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rj|E MARKETS - ..on root base i'SS..“ Hffd m ten tons lots 11-25 Rain Is Likely , North t arolina Weather 1 , i-artlv cloudy, probably fol Kfp°d b> r3in in extreme west por ’;"“e beginning late tonight or Sat lrdil. iti-ing temperature tonight. Banker Admits Big Bonuses It, EXITED tress Washington, Feb. 24—Hugh B. mner president of the National (llv company of New York, testi , . (,u(iv before Senate stock In ‘ tijators that he had received al ' t <700,000 in bonuses in two and ne -half years in 1927 and 1928 and the first si' months of 1929. He retailed to explain the com nv-s transactions in National City tmnk stock and other securities. “Snooks” And Weathers Picked On Flaming Five shflb> And County Athletes Rank Highly In Observer Sport Honors. Two members of the 1932 “Flam tog j>jve" -leadinf? sport figures in the two Carolinas as selected by Charlotte Observer readers—are Cleveland county boys and a third, is h (Cleveland county coach. They are Vergil Weathers, for mer Latiimore cage star; Fred Webb, young Shelby golfer and na tional southpaw champion; and Bill Goodson, former Davidson ath lete, now coaching at Fallston. Each year Jake Wade, Observer sport editor, gives his readers an opportunity to select the five out ..tanding athletes or sport figures in the two states. This year the bal loting was unusually heavy, over 16 000 votes being cast, and It Is a •tribute to athletic development in his section that two local boys were among the five leaders. The an nouncement was made yesterday. Others Honored The two members of the "Flam ing Five" in addition to Goodson, Weathers and Webb were Charlie Pearce. Davidson - eollege athlete, and Chester Martin, Charlotte, Piedmont league baseball player. A number of other athlete* and sport figures living eh Known in this section received many totes in the contest. Zeno Wall, Jr., of Shelby, quarterback at Wake Forest, was 10th with 395 votes, "Cool’’ Beam, ionr.er Shelby boy. son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Beam, a Charlotte high school athlete, received 392 votes and Casey Morris, Shelby high athletic director received 63 votes. Others receiving votes in this section were B. C. Wallace, Jr., the rSrrj young Fallston boxer; Jack (Red) Jolley, Boiling Springs grid, cage and baseball star; and Ralph Gardner, son of former Gov ernor and Mra. Gardner, grid play tr at Carolina. Why Honored The following comment by The Observer gives the records of Good son. Weathers and Webb: 3iii ooodson, (1,004 votes). Native of Lincolnton. Attended Davidson college and distinguished himself In basketball and baseball, captaining thf cage team his last year. Quiet and retiring by nature. Bill was ex tremely popular in school and has made hundreds of friends since leaving college. Played basketball on independent teams at Lincolnton, Dallas and Clover, S. C., last year. Now teaches and coaches at Fall ston and plays basketball for the Clovfr All-Stars. Played second base for Clover last summer. An unus fin. shot in basketball. He is « years old. '“rgi! Weathers, (704 votes). 'Vent to University of North Caro ■ *rolE tatnmore high school. As (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT > Three Year Old Child Has Appendix Taken Betty Boyles. three year ola ! of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I lormerly of Shelby, was op 1 01' for appendicitis in a naming1*1 hospJtal early Tuesday I cases have been lt ’* ln the history of childhood. wJ?* TTcquent ailing with men, l men. toys and W. but seldom 2, children in their infancy. *ott ' Eport to the 1013 *rand‘ Moo W w Bridges, oi stated that she was dc SHeibv Man Manages ^rmer* Supply Firm «CShelbvUt* Feb- 23 -E- L- Webl U)e Farm» ™ ,e!ected manager c here th S Unlon SuPP!y compan i/cft veek by the directors t C Mep.Pany' Mr- wcbb succeeds . G‘ms< wbo was killed in a crash near Bessemt and will assume h Monday, ^*5 obi ®t>' reee <*>» ’ The Wewlland Stka 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX; No. 24 -- SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 24. 1933 (Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Matt PCI put. Pin *dt«no«l *»d„ Cmrrltp on va«t. imi naraomi (l.n | Ltneberger County Director Of Relief Smith Continues As Welfare Head t - ! Enlarged Activities Call For Advi j sory Council. Departments Separated. A shift In the policy of dispens-1 ing relief in the state, has brought j about a separation of the relief j I work in Cleveland county from the ! welfare department anC J. D. nine-j berger has been appointed director, of relief. Enlarged Activities This action was taken Wednesday j afternoon when Mrs. Fry, director of relief in ten counties in this sec tion, came with authority from Dr. Fred Morrison, state relief director, to enlarge the administrative de partment in order that all work might be handled through a central office here in Shelby Instead of in three units as heretofore. Mr. Smith Continues Under the new set-up J. B. Smith will continue his duties as county welfare officer in the court house and give what assistance his time will permit to the relief depart ment. The relief department head ed by Mr, Lineberger will be moved to another location and all func tions will be directed from his of | floe. Necessary branches will be es ! tablished in various parts of the county where and when it is deem ed necessary. The dispensation of relief has grown to immense proportions and has reached the stage where it is physically impossible for the wel fare department to carry on all l phases of the several departments. Live At Home Idea Under the new set-up, seed, fer tilizers and supplies will be given to needy people who will be encourged to make gardens, raise pigs and chickens and keep a cow. Landlords will be asked to demand that their tenants produce enough food and feed for their families and their livestock'. People living ill towns and cities will be asked to make subsistence gardens. All relief cases will be thoroughly investigated and complete records maria as to their needs. During the canning season, the canning of fruits and vegetables will be encouraged under the direc tion of Mrs. Irma Wallace. Dan Frazier will direct work relief pro jects whereby able bodied men will be required to perform some serv | ice for the relief given them. $24,400 Send To County At the meeting Wednesday after noon there were present, eighteen county and city officials, represen tatives of the relief, welfare, civic and farm organizations and a new advisory committee was selected. The names of those who compose the council were not obtainable to day as Mr. Lineberger had left town on a business trip that will keep him away for several days. To date $24,400 has been sent to Cleveland county for relief. This money comes from the federal gov ernment through the state and is : not to be paid back by the state as !it represents the part the state is due to get for federal road projects. Mr. Suttle Elected " City Tax Supervisor Oscar M. Suttle was appointed at the regular meeting of the city j council this week as city tax super j visor. Mr. Suttle will take the tax I returns in the city and make out j the tax receipts, which involves ; about three months work. He is ex j perienced in tax affairs and will be | gin right s way making abstracts. Cermak Is In Serious Condition Has One Chance In Ten As Pneu monia Threatens. Victim Of Assassin. (By UNITED PRESS) Miami, Fla., Feb. 24.—Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicago, one of the victims of a bullet from the gun of Guiseppe Zangara, wou^l-be assassin of President elect Roosevelt, was reported near death today. Complications. His condition, already serious, was complicated by colitis and hypostatic lung trouble, a fore runner of pneumonia, the past two days and he grew rapidly worse this morning. Dr. Frank Jirka today gave him one chance in 10 to live. Mrs. Amanda Peeler Dies Near Casar; Funeral Saturday Mrs. Amanda Peeler died Thurs day afternoon at her home two miles south of Casar following a protracted Illness. She would have been 81 years of age had she lived until may this year. Her husband Alfred Peeler, died in June of last year. Although Mrs. Peeler had been an invalid for several years, she re tained her cheerfulness and her bright outlook on life. She possessed a remarkable amount of common sense and was an Industrious, sym pathetic aoul, loved by her host of friends. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Winchester of vfite, Mrs. £ fc. Morrison, of ville, Ga., Mrs. Lem Elmore of Shelby and two sons, Shotwell Peeler of Lincolnton and Horatio Peeler of Lawndale. One brother De catur Edwards also survives. The funeral hour was not learned today, but it is understood will be held Saturday. She was a faithful member of Casar Baptist church. Commissioners To Hold Extra Session A called meeting of the county board of commissioners will be held Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the court house. Several matters of im portance will be up for discussion, but It has not been learned just the nature of the matters under con sideration. Hoey Preliminary Contest Saturday The preliminary for the an nual Hoey oratorical contest will be held at the Shelby high school auditorium Saturday morning at 9:30. At that time six boys will be selected for the final i*ntest tonight week. Around 12 county high schools will have entrants. At the final contest this morning Harold Bettis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bettis, was selected to represent Shel by in tomorrow’s preliminary. Max Gardner Remains In Political | Picture, Charlotte Friends Believe Charlotte, Feb. 24.—Former Gov ernor Gardner of North Carolina is not out of the political picture of 1933 despite the fact that he was not named to a post In the Roose velt cabinet, In the opinion of many of Mr. Gardner’s Charlotte friends. The former governor is slated for an important diplomatic post, it is rumored; but few venture to name the country to which he will be as signed in event President Roosevelt names him ambassador or minister. His recent week's visit to Cuba caused many of his friends who beep up with the political doings to predict he would be American min ister to Cuba. But others say his visit was nothing more than a short vacation trip that followed the com pletion of his term as governor, and that it had nothing to do with poli tics. The cabinet selection of the in coming president appeared to be entirely satisfactory with tho?? , Charlotte rvunrwrM i* who w«re up prised of the names of the new presidential advisers. They seemed particularly pleased with the fact that the south and west had been given a large majority of the plaoes and that this immediate section is to be represented by three cabinet members, Senator Swansan of Vir ginia, Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina and Cordell Xfull of Ten nessee. The appointment of Senator Swanson to the secretaryship of the navy will mean the early appoint ment of Governor Pollard or Harrj Flood Byrd of Virginia to succeed Swanson in the senate, it is gener ally agreed, and the addition of Byrd to the Democratic leadership will greatly strengthen the upper house of congress and give the south another commanding figure in na tional affairs. The personnel of the cabinet, It appears, indicates Roose velt is building a south-west coali tion that for many years to coni'; will be dominant over the east, i* was also generally admitted, t Shelby Boy Shot, Killed In Prison Escape Attempt Ralph Foust Shot Near Raleigh Sfrvlni Time For Auto Larceny. Escaped Once Before, Got Another Auto. Ralph Foust, 30-year-old Shelby, boy, who wrote a colorful sketch In the criminal records of this section, was shot and killed near Raleigh late Wednesday In an attempted escape from prison. Foust’s family, which once lived here, is now in South Carolina, it is said, and it Is not known wheth er his body will be burled there. One Escaped. Foust and a companion. Ralph Ladd, 19, jumped from a truck carrying them and 40 others from the prison to the Polk prison farm near Raleigh and dashed into a pine thicket. Foust was fatally shot,. but Ladd escaped. Second Attempt. It was the second time young Foust tried to get away from the long arm of the law. The first time, last spiring, he succeeded but was soon nabbed. Incidentally, he ex hibited sheer brass in his first es cape by returning to the same Shel by garage where he first stole an auto and tried to get another. More than two years ago Foust and a companion robbed the Cohen store here. They entered the Esk ridge Ford gaarge and stole a new auto, making their way to Texas. In Texas they were apprehended and brought back by Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and Police Chief McBride Poston. At the August term of court here in 1931 Foust was given two I ftve-to-10 year sentences in the 1 State prison. Back To Old Haunts. Last spring he escaped from the State prison farm and displayed his nerve by returning to Shelby. On his first night back home he again broke Into the Eskridge garage and got out another car. After running for a block or so the car gave out of gas. Foust, so he told Chief Poston later, then abandoned the car, broke lr^to the D. Huss Cline garage :*i«d stole aimawrHe headed" for Gaffney, but he had been trav elling at night during his escape and at Gaffney he went to sleep and was caught and returned to Shelby. When asked by local of ficers why he came back here and tried to steal another car, he de clared that he wasn’t afraid. “When I escaped I meant to steal Gover nor Gardner’s mansion limousine and drive home to Shelby in it,” he said. Although a youth his escapades gave officers considerable trouble before he received the prison sen tences for the two robberies. Foust. Raleigh dispatches inform ed, was dropped by a bullet from the rifle of Guard W. E. Dillar as he and Ladd ran through the tick Royal Arcanum To Meet A social meeting of the Royal Ar canum will be held Tuesday night. It was announced today. The meet ing will be on the fourth floor of the Masonic temple. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. How is the governor-general of !the Philippines appointed? 2. Where is Shanghai? 3. In what city was President Wil liam McKinley assassinated? 4. Near what city is Mt. Vesu vius? 5. What is the square root of one? 6. What color was Paul Revere's horse? 7. Who was Thorfinn Karlsefni? 8. How is a son, who bears the same name as his father and his grandfather, designated? 9. Is a fraction a number? 10. Can residents of the District of Columbia vote in elections? 11. Name the capital of Tennes see. 12. In what year did Franklin Delano Roosevelt run as a candi date for vice-president? 13. What building in Washington, D. C., was erected to the memory of the heroic women of the Civil war? 14. What was the disease known in the Middle Ages as "The Black Death”? 15. What does the word "sibling' mean? 16. In what province of Canada is Lake Louise? 17. Which three supreme court' justices were appointed by Presi-j dent Hoover? 18. In which book of the Bible src the Four Horsemen described? j 19. Who was Seth Low? 20. Does the D. S. government! levy any export Oijfrji? South Carolinian Goes In Cabinet; Woman Selected Although only the fiflt three of the 10 have been for mally announced, the cabinet set-up of President - elect Roosevelt will Include a South Carolinian, Daniel C. Ropet. and Is as follows: State—Cordell Hull, of Ten nessee. Treasury—William H. Wood In of Pennsylvania and New York. War—George H. Dera of Utah. Justice—Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. • Postoffiee—James A. Farley of New York'. Navy—Claude A. Swanson of Virginia. * Interior—Harold lekles o! Dllonls. Agriculture—Henry A. Wal lace of Iowa. Commerce—Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina. Labor—Miss Frances Per kins of New York. Harrill Promoted With Gulf Company Tommie Harrill who has been connected with one of the Gulf fill ing stations here for several years, has been promoted. He Is being sent to Macon. Ga., to become district supervisor over all of the company owned Gulf stations In that dis trict. Where Japs Seek New Conquest Vt « KAfUl* j •HARBtM I U K V O • KILIM •MUKOCN ©PCIPIN& Her® is ft map allowing the scene of Japan's new drive to conquer Jehol Province and annex it as • part of the puppet State of Manchukuo. The city of Shanhaikwan, which fell into Japanese hands some time ago, is a key city of the Great Wall of China, north of which the invading horde from Nippon plans an advance on a 460-mile front. At Pieping and Tientsin, American Marines and Infantry are preparing to protect our nationals and their property in the event the theatre of war moves into China proper. Inset (left) is Lieutenant General Knniaki Koiso, who commands the Jap forces in the Jehol operations. At right is Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, who ia leading the Chinese defenders. Should Stop Pitying Ourselves, ffoey Says; Talks Tax Burdens Say* Beal Property Most Carry Some Tax. Unjust Load Now Because Of Evasions. Clyde R. Hoey, speaking before the Shelby Klwanis club last night, eifpressed the belief that land should not be relieved of bearing Its part of the tax burden for government, that the schools and other Institu tions which have taken years to build, should not be tom] to pieces In the name of economy fcnd made a plea that people should stop pitying themselves, talking depres sion and wondering when normal times would return. Take Courage "We have gotten tn the habit of pitying ourselves. We should appre ciate what we have and take cour age. This great country of ours will come through. Our grave problems will be solved. When we pity our selves and talk hard times, it only aggravates the situation. Here in Cleveland we are extremely fortun ate in comparison with other sec tions. Out in Iowa where there is nothing but farming, com sells for 9c a bushel and a pound of pork can be bought for the price of a 3c postage stamp. Here in Shelby we have textile mills operating and paying out weekly $40,000 to em ployees, so we are much better off than many other sections," said Mr. Hoey. Mr. Hoey declared that land should bear some part of the tax burden. He pointed out that there are only two classes of property real and personal and when we re lieve land, we relieve not only farm land, but city homes, office build ings, railroads, public utilities, etc. Tax Exemption Securities “It will surprise you here tn Cleveland county to see how little (CONTINUED ON PAQg EIQHI .i Gardner Passes Two Local Bills (Star News Bureaui Raleigh, Feb. 24.—The Represen tative Gardner bill, exempting Cleveland bounty from the opera tion of the real estate commission law, was passed by the house of representatives yesterday and order ed sent to the senate for concur rence. Also, the MU introduced by Rep resentative Gardner, providing for jury triale to the recorder* court of Cleveland county, sitting at Kings Mountain, waa passed tn the house and sent to the senate. County Judgment Affirmed By High Court Thi* week In an opinion handed down this week by the state supreme court the judgment of superior court was affirmed in the action of the Cleve land Mill and Power Co. vs. Rich ards. The litigation centered about a certain amount of co'ton as han dled between gin .and mill. This Is News; County Jail Here Empty For First Tune In Years For the Mnt time in the mod em history of Upland county the county jell «m without t criminal er prisoner yesterday and Sheriff Irrin M. Allen, ■tanned by the oddity, consid ered hanfftnf out 'a sign "Va cant Rooms For Rent.’ For more than a half day the Jail was without an occopant except for one man belflr held j because* he was mentally unbsl anced. No one about the coort house can recall any half-day , period heretofore when there was not some person in the Jell -cnrlng a MotanM or swatting 'Sf&sgts&tXi1 other worker* were wt *t the took of pointing and white wMltlng the Interior, no recom mended In n recent grand Jury report. For eererftl time* In recent week*, Sheriff Allen nld, the negro floor on the third story hu been without ftn occupent. The deereaee In the number ef prisoner* and the crime lull Is attributed In port to the *tep plng of trivial case* and charg es hi the county court. Japs Leave League; Bitter Battle Rages Delegation Defies World Opinion. Stalks Front Room. Heavy War Casualties. (By UNITED PRESS| • Geneva, Feb. 24.—The Japa nese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the Lea gue of Nations assembly today after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events In Manchuria. The stunned International con clave. representing almdfft every na tion on earth, sat In silence as the delegation led by Yosuke Matsuoka walked from the halL ■'Were not coming beck," Mat suoka declared. MANY ARE KILI.ED (By UNITED PRESS) Peiping, Feb. 24,—Chinese troops today stubbornly eon tested every foot of ground against the Japanese drive into the province of Jebol and form ed new lines at Chaoyang. After a long battle casualties from both sides were reported as heavy. The Japanese are expected to im mediately make a determined as sault upon Chaoyang. Man Found Dead Wednesday Near Grove Tied Himself To Pole The body of Henry Jenkins, Gas tonia man, found near Grover Wed nesday morning had been there Since Sunday, it was learned fol lowing the publication in Wednes day’s Star of the gruesome find. The belief is that Jenkins committed suicide by tying himself to the pole and being electrocuted. A Gastonia dispatch gives the details as fol lows: .8*'search which had been in progress since last Saturday after noon for Henry R. Jenkins, aged 26, young farmer of the Mount Oli vet community near Gastonia card ed shortly before noon Wednesday when his body wss found dangling from the cross am of a 44,000-volt power line of the Duke Power com pany, half a mile from the town of Grover, Cleveland oounty. The body was found by a Grover youth who immediately reported it at Grover. In turn the power company offwe j was notfi< d and two m«»n were sf-ntj immediately in remvmr the body “Investigation by power company officials and others Indicate that Jenkins had probably climbed to the steel cross arm of the line early Sunday morning and probably came to his death shortly thereafter. He was last seen when he talked to the nightwatchman at Grover about 2 o’clock Sunday morning. He told the watchman that, should any thing happen to him, he wanted hts relatives in Gastonia notified, men tioning one by name. “Jenkins had tied himself to the steel cross arm with some wire, evi dently to prevent hla body from falling to the ground. The pole was | a wooden one, 35 feet high, and was located some distance from the road in or near a patch of woods. “Young Jenkins had for some time been suffering from melan cholia, superinduced by III Jtiealth and worry. On another occasion several weeks ago he disappeared for several hours and was later found near Rankin lake wandering around tn hi* imdarclnthint.” Bill For Change City Charter Has Been Introduced Provide For More Voting Places Al*o Provide* For New AdmJnUtra - tlon To Take Office July 1 I (intend Of Jane 1 . j Two blUe were Introduced ta legislature re»terd*v by Rep resentative Kraeit Gardner for the pnrpoee of amending the charter to make voting In mu nicipal election* more conven ient and to have olty official* take office a month later than heretofore In order to simplify the fiscal record* at the city hall. Bo far as la known there is no op position to the proposed changes as they are being made without politi cal aim. The Two Bill*. The first bill, House Bill 600, Is to amend the act to fix the date for Shelby officers to take office. Here tofore a new mayor and board has taken txfrice on June 1 following each city election. By that plan the new administration when there was a change, went In a month before the end of the city’s fiscal year, June 30, The change proposed In the bill provides that city officials take office July 1, or a month later, and by so doing they go In at the end of the business year and their ad ministration starts off with a elean sheet instead of with a month car ry-over from the preceding admin istration. inis cnange also rixes the date for the municipal election on the first Tuesday after the first Mon day In May, which this year will be May 2. The previous date was the first Monday in May. The other bill, House Bill 6#1, amends the act applying to the Shelby charter. This would provide four or more Voting places for city elections. Heretofore all voters in city elections have been forced to vote at one box. In recent year*, due to the growth of the city, this has sautd <• Jean was! ♦towbaen very inconvenient for voters of the city to line up at one spot to cast their ballots. The amendment would pro vide that the city election be held under general election rules, with four or more boxes where voters might cast their ballots. At present Shelby voters vote In five boxes in a general election—four at the court house and one in South Shelby. Wit hthe provision of the bill pro viding for four or more voting pre cincts it it possible to have a voting booth for each ward, or perhaps an additional one at South Shelby as in general elections. Outside Creditors Close Wray Business Heavy Real Estate Holding*. De flated In Value, Story Behind Closing. On petition of out-of-town and outside creditors the 8t%lby mer cantile firm of A. V. Wray and Six Sons was closed yesterday in bank ruptcy. The petition wtut filed to federal court In Charlotte Wednes day. The Indebtedness of the store was listed at only $12,000 while the stock is valued at $24,000, the total assets being $70,870 and the liabili ties $77,471.28, according to Peyton McSwaln, attorney for the Wray interests, The bankruptcy was brought on by Mr. Wray’s heavy real estate holdings in Shelby and Florida which had greatly deflated In value and not because the store was losing money, Mr. McBwain said. It was also pointed out that the store made money in 1832 and that Mr. Wray had been a success ful merchant but was hard hit by the decline to his real estate hold ings. Mr. Wray had been to busi ness in Shelby for 22 years and is one of the county’s best known anti most respected merchants. Little Girl Gets Stabbed At School Dorothy McCraw, II, Accidentally Stabbed At Dover Mill School. Dorothy McCraw, 11-year-old daughter of J. M. McCraw, is to the Shelby hospital with a severe stab wound in her left side as the result of an accident Wednesday after noon at the Dover mill school. The little girl and other children were playing, it is said, to the school yard when a Belieler boy, who had a knife In his hand, 3tumbled and fell, the knife plunging to the girl’s side. Although It Is a severe wound the girl's condition is not regarded as serious and was said to he do ■ng fairly welt today.
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