letodanfi 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVIII, No. 72 SHELBY. N. C. VVEDNESDT, JUNE 16, 1932 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) "J-' -U'UL .J-j_j._ By Mali per yaar* On adranea) - aaao Carrlar, per ytar, (in adranea) S3.00 Late News THE MARKET • niton, Spot , _....... 6lic up Cotton Sr«d, ton . _......... $8 Occasional Rain Today's North Carolina Weather Report- Cloudy with occasional fhowers tonight and Thursday. Not much change In temperature. Dies On Floor Washington, June 15.—Represen tative Edward E. Eslick. of Tennes see. died^ on the house floor yes terday in the midst of a speech for cash payment of the. soldiers’- bonus. Death came with a suddenness that brought gasps from members and the galleries, as the fitl-year-old legislator faltered, grasped at the reading stand on which his notes lay and then drooped to the floor. Depression Cure Gets Favorable View From Others Treasury Assistants Says ye Can See V.o Fault. Brisbane Com ments On Idea. Wherever the "depression cure" plan as published in last Friday's issue of The Star has been read, there has been favorable comment. No one has as yet neon able to find any con< iderable fault with the plan to ; os tore prosperity within a few weeks time by the issuance of six billion dollars worth of new dollar currency to be retired by the purchase of three cent stamps by each one into whose hands the currency falls. A three cent stamp would b? bought f riu the poetof ficc department and affixed to the dollar currency eaco time it changes hands, so that when ?5 stamps are affixed the government has the money from the sale of the stamps with which to redeem the cur rency and take if out o* circula tion. To set the plan to work S50 would oe given to each man, wom an and children restored in the 1930 census.. ■. ■ Brisbane Comments This self-financing plan was sent by The star to Arthur Brisbane, noted columist. and advocate of bi metallism who writes Editor Lee B. Weathers of The Star: "Many thanks '.O' your letter and the ex tremely Interesting article that you enclose. What our ‘gold stand ard’ statesmen would say about this, I don't know, but X am sure it •would interest a good many Amer icans." ■When Hon. Clyde R. Hoey was in Washington last week with Gov ernor Gaidner on other business, Mr. Hoey suggested the plan to an under senetary of the U. S. treas ury. The government official who is an authority on t.ftrency, could find no fault with it and reacted favorably to the plan. Mr. Hoey says the Idea is new and wherever it has been presented, there has been a favorable re-action. Con gress wid adjourn shortly and with much important legislation to pass upon before adjournment, he does not thine a congressional act pro viding for the new currency could be had belore the next session which convenes i^ December In the meantime' The Star is lay ing the plan before the financial editors of the leading newspapers and magazines, financiers and gov ernment officials and is receiving replies (tolly from these sources. A member of th» staff of The Charlotte Observer, hearing of the plan as appeared last Friday in The Star, came to Shelhv yesterday to investigate and today's issue of the Observer carries a brief outline of the plan. Bulwinkle, Others Favor Bonus Vote Washington, Juno 15—All of North Carolina’s House delegation this week voted for consideration of the soldier bonus bill except Con gressman Abernethy. of the Third District who was unrecorded. The motion to bring a vote on the bonus bill was carried and it is believed will pass the house. Political ob servers think, however, it will be defeated in the Senate or vetoed by President Hooi'er, Representatives Bulwinkle. Clerk Doughton. Hancock, Lambeth, Pou Warren Weaver and Xerr were all recordetf^as voting with the House majority Rains Call For Peas And Plenty Of Them Rains over the week-end brought a heavy demand for peas. One store in the city sold 300 bushels on Monday and this is only one of a 4(»en or more merchants who sell peas. Thousands of bushels will he sown this week and as long as the ground is in season The de mand cams suddenly when good raise fell over the week-end and Pn€iinT»d th* ground • Most farm era have finished cutting their wheat and oats and much of the nubble i~od wjdLgq .toto geas. j Hoover Work Termed Brilliant By G. 0. P. Keynoter Silent On Prohibition Dickinson. SpraUnc At National Convention. Says Iloover Friend Of Farmer Chicago, June 15—In a keynote speech entirely silent on the thorny prohibition issue. Senator L. J. Dickinson ot Iowa called yesterday for the re-election of Herbert Hoo ver as a “dependable means” to ward the restoration of "normal conditions ” His address at the opening of the Republican national convention called moves by the president to meet the depression ‘‘brilliant.’’ The Democrats were severely rapped, The farm board was de fended and the Republican party was called the “undeviating” friend of the farmer. The Smoot-Hawley tariff was de scribed as a bulwark against cheap foreign products anti the national defense end foreign policy of the administration was praised. Senator Dickinson said Mr. Hoo ver was at “grips” With the depres sion befoie the country as a whole] realized what It faced. “His first act prevented a finan cial panic ” he said, adding that the chief executive invoked federa1 re serve board powers to cushion the effects of the stock market debacle. Conferences with industrial and labor leaders. Senator Dickinson said, prevented the bloody disturb ances which have Hi tended other economic crises. Then were review steps taken “against depression rr. a hundred fronts.” lAmong them were listed the formation, of the national credit as sociation ; erection of the recon struction finance corporation and a “determination that a balanced budget was the first essential to eco nomic recovery.” Mention of the tax bill was a pre lude to castigation ot the Demo crats. "For two long years they hamper* ed the oresident at every turn,” the Iowa senator said, “Through a high ly subsidized press bureau. Demo cratic leaders sought to distort his every word; to belittle his every ef fort at human and economic re lief; to impugn his every motive;] to frustrate his every move. Then orders were to ‘smear Hoover'.” Democrats in the house, Dickin son said, followed M.. Hoover for a time last fall because they had no program of their own but finally they broke away. The Republican keynoter said the result was the wTecking of the economy bill and a flouting of the party’s owm leaders. The relief proposal by Speaker Garner of the hous* which already had been lambasted by the chief executive as a “pork barrel” meas ure was assailed by D;ckinson. He charged also that measures spon sored by the Democrats threatened (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE V Gaston Means Gets 15 Year Sentence Gaston Means, former Con cord, N. C. citizen, was given a fifteen year sentence in the penitentiary at noon today for fleecing Mrs. Edward McLean, wife of the publisher of the Washington (D. C.) Post. Mrs. McLean, in her anxiety to re store the stolen Lindbergh baby, gave Means $100,000 ransom money and $4,000 expense money on conditions and prom ise from him that he would find the baby and return it. Means is a former government offi cial under the Harding admin istration and ha.s served terms in the penitentiary for viola tions. Resubmission To Get Backing From President Hoover Republican Prohibition rian To Be Conciliatory 1 o Wets. Hoover Plan. Chicago, June 15 -Administration forces made a vigorour, move to ward settling in their own way the prohibition controversy which Is i plaguing the Republican national convention last night by taking firm! control of the subcommittee which! will draft the platform planks. Two cabinet members, Ambassa-j dor Edge and Senator Hastings, of Delaware, fresh from the capita),] were chosen on the social commit-1 tee of 15 which will announce the; 1932 Republican declaration—in- j eluding the newly finished prohibi-; tion resubmission plank. Senator Bingham, of Connecticut, leader of the repeal movement, was dropped from the special stibcom-! mittee announced by James R. Gar- i field, of Ohio, chairman of the res olutions committee. At the same time, the word spread j that the draft of a resubmission plank finally fixed upon by the ad ministration leaders here was con ciliatory to prohibitionist demands President Hoover was consulted about It. It was a declaration recognizing the principle of resubmission but insisting that congress first pro vide a substitute for the eighteenth amendment to propose to the states in regular order. Surprise Threat* These developments followed events popping like a cluster of firecrackers including surprise threats ‘rom the rti vs both for a floor fight and a move against the national ticket In November. Friends of Bingham privately ex pressed opposition over the sudden turn. The frowning repeal advocates went into conference to map out their drive for a finish fight on the floor Consider Red Cross School For Shelby Another First-Aid School May Be Conducted By Red Cross Here. Another Red Cross first-aid school may be conducted In Shelby If enough people e.r Interested In taking the course. Scoutmaster J. A. Props:, who took the full course under Or. Fenton, said today that if enough people would take the course to justify putting It on, the course would be given. Those who take the course would be awarded the regular standard Red Cross certificates If as many as 10 or more people desire to take the course, it will be arranged. Those interested should communicate with Mr. Propst or Attorney Henry B. Edwards, county Red Cross chairman. Candidates Must File Expense List Judge John P. Mull, chairman of tfce Cleveland County Board of Elections, said today that he is giv ing “fair warning to all candidates.” ''8ome of them," he said, “appear to have forgotten that after the1 first primary they must ale with the election board a full account of all campaign expense. Preliminary expense accounts have already been filed, but the complete one must also be fHled.” Racketeers Take Hand In Sale Of Cleveland County Chicks In Cities County Chicken* Now Go To Phil adelphia by Truck Once A Week. This may or may not be news to Cleveland county poultry farmers, but the majority of them may be surprised to know that criminal racketeers have a say in fixing the price and arranging "Vhe sale of country chickens after they reach the big city poultry markets. ■ O 7. Morgan, of the Shelby Feed ''ompanv, who now takes * truck* load c*f county poultry to the Phila delphia poultry market each week tells an interesting story of the j work of the big market there and how the gpultjj: that the racketeers play a hand in the re-sale of the poultry. Morgan, with one assistant, leav es Shelby once each week with a truck loaded with around 3,000 pounds of poultry. That means about 1,000 to 1,200 birds. The truck generally leaves late in the after noon and arrives in Philadelphia aboiit the $ame hour the next aft ernoon or evening. The local poul try is taken to the big open poultry I market in Philadelphia but is there j disposed of through a commission merchant in o00 lot The thousands of pounds of poul try purchased in Philadelphia each i- - nBflmruffiia kym. j Lady Lindy and Hubby Reunite< It was a joyful moment for both when Amelia Earhart Putnam, only woman to fly the Atlantic alone, and her husband, George Palmer Put nam, New York publisher, were recently reunited at Cherbourg, France, on Putnam’s arrival from the United States. The happy ladybird and her hubby are shown as they smilingly acknowledged the greetings of well-wishers from the saloon window of the Evai«appcarrss there Sunday afternoon ’ate. but. could not be sure that it was STatchclor's car. The negroes Batchelor was sup posed to have brought to the Earl section are also said to be missing. What happened to Batchelor? Did he really leave Gaffney with the three negroes and was later dumped from the car? Or did he drive the car on to Shelby, aban don it and disappear? A telephone call to Gaffney at noon today by Chief Poston brought the information that Batchelor had not been located. A man dressed similar to the description given of Batchelor was reported to have been seen in Shelby ear’y today. The missing man Is mairied and has five children. His father said that he had never been in any trouble, was not a drinking man and was perplexed about why he should be missing intentionally if that should be the case. Cupid Brings Out ^ Even 6 June Brides Den Cupid will not stand for dune, the month of brides, to go by without, doing somc business t Cleveland county Up until tod*1' license had been issued at the coun ty court house in Shelby for the martian o; sjs s&yfite.» Oyer 2 Inches Of Rainfall In June The total rainfall In thr Shelby Mellon so far In June j has been 2.26 Inches, according to the daily record maintained at the Shelby federal building. Thia rainfall has done much to help crops and gardens orer the city and courtly which were suffering for a lack of moisture. The heavfeat one-day rainfall was 1.64 on June II There was .1* of an Inch on June «. k another Jtl of an Inch on the Ibth. and .23 of an Inch on the 12th. List Teachers As Allotted In County Schools Allotme.nt Of Teachers By Schools Shown tn Last From Raleigh. (Star New# Bureau.) Raleigh. June 15.—Allotments of teachers to the Dtiblic schools of North Carolina for the school year 1932-33, itcently made by the state board of equalization, resulted in an increase of 333 teachers to a total of 22,526. The allotments made to indivi dual counties have been supplied by LeRoy Martin, seuetary of the board, which also chows the allot ments made to the individual schools In the counties. These ligures for Cleveland coun ty, which gets nine new teachers for white schools only, follow: Cleveland County School Palmer . .......... Holly Springs_... Prospect . __ Mt. Pleasant . ... . Grover ... Bolling Springs _ Flint Hi!).. Sharon.. Shanghai.. Waco . ..._ No. 3 Township _ Lattimore . __ Mooresboro . _... No. 8 Township .... Park Grace ___ Piedmont . _ Dixon . . Fallston . __.... Belwood . __... Casar . ...__ Moriah . ___ Oak Grove . __ Bethlehem . __ Stubbs . __ Ross Grove . __ Bethware . ...._ Elizabeth _ ........ Poplar Springs . ... Zion . .... __ Patterson Grove Beaver Dam ___ Beams Mill . _ Dover Mill . Trinity . •. Hayes _...... Phllbeck . .. County tine . ..... II. S. Ele. To’l Htcfcf;. — 1 t Little Peggy Howard of Charlotte is' visiting little Misses Elsie and Peggy Putnam at their hoqte here. Officers Raid Big Cock Fight In This County Nab Seven Men And Get Cocks More Than 100 Spectator* Rarapc In Raid. Arreated Men Taxed With O'*!*. Oti» of the Urgent ftmi' chicken fights held in this sec tion In year* was raided by of fleer* Monday afternoon in the Kehobeth church Motion. Between 100 and -00 people were, present around tire fighting pit which ws.s located in a pasture, but the thre.’ officer* "taking the raid managed to catch only seven. They also bagged Hi figntlng cocks, bu all but is of then escaped befou the raiding party got back to Shel by. Scatter Everywhere When the officeri tipped off about the fight-, swooped down upon the big party the participants anil spectator-, scattered in all directions and the officers had quite a tussle making what wrests they did The majority of the seven men captured were said to hall from Burlte county, report; having it that one or two of them were former of ficials In that county. The seven were tried In county court here yesterday morning and taxed with (he costs In passing sentence. Re corded Pat McBraver told the de fendants- t am letting you off very light. The majority of you seem to hail from Burke county, and 1 want to tell you that you had better *tige your next cock fight In Burke county, for if you're caught here again I'm going to give yon the limit instead, of nermitting you to go on payments of the cost* " Charge* of drinking and o' re sisting an officer were not pressed against the defendants. How It Happened Monday afternoon just be 1 'ire 4 o'clock a message came to officers here from a citizen of the Reho beth aect'on, inf 'ruling that a chicken tight was in progress. Offr-j cer Bob Kendrick immediately aet out and was Joined by Deputies W C. Powell and J. B Jones, When Officer Kendrick arrived he said more than a hundred men were gathered about the f’ghting pit in a pasture and a number of others wera on a hillside nearby pouring out some whiskey. While Deputies Powell and Jones attempted to sur round the men on the nearby hill. Deputy Kendrick dived into the chicken fight crowd by himself. Me with the others when they return ed managed to get seven men while the others ran. Ofi'cer Kendrick said he shot a couple of times when some of the men threatened to get rough a id resist arrest. “I SJ*ot to let them know what I would do if they hopped me," the officer said. He added, however, that several In the party were very courteous and some were not drinking. Others had whiskey bottles in their pockets or threw bottles away when the of ficers arrived. When the officers "broke up the party” they said they found six fighting chickens already, dead, two in the pit st.rlpped for action and 39 ethers waiting. A11 the chick ens except 13 manager! to get away Although the majority of the men captured were sail to be from Burke county, officers say they are sure a number of these who escap ed were from Shelby and Cleveland county. Cats I Just Pumpkin. While farmer* have been re porting cotton stalks of last year living through the winter and now taking on shapes for another crop, Mrs. Perry Cost ner of the Beams Mill com munity has further evidence of the mild winter. She cut her I last pumpkin on Thursday of last week. It weighed 24 lbs. and kept nicely through the winter. County Lines Form For Senate Contest Gray Vets Get “Bonus "Checks In This County I’m*ton ('hecks TntalllliE *10.195 Arrive In Shrlby for Confed eral* Vet*. The *cmi - annual pension check* lor Confederate veterans and widow* of Confederate vet eran* have arrived in Shelby and are now brine distributed by A. M. Hamrick, clerk of Su perior court, at the court house. The checks for veterans and wid ow's total *10,195 They are divided as follow*: Checks of I1B250 »arh for 30 veterans Checks of **S0 each for 30 Class A widows Checks of *50 each for 47 Olasa B Widow*. One check of *100 for a colored veteran The chock* mav b« secured from Clerk Hamrick when the veteran or widow applies in person, or sends someone With props' papers and af fidavits showing that, the pension er is unable to coma in person. Try Answering These 1 Can you answer 14 of these last questions? Turn to page 3 for the answers. 1. What does "Quod era! facien dum” mean? 2. WhHt- ts the state flower of n linnois? 3. What is a pithy phrasing of a shraw'd observation called? 4. What i* the profession of Clar ence Darrow? 5. Into what bodv of water does the Danube river empty 8. What position did Newton D Baker hold In the Wilson cabinet? 7. In what state is the city of Danbury? 8, What Bibilica! prophet inter preted the "handwriting on the wall?’’ 0. In which of Shakespeare's plays is the character Bassanto? 10. What name did .Spanish ex plorers give to the Isthmus of Pan ama?' 11. What is a French word mean ing "slight of hand,” "juggling." 12. What does the word "datho lic" mean? 13 What, country owns Green land? 14. From what word is wig" de rived? 15. In relation to the wedding ring, how should the engagement ring be worn? 16. What is the highest mountain peak in the world? 17. Which is the oidest existing republic in the world? 18. Who wrote "Tales of Wayside Inn?” 19. Where Is Lake Tanganyika? 20. What Spanish explorer discov ered the Pacific? Fanning Is Carrier Chief For The Star Walter Fanning, n\, who has been one of The Star's most effi cient carrier boys fur several years, has been made carrier chief and circulation manager succeeding Mr. J. C. Jenkins. Young Mr. Fanning has charge of circulation, will work with the twenty eni-ier boys In Shelby and surrounding towns and do much of the subscription and advertising collecting He is a bright and promising young fellow, son of the late Mr. 8nd Mrs. Wal ter Fanning. A1 Smith To Support Nominee Of Party Regardless Of Choice Made Joins Roosevelt And Other Leaders In Pledging Loyalty To Candidate. Washington, Juno 15—By joining with 'Governor Franklin D. Roose velt of New York and other leading Democratic figures in a pledge that the party’s nominee for the presi dency will be loyally supported, "whatever the result of the con vention, former Governor Alfred F. Smith this week dissipated re-j ports that he might bolt the party j ticket in the event cf ■ Roosevelt ; nomination. While party leaders have refused, to take tjie repor's seriously, they, nevertheless have pci fisted m poli-j tical gossip recently, and conse quently had caused some concern. The effect of the Smith statement, therefore, is to place him definite ly in the ranks of active support ers of the Democratic ticket even in the face of a Roosevelt victory, Both Sign The statement, s'gned by both Roosevelt and Smith, along with 55 other outstanding Democrats of the nation, took the form of a “united appeal” for completing the party’s M .500.000 fund by the date of the national convention, June 27. tf the par+y 13 to start the rorn iug campaign with .# proper ex pectancy of victory the leaders 1 iCOjjtTXWVKP OH F^qg FiVK-t - Old Campaigners To Back Reynolds Morrison And Revrtbld. Viwcrm Be gin Activity for Second (Urn July ». There will be two county races In the second Democratic primary on Saturday, July 2. but the awna torial battle between Bob ReynoMe and Senator Cameron Morrison promises to overshadow' the local contests. The senate contest, attracted much interest and controversy in the Srst primary, but organised activity was nothing like it promises to be in the runoff, and the enthusiasm of the first race win likely be only a drop in the bucket a* compared with that developing for the final showdown Both Strengthen. Both Mbrrison and Reynolds fore es are strengthening for the seebnd primary. In the first primary the Morrison campaign was unofficially directed by John F. Schenck, Jr.. but reports have It Met numerous seasoned campaigners, all with good followings, will take an active part In boosting Morrison for the second go Among those es peeled, to take a leading role in the campaigning for the Senator Is Frank L- Hoyle, |on« of the county's best known citizens The endinjj of several other contests in the first, primary turn ed several other political workers loose to take a hand In the senate battle Some of these will be In th« Reynolds camp and some will sup port Morrison. Reynolds first campaign in Clave land county was under the super vision of Boyce Dellinger, young Shelby business man, who took his first fling at politics. Since the first race, however, and stnce Reynolds made what was to some a surpris ing showing, he has been assured the active support and counsel of several of the county’s best known political leaders. Dellinger will re main as active and nominal head of the campaign, but the others will, it Is understood, lend every effort to the Reynolds campaign. Reports are that a board of strat egy has been formed and Is map ping out plans to carry the Reyn olds cause into every section and nook of the county. On this re ported board are. It is said, five or si* well known Shelby lawyers. At least three of them had contests of their own in the first primary, but are free now to take a hand in other campaigns. One of th« group of experienced political or ganizers aiding Dellinger is said to be » former county chairman of the Democratic party. Row mueh of the reports about the strengthening of the -campaign organizations of the two forces is true cannot be definitely known, | but it appears certain mat a fight will be made for every vote. Two Ambitions. - The Reynolds for cm, which car ried all Shelby boxes in the first primary, hopes to carry the county as a whole on July 2, while the Morrirfon organization hopes to make Inroads on thie Shelby boxes while holding to the plurality In the entire county. Tn the first race Mor rison carried the county over Reyn olds by 580 votes. A total of 850 votes went to Grist apd Bowie and the Reynolds bickers hope to get enough of these to carry the county while Morrison men hope to get enough of the Grist-Bowie strength in Shelby to switch some of the boxes here to Morrison. s' But despite the growing Interest in what promises to be a record senatorial battle, there is much in terest in the two county races—the contest between Irvin M. Allen and J. Raymond Cline for sheriff; and between Pat McBrayer and J. M. Wright for recorder. Masons Here Plan Big Session Friday Trained Team Will Put On Third Degree Ceremony. Eastern Stars Attend. One of the biggest Masonic cere monies held In Shelby in months is scheduled for the Masonic temple Friday evening of this week. A trained team will confer the third degree work and the Eastern Star members will attend in a body The program will be in charge of Past Master George Washburn. The first, section of the degree work will he handled bv Cant J. F Roberta, also a past, master of the ledge, C 5. Yo'irig another w master, will take charge of the second section. The program begins at 7 o’clock and refreshments will be served at 8 by the Eastern Star.