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W St II IT —-. ^ 10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 44 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD*Y, APR. 12, 193." (Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Bj Mia MI MU, (In Mtuini (3.1,. Cimw o«t mt, no umumi ||.(i .. .l the markets fstton , spot 6 to If >rti. l**&on ton ---------- $10.00 Sffd, 0»f lot del. ————— $12.25 Fair Thursday T^r >onh Carolina Weather fair and cooler on coast R l\. yrtt frost in interior. S&r >*"■ j^nperature. _ Respite Granted Woman Killer Hr UXITED PRESS Florence. Arit.. April 12.—An -irTentft hou' respite for Winnie Hath Judd was rranted today by V»rdm t. G. Walker, of the state ■riwn The respite ordered a sanity iUrtn* for the frail blonde tiperess unteoeed to hanp on April 21 for ,hf murder of Miss Apnes Ann* Le roi If she is found Insane she will t* confined to the state hospital at phoenis. Money Exchange Gets Blame For Fanners’ Plight Get As Much For Cotton In For eign Countries Now But Lose In Exchange The exchange value of the Amer ican dollar with foreign countries is doing more to bankrupt the Ameri can farmer, especially the cotton fanner, than any other one thing in the opinion of Odus M. Mull, Shel by business man and cotton farm er. Mr. Mull believes that If the ex change basis of the American dol lar with foreign money were stabil ized. present economic conditions could be improved greatly. In & let ter to Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle this week Mr. Mull set forth his view in detail. Lose In Exchange He pointed out that foreign coun tries use three-fourths of the world’s cotton supply and that to save the American farmer they must be tak en Into consideration. American cotton sells to foreign countries now for as much as it did in 1909 and 1912. Mr. Mull explain*, but the teller of the cotton here does not receive as much because he loses the difference in exchange of for eign money with the American dol lar. Explanatory Letter The Mull letter to Major Bulwin kle, which should be of as much in terest to the cotton farmer as to the economic and financial expert, fol lows : ’Hon A. L. Bulwmkle, -Member of Congress, Washington, D. C. "Dear Mr. Congressman: 'The charts and tables compiled by experts and statisticians, to be helpful should be interpreted in har monj with our sound practical ex perience. Therefore, with the hope of aiding you in the consideration of the many perplexing economic problems with which you are con fronted, I wish to give you a bit of my own personal experience. i am a cotton farmer. Three rears ago I sold a Japanese agency (COXTISUID ON PAGE TEN.» Presbytery Session On Yesterday, Today ®r’ D- HrGeaehy Elected Mod erator Of Kings Mountain Presbytery. Uneolntoh, April 13-Kings Moun tain presbytery convened here yes "™*y ln annual *Prin« meeting, 52 ministers and elders regis tered for the meeting. Dr. D. M. ; c9*achy of Tryon was elected moderator to succeed Rev. Coyte wnter of Bessemer City, retiring Moderator. Joe Overmeyer, senior at Union Theoiogica) seminary preached the "Peking sermon by invitation from oe miring moderator. Mr. Over 5er,pa5!C(1 a very creditable ex amination, and WM ltcensed rfiamed to preach. He plans to en thisS?bUr* univer^ty> Scotland, a wJ’ A A Walker. Charlotte gave d., .“re,0,1 home missions yester *n r,e 006 ot the matters of uemew dispensed with was the r bjterys approval of the amend . 10 the church’s constitution in -» <7n the general assembly - .egam to churches holding prop eount» T Baker, Rutherfoi byT/.V Waf eIected clerk. The pre comnut/111 a(1Jom today upon « ^ l°n 0f the calendar. Ce7 McDi&rmid and F. < presbJ SheIby’ ^ attending tl psbytery session. Cot!°n Slip* But Undertone Strong a^0" °1nthe New York exchan 8.55* .,c^ loday was quoted M u.. « 0cL about ten poir yesterday’s close. For sever ti i^K P!1Ce has eased higher a Ugt> there was a slight drop mer? is o - i * tn. a strong undertone a n- higher prices Reorganization nan ror First National Suggested By Examiner Postal Receipts Here Show Gain For 1st Quarter Increase Over 1932 In Same Quarter Postal Business For January, Feb ruary, March $500 Above Same Months Last Year. Postal receipts at the Shelby post office for the first quarter of 1933 show an encouraging gain over the receipts for the same quarter last year, according to a report today by Postmaster J. H. Quinn. With general business conditions as they were at the turn of the year and in a period marked by a change in national administration it was feared that receipts might take a slump over the previous year, but instead the gain for the quarter was one of the best in several years. Receipts $11,031.63 In the first quarter this year to tal receipts were $11,031.63 as com pared with $10,497.56 in 1932, or a gain of $534.07. The increase was pretty evenly distributed over the three months. Postmaster Quinn said, but the best percentage gain was last month, March. Just what department experienc ed best business during the quarter is hard to determine as the in crease was more or less in evidence in all departments with the parcel post department perhaps showing the steadiest pickup. The office must do a $40,000 busi ness annually to retain Its first class rating and the receipts of the first quarter here offer rather cer tain assurance that Shelby will maintain that rating in that the first quarter is among the light business quarters of the year. Mrs. W. M. Davis Of South Shelby Dead Funeral This Afternoon And Burial At Sharon. Has Paralysis And Pneumonia. Mrs. Hester Jane Davis, wife of W. M. Davis, died at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday at her home in South Shelby, following an illness of four weeks. He had a stroke of paralysis and developed pneumonia a few days before the end came. Mrs. Davis was 63 years of age. The family moved to Shelby from the Sharon community where she was born and reared and joined the church in childhood. She was the mother of fourteen children, twelve of whom survive: Mrs, Lonnie Stamps. Mrs. J. J. Patterson, Miss Elisabeth Davis, Mrs. W. A. Davis, Janes, Holton. Duke, Wright, Pur vis, Bascomb, Everett and Darwin. Her husband, two brothers, Charlie and Landrum Lee, and one sister, Mrs. S. J. Bridges, together with eleven grandchildren. She was a member of the LaFay ette street Methodist church and the pastor, Rev. W. R. Jenkins con ducted the funeral this afternoon. Interment takes place at Sharon Methodist church. Play At Mooresboro On Thursday Night The elementary grades of the Mooresboro high school will present an operetta “Sonny of Sunnyside” on Thursday evening April 13th. Forty pupils are to take part. There will be no charge for admission and everybody Is invited. Nature Helping To Reduce Surplus Crops, Planting Cotton And Corn <i Winter Wheat And Rye Cot By Freeies And Thun. Ten Per Cent Cotton Planted Washington, April 12.—Spring swinging northward has put farm ers in a planting mood with the re sult that the sweeping acreage re duction and government leasing pro visions of President Roosevelt’s farm relief bill face greatly increas ed administrative complications. Special reports gathered from ag ricultural states show that wheat, cotton, corn, and other crops are being sown rapidly. About 10 per cent ot the cotton planting is completed with com planting about 8 to 9 percent com plete. A sharp increase in these figures this week was expected. With congress bogged down in debate over how -to reduce agricul tural surpluses, nature has taken a.' hand in solving th« farm w»r-pw auction problem. Alternate freezes and thaws have cut winter wheat and rye harvest expectations to the lowest point in years. The agriculture department esti mated the April 1 condition of winter wheat at 50.4 per cent of normal and forecast the smallest crop since 1904. It figured this year’s crop at 334,987,000 bushels compar ed with 462,151.000 last year; 787, 393,000 bushels in 1931, and aver age production of 539,000,000 over the five years, 1924 to 1928. Fanners' intentions to plant spring wheat last month showed a reduction from last year’s acreage, but this may be sharply revised in later reports. From some winter wheat sections came reports today that the winter crops has been abandoned, the soil reworked, and preparations laid for replanting it! to spring varieties Youth Charged With Attack On Small Girl J. P. Hambright, 17, Under $5,000 Bond For Attempted Rape Of 3-Year Old Child J. P. Hambright, 17-year-old Gro-, ver youth, was placed under a *5,- j 000 bond to Superior court here to day after a preliminary hearing In county recorders court on the charge of attempted rape of a three-year old white girl of Grover. Hambright did not enter a plea and offered no evidence in his be half except to to tell Recorder Jo seph M. Wright that "I can’t tell you any more than they told you.” The alleged assault is said to have taken place at Hambright's home, nearby the little girl's home, Mon day evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. An hour or two later Hambright was arrested by Deputy Charlie Sheppard, brought to Shelby and ; placed in Jail. Spectators Barred. All spectators were barred from the court room here this morning by Judge Wright while the little girl shyly whispered her account of the attack, being accompanied in the court by her father and mother. The evidence was to the general ef fect that the 17-year-old youth at tempted to assault her on a cot on the porch at his home. First knowl edge of the attempt came when blood was noticed on the little girl’s clothing. She then told, when ques tioned, what had happened. In the meantime Hambright had gone to his work at a Grover manufacturing plant. Found there and questioned he at first denied making the at tempt. Later blood was noticed on his clothing and after further questioning he is said to have ad mitted the attempt which did not succeed. Both the little girl and Hambright were examined by Dr. George Oates, who was a witness In court here this morning. Dr. Oates stated that he found blood on the girl’s thighs and ciolhlng but that she had not been bleeding herself. There had been no penetration, the physician testified, and the attempt was not accomplished. The blood on the clothing of both the defendant and prosecuting witness came. Dr. Oates said, from a laceration upon the youth inflicted probably In the attempt. The youth was said to have claimed, according to Dr. Oates and J. B. Ellis, who also ques tioned him Monday night .that he injured himself upon a wire on the cot and that the bleeding resulted from that injury. This might have been possible, it was said. Nothing To Say. Deputy Sheppard stated that while bringing Hambright tc jail here he asked the youth why he had done (CONTINUED ON PAGE ITN.i Fear Cotton Acreage Increase In County This Year; Corn Planting Now Underway, Start Cotton Soon Cotton-Planting Season Opens N'ext Week. Look For Increased Com Acreage. The fear was expressed by farm observers here this week that cotton | acreage may be increased in Cleve land county this year despite an organized program for reduced acreage. Many farmers are securing crop loans from the government loan of fice and those who do so must sign up to cut their 1932 cotton acreage by 30 percent. Farmers securing loans will be held to this agreement, loan officials state, and all are urged to abide by their agreement rather than encounter trouble later when the government checks up on the acreage. Some farmers, however, who are not getting loans, are planning, it is reported, to boost their acreage in cotton. Agricultural leaders advise against this step in view of market conditions and the prevailing price. Last year the county had approxi mately 69,000 acres in cotton, ac cording to R. W. Shoffner, former farm agent, and produced a little more than 45,000 bales. It was hop ed to reduce that figure this year, but present indications are that the acreage will reach or surpass 69,000. Planting Begins The corn planting season in the county is in full swing now, many acres being planted this week with the planting season expected to be at its peak in another week, weath er permitting. Reports are that the county, continuing its live-at-home program, will increase corn acreage this year as was done last. Cotton planting in the county will get underway next week with much land already in shape for planting. Brother Of SKcfey — Woman Died Sunday Landrum E. Wood Mod In S. C. Following Complications From Carbuncle. Gaffney, April 12.—-Complications following a severe carbuncle which developed on his neck -lour years ago caused the death of Landrum Ellison Wood, 65, prominent farm er, about 8:30 o clock Sunday morn ing at his home in the Grassy Pond community on route 2. Mr. Wood had recovered from the car I buncle, but was never able to over ! come the after effects. Mr. Wood was a brother of Mrs. J. S. Harris, of Shelby. A native of Rutherfordton county, North Caro lina, Mr. Wood had lived practically all of his life in the Grassy Pond section. He was a member of the Grassy Pond church and of the Woodmen of the World. He had spent bis entire life In farming. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Grassy Pond church by the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Boone, of State Line. Nobody Murdered, Just Family Fuss A report spread about the city yesterday that a colored man in the Freedman colored residential sec tion had murdered his wife, but po lice officials today stated that the report was untrue. The rumor ori ginated, according to officers, from a "family fuss" In which a colored man by the name of Hamrick ad ministered a beating to his wife. Commencement At Bethlehem School On Wednesday night, April 12, the lower grades of Bethlehem school will give a program. The re citation and declamation contests will also be held at this time. On Thursday night the grammer grades , will present four one act plays, full , of fun and action. The public Is , cordially Invited to attend these , programs. A small admission will be , charged Thursday night. Curb Market Here Open On Saturday The Star curb market, operated by the home demonstration club women of Cleveland county on North Washington street, will be j open Saturday. In addition to the < geneva) spring season products the 1 market is this week featuring car- 1 rots cookie* and walnuts. < Hope Brison Now In Mayor’s Race; Gives His Views Former Oil Dealer It Fourth Candidate BellfTM Tim* Right For Business Man In City Hall. With No Folttleal Faction. ROYSTER ANNOUNCES TODAY FOR COUNCIL D. W. Royster, present mem • ber of the city council from ward two, announced this morning, that hr would be a candidate to succeed himself as alderman In his ward. So far Mr. Royster, well known business man, is the only candidate to announce in that ward. He has been a popular member of the board for some time and his many friends will be pleased to hear that hr Is a candidate again. With two or more council candidates announced In other wards, contests are assured in each ward except the one in which Mr. Royster announces today and one or more candidates may enter j' from that ward. Backed by no political ring or fi nancial faction and associated with no Interests to be favored, R. Hope Brison, well known Shelby business man, announces today as a candi date for mayor in the municipal election May 2. Mr. Brlson's entry runs the total number of candidates for mayor to four. The others are S. A. McMurry, the present mayor; Z. J. Thompson, alderman and mayor pro tern; and W. N. Dorsey, former mayor. Pint Office In his platform, outlined in to day’s Star, Mr. Brison states that he is not a politician, has never tom puttnrornrarMWt mamrw**) grind in seeking office. His candi dacy is based upon a business ad ministration with a square deal to all, and a reduction in light, water and tax rates to the extent possible without injury to the city’s credit. He likewise advocates a reduction in city salaries, from the mayor down, in proportion to the decreased in come of taxpayers and the lower cost of living. Mr. Brison states that he believes the city of Shelby is desirlous of a “New Deal” on the basis of an econ omical business administration, and points out that in addition to his general business experience he is a trained accountant and can keep an eye on the records as well as gen eral administration problems. One plank in his platform is that he thinks all dealers should have the opportunity to make bids for city purchases and that the purchase should go to the low bidder, quality considered. The latest entry in the race has for number of years been an oil distri butor in Shelby and is well known throughout the city as a whole as well as in business circles. Limit Loan Days To Three A Week After This Week Farm Loan Office Will Be Open Monday, Wed nesday, Friday. Alter this week, or beginning Monday, April 17, the crop loan of fice In the Cleveland county court house will be open for applications only three days each week until the end of the loan period. In making the announcement, F. T. Wagoner, field representative, said that the three days each week will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and farmers desiring loans are asked to apply those days. Final Week Before Tax Penalty Added Sheriff Raymond Cline today re minds county taxpayers that this is the final week in which to pay 1932 county taxes without the three per cent delinquent penalty being add ed. The commissioners extended the period of grace through Saturday and taxes paid by Saturday after noon will not have the additional penalty, but the full penalty will go on Monday. Dover Dog Win* In Charlotte Tuesday Only one Shelby dog won honors Ln the Piedmont Kennel club A. K C. dog show held in CSarlotte yes terday. Charles Dover's Irish setter took honors in the local dog claas j of the setter department. Union Trust Plans For Opening Soon . Getting Approval In Raleigh For Charter Change To Permit R. F. C. Preferred Stock Events leading toward the re-, opening of the Union Trust Oo. are now moving along with more speed. Headway Is being rnado In getting depositors to leave fifty percent of their deposits over *300 In bank and accept as collateral for the loan the assigned stock of the stock- i holders. Some stockholders are pay ing In the amount of their stock valued at *100 per share and when the *130,000 Is raised from the de positors'and stockholders, preferred stock amounting to *150.000 will be Issued to the Reconstruction Fi nance corporation for new money so the bank can re-open without re strictions. Mr. William Llneberger and At tomey D. Z. Newton are now in Ra leigh to get the approval of the plan by Ourney P. Hood, state banking commissioner and applica tion has been made to the Recon struction Finance corporation to take $100,000 in preferred stock, in the bank. Several details are being Ironed out. A meeting of the stockholders may be called to get their approval to issue $150,000 In preferred stock to the R. F. C. An amendment to the bank's charter may have to be made in order to permit the issu ance of preferred stock and while in Raleigh Messrs. Newton and Llneberger are looking into this de tail. Teachers Behind On Pay In County, City Received 70 Percent Of SI* Month's Pay This Week. Other Salaries Tied Up. Shelby and Cleveland county school teachers are more than a month behind In their pay, but due to the fact that they realize general conditions and have not complained little has been said about It. This week the teachers received 70 percent of their sixth month’s checks from the state, 30 percent of the checks being held back. These checks came practically a month late, the seventh school month hav ing been completed. Just when the remaining 80 percent of their sixth state b not known. After the sixth school month the teachers are paid from city and county school funds, only six months being paid by the state. The money with which to pay for the seventh month Is tied up due to the banking situation, but may be available, It was said today, within a week or two. The school money la properly bonded and could be se cured. If urgent, by the sale of the bonds, but this action has been deferred In anticipation of a clear ing up of banking conditions which would not necessitate that course. School officials say that they be lieve the money to pay the teach ers for the seventh and eight months can be had soon, but if for some reason it cannot then the bonds will be sold In order to pay off the teachers. A number of the six months schools In the county have already closed and others will close this week and next. Among thoee clos ing two weeks ago or last week were ; Sharon, Flint Hill, Trinity, Prospect, Zion, Mt. Pleasant, Hicks, and Phll beck. Closing dates for the short term schools are irregular this spring due to the fact that the school year was interrupted during the Christmas season by inclement weather and the Influenza epidemic The eight months schools in the 1 county will begin closing around ’ May 5-10. < Choral Clab To Sing 1 —— - i The Cleveland Choral club, an or- 1 ganlzation made up of young Shel- | by colored men, will give a song program In Winston-Salem Sunday t afternoon. Easter Holidays For City Schools Shelby school children will have two day* holiday for Eas ter. Supt. B. L. Smith announc ed thl* morning that the city school* will dose Thursday aft ernoon and reopen Tuesday morning, giving Friday and Easter Monday aa holiday*. Rotary Speaking Contest Tuesday 81* Or More Schools To Have .En trant* Tn Unique Oratorical Contest. The date of the Rotary extem poraneous speaking contest for high school boys of Cleveland county has been postponed until next Tuesday night, April 18, and will be held In the Central high school auditorium here. Six or more schools will have en trants In the contest, It was said 'Oday by J, H. Ortgg, county super intendent of schools. The six schools certain to have entrants are 3helby, Kings Mountain, Bolling Springs, Latttmore, No. 3, and Piedmont, Mooresboro and Waco ilso may enter. In this contest the Shelby Rotary club offers a prise 0 the high school boy who can nake the best extemporaneous talk jpon a topic given him Just a few nlnutes before he rises to speak. It s considered one of the best tratn ng contests for public speaking ever leld here and much Interest centers n the event Tuesday night. Central Methodist Continues Revival Services’ at Central Methodist hurch will continue each night this veek, except Saturday, at 7:45 ('clock. The service Thursday morning at 1 o'clock will conclude the morning itrvlces for this week. At the even ng hour Thursday the Lord’s Sup >er will be commemorated. Friday afternoon from 3 to 3 (’clock there will be a special Good Mday service held. N. C. Merchants Denounce Sales Tax As Last Resort, Badge Of Despotism Says Legislator* Not Keeping Faith With People If Tax Is Imposed. Raleigh, April 12.—More than 75 leading North Carolina merchants, including the board of directors of the state merchants’ association, met here this week, and Issued a statement saying, ’’The present leg islature will not keep faith with the voters of this state if they enact a sales tax.” The statement, issued under the names of David Owens of Charlotte, R. W. Lehman of Durham, and W. Sellars of Burlington, also express ed ‘‘very definite and pronounced disappointment over the stand tak en by Governor Ehringhaus in re lation to economy and the sales tax.” ‘‘Mr. Ehringhaus,” it said “rv supported In his campaign ior tty gubernatorial rominatlou !a>' ye*u; ■S by large numbers of merchants for the reason that he declared. In nu merous addresses, for decided econ omy and against a sales tax, and, when he completely reversed him self, the merchants throughout the state were astonished and bitterly disappointed.” The meeting was held the same day the house began consideration. In a committee of the whole, of the biennial revenue bill, which pro poses a three per cent general sales tax. “Practically every member of the general assembly was elected on a platform of economy In govern ment and opposition to a sales tax,” the statement declared. “The peo ple want economy, and they do not want a sales tax. "Citizens of this state are unable ■ to pay taxes which are now being levied, much less placing an addi- , lOOW-fmctb os gA"m -3fi i. L Depositors And Stockholders To R. F. C. And Blantons To Lend Aid Stockholder* To Fay 40 Percent Of Stork, Depositors To Waive 20 Percent On Deposit. A plan for reopening the Pirn National bank on an unreatrtcted basis to resume banking business to a normal way. was suggested by rep resentatives of the United States government and approved by the officers and directors on Monday evening after a four day Investiga tion and appralsment of the aasett and liabilities of the Institution. Rebuild Assets The examiner decided that then are approximately $375,000 of notes and assets of the bank that are un acceptable and the government will require that this amount be taken out of the bank and replaced with cash. When this is done, however the bank will then have a capital of $356,000, a surplus of $350,000 and a contingent fund of $15,000, alt sound, clear and unimpaired. Plan Outlined The plan for re-openlng the bank provides; ' (1st) All stockholders will be ask ed to pay Into the bank forty per cent of the amount of stock held by each. <3nd) All depositors will be asked to'waive twenty percent of the amount of their depoelt, whether on deposit subject to check or on time certificate. This would make the re maining eighty percent of their de posits available at any time desired by the depositors. The depositors would receive a participating certi ficate for the twenty per cent so left, giving them the right to share pro rata In wteateeua amount may be collected from the unacceptable notes taken out of the bank. This provision as to waiving the right to twenty percent of deposits does not apply to the trust deposits, that Is deposits for minors .estates, etc. (3rd) The plan calls for the or ganisation of , a corporation by Charles C. Blanton. George Blanton and Forrest Eskridge who will sub scribe to sufficient capital to enable this corporation to purchase from the First National bank all of the real estate and collateral stocks held by the bank, which have been appraised at $30,000. (5th) The plan also calls for an Issue of $350,000 of preferred stock to be subscribed by the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation. Meeting Called A meeting of depositors and stock holders has been called to be held In the First National bank building on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of passing upon the proposition as submitted. It requires a two-third vote of the stockholders to approve this plan and if so ap Help Li (COMTUtUUD ON PACKS TUN.) Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Does an American who marries a foreigner lose American citizen ship? 2. Name the battleship command ed by Robley D. Evans at the Battle of Santiago. 3. What causes wind? 4. How many hours is the differ ence In time between Berlin and New York City? 5. Name the governor of Vir ginia. 6. What does the name Esther mean? 7. What members of the Barry more family are now on the stage? 8. Who was Margaret of Valois? 9. Name the first governor ol Tennessee. 10. Who was Oeffory Chaucer? 11. What year did Victor Herbert die? 12. On what island Is the popular English watering place, Margate? 13. What river Is the largest tri butary of the Ohio? 14. What Is chauvinism? 15. What is the state flower of Wisconsin? 16. Where does Annie Besant live? 17. How long a residence is re quired In Nevada to obtain a di vorce? 18. In equine measurement, how nany inches Is a hand? 19. Name the second wife of the 5mperor Napoleon I. 20. Who was the most represents ivc English poet of Queen Victoria » reign? t
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