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« TM OWNER-d ZM 8 PAGES TODAY % VOL. XXXIX, No. 10 SHELBY, R C. MONDAY, JAN. 23, 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) f*7 Man. on ten, lln advancai - Cirrtir. per mi. tin utnimi *3 Ihe market ( piton, »pol basis 6**c (.niton eed. ton _........ 59-30 Fair Tuesday l„d" ' North Carolina Weather n,po't Fair tonight and Tuesday. "liciit'v colder ,n north »>ortion t0' nipl,t and in northeast Tuesday. New Farm Plan Washington. Ian. 23.—A possible hr-reachlng new element was I11 t reduced into the eongresslonal farnl relief drama yesterday as Sen Mnr Rrookhart. of Iowa, declared in flvor of a war “emergency plan" n.hj„l, he said William G. McAdoo, , a|if«mia s senator-elect, was con >idcrin«- The independent Iowa Re publican. who recently returned to hjs duties after a serious illness, ,.,'id he had given up hope of ade farm relief legislation during ,l,e Hoover administration. He de Mribed the McAdoo plan as calling ,„r agricultural price-fixing by fed eral law and for governmental con trol of the surplus. Because of a be lief that the scheme would be ve ,„ed h' President Hoover, Brookhart -aid it is not planned to bring it for ced for action until the next con fess meets In the spring. Price War Here On Auto Tires lijht Ten Tercent Discounts Al Imietl Several Days Last Week. War Eases Up. r A price war in automobile tires ;,gec: in Sh°lby last week, support , ;«? by the manufacturers of stand ard brands of tires. Local dealers •vrre swamped with business Sat - rdk'■ well into the night and many . i rrp taken Sunday for later | delivery. - Earl- in the week a few dealers ofteresk standard make tires at percent discounts off of lit. -Tills unheard of price got noised, around and business began picking up. Every dealer in the City was soon selling at eight ten per cent discounts and the real storm broke on Saturday. A survey of the leaders this morning reveals that ver *10.000 worth of tires were sold here in. just a few days. The eight ten percent discounts made tires sell for about 60 to 65 .'ler.cent off list price, the cheapest ver known. One dealer said this morning that a tire that had been retailing for $10 sold for $3.70. Some dealers sold them direct to the con sumer. while other dealers took ad ■ antagr of the situation and boiy^it m a supply to hold for an advance in the market. Tlie price advanced this morn eg Instead, of eight ten percent discounts from list, the price this morning is five tens and a five per rent from list It was reported this morning that more of this discount mild be removed later in the week. Special Session Of Court Opens ludfr Schenck Presiding: Over Court Called To Clear Civil Calendar. '• .pedal two-weeks session of iptnor court convened in Shelby iodav with Judge Michael Schenck, of Hendersonville, presiding. ‘he special session was asked for <uxi then called by Governor Eh '■ rhaus for the purpose of clearing t) the congested civil calendar. A 'PWai session was started in De cember but was not completed due to the heavy snow and travel con Oii'A, at that time_ There are no suits or litigations f'i exceptional interest on the cal ntdar. but many minor actions and matters that have been carried over 3 ’ ear or so. A jury was drawn *r only one week of the term. Trot Line Fishing Is Now Authorized T’*'° :ine fishing that has been v has been legalized by a Recenl ruling of the State Board of ; Observation and Development. ’ pertsmen who use rod and reel fmh for sport, nave always op poon the use of trot lines, but there tiemand for lifting the ban on Part of fishermen who want to ra\'h tome meat. The game fish do "•ot orten bite a trot line, but trot Rf !l&‘‘ing for the mud fish sueh r'' atx, is said to be the surest way 3 • > rman can appease his hung Moves Cafe Next To Theatre 5' ar°ljh« cafe, operated b ,r t>: ' moved last week to the bu *’ the Carolina the; ,'0uth LaFayette street. It ■’‘emc operated in the built t" Wnhb theatre on Ma ’"“t Tax Penalties Here May Run To $1,500 One Percent Penalty Starts Feb. 1 Less Than Half Of 1932 County Levy Unpaid. Taxpayers Notified Of Penalty. Unless a large amount of Cleve land county taxes are paid during > the remaining week and a half of January taxpayers of the county will run the risk of paying $1,500 in penalties in addition to their taxes. So far, Troy McKinney, county aerr It ant, said today only a little j more than $100,000 of the 1932 levy of around $260,000 has been paid, j Unless a large portion of the re mainder is paid this month around j $150,000 will be unpaid at the be- j ginning of the penalty period, in February, and the one percent pen- j alty would increase that by $1,500. Could Be More. Of course the total penalties could be considerably more than $1,500 for the penalty increases each month up to the foreclosure date in June. The delinquent penalty for February is one percent, lor march two percent, for April three percent | and lor May four percent. Many county taxpayers, it was I pointed out at the court house to-! day, have postponed paying their. 1932 taxes with the hope that the t present legislature would abolish the penalty. A bill to that effect j was introduced in the house but j was stopped and so halted as to as sure that it will not come up again ! or be passed at this session of the j assembly. Therefore, according to the lawr, the penalty absolutely w'ill | be added to unpaid taxes on the | first day of next month. In an advertisement in The Star today Sheriff Irvin Allen urges tax payers to pay during this month, j which ends tomorrow week, and thus avoid the additional penalty. He and Deputy Ed Dixon will be in the court house the remainder of the month to receive taxes, and on the last day of the month, Tuesday, Jan. 31, Sheriff Allen will be in the Town Hall at Kings Mountain to re ceive taxes for the convenience of taxpayers in the eastern section of the county who wish to avoid the penalty. Sale Of Auto Tags In Shelby Lagging; Total Of 3,827 Sold So Far; Is 600 Behind Last Year ' ‘ - Arornd Five Or Six Hundred Be hind Total Sales Of Last Year. The sale of the hew 1933 au tomobile license plates dropped off considerably here last week although the period of grace ex tended motorists has ended. Through Saturday night a total of 3,827 plates had been sold at the local license bureau, located at the Carolina Motor Inn. This is near 600 'behind the total sales of last year when approximately 4,400 tags were purchased by motorists in this section. The bureau is still open but only a few tags are being sold each day. So far, it is understood, Highway Patrolman Allison, who has his heaquarters in Shelby, has made no direct arrests, but has sent scores of motorists, who were operating their cars with 1932 tags, to the li cense bureau. His method is to stop motorists without new tags and give them a ticket and 48 hours in which to get the 1933 tags. Just how long this plan will be continued be fore making arrests and adding court costs to the price of plates is not known. Injured Woman Is Some Better; Lutz Is Also Improving May Wright Still In Serious Condi tion Due To Fall In Well. Miss May Wright. 27-year-old woman of the Casar section, who was seriously injured by a fall into a well last Thursday, was reported to be getting along “fairly good" at the Shelby hospital today but her condition was still termed as ser ious. Miss Wright suffered the frac ture of both legs above the ankle and her right arm in the fall. Ray Lutz, well known young man, who was accidentally shot in the back while hunting last week, was reported as considerably improved today. He was shot accidentally while hunting with Ralph C»old. A colored man. Golden Eskridge, was treated at the hospital yester day lor lacerations and bruises re ceived, it is said, when an automo bile he was driving turned over in the southern section of the county. Postal Council Meets Tuesday Quarterly Meeting At South Shelby School. Miss iVhitener On Program. On Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock the quarterly meeting of the Cleve land County Postal Service Council will be held at the Morgan Street (South Shelby) school, where the meal Will be served by the Woman’s Missionary Union of Zoar church. The following program has been arranged: Invocation—Rev. L. L, Jessup, pastor 2nd Baptist church. Address of welcome—Miscs Selma Webb, principal Morgan street school. Re sponse—Carrier I. L. Goforth. Sup per. Song—“America” two stanzas. “Junior Red Cross in School"— Miss Louise Whitener. Solo—Miss Francis Graham. Address—Dr. E. K. McLarty. pastor Central M. E. church. Music by Zoar chorus. An swers to questions previously as signed. Music. "Requirements for efficient postal service’”—2 min utes each by following: Carrier J. F. Lutz. Clerk C. A. Dalton, and Postmaster A. I. Jolley. Music. Mis cellaneous. Adjournment. Governor Paroles Two Cleveland Men Robert Carpenter And Ralph Toms Freed. Serving For Robbery. Two Cleveland county prisoners were among the 11 paroled last week by Governor John Ehringhaus. They were Robert Carpenter and Ralph Toms, who were sentenced in July, 1931. to three to five years each for breaking and entering. Carpenter and Toms .it willbe re membered, were sentenced for their connection with a big cigarette robbery at the A. Blanton wholesale house in Shelby. Carl Hatcheil. white man. was implicated in con nection with the robbery, it being the contention of officers that Hatcheil employed the two negroes or purchased the stolen cigarettes from them. Hatcheil was sentenced to a prison term but later the sen tence was adjusted when he paid the firm for the cigarettes together with the court costs. Pay Of Teachers In North Carolina Contrasted With Road Workers Pay N. C. Teachers Receive Average Of $859.50 A Year, State Employes $1,625. Raleigh. Jail. 23.—North Carolina school teachers received the sum of $17,687,265 for the school year 1931 32, the first year of the state oper | ations of the public school term, but this amount was divided among 23, 290 people, including principals and supervisors and teachers, white and black, so the average per teacher was $847.50 a year, or $70.63 a month ! on the 12-month basis, records in the office of State Superintendent A T. Allen show. i Whim teachers principals and *«-. pervisors last year received a total of $14,720,585 from public school funds of the state, an average an nual salary of $850.50, or, on the 12 month basis, $71.68 a month the records show. Records of Personnel Director F L. Dunlap show that. 992 persons were on the state payroll on boards, commissions, in departments and otherwise employed, including every service from negro janitors, mes sengers and elevator operators to the highest paid state officials, and that these 992 persons drew an av erage of $1,625 a year. If these are reduced 32 per cent as has been sug ' VUtMTUM-' tii oH ?IX., Cleveland For Changing State Marriage Laws Most County Couples Marry In S. C. Register At Marriage Bureau Here Heartily In Favor Of r Change. Cleveland, being one of the North Carolina border counties, and only! a few minutes motor drive from' two South Carolina Gretna Greens hopes to see the North Carolina marriage laws and regulations! changed this week by the state leg- j islature. A proposed change, to eliminate i the physical examination regulation] and the five-day advance announce-; ment, came up in the assembly last! week, but definite action was post-i pohed until today or tills week uunawav marriages That is, Cleveland county hope* for a change if the viewpoint of Andy F. Newton, register of deeds, may be taken as an indication of county sentiment. Register Newton handles the marriage licenses in' this county and he is therefore ln! position to know what the strict1 regulations and law have done and! have not done. "They haven't helped us a bit, j but they have,” he says. "driven! more than 60 percent of our cou-; pies to South Carolina and taken1 away from the county hundreds of dollars in revenue and in fees given ministers and magistrates." It isn't so much the money, or revenue, angle that Register New ton looks at. He says: "They need me down in Raleigh to tell them a few things about how the law works. Every week I-have couples and parents coming in about marriage licenses and I can judge pretty well how our law' in this state works, or, rather, does not work. "How are the young people pro tected by the law? The ideal of it is all right but the trouble is that South Carolina and easy marriage are too nearby. Three out of four couples, instead of paying the extra cost here for physical examination and for our higher priced licenses, just get in an automobile and in 30 minutes or so are in Gaffney and married? How are these couples as sured of being physically and men tally fit to be married? They are not required to be examined down there. In many of these cases the boys and girls would get married here at home if It were not for these extra regulations which cost more money and do not accomplish anything. I know their parents would rather have them get mar ried at home where they cduld see the ceremony or know something about it. And another trouble is that our regulations here add to the number of runaway marriages. What protection of any kind is as sured for a young girl or her par ents when she goes to these Gretna Greens where no great number of questions are asked and secures a license and is married in a few min utes? "If it would work, it would be a fine thing. But it isn't working, and here we have more than half of our young couples going to another state to marry. With times like they are dollars mean something to young couples just starting out and you can’t blame them for wanting to save from $2 to *6 at the start.'' V Before the new' marriage law came in 200 or more couples secur - ed their licenses each year in Cleve land county, but now 75 couples are considered a big year's business for Dan Cupid. Sodding Curb Spaces Around Court Square Using labor that will be paid out of the relief fund, the county began this morning digging up the ground in the parkway spaces between the; sidewalks and street curbing plan- ] ning to sod the bald spots with wire grass sod. Joe E. Blanton, chair-: man of the board of commissioners,! says he is supervising the work and that the cost will be paid out of the relief fund, since the work is of a public nature. This will stop the washing of the ground and add to the beauty of the square. Eoy Among Leading Students At College Milton Lay. Shelby youth, who is a law student at Wake Forest col lege. Is making an enviable scholas tic record Last week his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Loy received a letter from President Thurman Kltchin in which the college head congratulated them upon young Loy’s scholastic work in making the honor roll each month and belnf among the highest to per cent ol <hr s»iMien> body in scholarship. Starred in Thrilling Sea Drama A photo of the S.S. American Merchant which wrote a new chapter in the story of sea gallantry when its gallant crew battled a storm-whipped sea to rescue 22 sailors from the sinking British freighter Exeter City, 1,575 miles east of New York. The captain and three men of the doomed ship were washed overboard and drowned in tho raging gale before the American Merchant reached the scene of the disaster. Inset is Captain Giles C. Stedman of the rescue ship, whose courage and seamanship played a prominent part Shelby Boy, Fred Webb, Wins First I National Title For Southpaw Golfers Miss McDougald In Talk To Teachers Around 173 Teachers Of County At tend Meeting Here Saturday. Approximately 173 Cleveland county school teachers were In Shel by Saturday to attend a county wide teachers meeting and to hear a talk by Miss Juanita McDougald. of the State educational depart ment. Prior to the meeting, which was held in the Central school au ditorium, the teachers attended a film showing the benefit of mental hygiene, nutrition, etc After Miss McDougfrid's talk, thej teachers divided into three groups-— | high school, grammar grade, and primary'—and there discussed among themselves various phases of the health program in the schools. Tliis was the first- teachers meet ing held since the nolidays, and the next will likely be held on Peb. 4. according to J. H. Grigg. county superintendent of schools. Two Burke Citizens Take Their Lives Grant Clark Killed Self Sunday And Hume Dula Took Life Saturday. Morganton, Jan. 23 Two Burke county citizens committed suicide over the week-end. Grant Clark 45. at C^clock last night carried out a thretu made to members of his family this morning that at that hour he would take his own life. They did not think he in • tended to commit suicide but had watched ntm all day. At almost ex actly the Hour lie had named he eluded their watchfulness for a few minutes and slipped into his bed room at his father’s house and fired the load of a pistol through his head. Ill health is ascriued as the mo tive for self destruction. Last sum mer on account of h!s health he was compelled to give up his posi tion as plumber with the Morgan ton Hardware company. Mr. Clark's wife dird about seven years ago. He and his two daugh ters. Ruby and Pansy, made their home here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Clark Other surviv ors of the immediate family are two brothers. Lee Clark, a local mer chant, and Harvey Clark, of Gran ite Falls, and two sisters, Mrs. Gus Branch and Mrs. Gray Lane, both of Morganton. Leaving * note to the effect that he was disgusted with life and in tended to commit suicide, Hume Dula, 45, and unmarried, son of the late William Dula, took his life with a pistol sometime Saturday night at the home of his mother about 10 miles north of Morganton on high way 181. Tlie body and suicide note were found by a brother who re turned home about 3 o’clock Sunday morning. He had evidently been dead for sometime. Members of the Jamil* believe that the act was committed when ail happened to be out of the house for a short time. Ke had called down from his room upstairs that his feet hurt and he was going to bed. The note found on the bed; gave directions as to Die arrange ment of his afiatro und directed his, properly lx- given to his mother 18-Veftr-Old Youngster Mages Great Uomrbark To Win Miami Meet. Coral Gables, Fla.. Jan. 23 Fred Webb pf Shelby, N. C. Saturday de feated E. G. Llvesay of Columbus, Ohio, Miami BUtmore two, up the club's tournament exclusively lor left handed Rollers, and was award ed a silver trophy given by Henry L. Doherty, Webb, the tournament medalist, was four down after the morning 18 holes, but a 37 on the outgoing nine in the afternoon pulled him up on even terms, and he carded a 39 coming home to win. Par for the course is 38-36—72. In the morning Llvesay played It In 36-39—75. against Webb's 40-30— 79, but the North Carolina ace canfe back In the afternoon to tour the layout in 37-39—76, against Live say's 41-41—82. Llvesay Is president of the Left Handed Golfers association of America. Webb, who has Just turned 18 years of age, 1s a student at Holly wood, Fla., his spectacular playing over the wdl-trapped Miami Bilt rnore course drew much favorable comment from spectators. Great Rally Facing what appeared to be cer tain defeat as he started out in the afternoon, Webb played consistent golf on the 19th hole and bagged a par, to cut Livesay’s morning lead of 4 up. From there on he virtually played Llvesay off his feet. They halved the 20th and 21st, but Webb laid his second shot five feet from the flag and was on for a birdie three to win the 22nd. They halved the next three and Webb won the 26th and 27th wltly bircffes, by laying short approaches close to the flag. Llvesay required par on these holes and they turned from the 27th all square. Webb continued his spectacular play coming in, capturing the 28th hole with a par four, and went one up, but llvesay took the lead again by winning the 30t.h and 31st. as Webb got into trouble with his tee shots. They halved the 32nd, Webb won the 33rd with a par five, the 34th with a par, halved the 35th in par, and then went two up and won the match with a 40-yard chip shot to the flag for one putt and a birdie four on the 36th. as Llvesay took five. AROUND OUK TOWN, page 3. CENTRAL CATTER, page 4. SPORTS, page 7. Street Markers In Shelby Are Put Up Signs Were Bought Under Homey Administration. Put Up By Rrllrf Workers. Steel post* and signs bought un der the Dorsey administration to mark the names of the street* Of 8helby have been brought out of the warehouse to the rear of the city hall and are now being put up under the direction of Mayor Pro Teni Z. J. Thompson, acting in the absence of Mayor McMurry who is off on vacation. Labor furnished and paid for out of the relief funds is being used. It is understood that the steel posts and signs bear the names of all the city streets. They are be ing put up at street intersections and will be a great help in identi fying the streets by names. License Put On Peddlers Does Not Apply To Farmer* Sell Inf Perishable Product*, However. Two ordinances have been enacted by the city aldermen, copies of which are published In today's Star, Imposing a tax on peddlers of per ishable produce and also Imposing a license tax on peddlers of motor fuels, petroleum products, etc. This does not apply, however, to farm jers selling the products of their own farms or dairymen selling the products of their own dairy or that bought from others for sale. Both license taxes are designed to reach a certain class of people who come in from the outside and com petes with local merchants with out paying any tax whatever. The ordinances are lengthy and go Into detail defining what a peddler is. Those who come within the Juris diction of this the peddler ordin ance are subject to a license of $100 If they travel on foot and when they travel otherwise than on foot they must pay a tax of $200. In the sale of good, wares and merchandise, motor fuels and pe troleum products, a tax of $200 is Imposed. Tilts does not apply to authorised salesman who call and take orders for retailers and whole salers, but so-called peddlers who i make delivery when sale Is made. Suffers Third Stroke J W. Cook, father of L. S. Cook, of the Central barbershop, Shelby, and also the father of Mrs. Clyde Dover, suffered a third stroke of paralysis Saturday at his home near Hudson, this state. Gardner’s Chance For Cabinet Now Appears Brighter; Often Mentioned Former Governor Being Figured In Practically All Selections Made. Charlotte, Jan. 23. -The 'Gard ner-lor-a-cabinet-job'' bubble hasn't burst. Instead, it has grown several sizes larger and developed a tensile strength that appears to be capable of keeping the former North Caro lina governor in the running at least until President-elect Roosevelt announces his cabinet selections. During the past week or two the cabinet-pickers have been naming Mr. Gardner right along tor a poet in the Roosevelt inner tarpilv M*»' of tliem have assigned him the job of secretary of the navy. Perhaps they understand that Roosevelt would like to give the post to the state that furnished his former boss when he was ass i saw. secretary of the navy, Josephus Daniels, Raleigh publisher and Wilson’s navy secre tary. If Gardner is named secretary of the navy, it xiH give North Caro lina the honor of having furnished the navy more secretaries than arn other state. Already this state i>, credited with five •■•ecretaries an led until Massachusetts tied No Carolina by furnishing the pie-~i tca^n:.".'tp ui. .-aui ai*_ Minister Here Scores Leaders For ‘Wet’ Views Hangs Head In Shame Over Repealists Dr. Mct,arty Not Ashamed CM "Scratching Ticket” Sara In Temperance Sermon Preaching a temperance sermon at Centra! Methodist church yes terday, Dr. E. K. McLarty, pastor, declared that “I hRng my head in shame on the fact that the people of North Carolina have elected rep resentatives who favor the repeal ot the eighteenth amendment." He further added. “1 hear that some of our best people brag that they have never scratched a ticket I am proud of the fact that 1 have scratched.” T«mp*ruirr Anniversary tire occasion of hi* sermon on temperance was the recent anni versary of the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. Tracing somewhat the history of prohibition laws, Dr. McLarty said 33 of the 48 states had some form of restrictions when the amendment was adopted Tt was no doubt hastened by the World war because much grain was being used here to make whiskey, which grain should be going to the allied nations. He said that many medical men in the earlier days con sidered that Intoxicants had cer tain food value* and medicinal properties, but this theory, he con tended, ha* been outlawed today by outstanding scientists. ''Reputable professional men do not make that defense of liquor now because they have discovered that it deadens rather than stimulates," said he. Dr. McLarty says his convictions against whiskey have grown strong er with hte years and that he is a dry and will not turn wet even though the Woman's Christian Temperance Union should turn wet. Fears Return Of Saloon Dr. McLarty expressed fear that saloons will return If the amend ment is repealed. "They may not call them open saloons, but where ■Intoxicating liquors are sold they are the equivalent of saloons wheth - or known by that name or not." | Referring to the liquor Interests. ' Dr. Mcl.arty stated that this group has always been lawless and out of sympathy with prohibition. "They have not considered the problem from a patriotic standpoint,” said he. "Many of our men in the pub lic eye wpo have shifted their posi tion on the question, have done so purely to get liquor back as a re venue to the government. It is in this light rather than in the light of morality that they reached their later conclusions,” he continued. "Because I love people and be cause intoxicating liquors are harm ful to them and tp the social order. I am opposed to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment,” he con cluded. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 «r these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Which ocean did Balboa dis cover? 2. Name the fifth book of the Old Testament. 3. Who was the Greek god of medicine? 4. What kind of tailor’s Instru ment is called a goose? 5. Name the ship on which the Pilgrims came to New England. 6. Where was the battle between •the Monitor and the Merrimae fought? 7. Do state governments pay taxes Into the federal treasury? 8. What letter In the Hebrew al phabet is equivalent to R in Eng lish? 9. Who was Frances Folsom? 10. How many members has the U. 8. civil service commission? 11. What sport Is regarded as the American national pastime? 12. From which country was Alas ka purchased? 13. Name the lake on which Perry won a naval victory over the Brit ish. 14. What is the name for the treatment of illness by sun rays? 15. With what controversial ques tion did the Missouri compromise deal? 16. Which country has the larg est exports of tea? 17. Who was the Democratic can didate for president In 1924? 18. What country has a cotn known as Att? 19 Who was Emmaline Rank hurst" 20. Winch empire had a Danu bian province called Parinonia? Cotton was holding steady in New York today. At 2 o’clock March was quoted on the exchange at 6:13 and May 6.28 Ail day long the fluctua ion has been within a few pqinu > Uh trading quiet,