· Th ie GEMEMDZJIW ... s 8 PAGES TODAY *-■ VOL. XXXIX, No. 43 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) By Man. oat feat, no advance) U.»u Carrier art rear, llu adraneai M.»>" late News rut markets spot 6 to 7e ton -- S10.00* (Otton **“' ;r lot" del. ..512-25 Showers Tuesday '■ v. North Carolina Weather " : fair and somewhat warm rKr'in estnme west portion tonight. Tarddav partly cloudy, probably t’und'r showers in afternoon in west find Moffett’s Body In Sea Bv IMTED PRESS) N>„ York. April 10.—The body of K.\r tdmiral William A. Moffett, tir chief of the l S. Navy, lost with m„rP than :» others when the Ak ron (T]l>hfd at sea off the New Jer ‘fT roast, was reeovered today Ho arding to a message received in naval comniunieations from the (rait guard cutter Daphne. Navy Probing Akron Crash U Ifiv IMTED PRESS) lakehurst. N. .1. April 10—The three survivors of the Akron dis aster were called today to testify as the IT. S. Navy, In an atmosphere of sadness began its own investigation of aviation's worst disaster. The survivors testifying are Lieutenant Commander Wiley, and Sailors R. £, Deal and M. E. Erwin. Only 6 Justices Named In County In Omnibus Bill Must Also Approve Education Board Bills Have Been Introduced But Re main To Be Discussed And Passed. Cleveland county justice of peace named in the omnibus bill which must be approved by the legisla ture before their commissions as ap poimees become legal are: S. J. Mc C'.jjnev. No, 1 township; George W. Alien. No, 4: Zemri Kistler, No. 6; Z. M. Eaker, No. 8; A. Kent Harris. No. 9: and M. N. Gantt, No. KJ. Mem bers of the county board of educa tion who must also be given legisla tive approval on the omnibus bill are: W. A. Ridenhour, C. D. For ne' j l Hord, C. S. Young and A. L. Caltor.. > Raleigh. April 10.—The much dis cussed “omnibus” bills, one naming the members of the county boards of education, the other the new justices of the peace in the various counties of the state, have been in troduced in the house of represen tatives, both having made their ap pearance Friday. Both will be dis cussed and amended considerably before they are finally enacted, and several local scraps will reach the Cocrs of the two houses. The boards of education are tamed for two years unless their terms are specified otherwise, and to new members are to be name'd to oust or displace other members vhose terms have not expired by -a". The State fund will pay for oniy the members, any above that ■umber receiving their per diem sod mileage from the county school unds. These members were sup posed to have been named so they could begin to function the first •londay in April, but it was not cached. However, the general as semi>!y has passed a measure which prevents old boards from electing 'Wnntendents or naming local committees for the next two years, M validating action the new board ta*(e tthich should have been PWormed earlier. Tbe measure to reduce the num nr * justices of the peace and . ‘ ‘or Acting two for each fimvoi ■ €xcept for 20,000 addi ';a‘ ‘“habitants, for each 20,000 namili u a new justice would be .4 b5\the resident Judge, 2L.ta Pr0cess' Meanwhile'the” net tires are to be named. If th np-T , ^ 4UUI1CU. tnuu'’ ls enacted their term Sener-teX,PIre 800,1 after th« nes *mera! election r°RTam At Waco School On Friday Program will be rendered Friday eve h,l\ be sinning at 8 o’c tecitar h Schtx)1 declamation «»' t»kt P The Kit ^ an upecetta ent <>p**Z:n£]ock"by the pnr ? ^ere will be no *t*d Char?e anci the public ii •Vick L. Raster Dance fcack~a*fneJ' the crooning Dl»vdfhlS D,lk,e Blue 1 I. f°.r.an, Easter dan, on xp, V, toe Thompson bu 5. ci,; ” "1'' April 13 from 9 'r"-p vnes wil1 he in at d?ncf wii be scr Bank Outcome Is Nearing A Head; Appraisal Finished Work Done By Chief Examiner Wood \ First National Appraisal Will Be Finished Today Or Tomorrow. To Know Its Status. For four days Chief Bank Exam iner Wood and his assistant, to gether with Mr. Cecil Mariner of the Reconstruction Finance cor poration have been checking the affairs at the First National bank appraising the assets of the insti tution. This bank as well as the Union Trust Co. has been closed since the bank holiday was declared on March 6th. The coming of the bank exam iners was delayed because of duties in other cities, but three men ar rived on Thursday and have been working constantly ever since. In a room with officers and directors, the examiners worked Sunday to complete the apraisal job as soon as possible and this afternoon the check-up was being completed. Would Take Two Weeks It is understood that whatever course is recommended by Chief Bank Examiner Wood, the plan must be approved in Washington, and Richmond and this would en tail some delay. When a bank that has been operating under a conser vator as the First National has been dging for tire past five weeks, the law says an advertisment must be carried for two weeks notiyfing the public that the bank w'ill be relieved of a conservator and turned back to the officers for normal op eration. Therefore, before there (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX > Superior Court Ends Term Here Session Ended Saturday Morning. Another Divorce Is Granted. The two weeks term of Superior court for Shelby, over which Judge T. B. Finley presided, adjourned here Saturday morning after dis posing of a number oi civil litiga tions Friday and Saturday. Only eight or nine days of court were held during the session due to the fact that Judge Finley was sick with a cold a part of the first week. Four divorces were granted during the civil session of the court, the last divorce being granted to Ethel Hill London from Mark London on the charge of adultery. Sister Of Shelby Woman Dies at Duke Mrs. Laura Kerns, Sister Of Mrs. J. Frank Harris. Dies At Durham. News was received here Saturday of the death In the Duke university hospital at Durham of Mrs. Laura E. Kerns, a sister of Mrs. J. Frank Harris, Shelby. Mrs. Kerns lived at Winston-Salem was taken to the Duke hospital for treatment. The remains were buried Sunday at Winston and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris and daughter and Ollie Harris left Saturday for Winston to attend the funeral. Mrs. Kerns is survived by her husband Walter Kerns, two other sisters besides Mrs. Harris, Mrs. J. F. Griffin and Mrs. E. A. Pearce, both of Winston, and two brothers, John Miller and William Miller who live in the Yad kin river valley. Forest Workers To Live In Army : Camps In Woods, Follow Routine Roosevelt Employment Army Re cruits To Work Five Days. Schedule Given. Since any number of unemployed young men in this section are hop ing to secure employment in the Roosevelt reforestation program they will be interested in the gen eral plan and routine to be follow ed. It won't be easy, but the life of the forestry conservation corps be ing organized will be in striking contrast with the punishing routine of the rugged lumberjacks whe went into the woods before them The old logger worked in the win ter, often in severe cold. There were long hours, usually seven days a week. The food was heavy, pretty! much the same. Now comes the conservation corps recruit to build up the forest thin- J ned out by his predecessor. He will work a maximum of 40 hours, five days each week, and in the warmer months of the year. The forest service promises he will be fed three of the "squarest" meals known to man each day. Recruits—the jobless of the city will work in crews of from 30 to 100 men, living in army tents. Camp sites will be moved in many cases once or oftener each w'eek, depend ing on the time required to com plete a project. Welfare organizations, including the Y. M. C. A., are planning to supply recreation. The Knights of Columbus and other organizations expect to contribute to the amuse ment. There will be movies, base ball clubs will be organized, and li brary service provided. Hospital tents will give necessary' first aid ,C'OWT7VCTEC Ql* PAOt' atx | 4 "Oakleys” for "First Family” mi. r No matter what the state of the exchequer during the next year, Presi dent and Mrs. Eoosevelt are at least sure of being able to see the ball games. Here are Clark C. Griffith (left), president of the Washington , Senators, and John Heydler, head of the National League, us they arrived at the White House to present American and National League ;• passes to the “First Family,” Hope To Get 250,000 Men In Forests And At Work By Middle Of May Head Of Forest Work Army Speeds Mobilization Of Unemployed To Forest Camps. (By UNITED rRESSl Washington, April 10.—Rob ert Feehner, general of the Roosevelt reforestation army, today outlined his objective of getting- the entire unemployed force of 250,000 men into the forest camps and at work by t May 15. Despite an illness which confines ' him to bed, Fechnci issued orders j to speed the mobUm.uon. of the un-1 employed forces. Already In Camp. " Reports show that 2.G00 have al ready been enrolled and sent to forest camps before the beginning of the work program in the v^oods. Many young men in the Shelby section are understood to be anx ious to secure work iu the reforest ation army and applications are to be filed in this State, it is reported through the Federal employment office at Charlotte, and Dr. Fred Morrison, of Raleigh head of the Governor’s relief campaign for Noras Carolina. Threatens Investigation Of False Rumor About Bonded Warehouse Indictment May Follow As Rumor That Planters And Merchants Is Short On Cotton An investigation and indictment1 may follow as a result of a false and damaging rumor which has spread over the county relative to the Planters and Merchants Bonded Warehouse of Shelby where cotton Is stored and warehouse receipts is sued on which loans may be secur ed, if desired. The rumor has been that the warehouse is short anywhere from 100 to 3,000 bales of cotton on the number of receipts issued and when this rumor reached A, B. Fairley, state warehouse superintendent at Raleigh, he sent a telegram this morning to The Star which reads as follow's: Telegram Sent “I have been advised that there was a rumor in your community that the Planters and Merchants Warehouse was three thousand bales of cotton short. Wish you to advise that the stock of this warehouse was checked on April 4th and I have a report. of this check-up which indicates everything to be in order, therefore this rumor is false and absolutely without foundation. “This warehouse has operated un der the state system for about ten * CONTINUED ON PAOF SIX. I Easter Revivals On At Churches Central Methodist, First And Sec ond Baptist Have Pre-Easter Services This Week. Three pre-Easter revivals are on this week at the Central Methodist, First and Second Baptist Churches. Dr. McLarty, pastor of Central Methodist church statted his reviv al last week with services each evening. This week the services continue with sermons at 7:45 p. m. up to and including Thursday night. There will be morning services at 8 o'clock Wednesday and Thursday. On Good Friday, a special service will be held in the afternoon from 2 to 3 o’clock. Well planned preparations have been made for the pre-Easter re vival at the First Baptist church. Cottage prayer meetings have been held throughout the city for the past two weeks. Dr. Wall preached two strong sermons Sunday and this w'eek there will be services, be ginning at 7:45. Several personal workers meetings arc being held each evening at 7:15 during the week. Rev. L. L. Jessup of the Second Baptist church has a revival under way in South Shelby. The ten day revival is now under way with serv ices each evening at 7:30 o’clock. The evening service begins at 7:15. Hold Negro Youth On Serious Charge About Young Girl Seduction Count Preferred By Young Mother tinder 16 Years Of Age. In county court today Clarence Burris, young colored man of No. 4 township, was bound over to Super ior court on the charges of seduc tion, bastardy and carnal knowl edge of a girl under 16 years of age. Bond was fixed at 11.000. The charges were filed by a col ored girl said to be only 15 years of age who became a mother recently and blames her conditio® upon Bur ris. He ,*«*.. h'.tre for trial by Deputy Cba'd'e Shepard. Collects $7,0001 In Taxes During First Week Term 1 Last Week Prior To Larger Penalty Sheriff Cline Appreciates Manner Citlxens Have Been Faying. Urge* Payment Thl* Week. Cleveland county taxpayers paid an average of $1,000 dally Inst week In order to avoid the three percent delinquent penalty which goes on today week. Sheriff Raymond Cline and Chief Deputy Roger Laughrldge said today that during their first week In of fice, from Saturday week through last Saturday, that he had collected approximately $1,000 per day. The tax-paying spurt resulted In part from the announcement by the commissioners that they would withhold the three percent penalty, due to go on April 1, until April 17 because many taxpayers had their money tied up In one way or anoth er. Tire additional penalty will not be charged on all taxes paid through Satit'dity of this week, but will be added to payments Monday and from that date on. Sheriff Cline urges all able to do so to pay dur ing the week and avoid the penalty. To Set Last Date For Filing Notice Of City Candidacy No Special Date Set Forth In City Charter. Others Consider Race. Candidates and prospective can didates in the approaching Shelby election and their friends have been asking what is the final date for candidates to file announce ments of their candidacy. It was stated today by D. Z. Newton, city attorney, that the charter does not specify any particular date but that ordfnarUg .the city board fixes an appropriate each two years In keeping with the date of the elec tion. A meeting of the aldermen Is scheduled for Tuesday night and the final date for filing may be de cided upon then. It Is understood that one or two more candidates plan to get In the field but for one reason or another are delaying their announcements for the time being. Gardner Takes New Office In New York New York, April 10.—New York headquarters of the Cleveland Cloth mills, of which O, Max Gardner is president, announced that the for mer North Carolina governor mov ed into his legal offices in the Wood ward building in Washington Thurs day. One of his chief duties will be concerned with the interests of the rayon yarn Industry. N. E. Burgess, Governor Gard ner's son-in-law and sales manager at the New York offices of Cleve land Cloth mills, told The Observer correspondent here that the rayon market had been “very active for the last 10 days.” Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the i answers. 1. In what department of France is Chateau Thierry? 2. Where is Tell El Amarna? 3. What country first issued ad hesive postage stamps? 4. What explorer called China “Chathay”? 6. Where did Solomon erect the Temple? 6. In which ocean are the Cha tham Islands? 7. Of what state is Santa Fe the capital? 8. Which president issued the first Thanksgiving day proclama tion? 9. What is John N. Garner’s mid dle name? 10. Which people worshipped the god Marduk? 11. In music, what is tempo? 12. Near what city is Lookout Mountain? 13. Should the bridegroom pro vide flowers in a church wedding? 14. who is Lionel Atwill? 16. What Is Ed Wynn’s nickname? 16. How often is a federal popu lation census taken? IT. What annual salary does the chief justice. United States, re ceive? 18. What does the Latin phrase “Mare Clausum” mean? 19. Name the largest of the Ca nary Islands. 2treet, Incorporated, says. Retail sales last week have been stimulated by Easter demand and merchants in leading centers “re port encouraging consumer response to their increased newspaper ad vertising,'' lineage of which in some instances Is running nearly double that of a year ago, the survey stated. “As retail trade has shown a steady increase since the passing of the banking holiday, the force of the Easter buying period is expected to nark a definite upturn which will fain momentum with the advanc ing spring season. As a whole re ;all sale?, sfcitifig the we»fc County Property Tax Down, Sales Tax On Legislature Now Nearing End Of Present Session Many Not Satisfied With Male* Tax, Eight Months School*. A*orm bly Summary. (By M. H. Dunnagan, Star Now* Bureau I Raleigh, April 10.—Acceptance of tile 118.000,000 for the eight, months school term item in the conference report by the house of representa tives indicates that the 1933 general assembly is well on the way to ward adjournment. Some even think it possible that the «<\sion will end by tire middle of April, but the ma jority belief is that it will continue into the next week. Break Deadlock Possibility of a deadlock between the house and senate practically vanished with that action, which, in reality, commits the general assem bly to a sales tax of some kind. For, it is pointed out, there is no other way in sight for raising the revenue needed for the eight months school except a sales tax. But even yet there are those members who voted for the eight months school term who say they will still oppose the sales tax. This number, however, apparently will not have sufficient strength to cause a holdup for any appreciable time. A general sales tax of three per cent has been agreed upon by the house finance committee and comes up for consideration Tuesday In the revenue bill which was received on Us first reading in the house Saturday. The house will go Into a committee of the whole to consider It and hopes to be able to finish It In time to get it passed on its three readings by the latter part of the week. It will then have to be taken up by the senate, which will tpend from three to five days on it. That is why It seems Impossible for the session to end before April 20, or possibly the 22nd. The appropriations bill may be considered out of the way. The house adopted the conference re port. It Is considered a matter of formality for the senate to do like wise. This measure, as stated, pro vides *16,000.000 for eight months of school. It makes a cut of 38 per cent, a compromise between the house 44 and the senate 32 per cent cut in salaries of state employees, on the 1931 basis. On the whole, the report Is almost the figures submitted by the senate, which was not inclined (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) Home Is Destroyed By Fire At Union House And Contents Swept Away In Early Morning Fire In Union Section. The residence of John M. Mode of the Union community was de stroyed by fire last week. The fire was discovered about 4 o’clock in the morning, but the flames were already covering the roof and the family just did escape with their lives. The furniture and other con tents were completely destroyed The flames roaring so high in the sky, at that hour of the morning, attracted a large throng of people throughout the section, but It burn ed so hurriedly no one arrived early enough to help. The family is living with Mrs. Williamson who lived nearby until they get the house rebuilt. best showing since September.” Plans for expansion are now be ing completed "on every side,” the review declared, "as faith In the essential soundness of the country’s financial structure Is stronger than at any time In Its history. "While the effects of the after math of the most devastating fin ancial crisis to which the country ever has been subjected still are glaring in fevtdence, it is certain that these can be endured with more equanimity than the continu ous distrust and uncertainty which exerted such a blighting Influence upon business for more than three years. “With the last vestige of banking deflation nearing an end, general reconstruction can proceed with a surety that will be rendered Im mune to halting extraneous in. fluen<*w * Around $60,000 Off Land Owner* County-Wide Tax Oil Real KstaU Will He >60,000 Less If Value lowered A Fourth. With the removal of the state’s 15-cent ad valorem or land tax and If the Cleveland county commis sioners are able to lower real estate valuations by one-fourth the coun ty-wide real estate tax In Cleveland county in 1933 will be around $60. 000 less than In 1932, or off ap proximately one-half. At the same time, however, the state sales tax will jmp almost twice that much upon the county, it is es timated, The slashing of the property tax in the county by a half due to re moval ol' tire 15-cent tax on land for schools does not, however, in clude- a property tax which will re main in special school districts, road districts, etc. This will amount to a considerable sum, because in the county’s total tax levy of $2(12, 000 only $124,000 Is a direct tax upon land for county-wide purposes, the remainder being a tax upon special road anti school districts. The legislation enactiiig the state wide eight months school will not remove all the is|>ertal district taxa tion, It will, of course, remove all | tax for school maintenance in the special districts of the county, but the majority of them will be forced to continue a tax levy for some years to take care of the Interest and payments upon the debts of the special districts. The same applies to Indebtedness of road districts. Last year the county of Cleveland levied a 43-cent tax for general county and state purposes. This levy did not Include levies upon spe cial districts, etc. Of that 43 cents 25 was for school purposes, 15 cents levied for the state support of six months schools and 10 for debt service and capital outlay for the | county. The wiftftW 6!* W state's 15-cent, the amount to bo taken up by the sales tax for the six months plus enough for an additional two months. That would leave the coun 'CONTTKUXl) ON IMG!- is). Not All Removed Larger Loans For Tenants Under N Increased From *1,200 To $2,000. Cleveland Applications Receive Favorable Approval. Of Interest to farmers In this sec tion will be the announcement made today by F. T. Wagoner, field rep resentative of the crop loan office, that an amendment to the regula tions has increased the total amount of loans to the tenants of any one landlord in a single county from $1,200 to $2,000. The amendment Is effective at once. "Up to this date," Mr. Wagoner said, "we have taken around BOO ap plications for crop loans In Cleve land county. However, we got start ed a week or 10 days later then in adjoining counties. All eligible loans are being approved at the Wash ington office and the borrowers checks are coming in daily. With the good reputation that Cleveland farmers have In repaying their past; loans we see no reason why each farmer should not receive the nec essary funds required for crop pro duction in 1933.” Quite a number of checks came in over the week-end. the field rep resentative here added. He also stated that some of the applications in the office here are not properly filled out and complete because in some instances landlords and ten ants failed to sign the necessary waivers. Those who have not signed, both landlords and tenants, are urged to come In and do so in order that the applications may be for warded on to Washington. Wray To Continue In Business Here Of Interest to the general public of this section will be the announce ment that the A. V. Wray and Six Sons firm, well known Shelby firm, plans to continue in business. The announcement says that due to the confidence shown in the recent bankrupt sale by the people of the section, the store will continue to operate Play At Ross Grove School Thursday The Ross Grove school will give a play, “Oh! Teacher” at the Ross Drove church Thursday night, Ap ril 13, beginning at 8 o'clock. Every