Government Is
Planning Cuts
failure To TUI Positions Results In
A Savin* Of Near
$38,000,000.
Washington, May 25.—A *38,000,
000 reduction in postoffice depart
ment expenses this fiscal year was
•aid today by Arch Coleman,, first;
assistant postmaster general, to
have been due lergely to vacancies
in personnel which had not been
filled.
His statement was made after
President Hoover had returned to
the white house following week-end
conferences at his Ilaptdan camp on
the postal deficit. The chief execu
tive expected a *38.000.000 saving
this year and *15,000,000 next year.
Meanwhile, Representative Kelly
of Pennsylvania, a republican mem
ber of the house postoffice commit
tee, said if the “president and post
master general intend to curtail ser
vice to effect the economy In the
poe toff Ice department It will be a
bad policy and will be opposed In
the next congress.”
"Increased colume of mall is the
answer to the postal problem of to
day and we certainly can't get an
Increase by a reduction of service,
he added.
coieman saia a decrease or sewn
to 15 per cent In the volume of mall
during the depression had left the
postal service overmanned and the
_situation had been met by not fill
ing vacancies resulting from death,
retirement or dismissal for cause.
The personnel had been lowered
by about 2,100 he said, adding “not
a single employe has been discharg
ed except for cause.”
The president's week-end confer
ence was the third he had held in
an effort to find ways of reducing
government expenditures. Previous
ly, he had conferred with war and
interior officials and plans were an
nounced for decreasing expenses in
those departments.
Next week-end tire president is
expected to study either the treas
ury or Justice expenditures with]
others later. Mr. Hoover hopes to j
reduce departments to come under
scrutiny later. Mr. Hoover hopes to
- reduce government expenditures an
nually by $125,000,000 to $150,000,
000.
Trinity Community
News OfThe Week
Member* of W. M. U. To Meet
^ Thursday. Personals Of
Visiting* About.
The members of the W. M. U.
are requested to meet at the church
on Thursday night of this week at
7 o'clock for a discussion and ex
amination on 'Home Mission Fields.’
Master BUlie Bostic, and Mr. Joe
Bridges both returned to their
homes here last week from the
Shelby hospital.
Misses Ethel Lovelace and Ruby
Oreen. Mr. Guy Gillespie and Mr
and Mrs. F. A. Lovelace were call
ers at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight Winn, of Cliffside. last Sun
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. K D. N Jolley
spent the past week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert N. Jolley of No. 1
township.
Mr. Perry Robbs has returned to
the home of his sister, Mrs. F. E.
Bridges here after having spent sev
eral weeks with his mother near
Gaffney, S. C.
Mrs. S. J. McClunncy and little
daughter, Louise, spent the past
week-end with relatives in No. 1
township.
Mrs. J. O Bridges, Miss Irma
Bridges and Mr. and Mrs. Quay
Bridges were business visitors in
Shelby last Friday afternoon.
The program committee of the
Intermediate B. Y. P. tr. met at the
church on last Sunday afternoon
and planned the programs for a
month ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Robbs of near
Gaffney spent Sunday at the home
of Mrs. F. E. Bridges.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jolley and
children of Shelby and Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Jones of Lattlmore were
callers In the community Sunday
afternoon.
The Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
E. B. Lovelace were Mr. and Mrs.
r. A. Lovelace and Misses Ruth
and Mary Hollifield.
Lincolnton Man
Killed By Bolt
*eb Sain, Brother-In-Law Of Chas.
A. Jonas, Killed During
Storm.
Lincolnton, May 27.—Zeb R. Sain,
40, was killed instantly at his home
five miles west of here Tuesday aft
ernoon at 5 o’clock when lightning
struck him while seated in the
house His wife and mother-in-law
were in the house but were unharm
ed.
He is survived by his parents, Mr
and Mrs. Jacob Sain, his wife, a sis
ter ot former Congressman Charles
A. Jonas, and one child, Harold, sfno
Is living with his aunt in Atlanta
where he to attending school, and a
brother, Dr. J. W. Sain, of lincoln
ton. .
Where Speed Kings Will Meet
r
IvEON DU RAY
Kai/PH d& Palm'a
BI&&Y ARMOI/D
Cuff Durant
'Shorty Camtipn- l
• j wi ouvmnt race, a score ot daredeviH
tiillw a '* “** ***• •"‘•••"■Poll* Speedway May 30 for the
AmT Ij ??r Ki"* ®*. America. Among thou entered are little Billy
Arnold, Chicago hoy winner of laet year’a race, and the veteran Ralph
de Palma, winner in 191S. Peter De Paolo, nephew of Do Palma, and
winner of the 1925 grind, William "Shorty” Cantlon, second in 1930,,
e ,---~ .. win aise race
the starter. Two veterans of the motor track, Cliff Durant and Leon
Doray, will he on hand to hold the youngsters in check. Will the
crown fall to One of the famous or will an unknown, such as Billy
Arnold was last year, bring home the major honors? More than 150,*
000 spectators will witness the classic of the auto racing world.
Joe Robinson Derides Boom To
“Humanize Hoover” For 1S32
President Finding .It Necessary To
(»«t In Better Graces Of
Voters.
Washington. May 29.—Adminis
tration '•spokesmen" and “newspa
per organs" were under Indictment
this week by Senator Robinson, of
Arkansas, the Democratic leader,
for what he termed attempts to
•‘humanize Hoover” with “childish
stories" about his attitude to In
consequential subjects.
In a statement issued through the
Democratic national committee,
Senator Robinson arraigned'' what
he described as the president's
campaign to “rehabilitate himself
in the estimation of the voters" and
added:
“The reasons for the present un
popularity of the administration are
not founded on any criticism of Mt.
Hoover's attitude towards tire bea
titudes. The complaints are based
on his official acts, which uniform
ly have fallen short in efficiency
where they have not favored the in
terests of a particular group, as op
posed to those of the general pub
lic.”
"Perhaps,” he began his state
ment, “it is less the fault of Presi
dent Hoover than of his friends that
at almost every gathering, however
non-political its character, a spokes
man bobs up to convey to the or
ganization the intensity of the
president’s interest in whatever
cause the group is enlisted. And in
nearly every case it is possible to
trace a rather close connection be
tween the spokesman and the White
House:”
Then the former Democratic
vice-presidential candidate contin
ued with this:
"We are not supposed to elect a
president because of his alleged
sponsorship of an educational move
ment or because he approves of the
Red Cross Everybody is In favor of
these things, just as everybody en
Penny Column
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FOR THAT
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Return Limit: TUESDAY
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Southern Railway
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dorses toe Ten Commandments."
Robinson' said "for the first time
to our political history that 1 can
recall, the president of the United
States in the middle of an initial
term finds it necessary to attempt
to rehabilitate himself with voters.”
He concluded with citing what he
said paragraphcrs have dubbed
"humanizing Hoover”—illustrating
with a story about the puppy that
snatched an egg from the presi
dent’s plate at breakfast—and with
the observation that '‘perhaps the
installation of a bed-time story sec
retary to the president is only an
other example of the superior ef
ficiency” of a "great engineer.”
Penny Column
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lar activities, and the Mrs. C. R.
Hoey cup for the girl with the best
similar all-around record.
Athletic Awards.
The following people will receive
letters Friday morning for partici
pation m athletics during the sea
son of 1931:
Boys iiv basketball: Palmer Mc
Swain, captain; Guy Brown, alter
nate captain; Ray Brown, Alfred
Eskridge, Walter Devine, Hague
Poston, C. L. Austell, O. C. Conner,
John Corbett, Matheson Hulick',
manager.
Girls in basketball: Blanch Bak
er, captain; Sara Louise Falls, al
ternate captain; Annie Ruth Dellin
ger, Gwendolyn Dellinger, Sadie
."^UHlJaiCTU IPtt R=»n Ran ran
Laughrldgc, Emma Irvin, Hazel
Wray, Alleen \lones, Mamie May
hue, Abbie Jane Wall, manager.
Baseball: Palmer McSwain,. cap
tain; Kenneth Mayhew, alternate
captain; Walter Devine, Pervis
Barrett, William Harrill, Joe Phil
j beck, Hubert Wilson, John Corbett,
Vestus Carter, Grant Duncan, Rob
ert Peters, Woodrow Whisnant,
James Shepard, Homer Whitworth,
manager.
The following boys have already
been awarded letters for participa
tion in football; Hubert Wilson,
captain; Palmer McSwain, alter
nate captain; Alfred Eskridge, Ha
gue Poston, O. C. Conner, Pervis
Barrett, James Shepard, Ray Brown,
Guy Brown, Max Putnam, Grant
Duncan. H. A, Logan, Bill Stroupe,
John Corbett, Thurman Moore, Roy
Newton, Paul McKee, service.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE.
Under order of court made in special
proceeding entitled J. C. Newton and Car
Thompson, administrators, et al, vs. Roh e
Brackett. J C Brackett, et al, on May 8
1931, the undersigned Commissioner
offer for resale at the court house door
in Shelby. Cleveland county. North Caro
lina, at 12 o’clock M. on June 13th. it2U.
at public auction to the highest bicide
for cash the following described lot of
land, lying mid being in Number 8 town
ship, Cleveland county, Shelby. North Car
olina. and mbre particularly described and
defined as follows:
Lot No. l l ying and being in No. G
township, Cleveland county, Nortn Caro
lina and described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of West Graham strec;
and Martin street in the southwest square
of the city of Shelby. North Carolina, an.i
runs thence east with the porth side of
West Graham street 66 feet to a stake.
A. P Weather’s corner, thence with
Weathers line north 135 feet to a stake, a
new corner; thence a new* line west 66
feet to a stake in east e^ge of Martin
street; thence with south edge of said
street south 135 feet to the beginning and
being southern part of lot No. 5 as shown
on plat in book No. 1 at page 667, in the
registry of Cleveland county. North Caro
Hna. v
This May 27th. 1931.
YATES BRACKETT, Commissioner
D. Z Newton, Atty. 2t May 27c
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