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oil Illt MARKETS „*,t base.-. .ottoo ton 6.25! 9.00' Colder Tuesday \orth taiollna Weather ‘ . partlv cloudy and colder S” p—.b-cl by rain. Tuesday arltv cloudy and colder. Banks In State Show Gains Kalcish Feb. 20.—North Carolina |lt, banks materially increased h(jr strength during the last quar rtf pi;.’ with resources showing! ( j-aio °f approximately S5.000.000. hf «iaic banking department re tried yesterday. Gains also were ,ho«n in savings and other deposits ulijrr t to Withdrawal, in the quar ry statement based on the condG ion ol the banks on December 31 and released yesterday. Prohibition In U. S. Repealed In Vote Today ■ (E3y > NI TED PRESS) Washington, Feb. 20.—Aft fr itears of prohibition, the House of Representatives passed l he Rlaine resolution, a|r,'ad.' passed by the Senate, whei‘d)' the prohibition prob lem "ill be returned to the Mates f o r constitutional amendment which will abol ish the Federal liquor laws. The Mde for repeal was and the vote against 121, giving the required two thirds majority. Think Sales Tax To Be In Report For N.C. Revenue K' l’nitr Hilt Hay AHo-- Abolish AH Rut Few Special School Districts. -R-. 'I It. Dunnagan, Star News Bureau.! Ranuu F’eb. ‘JO. —After a hectic ■ '!' inn or three weeks, the ' <>! the legislature’s " , oinmut.ee promised to turn-oyer to'the full committee v a'!ernoon a completed rev • ■ n-. i ire. which, it is believed. ■'■■■ a general sales tax. the Mate-supported .school •!end. pruoably abolishing all except a few larger special tax srhov districts.- The intimations uk tip- ot a well guarded group. Whcner the report will be made P.ib;ic or the 'joint committee will with it before it comes to hi- epen. is not known at this writ mg-. "!,n ;tiis prospect, it is expect f't! tha? the. measure, whatever its T>'‘0\-ion; will reach the floors of '!'-’"al assembly some time this ",ctlc ‘illri will have a week or more •jf ceouleration by the two houses. Few people now expect a hang-up ** ’,va-' experienced two years ago " ” is thi general sales tax, or a '“X par airing of some of the prop o' the general, luxury, select commodity, production, or gross Sh‘e' fflv. u will be strenuously op Secretary Willard L. Dowell. of merchants, says of the *nr’ tax: “It shall not pas< 'ales lax Necessary. V?: • gisiators have the same will fight it out. But ‘ mally opposed to a sales eome to believe it neces 'JMISfEO ON PAGE SIX.» Forest City Child Poisoned By Pills Queen..( hild Passes After SwaHow Several Pills. Had •Strychnin. f ' City, Peb. 20.—John Calvin Y age three, died of strych . f pi.x.ning about I o'clock Sat tT ro!'ning after having taken r ‘.': pr-uctic pills earlier in the » '.r lloul his parents’ knowl formula for these pills t( '* ,r>r grain strychnine and ,4 .f —ed that the little fellow, J h!£ parents he had only ,<Y. ";p had taken from 1 to 15 ‘ p:--s The child hsd already dC.Y havlnS convulsions before a S-1 ^ cou,d 8et tp home. »r R8 are his parents. Mr. •«" C- Queen and two sis viCf*> #Kr iii s«n. at 2 orlock. ' J TM MEMEWD ZWE 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 22 l -JL. SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY. FEB. 20. 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) — -. —- 1- -1--.-..la. -U..-- i Bj Util oar raat. ilu tdrucn - ut. Carriar. oar ttar. (la a<1ruuiai $3.0r I | Relief By Farms And Gardens Is Planned In Cleveland; Advisory < Council With Four Objectives Meeting Held Here On Saturday j Needy Will Be Encouraged To Make Their Own Food Supply. An advisory council for a farm relief program in Cleveland county was formed in the court house Sat urday afternoon at a gathering: of 75 farmers and officials, the pur pose of which will be to aid and encourage people to make their own food supply. The meeting was called by J. B. Smith, county welfare officer at the instigation of Dr. Fred Morrison, state director of relief, who in con-' junction with the extension depart ment, welfare office and other state farm and relief agencies are trying the state to make their own food to encourage the destitute people of supply rather than be the objects of charity. I-our Objectives. ! J. B. Smith explained the four objectives of the new farm relief program which includes (1) aid to both landlord and tenant in pro ducing. sufficient food, (2> render ing help to the farmer who has been driven to town, <3> the subsistence garden and < 4) the relief farms j where those who have been receiv- j j ing relief will be sent to farms to ■ i work under the supervision of oth-; ! ers. { "The plan will shift the burden i on the individual and impress upon ! him the fact that he must make his j own way and not be a charge or a | ward Of the government,” said Mr. j Smith. "The government Is willing to continue to help by furnishing | feed, seed and fertilizer. This aid I will be given to. those who will 'make their own feed and food blit | not to those who plant cotton to the neglect of subsistence.” No Colony Idea Mr. Smith .pointed ..out that the fai m relief program has no kinship (to the idea of colonizing needy peo ple. Landlords will be asked to com pel their tenants to have a garden, plant potatoes', corn, raise chickens and make their own meat. The dis tressed people in towns will be en couraged to work for a living rath er than depend on gifts from the re lief headquarters. Landlord And Tenant J. D. Morris, member of the board of county commissioners was made permanent chairman and Troy Mc Kinney, secretary of the meeting. After Mr. Smith had explained the objectives of the farm relief pro gram, several men spoke on the im portance of the landlord supervis ing the tenant in what he plants and appealed for co-operating with the government in this movement. "The dole system is destroying the initiative and morale of our citizens and they must be taught to work for a living if we are to have the right sort of citizenship,” said! Mr. Morris. He named the great men of history who had emphasiz ed honesty, high principles and hard labor as the proper virtues for man kind and these virtues must be| clung to today if our nation stands, i Glorify Cotton; Buy Pigs He declared that 1,000 Georgia and Tennessee pigs were sold at Fallston last year to Cleveland county farmers and expressed sur (Continued on page five.) ; Local Contractor* Bid Two Road Jobs _ i Lavender Brothers, contractors of Earl who have been doing consid erable state road work since the highway construction program has' been under way, were successful bidders Friday on two new projects in North Carolina. At Hemp, this state, they have been awarded 2.77 miles of grading and gravel for $18, 991 and in Rowan county from China Grove to the Iredell county line, 10.70 miles of grading for $51,034. Farmers Pay Crop Loans In County Cleveland county farmers have demonstrated to Uncle Sam their willingness to pay when they can. Last year about S70.000 was loaned from federal funds with which to produce food and feeds and cotton, too. but on a reduced acreage. These loans were due in the fall. It is understood all hut about S500 of the $70,000 has been refunded to the government and this balance Is due front a section hit hard by the drought. Reports show that crop loans made In North Carolina were paid back better than in any other Southern state and it is believed that Cleveland county holds the record In the state. Debaters Named For Local Team In State Meets Triangular Debaters To Discuss Sales Tax In Debates This Tear, At a preliminary contest held at Central high school Friday the Shelby debating teams for the State-wide triangular debating con test were selected. The winners were Essie Bass and Loris Dover, affirmative team, with Rachel Connor, as alternate; arid Paul Bullington and Esther Ann Quinn, negative team, with two al- j ternates, Keith"Shull and Margaret Lee Liles. The subject for .the debate this year, a very' tlmeiy topic, will be: ‘ Resolved that North Carolina should have a sales tax as a feature of its revenue.” The affirmative team may at its own discretion ad vocate either a general sales tax or a luxury tax. For that reason two negative teams were selected, one for each of the two taxes, and the negative debating team will be defi nitely picked when it is known which of the two taxes tire affirma tive will support. There were 16 Shelby students competing in the preliminary Fri day. The date of the debate is Sat urday. April 1, and Lineolnton and Gastonia are in the triangle with Shelby. Fire Does Damage At Kings Mountain Motor Company In Receivership Has Fire. Damage Mainly To Building Fire of undetermined origin did a damage estimated at $1,500 to the building housing the Kings Moun tain Motor Co., which rec ently went into the hands of a receiver. The fire occurred Friday night and dam aged tools and two used automobiles in the building. The Kings Mountain Motor Co., is a corporation, the stock in which was owned by W. K. Mauney, Mrs. O. G. Falls and J. F Rogers. R. R. Carroll is receiver. The building which suffered the greatest damage is owned by John Plonk and J. E. ; Lipford. Legion Meeting Here Tuesday Eve A meeting of the Warren Hoyle American Legion post will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Le gion hall on West Marion street. Ail members are urged to be present. Legislative Bill Would Let Tar Heels Vote On Light Wine, Beer Would Provide For Vote On Legal * ization Of Beverages In State. Raleigh. Feb. 20 .-A bill to pro-. vide that the question at legaliza tion of light Tines and beers in ' North Carolina be submitted to the voters of the State if congress changes the prohibition laws was introduced in the general assembly last week. Representative Pope of Halifax sent in the measure which con tains the identibai taxing provis ions of iVfe MuVphy-Bov if bill nn* before the house judiciary commit tee number one for a hearing. The measure was sent to the ju- ] j diciary group, which now- has bills | I to; legalize wines and beers, repeal -the state prohibition laws, and al low the sale of medicinal whiskey by drug stores Under Pope's bill the question of ! legislation of sale oi wines and I beers would be submitted to the vot ■ ers at the next general election in North Carolina after congress pass es. if it does, any measures to legal-; .(COktivofo o« PAot cirii Assassin Before the Bar I Closely guarded against mob violence, Giuseppe Zangara, who wounded five persons while attempting to assassinate President-elect Rooswelt at Miami, is shown in Dade County Criminal Court bs Judge E. C. Collins postponed bis arraignment. The court appointed three attorneys to defend the assassin, who maintained his defiant attitude, while com plaining of stomach ache. Think Fighting Has Started In Manchuria Explosions In Jehol Province Be lieved Beginning Of Sino Jap Clash. (By UNITED PBE*s Chinchow. Manchuria, Feb. 20.—Recurring rumbles of ex plosions heard today near Nan ling, Jehol province, caused res idents in that vicinity to seek refuge in the belief that hos tilities between Chinese and Japanese had started. Both armies were massed in that vi cinity. ?« Leave League. (By UNITED PRESsr Geneva, Feb. 20.-TYO6Uke Mateuo kfr, Japanese delegate to the League of Nations, today authorized to re turn to Japan via the tJnited 'States, hopes to sail on the Olytn ' pic March 1 from Southampton and from San Francisco on March 23. Meanwhile the Tokyo government continued plans to withdraw from the league. “Flu” Epidemic About Spent In Section; Caused Number Of Deaths Very Few Cases Now After Wide spread Epidemic In County And City. The influenza epidemic which was widespread in the Shelby and Cleveland county section before, during and atfer the holidays at the first of the year has subsided and now very few new cases are re ported in the county, physicians say. During the epidemic, however, j around a score of people died from i flu, influenza-pneumonia and otheri complications, it being the most se vere and most general epidemic since 1918 Due to !lie continued damp weather there are still a number of cases of pneumonia over the coun ty and section, but very few have developed from recent attacks of influenza. In the period of two months dur ing the epidemic it is estimated that 75 or 80 percent of the people in the county had influenza. Capt. Dickey Dies At Kings Mountain; Was Civil Engineer Was Civil Engineer In Double Tracking Southern Railway. Funeral Tuesday. Capt. Ja.s, Dickey, age 54. died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock at Kings Mountain, following a decline in health extending over a period of several years. Capt. Dickey was a civil engineer ‘and was employed by the Southern railway for many years when the main line was double tracked from Washington *o Atlanta. For the past few years h<= was connected with the Neisler chain of mills at King' Mountain. He was a native of Cqv* ington, Virginia and was married to Miss Bessie yalls of Kings Moun tain who survives with three chil dren. Two sisters survive in Vir ginia. Funeral service;, will be held Tues day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Kings Mountain, ! Try Answering These j Can you answer 14 of these test i questions? Turn to page two for the I answers. I. Where is the University of Michigan? 2 Who was Alfred von Tirpitz? 3. Who wrote "A Forest Hymn"? 4. Who was the vice preslden lual nominee of the communist | party in 1932? 5. What high office in the U. 8. ' government was held by the late 1 Champ Clark of Missouri? 6. For what name is "Tttfle" a nickname? 7. What is the lowest commis , sioned officer rank in the U. 3 ■ navy? 8. How much pressure will an ; egg stand on its ends before break* I mg? 9. Who is Is ham Jones? 10. How many stripes are there in the shield of the U 3.? II. How did the late John Jacob , Astor lose his life? 12. Of what state is Santa Fe the [the capital? I 13. Who wrote Plain Tales from I the Hills"? 14. Who was head of the Amer ican Red Cross mission to Russia ! ut the time of the Bolshevik Revo lution? i 15. Of what country is Wilhel jmina the queen? 16. In what year did Oscar Wilde | die? 17. Where was Kate Smith, radio i .ingen, born? 18. How much did Peter Minuit i pay for Manhattan Island when he bought it from the Indians? 19. What cities in the U. S. have ubway systems? 30. Where Is Buckingham Palace? Mr. Jake Mauney Kings Mtn Very III Mr. Jake S. Mauney, one of the oldest and most respected citizens I of Kings Mountain is reported to ! be seriously ill at his home there. His condition has been quite grave i for several days. Mr Maunev is 84 • cal' r>t ace. One More Week To i Avoid Penalty Of $2,000 For Taxes Two Percent Penalty On March 1 More Than SIOO.OOO Of Cleveland County Tat Bevy Remains Unpaid. Unless a considerable amount of 1932 Cleveland county taxes are paid within a week's time tax-pay ers will Incur additional penalties totalling $2,000 or more Through last week $170,605 81 of 1 he total county levy for last year i had been paid. Tills leaves $100,018 18 to be paid, according to Troy McKinney, county accountant. Be ginning February 1 a penalty of two percent will go upon all delin quent! taxes. During February the penalty was one percent, but the additional penalty will go on a week from Wednesday. A penalty of two percent on the present unpaid tax levy would run to $2,120, and unless more than $0, 000 In county taxes is paid this week the additional penalty will be $2, 000. Tax collectors and county officials are urging that as much of the un paid tax as possible be paid this week to avoid the penalty. little Crime In j This Section Now But Officers Wary Minor Criminal Acta Nmnerona Ihrt Major Crimea Few. Petty Theft*. The lull In criminal activity in the Shelby section since the holi days has been one of the quietest periods officer* recall In years, and the lull 1* borne out by the court records. Only one killing and only one major robbery have taken place In the city and county during the year, officers say, and this is unusual. These were the killing of a colored man at Kings Mountain and the robbery In Shelby of the license tag bureau safe. There Is. however, a continuous run of minor crimes and petty thefts. The county court holds four or five sessions each week and nor mally each session faoes a full dock et of minor robberies, assaults and violations of the prohibition law. The big cases and serious offenses are few and far between. Such a lull, however, worries of ficers. They say "things break loose’’ after such a quiet period and they are on edge awaiting for something to start popping. They believe, howbett, that the times have had much to do with the de creasing number of major crimes. People, they say. do not have the money with which to make whoopee as several years ago, and for that reason assign some of the quiet period to a slower psce In life. ! Man With Broken Back Better; E. A. Rudasill The Same ! Contrary to an erroneous belief which Ls pretty widespread, people do live with broken backs. Clayton Newton, of the Casar sec tion who had his back broken in an accident at a sawmill last week, was reported as Improving; today. Mr. E. A. Rudasill,' one of Shel by's oldest living native born citi zens, continues about the same, there being little change in his condition since he was Injured sev eral weeks ago when struck by an automobile. j AROUND OUR TOWN, page,3. SPORTS, page 6. Zangara Gets Eighty Years; Has No Regret Big Load Whiskey j Caught Here Today By Two City Cops Officers Stanley And llardln Catch Auto With 42-Gallon t«ul. An automobile loaded with 42 gallon* of corn whiskey, *omr pure white whiskey and *ome charred, n* raptured In Shel by early thl* morning by Police men Paul Statwey and Kno* Hardin. The driver of the new Chevrolet roadster made hi* getaway a« of ficer* approached the car; but It was unofficially stated that police headquarter* has a pretty good Idea of the man s Identity. He la an out of-town rum runner, It la *atd, Ttie car had stopped presumably In a colored section of town to make tie liveries when officers gdt wind of the load being delivered and awoop ed down. The whiskey was In half gallon fruit Jar* and filled the rumble-aeat section where the seat, had been removed. Tt Is one of the biggest hauls made this year locally. Fireman Injured As Tank Explodes At Kings Mountain White repairing an automobite gas tank Saturday, Orady King, fire man of the Kings Mountain fire de partment was painfully Injured when the tank exploded. One end of the tank was blown through the window in the building In which Mr. King was working. It la thought some gas was left in the tank and this caused the explosion when the wort started. Peeler Home Burned Near Palm Tree Ch. former Home Of J. B. Nolan ts Destroyed. Caught Second Time In Two Days. fire completely destroyed the home of John Peeler and practical ly all of the household furniture Friday night and one of the Peeler sons barely escaped from the sec ond floor where he was sleeping. The dwelling had about a dosen rooms In It and was built by J. B. Nolan, Shelby real estate man, who formerly owned the plantation and lived there before moving to Shel by. It Is thought the fire originated from a defective electric wire. The house caught the day before but the fire was discovered and extin guished by a truck load of men passing the road at the time. The hole in the roof was repaired and the next night the house caught again and completely destroyed the residence and furniture. The loss is partially covered by Insurance. Hospital Fire Did Very Little Damage | Blaze Was In Trash And Paper j Chnlr. Building: Is Fireproof No Danger. The Shelby fire trucks were call ed to the Shelby Hospital Saturday where a blaze had started on a trash and paper chute, but the damage was confined to the chute and there was no danger to the build ing proper or patients. The hospital structure is semi ftreproof and Is equipped with a sprinkler alarm and protection sys tem. | Seniors Lead Honor Roll Students At Shelby High; Juniors Nearby Ten Boy* And Girls Make Highest Possible Marks. Honor Roll Given. Tile senior class again led the way In scholastic v.orb at the Shel by high school during the fifth month. Twenty percent of the sen iors made the honor roll and the junior class, with 19 percent of its members on the roll, ran the sen iors a close second. Sixteen percent j of the sophomores made the roil and 15 percent of the freshmen. During the month three students made the highest possible mats » grade "A” on five subjects. They were Esther Ann Quinn, Gwyn Da vis and Jeanette Post. Seven made the highest possible mark on four subjects. They were Helen Miller, (Colbert.' MeKntght, Ed. Post, jr., Betsy Eskridge. Marie King, Louise Lybrand and Marvin Smith. The high school honor roll by classes follows: Seniors: Essie Bass Laura Mae Borders, Edna Earl Cline, Rachel ! Connor, Margaret Ford. Alleen Jon es, Annie Ray Jones, Margaret Lee, .Helen Miller, Janet Morrison. Edna iCWTlSVtU. »*!.* tn ■ Only Regret Failure To Kill F. D. R. Italian Pled Guilt? In Miami To day On Assault (Imrges. <>r mak Resting Fasy. i By united rKEssi Miami, Fla., Feb. 30.—Ouisep pe /sugars. who attempted to assassinate President - elect Rooaevelt here laat Wednesday night, wai today aentenced to eight yeara Imprisonment fol lowing hla arraignment In court here. In ahootlng at Roosevelt he wounded four otnera. Regreta Failure. (By UNITED PRKSBI Miami, Fla., Feb. 30-Dec.larin* his “one regret" tru that he failed to kill President-elect Rooaevelt, Gulseppe Z.angnra pleaded guilty In criminal court hem today to charg es of assault with intent to kill President-elect Rooaevelt and three other pleas of guilty involving the wounding of Russell Caldwell, Miss Margaret Kruls and William Sinnot in shooting at Roosevelt. Seriously Wounded. Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicago, and Mrs. Joseph Olll, the two most seriously wounded, were unmention ed In the trial, but should one of them die charges will be changed to murder. Both were resting easier today and Cermak Is expected to recover. Parents, Teachers To Meet Tonight; Talk School Plans Gathering To Discuss Adequate School Program. Several 041 •sens Tglk. A meeting of the general council wi the Parent-Teacher association of Shelby, embracing seven units will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Cen tral high school auditorium. The general program of the city wide session will be. "What Is an Adequate School Program for Shel by?” Several citizens and teachers are on the program to discuss var ious topics under that query. Judge B. T. Falls will discuss length of terms desired; Mrs. Ruble T. Hud son will discuss tools of instructions; Mrs. Robert Smith's topic will be the subjects of study in the schools; Mrs. J. W. Harbison will talk upon teacher qualifications; J. H. Grigg .will discuss the administration of schools, and Judge John P. Mull will talk upon "the money we are are able and willing to Invest in schools.” The association is offering a $6 gold piece to the unit among the seven in the city which has the best percentage of attendance at the meeting. Young Man Dies Of Suffocation Frank LaughlnghouM Thought To Have Gone To Sleep While Smoking. Frank Laughinghouse, formerly of Shelby, died of suffocation in his room at Greenville, thia state about midnight Thursday and hia body j was brought here Sunday for inter ment. Laughinghouse, age 30, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Laugh inghouse, formerly of Shelby, now living in Hickory. He was well known here where he lived with his parents and operated a filling station and the swimming pool at Cleveland Springs one summer. Laughinghouse had apparently fall ! en asleep across the bed, smoking before removing his clothing and when the bed was aflame he had struggled to the floor, but was over come by smoke. He was alone at the home at the time. A coroner’s Jury returned a verdict that he came tft his death by suffocation. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Sunday at the Lutz-Jackson Funeral Home on West Warren, street by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church of which he was a member, interment was in Sunse' cemetery with the follow;ing serving «s pal! bearers Hubert Wilson, Curtis Mo6er, Mark Gantt, E. Joiner, Claude Lueas, Fred Smith. Besides hia parents one bro ther, Carlton, of Hickory and one sister, Mrs. Jas. Sheppard of Shel by survive, Laughinghouse wa.- a. salesman foi the Price Wholesale Co, with head Quarters in Charlotte. a • .'Vs •
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