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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 155 SHELBY,^. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 1932 r *» 8 PAGES TODAY (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) cLT.'1 Dt‘ !“' ,lD _ _ * , ' v'Brr,*f. oef fear, an a4*raxica» $3.|m Late News j THE MARKET Cotton .............._6< j Cotton Seed, ton __.... $9.50 | More, More Rain Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and probably rain ill north and west portions tonight and Saturday. Warmer in central and extreme west portions Satur day. Cut Cotton Crop Memphis, Tenn., Dee. 30.—\ com pulsory 50 per cent curtailment of next year's cotton crop was endors ed here last night by the South - wide conference of governors as a means of bolstering the price of the rtaple. Annual Report Of Farm Agent Shows His Work Visited 759 (■'arms And Held iAiny Meetings, Demonstrations And Conferences. The annual report for 1932 of R. W. Shoffner, Cleveland county farm agent, shows activities carried on or helped in by the agent. During the year he visited many farms, held demonstration meetings, conferenc es, etc. Some of the report In detail shows the following activities: The general work of the agent conies under the supervision of the coun ty board of agriculture, which is composed of 40 men three or more from each of the 11 townships. During the year the agent directed or helped in the work of the 4-H clubs which have 325 members. He visited, the report shows, 759 farms; had 2,945 conferences or calls at his office, and also 1.478 tele phone calls for information, etc. The agent spent, according to the ’•eport, 170 days in his office and 150 days in the fields or on the road, and during the year prepared 121 news articles on agricultural work. He issued 1.517 individual let ters and 27 sets of circulars of 4.744 copies. A total of 489 bulletins were also distributed. Demonstrations. During the year he held 57 meth- I od demonstrations with an attend-1 ance of 733. These demonstrations • over general farm activities such as pruning of trees, fertilizer mix ing, culling chickens, etc. The agent also attended 81 miscellaneous meet ings which were attended by. 4.729 people, and during the year he travelled 8.651 miles by auto and 480 by rail. City Has Pulmotor For Saving Lives Recently Acquired By Coroner Lutz Of Local Undertaking: Firm. A life-saving device that has been advocated for Shelby for sev eral years has been secured in a pulmotor of breathing machine re cently purchased by the Lutz and Austell undertaking firm, of which i County Coroner Roscoe E. Lutz is a: member. Coroner Lutz states that the ma- I > chine is not to be restricted to the' private use of the firm but will be available for other undertakers, ambulance drivers, physicians and! others in case of emergency. The machine, commonly called a pul motor, is really a breathing ma chine. It Is the latest device for the saving of human life in all cases of accident which cause asphyxia, such as bv gas, drowning, electric shock, asphyxia of new born babies, and other cases of suspended breathing. Many lives have been saved by such machines after all signs of life had apparently vanished. Numer . ous instances have been recorded of - restoring breath by the breathing machine to people who have been under water for some time and ap pear to be dead. It is equipment of such a type as to be an asset to the community, even though it may be called upon to save a life only at! rare Intervals. Doctors Move In New Building Here First Occupants Now In Professional Building On South Washington Street Shelby's new professional build ing' was occupied today. Drs. Ben and Tom Gold moved into their new offices in the building last night as did Dr. B. B. Matthews. Dr. D. F. Moore, another physician who will occupy an office suite in the building, is expected to move to day. Dr. H. C, Thompson, who has had offices with Dr. Matthews in the Lineberger building, has moved *o offices in the Royster building. The new structure, owned by the Drs. Gold and Dr. Moore, is located on South Washington street south i of the Hotel Cleveland and was I erected bv Otis Evans, local, rmt "" Clerk’s Report Shows Public Funds On Hand Funds For Minors Can’t Be Paid Financial Report Of Clerk Of Court Shows Money On Hand For Many. Today's issue of The Star carries the annual report of the Clerk of the Superior Court A. M. Hamrick, showing funds on hand, most of which arc unclaimed witness fees. Scores of these witnesses do not know that a fee Ls being held for them in the clerk's office so a rush is expected when this report is pub lished. This report also shows the amount of money held for minors but this is not subject to be paid until the minors become of age. Thus fact should be kept in mind in order to save the clerk the trou ble of explaining. The law requires the publication annually of a report showing the funds on hand by the clerk of court and Troy McKinney, county account ant. has been busy several days checking and verifying the record in order to have the report ready for publication before the first of the year. The number opposite the names shows the page number of the book wheVe the record is carried in the clerk's office, while opposite this is the amount of money held in the clerk’s office to be paid out when called for. Sunday School Meet At Zion Sunday Mr. Barrett, Native Of County, !§ Director. Sunday School Reports. The Kings Mountain Baptist Sun day school association will hold its monthly rally at Zion church on January 1st, beginning at 2:15 o’clock,' using the theme “Onward.” These meetings are held under the direction of the Sunday school board of Nashville. Tenn., with J. N. Barnett, a native of Cleveland county, as associate secretary. He promotes rural Sunday school work throughout the Southern states. Each Sunday school is asked to give a report monthly and send a delegation to these meetings. The program is as follow’s: 2:15 devotional by Mrs. N. B. Lee, of Lattimore S. S.: 2:25 survey of the past year's work; 2:35 OnwTard in Enlargement and Training. by Joe E. Blanton, of Ross Grove S. S t 2:50 special music by Dover; 3:00 Onward In Evangelism, Standard Sunday Schools and Dedication of .Life by N. L. Whisnaht, Supt. ol Sandy Plains; 3115 election of group Supts.; 3:30 roll call and announce ments; 3:45 adjourn. Injured Improve At City Hospital Hinson, Shot In Chest, Better To day. Upton Youth Also Improving. All those injured in accidents or brawls in or near Shelby during the holiday period were reported as improving today in the Shelby hos pital, Ezra Hinson, who was shot in the chest a week ago tonight, was bet ter today. Hinson was shot, it is al leged, by Marvin Hutchins, who is now in the county jail. Hutchins has knife wounds in the chest said to have been inflicted by Hinson during their argument. Ernest Up ton. white youth, accidentally shot by a brother while hunting the first of last week, is also improving, as is Marvin Peeler, colored man of the Double Shoals section, who was injured about the head when his wagon was struck by an automobile one night last week. Flu Epidemic Still Prevails In Section Scores Of New Cases Reported In City And County. Others Re turn To Work. The flu epidemic, in a mild form, continued to gain headway in Shel by and over Cleveland county today as the rainy weather held on and added to the numfeif of colds. It was said today that there has been more influenza during the last week or at the present time than In any winter since the serious epi demic of 1918. The present epidemic lacks much, however, of being as se vere. Several cases of pneumonia have developed and a death or so has been credited directly or Indi rectly to flu or pneumonia, but gen erally speaking those taken sick have been able td get out after from two days to a week’s confinement. Many of those in bed or confined to their homes the early part of the week were able to be out today and quite a number had returned to their work in uptown Shelby or in: the industrial villages Scores of new cases, howbeit, have developed1 and the number of cases now per Imps totals as much as those earlier in the week. One of the two city firemen, Jo seph Carroll, who had been sick was back on the job today, but the oth er, Buck Coble, was reported to have suffered a relapse. There are not over one or two business houses in uptown Shelby in which some oi the employes are not out with the flu, and from 10 to 40 are reported sick with flu in each of the textile mill villages. One mill was reported to have half the force out. Police man Knox Hardin, ill for several days, was still In bed today togeth er with all members of his family, it was said, and his wife's parents Over the county the situation is practically the same with one or more cases in practically all homes. As a result of the epidemic numer ous public meetings have been call ed off. With the sun out for a short period yesterday it was hoped that there would be an end to the wet; damp weather which would In turn halt the epidemic, but It was rainy again today and the weatherman forecasts more flu weather, or rain, for tonight and tomorrow. Cheaper Money By Lowering Amount Grains In Gold Would Aid Recovery Says Mull In Letter To Senator Decision Left To Heads About Opening School i--—.*. The rural schools of Cleveland' county may not open Monday as scheduled. At 2 o’clock today Supt. J. If. Grin said that members of the county board of education had derided to leave the matter to the various principals and committees. When they think the roads in their section are safe for the trucks to travel and that the flu has subsided enough the schools will be opened, probably any day of next week, or Monday week. The rural schools closed a week early because of the snow and were to have opened Wednes day but the date was postponed until Monday because of travel conditions. Now the reopening date is up to the various school' heads. ’ The Shelby schools, unless some other decision is made over the week-end, will open Tues day on schedule, Supt. B. L. Smith said today when asked if the holiday period would be . extended because of the in fluenza epidemic. Alumni Banquet Halted By “Flu” The Wake Forest alumni banquet for Shelby and Cleveland county, scheduled to be held in the First ■Baptist church basement this even ing at 6 o'clock, has been called off. The banquet, which it was believ ed would have been attended by a large number of alumni and stu dents of the college, was postponed because of the influenza epidemic. It was hoped to hold the occasion during the holidays so that stu dents now home might attend, but it may be held later, although a de cision has not been made as yet. First of all Dr. A. C. Reid, member of the Wake Forest faculty, who was to be speaker at the banquet, be came sick with flu. Then the chair man of the program committee be came sick. and then one of the ladies who was in charge of the food feature and the husband of the Other. Due to these several handicaps it was thought best to postpone the banquet. Man Charged With Death Of Sister Of Shelby Woman Is From Cherokee Aaron Humphries Originally Lived Just Across Line In S. C. Gaffney, S. C., Dec. 30—Aaron A. Humphries, former Cherokee coun ty man, is under arrest in Georgia charged With the murder of his wife at Gainesvile, Ga. The body of the woman, who disappeared December 8, was found early this week in the bottom of an abandoned well at the Humphries home five miles from Gainesville. Her head had been crushed. Humphries is a son of Bud Humphries, who lives about seven miles from Gaffney on his farm near the North Carolina line Alter discovering circumstances that led to the filing of murder charges against Humphries Gaines ville officers requested Sheriff Zeb V. Whelchel to investigate the pri soner’s claim that he had a small 'son by a fonper marriage living with the prisoner's father near this city. The Georgia officers took this I precaution to make sure the boy had not been killed also. Tn response to the request Oeputj' Sheriff D E. Lemmons visited the Bud Hum phries home Monday and found the child safe anil sound as his father had said. Mrs. Humphries was a sistei ;if i ipOtmi«JI!D 0,\ PAOS SKiHl , Debt* Arc Our Trouble And They Can't Be Paid Without Cheaper Money. Hon. O. M. Mull, prominent poll tical leader %ho has retired from politics and Is now devoting his time to the textile Industry, offers a new solution for the economic stress the country finds itself in. In a letter to Senator, J. \Y. Bai ley in Washington he suggests that congress reduce the number of grains of gold from 25.6 to 16 in each gold dollar and this would increase money circulation by two billion dollars, raise commodity prices and wipe out the deficit In the federal treasury. Mr. Mull's letter to Cenator Bailey is a piercing picture of the econo mic situation and reads as follows: Looking To New Administration "There is but little, If any, change In business for the better. Profit able business conditions are still in the distant future. However, there is renewed hope or expectancy on the part of the great masses that the new administration will do something constructive which will remove that "corner" around which prosperity has failed to come. No one seems to know what that some thing is but at present we are all encouraged by this hope and are thus able to endure the unpreced ented financial difficulties whicji now prevail. If the new administra tion brings nothing constructive or the remedy it applies should fall to produce the results hoped for, we will then have disappointment add ed to our financial distress. Debts Trouble Us "Much emphasis has recently been ^entered on International debts. The importance of war debts and gov ernment obligations has. in my opinion, been over-emphasized. The’ one cause, which is the big jnoun tain blocking the return of- pros perity. is, in my opinion, debts of all kinds; private, > corporate and governmental. The entire resources of our country are constantly bejng marshalled and employed in an ef fort to pay interest on debts with tCONTINVEU on PAGE 610'!, Junior College To Open Work Monday Boiling: Springs Has Had Very Suc cessful Year So Fai. Patron* Are Gratified. Boiling Springs. Dec. 30—Boiling Springs junior college will reopen for the spring term on Monday, January 2.. The reopening w'ill conclude a two weeks vacation for the Christmas holidays. . The school in resuming work will continue one of its most successful years. With an enrollment twice as large as that of last year, the school has expanded in every de partment. The faculty, ably led by Dr. Jenkins, is composed of well known teachers who are interested in the development of the college. Every member of the faculty holds art M. A. degree, a fact of which any school should be proud. So far athletics have been very much a success. Coach Paul Hutchins foot ball eleven held its own With thh junior colleges throughout the State, and the basket bull team promises to make a strong bid fee State honors. Christmas Rush And “Flu” Give Court A Grind 43 Cases Christmas Aftermath No Serious (rimes, However. On Yule Docket. Lawyers Oul ’ With Flu. Th* customary after Christmas docket combined with several cases of ■'flu" gave ttie county recorder’s! court considerable work and trouble; this week. ‘ ' * The first session after the holiday.1 held on Tuesday, found 43 cases fori trial. Tlie majority of these de veloped from charges of an over abundance of Christmas spirits, the j counts ranging from drinking to operating automobiles while under j the influence of whiskey. Road Sentences In the majority of the two score cases defendants were let off with i fines and the costs or with tlv . costs. In two cases, where defend ants were found guilty of driving nj car while drunk, they were given 01 j days each on the road force. , Other dockets this week hat e j been light and quite a number of • cases have been continued until to day or later because two or three! members of the bar were confined j to their homes with Influenza *t- j tacks and unable to attend court i Shelby Plant Gets Tax Money Rebate j Sum Of S9.262 Sent To Kasksldr Mf|. Co. Big Rebate In ■ Statoi . Washington. Dec. 30.—North Car olina mills and Individuals by the score got money hack from the federal treasury last year. Because even the. govferiwhept ad mits It makes mistakes .thousifhds of individuals and business organ ization throughout the country got (80.583.564 from the federal treas ury durtng the year, The North Carolina concerns were listed In a report to congress Wed nesday by the treasury, enumerat ing all taxes erroneously collected but returned in amounts of (500 or more in the last fiscal year. Among the firms receiving rebat es due to error was the Eastslde Manufacturing company of Shelby which received $9,262. The firm is i now operated as the Eton mill com pany. Mrs. Wallace Goes To Brother’s Burial Mrs. Irma P. Wallace. Cleveland county home demonstration agent ] received a message just before noon j today informing her that her : brother died at hi* home in Bav kerville, Va . early today. He ha been sick but was better and his death was unexpected. Mrs. Wal lace and her son and • daughter, Malcolm and Elizabeth Wallace, and a siSter who has been visiting her left during the day for Basker ville. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these i test questions? Turn to page 3 for the answers. 1. Why cannot a presidents salary be reduced? 2. Who is generally recognized as the world heavyweight < wrestling champion? „ 3. Does water boil at a lower or higher temperature at high alti tudes? 4. About how far U Pans. France j from London, England? 5. What is an aria? 6. Who introduced logarithms into arithmetic? 7. What does the Latin word “Libra” mean? 8. What position in the federal government does Ogden Mills hold? 9. Where in New York state is Clinton prison? 10. Which sea lies between Alas ka and Siberia? 11. Name the canal that cc nects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea? 12. Why are bull dogs so named? 13. What Is papaya? 14. Why is a soap bubble round? 15. Where is Fitzsimmons army general hospital located? 18. What are 4-H clubs? ‘17. Which particular region of I continental Unbed Sta'es jg fur thest north? 18. Is there a real country named ' Clraustark ? ’ 19 What European country has a national flag of red, yellow and pur ple0. •30 Whit i- the derivation of (he name Arizona ? Principals in Yule Tragedy Following the discover* of the mutilated bod* of 9-year-old Anealv Keras, in the cellar of ner home at Norwood, Mass,, Ahmeed Onsman (left) and Alley Onnm»n (wearing overcoats). Turkish peddlers, are shown under arrest in connection with the crime. Little Anealy was missed on Christmas day and a hunt by hundreds of police, volunteers and bloodhounds ended with the finding of the body under a pile of .kindling in her own home. The little girl had been criminally attacked. Ahmeed Onsman, who occupied a room In the child’s home, was formal!* charged with the murder, and Alley was booked as an accessory. Lo'> photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kerat, grief-stricken parents of w slain child, with their other child, Helen, Hundreds Of Shelby Youngsters Made Happy By Gifts Of Fruit First Baby Of 1933 Is Lucky Seven rifts, offered by Shel by merchants and business men, are awaiting the firs,! 1933 baby In Cleveland coun- - ty. Another |i(l, also offered by a local business firm, will go to the mother of the first baby of the New Year, and ."•till another gift to the second baby of the year. All the New Year babies must be promptly reported to The Star by Tuesday, Jan. 3, A birth certificate, properly filled out by a physician, cer tifying the hour of the., birth after midnight of the New Year must be filed also with The Star, together with thr names of the baby’s parents, their address, and the name of the baby if named. Rev. Frank Davis To Leave Shelby Dmta«f In Income For Missions Makes It Nectuiry. Dr. C ooper I* Pastor. Rev. J, Frank Davis who has been acting pastor of the Shelby Luth eran congregation sinoe. last, April will bring his work to a close here this coming Sunday. It had been the plan of the mission board to make Mr. Davis the regular pastor as soon as the building was com • pletcd. but on account of the de creased income of the church for missions, this was found to be im possible. It was with deep regret that this cherished hope of the mis- j slon board could not be carried out. Mr. Davis has proven himself peculiarly fitted for the type of work needed here. His splendid per sonality with his always genial manner, has endeared him to the whole community. His work has been especially effective in building up the Sunday school and young peoples’ wdrk. Dr, E. C. Cooper's work as field missionary has been discontinued for one year and he has been ask ed to serve as pastor of the Shel by church. Dr. Cooper expects to continue to live in Kings Mountain Seven 'Hundred Package* IMutrtb ntrd Through Charity Of Shelby People. ■Santa Claus—Spirited along by the big-heartedness of Shelby peo ple-saw to It that, the children In needy Shelby homes received 700 packages of fruit, oranges, apples, candy, etc., on Christmas Eve. Two or three days before. Christ mas Mayor S A. McMurry urged all who might have an extra amount of fruit about their homes to gather up some and leave tl at charity headquarters where It would be bagged and distributed. The distri bution. he said, would be handled by the police force 'and the little packages carrying cheer to children Who otherwise would have none would go he assured only into needy homes Investigated at charity headquarters. only iwo appeals were maae through The Star, but by noon the day before Christmas the Red Cross building and the city hall were swamped with fruit? and candles of all kinds. The contributions came in all sizes from a half dozen or anges up to cases of oranges and barrels of apples. One man gave 100 pounds of candy on condition that his name be withheld. Another gave a box of oranges and a box of ap ples, two gave a barrel of apples each and still another gave three boxes in all. The gifts ranged on down from barrels and boxes. Some gave dozens of each, others dropped by with nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars, in proportion to what they could afford to give. Spread Smiles. The collection was then placed in the 700 bags. At 1 o’clock the aft ernoon before Christmas. Police Chief McBride Poston and Ernest Spangler, street superintendent, with two helpers started on their rounds with two trucks, making de liveries. II was 7:30 Christmas even ing before they completed the job, but what a time they had to hear them tell It. ‘‘We’ve never seen as many happy kids,” they said. “Very few of them expected any Santa iCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT i but will have his study in the church building and will be on the field here as regular pastor. He will hold two services each Sunday, at H a. m. and 5 p. m„ during the winter months. The five o’clock service will be devoted to popular Bible study with modern approach Free Or Rental Textbooks Appear Unlikely Now For Tar Heel Pupils North Carolina School Children Not Likely To Obtain Texts That Way. Raleigh, Dec. 30— Free or rental school textbooks for North Carolina children under present conditions appear to be opposed by members of North Carolina's 1933 general as sembly though the textbook com mission's report w-iu recommend rental text*. Based on 34 answers made to an Associated Press question asked the 170 members of the incoming legis-j lature. the sentiment for free or’ rental texts is strong but the will to provide them under present rnnrii I tions was not so noticeable. The | number of answers, however, was ! not large enough to establish a defi nite trend. As a part of one question the leg islators were asked “Do you favor free textbooks and if so how would you finance?” . . W. O. Burgin, of Davidson, says he has always been in favor of free textbooks ' but “I do not see how we can furnish free textbooks now.” J. S. Massenburg, of Polk, said he was “heartily in favor” of free text books “provided it can be so ar ranged without destroying various texts now used, which. I under-' ' ••• ' TtMVED OK fAG* i IGfci i J i Gardner Tired Of Public Job; Many Worries Would Not Desire Office Again Would Refuse Second Term As Gnv ernor: Does Not Say About Appointive Office. Governor Gardner, who return.' to Shelby next week after ^serving through four trying yeare as North Carolina's chief executive, ts quoted as saying that under no considers tton would ho consider another four years tn the office. Although he Is quoted in an artl cle by J. C. Ba.skervlll. Raleigh news correspondent, hts statement does not Include an Intimation that he would refuse an appointment Ui the Roosevelt cabinet. He has been prominently mentioned for such a place and his statement about not caring for the responsibilities of the governorship for another term falls to say that he intends to refuse a cabinet place or other national honor. A portion of the Baskervtl! comment follows: "Governor O. Max Gardner, with only one week remaining of his ad ministration, is experiencing a feel ing of distinct relief at the prospect of relinquishing office as. governor although in many ways there 1* also a feeling of regret in leaving public life, he said here today.' “ ‘If some one had the power to offer me another foqr years as gov ernor and would tell me that J might remain here in this office for another term, nothing tn the world could induce me to accept It,* Gov ernor Gardner said. For while I appreciate the great honor that came to me when I was elected gov emor and while I have enjoyed the four years I have spent as governor of this great state. It is with a dis tinct feeling of relief that I ap proach the end of my administra tion. I can understand now why most of the governors who preceded me felt the same way about It when they ended their administrations. For the responsibilities of the office are tretpeudou* and at times form a load which taxes every ounce of CONTINUED ON CAGE THREE • Plan Reception For Governor And Wife Here On January 13 Homan's Club Plans To Give Wel come To Retiring State Chief Executive and Wife A welcome will be extended Gov ernor and Mrs. Max Gardner by. Cleveland county people when ttaev return early in January. Mrs. H. T Hudson, president of the Woman's club Is making plans for a reception to be held at the Hotel Charles on the evening of January 13th and It may be that other civic clubs will Join In the ceremony. Governor and Mrs. Gardner leave Raleigh on January 5th when Mr Ehringhaus Is inaugurated. niey will comp Immediately to Shelby but Governor Gardner has a speak ing engagement In Iowa and will have to leave Shelby immediately upon his arrival here. The recep tion date wras first set for January 6th but because of the governor’s speaking engagement in Iowa it has been postponed until the evening of January 13th. Details of the program have not been worked out. but it is under stood there will be no speaking but a receiving line with the retiring governor and his wife. together with officials of the sponsoring or ganizations.. Refreshments will be served and a general invitation ex tended to the adults of the com munity to welcome the return of the county's most distinguished citizen and his companion. Kiwanis Officers Installed In City The new officers of the Shelby Kiwanis club were officially install ed at the weekly meeting of the club held last night. They are Henry B. Edwards, president: Thad Ford, vice president; Rush Hamrick, treasurer; and the following directors—S. A. McMurry. R. T. LeGrand, Max Washburn, C. R. Webb, Charles A. Hoey, J. S. Dorton and J. H. Grigg « ---- Scout Council To Meet Here Monday Piedmont Boy Scput council will hold Its court of honor in the court house on Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock With Quality Cleaners M. S G$ntt, former proprietor of the Modern Cleaners, is now asso ciated with S. S. Summey in the operation of the Quality Gleaners,
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