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All Stores Have Extra Sales Forces To Handle The Last Minute Rush Of Christmas Shoppers—Stores Will Be Open Tonight And Tomorrow Night r 8 PAGES TODAY tl.f Mali per rear. (In advance* - 83.5i Carrier, per rear tin artv*n<-*» (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday'Afternoons) Late News * THE MARKET Cotton, spot basis 6c Cotton seed, ton $10 | Cloudy Saturday Today's North t arolina Weather Report: Increasing cloudiness fol lowed by rain Saturday and In west portion tonight. Wanner to night and Saturday | Beer Bill Today I Washington, Dec. 23.—A sudden move to bring the house 3.2 per cent beer bill up for action in the sen ate today topped off a series of swift moving development yester day, including a denunciation of the measure by Senator Borah. Repub lican, Idaho, who asserted it was unconstitutional. Senator Bingham, Connecticut Republican and long time beer advocate, announced to the senate he would move to con sider the bill today, but meanwhile Democratic leaders agreed in con ference to send the bill through the usual committee routine. Union Merges Two Branches County Banks For Sake of Economy and Burglary Protection Two Branches Are Drawn In. For the sake of economy and for better protection against burglary and hold-up the Union Trust Co. has merged its branch bank at Car oleen with the branch at Forest City and the branch at Mooresboro with the home bank at Shelby. With good roads and automobiles, making it possible for the people of these two communities to do their banking conveniently with some-of the other Union branches, it is felt by the management that it will not work any hardship on any of. the bank's customers. The following statement has been ; issued by Chas. C. Blanton presi dent and Forrest Eskridge, cashier: "On December 20th it is our plan to consolidate the Mooresboro branch of the Uhion Trust com pany with our home office. The vol-; irnie of business at Mooresboro does not Justify keeping more than one person employed, and even then cannot be operated profitably. "Where only one person is em-! ployed in the bank, the risk from burglary and hold-up is greater, making the rates for burglary and hold-up insurance excessively high.: We are therefore consolidating our branch offices where only one per son is employed, with the larger of-1 fices. “We certainly appreciate the pat- i ronage and loyalty of our customers in Mooresboro. and regret that the j volume of business has not grown . to larger proportions so we would be justified in continuing to operate a branch office in Mooresboro. The, home office of Union Trust com pany has capable people employed.1 and they will give the Mooresboro customers every attention and courtesy possible. Tire loans of the Mooresboro office will be payable at the Shelby office, and all checks given by cuslmers at the Moores boro branch will be paybale at Shelby home office. You need not1 worry about checks out-standing at : this office. as the understanding ■ will be that all items on Mooresboro ■ will be taken care of at Shelby The resources of the home office and all branch offices are behind each and every branch of the Union Trust Company." With Palace Barbers Hoyt Nichols, well known young barber of Earl, has joined the force at the Palace barbershop, operated by the McWhorter brothers. OTHER CITY NEWS, page 3. Monday’s Issue Of Star Will Be Omitted Following our usual custom to omit one issue of The Cleveland Star at Christmas time, there will be no issue of the paper on Monday, Dec ember 26th. This is done in order to allow our employees time to spend a week-end with their family and friends. The next regular issue of The Star will appear on Wednesday, December 28th and regularly thereafter. The management of the paper feels that The Star’s patrons will not begrudge our em ployees a little holiday rest after issuing 155 papers dur ing the year. Our Christmas greeting to our patrons and friends will be found elsewhere In today's Issue CLEVELAND STAR I __ County Cotton Crop Near 45,000 Bales 19,000 Bales Below 1931 Crop Crop Behind To Date Totals 44.469 Bales. Over 1,000 Bales Sine* Cast Report. The Cleveland county cotton crop for 1933 seems sure to reach and perhaps barely pass the 45,000 bale mark. Up to December 13, this year, a total of 44,469 bales had been gin ned. This was 19,099 bales less than the 63.568 bales ginned to the same date last year, according to Miles H Ware, ginning agent. Some To Gin. Although there is very little gin ning going on in the county now it is believed that at least 531 bales will be ginned before the entire crop is reported, a portion of which may have been ginned already but not yet reported. Up to December 1, this year 43, 156 bales had been ginned, and with the new report, to December 13. showing 44.469 bales It is evident that 1.513 bales were ginned or re ported in the two weeks time. For several weeks after mid-sea son it was thought that the crop this year, practically 20,000 bales behind the record crop of 1931. would do well to reach 40,000 bales The fag end of the season was bet ter. however, than the early por tion and the crop is turning out from three to five thousand bales better than anticipated. No Fires, Largest Fire In The County No Fire Damage In Shelby In Nov ember. State’s Largest Blare At Kings Mt. Cleveland county'? two largest towns featured the November fire report in North Carolina. Shelby was one of the 16 towns and cities In the State which re ported no fire loss during the month of November. The State’s largest fire of-the month, however, was the high school fire at Kings Mountain, the damage in the blaze being esti mated at $72,000. Local Youth* Star In Holiday Sport*, Virgil Weathers Plays W ith College ‘ C'agers. Carr Fights Draw. Last night in Charlotte. Virgil Weathers. Cleveland county boy and All-Southern basketball for ward at Carolina, was one of the college all-star players who defeat ed the Charlotte "Y” team for the first time this year. Weathers rang up four points while in the game. At Rockingham Wednesday night Babe Carr .Shelby boxer, fought a 1 Ground draw with Mike O’Brien, Rockingham boy and leading con tender for the lightweight champ ionship in the two Carollnas. - ---- -- Poultry Car Here To Buy Wednesday A poultry car will be at the Sea board station in Shelby on Wednes day, December 28, for the purpose of buying poultry from Cleveland county poultry farmers, it is an nounced by the Cleveland Farmers Mutual Exchange. Prices to be paid were not available today, but it Is almost certain, members of the ex change said, that they will be high er than for some time. Farm Relief Is Moved Through County Agents Some Form Of Aid Will He Given Farmer* Next Tear. 411 Crop loins In 19.11. Some form of farm relief trill be made available to the fanners next spring, but the administration of this relief can best be worked through farm agents in the various counties, said Mr. Goodman of the: state agriculture extension depart • ^ ment who was in Shelby this week. Congress will soon have before It some form, of farm relief ancf the | most probable one is the domestic allotment plan proposed by Presi dent-elect Kooseveit. Advances will be made to farmers so that they can produce their own supplies, i Machinery is being set up how for relief measures through the proper agencies and the interest of the farmer as well as the government can best be safeguarded through a farm agent who is in direct contact | between the two, says Mr. Good man. Last year 471 crop loans were j made in Cleveland county with noj expense whatever to the farmers except-a fifty cent hotary fee. These, loans were all small and amounted to $70,000 or more. All application blanks were filed through Mr. j Shoffner’s office here and as dis-! crimination was shown in making the loans, practically all were paid back. This is not true in counties J without agents where the loans were j made indiscriminately. Mr. Goodman says agricultural extension work is fostered by the federal government which matches state and county dollars. Last year $35,000 was refunded to Washing ton because of insufficient funds in! North Carolina. ___________ Paving Tax Payment Awaits Recovery Of Attorney Of City City May Work Out Plan To Carry Property Owners Slightly In Arrears. Notice were recently sent out by the city to property owners on streets that were paved ten years ago. notifying them that the tenth I and last paving installment was due and must be paid by December 20. i Mayor McMurry said this morn-_ ing that some plan might be work-, ed out so that the city can carry those property owners who are in; arrears only one or two payment*. j Action awaits the recovery of City; Attorney D. Z. Newton who has been at home sick for a few days. The city has no disposition to be hard on delinquent paving tax payers but under the original pav ing plan, the abutting property owners were assessed on each side of the paved streets with one-third of the cost while the city paid one third. Property owners were given ten years in which to pay. On several paving projects the ten year, period will soon expire and unless collecting of the assess ments is forced, the city might lose its prior lien against property that is covered by mortgage. The board will hold a meeting next week and decide on some course. Fine Job Done By City Forces In Cleaning Streets; Work Unemployed Over 100 Unemployed Men Given Jobs And Paid In Cash. Span gler Has Charge. One week has elapsed since the sleet and snow fell and practically all of the streets are now In good condition for travel in spite of the fact that ice still covers the untrod ground. For the past several days more than 100 unemployed men were given work at $1 a day. They were furnished shovels and picks and given a pair of overshoes to pro tect their feet from the dampness. Relief funds sent here from the federal government through the state were used to pay the men in cash its the work was of a public nature. Ernest Spangler, street supervisor has tv>en fwrsoeine the force of workmen and Ernest has been highly complimented for the good job he has done. He has worked al most day and night, getting little sleep or rest for a whole week. Traveling men coming through the city yeeterday, stated that Shelby's streets are in better condition than any city in Western Carolina. In the business section the ice has been piled in small mountains between the curb and sidewalk and there is ample parking space for Christmas shoppers. The city tractor has been running night and day and atten tion was first given to the more im portant arteries of travel. Gradual ly the outlying streets have befn reached until there is hardly street or sidewalk in Shelby that :s impassable. The work will be con tinued until all streets and side walk? arc cleared of snow arid ice. Dan Cupid Has Very Slow Year In This County Average 5 Couples Per Month Only 68 Marriage I,lcrn«m Issued In Shelby I p To 20th Of December. Vole Hr ridings Dan ( npid ban had a last minute shopping rush in Shel by just as have Shelby busi ness houses. Ip until Wed nesday only eight couples had secured marriage licenses in Shelby this month, making a total for the year of 68. But since Wednesday licenses have been issued to five other cou ples. One was married in the court house today and one or two of the others are planned as surprise Vuletide cere monies. This makes a total of 1.1 for the month and 7,1 for the year, instead of eight and 68 as recorded in the follow ing marriage story . Dan Cuptd, the match-maker, knows something about what the depression means, a check of the marriage license department in the office of A F. Newton, register of deeds, shows. So far this year, and with only 10 days to go, only 68 coupler have secured marriage license in Cleve land county. That is considerably below the total for 1931 and far be low the average In years prior to the added restrictions to securing licenses in this State. Five or si* years ago 200 or more couples se cured the wedding papers In Shel by. but since the new law added to the cost and required physical ex amination, etc., close to 75 percent of the county couples have been go ing to Gaffney, York or other points in South Carolina for the ceremony. Sixty-eight couples for entire year is an average less than six couples per month. The big month of the year was September when nine cou ples . secured their license at the court house here. The bridal month of June had to be satisfied with a tie with January', August, Novem ber and December for second hon ors with eight licenses. The low point month of the year was May when only two couples secured li cense. In February, March and July only three couples secured license. Tire record by months follows: January, 8: February, 3; March, 3; April, 4; May, 2; June. 8; July, 3; August, 8: September. 9; October. 4: November, 8: and December. 8 to date. Licenses have been issued this week to the following Cleveland county couples: Webb McBrayer Hunt and Irene Allen; J. L. Hord, Jr., and Clayton Cline. Lions Play Santa To 23 City Tots; Yule Party Held Club Is Host To Needy Children And Gives Them Clothing And Shoes. The Lions club. Shelby organiza tion composed of young business and professional men, played Santa Claus last night to 23 needy chil dren in their annual Christmas party at the Hotel Charles. • The 23 youngsters, carefully se lected front unfortunate homes, were given a good meal and enter tained with a Christmas program Later each youngster was given un derwear, clothing and shoes. The special entertainment feature was provided in readings by Miss Caro bel Lever Governor Here An unexpected visitor for the clubs Yule party was Hugh Mit chell, district governor, who drop ped In to see for himself one of the dub’s worthwhile Santa parties of which he had heard. Check Of $2,000 Comes To County In Relief Funds Make* Total Of $U,«7S County Hu Rwflvttl From Federal Hellet Quota In the checks mailed from Ra-1 leigh this week to 100 counties of the State, Cleveland received *2.000 as Its December quota from the Fed eral and State emergency relief I fund. Check* mailed out this week ] totalled *228 400, It being the sec ond made from the Federal loan of \ $571,000 advanced to the State for j use tn December The $2,000 check makes the full I sum sent, to the county In recent I months total $11,475. a total of *9.-( 475 being previously received. Checks sent neighboring coun-j ties from the allotment were as fol lows: Burke, $1,400; Catawba. *2. 400; Gaston. $800; Lincoln, $1,400, and Rutherford, *2.000. Another Youth Shot On Hunt With A Brother Cleveland roan 17'* third hunting xvlilrnt of the week took plwe In tho New Hoase section early yesterday, Thursday, afternoon. Vance Jones, about 10 years of age, was shot in the leg by his brother Hall Janes, who Is around !». They are the sons of ttev, Vea Jones. The older brother. It was reported today by Wake Brid ges, Moores boro correspondent, wo* crossing a terrace after a rabbit when his gun was ac cidentally discharged. The load struck the small brother In the leg about the knee and ranged downward. Hs was rushed to Dr. ler at Lsttt morr and later taken to the hospital. It Is thought, ac cording to reports, that M will not be necessary to am putate the leg. Negro Hurt When Car Hits Wagon; Upton Youth, Shot By Brother, Is Still In Serious Condition Here Marvin Peeler. Colored, vrloudj Injured. One Of Moles Killed In crash. Two men. one white and one col ored, are seriously hurt in the Shel by hospital as the result of a hunt ing accident and an automobile ac cident this week. Marvin Peeler, colored, of the Double Shoals section was seriously Injured Wednesday night about 8 o'clock when an automobile driven by Robert Porter, sor of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Porter, of Belwood. crashed Into the wagon Peeler was driving; The accident took place on the Shclby-Fallston highway, just below Fatlston. Little Better. Reports to The’StRr have it tha" Peeler’s wagon was without a light and that the accident was termed unavoidable on Porter's part. One of the mules to Peeler’s wagon was fatally hurt or so badly hurt that It had to be killed and the other was injured. Porter escaped unhurt but his automobile was badly de molished Peeler. Injured about the head, was rushed to the Shelby hospital and was for a time uncon scious. Today It was said that he was some better and was Irrational only at times. His worst injury is about the head and no limbs were fractured, but a head Injury la con sidered serious until the complica tion stage has passed Ernest Upton, 18. who was acci dentally shot by his brother, Ben nie, while they were rabbit hunting last Tuesday morning, is still in a serious condition at the Shelby hos pital. The boys were hunting ,n*ar Sugar Hill schools, four miles east of Fallston. Bennie, the older bro ther, was attempting to run a rab bit out when he fell and his gun was discharged. Twelve shot enter ed the left side of his brother and at the Shelby hospital, where he was rushed, it was found that they had punctured his intestines at sev eral places. The status of his condi tion today was still uncertain as his injury was an unusually precarious one. . - Banks, B. And L. And Court House To Close Here Monday Local banks, building ^nd loan as sociations and the court house will close here on Monday to give the employes a holiday for Christmas. The po6toffice will observe the usual holiday service. Mail will be put in boxes at the offices and outgoing mail will be dispatched, but the i windows will be closed and the ru ral carriers will not make their rounds. Monday, January 2 will also be a legal holidays for banks, etc. Marries Same Woman Second Time Married three times and divorced., once with Wife No, 2 also becoming Wife No. 3 to end a somewhat puz aling matrimonial tangle was the record of G. Perry Champion fol lowing a marriage ceremony in the Cleveland county court house to day. Some years ago,. Perry who is iisted as 32 years of age, was inar fl«i to a woman whose first name waS^Sarah. He liv«'; with her for only a short time i any at all, and was then married co Daisy Emory, who beramp Wile No. 2 But it was' termed an illegal marriage to avoid any charge of bigamy because there had been no divorce from Wife No. i. Then in Cleveland county superior court last week Perry was granted a divorce from Sarah Champion, and this morning at 10:30 in the office of A. P, New ton, register of deeds, Perry secured his third license and was married again to Daisy Emory, 17. The cere mony was performed by Squire T.| Cling Eskridge, who married Perry one of the two other times. Perry j is the son of cjeorgr Washington Champion ; Loy Yarboro Shot While Out Hunting Companion Shot At Rabbit, Ixtad ■Striking Tarboro In HI* Right Arm. Toluca. Dec. 23.—Loy Yarboro is in the Lincolntn hospital with a serious, gunshot wound which was sustained while he was hunting wall a number of companions Tues day. It is reported that Yarboro and Ed Hallman were on one side of a branch and Earl Boyles was on the other when a rabbit Jumped up. Earl fired at the rabbit and all or a big portion of the entire load from the .12 guage gun struck Yarboro s right, arm Just above the elbow. He was rushed to the hospital and It is not yet known here whether or not it will be necessary to am putate the arm, Community Night At New Lutheran Church Enjoyed Officials, Minister* And Others Ex tend Greetings To New Luth eran Church. Greetings and good wishes were extended last night to the new Lutheran congregation on the oc casion of the opening of their hand some new church- building Just completed at the corner of LaPay ette and Sumter streets. Some 200 or more people of all denominations were present and J. D. Llneberger was master of cere monies. Ministers of all local de nominations, city officials and civic heads were among those to extend a welcome and congratulations to the newly formed church. The building is a brick structure with a main auditorium and a basement for Sunday school work, a most at tractive and comfortable building. Rev Fiank Davis Is the popular pastor. He has been an untiring worker since coming here and the Sunday school and church enroll ment have multiplied many times within the past few months. At the close of the community night program, refreshments were served in the basement of the church by the ladies. Section Ready For Christmas Holiday Lattimore Gets Parole; Is Home For The Holiday Former Shelb; Bonk Official Ar rtml In Home Town Lost Wight, J. J. Uttlmore, former Shel by bonk official, who woo serving a fire-year sentence In the •tote prison on a false entry charge arising while he was secretary- treasurer of the old Cleveland Bank and Trust com pany, arrived In Shelby last night after being given a parole In time to spend the holidays at his home. He had served 18 month* time and with time and one-half for good behavior his service credit was two and a quarter years of the ori ginal sentence. He was convicted of false entry In superior court here on January 9, 1931, and sentenced by Judge J. H. Clement. After losing an appeal he left Shelby on July 11, 1931, to begin his sentence, and has since, It is said, established an excellent record tn the hospital supply de partment of the Institution. Some weeks ago. It Is understood, a petition was circulated in the city and county petitioning the governor and pardon commissioner for his re lease. This was signed, it Is said, by hundreds of citizens Including a major portion of the Jury which heard his case Jarvis Hamrick Home Is Burned Sad Christmas For Ihnrkk Fam ily. Home and Fnrnitnrr la Loat It it t Mid Christmas far the family of Jarvis Hamrick In the Poplar Springe community. The Hamrick home was completely de stroyed by fire about 9 o’clock Tues day night. Only a little bedding was saved. The family was making ready to retire for the night when the flame was discovered. Lights went out and left them groping In the dark ex cept for the light from the fire. Neighbors had retired and no one came to their rescue until the fire had gotten beyond control. The Hamrick home was built about five year* ago. It Is under stood the house and furniture were partly covered by insurance. No Error In Award Given Shelby Mill The supreme court of North Car olina this week handed down an opinion finding “no error” in the award of the Consolidated Textile corporation vs. M. L. Patterson. In superior court here the mill sued for and won a verdict of *972.75 against Patterson charging that the mill lost that much in his handling of Invoices, cotton, etc., and the award was appealed. The mill was represented by Judge B. T. Falls and Patterson by Attorneys D. 2. Newton and Horace Kennedy. Announce Birth Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson an nounce the birth of a little daugh ter. Emma Jo, on December 19, at their home In East Shelby, Home Demonstration Agent Makes Annual Report; Many Meetings Annual Report Of Mrs. Wallace Shows That Over 7,000 At tended Her Meetings. The annual report Of Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, home demonstration agent for Cleveland county, for the year 1933 shows that during the year she conducted, sponsored or attended a total of 390 meetings at which a total of 7.142 women and girl club members and visitors were present. The annual report of the agent, made each year about this time, comes at an opportune moment as just now petitions are being placed before the people of Cleveland county to see if they desire the work of the two agents continued. The report shows that there are1 now j7 adult worsen s demons*ration clubs in the county, with one mem ber from each club in the county council, all making up the county federation. In her 4-H clubs, Mrs. Wallace has a total of 314 girls. During the • year she conducted with or for these organizatoins 309 meetings with a total attendance of over 7,000 These meetings were listed, in part, as follows: 11 training meet ings with 283 attending. Seventeen result demonstrations in gardening and landscape work with an at tendance of 171. Six 4-H club meet ings attended by 86. In addition to these meetings Mrs. Wallace’s report shows that she worked 275 days, had 290 office calls, made 288 visits to homes, sent out 24 circular letters and wrote 37 C'<'>'Trxr*r! <•>> riafc.TKHIt* Plants Close Today And Tomorrow Textile Plante Will Be Clewed Cntlt Tuesday Or I-ongrr. Special Church Services. The Shelby section was a bus tie today In Its last-minute preparations for the Christmas holiday, the moat widely observed holiday event of the year In this area. | Beginning this morning, this alt ! ernoon and tomorrow the textile and Industrial plants about the city ■ will begin to close In giving thetr employes from two to seven dap vacation period. Today the Shelby business sec tion was thronged with shoppers who realise that they only have one more shopping day after today be fore Christmas. Streets and stores were packed today with merchants anticipating an even greater rush tomorrow because last Saturday hundreds were unable to come to town for their Christmas trading because of the heavy snow and trav el conditions. Church SrrrtrM Special services, marked by ap propriate Yule music, will feature the Sunday services at all ahelby churrhes as well as over the coun ty. In the First Baptist, Central Methodist and Presbyterian church es there will be especial musical programs Sunday morning with the regular church services morning and evening These programs in clude quartets, male, female and mixed choruses featuring in the singing of Christmas carols and anthems. A pageant will be given at the Baptist church Sunday eve. More details of the programs will be found elsewhere in the paper. Special services are also planned at the Lutheran, Episcopal, Second CONTINUED ON FACUE THREE.) Can you answer 14 of theae test questions V' Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Which metals in common use are most costly? 2. When was the last time that Eugene V. Debs was a candidate for president of the U. 8.? 3. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born? 4. Where is the greatest fashion center in the world? 5. Name the leading dog on the team that carried dlptheria anti toxin to Nome, in 1925? 6. What form of government has Switzerland? 7. Who was the Democratic presi dential candidate in 1920? 8. State the famous maxim ori ginated by Coue? 9. What was the name of Presl dent Harding's dog? 10. Name the first woman who successfully swam the English Chan Tty Answering 11. In whose cabinet was Carter Glass the secretary of the treasury? 12. Name the first steamer that crossed the Atlantic ocean? 13. What is Seth Parker’s real name? 14. In which state is Yellowstone National park? 15. Where did the first U. S. con gress meet? 16. Name the legislative body of Sweden? 17. What is the capital of China? 18. Name the capital of West Vir ginia. 19. Who was the first vice presi dent of the United States? 20. Which Is the oldest city in the United States? Gardners To Spend Holiday In Raleigh Raleigh, Dec. 23.—Gov. and Mrs. O. Max Gardner will spend their first Christmas in Raleigh in the last year of his term. For the past three Christmases Governor and Mrs. Gardner have gone to their home in Shelby for the Yuletide season. He retired from of fice January 5. The governor said today he and Mrs. Gardner expected to spend a quiet day in the capital. Books Donated To Shelby Library On December the 20th the Con temtx'rary Book club . donated 19 books to the Shelby Public library The p. A. R. has given a year’s sub scHption to three . magazines tht’ mont.h.