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The MEDIUM SEND 0..■" ' ^ 8 PAGES TODAY . ' . . i 0 VOL. XXXIX, No. 31 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) *J Mail, par mi, iin advnnoa) Carrlar. pa, rut. ,ui *n*%Daai M.O U.ru tate News ~ rHE MARKETS >0 roller, or seed quoted. f Shower* Tuesday T North Carolina Weather T rt lowers tonight and Tues !ftMU anorr tonight. Colder in west a north central portions Tuesday „oon. generally cdlder Tuesday pit1'1, _ five Million To Aid California Pv UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 13—Senatot - ( Mc tdoo. of California, today Lodurrd a resolution to approp ™lte five million dollars to give re L 10 the destitute and hornless the l alifomia earthquake gone. Another Quake In California By UNITED PRESS long Beach, Calif., Mar.! 13.— Another strong earth shock, char aderited as second only to the tre mor which rocked and near devas tated the city Friday night, wai Wt here at 5:16 this morning. Mot 4- cycle of; icers were ordered t« ,„jkf » survey to determine if fur ther damage resulted. The move ment or shock was long and roll ing and did not have the initla j„lt which usually causes heavy damage. Mooresboro Girl Wins Webb Medal In Contest Here All Contestants Closely Matched Collegians Furnish Music For Evening. me Mooresboro high school car ried off two of the major high school honors in Cleveland counts Friday night when Miss France! Walker, of Mooresboro, won thf Selma C. Webb Recitation contesl at the Shelby school auditorium. A week previous the Clyde Hoey ora torical contest was won by a Moor esboro boy. Miss Walkers subject was ‘‘Whith er Thou Goest,” and her recitatior made a deep impression upon the audience. All the entrants were good and their reciting was so excellent that the selection of a winner prov ed difficult to judges. A large crowd heard the evening’! program, and special musical num bers were furnished by a quartet from the glee club of Boiling Springs junior college. Essay Contest. me essays in the annual Selma Webb contest have already been de livered to the judges and the win ner is to be announced in The Star Friday If judges have completec their work, by that time. Try Answering These C&n you answer 14 of these test fuestlons? Turn to page two foi the answers. 1. Who ran for president on the Prohibition party ticket in 1932? 2. What is.anise? 3. Who customarily administer! the oath of office to an incoming president? *■ Of what country’ is Sofia the capital? 5 Where is V. s. paper money printed? 6. What do placer miners cal colors?" " Which is larger in area, the U 5 or Canada? o W hat are the gigantic lizards oj prehistoric ages called? Jt Who wrote "love’s Labor Lost? For what crime was A1 Capon* convicted? '*'• What is a brogue? What college is located at Wil •Mtnsburg; Va.? , Name ltle sciencP that deal; 11 hatter in the living state? Bible the shortest verse 111 thl 15.^ Is Russia in Europe or ix the ship 16. For what is ““h" famous? '* What country , has a legisli “fy C!^ed "Riksdag?’’ uJ What large national pai 004160 Wyoming? Which American port ex] amount of cotton? faih'lr„Vherei 18 the world’s gre 'amion center? tone Star Inn Was Robbed Last Nighl L°no ®tar fnn, service sta Spr-VmmeCtion of the Cleve :ngs rQad and Lincolnton h robW'nf ent^red laj5t nleht of npn Clg'arettes and a quai h H ^ uEntrance w-as madi !-, . " braking a window. L ‘-- night or early this mor apprehended and aime "^Pton on the charge of t Z lne 5tat‘on. The pennies the ct*ar«ties ax '”1 '• p<-o\ creel. * Banks In Twelve Key Cities Of Nation Begin Opening Today J Dr. Gidney Dies Of Heart Attack; Funeral This P.M. County Farm Agent For Six Years President Of Hoey Bible Class And Central Church Steward For Twenty Years. Dr- R. M. Gidney, county farm agent for six years and father of the terracing idea which perhaps ' brought Cleveland forward more than any other one tiling in an ag ricultural way, died at his home on East Marion street Sunday after ' noon at 4 o’clock. Active Churchman Dr. Gidney had a severe heart at tack on February 22 which confined him to his bed. Since that time the attacks have been more or less fre quent until the end came. Deceased was one of the county's best known Citizens. He was a son of the late Capt. J. W. Gidney and w’as born here May 2nd, 1869. For many years he practised veterinary and was a practical, progressive farmer. He ! was a steward in Central Methodist church for twenty years and at the time of his death, president of the Hoey Men’s Bible class. He possess ed a keen wit, a remarkable mem ory and a sustained interest in peo ple and affairs. He was a most de voted husband and father and a kind neighbor and friend. Wife And Five Children Dr. Gidney was married to Miss Hattie Surratt, daughter of the late veteran, O, C, Sarratt, who died last year in his nineties. His wife and five children survive: Mrs. Chas. Hoey, Miss Hattie Gidney and Robert Gidney of Shelby, Misses Elizabeth and Elsie Gidney, twins, who teach at Pittsboro. Three brothers also survive, Dr. Will Gid ney, physician at West, Texas, Dr. Charlie Gidney at Plain View, Tex as and Attorney Satn Gidney at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held from the residence this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Dr. E. K. McLarty, pas tor of Central Methodist church of which he was a life-long member. Interment took place in Sunset cemetery here. Active pallbearers were Wrn. Lineberger, Paul Webb, Boy Sisk, Dr. E. B. Lattimore, Frank L. Hoyle, S. E. Hoey. Honorary pall bearers wrere J. D. Lineberger, B. H. Kendall, C. R. Hoey, George Hoyle, George Blanton, C. C. Blanton, O. S. Anthony. J. N. Dellinger. R. E. Campbell, Thad C. Ford, Rev. J. Ed Thompson and Harry Cohen. A large and beautiful floral of fering was evidence of the esteem in which he was held. Ed Walker Dies Near New House Prominent Fanner Succumbs To Stroke Of Paralysis. Funeral Today At Sandy Plains Ed Walker, 59, died at his home at New House*, yesterday afternoon at 5:30, following several months illness of paralysis. Mr. Walker was a prominent farmer and a leader of , affairs in his community. Deceased was a member of a large family but all brothers and sisters have preceded him to the grave. Surviving are his wife who was Miss Georgia Jenkins, daughter of the late Lawson Jenkins and Mrs. Jen 1 kins who resides at New House. Four children survive: Miss Vemie, 1 J. P. and Elmo Walker and Mrs Luther Walker. 1 Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 2:30 at Sandy ’ plains Baptist church with Rev. W A. Elam in charge assisted by Revs ■ z. D. Harrill and J. D. Bridges. Torn Power Lines Added to ’Quake Peril Si This scene of chaos is typical of many in Long Beach, Cal., following the disastrous earthquake that rocked a 200-mile stretch of the coast of Southern California, Intonation*) Illustrated News causing at lehst 123 deaths and injury to over 4,000. To the peril of falling debris was added that of elec trocution by fallen high tension wires shown here. Congress Asked By Roosevelt To Bring Back Beer Without Delay Asks Amending Of Volstead Act To Permit Manufac ture, Sale of Beer. (By UNITED PRESS) .Washington, March 13.— President Roosevelt in a sur prising move today that even startled his closest friends sent a message to Congress calling for immediate modifi cation of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture and sale of beer and other bever ages which may be permitted in order to bolster the reve nues of the national govern ment. Dramatic Contest On Tuesday Night Shelby And Kings Mountain Clubs Will Compete Here In State Wide Contest. On Tuesday night, March 14, Shelby high will compete with Kings Mountain in a dramatic contest to determine which shall represent this district at Chapel Hill in the state dramatic contest. The Kings Mountain club will pre sent “Uncle Jimmie” by Zona Gale. The Shelby high school Dramatic club will present “In Dixon's Kitch en” by Wilbur Stout. This is one of the plays of the Carolina Playmak ers. Colbert McKnight and Essie Bass play the leading roles support ed by Dick LeGrand, Cornelia Sparks, Joe Blanton and Bobbie Lutz. ' Both plays are one-act comedies and are very entertaining. The casts of both plays have worked diligently for the past month and promise an interesting evening to all who support the program. There wtU be a small admission charge. California Earthquake Area Will Be Given Aid; Death Toll Is 115 People Tn Section Spend Night Out doors Fearing More Shocks. ‘! Big Damage. . , , | Los Angeles. March 13.—Pear of disease getting a forth old in the i earthquake area of ( be metropoli s' tan district through water pollu ^ tion or unregulated sanitation add r? ed more woe yesterday to the pre 1 dicament of homeless thousands. United relief agencies went into j action on a wide front however and 3 first aid. hospitalization, food dis tribution and even- ifeonstruction work gathered momentum wnue me earth was still shaking The thirty-fifth major shock oc curred about 4 o’clock Sunday morn ing, approximately 34 hours after the first at 5:55 p. m. Friday, which wrought thfe greatest damage. "“Long Beach, center of the great est destruction, discontinued the use of city water because authori ties suspected sewage from broken | pipes mighi have seeped into the [ water mains where breakage migh? ] have recurred Precautions against **- za tMk ; ! Zangara, Slayer Of Cermak, To Die i In Florida Chair Week Of Mar. 20 (By UNITED PRESS) Tallahassee. Fla., Mar. 13.— i The death warrant of Guiseppe y.angara, slayer of Mayor Anton Cermak and would-be assassin of President Roosevelt, was signed today by Governor Dave Sholts. The date of the electro ration was set for some time during; the week of March 20 and will he at the State prison at Raiford. The exact day and hour must be set by Prison Supt. L. F. Chapman. Second Man Dies From Injuries Received In Sunday Car Wreck Harry Huffstickler, of Kings Moun tain. Died In Shelby Hospital Last Night. An automobile wreck of a week ago last night claimed its second victim last night when Harry Huff stickler, 36-year-old Kings Moun tain man, died in the Shelby hos pital. Huffstickler's death, it is under stood, resulted from chest and in juries. He was injured Sunday night, March 5, when the auto in which he was riding turned over about seven miles from Kings Mountain on the Cherryville-Kings Mountain highway. Craig Smith, 50. .also oi Kings Mountain, was instantly kill ed in the same wreck. Weldon My ers, said to be the driver of the car. was also injured. Huffstickler was a resident of the Dilling mill community of Kings Mountain as was Smith. Mill Man Cheered By Present Outlook The outlook for the textile In dustry and general business condi tions is more encouraging now than in months, according to Jesse White superintendent of the Cleveland Cloth Mills, who returned to Shelby Saturday after a two weeks stay in New York. In the metropolis, he said, businiss leaders are considera bly cheered over the economic policy and reorganization program of Roosevelt, and believe that the foun dation is being established for a more sound and improved indus trail period. Daniels Appointed Envoy To Mexico By UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 13.—Presi dent Roosevelt today sent to the senate the name of Josephus Daniels as ambassador to Mex ico. Mr. Daniels is editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and was secretary of the navy for four years under the adminis tration of President Wilson. At the lime Mr. Daniels was naval secretary. President Roosevelt »as >.n.r of hjs psgjsia.n1.-. i Biggest Week In Post Office For General business may have been somewhat slow in Shel by last week, during the first week of the bank holiday, but it was a record week for the money order and postal sav ings department of the Shelby post office. The week was the biggest on record for the money or der window and Friday was the biggest individual day with scores of firms and indivi duals clearing their business revenue through money or ders instead of through banks. It is not permissible to give figures in the postal savings department, but it was learn ed that deposits in the local postal savings department far exceeded withdrawals as cit izens of the city sought a safe place to place what money they had on hand. McKinney Will Help Income Tax Payer* Troy McKinney, county account ant and a graduate In audit work will assist income tax payers ir making out their state Income taj reports. O. B. Carpenter of the state department of revenue was here foi five days last week to assist income tax payers in making out return* but he has been called to othe: places, so McKiney has volunteerec has assistance. The time for filing expires on Wednesday of this week Mrs. Hamrick Falls And Breaks Ankle Mrs. D. J. Hamrick who before ■carriage was Miss Louise Allen daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Irvir Allen, tell last night on the step* of a friend's porch where she wa* visiting and sustained a broket ankle. She is receiving treatment at the SJtclby Jipfpitpl, Banks Will Open This Week; Some To Operate Today Reserve Banks Open In Nation Today Stair Bank* Not To Open Before Wednesday. Gradual. Safe I'roe ess Followed. Raleigh, March 13.—No licenses for unrestricted reopening o! North Carolina state banks, other than those Issued to supplement federal license, will be granted until Wed nesday, Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hpod said last night. Applications for re-opening be gan trickling into Hood's office early Sunday afternoon and a stead? flow is expected. Regular state bank examiners are checking the appli cations. Calling newspapermen to his of fice Sunday afternoon, Hood out lined salient facts In plans for re organisation of North Carolina ! banks. “We intend to keep perfect CONTINUED ON PAGE ElClITl.t ! - Currency Deposits And Out-Of Town ChecksAcceptable Trust Fundi May Hr Set Up In County Banks, To Br Separate From Old Balances. Currency deposits 3nd check* on out-of-town banks for collection may be deposited In the county, banks .according to a notice posted on the doors of the banking insti tutions this morning. These deposits will be s*t up'atfc trust fund, subject to withdrawal at any time on demand and without restrictions or limitations. Only checks on out-of-town banks are acceptable for collection and sub ject to payment by the banks on which they are drawn. The purpose of this order is for the safe-keeping of your funds. Ac counts so opened are kept in bur glar proof safes or deposited with the Federal Reserve bank in this district. The secretary of the treasury has authorized the following, which Is posted on the doors of local bank ing institutions: Any banking institution which was lawfully engaged in the re ceiving of deposits prior to Mar. 6, 1933, may create special trust accounts for the receipt of new deposits which shall be subject to withdrawal on demand with out any restriction or limita tion, and shall be kept separ ately in cash or on deposit In the federal reserve bank, or In vested in obligations of the United States. On the strength of that rul ing, we are receiving deposits of currency and creating special trust accounts for same, which will be held in currency or cash In our vaults, or deposited in the federal reserve bank of this district. We will receive on these ae ro anti checks on other towns for collection to be credited to the special account when the various banks re-open and the checks are actually paid. We cannot receive checks on our selves or a local bank, as no ac counts with us prior to March 6th can be changed until we are authorized to re-open. You may be assured that we will carry out the instructions as to handling these accounts as prescribed by law. Bank Situation By UNITED PRESS Today’s developments In the Amrrinn banking sltaation wore as follows: 1. Banks located In 12 key financial renters, where Fed eral reserve branches are functioning, were opened to day for normal business. 3. Tuesday other banks In large business centers will be opened for business as Inspec tion of soundness and distri bution of safety currency Is completed. 4. Other banks over the na tion, Including state banks, will start opening Wednesday and during the remainder of the week as their soundness Is determined. 5. The government urges that citisens of no section should be alarmed If banks of that section are not among the first to open as time Is required to determine, as nec essitated by the new banking legislation, the standing of the bank to assure its safety. In his message from the White House President Roosevelt de clared that the new legisla tion will prohibit future bank failures, and reminded that a bank not opening today or tomorrow should not be con sidered unsound due to the fact that the governmental check-up will take several days. Midwife School In Shelby This Week; No Charge Must Htrr Required Instruction T« Secure Permit For County Practice. A school for mldwlves of Cleve land county will be held in Shelbj Friday, March 17. and all mldwtve* in the county, practising now or in tending to practice during the year are urged to attend. Due to a recent ruling of the county Board of Health and a State law a midwife may not practice hex profession without a permit froir the county Board of Health. Th« local Board of Health has required that permits be Issued only to mid wives taking instruction in the school from physicians as to latest methods, sanitation, etc. There wll be no charge at all to midwives foi taking the instruction course Fri day, the requirement being made solely to assure better general health conditions. Midwives are asked tc report at the office of the countj superintendent at the court house find will be directed to the place where members of the Cleveland Medical Society will give the in structions without charge. Convict Taken To Face S. C. Charges Tilson Had Just Completed 90-Dij Term Here. Charged With Breaking, Entering. It was out again and in again to day for Shuford Tilson, white man who had Just completed a sentenc* at tire state prison camp east o Shelby. This morning Tilson completed i 90-day sentence Imposed here fo transporting whiskey, and just at hour or so after his time was uj two South Carolina officers cami here and carried him to Spartan burg where he faces the charge o breaking and entering. Tilson w& held in the county Jail from thi time his state sentence was com pleted until the South Carolina of fleers arrived. Will Not Have More Bank Failures, Roosevelt Declares In His Address 1 “Safer To Keep Money In Sound j Bank Than I'nder Mattress.'’ He Says Washington, March 13.—High spots of President Roosevelt's bank ing talk last night were: “Let me make it clear that the banks will take care of all needs— and it is my belief that hoarding during the past week has become an exceedingly unfashionable pas time. “We have promised the machin 1 cry to restore our financial system: ' >i is up to vou to Mippf'yt and m*kr k an'., j i »><»■*■---. ’ it work. i “It was the government-# job tc [ .straighten out this situation and d< | it as quickly as possible—and th( the job is being performed. | "I can assure you that it is safei to keep your money in a reopenec ! hank than under the mattress. "It needs no prophet to tell yot that when the people find that thej can get their money—that they can get it when they want it for at legitimate purposes—the phantom ol tear will soon be laid 'State banks not. members or Liu y *< **>n ' .'iirf u>. y AvU H.iVH'1 Open Banks In 12 Federal Reserve Banking Centers More Open Tuesday And Wednesday “\\r Will Not Have Another Epl demlr Of Bank Failure*," Roosevelt Declare*. By UNITED PRESS Raleigh, Mar. 13.—-North Car olina member* of the federal reserve banking system, includ ing sis Charlotte banks and all branches of the Carhovia Trust company, are scheduled to open tomorrow. Other North Caro lina bank* will follow the fed eral regulations and state bank ing provision* and open a* soon a* their applications are filed and proper tests made. 9 r * B e r a e i e t 11 r e i 0 y e e 1 . i Bark To Business By UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 13.—Bank* be gan to reopen today throughout the nation tor normal business follow Ing the pledge to the nation from President Roosevelt that "we will not have another epidemic of bant: failures.” Banks licensed by the treasury were permitted to open today In 12 key financial centers In which fed era! reserve banks are located. Tomorrow and Wednesday re openings will be extended through out the country. President Roose velt In a public statement called upon the nation to unite In banish ing fear and promised that, the re opened banks "will meet all needs." Roosevelt's Talk Washington, March 13.—President Roosevelt assured the people of the nation last night In his first talk from the White House on the finan cial situation that the banka lp re opening this week "will take care of all needs.” Going Into thorough detail of the story of the closing of the banks and his steps to reopen them, the president scored some bankers os "either incompetent or dishonest.’ but he said the government la "straightening out this situation as quickly as possible.” He expressed hti own confidence and called for the co-operation of the people. Outlining the progressive plan for reopening of the banks beglnnlhg today, he gave assurance that every effort would be made to put Into operation even those banks which are “sorely pressed.” To Aid Reorganisation "1 do not promise you that every bank will be reopened or that in dividual losses will not be suffered.' he said, “but there will be no losses that possibly could be avoided; and there would have been more and greater losses had we continued to drift. I can even promise you sal vation for some at least of the sore ly pressed banks. We shall be en (COHTINUgD ON PAdlC litGIH. a v Chinese In Strong 5 Battle Upon Japs Surprise Rush Of Chinese Counter Attack Catches Artillerymen >. Napping. e 'f, a « n i us e (By UNITED PRESS) Chengtehsu, Jehol Province, Mir. 13.—Chinese forces have launched a spirited counter attack against the Japanese near Fanchiakow. A con tinuous battle beginning Sunday was still in progress today. Using swords and pistols the Chinese engaged in hand-to-hand fighting with the mountain artil lerymen of the Hatter) corps which was caught in the surprise attack. First reports were that 14 members of the Hattori were killed and 3f> wounded Mrs. Randall Has Broken Left Leg Mrs J. E, Randall, who lives In o o e the Blacksburg section, was brought to the Shelby hospital last night suffering with a fractured left leg. It could not be learned this morn ing just how she suffered the frac ture. r * Mrs. Ida Ledbetter of High Point spent several days last week here J visiting her niece, Mrs. George P Blanton, and Mr. Blanton. } John Liueberger of Charlotte and 1 Miss Mary Elizabeth Cummings and f | Miss Garrou. both ol Greensboro spent the week-end here as guest* -■'of Mr. Llnebergei's paren'*. Mr and . Mw. J. P Lineberser i) 5
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