MONDAY, MAR. 2. 1981 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. 8 PAGES TODAY «- * H* Mail, orr ttw. (Is UnnHI IUI Uorrlrr, orr rr»r. its no VOL. XXXVII, No. 26 SHE LBV, N. 0. LA TE NEWC THE MARKET Colton, per U>.10c up Cotton seed, per bushel__33c Groundhog Snow. Today’s .North Carolina Weather Report: Rain in east and rain or snow in west portion tonight. Prob ably clear Tuesday. Colder tonight and Tuesday.' Congress Near End. Washington. March 2.—The event ful Seventy-First congress is in its last days. It will pass into history at noon Wednesday, marking at the same time the end of Herbert Hoo ver'* first two years as president. The closing short session, which started December I. was a victory for the administration, in that pas sage of all major appropriation bills, aggregating some *4,000,000,000, was : accomplished in the face of a desire 1 nesicrn innepenaenis. Holding a “balance of power," for a special session. > W. W. Hardin Is Buried Saturday Deaeon For Many Years of New Hope Baptist Church At Earl Succumbs, Age 78. W. W. Hardin, 73 years old farmer of the Mount Sinai section of lower Cleveland, died at his home Friday evening at 5:30 o'clock, following an illness extending ever a year or more. Mr, Hardin was 78 years of age February 23rd. He was a highly esteemed Christian gentleman who joined the church in young manhood and served for many years as deacon of the New Hope Baptist church at Earl, He was regarded as a kindly hian, possessing fine principles and a large crowd attended his funeral conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at New Hope church by the pastor. Rev. J. L. Jenkins, assisted by Rev. J. W. Davis. A large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Hardin is survived by his faithful companion, three children Mrs. Ben Wilson of Cherryville, Mis. Clarence Beam of the Ross Grove section .and David Hardin who lived in the community near his father. Also surviving are 25 grand children and nine great grand children. Two-Thirds Tax Levy Collected Sheriff Allen Has Taken In $336,000. Two Percent Penalty On Today. Through last week Sheriff Irvin ] Allen had collected approximately ! S336 000, or more than two-thirds of ] Cleveland county's total tax levy of $484,000. Although collections are lagging omewh&t now the tax collection:; in this county are considerably ahead of those in many other counties in the State, and Sheriff Allen is hope ful of collecting the major portion ef the remaining unpaid levy this month. Penally On. ' \ Beginning today a penalty o.‘ t wo j per cent was added to all unpaid ] •axes in the county. After March Ire , penalty will advance to three cents, I and the sheriff's office urges pay- j nent this month so that taxpayers may avoid the additional penalty in April. Rev. J. L. White’s Son Dies In Asheville Mother Was Miss Dovie Putnam And Brother of Rev. Lee White. For mer Paston Here. News has been received here of the death in Oteen government hos pital, Asheville, of Wiliam Royall White, about the middle of Febru ary. Mr. White was gassed in the! World war which impaired his health and finally caused his death. Mr. White wus the son of Rev. and Mrs. J. L. White. His mother was Miss Dovie Poston of Cleveland county and he had visited relatives here on several occasions. His brother, Rev. Lee McB. White was pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby for a number of years. Surviving are his parents, five brothers Attorney Hubert White of Miami, Fla., Rev. James White, of Louisville, Ky., Rev. Charles White of Coco, Fla., Rev. Lee McB. White, of, Jacksonvile, Fla., one sister Mrs. Martha Kunkel, of Miami, Fla. Also surviving Is his wife who lives in Macon, Ga., where the body was interred. Johnson Opens New Market At Carolina Mr. Ernest Johnson, former pro pitetor of the Home Provision com ixirty and later with the Piggly giggly market, has opened mar ket in the Carolina store on North LaFayette street. Mr. A. E Greg ory returned from Forest City to take Mr. Johnson's place at the Piggly Wiggly. Cleveland Vets Begin Applying ForBonusLoans Quarter Of Million Coming Here Ex-Service Men Started Mailing Ap plications Friday Afternoon. Hundred In. Just a short time alter I i ' day's edition of The Star rear li ed the streets, informing that the bonus bill had passed the Vnited istates senate, Shelby and Cleveland county ex-service men began filling out and mailing their applications for loans on the service certificates. The bonus bill entitles World war veterans to borrow half of their total bonus, provided, oi course, 22. 1-2 percent oi the bonus has not al ready been borrowed. Four and one half percent interest will oe clta:.' ed, and the total .bonus of the av erage veteran is SI.000, which means that the average ex-sen ice wan will not receive $500. if he lias not- al - ready borrowed a portion of. it. Those who have already - oorrpwt d 22 1-2 per cent of the average $1, 000 bonus, as entitled to before the new bill, will receive $270. doing In Fast. By Friday night several score of j applications had already been fined ■ and mailed here. Over the week-end i the number, it is estimated .ran: considerably over 100. [ Total Money. A general estimate is that ap proximately 600 Cleveland veteran will take advantage of the loan plan. Approximately 200 of the 000 have already borrowed their 22 1-2 per cent. while arouncl 400 will be aide to borrow half of their total vouch er. This being the case, and figur ing the average certificate worth $1,000, approximately $227,000 will come to this county within a few weeks. Preparations were already faade tc handle the distribution and early applicants expert to get their bonus money within a short period of time. The news of the passage in the senate, by a vote of 76 to 17 over the Hoover veto, was the cause of much rejoicing on the party of ex service men and their relatives irt this section. Immediate action fol lowed as veterans Aislted the service officer of the Legion post here and others to begin sending tlielr certi ficates away. In local business circles the pay ment of half the bonus is expected to cause general activity. Many of the veterans who will apply now are, in need of money and a oig per centage of the estimated quarter of a million here will go to pay off.. debts and square accounts. That, however, will mean a turn over of new money, and quite a sum will undoubtedly, go into lots, farm lands, homes, clothing, automobiles small businesses and other tiling, to stimulate business conditions Although veterans get the full nai: of their certificate value now the interest for the period of 15 years until 1945 will eat up a major por tion of the remaining half. The av erage veteran who gets $5iiC cf hi $1,000 will have only around $200 left of the remaining, amount after the interest is deducted. Many county veterans will receive considerably more than the $500. which is half the worth of the av erage veteran’s certificate. Numer ous Cleveland veterans have service certificates worth $1,500 and more due to a long period of service. Strike Leader Seized Edith Berkman, girl strike lead- ‘ er of the Lawrence, Mass., mill j workers is again in trouble with the law. She is shown accom panied by police officers, on her way to tail. Edith has been re jected by some of the mill s trikers as their leader, and has ’ een branded a “flame in skirts” by a Lawrence pastor. Only Two Arrests In County Over Week End, None In City; Five Men Fined Total Of $900 How Veteran Gets A Loan Washington. Mar. 2.—Here's vhat a veteran has to do to borrow half the face value ol his adjusted coinpensatioi certificate.: If he has obtained a loan he may present In person or mail to one of the 54 regional of fices the record of it and the application for more. Those who have not receiv ed loans must mail to the of fice or present a certificate note to that effect along with discharge papers and the cer tificate. Notes can be obtained front the regional offices and veterans' organizations. Front there on the loan is in the hands of the veteran#’ bureau, which heretofore has issued loans within 10 days ol receiving applications and hopes to continue issuing at about the same rate. Regional offices are in: Atlanta, Birmingham, ( liar lotte, V. ('., Columbia, S. ('• Little Rock. Nashville, New Orleans, and Richmond. Health Improving. Mr. A. T. Mull. Lawndale Route 4. one of the county’s most substantial i citizens, who has been undergoing treatment at the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem, returned to his home yesterday. He is very much ! improved in health and now feel; i fine, his many friends will be pleat i ed to hear. Four Rounded l.’p In Friday Night Raid Given Heavy Fines, Terms. Quiet Sunday. The past week-end in Cleveland county was the quietest city and county officers have experienced in months.. Only- two arrests t*er< made Saturday and Sunday, both by county officers of county Citi zens. For the first time in weeks the city police force did not lock up a single inebriate. The two men ar rested. officers said, were from Ca sar and Stubbs. Treasury Grows. The school fund, however, beiie fitted several hundred dollars by a ■roundup: made "by officers Friday night when five men, some of them alleged to be bootleggers. Were ar rested, Officers participating in the round-up in and about the city were Sheriff Allen, and Deputies Bob Kendrick. John Hold. Ben Cooper and Ed Dixon-. The five arrested, all on liquor charges, and the fines imposed on them by County Judge Maurice Weathers follow: .Julius Hamrick, colored. $100 and the costs, paid; George Champion and Tom Wood, $250 each or six months each— Wood appealed and Champion, of ficers say, took the. road term: Sid Cook. $250 or six months, and Brice C-reen. $100 dr six months—both tak ing the alternative sentence, officers said today. Mrs. J, L. Grice, James Grice, Bill Daggett, Rush, jr„ and Buddy Ham rick spent yesterday in Columbia, visiting the former’s daughter, Mrs F. C. Bordeaux and Mr. Bordeaux. Mrs. Grice will remain there for about two weeks. Gardner Road Bill, Reducing Taxes, Passes Senate, Becomes A Law; Only Five Against It State To Take Over AH County Highways, Thus Removing Road Taxes, Raleigh, Mar. 2:—After killing ev ery amendment not accepted by the senators sponsoring the administra tion measure, and after hearing far more arguments and •tory against the bill than for it. the Sen ate Friday passed the Connor road bill by a second reading roll call vote of 42 to 5. It was an even greater victory for Governor Gard ner’s proposal than he or any of his legislative lieutenants. within or without the senate, had expected. Before voting down major amend ments and passing the road bill, the senate killed by a vote of 35 to 11 the substitute bill which opponents of the measure had prepared. This bill provided for the same I money for the counties that the -{ p|>nnor bill does but called for state super vision of the county road rriainten ance instead of having '. the ^tatc take over the roads itself. There also were other differences. Though there were several sen ators who preferred the • substitute bill to tl^e Connor bill but prefer red the latter to nothing, the' sub stitute was killed by the folio wing roll call vote: Voting for the substitute: Sena tors Baggett. Bernard. Burras. Burt Campbell. Clarkson. Clement, Hardy, Hinsdale, Jones. Umstead. Voting against the substitute: fc u ators Bennett. Blount. Clark. Dortch Dutilay, Folger, Gower, Gravely, j Grief, Gwyn, Harmon. Hatchett, Haywood. Hendren, Hicks, Horton. Johnson, McSwain, Peel, Powell, Price, Prittchett, Rankin, Rcdwell, Uzzell, Ward of Beaufort, Ward of Craven, Whedbee, Williams, Zolli coffer. Absent: Grant. McKee. Lynch, Nixon, Connor Bill Vole. On the Connor bill itself the only five voting against the bill were Senators Baggett, Clarkson. Clem ent, Hinsdale and Urns tea cf. On this vote Senators Campbell, Bernard and Gram were not in the hall af the time. Of those absent on the first roll call. Senators McKee, Lynch and Nixon were present and voted for the bill. All others not named voted for It. Most important of the amend ments adopted was the Gravely amendment which provided that convict labor should not be used in road work when Its cost exceeded the cost of free labor in the districts where the work w as being done. This amendment may not receive the house concurrence and its adoption may mean that the bill will have to go to conference, in the opinion of Judge N. A. Townsend, one of the governor’s lieutenants in putting the bill across. Another Gravely amendment, ac cepted in the committee, strength ened the bill's provision that coun ties should levy no road tax. by pro viding that the gross levy of the respective counties should be reduc ed by the amount of its 1930 road tax4 with debt service except--i Casar Student Wins Medal In Annual Contest Paul Morris Gets Hoey Honor | No. S Orator Takes Second Honors, Lattlmorc Bov Places Third. Paul Morris. Casnr high school i student, whs on Friday night, thr winner of the Hoey oratorical con i test, an annual event for Cleveland county schools far n decade and a [half. Young Morris wow Inst honors and the Clyde R. Hoey medal over nine rivals with the oration "A Tri bute to Washington." Other Winners. B. H. Horton, of the No. 3 school, took second, honors. His subject was 'America's Uncrowned Quern” Third honors were accorded Lay man Martin, of the Lattimore school, on "Let Wc Forget.” Other entrants, their schools and subjects were: John Z. McBrayer, Mooresboro, “Americanism”; J. W. Blackett. Jr.. Belwood, "Mother’s In fluence”; George Blalock, Grover. “America, the Guiding Star of Na tions1'; Thomas Beam, No. 8, “I Am Innocent of tills Blood”; Hubert Wilson, Sheiby, "The Age Needs Men"; Otto Williams, Kings .Moun tain, “America, the Guiding Star of Nations;" Edison Noggles, Boiling Springs, "America, the Hope of the World." The judges were Messrs. R. L. Leary and E. J. Hargis arid Miss Sara Taylor of the Rutherfordtoii Splndale schools. The Hoey anedal was presented the winner by Mr. Hargis. Webb Contests. The Selma Webb recitation con test will be held Friday night. March 6, at the Central high school audi torium here. The winner of the Sel ma Webb essay contest will be an nounced at the same time. ' Invite Bailey ToLegionMeet Mass Meeting Saturday, March II, Ends Drive For Cegion Members. Senator Josiah W. Bailey, who takes office on Wednesday of tills ; week, has been invited to address a mass meeting of members of the American Legion and their friends here Saturday night, March 14. This meeting will end the cleso up-drive or campaign for complete membership rolls, it is announced by W. S. Beam, post connnan far. All former service men are cor dially invited to attend this meet ing. The public and Ladies Auxiliar ies of the legion are also invited. An interesting program will be de veloped. On this night ten thousand posts all over the United States will be holding similar round-up meet ings. J C. Dodd Very 111 At Hi* Home Here J. C. Dodd Is critically 111 at his home just south of .Shelby. His trouble started about two months ago with jaundice and for three weeks he was a patient in the Shel by hospital. His condition seems to grow worse and last night he had ttfo convulsions. Relatives are con stantly at his bedside and fear that he will not recover. McNeely To Open Forest City Store J. C. McNeely & Co., Inc, an nounces the opening of a branch store in Forest City. Connected with Mr. McNeely and who will man age the Forest City store, will be Mr. E. A. Millican former manager of the Charles Store here. The Forest City store will be opened on or about the 10th of March and the same lines of mer chandise will hg carried with a few changes in policy. Episcopalian Dean. At a meeting of what is Known as the Morganton Convocation, a group of Episcopal church m which Morganton is the geographical cen ter, held recently at St. Marks Epis copal church in Gastonia, Rev. Le Roy A. Jahn. rector of Grace church here, was chosen dean. Churches included in the Convo cation are: Morganton, Rutherfard ton, Gastonia, Lincolnton, Hickory Blowing Rock, Valle Crusis, Linviile, Renoir, Marion, Newton and clielby, Cleveland Has 1.19 Percent Of Wealth In N. C. Raleigh, Feb. 27.—Cleveland comity contains l.la per cent of the total wealth tn North Caro lina and 15-IMHHh.s of one per cent of the entire wealth In the C tilted States, according to an analysis made of North Caro lina counties by the Life In surance Sales Research bureau, of Hartford. Conn., and publish ed in North Carolina's "Con servation and Industry.” Cleveland Ls the 23rd wealthiest county in North Carolina, 77 other counties having a smaller percent age of the state’s total wealth. Only 27 counties have more than one percent of North Carolina’s total wealth. Thirteen of the UK) counties con* I tain more than half, or 50 31 per cent of the entire state wealth, this compilation shows. Headed by For syth with 8.76 per cent of the state's wealth, the other dozen are Meck lenburg, Guilford, Buncombe, Wake, Durham, Gaston, New Hanover, Hawaii, Edgecombe, Rockingham, Alamance and Cabarrus. Nine of the 13 are in the Piedmont. Craven and Moore are the two average counties of the state, each having 1 per cent of the state's wealth. Forsyth county’s wealth exceeds; that of 3!) and almost equals that of the 40 less wealthy counties of the state. The 39 counties whose com bined wealth Is less than that of Forsyth's are Carteret. Northamp ton. Stokes, Madison, Chowan, Ashe, Bladen, Yadkin, Cherokee, Tran sylvania. Alexander, Jackson, Swain, Watauga. Hertford, Polk. Hoke, Washington, Brunswick, Macon. Onslow, Pender, Perquimans, Greene Yancey Caswell, Mitchell, Avery, Gates, Pamlico. Alleghany, Curri tuck, Hyde, Jones. Dare. Camden, Clay, Tyrrell and Graham. Mecklenburg's wealth exceeds that of Uve last 34 in the above list; Guilford’s exceeds that of the last 33, while- Buncombe* wealth Ur greater than that combined of the last 28 counties In the above list. This analysis of wealth and buy ing power Is based on six factors: the insurable population, or number of while literate males over 20 years old; number of personal income re turns; number of those whose in comes exceed $5,000; number of passenger automobiles; the VRlue added by manufacture, and the cir culation of three popular magazines. Article On Farming, Bank Relation Here Mr. FoiTMt Eskridge, cashier of [the Shelby First National bunk, had I an interesting article in the made ln-Carolin&s section of the Sunday Charlotte Observer on the relations between banking and agriculture In Cleveland county. Due to the fact that agriculture and banking in this section have marched along to gether until the county is today one of Carolina's outstanding farm boun ties, Mr. Eskridge was asked to write the article to inform of the cooperation between the two. In his concludeing paragraph Cashier E-kridge expressed doubt as to whether Cleveland would find it best to continue to be North Carolina's largest cotton producing county. Jack Dover Under Operation, Better Mr. Jack Dover, superintendent of the Eastsicle mill, underwent an operation Saturday night at the Shelby hospital. He was said to be very sick today but appeared slight ly better and improvement is hoped for. The operation was necessitated because of the method of healing of an incision in an appendicitis opera tion about 18 years ago. $85,000 Addition To Shelby Post Office Officials Hope That New Building Fund Ma3 Be Available For Construction Work Be* fore Fall. Enlarge Ground Floor And Adci Third Story For Federal Court Room. In the report made to Congress last week for new allo cations of the public building fund, Shelby was allotted $85. 000 for the enlargement and remodel line of the local Dost. Shelby Events Of This Week Monday and Tuesday: Evangelis tic services, Presbyterian church, at to in the morning and 7:30 in the evening. Dr. H. G McLees preach ing. Tuesday evening, T, at Cleve land Springs Country club, a meet ing ami dinner of golf club mem bers. Tuesday evening, 7 o’clock, a meet ing of the Cleveland County club at the Green Lantern Tea room, Thursday evening, 7:30, weekly meeting of ICi wants club at Hotel Charles. Friday afternoon, 12:30. weekly meeting of Rotary club at Hotel Charles. Friday evening, 8, annual Selma Webb recitation contest at Central high school. Saturday evening, 7:80. boxing program at company K armory. Jonas Lands Four Post Office Jobs Early t'»e of Funds For Enlarging Office, Depend* on Efforty Put Forth. The following telegram to Tire Star from Congressman Chas. A. Jonas expresses his pleasure at be ing able to secure the necessary $85,000 appropriation for improving the Shelby post office: “The secretary of the treasury and postmaster general have Just made public the composlt report of the interdepartmental committee cover ing allocations of all funds author ized for erection and repairing of public buildings outside the District of Columbia in which report is in cluded Shelby for eighty-five thous and dollars. This insures the above expenditure in your city out of ap propriation already authorized. Ap propriation for same will be includ ed in regular appropriation bills and its early inclusion will depend large ly upon organized effort put forth. Charlotte was the only actual ap propriation I could get at this short session. It is a pleasure to me to have been instrumental in securing allocations for Charlotte, Morgan ton, Shelby and Gastonia in my one term,” County Boards In Monthly Meetings The count v commissioners and the county board of education are holding their regular monthly ses sions today. Both boards were still in session this afternoon. A meeting of the No. tf road com missioners is also on. At this meeting the road commissioners will likely discuss disposal of chain gang equipment and other things hi con nection with the taking over of all county roads by the State on July 1. On Contract Job. A construction force of the Z. B. Weathers and Sons plant here left today for Mooresville where they have a two-bridge contract and o‘h er work on Highway 150 between Mooresville and Salisbury. WHAT THE FREE ROAD MAP SHOWS Scores are calling for the new Highway Map of Cleveland county. You can get one, too, by paying $1 or more on subscription to The Star. It is printed on good strong paper, 16x17 inches, shows the township lines, important streams, consoli dated schools, postoffices, hard surface roads, sand and graved roads, graded roads and unimproved roads, to taling 793 miles in all. The road bill has virtually been passed by the Legis lature. This map shows the county system of roads which will be taken over and maintained by the State. Get your road map now. You get your $1 worth when you pay your subscription. The road map is free, and it is a new map made under the direction of the State Highway Commission, State Tux Commission and U. S. bureau of Public Roads. It has never been cir culated before. Act today. The Star has one of these, new maps for you. office. The *85,000 will be used tor in creating the size of the first floor of the present office and adding a third story to the building to be used as a federal court room and as of ficers for federal court officials. Had Been Sought. Federal Judge E. Yates Webb, Congressman Chan. A. Jonas, and Postmaster J. H. Quinn have been working hard for some time.for this appropriation so that needed addi tions might be made to the post of fice here. For several years, due to the rapid growth of Shelby, the present work ing space on the main floor of till ofiica has not been sufficient. Ever since Shelby was established as t,h« center of a new federal court district the district court has been held ta the county court house through th* courtesy of the county commission ers. Eventually federal authorttlei had hoped to Increase the size of thi federal building so that a court roaiu might be provided there. When ad ditional working space became nec essary it was decided to ask for as appropriation sufficient to enlarge the working space ami erect a third floor to be used as a cdUrt room. Not until last week did those work ing for the appropriation have anj idea when it wtkild be made al though it had ben understood that the need for enlargement here was so urgent that it was recognized in Washington, Complete By 1933. Just when the appropriation will be made available and construction work can begin is not known, but Postmaster Quinn stated today thal every effort would be made to get the appropriation as soon as possi ble. He is optimistic enough, he said, to believe that construction work may be ready to start before this fall. If not. he expects to se it be gin early in the spring of 1932, and seems confident that It will be com pleted by the fall of 1932. Approximately 20 feet wlU be add ed to the main floor at rear of th« present building, according to pro posed plans. Then a third floor, large enough for a court room and a number of offices, will also be add ed. The appropriation of *85,000 as sures a handsome addition to ths building when it is remembered*that the original appropriation for ths present building, erected in 1917, was only $40,000. In other words, the ap propriation for an addition and im provements is only a little shy ol being twice the original cost of the building. In erecting post offices and other public buildings the gov ernment always builds with the idea of taking care of 10 years’ growth. The present building having been erected 13 years ago with no addi tions since, although Use postal busi ness has increased greatly, is thought to have been one factor in securing an early appropriation. Other allocations made in North Curolina were: Nprth Carolina: Albemarle *83, 000; Asheboro, $90,000; Dunn, *85,. 000; Fayetteville, $115,000; Gastonia, $210000; Morganton, $100,000; North Wilkesboro. $100,000; Raleigh, $360. 00; Reidsville, $180,000; Sanford, $95,000; Southern Pines, $95,000; Wilmington, $130,000; Winston-Sal em, $625,000. Total, $2,355,000. Visits Daughter In Hospital; Falls On Step, Breaks A'Hip While Mrs. Will G. Hard, of Waco was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Carl Davidson, of Kings Moun tain, who underwent an operation in a Charlotte hospital Friday, sht fell on a step in the hospital and sustained a broken hip. Mrs Herd had been in the sick room of he: daughter when she missed a low step in a hallway and fell within a few feet of where her daughter lay a patient. Mrs. Hord, of course, was forced to become a patient In the same institution. Her Brother Dies. Mr. Robert Lawson McKhigh:, <*3, of tire Ninety-Nine Islands section of South Carolina and a brother of Mrs. W. H. Sapocta, Shelby route 2. died last Friday morning. Funeral services were held Sunday at 8mrr nia church.

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