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s T he E ll ev Mem d » Straf . 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX. No. 85 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. i ar Mail par r«r. tin adTariMt Carrlar. oar feat, (la adaanoat 8 3 Late News TUB markets .11 to 1U* Cotton, »P®‘ ' IR00 Seed (dsgon) - JJS Seed (ear) ton..3000 Fair Tuesday T^UV S North Carolina Weather KeporK Generally fair tonight and T^dav except possible shower, in S^ffle sooth portion. Cooler on gorlh coast tonight. Lithuanians Die In Flight By IWITED PRESS goldin. Germany, July 17. The a* p, of two Lithuanian airmen to 1T from New York to Kovnom the apltal of Lithuania, ended in the leath today in the woods near here ,f the two airmen. Stephen Harms md Stanley Girenas. After crossing hP Atlantic they became lost in the lark ness in Germany and cracked ip apparentv because of a gasoline pjh plane. Reports indicated that ftrv wandered blindly for hours icarrhing for a landing place. They popped off from New York at dawn Sunday morning. High Point Has Big Strike By UNITED PRESS High Point, July 17.—Fifty seam less hosiery and furniture plants, employing a total of 7,000 people, wore in forced idleness today as the result of a peaceful strike of almost 3,000 operatives. Silk and full fash ioned hosiery workers did not join the seamless workers, and only hail of the furniture workers are in volved. They seek a 25 percent wage increase and other concessions. Fallston Man Is Champion Bather At Hot Springs C, Clarence Stamey Has Taken A Total Of 1,564 Baths Since Visiting Hot Springs. C. Clarence Stamey former Fall ston merchant is the world’s cham pion bather at Hot Springs national park. This week, when he finishes another series of baths, he will have a new grand total of 1,564 baths and he says he has got ter more benefit from the hot watei this season than at any time be fore. Mr. Stamey has been visiting Hot Springs annually for the past 2i years or longer and this season he added 48 baths to his former total of 1,480. Mr. Stamey says in hi: visits to Hot Springs this season 1m has seen automobiles from the 4f states. District of Columbia anc Canal Zone. "You would be surpris ed to see the number of people that come from the Canal Zone and bring their auto,” says he. Mr. Stamey has not missed a sin gle copy of The Star in the last 1( months he has spent at Hot Spring! and Lubbock, Texas. He expects Lc reach Shelby the evening of July 21 25 Point Advance On Cotton Markei Wheat Scores Another Advance O 1 3-4 Cents—Stocks Also Strong Today. Cotton closed 25 points up oi New York exchange today. Octobei dosing at 11.80 as compared with t Saturday price of 11.55. Dece-nbe: closed today at 11.99 as camparec rith 1176 Saturday. At one tim. he market was up 40 points, bu os' Part- of its gain before tradinj ceased. 0n the local market spot cottor quoted at 11.50 to 11.75 but th. demand is light. Wheat scored ar a vance of 3 3-4 cents on the whea exchange today and stocks wer< ®;rong. several registering gains o: m!"li0ur t0 seven Points, but th< market weakened near the close. Cleveland Couple Marry In Maryland I Special to The St Mooresboro, July 17—ft Bndges and Miss Callle ™?th formerly 0f this coi ho now live in Washini horned in Maryland Ji “ learned this week. whiv Pr‘dges « a Moore the vMBS Philbeck’s hor mtenderi ?0USe coramunl ^fed feeeping their n ■ until August, but t ix,7papers learn, t the secret out. Peonv is an emPi°3 S»„Dru! » Messrs, c. s. Your 2j* Mft vWs after 0eni Mr ^ung got °f the state SJV1 "*** he S ^ard 18 to de leieh tw* Wl11 ^huusfallornot. 5th°°l matter*. To Plow Up 15,000 Acres In Cleveland nxpect cnecKs in Three Weeks Farmers Should Not Start Destroy ing Cotton Until Notified. No More Signing. Members of all the township cotton acreage reduction com mittees irf Cleveland county are asked to meet at the court house in Shefby tomorrow, Tuesday, afternoon at 4 o’clock. The cotton farmers of Cleveland county will likely start the last of this week or the first of next plow ing up around 15,000 acres of cot ton pledged for destruction in the cotton reduction program of the na- | tional government. R. W. Shoffner, county farm agent, was notified Saturday that no more contracts wer" to be sign ed after Saturday as the program Is already considered a success by the federal department of agricul ture. All contracts signed Saturday, although not inspected and passed upon, will be included, however. A complete check of the con tracts signed to date has not been made, but it was estimated today j i that farmers of the county have i pledged themselves to reduce by ] approximately 15.000 acres, around ■ 2.000 farmers having signed con ; tracts Inspecting Now. As fast as the acreage pledged for reduction is inspected and approv i ed by the committees the contracts ' are being mailed to Washington. As j soon as they are favorably passed ! upon these farmers will be notified' through the office of the farm agent and the various committees. A second warning was issued today to farmers not to begin plowing up their cotton until formally notified. These notices are expected by the last of the week or at least by the first of next week so that the plow ing may start then. After these orders are received the various committees will visit each farm to determine if the amount pledged has been destroy ed. When this is done and certifi cates showing that the cotton has been destroyed are received in Washington the government will iCONTINUED ON PAGE EIC.II1 Spurting Undergoes Operation On Foot Complications resulting from a fall about six or eight weeks ago necessitated an operation on So licitor L. S. Spurling’s right foot, ! according to information received here over the week-end. The solicitor underwent an op eration for the removal of part of a bone at Charlotte on last Mon day and returned to his home in Lenoir late Wednesday afternoon, where he is recuperating satisfac ■ torily. Mr. Spurling’s law partner Percy . j W. Meekins, will substitute for the solicitor in the criminal term at : Lincolnton this week, but it is be lieved that by the time court con t -’enes here Monday week that the 1 - prosecuting attorney may be suf ' ficiently recovered to handle the ; | docket for Cleveland’s two-weeks’ ; term of court. Post Still Flits Around The Globe By UNITED PRESS Moscow, Russia, July 17. — Wiley Post, continued his swift flight around the world in an attempt to break the record he and Gatty set in 1931, took off at 5:15 p. m. today for Novosi birsk, Siberia. i Tax On Cotton V Price Of Cotton ■ Price Schedules Already in Effect Apparently Made to Absorb Tax. Washington, July 17.—The Agri culture adjustment administration over the week-end did some figuring i to determine whether the consumer will pay more for cotton goods— , from men’s shirts to pen wipers—as a result of the 4.2 cents per pound processing tax on cotton announced , today as effective Aug. 1. George N. Peek, chief adminis trator, and his aides say “probably, but not necessarily.” Peek said the prices of cotton goods have gone up much faster in recent months than the price of raw cotton and that the spinners and dealers “apparently heavy an ticipated the tax” in the price sch edules recently issued. He said that cotton print goods Austell On Board County Education Succeeds Young Forrest Austell, well known citizen of Earl and No. 3 township, is the new member of the Cleveland county board of education, it was announced today by O. S. Anthony, chair man of the Cleveland county Democratic executive commit tee. Mr. Austell was named to the board at a meeting of the county executive committee held at the court house Sat urday afternoon. He fills a vacancy on the board caused j by the resignation of Charles ! S. Young, who resigned be cause of his duties as a mem ber of the State Board ol Agriculture. Other members of the board are W. A. Riden hour, J. L. Hord, C. D. Forney and A. L. Calton. The nam ing of Mr. Austell to the board leaves No. 6 township without representation on the board for the first time in around 20 years. Snatches Roll Of Money At Keeters Store On Saturday Arson Smith Claims He Does Not Remember Taking $225 From Girl. Arson Smith, white youth of West Shelby, Was today charged with robbery as the result of the alleged charge that he grabbed a roll ol $225 in money at Keeter’s store in Shelby Saturday night and ran. The money was later recovered when Smith returned with it. According to information given officers, Hunter McSwain who work* at the store, had counted out the money and was closing up. Wher he went to get his car to drive i( around in front he handed the money to a girl and it was then it is said, that Smith snatched the money and ran. After 30 minutes or so, while he was being hoth pursued, Smith, it is said, returnee and gave up the money. He told officers, they say, thal he did not remember anything thal happened and did not recall beins at the store or getting the money His memory came back to him, he is quoted as saying, while he was I lying in a nearby field. Two Accidents Here; Girl Struck By Cai Two minor accidents were report ed in Shelby over the week-end. About 7:30 yesterday evening lit tle Mary Jane Jarrett, five-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. M Jarrett, was struck by an automo bile when she started to run across West Marion street. The car was driven by Mr. Eckerd and the ac cident. was considered unavoidable on his part as the little girl ran from behind another car into the street, after looking one director and failing to look the other. She suffered bruises about the legs and body and injuries to her mouth and face but no bones were broken. Hoyle MeCraw. of the Ora mill village, was treated at the Shelby hospital Saturday night for a frac tured arm reported to have been received tn an auto accident. Mrs. A’Sen of Texas is here on a , visit to her daughter, Mrs. Jap Sut tle on West Warren street. fill Not increase Goods Very Much and sheeting nave been produced and sold at prices recently which made it possible for spinners to pa up to 20 cents a pound for raw cot ton, while the market price was around 10 and 11 cents. During the first week of July prices of cotton goods advanced 3C per cent faster than the price oi raw cotton, his ■•tatistically-minded aides reported. “This means .hat it is possible for the industry to absorb the tax, Peek said. “We want to be certain that not more than the tax is pass ed on to the consumer.” He said that he dees not expect any serious problem of pyramiding the tax on profiteering by the cot ton industry but that the consum ers’ counsel for his administration, Frederic Clemson Howe, “will keep his eyes open." Master Teacher A. B. Bushong of the Ellenbnn high school, Rutherford county, hai the honor of being Master Teachei of Vocational Agriculture In thi South. This honor comes to hlir over 2,000 agricultural teachers. Bashong Master Teacher In South Of Agriculture Wins Honor Over 2,000 AgricaUun Teachers. His Many Activities Pointed Out. ♦ Special to The Star) Raleigh, July 17.—A. B. Bushong teacher of agriculture In the Ellen boro high school, Rutherford coun ty, has been declared the Mastei Teacher of Vocational Agriculture ol the South, according to Roy H Thomas, state supervisor of voca tional agriculture, who received tin announcement from the Federa board for Vocational Education Washington, D. C. Ranks Over 2,000 This is the second time within sh years that North Carolina has hat a teacher to be the high rankini man among te 2,000 teachers of vo cational agriculture in the south. Mr Bushong achieved the distinction a: a result of his thorough and oom prehensive program In competitioi with teachers of agriculture fron North Carolina. South Carolina Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Mr Bushong, who halls fron Virginia Polytechnic Institute, be gan teaching agriculture in Ellen boro in the fall of 1926. He begai his work by making a survey of thi community and the following ac complishments, due to his efforts have been largely brought about a a result of the needs shown by thi survey. The farmers had no spring in come, and the Ellenboro Sweet Po tato company, the outgrowth of ai evening class in sweet potato grow ing was organized with this ir mind. This organization which nov serves 500 of the 600 fanners in thi iCONTINUED ON PAGE SIGH'l > Try Answering These . Can you answer 14 of these tea questions? Turn to page 2 for th< answers. 1. Name the capital of Bulgaria 2. Who served as military aide t. President Theodore Roosevelt ani William Howard Taft? 3. Of what country is Copenhag en the capital? 4. In frontier communities whs was a vigilance committee? 5. During the administration o which president did the Tiewis anc Clark expedition explore the north west? 6. Which state Is nicknamed th< Keystone state? j 7. Where is the University o: i Leyden? 8. In which state is the oity o: I Butte? , 9. What is the political status o : Hawaii? 10. Who was Pancho Villa? 11. How many references to Cain’’ ' wife are there in the Bible? 12. In which British Common 1 wealth is there a state named Vic ■ toria? 13. How many stripes are then i in the shield of the U. S.? ! 14. Where was Francis Scott Kej ! bom? j 15. Tor what name is “TiUie” 8 , nir.Tname? I 16. Where was Nicholas Murraj - Sutler bom? 17. In which Province of Canada ■s the city of Calgary? 18. What great convention was ihdd to settle the affairs of Europt j after the Napoleonic wars? 19. Name the most famous foot i '-all coach of Notre Dame university i 30. In the Catholic church what is j the meaning of the term "Power of Jthe Keys?” Start Clean-Up Drive In Shelby On Wells, Toilets Chief Wilkins Urges Cooperation Aim Is To Improve Sanitary Con ditions And Avoid Fever This Summer. The city of Shelby today inaug urated a clean-up drive under the direction of the police department with the goal of Improving genera sanitary conditions in the city. Under the direction of Police > Chief D. D. Wilkins all wells anc sources of water supply and all toil ets will be inspected. Chief Wil kins urges property owners and citi sons to oooperate In the movement in order to prevent any possiblt spread of disease or run the rial of a typhoid epidemic. “In some places sanitary oondi tions are none too good," Chie; | Wilkins said, “and we Intend to im i prove them. It is not Just a form I ality; we mean business and wt hope to have the cooperation of al as the movement is hi the Interest of the people of the city. We hop< that property owners will do whal they can to get their premises clear and sanitary before we get around but if they do not we will have tc see that much is done.” Chief Wilkins and Policeman Mc Bride Poston are making the toui 'of inspection and already they hav< ifound some places which were ord ered improved or condemned. Analyse Water. R. V. Torus, superintendent of it* city water department, has agreec to analyze water without cost anc citizens who want their well watei or any water other than that fro nr the city reservoir analysed to de , termlne Its purtty may have it dom I without cost,. Thoae desiring ai analysts of their water should tele phone either Supt. Toms or Ohio Wilkins. I Repeal Fight On In Three States South This Week < Oregon Also To Decide home h Referendum Friday; Both 1 dldec Hopeful. Washington, July IT — 111 re 1 southern states and another In tfh 1 far west will vote on prohibition re ‘ peal this week, bringing the contes ■ over abolishing the elghteent! ■ amendment to Its most crucial state Wet leaders hope the states Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee ani ■ Oregon—will bring the total vot ing for repeal to 30 while the dry 1 count upon them to stop the anti prohibition tide which has swept al 1 the commonwealths In which a de r cision has been registered thus far. Alabama and Arkansas vote oi Tuesday, Tennessee on Thursdaj and Oregon on Friday. The first sixteen to vote all wer wet, and dry advocates are countlni on Alabama and Arkansas to giv the first anti-repeal majorities Seek To Delay Issue They contend that by carryim these states they could throw th 1 question of repeal into 1934, whei they hope to win enough victorie to block repeal. Only 13 dry state are needed to prevent repeal. 1 The administration and repea workers hope to carry all four o the states this week. Repealists an predicting that Tennessee will g< wet by 50.000 majority and tha Alabama and Arkansas also wil vote against prohibition. The threi have been traditionally dry. President Roosevelt and Post master General Farley, chairman o 1 the Democratic national committee both have urged Democrats to voti for repeal on the ground the part; is pledged to that action. On July 11 Oklahoma gave ap proximately a 100,000 majority u favor of legalising 3 2 beer. 8tno then the state legislature has au thorized a vote on repeal, orderini conventions to select delegates fron each congressional district on Dec ember 5 to run at large in an elec tlon the date of which will be se by the governor. Should the gov ernor fall to call a special electioi the vote would come at the 193< general election. Repealed Local Law. The wets base their hopes of car rying Oregon this week on the faci that that State last year repealec Its state enforcement statute by i vote of 206,619 to 139,T75. Arizona will vote August 8; Mis souri August 19: Texas. August 26; Washington, August 29: Vermont September 5; Maine, September 11; Maryland and Minnesota, Septem ber 12; Idaho and New Mexico, Sep tember 19; Florida, October 10 and North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, November 7. The Happiest Girl in Moni litUo R«h»n h«too a Iwtftary of cmaatlm dbrititf tt» Z*tt%±'«E?l£SS,~ St. Luwranoa. Textile Plants Here On 8-Hour Day Now [ Powr Plants atari Day At 6:4ft, Two > A « %t*i Ow At <»*30. Httndreus of Shelby textile mill workers were working only eight hours per day today lor the ftnK time m local plants went on the 40-hour week schedule adopted b: the textile code under the provision* of the Industrial Recovery Act. Although all local plants are op i eratlng two shifts eight hours pel day each, or 40 hours per week, the , lime schedule is not uniform. Foui of the plants start their days work at 6:48 In the morning, two star! at 6 and one starts at 6:30. , Time Schedule. ' The Shelby Cotton Mills and the ' Dover, Ora and Eton plants began t their day today at 6 45. The shift 1 Is working until 13 when there will be 45 minutes for lunch, returning 'm to work at 12:45 and working until j 3:30 when the eight-hour day ends The night shift goes on, at the four 5 plants, at 3:30 in the afternoon _ works until 6:30, takes 30 minute: j for lunch, returns to work at 7 and ends the eight-hour day at mid night. t The Lilly mill starts the day shift at 6 in the morning, operates to 12 takes an hour for lunch, returns , to work at 1 and continues until 3 , The night shift comes on at 3, work: I to 6, takes an hour for supper, re turns to work at 7 and ends the eight hours at midnight. , The Ella mill employes will put in ; their eight hours without luncheon ' recess. The day shift there goes on at 6 in the morning, works straight ’ through to 2 in the afternoon and ends the day. The night shift starts I at 2 and works straight through to j 10 at night and ends the eight hours , This schedule will be folowed for ' several weeks to determine If it is . satisfactory and may be changed lat l er , The Belmont mill day shift be gins work at 6:30. works to 12, takes an hour for lunch, returns to work F at 1 and ends the day at 3 :30. The ' Rail Heads Told They Should Cut Their Own Salaries; No Comment tiiutiman rtres Broadside At Mag nates. Pointing Out Poor Man's Troubles. Washington, July 17—A group of the nation's highest salaried rail i road executives were told directly , last week by Joseph B. Eastman, Federal coordinator of transporta tion, that the administration feels their salaries are too high. Twenty-one of the ranking rail road presidents and executives of , the country stood personally by to hear from the Ups of the coordina tor what the administration thinks are the steps that should be taken to*improve the transportation in dustry Several of the men in the group, named to represent the rail roads under the coordinator act, now, I receive salaries 1, excess of or near : $100,000 a year I The men conferring with East man represent the Southern, East' ern and Western sections of th» country. Seven were elected fron each region. They will work witt Eastman and his regional coordina tors In an effort to bring about t reduction of rail expenses. In in stances where it is feasible to re organize roads so as to cut interesi and rental payments, this may b< done. At the close of the meeting each of the railroad presidents went hi* way, but with all declining com ment. “The salaries to which many executives attained were a symp tom of the boom disease." said Eastman. “I am putting the ques tion up to you as I must do in the rirst instance under the law be cause I believe very sincerely that there must be an adjustment of (CotmMUED on pa us aoux.t 'night shift goes on at »:fb, worhi to 8:80, takes 30 minutes fin sup per, returns io work at t and com pletes the shift at midnight. Bach schedule hours of ksrtili plants in the county were not avail abie this morning. The Cleveland Cloth mill, a rayoi plant, expects to go on the nes code perhaps this week. Order have not yet been received, but ari expected any time. The same ap piles to the Byrum Hosiery plant the code of the hosiery plants no being fully complete as yet. All however, will operate only elgh hours per shift with five shifts pe week fbr a total of 40 hours. Tbe Cleveland cloth mill, lo cal rayon plant, also began op. crating on the new 40-hour schedule today, although defin ite orders have not been receiv ed for the rayon industry, ac cording to O. M. Mull, manager. The working schedule there sends the day shift on at 6 In the morning and working straight through until 2 in the afternoon, at which time the night shift goes on and works straight through until midnight, the plant remaining idle from midnight until 6 In the morn - The decision was not reached until 11 o'elock today. No plant machinery may operate but 80 hours under the act, Tht means that plants cannot work ovei two shifts of 40 hours each. Tilt in addition to an eight-hour day means only five days work per weel for plant employes, there being ru work on Saturdays. The codi adopted also regulates that no plan worker can be paid less than fli per week. Mrs. Clyde Dover and two Bttu daughters, Margaret and Joyce, re turned home yesterday after i weeks visit with her parents. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Cook of Hudson. Schools To Open Next Monday; One Starts Thursday Lattimore School Opens 20th AH Other County School* To RcgM Work Monday To Clone Tor Cotton Pitkin*. School days are near at hand ter around 7,000.. Cleveland.. county school children. Approximately 800 Cleveland students return to their school work Thursday of this week while around 7,000 Cleveland county their books Monday of next week. In reopening this month the ru ral schools follow an annual custom of several years standing, the schools opening early so that In the fall they may eloae lor several wdeks hi order that ttje students may help harvest, the cotton crop. Open Thursday Thursday morning of this week the Lattimore school, which has an enrollment, of around BOO, will re sume work. Monday all the other rural sqpools will open, according to 1. H. Orlgg. county superintendent. This year there are no atac months schools as all schools In the county, divided Into 16 districts, are to operate sight months according to the new state law. As a result the eAttf opening rwBl apply to thmsff rant school. Mrs. Whunant It Had Been III Per six Month* DM ttMtewtng A Osaghing Attack. WBpecial to The Star ) Bolting Springs. July 17 — The death of Mrs. Adam Whianant which oocurad Wednesday afternoon came as a shock to her many friends and i relatives although she has been In r a serious condition for quite a while, i Her death was unexpected. It is t thought that she suffered a hem morrnge .of the lungs following a , severe caughing attack. She had , been III for about six months. She was a fine Christian woman ; of upright character. She was al ways kind and lovable. All who knew her, loved her because of Her bright disposition and setf-aacrtfic ing spirit. Mrs. Whlsnant was only 33 years of age. She is survived by her husband and four children: Mary Biddle, Jeannle, A. G. and Betty Ann. Also her father. Mr. Harvey Padgett of Rutherford, her step-mother, four brothers and two sisters survive. Funeral services were conducted Thursday Afternoon at the Sharon Methodist church where she was a member. The Rev. Randall, her pastor, conducted the services. A beautiful tribute, to the life of Mr*. Whlsnant which was sent by the Rev. J. L. Jenkins was read. Two special vocal numbers which were especially fitting were render . ed. The quartette was composed of i Mrs. G. T. Ledford, Mrs. Corey ■ Walker. Mr. M. A. Jolley and Mr. i Jarves Lovelace. Misses Made Lee , and Lois Hamrick sang. The grave was covered with many beautiful flowers. t rv i wo L^eain Claims To Be Heard Here Morgan v». Cleveland Cloth And Sims vs. Southern Cotton Oil Co. To Come Up. (Special to The Star > Raleigh, July 17—Seven acci dental deaths are Involved in the workmen’s compensation cases set for hearing hi the western and up per piedmont sections of th; State during the next two weeks before Industrial Commissioner J. Dewey Dorsett. Beginning Tuesday and continu 1 ing until July 28. the hearings in clude one case at Hendersonville 11 at Asheville, three at Waynes ville, two at Sylva ,two at Bryson City, one at RobbinsviHe, one at Murphy, three at Franklin, one at ’ Marshall, five at Marion, one at Morganton, two at Shelby, one at Linoolnton. one at Statesville, one at Moeksville and six at Winston Salem. The Shelby oases, to be hoard July 26 at 9 A. M-, are: Mrs. Thom as P. Morgan, widow, et al, of Thomas P. Morgan, deceased, vs. Cleveland Cloth Mill: Caldwell Sims vs. Southern Cotton Oil Co. Messrs. Albert Suttle and Pegram ; Holland have returned from Mars Hill where they have been attend ing summer school. L
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