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Eh C Ell WMU Tildsmk 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 76 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 2ft. 1933 (Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) B» Matt. rant. r«a». tin advaoMI - N-M Un advaneat It o«i Late News THE MARKETS - 10 to 10He :d*gon) ton ...._.... 18.00 nr) ton ... 10.00 No More Rain fHay's North Carolina Weather p.r„H Generally fair tonight and TV-Hit Contract Let For Mill Here Contract was awarded this after KCe,, gt, 2.30 o'clock to the Fiske fSrffr Construction Company of StvuHnburg, 8. C., for the con -ffuction of the addition to the pjjof'at the Cleveland Cloth Mil). ,, ,, as learned from O M. Mull, sec retary-treasurer. There were 15 bidders and the contract, covers the mill building 112x300 feet to house new looms .which will be installed. It is understood work will begin rlpht away. The Fiske-Carter Co has the contract and is now work ins on the basement at the Etor Mill where additional looms will be installed. Cotton Up $4 A Bale, All At 10c Highest Fnre In Three Years. Up twine Due To Farmers Sign ing For Reduction. p;>fton took a spurt of $4 a bale Mav on the New York exchang* n prospect of the farmers signint tip on the acreage reduction plan whereby they will abandon 10,000, non acrps and accept in lieu thereo: .cash and options at six cents i pound on 2,500,000 bales of cottor now owned by the government, Every month marked on thf board at the John F Clark com panv rotton office was above tei cents, with May above the 11 cent level . „ .Inly closed at 10.30 Oct. at 10.5’ and December at, 10.74, as compar »d with a clase on Saturday of Juh 9:47 Oct. 9.75 and December 3.90 ■fti!' was up 33 points or $4 a bal< over Saturday. Grains and stortc were sis? firong in sympathy with thi strength m the hotton market, Sev ere! stocks registered gains of frorr two. to three points. Young People Of Pres. Church To Gather This Week Pmbrtert&B Young People Mee' Tuesday For Four-Day Confer ence At Boiling Springs The fourth annua! conference o Fresbvterten young people betweet rha aCeS of 12 and 23 will be spon y>rcd (jv the Presbytery of King: •i- )n*ain apd held at Boilins Springs junior college, near Shelby '•fc’jf davs next week beginning Tuesday. June 27th and continuim through lunch on Friday, June 30 c=r,-,t rations will begin at 9:31 Tuesday in the college adminlstra iion building, and indications an that a representative number o ’"cm oE people from the churches ir 'this ■ ertion will attend. Picnic lunci Fill he brought.the first day Classes will begin at 10 a. m. each day rhe afternoons will be devot eh to athletics and other forms o: teci-eation. Miss Peg LeGrand o Shelby, is recreation leader Methodists Raise $2,400 For Building '' it high pressure methods tft* congregation of Centra! Meth church last Sunday raised $2, ico to meet an obligation on it fthurrh building. Announcement wa; in the church and Sunday school class rooms of the atnoum needed to pay the obligation and > voluntary collection was taker amounting to $1,700. A small com nuttee made calls on church mem Kc’' who were absent at the serv !rc- when the collection was taker ?nd the remaining $700 was read u' sccured. "Ch? response cm the part of thest Christian people in a time like thi , s ‘- nothing short of marvelous. Hear -Judge Webb In Addresi ‘ large throng of Burke count: b^ople heard Federal Judge E. V ^ “hb. of Shelby, in his temperanc ?ftemss at Morganton last night —f church. which seats arouni was filled with many occupy mg temporary seats and around 30i unable to get in, tt was re Corted here today. This was tb 'hhd of a series of prohibition ad hisses made bv Judge Webb a "i church services in this sec don First National Bank To Open Tuesday Morn Without Restrictions i County Board In Meet Today; Will Study New Budget May Cut Tax Rate 5 Cents Or More Cleveland Commissioners Discussing Budget Figures For Years’ Expense. Cleveland county commissioners were in session here today studying and discussing the tentative budget for 1^33 with the general belief that they would be able to reduce the county tax rate by at least five cents and perhaps more. The slash in the rate of levy will be In addition to the one-fourth re duction in all property valuation. A tentative budget for the year has already been set up by Troy McKinney, county accountant, and the figures will be gone over in de tail by the commissioners in their session today. Just how much they ! may be revised cannot be determin ed In the tentative budget a reduc tion tn expenses is called for ex cept under two heads, debt service and the poor fund. It will be ne | cessary to raise the appropriation for debt service, it is said, while due I to the increased charity work the ! appropriation for the poor fund will be doubled. The cut will come in the general fund, which covers the reg ular operating expenses of the coun ty. Although the commissioners may I definitely decide to adopt the budg | et set-up today it is' not likely that j the tax rate will be fixed for sev eral weeks yet as it is necessary to determine how much tax can yet be collected in order to tell what , balance there will be in the county treasury. Anticipate Cut, But today the outlook, it was said 1 about the court house is bright for a reduction of around five cent* , which would lower the county-wide , levy from 43 to 38 cents on the $100 valuation, and some reports indi cate that there is a probability that the rate may be slashed to 36 cents which would be a cut -of seven cents Uncle Eli Roberts, Prominent Negro, Is Dead At 93 Years Was Successful, Law Abiding Citi len Large Land Owner And Reared Fine Children Uncle Eli Roberts is being buned , this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Washington church near Waco. He died Saturday at age 93 years, one of the most prominent and success ful negro citizens in Cleveland eoun ; ty Uncle Eli was a slave m his youth i and when freed, went about in an industrious and thrifty man ner to establish himself in life. He was law-abiding, churchgoing, honest and fespected by the people of both races. Out near Buffalo where he lived, he owned a large farm and enjoyed the comforts of life, ' His wife. Sara . .preceded him to th<= grave six years ago after they had 1 lived together for 63 years- Twelve children were born but five are dead. The living children are Ida ; Roberts McCurry. of Shelby; Mary Roberts O'Brian, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Essie Roberts Council, of Bos ton. Mass.; Ernest Roberts of Phila delphia; George of New York; Ar thur and Mason of Shelbv Two full brothers also survive; Caleb of Cin cinnati and George of near Waco. , Many white as well as colored peo i pie called at the heme over the week-end to pay their respects Cotton Growers To Hear Acreage Reduction Plan Explained Today AM O’er State Farmers Are To Meet And Hear Cotton Pro t gram Talked. Raleigh June 26 —Paul Porter, who “contacted" newspapermen Saturday, flew back to Washington 1 Sunday afternoon to be at the base of operations when the campaign r to cut cotton acreage 363,000 in . North Carolina gets going. ! It starts in actuality today with • the passing out, contracts to the I growers whose voluntary efforts. ■ alone will make the reduction plans! ) go or flop. Mr Porter, who is spe ■ cial assistant to the secretary of ag > riculture, has been holding confer ■ ences with the newspaper men in ; ! the effort to get before the public;, • the plan of reducing acreage, which j proposal carries with it a cash pay-1 sent to the grower for the acreage hat he cuts out in the effort to nake reduction certain. The growers may take a cash pay nent for the land that they uproot rf its cotton. The amount so paid vould be on an average basis, sub lect to the regulations prescribed >y the secretary of agriculture On hat basis there would be $7 an <cre paid on a yield of 100 to 124 sounds an acre, $9 on 125 to 140, Sll on 150 to 174 pounds, $14 on 175 to 224 pounds, $17 on 225 to 274 sounds, and $21 an acre for 275 rounds and more yield. Or the grower may take a cash jayment with cotton option. The 'irst plan is without cotton option, rhe second with that option and )ased on the schedule, in the pre (COKTtVtntC OH P4QJ2 KIQJCTj No Processing Tax On Grinding Of Wheat For Use Of The Grower No lax will he charged Cleve land county farmers for the grinding and milling of wheat for flour for their own con sumption, The Star was inform ed today on what it considers good authority. A processing tax will go upon wheat between July 6-15, bui information secured by The Star has it that this tax of 30 Cents per bushel will not be charged upon wheat milled for the use of the grower and his own fam ily. It will, however, apply to all wheat milled for commer * rial purposes or io sell. As there was some uncertain ty about the government’s pro- ; erasing tax, scores of Cleveland county farmers have been bringing their wheat to mill for a week or more in order to have It ground before July 6. As a result of this rush the Eagle Roller mill here has been oper ating night and day in order to accommodate the many custom- | era. This morning the waiting line of wagons and trucks stretched out for two blocks or more at the mill. Prospects Good For More County Roads __ i Young Democrats Meet Wednesday And Not Monday The. meeting of the Young Democrat* of Cleveland coun ty scheduled for tonight in the court house here will not be held until Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. The change was made, it was announced to day by C. C. Horn, chairman of the county organisation, so as not to conflict with the meeting of cotton farmers in the court house tonight. At the meeting Wednesday night the Young Democrats will work out plans for send ing delegates to the state convention at Wilmington. Saturday week, July 8. Postoffice Exam To Be Held July 14th Permanent Postmaster Will Be Nam ed From List Of Applicants Soon, A civil service examination will be held In Shelby on July 14th to fill the vacancy at the Mooresboro postoffice, it was announced this morning by the civil service com mission This office paid 11,100 tor | the last fiscal year. Recently Mr. Grady Bunlis was appointed by Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle as temporary postmas ter to serve until the lob can be filled by civil service. Applicants must have reached their 21st birthday but not their 65th on the date of the examination. Appli cants must reside within the terri tory supplied by the postoffice. Full information can be secured from the postoflice at Mooresboro or from the civil service commission. Two Couples Marry In City Saturday Cleveland county added two more June brides to the list Saturday when two couples were married at the county court house Saturday afternoon by ’Squire T Cling Esk ridge. They were: Clifton Hensley, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hensley, and Min nie Hensley, 18; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hensley. Charlie Seism. 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Odus Seism, and Elsie Lankford. 19. daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe ! Lankford Catagrba County Wants Road Built To Toluca. Commissioners Visit Raleigh, While Cleveland county officials and citizens are making an effort to get several county roads con structed in the new public building program, made possible hy a fed eral fund. Catawba county officials are working upon a road-building! program which will also aid this! county. A dispatch from Newton says: “A petition for the building of a hard surface road running from Newton to Toluca In Cleveland county, thereby directly connecting the two county seats of Catawba and Cleve land counties has been mailed by the county board of commissioners to the state highway commission at Raleigh and to Mr. A. O Noah, state highway engineer at States vine. T • v-■■■■ * "This petition urgently requests that this project, known as route No. 113, be given preference over any other project out of the first federal funds available to Catawba county for highway building." Talk With Ames The three Cleveland county com missioners—J E. Blanton, J. D. Morris and J. L. Herndon—were in Raleigh Friday to confer about new roads for this county. They were unable to see E. B. Jeffress, state highway chairman, as Mr. Jeffress is 111, but they did confer with Chief Engineer Ames. He told them that he could make no definite promises until after the new highway board takes office on July 1, but he stated that in his opinion the three high way links already approved for the county would be included In the new program County Picks Up $3,300; Gets Sum From State Tax County Accountant Learns Commis sion Due On Taxes Collected And Gets It, A little delving around in the tax laws of the State by Troy McKin ney, Cleveland county accountant, last week brought $3,300 back into the county treasury While studying the tax legisla tion of the State Accountant Mc Kinney ran upon a paragraph stating that the State, after levying a State-wide 15 cept ad valorem tax two years ago, was required to pay each county a three percent com mission for collecting that tax for the state, Further Investigation re vealed that the commission bad never been paid the county by the State, so Mr McKinney wrote Ra leigh officials about it. On Friday and Saturday of last week the ac countant, the three county commis sioners and Peyton McSwain, coun ty attorney, were in Raleigh on oth er business While there Messrs. Mc Kinney and McSwain called upon C. M, Johnson, State treasurer, cit ed the law to him and showed him that Cleveland had received no commission. A little figuring receal ed that the State was due the coun ty approximately $1,700 commission for collecting 1931 taxes and around $1,600 for collecting 1932 taxes to date. That will mean a rebate of around $3,300 plus a commission on 1932 taxes yet to be collected. This substantial rebate will be added to the county’s general fund and may enable the commissioners in fixing the new tax rate to make a better reduction than had beer anticipated. . , * Cotton Meet In Shelby This Eve To Talk Program 17 Other Meetings This Week Every Farmer Urged To Attend Series, Merlin*-* On Cutting Acre age. An intensive campaign Jo ac quaint Cleveland county farmer* with the details of the oottAn re duction plan will be inaugurated In Shelby tonight with a meeting at the county court house, begin ning at 8 o'clock. This will be the first of a series of 18 meetings to be held In all sections of the county this week, Government, officials and farm ex tension workers will attend these meetings and explain the plan where by the government will pay farm ers of the county to destroy 30 per rent of their cotton crop and at the same time give them an option on additional cotton without charge. A list of the several meetings to be held over the county has already been published and fanners are urged to attend the meeting nearest them. Since the publication of the list, however, three more meetings have been scheduled One will be held in Shelby Friday afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock and continu ing all afternoon. At this meeting all farmers not thoroughly ac quainted with the plan may ask questions and secure information desired. The other meetings sche duled over the week-end will be held Thursday morning at ten o’clock at Mt Pleasant and another at the same hour at Sharon. No Compulsion Every farmer is urged to attend one or more meetings and hear the program outlined before making np his mind one way or the other. There is nothing compulsory about attending. A: rumor which was spread in the county stating that those attending the meetings would be compelled to sign contracts is labelled as untrue. Farmers attend ing the meetings do not obligate .(CONTINUKD OH CAOB KIOH'I Native Of County Is 87 Year* Old In Tex. Older people of Cleveland county remember Mr W. A. (Lon) Martin, a native of this county who har, been living In Texas since 1872. Mr. Martin celebrated his 87th birthday on Tuesday of last week in the McPhee Memorial hall of the. Sani tarium of Paris Anex In Paris, Tex as. Several of his comrades in the Albert Sidney Johnson camp of Con federate veterans were present to congratulate him. and the nurses’ glee club rendered a variety of sac red numbers and old favorites. Re freshments were served and Mr. Martin received a number of gifts. Mr. Martin served as a steward of the Methodist church and is one of the oldest Masonic members In that section of Texas. Can vou answer 14 of these test questions’ Turn to page two for the answers 1. Name the author of "Good Earth.” 2. In which country Is the famous mountain peak Jungfrau? 3. Who said. "I do not choose to run?” 4. Where was the ancient city of Utica ? 5. Has the U $ a diplomatic re presentative in Russia? 8. What was the sacred amrifAl of the Egyptian goddess Bubastls? 7. What famous phrase was ennuu ciated by the French defenders of Verdun during the World war? 8. What Is the name of the fa mous sacred stone In the Mosque of Mecca? 9 Por what term of years la a U. 8. patent Issued? 10 Where is the city of Utrecht? 11. Who Is Roland Hayes? 12. Name the fifteenth president of the U. 8 13. Which was the taller, George ( Washington or Abraham Lincoln? 14. Name the capital of Afghani stan. 15. On what river is the city of Leningrad’ 16. Name the home town of Vice President John N Garner I 17. In which country is Pun in Arenas? j 18. What is the name of the na- ■ tlonal ^university of Rumania? i 19 Who is Eugene O'Neill? 20 From what Latin word la the kaiser derived? Try Answering Puts Personal Resources Back First National IWf! i CHAR r. BLANTON ' Ohas. O. Blanton unci hts asso-i. dates in the first. National bank put; | heir personal resources back of the ( mnk to re-open it. after the bank lollday, making good a statement President Blanton made tn Febru- f try, 1032. when banks were crack ng like firecrackers throughout the nation and as erase as the counties idjolnlng Cleveland Mr. Blanton has devoted 40 years ' if his life with the First. National 1 md through his influence and that 1 if the bank, practically every in- 1 iustrlal enterprise has been built, 1 people have been aided in buying 1 farm* and homos and starting up in business. The bank was most 1 liberal In, Its loans and has bepn the greatest factor in the upbuild ing of Shelby and Cleveland eoun- 1 y * Personal resources In cash and 1 yillateral amounting to well over a 1 million dollars have been thrown 1 Sack of the First National and the Union Trust Co. by Mr. Blanton and pis associates to reopen the bs.nk in ' i strong liquid position and on an : unrestricted basis The bank was closed by the prrsl- 1 tent’s proclamation on March flt.h when every banking Institution in 1 kmerica was put on holiday. Only those In a most liquid position wer" allowed to reopen Those, banks that bad frozen assets were ordered to re organize or liquidate. Nearly 4.000 banks fell in this category and many of them will be forced to liquidate is a result of frozen loans Delay Encountered 1 Reorganization plans were .set tn i notion for the First National, but i ranslderable dela.y was encountered ] oecau.se the federal banking au- i horlties were uncertain as to the nterprelation of the newly enacted oanklng laws A bank examiner ' charted a course after the bank’s i assets were app a Used, bur i Washington authorities recommend- i ‘d a change. Moat of the work. , therefore, had to be done over. Then > the bank encountered the over worked legal department tn Wash ington and there was further delay in drafting the necessary papers. All Cooperate Under .the plan of reorganization, fepositors waived twenty per cent if their deposits When seventy five per cent of deposits in amount had signed the waiver. It became binding on all, according to law Depositors will have Issued to them, participation certificates, to the unount of their deposit waived and be paid their proportionate part of 1375,000 worth of notes charged out <CCNTtNUEr> ON "MOV *:(!«' Large Crowds At Sunday Services By Morgan At Presbyterian Church Sunday Era. Continues Through mh Shelb,v paid splendid tribute to 3od yesterday in worship services it the Presbyterian ohurch con iueted by Dr Frank Crossley Mor tan of Augusta, Ga In expository caching and preaching last week Hr. Morgan sustained his reputa tion ■ as an outstanding Bible stu? lent The community was eager to rear him on Sunday At the morn ng hour the church was filled to •verflowtng as the visiting minis- j er spoke on the theme, “A Tale of he Sea” expounding the truth of he incident of Jesus walking on he sea as he came to his disciples, ‘midst a raging storm At the even ng heut of worship, the Baptists,! dethodist and Lutherans did • | urauvumi liiu loi/ian > in ujur tesy and appreciation of the schol arly Englishman. by suspending their regular evening services in or der to hear him in the open air auditorium on the Presbyterian church lawn. More than a thousand people heard Dr. Morgan at night as. in a masterful way. he spoke on the subject, “Fighting the Devil.” It was pronounced one of the greatest sermons ever heard m Shelby. Monday morning a congregation that overflowed the church audi torium gathered to hear Dr. Mor ;an’s exposition of the twenty-third! osalm. Tonight at 8 o’clock the heme will be the first chapter of he gospel according to John. A most helpful feature of each [ icounmntD on paq* aioin * Institution Strong After Reorganizing Wire Received Today Reopens The Section’s Largest Bank, Closed Over Three Months. Year’s Best Tidings For Shelby Are*. License to open the First National Rank of Rherthy on in unrestricted basis was received by wire shortly before loon today from the Comptroller of the Currency at Wash npton and the hank will re-open Tuesday rnorritnsr at 9 Mrs. Zeb Weathers Buried Saturday itirriimhs To long tlloeiw From Cancer. Was «2 Tear* Of Aft. Husband And 4 Children. Mrs. Ulla Branton We attic r.v wife >f Zeb Wcnt.hers, died Friday even ng mt, 7 o'clock at her home on K. Washington street, following a pro rncted inness from cancer. She iad been confined to her bed and n a critical condition for the paai en weeks. Before marriage Mrs Weather,1; as Mias Ulla Bran ton, daughter of 4r and Mrs David Bmnton of hta county. Forty-three veara ago he was married to Mr Weathers the was a kind-hearted, devoted i’ifr apd mother and lived a aacrl Icia! life for her family, and rtenda. She was a faithful member if the First. Baptist church and fit ended services regularly when her lenlth would permit Surviving are her husband and our children Claude Weathers, drs. Maggie Wright, Charlie and Vttorney M. R. Weathers Alan nirviving are. three brothers. .Jullua, lasper and Charlie R ran ton, two listers, Mrs Boh Kendrick. Mrs "larence Costner. 31 grandchildren ind one great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted rnm the residence Saturday after. ioon at 3 o'clock bv her pastor Dr Seno Wall and Interment followed n Ross drove cemetery. A large rowd attended and a beautiful loral offering attested the esteem n which she was held Gaston Farmers In Favor Cotton Plan Gastonia, June 36 -Unanimously ndorslng a resolution proposed by V L. Carpenter that "It, ts the sense >f this body that we favor loo per sent the plan proposed to reduce he cotton acreage by from 25 to 40 >er cent by voluntarily retrieving fiat percentage of our anticipated irodaction from the. market by ilowlng It up,” 30 Orston county key" farmers enthusiastically en ered upon the campaign of educa ,ion and Information to acquaint •he cotton growing farmers of the tounty with the plan of the govern - nent, to reduce production Dne Shower Fails To Aid Crops Here The long drought tn this section vas somewhat, broken by scattered bowers in the Shelby section Fri ts y and Saturday, but there was ml, enough rain to give very much ellef to the parched garden, corn ind hay crops. Reports today had t that gardens In the county are eriously damaged and that the ontinued dry spell Is working havoc nth corn and hay and has halted he growth of cotton. The (find news came following g special detivery air nvrfl Jettwr, Mot |to the comptroller of the numntf I nt Waxhlngton, notifying him ovpi }*he signature of Chas. C. Blanton conservator. Mi at, nil requirements in the. plan of morganlwitlan bad been carried out tn detail and ap proved by the lean! department of the Reconstruction Finance cor poration which ha* made a loon of pnration which has made a loan of mortgage corporation. Has **50,000 Hurpln This $550,000 will he put into the hank and after the waiver of twen ty per cent of deposit* and a vol untary assessment, of M0 per share Pt'id In by the stockholders, tha bank will reopen with *250,000 com mon stock, $250,000 preferred stock and $250,000 surplus. For nearly four months the hank officials, have been working on re organisations plans, which had to he changed in several particulars, thus causing delay and the re-doing of work that had already been done. Part of the delay was due to chan ges suggested by the authorities at Washington from the plan recom mended by the bank examiner. New legislation was enacted and even the legal department at Washing ton was at variance as to its inter pretation. While the bank was closed for four month', it operated under re strictions with a conservator, Mr C C Blanton tn charge. Even with old deposits of $1,200,000 or more, tied up, business held up fatrly well and deposits tinder the conservator I climbed to *300,000 or more, Mr, Blanton pud tils associates plugged away faithfully on feorgan .1 ration plana and put well over a million- dollars In cash and collat eral hark of the First National and Union Trust to get them open on t he strong basis required by the gov ernment, !n Strong Position The hank Is now In a strong posi tion with hundreds of thousands of dlllars of unacrepttble paper and real estate nod stork, accepted In collection:,, taken out of the new bank's assets. It Is now restored to its strong financial position and prestige, that made It a power In this section for many years. It was nev er insolvent but when the bank holiday was declared by President Roosevelt and new banking legis lation was enacted, rigid require ments were made for re-opening. All of these requirements have now been met and the bank Is again in position to serve Cleveland, county and Shelby as It has In the past. Releases Over A Million The opening releases well over a million dollars in assets which have been frozen during the past four months With this amount of money again In circulation, the tex tile plant® running full speed and an industrial enlargement program that calls for the expenditure of well over a haJf million dollars, it is expected that business wtll have a decided upturn, Little Gir! Is In Need Of A .Home In This County Is there a home In Cleveland county which might, be brightened by the presence of an attractive. Intelligent five-year-old girl? In the county there is a young man who was deserted some months ago by his wife. She left him with their five-vear-old baby girl Last week, the young father, very much interested in the little dau ghter's future came to the relief headquarters in Shelby and told his story. In brief, the story Is that a father, no matter how much he loves the child, cannot properly bring up a little girl. She needs the care of a woman—a mother. Which is to say that the young father seeks a home far his little girt. Anyone interested in learning more about the child with the Idea of adopting her or giving her a home should get In touch with tha Shelby relief office-, - i
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