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hie Cllkmlijmd Stark .—. 8 PAGES TODAY .-.—... I j VOL XXXIX No 96 SHELBY, N C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 193.1 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. <» Mail rMM i ofi «tm % 4 h. • i » Late News I HE MARKETS <J|« fn d' *1601 < nttor wed. ,nn 1 L Showers Likely North < arolina Weathei h parti* rlnudy. P»Mlbly lo • — *- mountain rtl' (bundershoners in ienlght and Saturday. Cubans Hurt As Bomb Explodes rtTt STTFn TRESS Havana! < uha. Aug. 11.-A bomi ,h|ch esploded today on the fron ptatform of » street car operatln, poller protection injured a eight people. One policeman Ste ** nwtorman, «« gravC Injured, and five other policeme. t«o civilians «ere less serious! injur'd Rcliahlf Information from an un official source said President Mac harlo is proposing to retire from On presidenr* in favor of General Al ^rto Herrera as a counter proposa (he peace plan suggested by Am ha-ssador Sumner Welles, of On t’nited States To Remove Some Blue Eagles Bv UNITED PRESS Washington. Aug. 1—The remova Bf (he Blue Eagle from stores foun< violating re-employment agreement sa.« said hy Gen. .fohnson, NR A idministrator. today to he equiva lent to "economic" death. Will Have Field Trials, Dog Show At Fair In Fall n*| Fanner* To Gather Here Agaii for Cleveland County Fair Show. Another dog show with the adder iftrsetion of field trials will agair be » feature of the Cleveland Coun tv Fair, it was announced today b; Seeretarv J. S. Dorton. The fair opens on Tuesday, Sept Maud runs through Saturday, Sept -to and thf annual dog show of th< ’''enern Carolinas Kpnnel Club wil be staged on Thursday and Friday Sept 2S-29 Field Trials. The field trials, which it is be lieved will draw hundreds of birc bog owners from several States, wil bo held on Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday during the fair The trials will be run in the 10 acre area inside the racetrack ant in from of the grandstand. Quai «'ll be plareft at different point; wthiB the in acres and the worl of the dog, will be judged on thi ground The field trials will b» "pen to all pointers and setters There win be three races, one th< puppy race for dogs under one year ihe derby race for dogs under twt and the all-age for dogs of any age Last vear due to the depressior Hie Cleveland County Fair was t ,ree fair, no admission being charg »b to enter the grounds. This year however, the fair will return t< former admission prices tn orde: that the money taken in at thi sate mav be used for cash prize; for winning exhibits and entries No cash prizes were given last yea: *nd if. was found that there woult more and better competition fo: rash prizes The gpneral admissiot be 35 rents during the dav an< J rent* night. The box seat.: in the grandstand will cost 50 cent, '■nriE the day for the races ant r« art* and 35 cents at night fo o free acts and fireworks. t Textile Payrolls Increase $20,000 A Week In County Kings Min. Retvrts SIJ.WW A WrrU Increase. 23 Mills Now Run ning Full Time. Industrial payrolls for the eleven . textile mills at Kings Mountainj have increased around $12,000 a] . week, according to reliable informa-; , tion gathered in a survey there th*s| I week. j Added to the *8.000 increase in j • i the payrolls of the nine textile plants in Shelby, one mill at Gro ver. one at Double Shoals and on" | at Lawndale-, the 23 textile plants of j the county have a weekly tncreasi ! of approximately $20,000. The nor mal payrolls are no; known, but the increase adds considerably to fb“ buying power of the public. Mer chants are feeling the effects of it! 1 in the trade channels. Ail mills are I working full time with two forty j 1 hour shifts a week thus giving the] • industrial wo kers plenty of time to play and shop Mill men report a falling, off in orders due to the confusion in prices of goods which have had to < He revised because of the processing fax and the inerrs'-ed labor cost Between Seasons Grocervmen report increased sales, but most, dry good, merchants say business is very irregular and ! i scoffed. Pome report sate increases w'hile others say their sales are I hanging around normal. They at i tribute this, however, to the be tween-senson. People are not grab bing for summer goods with sum mer nearly over and are not ready for fall goods. Buyers are in the [■ market, now making their selections ! for fall and winter. In the . mean* I time, goods already in stock in | stores are offered at less than re I placement, cost. At Kings Mountain Says a dispatch from Kings i Mountain; | "The people hen are very much I 1 elated over the shorter working j hours and pay increase. "This week has seen many move | business firms pledging support to ' the NRA and the Inauguration of a ! drive the aim of which is to create employment for those out of wprk ■ Following a meeting held in the city hall today new hours for the stores were fixed. This was done following an announcement from Washington ’ by General Johnson, NRA adminis trator that stores may work their employees for 48 hours per week provided that they serve their trade for 63 hours per week "The stores will open at 8 o'clo-k in the morning and close at six ' o'clock for five days in the week. On Saturday the stores will open at 8 ! and close at 3 o'clock. These new hours will mean the employment, of extra forces and will do much to ' help the unemployment situation \ here." ; Receives News Of Her Father’s Death \ Mrs. Dwight Houser of Wes; Warren street, received news yes-1 , terday of the death of her father ! H. S. Norton, in Shreveport. La. He ’ had been sick only a few days Mr I Norton ts survived by his wife and . five children, one daughter living in Shelbv on West Warren street On Fishing Trip Me®rs. Ed D. Pete Grigg William Skirie",' Juhii.s Spurling and Julius Brackett returned yesterday from a two-day fishing trip with Former Sheriff Irvin Alien at his farm in the White Lake section of Eastern Carolina Unde Sam Will Do His Business Oniy With Firms Flying Blue Eagle Roosevelt Signs Executive Order Requiring Contractors To Buy From Blue Eagle Concerns. Hyde Park. N. Y.. Aug. 11.—Presi dent Roosevelt last night issued at. executive order placing all govern ment contracts under the terms of the national recovery program for shorter working hours and higher wa ges. By this move the president made certain that any of the supplies provided in the vast government’s public works program must come from concerns which fly the Blue Eagle emblem. More than $500,000,000 is spent by the government annually. Mr. Roosevelt had a $3,300,000,000 public works plan in operation. He is making sure that the government j s fully enrolled behind the new in hi'itrial order. i Many contracts have been held Several Injured In Hospital Now; No Serious Hurts Bov Breaks Nose In Fall From Swing. Negro Falls From Rail road Trestle. A number of injured people have hern treated or are patients in the Shelby hospital this week, but al though several are severely hurt there are no real serious injuries among the number D. C. Turner, jr aged 5, of Bet wood, war brought to the hospital yesterday suffering with a painful compound fracture of the nose. The injury was received when he either broke, it is said Yoder Faulkner, colored man of I Rock Hill, was treated at the hos pital Wednesday for Injuries re reived when he fell from a railroad trestle near Mooresboro. It is un derstood that he was putting In some holts when he started to move a plank and fell about 30 feet. He suffered concussions, it is said, of the left chest but was able to leave the hospital after receiving treat-. Marvin Ellis, rolorrd delivery 1 boy, suffered bruises about thn ’ head Thursday when he was struck while riding his wheel, by an auto- | mobile at the Washington and Ma rion street intersection. The driver ■ of the car. said to be from Gas tonia, picked the youth up and car ried him to the hospital where he was able to return home after being given treatment. Frank Newton, young white man, was still a patient in the hospital today. Buffering with head injuries He was injured Tuesday evening w hen he fell to the sidew-alk and j struck-his head while scuffling. His1 skull was fractured in the fall. McBrayer To Open Hi* Store Saturday! : Evans E McBrayer who for 25 years or more operated a men's store in Shelby, will resume busi ness here tomorrow in the store rnr»m formerly occupied by Wright Baker Co, on N. LaFayette street! Mr McBrayer has just returned from northern markets and part of his merchandise has arrived. He expects to be open with a full stock on Saturday of next week. Hord^ Now Salesman With Furniture Co. Alton L. Hord this week joined the sales force of Kester-Groome Furniture company of North La Fayette street. Mr. Hord is a pop- j ular and experienced salesman, and] well known throughout the county, having been employed with Efirdv and Bel.k’s department stores in1 Shelby. Eskridge Operate* Local Ga* Station __ i Alfred Eskridge. young Shelby man. this week purchased and is now operating the Rogers service station near the Southern tracks on West Marion street. The station is now known as the Eskridge service station and handles Sinclair pro ducts up, it. Is understood. pending a de termination that all firms who work for the government are fully in line. Government To Step In “If the contractor fails to com ply with the foregoing provision," said the president's order, “the government may oy written notice to the contractor terminate the contractor’s right to proceed with the contract, and purchase in the open market the undelivered por tion of the supplies covered by the contract, and the contractor and his sureties shall be liable to the government for any excess cost oc casioned by the government there by." It is one of the first affirmative actions taken by the president to force enforcement of his new in dustrial plan. He is confident of vol untary cp-oprre*;.-«m s making a sue : cess of the dri'.c he wants !h | government to be 190 per cent H In Recovery Post I J ... Mary E. Hughes, of Louisville, Ky., new head of the women’s division of the National Recovery Administra tion, is shown at her desk in the Commerce Department as she as sumed her new duties. She’s en trusted with the task of getting the nation’s womanhood into line to aid recovery. Liquor Cases 45 Per Cent Of Cases SaysJudgeWright Judge Joseph Wri(hl Gives History Of Recorder’s Court Hot*. Tries 925 Cane*. Violations of the liquor laws or kindred offenses constituted *5 per rent of the cases In the recorder s court for the first, seven months of this year, according to Judge Jo seph Wright who spoke last night before the Kiwanis club. Judge Wright divided the 46 per cent in this matter. 36 per cen* for violation of the prohibition law, 2C per cent for selling liquor or driv ing drunk, but added that liquor offenses constituted 45 per cent of the cases tried in the recorders court this year Cases for assault and affray constituted 15 per cent, crimes against public morals lar ceny 7; worthless checks 7; embez zlement 3; receivi*g stolen goods 3 The court has collected in fines since the first of the year $2,209 and in fees $2,248, while the oper ating cost of the court during this period has been $2,408. “The depres sion affected the court just as it affected business and violators were unable to pay fines and fees,’’ said Judge Wright. "Five years ago the guilty asked to pay fines, now they prefer a road sentence, but the state has more prisoners than it has need for, so this has brought about an unusual situation.” The Cleveland Choral society of colored singers, delighted the cluh members with three negro spiritual selections which were greatly en joyed. To Get Fund For Kings Mountain Early Consideration of Improve ment Plans Assured, Richards Believes. Washington, Aug. 11.—The Kings Mountain national monument pro ject in South Carolina has been restored to its former status for early consideration. Representative John C. Richards of the fifth dis trict in which the famous battle field is situated, part of which is a cemeterv, feels that the plan to spend $200,000 on the project is now in good shape. The secretary of war recommend ed that the foregoing sum be ex pended out of the $3,300,000,000 pub lic works appropriation by buying additional land, erecting markets ar.d otherwise preserving the prop erty. The national parks or the cemetery division of the war de partment has been transferred to the interior department, under the reorganization plan of the Presi dent, and is now under the head of the national park service with Hor ace M. Albright as director. Upon request of Mr. Richards, Mr. Albright has included the ap propriation in his list of projects recommended to the public works administration and feels that it will be acted upon favorably. Turner Battle, assistant secretary of labor Is a member of the cabinet commit tee passing upon projects, and Mr. Richards also urged inclusion of the project with him, also Secretary Ickes. rmblic works administrate Several years .ago congress author ized the expenditure of $200,000 on the battlefield, but it was never in cluded in an appropriation bill, 'icnce dplay in completing the project. Relief Workers Cut Off In City Due To Pay Rate Insufficient Funds To Pay Them Msv Provide Work For Moil De serving In Order That They May Earn Something Eighty-five men who had been working on relief projects in Shelby were dismissed early this week when it was found that the 40 hour week and 30 cent an hour pay called for in the president’s blanket code would affect relief workers drawing their pay from the federal govern ment. It was learned at the local relief office that this work was suspended because funds are not available to maintain a force of this sire at the rate of pay prescribed Fifty cents a day has been paid for relief labor and this rate cl pay has been rather general over the state, the. low rate being set In order not to conflict with farm lab or pay. The relief departments have been unsettled as to what course to lake. They wanted to pay a reason able wage, but if a wage were too attractive, the applicants for work would swarm the office. As a matter of fact, the work nas not been so necessary to be done. Work pro jects were set up to enable those without work to earn a bare exist ence rather than be handed out something or nothing However, these deserving men are needing work and with the relief department it is a problem to know whether to help them and their families at their homes or allow them t, owork a few hours a week at the rate of thirty cents per hour to get their budgetary needs. It is probable that the most de serving cases will oe aided through work projects. That Is. the work will be resumed to give them eight to ten hours work a week at thirty cents an hour, rather than contri bute to their sustenance without re quiring anything in return. There has been a falling off In relief demands during the summer and now Cleveland county is carry ing fewer cases than any county In North Carolina. Welfare Office In Court House Now The county board of welfare and relief has been moved from the Lineberger building to the Court House. The room on the northwest comer of the first floor has been assigned to this office which was recently reinstated with J. D Line berger in charge. Mrs. Harry Speck the assistant and secretary is in charge. It is one of the busiest places in the city, handling ar it does the relief work supported by the government, work projects, school attendance, delinquent boys and girls, mother’s aid, etc Roosevelt Will Take Yacht Cruise By UNITED PRESS Hyde Park, N. V. Aug. II.—Presi dent Roosevelt plans a four-day cruise aboard Vincent Astor’s yacht, Nourhahal, beginning August 31, it was revealed today. The cruise will be from here to Washington. Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. What country was called Cam bria? 2. Where is the Waikato River? 3 What is a teal? 4. Name the King of Italy. 'j S. What is the origin of the name j of the Kodiah bear? 8. Are women eligible to the Presi 11 dency of the United States? 7. Are natives of the Philippine • | Islands American citizens? ■ 8. To whom do the Wake Islands ; belong? 9. What is the Koran? 10. What country do the Japanese call Chosen? , i 11. What is the Kohinoor Di mond? , 12. Name the capital of the Prov ! ince of East Prussia. 13. Who is the Greek god of dreams? 14. Was Napoleon a title or the i first name of Bonaparte? 15. What is a Wallaroo? 16. What university is located in Cambridge, Mass.? 17. What is Camelot? , ! 18. Where is the city of Walla | Walla ? | 19. What are the three main di visions of the human race? 20. Which is heavier and harder j platinum or gold? , Answering Testified for "Smiling Widow" Dr. Francis McCarthy (left), Tufta College medical esnert, and Dr. Alexander Goettler (right), noted New York toxicologist, both of whom are defense witnesses in the Salem, Mass., trial of Mrs. Jessie Costello, accused of murdering her husband with poison. Dr. Goettler testified Costello could have died from inhalation of cyanide fumes. Inset ia Andrew Fyfe, Jr., Mrs. Costello's brother, who testified on her behalf. Hamrick, Alleged Slayer, Waives Preliminary In Death Case Here No Evidence Offered In County Court By Alleged Ktllrr Of Negro Showman. Zlm Hamrick. Shelby anti Nr» Jersey negro. charged with the slaying of a negro showman in Shelby a week ago last Sunday night, waived a preliminary hear ing In county recorder's frourt here this morning. When the hearing was waived Hamrick was returned to jail to await the next term of superior court. The charge is bailable but Recorder J. M Wright did not set any definite bond at the hearing this morning. It Is alleged that Hamrick fatal ly stabbed the negro showman Charlie “Snowball, a trap drummer from Atlanta, in a brawl in Freed man. colored residential section Hamrick escaped after the slaying and was not captured until this week Three other negroes. one a brother of Hamrick, were given hearing in connection with the death but were freed, the evidence indicating that. Hamrick inflicted the fatal wound, a stab in the jug ular vein. 12-Year-Old Thief Is Nabbed In City! Police Rav Youthful Negro Robbed 1 Campbell Store Wednesday Nighl. They start at an early age these days. City police yesterday arrested Avro Johnson, 12-year-old colored boy, on the charge of robbing Camp bell’s department store some time. Wednesday night. According to officers the youth secreted himself in the store Wed nesday evening and was locked up at closing time. So far as can be de- j termtned he took only 41 cents ir j money and some cigarettes. When I arrested yesterday he attempted to implicate several others in the rob bery, but today admitted, It was said, that he was alone. He is to be given a hearings be fore Superior Court Clerk A M Hamrick, juvenile judge, this after noon at, 3 oc’lock “Mis. Shelby” Enter. “Happy Day” Contest Will Re Rfprewntallvr Of Khrlhi Men* Club In Sparlanbur* Festival. Annie Ruth Dellinger, the 103' bflss Shelby" selected by the Amer ican Legion, will represent th« Shelby Lions club In the beaut} contest feature of the big Happ; Day Festival and Mardi Ora* al Spartanburg on Thursday, August 17. The big festival l* being sponsor ed there by the Lions club and wll Include a mRmmoth parade, streel dances and other form* of enter tainment. Each Lions club in th« ■section will enter a beauty conteF ant and the winner will be cirowneC "Miss Prosperity.’' Quite a numbei of Shelby Lions and members o! their families plan to attend tht event. Forest City Plant Has Employe Strike Around J7S Employee* Of Florencf Mill* Of Forest City Are On Strike. Raleigh. Aug. 11— Major A. L. Fletcher, state commissioner of labor, yesterday was asked by tele graph to send a representative of his office at once to Forest City, where operatives orf the Florence mills went on strike The telegram, signed by J. F Proctor, merely said "help of Flor ence mills out on strike Send rep resentative at once.” Fletcher directed J. P Lang, sen ior Inspector of the office, who wa.> in Hickory this moining, to go it Forest City immediately. The commission said he knew nt details but expected a report latei today He said he did not know whe Proctor was Records of (he labor department show about- 27ft employes for thi Florence mills. SPORTS ON PAGE EIGHT Vocational Education Given 27,964 Students In State During 1932-33 Majority Studied Vocational Agri culture And Put Training Into Use. (Star News Bureau.) Raleigh, Aug. 9.—Vocational edu cation was given to 27,964 student; in North Carolina during the school year 1932-33. including pupils in regular high schools, employed stu dents who can attend school only part of the day, and adults who can attend classes at night only, T. E. Browne, state director of voca tional education points out in his report to the federal board of voca tional education. Of this number 13,600 students were in vocational agriculture and carried on 14,748 separate projects at home, where they applied to the actual jobs on the farm the knowl edge obtained in the classroom. Mi Browne said. Even with the low prices the students lust yp* . in ‘his supervised practice work on thej l farm;-, made a net profit of $359, 681.69, an amount more than tin entire cost of teaching vocational agriculture in North Carolina. he stated, Vocational education is more pop ular in North Carolina than at any former time, Mr. Biowne said. Cit ing that the new school machinery act requires vocational work to oe done on a county-wide, rather than a district basis as heretofore, Mr Browne states that not a single county has voted to discontinue the work and that many counties are levying taxes for from one to five additional vocational teachers Even though the new school law prohibits establishing, of vocational work in counties which did not car ry it on in 1932-33, the program of vocational agricultural instruction could be enlarged by 25 to 40 de partments if state and federal fund' iConllnued on Page 8) County Farmers To Get $177,000 From Cotton Cut Larger Sum Than Other Counties * Knhrann f anner.. Get W.OOfl !,**». Will Get About That Much More farm Option* — Cotton farmer* of Cleveland coun ty will receive more money from the federal government, for ootlon acreage reduction than any other county in North Carolina. Thia la due to the fact that Cleveland, be Inn the largest cotton-producing county in the *t.ata. has plowed up more rot ton than anv of the other counties Figures compiled In Raleigh show thnt Cleveland farmers will he paid *177,533 50 by the government for cotton plowed up. A number of ver ification certificates showing that the cotton has already been destroy ed have already been sent to Wash ington through Farm Agent R. W. Shoffncr and It is believed that, checks will begin arriving In a weak or so In the meantime farmers ar# completing the plowing up or de struction of the cotton pledged for reduction and committees are clerk ing up on the amount destroyed. Other Counties Robeson county farmers will re ceive next lo the largest sum In t.ha State. *176.164 10, or only *3,000 less than Cleveland. Anson county farm ers will get *135,540, and Onion farmers $145,310 Catawba farmers will recelvt $32,346, Gaston *78.536.75. Lincoln $39,672, and Rutherford *103.459 It Is estimated that In addition t.« the *177,000 cash Cleveland farmer* will receive for plowing up thflr cotton they will also get around the same amount, or between $150,(W and *175,000, on cotton optioned at the time the contracts were made for plowing up cotton, In the State sa a whole 51.023 cotton growers who signed acreage reduction contracts In the recent drive to decrease 1933 production will receive *2,871,036 in cash bene fits in addition to options on 107. 368 bales of government cotton es timated to bring *2,147,100, Ohttfle* A. Sheffield, assistant director of State college extension, said. A complete summary of ths cam paign showing the growers had agreed to remove from production 64 per cent of the state's MS.000 acre allotment goal. Sheffield estimated tha decreased 1933 crop will bring approximately *16.000,000 more than the 1*83 crop because of the Increased pries* for the staple. Purchases Made On One Trip To Have Only 1 Tax Kwh Item Purchaaad In flam* Store Not To Bear Sale* Tax. But Only Tax On Total. Shelby residents are manifesting much interest in a ruling Just made by Harry McMullan. director o< the sales tax division of the state reve nue department, with referenoe to collection of the North Carolina three per cent sales tax by stores operating a number at separate de partmental counters. Explaining the "one trading sea son’’ provision of the uniform sales tax schedule, Mr. McMullan said: “This Is Intended to mean that any and all purchases made by a customer at any one visit to a store will include the purchases made In the store at one and all depart ments In the store op that particu lar trip or visit. This will be re garded as ’one trading period.' Pur chases at different counters on the same trip should be treated as pui chases made at ‘one trading per iod’ and a customer should not or taxed separately by each depart ment on the same visit.’’ Community Singing At Belwood School A community singing convention will be held at the Belwood h'ffh school on Sunday. Aug. 30. at 3 in the afternoon. All choirs and quar tets are invited to be present. Joe Boyles Is president of the conven tion and Mary Ledford secretary An tl-Inrh Bean H. O. Bailey, of Sumter street. ! was exhibiting today an 11-Inch bean grown In his garden. It was of the brown Kentucky wonder variety and he say* that there are quite a number of beans of similar slae to i his garden l
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