WEATHER
North Carolina: Gen»ally fair
tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy, pos
sibly followed by light rains.
Official Shelby temperature:
High 53, Low 31, Rainfall .103.
Tshe Slxelhy Bale thr
MARKETS
Cotton, a pot ._...... 13c to UK(
Cotton sMd, »»|on, too .... $35.00
Cotton srcd, cor, ton lot .... 9M.O0
FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896
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VOL. ALli—
mumbuk ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE SHELBY DAILY STAR
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 21. 1036
AUDITED CIRCULATION
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DEATH LIST MOUNTS IN SAN SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE
Pan American Peace 1$ Neared
FINAL SESSION
OF PEACE MEET
OPENING TODAY
37 Measures To Add
Strength Before
Body
PROGRESS MADE
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21.—(jP)—
Inter-American Peace Conference
delegates met In their Anal plen
ary session today to approve 37
measures to strengthen bonds among
the American Republics and liber
lize trade policies.
They stood silent for one minute
in memory of the victims of the
earthquake at San Vicente, El Sal
vador.
Many Proposals
As the historic meeting moved to
the close, scheduled for Wednesday,
delegates from the 21 participating
nations expressed satisfaction over
the consultative system set up so
that the American Republics could |
meet and talk over any threat of
war on any continent.
There were in all 28 proposals
and agreements to be brought be
fore today’s session, the last sched
uled plenary meeting. Trade reso
lutions and motions for American
solidarity in the event of war.
threats were to De tne nignspois
It declared American nations al
ready have established their own'
peace systems and that Pan-Amer- j
Icanlsm Is based on principles of
■'equality, reciprocal respect, auto-j
nomy, independence and free de- j:
relopment.”
Two previous plenary sessions ap- 1
proved 32 projects which set up the 1
consultative system as a safeguard
to peace and the principle of non
intervention in the military dis
putes of others.
CLEVELAND DEBT
ON NET BASIS IS
LOWEST IN N. C.
Charlotte Investment i
House Says Ratio Is
Remarkable
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 21. — Meek-1
lenburg county’s strong financial ]
rating is disclosed in a statistical
chart released by R. S. Dickson &
Co., Charlotte investment brokers,
which gives the ratio of the net
debt to the assessed valuation in 1
each of the 100 counties of North <
Carolina. «
Mecklenburg county, with a net ]
debt of 2.3 per cent of the county’s
assessed valuation, stands tenth in 1
the list of the counties, with only <
Cleveland, Durham, Forsyth, Gas- i
ton, and New Hanover, of the larg- i
er counties having a lower debt i
ratio. Cleveland county heads the i
list, with a net debt ratio of 1.1 per
cent, considered a really remark- )
able record. Carteret is at the hot- i
t°m; its debt is 39.4 per cent of its i
assessed valuation. ]
The Standings c
The first 10 counties on the list, ]
and the ratio of their debt to their |
assessed valuations, are: Cleveland,
jl: Currick, 1.3; Scotland, 1.3;
'arren, 1.3; Durham, 1.8; Forsyth,
’6 Camden, 1.9; Gaston, 1.9; New
,meuKienourg, ia.a.
Fifty-one counties according to
11 ** chart, owe debts less than
5e'en per cent of their assessed -
valuations. Sixty-five counties have
('bt ratios to valuations under 10
■*' cent. The 11 counties with the
*orst financial standings have ra
as running from 17.3 per cent to
A l^r cent. Of that group, Bun
r»mbe is the largest county; its ra
"° is 26.3 per cent.
Prom the depression period lows i
lh« Present ratings, the bonds of i
'f h'°rth Carolina counties have s
, 5 ~f remarkable gains. Buncombe’s 7
. “tis as an example, worth $18
J ,ln 1932-1933, have doubled to e
£-.co on December 1 this year, c
•McMsnburfli bonds during that j
dropped to $80, although the t
minty had never defaulted knd
w 0ll?h no other county bonds c
n higher, are now bringing a v
11 premium, and so are the r
..‘*Us of many other North Caro- t
■Ina mnnries. ,
*
Pope Worse
QUIET ORDERED
FOR POPE PIUS
Is Con*
siaered in Serious
Condition
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 21.—(ff) -
Specialists ordered absolute quie
for Pope Pius XI today if the Hoi:
Father is to live. He is 79 yeari
>ld.
Well informed Vatican circle!
said the pontiff’s physician, a spe
;talist, called in for an urgent con
sultation had laid down rigo:fxu
■ules to aid his weakened condition
nought on by the ills of. old ag<
rnd complicated by a high fevei
ind possibly influenza.
Attendants said there is no hop<
ils holiness could go through hii
isual Christmas ceremonies. H<
nust spend the holiday abed, or, a
Jest, in a wheel chair.
The orders for a stricter regimeni
were put into effect after the Pop<
suffered a fainting spell as he laj
n bed yesterday.
The attack was caused, doctor
said, by his irregular heart action
;he result of circulatory stagnation
The Holy Father’s personal phy
sician, Dr. Amanti Milan!, hasten
sd to the Papal apartments earl:
oday to examine his patient’s fevei
shart, checking anxiously to see ii
he epidemic of influenza in Romt
lad added the Pope to its vie
ims.
resDyrery oives
McDiarmid New Car
Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor o!
he Shelby Presbyterian church, re
eived a new Chevrolet car Satur
!ay, as a Christmas gift from the
tings Mountain Presbytery.
For a number of years the Rev.
dr. McDiarmid has served as
hairman of the Presbytery’s board
if home missions, doing a deal ol
vork in connection with the board
or which he has received no pay,
ind has expected none.
Saturday he was asked to come
o Gastonia, presumably on some
nlssion connected with his home
nisslon board activities, but when
le reached the appointed place the
ar was presented to him by an ap
ireclative committee representing
he entire Presbytery.
HAILE SELLS SILVER
LONDON, Dee. 21. — (/P) —
Thousands of pieces of silver
plate were offered for sale to*
day by Emperor Haile Selassie
of Ethiopia.
Wally Won’t See
Edward Until Her
Divorce Is Final
CANNES, France, Dec. 21.—(/P)—
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i
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Wallis Warfield Simpson cleared
away the mystery surrounding her
Immediate future today with a plain
indication she would not see the
man who gave up the throne of
England for her until her divorce
Is absolute.
The statement that Mrs. Simp
son was remaining at her haven in
Cannes for “several months," and
“there Is absolutely no possibility”
she will see Edward of Windsor
until spring was made by Herman
Rogers, her Riviera host, as Mrs.
Simpson held a formal press con
ference for the first time in her life.
In the end it turned out to be
more of a social reception than an
interview. Adroitly Mrs. Simpson
discussed the beauty of the Riviera,
the weather and the dangers of
driving over mountain roads. .
With a gracious, happy air she
joined in the general conversation
in the beautiful gardens of Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers’ Villa Lou Viel yester
day afternoon, but she left it to her
host and spokesman to answer the
two questions all the world was
asking:
When would she see the Duke of
Windsor?
When would they be wed? '
The answer to the first was not
“for several months” and to the
second only silence.
Windows To Open
Until 8 O’Clock
Russell Laughrldge, assistant
postmaster announced today that
beginning this evening the windows
, of the local office will remain open
’ until eight o’clock to take care of
I the extra volume of Christmas mail.
They will do so until Christmas
Eve.
' "The annual rush is on,” said Mr.
! Laughrldge. “The stamps and par
J cel post windows will* remain open
, until eight, and special delivery
service will be continued on Christ
mas Day. The office will be closed
Christmas Day."
On Saturday the office will be
open as ifeual.
BURNED WIFE?
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 21.
—(JP)—E. E. Grover, middle
aged chiropractor, paced a Jail
cell today and denied officers’
charges he burned his wife to
death yesterday after a quar
rel.
Christmas Party
Tickets Tuesday
All applicants for tickets to
the Salvation Army and Shel
by firemen Christmas eve party
must make their applications at
Salvation Army headquarters at
1002 South LaFayette street, be
tween 2 and 5 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon, it was announced.
Only children with tickets are
to be admitted to the party
which is to be held Christmas
eve at the American Legion
building.
Parents who wish to obtain
tickets for their children and.
children themselves wish to at
tend the party must be cer
tain to apply because no tickets
are to be issued without inves
tigation.
Ttft party is for children who,
otherwise, might receive no
Christmas presents. x
Only 708Auto Tags Are Sold •
For 1937In Cleveland County
While sales of auto licenses are
unning about 50 per cent ahead of
lormal in most parts of the state,
ales in Cleveland county are about
0 per cent behind.
According to the Carolina Motor
lub only 708 tags have been sold to
ate. Last year in the corresponding
eriod nearly 300 more plates had
een sold.
A message this morning from the
ommtssiorrer of revenue, A. J. Max
rel lsaid, "It is well understood that
o extension of time is given for
be use of old license plates on
treets and highways on or* after
January 1. The co-operation.of the
motorists will be greatly apprec
iated.”
Fire Department To
Have Banquet At 8
Annua! banquet of the Shelby
Fire department will be held to
night at 8 o’clock at the American
Legion building. An Interesting
program has been arranged for
members of the department, their
wives and friends. J. L. McDowell,
r-hief, will preside.
A
COTTON CHECKS
FOR $14,000 TO
ADD TOHOLIDAH
Farmers Are Asked
To Wait Until They
Get Card
DIVERSION FUND
Cotton adjustment checks total
ling $14,352.10 to 193 Cleveland coun
ty farmers arrived at the office o
the county agent this week-end anc
will appear In the Christmas stock'
Ings of as many cotton growers, li
was learned today.
Notices Sent
County Agent Wilkins said notice*
have been sent out to all the grow
ers who will receive checks in thii
consignment and asks that “each
grower wait until he has receivoc
his card.”
The checks are the payment bj
the government for the work done
in soil conservation, or actually five
cents per pound for the cotton which
would have grown on the land which
was diverted to soil conserving crops.
Approximately $20,000 was re
ceived earlier in the season, but
Mr. Wilkins said today the main
body of checks are not likely to ar
rive before about the first of the
year. If they do, it will be a Christ
mas surprise to him.
His office will dose Thursday at
noon and remain closed for Christ
mas until Monday. December 38
Persons notified about checks should
come before Thursday noon.
BULLETINS
C. R. CODY DEAD
LONDON, Dec. 21.—</P)—
Charles Raven Cody, a circus
performer who claimed to be
the last of three sons of Wil
liam (Buffalo BUI) Cody, died
today in a hospital. He was 78
years old.
TRAIN HIT8 WAGON
BERLIN, Md., Dec. 21.—(AV—
A Pennsylvania railroad train
plowed into a loaded farm wag
on at a grade crossing on the
Ocean Clty-Berlin highway near
here today, kUllng one man In
stantly and critically injuring
another.
EIGHT KILLED
CAPETOWN, Union of South
Africa, Dec. 21.—(!Py— Eight per
sons were killed and 35 injured,
several seriously, today when a
train enronte from Port Eliza
beth to Capetown was derailed.
PUBLISH NAMES
WASHINGTON, Dec, 21,—<A>)
—A policy of opening to public
Inspection nil names and
amounts under the federal farm
benefit payments was announc
ed today by agricultural adjust
ment administration leaders.
HUSBAND HELD
KENANSVILLE, Dec. 21.—(A*)
—A. James Wilson, 22-year-old
farmer, was held In the Duplin
county jail here today while of
ficer* Investigate the death of
his wife from a pistol wound at
their home near Magnolia early
Saturday night.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Wallace
said Wilson declared his 20
year-old wife, Adele, committed
suicide with a small automatic
after the two had quarreled.
High School Lad
Dies of Pneumonia
L. D. Nanny, 17 year old popular
high school boy died early today at
the Shelby hospital following a
week's illness of pneumonia. He
became 111 with a cold and fever
last Sunday and was taken to the
hospital later in the week. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. p. Nan
ny of South Shelby
Funerftl rites will be held Tues
day at 3 o’clock at the Second Bap
tist church with Rev. C. V. Mar
tin, pastor, in charge. Interment
will be at Zoar.
He is survived by his parents, a
brother, Alfred Nanny and a sis
ter Miss Ruby .Toycc Nanny
Santa Early For Sick Boys
True to hie traditional benevolence, Santa Claua advanced the date of Chrlatmes nearly two weeks for
the epeclal benefit of two email boya leat they die of Incurable dieeaeea before hla regular visit. Slowly
dying of bone cancer In a hospital at Omaha Neb., Johnny Hernandes (left), S, happily played with hie
toya while Nurae Rose Burnsteln told him the Chrletmaa atory. And at Mercy hoapltal In Kanaaa City,
Charles Mendenhall (right), S, merrily pedaled hla new Christmas tricycle. Of courea doctor e haven’t
the heart to tell him he la a victim of dread Pemphlgua, a fatal dlaeaae that gradually covars the body
with burn-llke blisters. (Associated Prasa Photos)
Duelist’s Wife
Has A Daughter
BUDAPEST, Hungary. Dec. 21.
—(A5)—Frau Fran* Surge, wife of
the diminutive “Me Against
Nine” duelist, gave birth to a
daughter today at St. John’s
hospital.
Surge, whose successive affairs
of honor was the talk of Bud
apest for weeks, was momentar
ily crestfallen.
“I had hoped for another
duelist,” he said.
His 20-year old blond wife,
however, was jubilant.
“One duelist in the family is
more than enough,” she said.
HUNT SPREADS
FOR 2 PLANES
Nine Missing In One,
Two In The Second
Lost Airliner
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 31.—UP)
—The wintry west locked the fate
of nine missing persons In Us cold
and snow too ay as officials, posting
a $1,000 rt^ard, announced a search
“on our own” for one of two planes i
seven days after it disappeared. i
Admitting “every clue exhaust- i
ed,” Western Air Express officials :
offered the reward, effective until
noon January 4, for discovery of i
the Los Angeles-Salt Lake tran- i
sport lost with five men and two
women since Tuesday.
The ship, last reported over Mil
ford, In southwestern Utah, is
ward and East Central Nevada.
Hunt Second Ship
Five hundred miles northwest.
Ranger M. T. Olmstead turned the
hunt to a new sector In north Ida
ho for Pilot Joe Livermore, co-pllot
A. A. Hald and their Northwest
Airlines Transport, missing since
Friday.
Livermore made his last radio
report over Elk River, Idaho. The
search had centered between there
and Spokane. Olmstead said, how
ever, the transport flew low over
the forest service station at Calder,
40 miles north of Elk River, Friday,
then turned west toward Spokane.
One thousand CCC enrollees, '
army officers and enlisted men
were assigned to comb mountain
ous sections of Utah over which 8.
J. Samson may have piloted the
Western Air Express plane. They
were part of 8,200 men placed at
disposal of airline officials by Bri
gadier General Walter C. Sweeney,
commander of Fort* Douglas, near i
Salt Lake City. ]
A dozen planes continued an ae
rial search.
EMBARGO UPHELD
WASHINGTON, Dec. SI.—(JP)
—The 134 anas embargo act
which authorized President
Roosevelt to forbid the sale of
munitions in this country for
use in the recent Chaco War be
tween Bolivia and Uaraguay was !
held constitutional today by
the Supreme court. 1
1
Study Board Proposes
County Liquor Control
SURPRISE RAIDS
NET 26 GALLONS
Cleveland and Arcade
Hotels Searched;
Still Cut Down
Surprise raids by county and city
officers lti at least three spots this
week-end Interrupted forcibly the
Christmas liquor trade. Two cases
were aired in recorder’s court today
and one was taken into the federal
court.
A raid early Saturday night on
the Cleveland hotel by eight coun
ty and city officers and a state pa- c
trolman netted 26 gallons of liquor, t
most of which was tax paid, with
some of the "white com” variety. «
Another small raid led by Sher- c
ff Raymond Cline called for a j
search warrant on the Arcade hotel f
rhere a quantity of booze was found v
ind Solon Deal was tried this mom- t
ng and fined $10 and the costs. t
Get Still ,
Township officers led by F. X. n
jolden, federal Investigator yester- «
lay cut down a 100-gallon moon- p
ihlne still in operation near Kings
Mountain and took three men, Wal
er Agnew, Sam Lindsey and Fred c
3ist. They were given a hearing by i
Commissioner John P. Mull and c
claced under bonds of $500 which j
(Continued on page twelve.) 1
blearing Waived ;
In Poison Case *
v
WILMINGTON, Dec. 21.—OF) \
—Edgar Lee Smoak waived a "!
preliminary hearing in record- ,
er’s court here today and was .
ordered held without bail on a
charge of murdering his 15
year-old daughter, Annie Thel- ,
ma, by poison.
A murder charge against his *
housekeeper, Mrs. Genevieve r
Harker, was dropped but she c
vas placed under $1,000 bond
as a material witness.
bounties To Get 80%
Revenue; Local
Option
RALEIGH, Dec. 21.—t**)—The H
|uor study vommlsslon recommend
>d that North Carolina have a state
iupervised alcoholic control systeir
composed of county-operated storei
or sale of original package goods
vith sale of whiskey by the drink
>rohlblted.
A model bill bearing approval ol
our of the seven members of thi
ommisslon was Included In the re
tort, permitting each county deslr
tig to do so to hold an election on
he liquor question and providing
hat the state should get 20 per cent
f the net profits of the stores with
he counties getting 80 per cent.
Three members of the commla
lon, L. R. Varser of Lumberton,
iharlcs A. Hines of Greensboro and
ohn Robinson of Charlotte, pro
osed that the bill require a state
Ide referendum on the liquor ques
lon and that in case of defeat of
He proposal for county stores the
resent Pasquotank and New Han
ver laws, under which stores op
rate In 18 counties would be re
ealed automatically.
County Opinion
Victor S. Bryant, of Durham,
hairman. along with Thomas W.
laoul of Asheville, Donnell Gilliam
f Tarboro and R. P. Beasley of
fonroe approved the county option
iw.
The proposed state liquor board
rould consist of a chairman, to be
aid $6,000 a year for full-time
fork, and two associate members to
et $25 per day for days actually
rorked. The members would be ap
ointed by the governor for three
ear terms after the first board
lembers , who would serve three,
wo and one-year terms, respectlve
r.
The state board would have the
eto power over practicallvy all ac
lon of the county boards, being
mpowered to supervise the local
nit stores, fix prices, remove board
lembers, supervise purchasing by
aunty stores, fix opening and clos
(Continued on page twelve.)
Over $20,000 To Be Paid Oat
This Week By Shelby Firms
Dividend and interest checks to
ailing $30,200 will go out this week
rom the three building and loan
issociations and the M. and J. Fi
lance company, the quarterly pay
nente expected to be a boost to
Christmas trading.
Captain J. F. Roberts said the
Shelby Building and Loan wUl pay
iut $7,200 on full paid stock.
Officials at the M. and J. Finance
:ompany said its dividend checks
rill total $2,000 and interest checks
,4 500.
Joe L. Suttle of the Cleveland
hiildfng and Loan .said his coin
$
pany’s payments will be $3,500.
According to John P. Mull secre
tary of the Shelby and Cleveland
association payments there for about
100 checks will be approximately
$3,000.
CAPT. BROADWAY ILL
IN RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL
Captain W. A, Broadway, road
supervisor for Cleveland county,
i was taken suddenly ill this morning
I and entered the Rutherford Hos
! pital. The nature of his illness was
! not learned.
RESCUERS FIND
MORE DEAD AS
RUINS SEARCHED
Molten Lava From
Volcano Flows Over
Wrecked City
FEAR EPIDEMIC
By The Associated Prcn
SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Dec.
21. -Officials expressed fears today
or a mounting death toll In the de
vastating earthquake which raced
almost all 8an Vicente and killed at
least 200 persona over the week-end.
Persons arriving In San Salvador
from the stricken provincial capital
told stories of wholesale ruin, of
shattered buildings and hornet, and
of rescuers digging out some 200
bodies In the first few hours after
the quake.
Rush Relief
How high the deaths would reach
no one would estimate, but govern
ment officials dlspatchsd all relief
available to the area.
Accurate reports were made In
creasingly difficult to obtain be
cause of the disrupted communica
tions between the quake area and
San Salvador.
Telephone and telegraph lines
were ripped down by the quakee and
Information could be had only from
thoee who fled Inland from the
scene.
The quake, which first struck the
sleeping city of San Vicente Sat
urday night, crashed buildings and
shook the earth in villages nearby,
eye witnesses said.
Refugees, with thrtr families and
household belongings fled along
rural roads trying to reach safety
train the ever-menacing volcano
Santa Rita, southeast of San Vin
cente which some refugees said
was erupting.
Adding to the fears of molten
lava pouring from the volcano over
the wrecked city was the specter of
epidemics. Much of San Vincente’s
supply of drinking water was pois
oned by sulphur apparently exud
ing from the smoking volcano after
(Continued on page twelve.)
FIVE KILLED IN
AUTO WRECKS IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Six Deaths Occur In
S. C. Over Week
End; Ilia List
CHARLOTTE, Dec. M.—UP)—Flva
persons were killed in week-end
traffic accidents over North Caro
lina. a check-up showed today.
Miss Ines Phillips was killed at
High Point when a car hit a tele
phone pole.
Preston Cone, S3, was found dead
on the Ralelgh-Wilson highway, a
hit-run victim. Luther Hyde, 19,
died in a Tar boro wreck la which
five others were Injured.
Henry Laws, negro, was struck
and killed by a car at Durham. Will
Roberts, Gastonia negro, was killed
In a wagon-auto collision.
FOUR PEDESTRIANS ARE
KILLED ON HIGHWAYS
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. SI.—(JPh
Automoblles killed four pedestrians
in South Carolina over the week
end and highway wrecks accounted
for two other deaths.
William Davidson, 55, was killed
in north Charleston by a hit-run
driver. Henry T. Crisp, 45, was a hit
run victim at Union. Arthur R.
Campbell, 48, was struck and killed
at Spartanburg.
A car hit Arthur Edwards, 25,
near Woodruff and killed him.
Ernest M. Kelly, 23, of Seneca,
died at Anderson of Injuries, and
Ralph Bennett, 65-year-old negro,
was killed in an accident at Sumter.
Rotary Ladies To
Entertain Tonight
Annual ladles party tor Shsib*
Rotarians will be held at the Hotet
Charles at 7:30 o’clock tonight.
These parties are always looked
forward to with a certain amount
; of fear and trembling on the part
; of Rotarians since the greater part
of the program is each year taken
| up with alleged facts from the early
life of members of the elub with
wifely interpretations.
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