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Shelby Stores, Beginning Tonight, Will Be Open Each Evening Through The Christmas Period—Try To Purchase Your Needs From Local Stores Late News THE MARKET I dtton. spot basis #<• i Rain And Snow Today's North -Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy anil probably snow in interior tonight and rain and ♦now In east tonight and Saturday. Slightly warmer Saturday. Winter Arrive* An ley blast of winter swooped down upon the Shelby section last night and today. Between midnight and 1:3() this morning there was a flurry of snow followed by a down pour of sleet that lasted for several hours. After daylight it began sleet ing again, and the sleet with some snow was still falling at noon to day. The local temperature was 37. Duke Endowment Is Great Help To Humanity: Hoey Eighty Million Dollar Fund Aids Orphans, Sick, Aped Ministers.. Education and Churches. The good the puke endowment is doing for the three-fold needs of hu manity—the physical, spiritual and educational—was the subject of an address last night at the Kiwanis meeting by Clyde R. Hoey, “Shel by's most useful citizen. ’ Mr. Hoey •poke in Charlotte Sunday on '‘Duke, the Man,” at an elaborate exercise held on the eighth anni versary of the signing by J. B. Duke of the indenture creating a fund of eighty millions of dollars, known as the Duke endowment—a perpetual fund that administers to the needs of humanity In the two Carolines. - Mr. Hoey v;ealled that the Shel by Kiwanls took notice of his bene faction. the most helpful North Carolina ha» ever had. at the time the first anhouncement was made, and read a letter from Mr. Duke to the club through its secretary. Chas. A. Burrus. acknowledging the Shelby peoples appreciation of his gift. The phllantrophy ol Mr. Duke is the third largest ever known in America, said Mr. Hoey, exceeded only by Carnegie the steel magnate and Rockefeller, the oil king. Mr. Hoey called attention to the hum ble birth of Mr. Duke in Orange county; this state, how he had suc ceeded in industry and commerce, in spite of his meagre education and yet never forgot his home state and left the bulk of his fortune to bless mankind here at home. "Al though he was a Methodist, his eighty million dollar endowment, knows no race or creed. It includes all denominations and the orphans as well as the aged ministers. It was pointed out that fraternal or der orphanages and denominational and hospitals, Catholic and Protest ant, share alike in his benefactions when they are not run for profit. He pointed out that the Shelby public hospital received at the an nual allotment in May of this year $9,112 to help defray the expenses of caring for the charity patients who enter the institution. While this is not enough to pay all ex pense. It goes a long way and all institutions that receive help fron this fund have found it their main stay during this economic crisis ■where other sources of revenue have been cut. Not only does Mr. Duke’s bene factors help tire hospitals and or phanages, but the aged Methodis1 ministers, and has aided or bull 1,200 rural churches in the twe Carolina* and four institutions foi higher education—Duke universit; i Methodist); Furman universit; (Baptist); Davidson college (Pres bytertan >: Johnson Smith univer sity (colored). Duke university alom received nineteen millions witf which to build and equip a plan that excells anything in the souti and there practical courses of stud; are being given to over 2,000 stu dents. The hospital at Duke ha 400 beds, ten times as many as th Shelby hospital, with the fines medical and surgical skill the coun try affords, yet no patient is eve turned away because he hasn't th money with which to pay. Just Seven More Shopping Days Tlie vari-colored Yule lights ai now glowing each night around th Shelby court square, and heginnin tonight and continuing throug Saturday night. Dee. 24. Shell; stores will be onen at night tor tt convenience of shopper VOL. XXXVIII, No. 151 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 16. 1932 r 10 PAGES TODAY ■-, Mill MI r*u. Iln »avi»nc«i Vi K Carrur oet resi. tin »n-anc«i I3(i (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Start Movement To _ Retain Two Agents Farm Groups Hold Session Here Various Farm Organizations Desire Farm, Home Agents Continued. Petitions Out. A movement was started here Wednesday, at a meeting of 45 farm folks, to get the county com missioners to continue the work of the farm and home agents which were ordered discontinued after January 1st. County support of this work was withdrawn by the new board of commissioner at their first meeting when they were sworn in Monday, December 5th, Farm Organizations Fully 100 petitions were distribut ! ed, Wednesday and it is understood these petitions are being freely signed by farm people, asking the commissioners to reconsider their ! action and continue the work. In the meeting held in the direc I tor’s room of the First National ! bank, representatives were present i from the dairy association, poultry j association, ten of the seventeen ! women's clubs of the county, the board of agriculture, the directors of the mutual farmers exchange, two Granges, a number of the 14 4-H clubs, the curb market, a num ber of school superintendents and others Interested in reinstating the work. No Criticism Of Board The meeting was presided over Dy Tom Cornwell. president of the county board of agriculture, who ex pressed sympathy for the board In their efforts to reduce governmen ts expenses. "I have no criticism for them. They are sincere and honest in their intentions, but right now is the most important time of all for us to have leadership in the diversification of crops. We cannot continue as we have but must re sort to other crops and w»e need leadership on the farm and in the farm home to aid us." Cost Is Small. j Practically every person present | had something to say in favor of | continuing the work. One farmer remarked that he would be in favor of cutting off the work if the sav ing would materially reduce taxes, but it was stated that a one cent levy on the thirty-six million dol lars valuation raises $3,600. “ It costs only $2,000 a year as the county's part to maintain both agents, so the actual cost IS Just a fraction over one-half of one cent on each $100 valuation. In other words it cost§ taxpayers one cent on each $200 worth of property they have on which to pay taxes,” said one. Fear was expressed by represen tatives of the poultry and the dairy (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.i Miss Molly Eddins Buried On Friday Had Been 111 For 18 Months. Two Sisters And One Brother Survive. j - Miss Molly Eddins well known ! 35 year old lady of near Shelby died ' Wednesday night at her home fol lowing an illness of 18 months. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at ! Ross Grove Baptist church with Rev H. E. Waldrop officiating. In early life she joined Ross Grove church and was a faithful worker. „ Surviving are the following sisters and brothers: Ruth Eddings, Bessie . Eddings and E. V. Eddings. Lutherans Plan Formal Opening Of New Church Dr. Schaeffer, College President and Othrr Prominent Lrtdrn Will Be Here Sunday. Dr. H. Brent Schaeffer, president j of Lenoir-Rhyne college, will be the j speaker at the U o’clock service! Sunday morning. At the close of the service the corner-stone will be set in Its place in the building with ap propriate ceremony. At 3 p. m. there will be a popular service with greetings and brief messages from representatives of the various Synodical organizations and from the former pastor, Rev. N. D. Yount, Dr. J. L. Morgan of Salis bury’ will represent the state synod ical body; Mr. Roy S. Safrit of Salisbury will speak for the state brotherhood: Mrs. J. A. Moretz fori the Women’s missionar y society and j Joe Moretz of Hickory for the Luth- [ er league. At 6:30 p. m. there will be a spe cial meeting for young people with | Joe Moretz of Hickory and Miss j Mildred Propst of Concord as the f speakers. At 7:30 p. m. the womens mis- | slonary society af St Matthew's j church, Kings Mountain, will render| the pageant, entitled "The Gift Perfect.” Beautiful lighting effects will be used and an Impressive mes sage will be given. The public is most cordially in vited to all these services. Monday Community Night. “Community Night” will be ob served on Monday night at 8 p. m Members and friends of the various churches of Shelby and vicinity are invited to assemble In the main church auditorium where appro- ; priate music will be rendered and addresses will be given by the pas tors of the Baptist. Methodist. Presbyterian and Episcopal church es of Shelby. Greetings will also be i brought by Mayor McMurry and representatives of ihe various civic and other organizations of the city. At the close of the service, an in formal social hour will be held in the basement of the church. This will be in charge of the women’s so ciety of the congregation, Mr. Ceph Blanton, pres. Light refreshments will be served and an opportunity will be given for a silver offering for the building fund. C. S. Young Injured Shelby Man Brought Home From Albemarle Hospital Thursday Night. Charles S. Young, prominent Shel by business man and a member of the state board of agriculture, was painfully injured in an automobile accident near Albemarle Wednes day night. Mr. Young had been to Raleigh to attend a meeting of the state board and was en route home when his auto and another collided, Mr Young's turning over in the crash. He sustained several fractured ribs and a cut on the head, and occu pants of the other car were paitK fully but not seriously injured. Yes terday relatives went to Albemarle and yesterday evening brought Mr. Young home from the hospital there. Some Christinas Cards Can Be Mailed For 11-2 Cents; Others Cost 3 Cents Printed Cards Sent In Unsealed Envelopes Go Third Class. Others First Class. As Shelby and Cleveland county people begin to mail their annual Yuletide greeting cards, it is learn ed that there Is some confusion as to the postage rate of the various classifications of cards. In order to save trouble and inconvenience both for patrons and postal clerks, Post master J. H. Quinn makes the fol lowing explanation of the rates: “Printed greeting cards mailed under cover of unsealed envelopes are chargeable with postage at the third-class rate of 1 1-2 cents for each two ounces or fraction of two ounces, regardless of whether ad dressed for delivery through post ! office boxes or general delivery, or k It", ••«%' °r rtuaj carrier, Uv .i-j,-?0’ t . — drop letter rate applicable at non letter carrier offices does not apply to such cards in unsealed envelopes. "Printed Christmas and other greeting cards in unsealed envel opes may bear a simple written in scription not in the nature of per sonal correspondence, such as "Sin cerely your,” “Merry Christmas," Happy New Year" With best wishes," etc together with the name and address of the sender and of the addressee, without subjecting them to more than the third-class rate. "Greeting cards, sealed or unseal ed, bearing written messages other than the simple inscriptions above mentioned, as well as all cards sent in sealed envelopes, are chargeable with postage at the first class rate of 3 cents an ounce 01 fraction oi an ounce, except when the l-rert drop-lette.i rate applies.' Vale Girl Get* Extortion Note Nr*ton, Dec. 16.—C»t«iba county officers revealed yes terday that they have been Investigating an extortion at tempt upon a Catawba coun ty girl this week. The officers reported that Miss Vergie Mult, of the Vale section near the Cleveland county line had received an anonymous note demanding $30. Miss Mull said she dis covered the note on her door step Monday morning. The message read: “Miss Vergie Mull, meet me tonight at the Crow place with $30. It I am not there, leave with a light. If not. It will be worse than a kidnaping case. 1 am warning you of danger." Officers waited at the ap pointed place, hut no one ap peared, they said. Non-Suit Damage Action In Crash Of Bank Building lodge Non-Suit* *20,000 Damage Suit Of Clyde Mauney In Court The feature case In the civil ses sion of Superior court here yester day was the non-suiting of the Clyde Mauney $20,000 damage suit against the First National bank in connection with the tragic building crash in Shelby In August 1928, Mauney was at that time a bank clerk and was injured when the temporary building caved in on West Warren street. At the end of the plaintiff's evi dence Judge Frank S, Hill non suited the action before it reached the Jury because- of lack of evi dence. A report today-had it that the plaintiff might appeal the de cision to supreme court, but this could not, be determined today. Evidence introduced which was said to have favored the defendant was that Mauney's hospital bill and his salary had been paid by the bank during the time he was out with injuries and his job offered him back when he recovered. It was also shown that he had received $1, 000 from McKnight, Owner, of build ing, and Webb and Lutz, contrac tors, who were engaged in excavat ing work beneath the building at the time. *10 For Dog. In the bird dog suit, Charlie Ran dall, the plaintiff, was awarded *10 and the costs against Ernest Mc Murry. The contention was that McMurry shot and killed a bird dog, valued at $150. which belonged to Randall. There will be no session of court Saturday, it is said, but the court will resume. Its woik next week, be ginning th" second week of a spe cial two-weeks term called to clear up the civil calendar. Former Official Taking Vacation A. t. tline Undecided Yet As To Future. Ha* Several Propo sitions Ahrad. A. E. CUne, for years chairman of the Cleveland county board ol commissioners and for a number oi years county manager after inaug urating the new county government I system here, has been taking a va | cation since resigning as county ac countant December 1. Mr. Cline was a visitor in Shelb; yesterday, from his Kings Moun tain home, and when queried b; friends stated that he planned t< take it easy for some weeks yet be ! cause it is his first vacation of an; i length in years. He has had severa | business propositions made him anc is considering several other pass! bilities, it is understood, but wil not make a definite decision fo: some time yet. Due to his exper ience and knowledge of tax matter: and other general governments problems, several of his friend: have discussed the possibility tha the new state administration, tak ing office in January, might seel his services in some capacity a: Raleigh officials, gave him credi for many of the new ideas in th< set-up of a business-like system ta county government which is now ir operation in a major portion o North Carolina counties. Mr. CHm was not inclined, however, to dls cuss this prospect. OTHER CTTY NEWS, pane 1ft. SPORTS.- page S. i iQ".v wt i Carol Program Sunday Eve By School Pupils Candle-Light Service At First Baptist Arouiul KW Shelby School Children To Participate In Colorful Program. One of the most colorful and ap propriate events on the Yule season In Shelby promises to be the can dle-light Christmas carol service ai the First Baptist church Sunday evening- at ^ :30 in which around 200 Shelby school children will partici pate. The program will consist of Christmas carols and anthems, some of them dating back Into the cen ttirles. and the school children have been training for weeks under the direction 6f O. B. Lewis, music in structor Assisting Mr, Lewis In training the large chorus are: Mrs Sherrill Parker and Miss Augusta Alexande-r at the Jefferson school. Miss Minnie Fddins Roberts at Mar ion school, Mrs. Hugh Plaster at Lafayette school, Mrs, Ben Buttle at South Shelby, Mrs. Joe Nash at Washington and Mrs Harry Hud son at, Graham school. The various carol* and anthems will be rendered by entire groups of high school and grammar grade children, and the event promises to be one of the most comprehensive Christmas carol productions ever presented in Shel by The Program. The opening Section of the pro gram will find the grammar grade glee clubs rendering the following numbers; Silent Night—Fran* Gruber. Now' the Rarest Day—Arranged by Jarosldv Krlcka . Gloria in Excelsis—Arranged by Jaroelav Krlcka. Ttie second portion will feature a high school quartet, composed ol ; Frances Auten, Mary Lewis Wilson Joe Beckham and Mai.Spangler jr. | in “Babe in Bethlehem." j The following will be by the high school glee club: - | Tile Coventry Carol—Arranged by | H. B. Gaul. Gloria Tibi. Domint—Arrnriged b\ H. B. Gaul. The Three Strips—Arranged by H ! B. Gaul. Blessed Babe of Bethlehem— (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIN i Bunyan Sheppard Killed In Virginia News from Grover says that Bun yan Sheppard was killed Saturday, night In Mocksvllle, Va„ where h« was a deputy sheriff. Mr. Shep pard was a nephew of Bun Price ol Grover and Mr. Price left Sundaj to attend the funeral No details Oi ! the tragedy have been learned. Lattimore Program For Monday Night i Miss Graham and Miss Berths Bostic will present their piano pu pils and glee club in a Chrlstma: program at 7:30 Monday evenim in the Lattimore school auditor ium. There will be no charge Try Answering These Test your knowledge. Can yoi answer 14 of these test questions Turn to page two for answers. 1. Of what state is Olympia th capital. 2. What order of monks did Sain Bruno found? 3. Who is Kate Smith? 4. What was the German name c ■ the present White Star Liner Ma I jestlc. 5. In what year was the first ted j eral census taken? 6. Over what country does Kip ! Prajadhipok reign? 1 7. What is arson? 8. Where is Fort Benning? 9. What is the square root of one 10. What body grants city char ; ters? 11. What is the French spelling c the name Brussels? 12. Which president appoint*’ the Wickersham commission. to in vestigate crime? 13. Name Brutus' wlfe? 14. Who was Woodrow Wilson first secretary’ of state? 15. What Is “yellow discharge from the army? 16. Near which large city i Bryn Mawr college? 17. Is Wales a part of England? 18. What is the derivation of th word “buccaneer”? 19 What is a mou *oi'ium? 20. \Vha> i* 'Harp*’1' Marx's re* s • Food and Toys . . . Or Beer? • • • With a dramatic gesture, Mra, I). I.eirh Colvin, president of the Nan York W. C. T. I!., is shown an she displayed noma Christmas dolls. milk and candies before the astonished eyes of the House Comniittae durinj her testimony at the beer hearing in the capital. Mrs, Colvin aaid tha' “if father has hin Christmas beer, baby will not have these,” meaninf the toys. Other witnesses, mostly women, predicted that if beer u legalized the. nation will be in worse straits than H is now. Says Farmer Would Not Benfit By Plan Two Per I'fnt Sain Tax Would Cost Him More Than IS-Cent land Tav Will or will hot the farmer bene fit, by the removal of the 15-rent property tax with It replaced by a sales tax? That, question is being widely dis cussed in Cleveland county, as else where, its the opening date of the next general assembly nears. There IS a strong movement on foot to remove the remaining land tax. If That is dime it, is said that, a sales tax will be the only means left, of raising necessary revenue. Writing to The Gastonia Gazette, The Charlotte News and other papers of which he is Raleigh correspondent, j. c. Baskervitle says: The principal argument being advanced for the removal oi the 15 cents state property tax for schools is that it will help the farmers. Yet according to the latest figures avail able and based upon findings in the forthcoming report of the state tax commission, the abolition of the 15 cents property tax and the sub stitution of a 2 per cent general sales tax in its place, will cost the farmers and their families almost $2,000,000 more a year than the present 15 cents tax is costing them. For it is now pretty generally con ceded that n 3 percent general sales tax will have to be imposed if the 15 cents property tax is removed. According to calculations based on the 1930 census In North Caro lina and on other data, the forth coming tax commission report will show that only about 9 per cent of all the property taxes in the state are paid bv farm property, It is un derstood, It is generally conceded that corporate property and land for other than agricultural purposes pays about 50 per cent of the prop erty taxes, leaving the other 41 per cent to be paid by non-corporate city and town property. The 15 cents state property tax, . which is the only tax levied by the i state on real property, was estt > mated to yield $4,500,000 by the 1931 general assembly, which Imposed tt. 3 On the basis of the figures contain ed in the new tax commission re ' CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN * Mr*. R. H. Walker 1* Critically 111 Mr. James Tlddy received a mes sage today Informing him that Ills daughter, Mrs. R. H. Walker, lor merly Vernle Mae Tlddy, was criti cally 111 at Baltimore. She has been sick about six months and the. mes sage stated that she was at the point of death. Mr. Tlddy Is leav ing tonight for Baltimore. Book Club Give* 21 Book* To High School fThi* Week Nhelbt High School Library Helped By Contemporary Rook Club. The Shelby high .school is very fortunate to have had 21 books add ed to its shelves this week. Tills splendid Collection was given by the Contemporary Book club and will be enjoyed by the students as well as by the faculty. Below is the list of books donated: Adams. The Adams Family: Bacheller. Dawn; Bell, Margaret Fuller; Boleslavskl-Woodward, The Way of the Lancer; Bowers. The Tragic Era; Brooks, Life of Emer son; Buck, The Good Earth; Chase, Mexico; Coates, The Outlaw' Years; G’uedello, Wellington; James, The Roven; Lagerlof, The Ring of the l.owenskolds; Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia, Education of a Princess; Millls, The Martial Spirit; Roberts, Buried Treasure; Roberts, The Great Meadow; Rolvoag, Giants In the Earth; Sandburg, Good Morn ing, America; Wagner, Prise Poems 1913-1929; Wough, Hot Countries; Woodward, Meet General Grant. Electric Current Off Here Sunday Electric current will be off in Shelby on Sunday from 2 to 2:30 o’clock to permit the Duke Power Co. to do some repair work on the local sub-station. Patrons will bear this in mind. Just A Few Oranges And Apples Will Make It More Like Christmas Shelby People Asked To Give Fruits For Children In Poor Homes Of City. About Shelby Christmas morning j 'there will be scores of little boys and girls without a single, orange, apple j or stick of candy to make them . think that there really is a Santa Claus Today Mayor. S. A. McMurry and s Shelby business men are asking all citizens to cooperate with them in seeing that these youngsters are not entirely disappointed and heart-1 s broken. The reliei fund is providing food and clothing for these unfortunates - and their families but regulations prohibit the expenditure of a single cent of the relief money for any-! .'thing other Minn necessities j to Sjfc 'there will be enough oranges, fruits and candles left over after Christ mas to make dozens and dozens of little fellows happy," Mayor McMur ry said today. "Why not lets divide up with them a little bit. If every person who can would give just a dozen oranges, or a dozen apples, or a dozen bananas they could be di vided up in bags and distributed in such a manner as to bring plenty of happiess to youngsters who would otherwise , have no Christ mas at all." The mayors plan is for all who will do so to give that much or more as they see fit. The donations may be left at the city hall or Red Cross headquarters. There they will be divided with a few oranges, apples and a little candy going into each bag. and Christmas eve the mayor; mam Body Of Moore Returned Today; Termed Suicide CleveUndTarmer It Found In Hotel 3. Matt Moor* Found Shot Ttt l>rntti in Jirkioiidllr, Florida, Hotel. Hie body of J. Matt Moore, well known Cleveland county fanner of the Patterson Grove section, believ ed to have committed suicide In a Jacksonville, Florida hotel, was re turned to this county this morning. Funeral services will be held Sat urday morning at It o'clock In the Patterson Grove church ami Inter ment will he in the cemetery there. Mr. Moore disappeared from his home last Sunday evening and his family heard no more from him un til a telegram came Wednesday morning Informing that he had been found shot to death In a Jacksonville. Florida, hotel room. At the time there was some mys tery about his disappearance and death, but. this, it wns said today, has been cleared Up and the death recorded as suicide. Wednesday Martin Wingate, of the Fulton fu neral home at Kings Mountain, and | C. L. Putnam, a close friend of the Moore family, went after the body. They got back to Kings Mountain i this morning about 4 o'clock. Gun Hu Stolen. They said the mysterious angle of the death was cleared up by Jack sonville officers. When Moore's body was found, shot through the head, about midnight Tuesday night no gun was found In the room. A holster was there and later a negro said he found the gun hid tinder a matress In an adjoining room. This made it appear not to be a suicide. Still later, it was learned today, a. negro confessed to having stolen the gun. Mr. Moore for a number of years lived Just southwest of Shelby on the Webb farm and was well known here and over the county. A year or more ago he became somewhat un balanced mentally It is said but had apparently recovered. Some weeks ago he Is said to have remarked that he was going to spend a month or two In Florida this winter but stated nothing more definitely. Sunday he left home with the state ment that he was going to see a neighbor. From then on until Wed nesday his family knew nothing of his whereabouts although a check was made to see if he left Kings Mountain by train or bus. A Jacksonville dispatch informed that a note was found in his pock et* and apparently had been writ ten on the train between Greenville, S. C., and Jacksonville. It was re ported as saying that when he reached Jacksonville he would “either die or go back home” and that, he “had about decided upon the latter.” Mr. Wingate, one of the men who went after the body, said today that one or two other notes were found but their contents were not available at that time. The deceased Is survived by his wife and four children. A popular man, Mr. Moore’s death was a shock to his many friends in the Patter son Grove section and also in the Shelby section. Deputy Nabs Cat With 112 Gallons Capture Made North Of Shelby About Daylight This, Morning. Deputy Tom Sweezy early this morning took charge of a quantity of spirits presumably bound for holiday consumption in Shelby. On Highway 18, north of Shelby, about daylight. Deputy Sweezy and Hulo Sweezy' captured a Ford road ster and 12 gallons of corn whiskey. When the officer arrived on the scene the broken down whiskey car was being pushed, he said, by an other automobile, but about that time the other car ran out of gas. The officer Is aware, he says, of the identity of the man in the other car but has not as yet learned defi nitely who was driving the Ford. The whiskey, stored In two cases of 24 half-gallon fruit jars, and the captured car were brought to town by the officer . Brother Of Shelby Man Died Thursday J. Fred Smith, Charlotte barber shop twoprietor. died yesterday aft ?r an illness of six months. He was i brother oi Cole Smith of Shelby ind a native of Salude S ,C. Fun* »ral service* are being held this aitemooij:: rlt PrileharJ Memorial