j T hk sp M WW U D --Z,I.EIL S PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 41 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 5. 1933 Hjr Mau. car vast tin advancar ia,cn Carriat car roar .in advnaeai Nt> Late News the markets ! ( otto*1- ^P0* *' ,feu, ‘"n i ^d. rar lot del. 6 to 7c . $10.00 . $12.25 Showers Thursday ~1 nd.i> North Carolina Weather irt Showers and wanner to >ht showers and thunderstorms j hand av folder Thursday night. Wisconsin Goes Wet Also ,B> CM TED PRESS) Milwaukee. April 5.—Wisconsin toined Michigan today as the sec „n(i state to vote outright repeal ol thr Eighteenth Amendment in twc day, by naming a slate of 15 wel delegate* to the State convention „hi's- Mr. Mull will ex ma_ ■ “ow these laws affect every »°man and child in the na Urge Audiences ■ McLarty Meeting strc>,~ ^"e fav°rit« hymns a r' Js settnons by the pastor, 1 -rowm CLany> are drawing lai t0, the Central Method is Clleach evfning. Dr. McLai meet/noUClin8 a Pre'Eastcr series and ,thls is preac be Hpm * evening- Two sendees v - daily next week, culmiui 51 Sunday. Pledge Over Half Of Money Needed To Open Union Trust Bank Beer Legal For | State On May 1; May Manufacture Cleveland Solon Is For Legalization — House Amendment Will Permit The Manufacture In State. Several To Sell In Shelby. ‘‘Three-point-two” beer, meaning ale with an alcoholic content of 3.2 I percent, may be legally sold in North Carolina at 12.01 a. m. May i. The Francis bill legalizing the sale of beer in this State was pass ed on the third reading in the house of representatives at Raleigh yes terday. The third reading was only a formality as it parsed a second reading Tuesday night. The vote in the house was 75 to 27. Gardner Vote. Representative Ernest Gardner was in Shelby on legal business when the final vote was cast in Ra I leigh, but before leaving there he left his vote paired for the beer measure. He was paired for the bill to legalize beer, his r ote being cast with that of Representative Haynes who was paired against. On the amendment to defer the action to a later vote. Representative Gardner was paired against the amendment and Representative Haynes for it. To Seek License. It was understood here today that quite a number of local firms may apply to selling license once the re strictions and regulations are made clear. At least one local wholesale distributor is understood to have completed contract to supply retail dealers of the territory. Amendments. Not only did beer regain its le gality yesterday, lost in this state since 1908 but a drive to legalize manufacture of that beverage aiso was begun. Representatives Bowie of *Ashe and Massenburg of Polk introduced a bill to allow manufac turing upon payment of a $500 tax to be divided between the state and counties equally . Only one of the amendments adopted was of much consequence. I (CONTINUED ON PAG*. EIGHT.) — | Dr. Osborne Back i Home And Improved Dr. J. R. Osborne, who underwent an operation in a Charlotte hospi tal around three weeks ago, was re turned to his home in Shelby yes terday. The many friends of the veteran dentist will be pleased to hear that he is considerably im proved in health and that he hopes to be able to come up town within a few days. He underwent treatment at the hospital several days before having an operation which appears '«) have benefited him. Gallimore Youth Writes To Mother Ray Lee Gallimore, 16-year old Shelby school boy, who has been missing for more than two weeks, is alive and well, accord ing to a letter received this morning by his mother, Mrs. Harry Gallimore, who has been stricken with anxiety since the youth mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago Monday. The letter from the youth was written in Ohio and stated that he was in company with three Northern boys and intended to go farther West and then return home later. A wide search had been conducted for him by news paper and radio, but not a word had been heard from him until the letter came today. Claude Bowers New Ambassador To Spain; Other Roosevelt Picks New York Writer Appointed By President. Two Women Being Considered. Washington, April 5.—Caught up somewhat on his emergency legis lative program. President Roosevelt this week turned Briefly to the ab sorbing subject of patronage. In a burst of nominations he forwarded to the senate the following names: Sumner Welles, of Maryland, to be assistant secretary of state. Claude O. Bowers, of New York, to be ambassador to Spain. Joseph W. Woodbrough, of Ne braska, to be judge of the eighth circuit court of appeals. WATry M nnrninc, of New York, : to be collector of the port of New York. Later Mr. Roosevelt went over other appointments with Postmas ter General Parley, and there Is every prospect of additional choices soon for many of the plums still on the Democratic administration tree There appeared to be considerable maneuvering over some offices. It Is understood in one high quarter here that John S. Cohen, Atlanta publisher and vice chairman of the national committee, has been offer ed the post of treasurer of the Unit ed States. There is considerable doubt, however, whether he will ac 1 ,ewn>arBr> o>- pac-s growiti No Court Room Plan For P. 0. Building | ' * . ■..—." ■ 1 Architect Here Says Federal Court Room Not To Be Added To Present Building. Architectural plans are now be ing made for the enlarging of the j Shelby post office, but these plans.! it has been learned here, do not call for the addition of a third story to be used as a Federal court .room. This information came as a sur prise and disappointment to local Interests who have believed all along that the allocation for- the enlargement of the local Federal building included plans for a Fed eral court room. Since sessions of Federal court have been held here the county court house has been used through the courtesy of coun ty1 commissioners. When the move ment to enlarge the local office was first initiated local civic clubs. Postmaster J. H. Quinn. Federal j Judge E. Y. Webb and others pe- j | titioned that the plans call for a 1 Federal court room and offices. It was believed that this additional floor was considered In the build ing appropriation made by Con gress until Mr. Porter, architectur al engineer of the Treasury depart ment, made a visit here over the week-end. He said that none of the plans and specifications handled through his ^department even men tioned a Federal court room. It was his suggestion that plans for the enlarging of the office go ahead without considering the court room addition. The money available, he said, would just about suffice to provide the extra working space in the present post office, since It was necessary to take $20 000 of the $85, 000 allocation minus 10 percent to 'CONTINUED ON PAGE EIOHl.l Dirigible Akron Crashes At Sea And Only 3 Of 76 Men Survive Greatest Air Disaster In History Rocks American Nation. Tar Heel Dies. (By UNITED PRESS) Atlantic City, Apr. 5.—With the first clear light today the navy resumed Its search for the Akron’s dead. Ships and air planes scouted off the Jersey Delaware shores miles below the spot off Barnegat light where the giant dirigible, tom and twisted by cross currents of a spring squall, plunged help lessly into the sea early yester day. The bodtes of two victims were recovered In addition to the two who died when the blimp J-3 crashed into the sea yesterday while hunting Akron •survivors. Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 5 — Benjamin J. Thigpen of Greensboro N. C., an enlisted man, was among those aboard the ill-fated Akron iCONTINUED ON PAUEl EIGH t Presbyterian Men Hold Meet Tonight The men of the Shelby Presbyter ian church will meet in the church auditorium this evening at 7:45 o’clock. This is the first monthly meeting of the new church year and the initial program for the new administration of which Mr Brady W. Dixon is the president The subject is a most important one for men to consider, “What men can do to assist hhys and girls graduating from high school and college.” There are about thirty such students in the Presbyterian church of Shelly. The church has been teaching men to be interested In these young people. The presi dent of the men’s organization urges every man in the church to be present tonight at 7:45. Fire Burns Hole In J. J. McMurry Roof Fire which is thought to have started from a spark from the kit chen flue, burned a hole in the roof of the home of J. J. McMurry on West Marlon street this morning. After the alarm was turned in the fire department responded quickly and had the blaze out in a short time. Arrowood Gets Two Year Term; Woman Is Given Freedom Farmer Pleads Guilt}' To Forcible Trespass. Taxi Driver Tells Of Trip. Pleading guilty to forcible tres pass, John Arrowood, farmer of No. 2 township, was given a two years sentence in superior court here Monday afternoon by Judge T. B. Finley. The sentence was the culmina tion of a series of charges which at tracted considerable Interest through out the county and drew enough spectators to pack the court room for the hearing which consuced the entire afternoon session Monday. The original bill of Indictment against Arrowood Included charges of abduction and elopement in con nection with the disappearance of Mrs. Lucy Wyatt, young married woman, who left her home about the time Arrowood departed some weeks ago, and also a charge of em bezzlement. After Arrowood pled guilty to forcible trespass in con nection with the disposal of some cotton said to belong to a tenant the plea was accepted by the court and the facts heard by Judge Fin ley. Mrs. Wyatt took the stand and denied having left with Arrowood or having been with him during the near three weeks they were both gone from home. A Rutherford county taxi driver, however, testi fied that he drove the couple from a point in their home section to the railroad station in Spartan burg. The young woman, however, was not tried upon any formal charge, and Arrowood was given his sentence on the forcible tres pass count. Humphries Win In Big Civil Action Suit About Disposal Of No. 1 Town ship Lands Ends In Favor Defendant. Superior court turned back to other litigations here today after disposing of the Jolly-Humphries suit which occupied the time of the court Tuesday and for a brief per iod this morning. The session will likely continue its grind for anoth er day or so on civil issues. The Jolly-Humphries suit, involv ing around $17,000 worth of prop erty, accruals, etc., brought up the major legal battle of the present court session. The suit was that in which Mrs. Nellie Settlemyre-Joily contested the disposal of certain property in No. 1 township under the will of the late S. R. Humphries. The property in question had been will ed to Mary A. Humphries who in turn deeded it to V. A. Humphries and other heirs. The plaintiff’s con tention was that Mrs. Humphries was willed the property for posses sion only during her liftime and was not legally entitled to dispose of it. The defendants held that the prop erty was willed to Mrs. Humphries In fee simple and therefore she had a right to dispose of it as she did. Judge T. B. Finley accepted this contention in the interpretation of the will and held that the plaintiff COFTrv'rRry ry* !***!* Horizontal Cut In Land Values For This County i Board Action Awaits j Listing Figures _ When Personal Property Is Listed Horizontal Reduction In Val uatlon May Be Made. A horizontal reduction In valua tion of Cleveland county property as listed on the county tax books Is In prospect, but depends to a cer tain extent upon the amount of personal property listed for taxa tion during the listing work now being carried on. This was decided at a meeting of the county commissioners this week In compliance with the 1933 N. C. Machinery act. This act requires that on the first Monday In April county boards shall decide whether real estate shall be revalued by hor izontal Increases or reductions or by appointment of assessors and ap praisers. The local board—composed of J. E. Blanton, chairman; J, D. Morris and J. L. Herndon—decided upon a horizontal reduction. Just what this reduction will be cannot be fore told. It will depend to a consider able degree upo nthe amount of per sonal property listed. Tax listers are now at work In the county and when their listing figures are ready to be turned over to the board, then the commissioners will be able to determine what horizontal decrease is possible In real estate valuations. Much Charily. Due to the fact that the day’s session was swamped with appeals for charity,, the board had little time to transact other county busi ness at its one-day session. The horizontal decrease in property val uation. the amount to be determin ed later, was decided upon and oth er business deferred until another session soon, perhaps this week. Mr». Kerr Died In Columbia Tuesday Former Shelby Resident Buried There Today. Has Relatives In City. Mrs. Lee Kerr, who formerly liv ed In Shelby and Is related here and at Kings Mountain, died at her home in Columbia, S. C., yesterday after an Illness of a year. Funeral services were conducted there to day. Mrs. Kerr before marriage was Miss Frances McGill, of Kings Mountain, and was a first cousin of Messrs. Chas. and Forrest Wil liams, of Shelby. Her husband Is a brother of Miss Lll Kerr and Mrs. Ellen Poston. Surviving In her Im mediate family are her husband and the following children; W. E., Ike and Paul Kerr and Mrs. Mack An derson, all of Columbia. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Inhere Is the International date line? 2. What general name Is given to the Islands of Jersey. Guernsey, Al derney and Sark, In the English Channel? 3. Prom what sort of plant Is tea obtained? 4. Where do manx cats come from? 5. What Is the title of clergymen attached to the army? 6. In what university In New York City Is Teacher’* College. 7. What Polynesian race Is native to New Zeland? 8. Who wrote the poem "Charge of the Light Brigade ”? 9. Who was Tecumseh? 10. Who wrote The Marble Faun’? 11. Where Is Charing Croes? 12. In . Greek legend, who was Telemachus? 13. In what famous case did the U. S. Supreme court first assert the right to pass upon the constitution ality of acts of congress? 14. Who owns Bedloe’s Island in New York harbor? 15. Who Is the president of the 1 American Red Cross? 16. Do retired presidents of the a. S. receive pensions? 17. Who wrote the Aeneld? 18. What doe* L'Aiglon mean? 19. In navigation, what are dol drums? 20. In what city is the March Cri-p* art annual celeh>'st!ou? No Welfare Officer In This County Now Office Consolidated With School Superintendent Until July 1.! Up To Boards Then. Cleveland county ha* had no full* time public welfare officer since Saturday for the first time In al most a decade. Representative Ernest Gardner's bill to abolish the office and con solidate temporarily the work with the office of the superintendent of schools was passed last month, but, J. B. Smith, welfare officer for near eight years, remained at the court house to aid in the welfare work until Saturday, April i. Since that time the welfare work lias been generally supervised by J. H. Origg, superintendent of schools, with Joe E. Blanton, chairman of the com missioners, assisting. The original Gardner bill, Introduced early in the legislative term, provided for the, discontinuance of the office on l February 1. The bill, however, wasj amended and not pa.saed until March i and the provisions thereof did not ' become effective until the bill pass ed. Fill Office July 1 Tlie bill provides that on July 1 the board of county commissioners and the board of education shall meet and at their discretion employ a competent person to serve as wel fare officer at a salary to be stipu lated by the two boards. In the three months to elapse prior to that date the work will be handled as best. jxwBlble through the school of fice. Cline Appoints Four Deputies; Elected Constables Will Serve l New Deputies For No. Two, Three, Eight And Nino Townships. Four new deputy sheriff* wen appointed this week by Sheriff' J. Raymond Cline, who took office on Saturday succeeding Irvin M. Allen. Just after being elected Sheriff Cline stated that the constables elected by the people of the eleven townships would be deputised under him as they had been chosen by the people. He would later, he said at that time, announce what addition al deputies he might desire to use. Four of these additional officers were publicly announced today, others to be named later in several of the townships. Those announced today were W. B. Dodd who will serve in No. 3 township along with Henry McKin ney, an elected constable and auto matically a deputy; J. Y. Kendrick who will serve In No. 3 township with Jerry Runyan; Dewey Whls nant who wiU serve In No. 8 with Coren Powell; and Harvey Quin, now Lawndale constable, who will serve with T. M. Sweesy. Other deputies may later be appointed in No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, No. fl, No. 7, No. 10 and No. It townships, but Sher iff Cline was not prepared to say today. In addition to these deputies Roger Laughrldge has been ap pointed and Is serving as chief deputy, while constable already dep utized were L. I. Scruggs, No. 1; Henry McKinney, No. 2; Jerry Run yan, No. 3; Charlie Shepard, No. 4; College Freshmen To Give Minstrel Show Friday Night An entertaining minstrel show will be given by the freshman class at Bolling Springs colege on Friday night, April 7. The show will begin at Bolling Springs college on Friday college auditorium. Entitled the “Rube Town Min jStrels” the show consists of plenty of humor, Jokes, snappy songs, cos ; turned choruses, and minstrel music. IA special feature In addition to the djreat minstrel acts will b« the piano rendition of several popular num bers by Chas. Hamrick. The min strel casts constats of toe following directed under faculty supervision and the college music department: Jamea Childers, John Withrow, Ray Brown, Eugene Black, Bruce Arro wood, Margaret Autrey, Ruby Brid ges, Minnie Orey Lester and Mary Croom Gulley. In the chorus num bers will be tire following: Annette Blanton, Bernice Houser, Mary Sue Holland. Lois Long. Clara Edna Jor dan, Helen Green, Lallage Spurting, Thos. Lattlmore, Paul Beamon, Tal lie Davis, A. V. Irvin, Harry Arro wood, Jack Jolly and Bob Spratt. John Hord, No. 6; R. B. Kendrick, No. 6; Dwight Morehead, No. 7; Coren Powell, No. 8; T. M. Sweezy. No. 9: A. P. Meade, No. 10; and J. C. Downs, No. 11. Payment Of Taxes Urged To Meet Teachers Salaries; Delay Penalty Three Percent Penalty Withheld By Commissioners tTntll Monday, April 17. Hoping to kill two birds with one stone ,or aid in solving two prob lems, the Cleveland county commis sioners announced today that the three percent penalty on unpaid taxes would «bt go into effect un til Monday, ($>rli 17. The addition al penalty w|K to have gone on un paid taxes April 1, but the board decided upon the emergency move for two reasons. Numerous taxpayers have had their money tied up in banks and therefore could not pay their taxes prior to the 1st and thus avoid the penalty. Also some time was re qulred In checking out the retiring sheriff and checking in the new one. In delaying the penalty, which could have been avoided by some taxpayers had circumstances not been beyond their control, the com missioners and Sheriff Cline are urging all taxpayers who can t}o so to pay their taxes by Saturday, April 15. By so doing taxpayers will avoid the additional penalty of three percent and at the same time alleviate the problem laced in meet ing the pay checks of county school teachers. It is imperative, it was announced at the court house to day .that as many pay as possible before the 17th so that the county may be able to pay teachers of the county for the seventh and eighth months of school. Beer Dealers Must Pay Counties $25 License And $10 To Towns Bill legalizing Beer In State Ex plained. Cannot Restrict Place Of Sale. Just how legalized beer can be sold, licensed or restricted in North Carolina is explained, from a read ing of the bill, as follows by The Statesville Daily The text of the beer bill which Is on its way through the legislature apparently gives no discretion to the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns In the matter of licensing the sale of beer. In the barroom days the local authorities had the 1 privilege of denying license to per sons deemed unfit to engage In the 1 bnsioevs and they had the arter, trade, exchange, or dispose j )f beer, lager beer, ale, porter, fruit lulces, and (or) light wines, con fining not more than 3.2 per cent >f alcohol by weight, or such other s jercentage as may conform to any £j ict of the Congress of the United . is er.vrw’Tm rvn pam*! TtfP **•> • t $77,000 Signed To Open Union Trust On Normal Basis Committee Gets A Hearty Response H Is Thought Goal Will H« Reach ed In Another IS Hour* Plan I* Approved. At noon toduy $77,000 of Hie $130, 000 necessary to reopen the Union Trust Co. without restrictions had been signer! up by depositors and St appears that the goal will be reach ed In another day or two. A committee from tne stockhold ers and directors of the Union Trust Co. has been calling on the deposi tors since Monday and report grat ifying success. Practically all de positors who have been seen and had the proposition explained to them, have signed an agreement to leave half of their deposit in bank and accept the outstanding bank stock as collateral. The other half of the deposit would be Immediately available. Plan Approved Tire plan on which the Untov Trust officers and directors is work. tng, has been approved by Gurney P. Hood. state commissioner oi banks. After the capital structure ol the bank has been strengthened by the depositors’ agreement to leave $130,000 of their money with the In stitution, application will be made with the Reconstruction Finance corporation to take $150,000 6r $200, - 000 in preferred stock In the Union This will require a few days time but when the plan or reorganisa tion has been fully approved by the state banking department and the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion, the bank will be re-opened without restrictions. The Job of calling on all deposi tors with $200 or more money in the bank Is no small Job as the Un ion has branches at Fallston, Lawn dale, Forest City and Rutherford ton. It is necessary to go to those places to sec the customers who transact their business at the branches. One rather large depositor on yes terday not only agreed to put*bp Ills certificate account but all of his checking account as well. It Is understood that the plan CONT1NUSU ON 'MOg. SUUlM.i 1 enant s Home In No. 2 Township Is Destroyed By Fire Moores boro, April 6.—A rente* house on a farm belonging to the old Farmers and Merchant's Bank and the Federal Land Bank was de stroyed shortly before noon yester day. The house, which Is a mile or so from town, was occupied by Viley Hutchins and family. The fire ught near the stove flue, the preparation of the noon meal being In progress. A strong southwest wind fanned the spark on the dry shingles Into a blaze, which was un controllable. Shingles from the burning home fell yards away in the woods where a forest fire was avoid ed only by the efforts of diligent workmen who had deserted the plow a short while before to become firemen. Only some wearing appar el was gotten out. Encumbrances On Property Listed Ta:i listers now at work in Cleve land county and property owners were reminded today by Troy Mc Kinney, county accountant, that In listing property all encumbrances must also be listed. The State law' ■equires that listers must ascertain i the property being listed is en lumbered in any manner, and If so o whom along with the address of :he person or persons holding the ?ncumbrance. No property will be •onstdered properly listed until this s donp. MEW BARBER SHOP IS OPENED BY STOGNER E. B. Stogner, a barber of long ixpertence has opened the Ttemple Jarber shop under the Nixie Beau y parlor in the Weathers-Blanton mllding on S. Washington street, rhe shop has six chairs, six show r baths, etc. 'LAY TO BE GIVEN AT POLKY1LLE SCHOOL The senior class of Polkville high :hool presents “The Ginger Girl,” comedy In three acts at Polkville ;hool, Friday. April 1, * o’clock