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VOL. XXXVIII. No. 96 SHELBY. N. C. WKDNESD’Y. ALL. 10. 19:52 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) 8 PAGES TODAY Rf Mail* per jMt, do advancai — Carrier, prr rat. fin • 13 on I Late News THE MARKLI l otion, spot ___SIjjc up Cotton Seed, ton . ........... >8: Partly Cloudy The weather forecast Issued this morning is "Tartly cloudy with local thundershowers tonight and Thurs day, Slightly warmer >n extreme nest portion." Succeeds Mull .1 Wallace Wtnborne. of Marion, was unanimously elected chairman •f the Democratic State Executive C ommittee succeeding Odus M. Mull. The committee met Iasi night in Kaleigh and .!, 1$. Ehrlnghaus, Democratic nominee for Governor and Robert R. Reynolds. Demoeratir nominee for V. S. Sennte both ap proved his election. Mrs Thomas O'Berry of Goldsboro was elected tire chairman. Dover Receiver For Eastside N'» Date Set For Sale Ot Mill. Will Continue To Run l nder Receivership J R Dover, who has been oper ating the Eastside cotton mill as temporary receiver following the mill’s petition in bankruptcy, was Monday made permanent receiver by order of R M Ross, referee in bankruptcy of this district The announcement of the per rhanent receivership was made by] Referee Ross conincident with a, meeting of the creditors held at Charlotte, The fact was announced follow ing the meeting that the mill will continue to operate until meb time as it is ordered to be sold At the period of the meeting t ie plant was operating full time, employing near ly its full quota of some three hun dred hands. The plant value as carried on the! Ixroks when the last audit was made as of July 1st was $707,000 after there was a charge-off for depreciation of wellOovei $200,000. In addition to the value of the plant of $707,000. the mill has quick assets in the form of -mods in the process of manufacture estimated to be‘worth about $75,000. The claim of the creditors amount to $270, 000, the number of creditors being ihe commission house which sells the product of the null five direc tors who were surety on a mill note and two other smaller creditors. D Z. Newton. Shelby attorney, was present at the creditors’ meet .ng. representing one of the fore most of the claimants. Wilson and Bradbury, commission merchants. The announcement was made at the meeting, with the emphasis that it was desired the point be cleared up. that the mill filed a vol untary petition in bankruptcy, through the action of the board of directors and was not forced into the action through the creditors. It is said to be the presumption that the mill will shortly be sold, after the expiration of some thirty or sixty days, by order of the refe ree School Heads In Meeting Monday Effort Being Made To Improve Sys tem Bv Co-Ordinating And Unifying Work. About 30 elementary and hign school principals were assembled in the court house Monday to go over a plan that^ will co-ordinate and unify the entire school system un der a new plan that is now being introduced throughout the state. Miss Hattie Parrot and A B. Mc Combs, assistant directors of school supervision were present and went over the plan in detail with the principals with County Supt, J. H. Grigg presiding. The elementary schools are the feeders for the high schools and for the past several years, counties have been rated oi ranked on the basis of tne compos ite score of ten educational factors. Now It is proposed to include ten more factors which will include: 1 Educational conference; 2 Educa tion day; Seventh grade and per fect attendance certificates award ed: 3. Seventh grade examination: 4. Standard elementary schools: white and colored; 5. Standard high schools: White and colored: 6. Teachers’ meetings: White and col ored: 7. Pupils’ reading circle cer tificates; 8. School musters' club; Elementary and high school princi pals; 8. Health program. 10 Educa tional clinics. JUNIOR CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS AT POLKV1LLE The Junior class met Thursday • nd elected nffieprs for this vear. Norman MBU.nev was elec-ed presi Frances viee-pr^st ifiRrit ar»d Flor*r»c* Fhilb^k, *prre r ary-treasurer Mr and Mrs. A. L. Shepherd left this week for a visit to Jacksonville * A I A Shelby Will Always Be Home To Gardner; Heavy State Burdens Hard To Convince People. Reiterate* Hi* Love Far Cleveland County People, Hard Task Convincing People, Governor O. Max Gardner sat on the porch Of his spacious home on South Washington street. Tuesday afternoon and talked for the better part of an hour with a newspaper man, the range of the conversation taking the broad sweep from the subject of what he intends to do when he quits Raleigh at the end of the year and his verm, to what he thinks of criminal procedure and the future set-up of the world fol lowing the big war against the de pression. Carries Heavy Burdens The governor has cr.anged much in the nearly four years he has been the chief execurive of the state. He Is the same open hearted friendly, companionable democratic man he was when elected But the effects of the responsibility he has undergone have told upon him, and in two ways. He looks somewhat older, but more noticeably he has broadened, developed, has the air and bearing of the man who has carried heavy burdens, and has oc cupied high place Shelby His Home He has acquired, to put the case concretely, the authority that seems inevitably to come with the exercise of authority. Discussing the question so often asked by his fellow townsmen, to whom he will always be ' Max" and whose future they regard with in timate. personal concern—discussing his plans for his manner of life aft er leaving the executive chair, he said he had not settled upon any definite course. "But one thing I am settled up on,’1 he asserted, "I am always go ing to make my home in Shelby, t am not planning. and shall not plan, to move away from my home town." He went on to say that he was born here. Mrs. Gardner's people live here, and there are those ties of long association which it would not be desirable to break. "And then too." he added, "there is this aspect of the matter. I feel ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE ! Lutz-Austell Open Undertaking Firm Roscoe l.utz And Chas. Austell Enter t'ndertaking Business Here Today. Roscoe Lutz and Chas Austell open an undertaking business today in the old Wray home on West Marion street, the dwelling owned by S. A. Washburn. Messrs. Lutz and Austell are both experienced in the undertaking busi ness and Mr. Lutz is a licensed em balmer wuth ten years or more ex perience. Mr. Austell has had con siderable local experience and both are active and prominent young men. They have purchased equip ment and put in a line of caskets and supplies to be ready for busi ness today. Chattels Drop From 100 To 3 In 12 Month Period A Year Ago There Were 100 Chattel Mortgages Dally. Now There Are Three. Just how severely .lie depression hit Cleveland county, and how the storm seems to be lessening tn In tensity. was indicated by a state ment made today by Andrew New ton, register of deeds. Discussing activity i» his depart ment at the court house which Mr. Newton said was lessening consid erably, the register made the asser tion that last spring as many as one hundred chattel mortgages were fil led dally in his office. , Now that surprising flow of Jinan cial depression has lessened, trick led to a stream of not more than three such mortgages filed daily Commenting upon the decrease in the chattel mortgage rate, Mr. New ton said it would seem to be a fact, a very pronounced fact, that the pressure is lessening, that food is easier to secure, and it would al.;o seem to indicate that the money si uation is easier. Mr. Peeler Dies In Hospital Here W»i Bitten By Snake And latter Suffered A Stroke Of P»tatTnb. Amnue D. Peeler, age 44 years, died Tuesday in the Shelby Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. Mr. Peeler, it will be re called,-was bitten twice on the foot by a snake at his home in the Palm Tree community when he went out on the porch at night to get some cider from the ice box. The snake was under the ice box when Mr, Peeler walked barefooted to the porch. A few days later he suffered a stroke of paralysis, but the attend ing physician says the snake bite was in no sense a contributory cause of his death. The stroke was caus • ed by high blood pressure. Mr. Peeler was buried at Palm Tree Methodist church this after noon at 3 o’clock, the funeral being in charge of Rev. E. E. Snow. He ' was married to Miss Carah Lee who survives with several children -__ LIBRARY CLOSES ONE HOL'R EARLIER TOMORROW The Shellly Public Library will be open on Thursday from 2 to 5 o’clock, closing one hour earlier for tomorrow' only. Born Saturday afternoon to Mr and Mrs. Ovid B. Lewis, a son. Ovid Cogdell. at their home on the Cleveland Springs road More Hopeful Feeling Now About Business Outlook; Mills Running Real Estate Trades Are Starting. Cptum In Cotton And Hog Prices Noted. It seems to be a fact, and not mere Polyana bunk, that business in Shelby, as reflected over the country generally, is looking up. It Is not only a case of the merchants and people generally being more hopeful, but business is actually better, there Is more buying, more money Is changing hands. Real estate men in Shelby told The Star Tuesday that actually land sales are improving. And Tom Ab ernethv. charge of the money order department at the postoffice. reports the flow of money through the postoffice on the upswing. And any number of local mer chants report increased buying. No one seems to know just what has caused the sudden and unex pected upswing Apparently th«T« was no more cans*, observable on the surface, why business should have suddenly turned the corner upward, than there was for it to turn the comer downward ^ It is recalled Offt tfae^e orr other lift In the depression clouds, when the situation seemed to be easing up, that a year ago in March, as a result of the partial payment of the bonus, releasing a flood of money which almost im mediately flowed into the channels of trade Prices On Upgrade. This upturn differs from that, and in the minds of authorities is basically sound, a genuine turning of the proverbial corner, from the fact that prices are on the up grade And it is pointed out that a rise in prices always forecasts the end of depressions. Prices in a number of lines, notably lu foods, reflecting the rise in food commodity prices. Such as beef and pork, have risen. Perhaps it is the advance in the price of cotton which has put most heart and spirit into local business. The feeling is in tb» eir. well in. formed business men ^a*'. that she price of cotton is going to continue to advance. And again the mills are running, and the prospect seems to indicate they will continue for a time at ty;a£t Shelby Will Always Be Home Governor O. Max Gardner is now thinking of plans for the future, as his term of office expires in January. Sitting Dn the porch of the “summer capital" on South Washington street this morning while on a much needed vacation he de | dared, “Shelby will always be considered home." Lincoln Jury Goes Today To Try Eller In Burke On Murder Charge Mrs. Sanders Dies In Shelby Hospital Woman from LUv Will Village Passes At Age 34. Buried At Lineolntor.' Mrs Pansy Mae Sanders age 34 | died in the Shelby hospital Mon*] day evening after a decline in j health for several months Shr | went to the hospital for an opera tion and in her weakened condi tion was unable to recover, Mrs. Sanders lived with her mo thers. Mrs. Lou Rogers in the Lily Mill village and she survived to gether with one son. nine years old.' Two brothers and one sister also • survive Her remains were taken! yesterday to Lincolnton for inter-] ment, the funeral being conducted j by Rev, W R. Jenkins, pastor of the La Fayette street Methodist ! church of this place at 2 o'clock. Interment was in the Episcopal church cemetery. Can you answer 14 of these test] iquestions? Turn to page two for! the answers 1. Who Is Neptune? 2. What is the difference between j philology and etymology? j 3. With what question did the re-, [cent Lausanne agreement deal? 4 What body has adopted the initials B. E F and wliat do they stand for? 5. What is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt? 6 Name, the capital if Cuba? 7. Who was the first woman mem ber of congress? 8 Who is president-elect of Pan ama? 9. Name the premier of Canada? 10. Who has been nicknamed Try Answering "Cactus Jack”? 11. What sort of plantf are per ennials? 12. Does the constitution inhibit the president from holding office more than two terms? 13. What, year was the sesquicen termial exposition held in Philadel phia? 14 Ot which state is Santa Pc the capital? 15. What is a 'Jolly Roger"? 16. Who assassinated the Arch duke of Austria prior to the out break of the World war'? 17. Where is the Catholic mtiver gitv of America’’ 16. Whet Free Ci*v is iindet DTOiertiOO of the league of Na tions? 19. What caliber is the U S. army rifle? 20. What is the plural of the word fish? - , X, Uump Of Venue Granted For Val des* V'outb Who I* Charged With Killing Gus Hounous. Morgan ton. Aug. 9—A jury from 11 incoln county will try Alvin Eller, | young Valdese man who Is facing [the charge of murder in Burk Su perior court on evidence given in his alleged confession of knowledge concerning the robbery and murder of Gus Bounous. Valde.se grocer past February. Eller was arraigned i at the last term of court but trial was postponed until the present term because he had not employed counsel and was unprepared for trial. Outside lurv Judge Michael Schenck. who >pened the regular August tei-m of criminal court here Monday morn 1 mg, heeded the plea of lawyers for the defense appointed by the form er court, Avery and Riddle and Mull and Patton, that a Jury be brought from a neighboring county because of the widespread local interest and publicity in the case. Eller, who has been held in the Marion Jail for safe keeping, the Burke jail being considered unsafe, since hts return here in April from California, will be kept in a ceil here until Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, at whch time the special venire from Lincoln county will report. His alleged confession, which is expected to figure promi nently in the trial, denies partici pation in the murder but names ; Dwight Beard, formerly of Lenoir, as the murderer. Received Part of Money Eiler admits, however, it is said, to receiving a part of the money for which Bounous was robbed and i murdered as he was on his way 1 home from his store at Valdese on the night of February 18 Chief Coffey, of the Valdese po lice force, who was largely - instru i mental in running down and caus ing the arrest and subsequent, con fession of Eller In California, will be one of the principal witnesses in i the case. Ervin and Ervin, employed by the ' Bounous family, will Assist Solicitor Spurting in the prosecution. The case Ls expected to attract much attention throughout this section. All other matters on the docket having been disposed of todav. court adjourned this afternoon until 10 30 o'clock Wednesday morning, the El ; !er case being the only other trial scheduled for the present criminal term. Mr. Sisk To Begin Revival At Ki;' m r Sisk will begin a re vival meeting at Casar on Saturday, August 13th. He has engaged Rev. McClure Philbeck to assist him in the meeting which will be held In a tent The public is invited. i. South Jingles New Money In Cotton Pockets Hirures It Is Several Million Hol lars Richer At l^»*t On Paper. A* Reatill Of Rise Atlanta. Ga . Aug 3 the South jingled new money in its pockets this week and figured It was sev eral million dollars richer at least on paper, as a result of the *.Vh bale upswing in cotton As the rise in price increased trading, appeals came from several sources for the fcdcrnl farm board to withhold the stabilization coi ton it controls fron the market Gardner Make* Appeal. Governor O Max Gardner, os North Carolina, urged the (arm board to announce it would hold its ! cotton until tire price reached elev en cents a pound and Congressman j Charles R Crisp wired the board an appeal "to make public announce ment that its cotton holdings will not be disposed of during this crop year •' The release o( thousands or bales of the old crop held by 1 aimers, bankers and merchants was fore cast as a result of the upturn to gether with liquidation of cotton security held by banks Prices upward of seven cents a pound, an advance of approximate ly 40 per cent from the early June lows were quoted for cotton yester day after the department of .'-agri culture's announcement n estimat ed the crop at 11,306.000 bales, 5, 1790.000 less than the average for I the past five years, Eugene Mevei', governor of the | federal reserve board, yesterday left New York for Washington with as surances of bankers they would en ! deavor to support his attempt to , stimulate the orderly marketing of | surplus farm board cotton The surplus stocks approximate 3.300.000 bales of which 1.300.000 are held by the board and 3,000,000 by tco-operative agencies j Some farmers abm to held their (old crop, sold a little cotton today land general optimism for a salutary |effect on all business was reported lover the belt James Weaver Buried Today King* Mountain Mechanic, Age 37, Buried At Sharon Church This Afternoon, Kings Mountain, Aug 9 -- Funeral j services for James Weaver'. 37 year old mechanic of Kings Mountain, will be conducted at Sharon church in the county near Shelby. Wednes day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Dr. C. J. Black of Bessemer City will have charge of the services. Burial will be in the church yard at Sharon. J Mr. Weaver, who was well known ] and liked by every one in this coni- i munity, died at his home on the I Grover road Tuesday morning at, 9:20 o'clock He had been sick for j the past four weeks, his death re- i suiting from t^eart trouble. He is survived by his wife who before marriage was Miss Pauline Fortune. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J P Weaver, and one brother. John Weaver all of Kings Mountain City Cuts Its Budget $52,000 Under 1931 p vnolds Case Judge •iudje A. M. Stack, of Winston- i Salem, N, who will preside at ; the trial of T.ibby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker, charged with the killing of Smith Reynolds, tobacco heir Vushaed of the !‘torcb singer.” One Teacher Found With 57 Pupils Here Says Prof. Griffin^ Depression lias Hurt Kdaratinn. Causing Children To Be De prived Of The Best! Professor I C Onffln, one time head of sehool* of Shelby, very popular In this bailiwick, now lo cated at Chapel Hill, and who in an official capacity has been trav eling over North Carolina, in a brief Interview here Wednesday de-, plored the effect of the depression upon the education of the North Carolina children Professor Griffin, as executive secret Ary of summer " schools, has' been conferring with school heads over the state, and attended a prin cipals' meeting here Monday. He said this morning he saw a classroom here in Cleveland coun ty with fifty-seven pupils and one teacher ‘‘That over load, he declared, “is the result of the hard times, prac tised in the name of economy That is what we call a 'teacher load’ that Would be fatal to any real instruc tion ‘‘What 1 am saying," the educa tor ' went on. "Is not critical Econ omy is of course necessary. What I am saying is. that the depression is hurting education, and that is one example, of which countless numbers could be mentioned “If the depression continues,” Professor went on to say. “the children will suffer But I do not believe it will go on. I personally do not believe this present upward trend is political. I believe it is real, and I look to see the present cramped financial situation reliev ed. and at no far distant, time “ Mrs J D Lincbergei, Mrs Will Lmeberger, Miss Mary Ltnebergei and George Blanton, Jr., left today for Blowing Rock to spend several days as the guests of Mrs Cannon On their return they will bring Miss Nancy Lineberger home She has been spending this week with Miss Mary Ruth (jannon Hartgrove, One Of Two Veterans In Bonus Army Straggles Home Report* That President Collapsed When Body of Dead \et Was Carried Around. Craig Hartgrove, Known to his friends as "Dor," a veteran of the recent B. E F. fight in Washington, arrived in Shelby Tuesday afternoon 'and told of his experience fighting the police and the United States army in the national capital. Hartgrove. a veteran of fifty years, wearing a service cap and looking somewhat the worse for his long jaunt, was one of the party that left Shelby a couple of months ago to fight for the bonus payment; in the home of congress Gordon Beam Missing It was said Tuesday that he and Gordon Beam were the only mem bers of the group from Shelby that saw the trip through. Asked what became of Beam. Hartgrove said he dJdiV' know, that he presumed he , was somewhere on the road beating his way back to the home bsflliwtck. Hartgrove told of stirring scenes at the capital the day the police and the army charged down on the veterans to oust them Irom theii stronghold. According to his account he was in the building first attacked by the police, where the stiffest fight was i staged. And he now bears signs of | being gassed by the infantry on I their memorable charge against the (.stronghold. "The fight," he said. 'started when a cop entered the building, which was located on Pennsylvania avenue—an old garage building— and tried to get up *o the second floor. It was the rule that no mem ber of the police force was to in vade the place, and when the cop started up the stairs the trouble be gan. "In a minute there war hell to pay. as brick bats and bottles flew, and the police retaliated with re volver shots. I was severely gassed, and my nose Is peeling now from the effects of it Hartgiovc said, however, otherwise tic was not hurt. Bah' h Bnrncd He Tsritprj instance of a beby being burned alive in the fracas, as the infantry hurled gas bombs into a building setting it afire. And he said it was reported President Hoo <CONTOfl’ED ON PAGE 81X1 ( $54,000 In Bonds Retired '"dll Ai.M Hudrrt Arc Prepared (iroM, Profit Of Water And Mghfs $.13,070. There is a out in (ho eliv'sMSudget this vent: under Inst ypar of A52, ws- •* «’*s revealed this morning in ihr City Hull where (ho budget and nudil are open for public inspec tion Ori iCifd ivreountants havo recent ly finished the nudit of thr city * book; up lo (hr rnd of thr fiscal year ,lunr Kith nnd made thp budKvt for the rurrrht year which ends next- dune 30th It Is gener nllv known that under the finance Ret, counties, cities and towns must set up a budget for each depart ment at the beginning of the fisc*! year and that expenditures must not excited these estimates for which taxes are levied This year all appropriations have been trim med down, calling for a saving in the operation of the rlty for the current year of $.'.2,135 It is revealed in the budget, that, the bonded indebtedness of the city as of June 30th teas *1.149,000 This its *54,000 less than a year ago, or rather $54 000 in bonds were paid off last year and *60.021,25 was paid for bond Interest It is Interesting to notice tliaf. there was a gross profit, of *72.079,8.2 in the operation of the citv water and light departments last year The city received from the light department $121,079 and paid out, for this department *73,885.55. most of the expense going for current bouRhf from the Duke Power Co. The profit of the light department was rut somewhat because of the loss of customers and the loss by unpaid accounts. There was a reve nue from the water department, of *39,993 the expense of maintaining this department being *13,706 This froftt account, however* is gross •and does not take into consideration the depreciation in the two m« nripMIV owned plants Over Thousand Cans Put Up At Cannery Here Community Cannery Busy Now Sinrr The Rains. Use Tomatoes. Corn. Fruits. Etc Thai the community cannery, op | crated by ill's. Nelson Lattimore for I the benefit of the relief of the poor | of Cleveland county, a plan spon sored by the local Ki warns club, L doing more or less a land office I business during the c urrent week, was the announcement made by Mrs Lattimore this morning. Mrs Lattimore said she presumed the unusual activity was due to the growing prevalence of produce over Cleveland county since the rain* The operatives were busy putting I up a iRrgr order of tomatoes at the [cannery on Tuesday. Mrs. Latti jinore said that tomatoes have been |the chief item canned to date. 'but 'also that many peaches have been [put up, also some corn and a quan | tity o( apples. i She cited one case where a group ! brought in a quantity of apples, [sufficient to keep the force busy an ! entire day peeling and preparing ; the fruit. "The consignment was put up on the: share bases, she said, “so that the farmers received tour-tenths of the supply they brought in. which in this case was 57 cans ’ She said most of the work done so far had been done on the share basis, although there had been some canning, especially' of peaches, on the oift-and-out charge basis, the fee being a cent and three quar ters. plus the cost of the cans. Mrs. Lattimore estimated that something more than a thousand cans have been put up thus far, [since July fifteenth, when the can nery was opened. But that much more, it is expected. will be pre served as the season advances, as the supply of fruits and vegetable* is being ino-e and more plentiful Mull To Speak At Annual Farm Picnic Asheville. Aug. 9.—O. M Mull of Shelby, chairman of the state dem ocratic. committee. win be principal speaker a' the twentieth annua! field d»v and farmer*' picnic in hs held at *>>■- mountain test farm or the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, at Swannanoa, on Thursday. August 18, It was an nounced this week by S. C Clapp, assistant director in charge.