomatic lever to thwart "Nazi
and Fascist aid to Spanish insur
gents."
The soviet statement put a new
light on the international hearing,
called to hear a three-power Fas
cist defense against soviet charges:
of neutrality violation.
Italy, Germany and Portugal!
were ready to enter denials of the
allegations and to counter with
charges of Russian aid to the Span
isn government.
Italian-German
Accord Reached
BERLIN, Oct. 23.—(JP)—Complete
Italo-German accord was an
nounced today by Count Galeazzo
Ciano, Mussolini’s son-in-law and
Italian foreign minister after a
series of conversations with Baron
Konscantin Von Meurach, German
foreign minister.
Count Ciano said the accord
merely awaits formal ratification
by Reichfurher Hitler at their
meeting tomorrow.
Government circles, meanwhile,
hailed a proposed Franco-German |
understanding as a vital European
“Rock of Peace."
Although viewed with suspicion
by French officials as a clever in
trigue to break up the Franco
Soviet military assistance pact high
Nazi quarters were undaunted.
A new "United States of Western
Europe,” embodying Germany, Ita
ly, France and Great Britain was
foreshadowed in the accord.
Belgium's Locarno
Reply Is Assuring
LONDON, Oct. 23—OP)—Bel
gium’s Locarno reply, reported to
be an assurance that that country
does not Intend to desert her exist
ing obligations, was delivered to the
foreign office today.
It was understood the note struck
a mild chord in contrast with
King Leopold's recent neutrality
speech, which has received varying
interpretations in European capi
tals.
Not Allowed T o Salute Flag
Barred from school in Baltimore, Md., when they refused to obey the law
respecting customary salute to the American flag, four of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Ludke’s six children are shown at work in the schoolroom the>
have set up in their own home. The Ludkes are members of Jehovah’t
Witnesses, a sect whose tenets forbid the flag salutation. Note, however.
I the American flag at top of photo.
Armistice Plans Discussed
Call For Parade And Picnic
Give Last Chance
For Registration
The last chance to register
for the general election to be
held on November 3 will be on
Saturday, October 24, accord
ing to John P. Mull, elections
chairman.
“Challnge day” wilt be held
next Saturday, October 31 at
which time the bookp may be
examined to see if all who are
registered are on the books leg
ally.
Election officials are fore
casting the biggest vote ever
cast in any election to be reg
istered in this county.
A Vast Increase
In Armaments Is
Shown By League
Rusal*. Germany And France List
Large Annies. U. 8. Far
Behind
GENEVA. Oct. 23 — (/P) —A vast
increase In the armaments of the
world was shown today by the
League of Nations armament year
book for 1036.
Soviet Russia’s armed forces were
placed at 1,300,000 and the year
book said, the Russian army is
capable of “absorbing and training
an annual maximum of 600,000 re
cruits.”
The league said the book has
been unable to obtain accurate of
ficial data on Germany’s armed
forces but estimated the German
army would be 550,000 officers and
| men.
Prance’s army, both in the home
; land and colonies, was given as
! 642,875 for 1935. The book gave the
( U. S. army as 138,835 men and
I 12,930 officers.
' 500 Worker* Plan
Folded Arm* Move
, WASHINGTON. Oct rS.—<JP)
David Lasser, president of the
; Workers Alliance of America, said
today 500 representatives of local
units composed of Works Progress
Administration employees was call
ed Saturday at the White House
climaxing “folded arms" demonstra
tions for better pay for WPA
workers.
The demonstration, Lasser said.
| are scheduled today on a nation
! wide scale. The Alliance Is sacking
1 a minimum wage of $40 a month
and a Vo percent ln.creas*' for si:
WPA emnloyees now receiving more
j than that.
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Tentative plane for observing Ar
mistice day were discussed at a
meeting of post officers of the War
ren F. Hoyle post of the American
Legion Wednesday night.
Since the Shelby Riding club
plans a horse show at the fair
grounds Noventber 11, It was decid
ed to have the parade at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, a picnic supper
at the Legion building at 5:30 p. m.
and a dance, also at the Legion
building, about S p. m. At 11 a. m.
taps will be heard and a salute will
be fired on the court square.
Kings Mountain Too
Invitation Is being extended
members of the Kings Mountain
post to Join in with members of
the 8helby organisation to make
the celebration a county-wide af
fair.
Tentative plans call for $60 to be
awarded as float prises, $36 for
first, $16 for second and $10 for
third prise. One or more drum and
bugle corps and a band are expect
ed to be in the line of march.
Following the parade it is pro
posed that a sort of old-fashioned
program of events, such as climb
ing a greasy pole, foot races and
similar events will be held.
Since merchants are decorating
for the big political rally Saturday
it was decided not to ask them to go
to the expense of decorating again
Armistice day; they will only be
asked to display flags In front of
their stores. Several merchants, It
Is understood, favor closing their
stores at 1 o’olock for the after
noon activities.
Lands In Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Oct. 23.-<IP>-A
trail biasing modern American clip
per ship tended today In Hong
Kong’s harbor, the first commer
cial airplane to span the Pacific
ocean.
Thousands To Attend
Colorful Rally Here;
FDR Back In Capital
“Lilt Week" Of National And State Cam
paign* Causes Interest
To Rise
Attention of the entire nation was centered on the politi
cal ticker which was today showing highs and lows of the
campaign, as it paused for a breathing spell before the “last
week.” In this county Democrats were expected to gather
15,000 strong at a rally in Shelby Saturday.
In County
Clyde R. Hoey, colorful warrior
of nearly two acora yearn of poli
tical campaign*, will make the
final "home town" speech of his
light for the governorship of the
state In the huge political rally to
be held here Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of loyal Democrats
from Cleveland and a half dosen
other counties will assemble here at
3 o’clock for the beginning of an
elaborate demonstration of enthus
iasm for the party which la not ex
pected to subside before "Hoey for
Governor and Roosevelt For Presi
dent" have been awarded over
whelming majorities.
rmtum Or Day
Briefly, some of the features of
the “Loyalty Rally" will be:
A concert and perhapa a parade
by the crack drum and bugle corps
from Oreenvllle, 8. C., part of a
championship marine band. *11118
will be augmented by {Haying of the
Shelby high school band.
A political address at 3 o’clock by
Mr. Hoey who is completing a busy
program in the interest of the par
ty In other sections of the state.
He is expected to be at hts beat and
said today it will be one of the
“big moments" In his career. Four
loud-speakers will be set up on
the oourt square.
State Nominees
All state nominees and a num
ber of officers from over North
Carolina will be here and speak
one minute each.
In the evening at T o’clock there
will be two dinner addresses by
Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer
and A. A. F. Seawell, attorney gen
eral. The dinner for 300 will be
held at the Hotel Charles.
Hon. O. M. Mull, former State
Democratic chairman, will preside.
In the afternoon Boy Scouts and
all policemen and deputies will
patrol the city. The state highway
department has been asked for
extra patrolmen. Merchants have
their places of business decorated,
and in all It will be the one “Mg
day" for this county this fall.
The project is being sponsored by
the Young Democrats of the coun
ty, with A. A. Powell as chairman.
92,(
100 Absentee
Ballots Mailed
A statement from Itaymond C.
Maxwell, executive secretary of the
state board of elections Indicates
that 92,000 absentee ballots have
already been mailed from his of
fice to be used In the coming elec
tion.
The original allotment to the
counties was only 80,000 but addi
tional requests from 12 or 15 coun
ties swelled the total.
Only 25,000 absentee ballots were
used In the state during the elec
tion of 1932. Cleveland county has
received a considerable number of
such ballots, but no check was
made on Just how many.
Lattimorels “Growing Up”As
Paved Streets, Buildings Appear
Lattimore Is stowing up.
The entire town is taking on a
new big-town appearance as a $4,
ooo street-paving program Is rap
idly nearing completion and a new
$40,000 high school building is be
ing finished inside to be occupied
when school opens. Also, a number
of homes are being painted or re
nted'led. A few new ones are being
built.
Workmen were completing today
the second gravel treatment of a
’xrge- pf.rtjoM ef ’ the stree t* withhi
■ he r <; ,,c'fc,,tihn Jimiis of the No. 7
township town. Car siter car of
[th^ gravel and asphalt and tar
preparation have been shunted on
the sidetracks and are being spread
on the well graded streets.
An all-weather surface is being
placed in front of nearly every
residence in the town, on ever road
of any importance whatever.
All of the work Is being done bv
the stage hi'rhv/ay department
which js also rapidly eojnplf upg :h§
Soiling Spriiijjs-bRttinu're road, thi.
link vb*<!li goes by the Baptist •
i church, and which by mi agree- j
1 me rt a short time agt, wUl at j
. run a second strip linking the town
j Continued on page twelve.)
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National
Back in Washington afte*
tumultuous campaigning i n
Now England, Mr. Roosevelt
had no speeches to make un
til he addresses a number of
business men dinners by
radio from the White House
tonight,
Winding up his New England
tour at Stamford., Comj. yastarday
ho said, "i am confident that the
people are using Intelligence In
this elective year and I Me net the
least bit afraid of the result#.
Next Week
Mr. Roosevelt may carry his cam
paign Into Pennsylvania next week
with an address at Scranton.
Governor Landon Issued a state
ment cMtandta, RomsveWponotfs
haVF^ratlperfiea the federal gov
ernment” and that the New Deal
“is using, the people's money direct
ly and indirectly to secure” the
president’s reelectlon.
Knox Va Wallace ,'V,
While Col. Prank Knox told a
Toledo audience that four more
years of the New Deal might de
stroy free enterprise. Secretary
Wallaqe declared In Iowa that a
vote-for the Republicans la a vote
for lower farm prices.
Alfred E. Sm)th assailed the New
Deal at Chicago and expressed .con
fidence "millions and millions of
Jeffersonian Democrats" would vote
for Landon.
.Stumping In Indiana Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland
declared the Republicans hold to
"the same old policies of Harding.
Coolidge and Hoover which In 1939
plunged this country into economic
ruin,” while Lewis Douglas, one
time budget director far Mr. Roose
velt, said he would "go to the polls
to express my opposition to the
New Deal by voting for Mr. Lan
don.
Beam Son* Begin
Four Store Rooms
To Cost $25,000
Buy Goode Property On R. UFly<
ette Street; Will Pat In BaM
rood Siding
D. A. Beam Sons have begun the
construction of four two-Story
store rooms on 8. La Fayette street
on the Goode property which they (
recently acquired. Hie building
will be of brick construction, lOSx
105 feet with a basement.
One of the ground floor will be
occupied as an office for the Beam
company while the entire second
floor of 106x105 feet will be utilized
as a storage for field seed, grain
and feeds of all kinds. C. H. Rein
hardt will occupy one of the store
rooms, leaving two others to be
rented later.
John Beam, speaking for the
company this morning, said that a
Southern railroad siding will be
built from Morgan street to furnish
shipping facilities to the rear of tha
deep lot. On the rear of the let
will be a shed for trucks, wagon
scales and a coal yard from which
customers in the southern part of
the city will be supplied. Beam
Brothers do-a general business,
handling fertilizers, feeds, seeds,
coal, scrap steel, etc. Already this
season they have shipped 6,000 bush
I -is of new peas from this section.
10 000 bushels of last year's corn
.■id many cars of scrap steel for
export to Japan
The coal yard, fertilizer factory
Htjnp steel places already es
.biished along Seaboard trackage
in the northern part of tha dif,
will be ■'continued. g
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