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TM Wie-MERMIS Stark r 8 PAGES TODAY Embattled Farmers1 Ingenious IVar on Foreclosures * * * * * * “Penny" Auction Campaign, “Protective Bidding" and “Hempen Psychology" Prompted Mortgage Moratorium Movement. VOL. XXXIX, No. U> SHELBY, N. G. MONDAY, FEB. 6. 1 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Mail uo» nit «<ivaiic«i arrlft v*ai »it« *nv*nc«* .. Late News ■ | hi markets Cloudy Weather \nrth Carolina Heather 'V, increasing cloudiness with Vn rursdav and in central and portions tonight- Rising tem tonight and in central and portions Tuesday. G.O.P. Comeback W.idviuston. Feb. 6.—A militant; )|ll( re(|aim the country from nemiHratic party was announc l ),st night with th< formation of p.,." national Republican league . hx Vice Prseident Curtis. ',..hn V < iiiipbell of White Plains, j y,.« v nrk who is to be national di rector of tbe organization, made the nnnotiiH'emcHl. Senator Felix Her 1,,-t „| Rhode Island and former Representative John Q. Tilson of e.iieut. are to be the vice , hair met*. "The purpose of the new organization." Campbell said in a >; itenirnf. "is to reach the young people „f the country and educate them in the principles and tradi ngs Of the Republican party.” Native Ur County Passes in Texas ii summit' Weathers Found Dead In Bed. Has Daughters And Brothers Here. 0, ;t Weathers, age 79, was iVtuiii'i ,(i'mi iii bed w.t the home of; hi> docaht'cr.'Mrs. O. W. Rogers in; .-,:e Anmnlo. .Texas Saturday morn ,,i jifciti ns ;tb •» telegram receiv-; : re re by mcmboi pi the family, j Mr AVt itiv rs iva.y a native of Clave- \ . :i c-ier.ty. being born and reared, i • . 7.;on community. He was a( m Alb ;rt .Weathers and a grand! .oli o) By y• • Weathers at. whose; rente'ibe. first court in Cleveland; ; v :,t !ri after the county was form i lriiii Lincoln and Rutherford. Mr. w> ,i;i. rs'spent many years in s: - r- and .'iiocessfully operated a) m: business here, after leaving MsiiirmH<v! Zion. He was a kind-’ ' ••.Hirteti. honest and esteemed citi-, rti with a hast of friends both here. .aid in his adopted state. He was* marned to Miss Josephine Sweczy of1 ’Rwherford county on Nov. 19th,: 1854 8’ c! she died in Texas about 16. •:!).. ago. Mr. Weathers had made • ;s home si.nie the death of his wife, ■nth bu son, Oorrate, and daugh-j ter.- Mrs. Rogers,, and was at the; hsffie of Mrs, Rogers. 1015 Agaaier1 Ave .thru lie did from a heart at- : ‘ack. He was a member of tlie First! Baptiv ihhrch there, an honorary j member of A. F. and A. M. Azafar, Temple, and a 32nd degree Scottish! rite mason. .' . Shivivin-: rhildren are Mrs. Maj-! or Hopper, and Mrs. E. P. Rieviere of Sheiby. Mrs. James Putnam, of Lin-' cpinn>n. Corrac? Weathers and Mrs.! 0. W., Rogers of San Antonio and ! #■> bmtivrs. A. P, Weathers and: Wca.th rs of Siiclby. ' 'o' -T-.: were held in San, Ar.rohib So nday and. interment was j beside hiswife. fasts fd u\ :tf; >h< -roles potaj “Gnu •!.; iugtai be-r ti j KKHii *c hr j> % i»: - Grit.- ; Bob Mi R aS,:: ,, "■ G!..:, - "Wiser, , » U. Sancifij '‘id a..-, Harr-, p0 *»M rat batiorsf fit «hen <,r Stev Community Players Offer Good Plays Hot 10"?, Performance Pleases A I u Vndience. Comedy Vnd Mystery. Die i-'y’iimariitjr Players,- Shelby Lrtle Tht;i ti e group, pleased a large Mo-qee at Central high school ur Friday night with their •i:v B'H performance. The program ' one-act comedy and a .cw-rftt mystery'. !'"v Vy-re.exceptionally well pre H in- shat the plot, were unfold change of scenery as was hi one act. and both i ■ amateur group portray* '"i s in uch a manner as : idnu-' of careful training -i . esting of the directors seemed es r In ihe comedy, ’ Piills the String," Mrs. rl on as Qrr.ndma Bless* ' . ill tie Nancy Jane Line ih-'degarde Cumming, a ' oigster who just had - ' along, were outstand "• - ’Others of the cast— Gidney and Flossie 'Fs Eslej Pendleton and portrayed tlieir roles in manner. In the mystery, iporu the lues of seven ; Minnie Eddins Rob • minine barrister with ■' bent; and Miss Alice M !i;p secretary, accused w of murder", were star diss Isabel Hoey, as the murdered man. and Mrs, n. as her Chinese ser Fong, stave able presen r ' H characters, and the ,tee -he cast—Misses Mary ’ on-*'y. Burton Gettys and nw,.„ tell—di<j their part to eh rounded production, ’r their assistants m tb*3 tings, music, etc., wet ttitfa Street .Metier M,Ks’ music, etc., wen v n J;7"*1 Uver- I.fndsay Dail ...;;'r°wn- Dale L. Kalter, Rob 0 v ''Irs Henry Edwards, H Mr- • ’ , Miss Betty Suttle g,.,v .. " ’ '"Id Miss Adelaid Sales Tax Seems To Be Certain In State Representative On Visit Here Ernest Gardner i-t-es Little Hope To ; Avoid Tax. Ehringhaus Popular. A general sales tax for North Car olina seems almost certain u> be lev it'd by tile present general assembly.! That's the opinion of Ernest Gard ner. Cleveland county represent a- 1 tive. who spent the week-end at his! home here. I do not personally favor a gen-! eral sales tax and 1 campaigned against it," he said in an informal discussion of legislative matters. "But it s. the same way with a ma jority of the others down there They. -too. do not want such a tax, but there seems to be no way out of it, not if we raise the money we need and balance tiie budget,” Raise 16 .Millions. It i.s estimated, Mr. Gardner said, j that the general sales tax will bring in between 16 and 20 millions of dol lar.- annually. That is the only one of the several sales tax plans which will bring in enough to keep the State going, he said: The proposed | production tax, he said, assured noi certain amount. "If plants would j stop producing, .where would we be?” * he asked. "We wouldn't be getting ! any income anywhere, and just how much no one would know until the end of the, year.” He added that supporters of the so-called luxury tax. the third of the sales tax plans! proposed, are still hacking their measure and hoping to get it through, but this tax. he stated, w otild not bring in enough money to balance the budget and help the State meet Its operating expenses. , On Primary Committee. Asked about the legislation which would have abolished the primary, a move that he fought, Mr. Gardner said that he did not believe the primary would run any risk of. being abolished at this session. He stated, however, that legislation might be enacted prohibiting sec ond or run-off primaries whereby considerable expense would be saved the counties and the State. This matter has been discussed by the committee on elections, and the Cleveland representative has been named chairman of a sub-commit tee which Is to draw up a bill to stop second primaries with the high man in the first primary being de clared the winner. Shows Strength. Governor Elirmghaus has made a very favorable impression upon the general assembly and all visitors to| Raleigh. Mr. Gardner said. "In fact.j you would have to employ several strong adjectives to describe his popularity. Of course, he isn't that popular with scores of people who hold State jobs and fear that they mav lose them in his reorganization and economy program. His frank stands and his courage in sticking to his gums in attempting to get State out of the hole have impress ed me very much." Mr. Gardner commented. He declared that representatives and others wTio supported Maxwell and Fountain in the first primary and then backed Fountain in the run-off are nowr pretty well sold on Ehringhaus. believing he was the man for the job at a time like this. ••I know," Mr. Gardner said, "a num ber of strong Fountain men who are now sticking by Governor Ehr inghaus and his legislation.” The Governor the Cleveland rep resentative said, is hewing to the line and permitting the chips to fall where they may in an effort to get the State on a basis where it can make ends meet. It is. he declared, ■ CONTINUED ON PAG!' SIX e Very Few Tagless Autos Going Now In This Section Practically ill automobile* operating in and around the Shelby section now have the new 1933 lleense plates, it wa* said today. At the Carolina Motor Inn. license bureau headquarters, it was reported that 4.216 sets of new tag' have been sold this year as compared with 4.H00 last year The majority of the 584 ears for which tags have not been secured this year are believed to be parked and not operat ing. Highway Patrolman George Allison Is still finding two ot three cars each week operat ing with old tags. He has not been arresting them but giv ing the owners tickets requir ing them to get new tags within 24 hours Geo. W. Green Of Grover Passes Substantial Parmer And Prominent Grover Citizen Victim Of Pneumonia. Geo. W. Green, age 84, and one Of Grover's most substantial and beloved citizens, died Saturday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock at his home with pneumonia, following an at tack of influenza. He had been sick about three weeks Mr. Green was a native of York county, but had spent most of his life in Cleveland. He was most jov ial character, witty and friendly, and possessed a most genial disposi tion. In all of his dealings he was fair and honest and everybody held him in the highest esteem and re spect. Mr. Green was twice married, the first time to Rosetta Watterson. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mollie Hardin Dodd who survives. There were no children by either union, but one brother Jake Green of Earl and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Pruett, ot Shelby, survive. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church of Grover by Rev. Rush Padgett, assisted by Rev. C. J. Black and Dr. Joseph Dendy. A large crowd was present at. the services. Four Lads Seeking Home, Their Mother Gone, Father Dead Youngsters Hanging From Four To 16 Are Deserted By Mother. Four young boys in Shelby are fatherless and motherless and are looking for a home Their i father is dead and last week their mother deserted them and now they are alone and in need of a home and friends. The boys range in age from four to 16 years, and all are healthy and intelli gent, according to J. B. Smith, county welfare officer, who hopes to place them In good homes in the city or county. Anyone interested in doing something for the youngsters should apply to the welfare officer. May Work More Unemployed Men To Keep State Roads In Condition Decreasing Revenue From Gas and j Taxes Urings Cut in Regular Road Forces. - ■' (Special to The Star.i Raleigh, Feb. 6 —Complete co-op eration between county relief organ izations and the state highway com mission was urged today in a mem orandum sent to all relief directors by Dr. Fred W. Morrison, state di rector of relief. The memorandum called attention to the fact that > dwindling revenues from motor ve- : hide and gasoline taxes have al ready necessitated the dropping of a considerable number of regular j highway employes in certain dis tricts and that in many instances these employes would have to be replaced with relief labor or the road w'ould suffer. It was pointed out that the high- : way commission had not released j employes except fn cases where re- ! trenchment made it necessary. Re-1 trenchmeni by the highway depart-1 inent has become necessary on ac count of shrinkage in gasoline and auto license revenues and has be come inevitable regardless of relief. The memorandum from Dr. Mor rison follows: Revenues for the state highway commission have and are continuing to drop at a rate that is compelling sharp retrent-n ment. Aside from federal appropria tions for construction, revenues for the use of the state highway com mission are derived from two sour ces: tax on gasoline; tax on motor vehicles. Both sources are failing. As a result the state highway com mission is being forced . to discon tinue employment 6f a large num ber of men, and thereby is forced to reduce maintenance on highways to a minimum. Apparently in some relief admin istrations there has developed a sentiment that the state highway commission is dismissing employes deliberately with the Intention of «eorrrrmTmp>: fan *>aor am ♦ 'Going Tor. a Dime * " Protective 5idders " <sd *Pemmy’ Auctiom % Faced with the prospect of standing idly by while their farm*, implement* and live-dock—in fact, their all —were put under the hammer to satisfy the demands of mortgage holders, farmers of the Middle West hit on the ingenious idea of the “p*nny” auction. Wherever a foreclosure sale was scheduled, neighbor ing farmer* from miles around attended in hundreds and saw to it that the bidding did not exceed the sum of a thin dime. When a sheep, horse, cow, plough or tractor was placed on the block, the bidding started off with a nickel and rose by cents until the maximum figure of a dim* had been reached. Then, no more bids being available, the auctioneer was obliged to knock down the article, which was promptly handed back to the original owner. Lest an outsider attempt to boost the bidding, a noose was prominently dit played. Not as a threat, be it understood, but for the psychological effect it produced. This campaign led to the finance companies granting a mortgage moratorium—in many casea for tba period of the depres sion. In administration circlet in Washington, the situation is receiving much study, for it is believed that if the moratorium ia to work out to the satisfaction of all concerned, the efforta of the mortgage holders must be supplemented by Federal co-operation. In many States legislative action ia pending to prevent foreclosure sale* Throughout the country it is estimated that investments of more than $400,000,000 are affected by the farm imbroglio. Legislature Wrestles With Budget Problem; 8-Months School Likely i MiU-I.ean To Push New School Plan. Summary Of Legislative* Week. i By M. R. Durmagan star News Bureau.' Raleigh, Feb. 6.—Bath houses of the general assembly have "gone up the hill and ,back down again,” sey- [ eral times during the past week, re minding of the gymnastic stunt ol “running, in place” and getting no where, but the legislative body is making progress, even though there Is apparently much iust action, nnd I the fifth week ended with them far i along the tasks they have to per | form. The main problem continues to be ; balancing the budget and providing i | enough for necessary services of de-| | partments, institutions and agencies j 1 lor two years. With that still the j CONTINUED ON PAGf SIX Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test ! questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. What is the nickname for t In state of Maine? 2. In what county is Sing Sing i prison? j 3. State the number of represen I tafives in congress. 4 Where was Eamon de Valera ; born? 5. What was the nickname pi : President Andrew Jackson? ! 6. What U, S senator presented ja “16 to 1" silver remonitization ! amendment to the Glass banking | bill recently? ! 7 What city is nicknamed “The Iciry of Brother Love”? I 8. What is the federal gasoline tax per gallon? 9. Who is Edna Berber? 10. In what year did King John grant Magna Charta? 11. Name tha principal town and port in American Samoa, 12. When does a peach tree be jgin to bear? j 13. What federal department ad ‘ ministers prohibition enforcement? 14. What heavyweight boxing | championship fight was held at Reno, Nevada? i 15. Who was Booker T Washing ! ton? 16. Which state has the shortest residence period for filing an ac tion for divorce? 17. What causes an eclipse of the sun7 18. Name the first chief justice of the U. S .supreme court. 19. How should the male mem bers of a wedding party dress at a 20. Who wrote “E. sy ou Studies”? I formal noon wedding? No Vacancy In Shelby Post Office Until Feb. 1936; Salary Is $3,200 Majority Of Other Job* Will Go To Democrat.* Prior To That Date. Washington, Feb. ti -Of the 313 North Carolina postoffice Jobs which will be open to Democrats with the change of national administrations next month the Shelby postmaster ship will be one of the last to change by appointment date. The present Shelby postmaster holds an appointment for three years yet, or until February 9, 1936. ‘ There are 21 first class of flees in the State, 70 second class and 222 third class. The pay for the Shelby office, in the first class ranking, is $3,200. Tim pay for the Hickory of fice Is $3,000 with the present post master’s appointment running to December 20. 1934. The salary for the Gastonia postmaster' is $3,400 with the present appointment go ing to Feb. 4. 1935 The salary for the Statesville, office is $3,200 and the appointment of the present postmaster continues until July 7, 1936. The second class offices range from $2,400 to $3,000 while the third class posts carry salaries of $1 100 upwards. Two Courses Open. It remains to be seen what policy President-elect Roosevelt will adopt with respect to filling postmaster vacancies. He can either continue' the present policy of making a choice from a list of tlirpe eligible?, certified by the civil service com- \ mission after examination or reduce the number of eligible* to one. Generally speaking, the congress man from the district In which the postoffice is situated is expected to be given the privilege of recom mending the appointment, but the two senators from the state. of course, by virtue of their power to hold up confirmations, will always j exercise a deriding voice if they | choose. •Members of the North Carolina congressional group are yet to get together for the purpose of formu lating a definite patronage policy. ! F A. Rvidasill Shows I Improvement F A. Radasil!. 75-year-old Shelby man, was reported to be “slightly improved” at the Shelb- hocpital today, M-. Rudarir was struck and cave- injured by an automobile while cn route to work Friday a week ago Man Stabbed, Cut In Fight At Dance William Huffman Staldxd In Back, Chest Cut. Dale Brother* Held. The Armory dance in Shelby Sat urday night took on some old-time color and zip as the result of sever al brawls, officers said today. William Huffman, of West Shel by, is in the Shelby hospital with knife wounds as a result of one al tercation. Huffman, surgeons said, was stabbed in the back, has cuts on the chest, and o broken hand Jack Dale has been arrested by of ficers and his brother, J. B. Dale is to be arrested in connection with i he cutting, officers stated today. In another browl the old fighting implement, "knucks ' were said to have been used to swat an out-of town visitor all the way down the Armory steps, Two police officers had just left the dance hall, mak ing their rounds, when the trouble developed, it was saici. Large Crowd Before Board About Agents Scout Court Of Honor Will Meet; Council Session Two Seoul Meetings This Week, One Tonight And One Tues day Night The February meeting o' the Shelby District Court of Honor of the Piedmont Council of the Hoy Scouts of America \rtil be held at the court house tonight «» 7:30 o'clock. Scout troops from Shelby and from tactions of Cleveland and Rutherford county are planning to be present Scout executive H. M. Schiele, of the Piedmont council headquarters, will be present to as sist in the direction of the meeting. The executive board of the Pled- j mont council of the Boy Scouts of America will meet at the Hotel Charles on Tuesday night, Febru ary 7th, at which time rcjiresentn tlvea from the eleven counties of the council area will be present. Plaits for the work of the year j and committee assignments will be ! made as well as report received re garding the work being accomplish ed in the various counties of the council. Carl Thompson of Shelby is the Cleveland county vice president and B. L. Smith, R W. Shoffner, H. B. Miller and Lee B. Weathers have been named as members of the council board for the year 1633. Claud Orlgg and W. K. Mauney of Kings Mountain are also mem bers of the board. Three Teachers To Accept Application For Farm Loans Here Agriculture Teachers at PolkviUe, Lattlmore and No. 3 Are Delegated. Three agricultural teachers in three consolidated high schools of tlie county have been authorized to accept applications for crop produc tion loans from farmers of the county. After the office of farm agent was abolished, some question arose as to whether the county would have an agency through which applications could be made by farmers for federal loans with which to produce their crops this year, so it will be "good news” to farmers to know that an organiza tion Is being set up. The three teachers of agriculture through whom applications can he made are E. L. Dillingham of the Polkvllle school, P. M. Coley of the Lattlmore school and Mr, Winches ter of the No. 3 consolidated school. These men will simply help farmers make out their applications for loans and explain to them the de tails. All applications must be ap proved by a committee of three men, while an attorney will search the records at the court house and sec that there are no prior mort gages or liens on the personal prop erty put up as collateral for the crop production loan, Tlie loans in this state being made by the Agricultural Credit corporation of Raleigh In co-opera tion with T. E. Browne, state exten sion director and Roy H. Thomas, state supervisor. McLean Urges 2-Year Moratorium On Farm Mortages; Tells Plight Former Governor Tells Senate Group Conditions Very Serious In This Section. Washington, Feb. 6.—Depicting a serious situation in the agricultural •sections of the south, similar to that which exists in the west former Gov. Angus W. McLean, of North Carolina, before a senate banking subcommittee urged a two-year moratorium upon farm mortgages as a stop-gap pending the formulation of well thought out legislation in the next session of congress deal ing comprehensively with the fi nancial plight of the fanners. Assuring his senatorial audience that then was little chance of th<>[ farmers of North Carolina resort-! ing to the tactics employed by the' farmers of the west in resisting foreclosures, he warned neverthe- : less of the possible downfall of 1 government services in the agri- 1 cultural regions within the next six 1 months, due to inability to collect taxes. ' Money Will Not Help Contending that already lias the farmer been loaned too much money, in some cases individual debts being two to three times in excess of the property pledged as collateral. Governor McLean as serted that for the federal govern ment to throw more money into the present agricultural situation would be but to prolong it. There are two fundamental things that would help the farmer. “You’ve <ot to raise the price of his com modities and you’ve got to release iim from his present, debt burden, iccumulated for reasons beyond his control.” he said. How to accomplish this is a prob em. Were the insurance companies to be compelled to scale down the mortgages they hold to the extent jf 50 per cent, he said, that would irfjgk them “and there would be •hups." A way must be found, how opwTun*gr> ok saw in. Hoard No likely To Make About AgrnU lleture Tuesday. After giving a half day* at trntlon to the matter the Cleve land county rommUaloiirri at 2 o'clock this afternoon had not reached a decision about re instating the two eounty agents whose offices were abolished at Ihe end of January. Members of the board said that they would not likely come to a decision before tomorrow. At Otis morning's session of the board scores of farmers and. fariv women were present, some fitvorlng the retention of the farm unit home agents while others opposed theh re-instatement. So large was thr attending delegations that, the of fice where the commissioners met In the court house was packcd'and dozens who were unable to get in filled the court house lobbies. The entlr* morning was given ic hearing the expressions of opinion of those present. The board held an executive conference at noon but due to the press of . work had not reached a decision when It met again Oils afternoon Discussion came near becoming personal as the arguments for and against the agents continued. The opposition seemed to be led by Squire J. Z. Palls who did most of the speaking and suggested that the loan applications might be tak en care of by George P. Webb If the farm agent work Is cut out. Squire Falls contended that the clubs could meet and function better, without Mrs. Wallace as n leader. He said the present commissioners were elected by an overwhelming majority on the Issue that the two agents would be discontinued, but this statement was challenged by Henry Galiimore and several other speakers who pointed out that they voted for the commissioners on an economy platform, but with no Idea that this contact between the farm ers, farm women and their govern ments would be suspended Stop Personalities. An effort was made to close the discussion In order to avoid person alities, but Commissioner Morris, speaking for himself declared that the people had a right to be heard and that the board being a demo cratic body, he was willing to sit all day If necessary In order that all who cared to speak might be heard. He cautioned the speakers, how ever ,not to become personal In their remarks and say harsh and hurt ful words. Cornwell Presides. Tom Cornwell, president of the County Agricultural club headed the delegation of farmers and farm women who had come to urge the retention of the two agents. Many women were in the audience and every township In the county was represented except Nos. 1 and 11 townships. Quite a few were In the audience opposed to keeping the agents and voiced their sentiments. Petitions were presented signed by several thousand who wish the agents retained, while the oppon ents of agents asked for the privi lege of presenting counter-petitions which had been circulated and lib erally signed within the last two months. No handraising was taken to determine Just how many people or how many townships were repre sented In opposing the retention of the agents. Compensation Cases In City On Feb. 15 Three Cmcs To Be Heard Here By Industrial Commissioner Wilson. Raleigh, Feb. 6.—Sixty-five work men's compensation cases, four of them involving deaths of the work ers, have been scheduled for heal ing in the piedmont and mountain section of the state during the next two weeks before Industrial Com missioner T. A. Wilson. The hear ings begin next Monday, February 6. The calendar Includes seven cases In Durham, two in Graham, three In Spray, three in Mount Airy, three in Wilkesboro, two in Mor~ ganton, two in Marion, two in New land, one each in Boone and Spar ta, 18 in Asheville, two in Waynes - ville, two in Hendersonville, five in Rutherfordton. three in Shelby, three In Wadesboro. three in Troy, two in Cnrthage and one tn San ford The three Shelby cases will be heard February 18, beginning at S p. m. and are as follows; G. D. Hambrtght, deceased vs. Kings Mountain Cotton Oil Co.; DoiHe Sweezv vs Enstside Mfg. Co.: Le* let Hughes vs NeisVr Mills. Inc