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TM gljliwiellkmd Stark mif markets (otton not base (ntton nl. ton 6.25 9.00 Cloudy And Rain \orth Carolina Weather Rrporf. floudy with rain tonight and P** sitil' n) extreme western ftion rtuirsday non h I”’ morning. Not , ha use in temperature. Hull Mentioned Warm spring*. Ga.. Feb. 1.—The ' mf ,,f Senator Cordell Hull ot r‘„mes*.-e «as prominently injeet r(j jnto abinet speculation last night fs President-Fleet Roosevelt re \raled that he would come here to f(>r ,, conference. Hull. It was reported- might be offered the State Department Secretaryship, a post for which Norman H. Davis, arms conference expert, and Owen D. Uung industrialist. have been mentioned Significance is attached |he Hull visit in view of the fact ,hat not' those Pf*rson<' who h%ve [.mi "expressly invited" are coming t, the l ittle White House” during Roosevelt's stay. Hull. Is former Democratic national chairman and one of the original Roosevelt sup pnrters In the pre-convention fight. Glass And Walsh Seem Certain To Get Cabinet Jobs treasury Post Going To Virginian; \Korney Generalship To Montana Man. W 'in Springs. Ga.. Feb. 1.-—Or i am ration of the new Democratic government took shape rapidly here ihis week as. President-elect Roose \elf sent into conference with his ■■■iosest political advisers. Toilight the following appeared .o.be certain as cabinet members; Senator- Glass. ...of Virginia, sec retary of the treasury. ■Senates Walsh, of Montana, at torney general. James A. Farley, of New York, postmaster- general. ■Miss Frances Perkins. of New York, secretary of labor. There was reason to believe also that pressure will be brought to bear ■on Owen D. Young, New York fin ancier and economic authority, to . become secretary of state. The fact that he had written a letter asking not to be considered "went undented here, but those in .■'the know" were inclined to keep Young's name still in the picture, Vexing Task With less than live weeks to go before taking office, Mr. Roosevelt ?ot down to business on the vexing job of making more than a thou sand new appointments of men to assist him in the direction of the government. James A. Farley, national chair man and Louis M. Howe, political ■ecretary. the two men who were in high, command during the cam paign talked over the patronage : lutuafion. ' The president-elect gave not the Slightest, hint of his cabinet choices t whether these had, been discuss , ed, . ■ ■’■' Young Wallace Still In Boxing Tourney OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE 5.) B e Wallace, jr„ of Fallston. won ■H* fijflfi last night in the second °r fhe Carolinas Golden Moves boxing tourney for ama at Charlotte. He won his way hrotigh the first round with a . itnockout and last night kayoed Worth S-.vift, 148, of Cornelius, for '■> -.cond victory. Wallace also I weighs 148. B C. Brack) Wallace, sr„ of 1 ’ ^ . and Babe Carr, Shelby boxer, are in Charlotte lattend the Golden Gloves ';,r":"!g tourney in which Mr. Wal Prrlinvin The fV, B. C.. Jr., has won two fights by knockouts. "" and I awndale sections '"'h interested In the the young boxer, whose rmer oil well driller, has ’n difac. -d by injuries for more h-e ears I showing father. See Mooresboro Man Ncwmed Postmaster ' Appointment Is At '" t" Honor. Will Not Be Approved. Blr 1 The tmunh.' Boover I chanep 'flick’ ■Her, | ■ '-thi M* T i-utreU of Mooresboro and Sidney A. Padgett >ni 1 Rutherford county ■ ■ ’ie duck' appointments ' tent Hoover yesterday ' npemted af. postmasters '• '-pective towns. has already turned rl' in upon all the new ' ointments and neither n'pn has a ghost of a !., bo confirmed by the “lame 'ion. but their appoint Hoover shows that ' • Will has confidence in Wel friend* VOL. XXXIX, No. 14 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 1. 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) *H> Aduu ovt vrm tin «dv*ncr> •/ i> i7»rrt*r i»*f fffftt. tin |Jt> 8 PAGES TODAY Over $20,000 Taxes Paid Here Yesterday County Penalty On Taxes Today More Than Half Of County And City Levy Paid In Last Minute Rush. The 1932 tax levy in Cleveland county and Shelby is nearer paid today than the 1931 levy was to the i same date last year, but today a1 penalty of one percent goes upon approximately $159,000 unpaid coun ty and city taxes. This means that in addition to the taxes those who have not paid will pay $1,600 hi penalties if all taxes are paid in | February. After February the pen alty increases to two percent. In both the city and county tax payers made a rush yesterday to pay their taxes in order to avoid ; the one percent penalty. Over $20 - i 000 in taxes were paid yesterday, one ; of the biggest tax collecting days in ! the history of the county. At the I city hall Tuesday a total of $2,903.13 in 1932 taxes was collected. This brought the tax collections for the year up to $56.285 89. and the re maining amount of taxes to be paid is $43,636.16 of the total levy of ! $99,922 16. The city penalty does i not go into effect until tomorrow, fn The County Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and Dep uty Ed Dixon collected a total of $17,649.72 in county taxes yesterday. Sheriff Allen collected around $7. 000 at Kings'Mountain and Deputy Dixon approximately $10,000 in i Shelby. This brought the total pav j rrients up to $146,000 and left $116, 000 of the $262,000 levy yet to be paid. Totalling the two amounts col j lected shows that $202,285 In city iand county taxes have been col lected with $159,999 yet to be col lected. To the same date last year a total of $205,917 had been collect ed, just a little more than to the same date this year. Of that amount $57,301 was city taxes and $148,615 was county taxes. The total tax levy for the city and county this year, however, is considerable less than last year and in proportion quite a bit mere of the 1932 taxes have been paid to date than those of 1931 to the same date last year. Rookie Distiller Is Sent To Church By Recorder Wright Gives Beginner In* Moonshine In dustry A Chance To Make Good. Recorder Joe Wright of the Cleveland county court believes in giving a young man a break. In county court this week he heard the case of a young man caught in his first attempt to make a run of moonshine whiskey in ord er to get a little money in these depression times. Since it was the youngster’s first violation he was given another chance on certain conditions. These conditions were that he pay the costs of the case and take a sentence of three months which would be suspended for two years upon good behavior and the requirement that the defendant at tend church regularly. Shelby Man Led In First Prohi Fight In the “Questions and Answers” column of The Star today is one question with local connection. In answer to a query about national prohibition it is stated that the first prohibition law was introduc ed in the house by Congressman Edwin Y. Webb and in the Senate by Senator Sheppard. Congressman Webb Is now Federal Judge E V. Webb of Shelby. Sentence Is Given Man Over “Still” Defendant To Pay $50 Or Take Nine Months Sentence On Roads. In county court this morning Bert Steele., convicted on a whiskey charge, was given a nine months sentence suspended upon condition that he pay a fine of $50 and the casts. An appeal was taken to the higher court. Steele, it will be remembered, a as the man said to have been i ■ eight-gallon “milk can1' distillery in the Three County Comers section last week when Deouty Plato Led ford arrived upon the scene. Cupid Opens Another Slow Business Year Less Marriage Licenses Sold In January This Tear Than Jan uary Last Year. Insofar as Cleveland county is concerned Dan Cupid is hoping that the general assembly will re peal the five day bann on marriages in North Carolina. Tills move with the physical examination reg ulation already removed may re sult in more Cleveland couples mar rying at home instead of going to South Carolina for the ceremony. The reason is that Cupid, who had a poor year in this county in 1932. is starting off even worse in 1933. In January. 1932, eight couples secured marriage licenses in Cleve land county. But in January. 1933. onlv five couples secured licenses here. “I’m hoping." says Register Andy Newton, “that they hurry up and abolish all thase worthless reg ulations and let the young folks marry’ here at home where the ma jority of them desire to if it did not costs so much and did not require so much worthless red tape” Oresc D°hearsals For Friday Plays Members Of Casts R«*adv For Two Plays To Be C.iven Friday Night. With dress rehearsals being held this week members of the casts in the two plays to be given at the Central school auditorium Friday evening are practically ready for the performance. The plays are being presented by the Community Players. Shelby’s Little Theatre group. Those who are in the casts of the comedy and mys tery plays havd been in training for several months and it is believed will give one of the most filnished lo cal talent stage productions the city has witnessed. Sav Charge# About Pastor Unfounded A note to The Star from Bostic Route 1 and signed by C D. Early chairman of the board of deacons, reads: "The deacons of Walls Baptist church have investigated to our own satisfaction the reports on Rev. C. H Padgett and find that they are absolutely false.” Cuts A Pumpkin Grown In 1931 Mrs. Arthur Bridges of No. 2 township cut a large pumpkin recently which she grew in the summer of 1931. Although she had kepi It since (hat time, it proved to be in good condition when she cot it open a few days ago. Debtors Relief Bill Is Passed By House; Most Important Move Made 1 —— I Would Give Bcliff To Farmers, Corporation, Individuals. To Senate. Washington. Feb. 1.—The house took an almost revolutionary step this week to get the country out of debt by passing the sweeping Mc Keown-LaGuardia bill under ex traordinary procedure invoked by Speaker John N. Garner. The measure, described during debate as the most important and far-reaching to come before con gress in 20 years, would permit both debt-burdened individuals and cor ‘ rKjrntlntls tr> ad lust , scale dou r or extent their obligations subject to approval of federal courts. It a mends existing bankruptcy statutes. The vote was 201 to 43. The bill now goes to the senate Prompt ac tion is expected there. The house acted in response to a plea of President Hoover and Dem ocratic and Republican leaders thai such a drastic measure Is necessary to stave off a wave of bankrupt cies and salvage as much as pos sible from the wreck left by tli depression. It reaches to the heart ol tir debt problem. It would benefit rail road corporations, many now o* ■rwYTT'-TTFr cv runr worn Schwab Elopers Home Back home after their elopement and marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Knowlton are shown in the Schwab mansion at Morristown, N. J. Mrs. Knowlton, the former Jane Schwab, is the niece of Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, and her hubby is a New York bookkeeper. The;.’ were married in Easton, Pa., after a romantic elopement from Morristown. Rudasill Improves Some At Hospital; Not Out Of Danger ■ ~— j Condition Better Today After Se vere Injuries When Hit By Auto. The condition of E A Rudasill. 75-year-old Shelby citizen Injured when hit by an auto last week, was said to be better today at the Shel by hospital. Mr. Rudasill was struck by an auto last Friday morning and suf fered a fracture of the left leg and injuries about the head and body. For several days he failed to show improvement and was In a semi conscious stupor-for a part, of the time, but today he seemed brighter and somewhat better although It was said that he is not as yet out of danger. ' Ray Lutz, young Shelby man. ac cidentally shot while hunting sev eral weeks ago, has improved con siderably and was able to leave the hospital for his home several days ago. Falls Gets Laimdrv For Sum Of % I 700 Local Attorney Buys In Shelby Laundry At Public Bank ruptcy Sale. The Shelby Steam Laundry was sold at a public bankruptcy sale this week to the highest bidder. B. T Falls, Shelby attorney. The bid was $1,700. The laundry went into bankruptcy some time ago but has continued in operation and is still operating Further than saying that it would continue to run. Judge Falls, who owns the building in which the plant is located, had no definite an nouncement to make today. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Who wrote “The Impending Crisis”? 2. Name the mythical rjce of fe male warriors. 3. On what liver Is Muscle Shoals located? 4. What was the pen name of Joel Chandler Harris? 5. Give the title of tin novel in which Hester Prynne is the heroine. 6. From what country does the U. S. import quinine? 7. Name the father of Charles Dickens 8. What causes white dust on rubber goods? 9. What was the atrium of a Ro man house. 10. What were "press gangs "’ 1J. Which Roman pontiff pro mulgated the dogma of the Imma culate Conception pf the Virgin Mary? 12. W'liat is the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet? 13. What world event occurred November 11, 1918? 14. For what is the Spingarn medal awarded annually? 15. What state has the largest area of forests? 16 What is a writ of Habcu.s Cor nu s? 17. What is the rate of letter lege to Italy? 18 Who said. ‘Trust in God and ■ i your powder dry’’? ,r> Is the Ukraine in Europe or Asia? '>0 What- iv p Cleveland Made . ■ h Biggest Cat In State s Cotton Crop Reduced Around 30 Percent Other Counties Thought “George Would Do It.” Little Cut In East. Cleveland was the only cotton county in North Caroltna to cut down it.s cotton crop by approxi - mately one- third, according to the latest ginning reports on the 1933 crop. A year ago there was a strong movement throughout the cotton belt tor legislation to force cotton farmers to reduce their acreage and cut the size of their crops. North Carolina failed to participate in the movement as many farmers in this state declared that would make a voluntary cut in acreage and the size of the crop. A study of the fig ures reveals, however, that no other county in the state cut as much as Cleveland. The cut in this county was due in part to decreased acre age and the use of less fertilizer. Led The Way Commenting on the fact that Cleveland, the state's largest cotton county, cut down the crop by 30 per cent while many of the big Eastern cotton counties did not. The Lexington Dispatch says: "Eastern North Carolina counties, impoverished by raising too much cotton and other cash crops, ac cording to their own cries of dis tress, paid no heed to the 1932 urg ing to cut. down on production of the staple, ginning figures issued last week by the census bureau in dicate. Most of the eastern cotton counties increased production in 1932, while every Piedmont county cut down, many of them to a very considerable amount. ‘ Cleveland, home county of Gov ernor Gardner, led the way by re ducing production nearly 19,000 bales, but still led the state with over 45,000 bales. Lincoln, Ruther ford, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabar rus, Union and Iredell made big re ductions. Davidson cut from 2,370 bales to 1,376 bales and Davie from 5,002 to 2,995. The figures are up to January 16 and a few bales may be added in each of these counties. "Turning to the east, the ginning figures show that production was increased in Beaufort, Bertie, Bla den, Camden, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe, Frank lin, Greene. Hertford. Johnston, Jones. Lenoir, Nash, Onslow', Per quimans, Wake, Wayne and Wilson. Robeson, Halifax, Harnett, Cum j berland, Warren and Sampson were I important eastern cotton growing counties that cut production in a I small degree. i "Evidently many farmers in the east took it for granted that they W'ould ‘let George do it' and Would themselves profit by the good ex ample of others. The figures look that way anyhow." > Rural Comedy At Lattimore School i _ “'Deacon Dubbs," a rural comedy will be presented Saturday night, February 4th at Lattimore high school by the junior class under the direction of Miss Agnes Welch. There are three acts and each act Is filled with fun and merriment. Characters who take part arc Henry Cabanlss, Howard Hamrick. J. C. Humphries, Eldon Wilson, Ed mund Lovelace, Janette Horne, Dor cas Harrlll, Mattie Lou Philbeck, Annie P. Wilson, Donnls Magness, Hillary Magness, Merrill Horne, Ray Frances, Jack Hunt, Buster Blanton, Blanche Davis, Aileen Bridges, Annie Padgett, Frank Blanton and Jno. Albert Blanton. There is a male quartet on the pro j gram composed of Wm. Lee Harrlll, Marshall Wright, Ivey Jones, Grady | Davis and a string bund composed of Jenkins brothers, Mr. and Mrs, Yates Jenkins and Nix Jenkins. Miss Bertha Bostic is pianist Story Of Brotherly Love Related Here | Durham.—Brotherly love and lack [ of linances cost the Duke basket ball team a star guard this week Fred Lewis withdrew from school in order that his brother, Henry, also a star member of the Blue Devil quint, might continue his scholastic and athletic career. With enough money only for one of them to matriculate lor the sec ond semester, Fred, the elder, took the "rap" turned in his basketball uniform and dropped out of school. Planless Wedding At Polkvillr A in an less wedding will be pre j sen Led m the Polkviile high school I auditorium on Thursday evening of this week, beginning at 8 o’clock. This will be under the auspices of thg Woman's club. A small admls [ ohsvw 'rill bo made V i Waging Battle for Life \mwn l Suffering irixn the effect** «»f a wooden screw m one of her lunge, little Yvonne Wilmar. of Washington, D. C, 1* shown in the Children'sHoapt tal at the capita' tvherr she is being kept, alive by the constant adminis tration of oxygen Dr t"..evaliei Jackson, famous Philadelphia surgeon, rushed to the capital to perform an emergency operation in an attempt to save tha child’s life. Over 1,000 Unemployed Men Get Part Time Relief Work In County; Relief Report For January Given Relief Department Spent *6,980 To Aid Needy During January. A total of $6,980.20 was spent for relief aid for the unemployed and; needy of Cleveland county during the month of January, according to the monthly report of J. B. Smith as made to the state department of relief today. This report shows that a balance pf $2,418.66 is left in the local relic! treasury from the R. P. C. relief fund. flow Spent Of the amount spent during the month $4,223.90 went for direct re lief; $2,594.32 went to pay unem ployed men given work; and $161 86 was for administrative pay for® he Ip ■ er in the relief and charity work. A total of 1,862 local or county fam ilies were helped at a cost of $6, 518.42. and 100 transient families were helped at the cost of $300. The unemployed men were given part time work on 16 projects, four being road projects and 12 school and church repairing work. A total of 226 men were worked part time during the month on church school and county projects. At kings Mountain 120 unemployed men were given an aggregate of 9,968 hours of work, and at Shelby 745 men were given an aggregate of 6,709 hours of w'ork. In other words, more j than 1.000 unemployed were given some w'ork during the month. The school work Is handled through J. H. Grigg. county superintendent of schools; the highway work through W. A, Broadway and contractors, and the Kings Mountain and Shel by work through the respective mayors. Cotton Authority To Speak Thursday D, E. McCuen, past president of the Cotton Shippers association will speak before the Kiwanls club here Thursday evening at the South Shelby schoo Ibuilding. Mr. McCuen is an authority on the cotton situa tion and will discuss the several re lief measures now pending in con gress, more especially the farm al lotment plan which seems to be more advanced than any other. The meal will be served to the Kiwnnis members by the home economics club in the South Shelby school building at the usual hour of 7 o’clock. Gasoline Price Down One Cent In Shelby Area An autn tank of gasoline usta from fl to $1.10 less in -hrlby today than it did just i few month* ago. Thi* week the price of flnit , rade gaiollne at local serv j ice stations dropped to 18 rents per gallon, while one independent station slashed the price to 17 cents. Lower grades of gas are selling for IS and 16 rents per gallon. Shelby People In Raleigh For Meet Attend Citizens Conference In Ra leigh About Further Cut For Schools. Around 10 Shelby people were in Raleigh yesterday to attend the state wide conference of citizens on education. Approximately 4,000 peo ple attended the session to urge that schools not be cut enough tc cripple public education. Among those present were Rev. I,. L. Jessup Judge John P. Mull. Mr. and Mrs J. li. Alexander, Mr and Mrs. R. O Rollins, and Supt. B. L. Smith, whc was in Raleigh for another meet ing, and others While there the local delegatlor conferred with County Representa tive Ernest Oardnei and were tolc by him, it was said, that hje did nol believe a drastic cut would be madt in the public schools appropriation Mauney Goes With Newton Eagle Store -.Newton, Feb. 1.—R C. McBride J for several years manager of th< Eagle’s 5 and 10 cent store here has been transferred to Waynesvtlh where he will be in charge of tht Eagle’s store there. Fred Mauney o Forest City was transferred to th< Newton store Mr. Mauney and family arc nil I tlves of Shelby, but had been lr Forest City for some time. The; have already moved to Newton. Nebraska And Mid-West In Move | To Help Farmer Out Of The “Hole” Nebraska Launches Movement Tot Handle Mortgage Crisis Bv Compromise. Lincoln; Neb.. Feb. 1 -Aid for the farmer in ironing out pressing fi nancial problems came from several sources today. Nebraska moved to settle the mortgage problem - by compromise. The New York Life Insurance company announced it had suspended foreclosure of niort- j gages on Iowa farms, pending con-1 federation of farmers' difficulties bj the Iowa legislature. The Chicago Joint Stock Land l Bank through representatives at! | r,e. Mar* Town announced arrange merits had been made whereby th owner of a farm on which it held i $15,000 mortgage would pay rent in Head of interest. From his sick bed in Lincoln Gov. Charles W. Bryan appointed i semi-official board of conciliation ti work through local advisory com mittees in seeking agreements be tween debtors and creditors. Thi board will meet this week to plat its work. By this method, Bryan hopes c< end demonstrations which recent]; have taken place at Nebraska farn mortgage sales. The chairman of the board o: 75 Counties In N. C. Have More Needy Citizens 13 Percent Given Aid Here Approximately 8,500 People Rrceiv ed Relief Aid In Cleveland Last Month. Approximately 13 percent of the Cleveland county population, or around 8.500 persona, received relief aid during the month of December, according to a report from the State Department of Relief With that percentage, however, Cleveland ranked 35th In the State, which means that 75 countie* had more needy than this county. The report further showed that taking the State as a whole 30 percent of the population received relief aid during the month, or seven percent more than, In Cleveland Other Counties. Lincoln, one of Cleveland's ad joining counties. Is better off, Judg ing by the report than any bounty In the State, only 4 8 percent of the population there receiving aid. In the States as a whole ajjJy 10 coun ties had less than 10 percent of the population receiving aid. In Oas ton the percentage was 9.8, In Rutherford 0.9. percent, In Burke 11 2 percent and In Catawba 18.8. State Figure*. Of the relief work, the. report said: Percentage of destitution In the various counties of the State are widely divergent, ranging from a low of 4 8 per cent of the population in Lincoln to a high of 54 per cent In Anson, according to a study releas ed today by Dr. Fred W. Morrison director of relief. The percentage for the State as a whole, based on nearly 125,000 fam ilies who actually received aid dur ing December. Is approximately 20 per cent. There are 40 counties wherein the rate Is higher than the State average. Only 10 count te have a rate lower than 10 per ceo< while another In addition to An-on Beaufort, has a rate higher than 50 per oent. The comparative rankings of the percentages In the counties pro vides many Interesting sidelights It reveals that no one section of the State can be singled out as a spot where the rate Is particularly high or low with possibly two ex ceptions. A dozen counties In the northwestern section of the 8tate. largely mountainous, have the smallest percentage of destitution and similarly the eastern counties have the highest rate, although there are exceptions even in these two sections. It is interesting to note that the rate apparently is In no way based upon the general economic make up of the county. The rate In For 1 syth, for Instance with all Its In dustry, and In Currituck with no industry, Is the same. The rate In Cherokee and Dare, representing the extremes of east and west, is virtually the same. 1 Perhaps the most interesting revelation of the study is the fact that Stanly county, ranking second i from the top with only 5.8 per cent of destitution adjoins Anson with I the highest rate. 92 Year Old Vet Dies At Fallston Jacob K. Wilson. Civil War Vet And One of Oldest Men In The County, Passes. Jacob K. Wilson, one of the couii ; ty's oldest male citizens, died short ly before midnight last night at his home two miles from Fallston. H* celebrated his 92nri birthday on December 14th Mr Wilson served valiantly in the conflict of the sixties and came home after the surrender to do his part toward the upbuilding of the south. He was an industrious and highly esteemed citizen. He was married to Barbara Ann Dellinger and to this union five Children were born, four daughters and one son; Lee Wilson, Mrs, Tom Yoder of Newton, Mrs. Charlie Royster of Charlotte, Miss Ada Wil 1 son of Lincoln county, Mrs. Will Propst of North Brook. Also sur viving are 24 grand children and ■ 22 great grandchildren He was a i member of the Bess Chupel Meth > odist church Funeral services will be held ■ Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at ■ Friendship church, Fallston, by i Rev. J. D. Shelton, assisted by Revs J. D. Morris and J, M, Morgan. SPORTS, page 5. CENTRAL CHATTER, page *. *Hor\T> (ti n TOWN, page 1. i
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