Thsi W EW S PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 100 SHELBY, N. C MONDAY, AUG. 21, 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. H* Mall oar raar. (t» rtrutil H •arrlat mi rear tin «4ltDM u * t the markets - ... 9W to «v* Cotton. spot . . Cotton seed, ton -- .. S16.00 Rain Likely Todav * North Carolina Weather ■,norti Cloudy and probably rain in| " "ral and oast portion* tonight and Tuesday.. Not much change in temperature Four Killed In Crash Today ,Bv CNTTED PRESS Wilmington. Deieware. Aug. *1-— j Pour persons were killed and 21 in ured today when a truck loaded _j,u njn cotton crashed into the wr of a small truck filled with picnickers. The crash was followed hr three explosions and a fire which •orpt the two trucks and trapped the men, women and children In the wreckage- At least one person was j hunted to death while Deieware Highway patrolmen watched help lessly. Six car* closely following the Mg truck were also set afire. The , dead are mostly member* of -the: Chester. Pa., athletic club. Expect Exhibits At Coining Fair To Be Best Yet _ i Club Women And Others Preparing Exhibit* Now. Good Farm Displays. Agricultural and household ex hibits at the Cleveland County Fair this year, Sept. 26-30, are expected to be up to the high standard of previous years, if not better, Secre tary J S Dorton stated today. Renewed interest has been shown in bu’M- booths and entries of all types, he said, because cash r; j.e- being offered again this rear after not having cash prizes, iast year. Club women, farm women and! housewives are already preparing! and assembling their exhibits and exhibit spare has been assigned to quite a number. One exhibit which is expf'’ted to be unusually good Is that which will be staged by the Central curb market, while six women will have individual curb! market booths: Twelve of the! county home demonstration clubs! have already informed that they will have booths, and at least four community booths are assured, along with six individual farm dis plays. a feature which has for sev eral years been one of the fair’s major attractions from an agri culturaJ standpoint, Taking Space Quite a bit of space has already been taken for booths and displays; in the commercial building and alii this space is expected to be taken! within the next few weeks. Judging Contest The district livestock judging con test, which will be participated in bv vocational students from 16 schools in a half dozen counties, will be held on Thursday of fair week. This event attracted con siderable attention last year. Enlarge Ground The fair tract proper will be about five acres larger this year. The fence has been moved back at the northwest side of the fair grounds wid around five additional acres taken in for parking space List 250 Unemployed At Shelby Bureau mplnvmpni office Also Trying To Place Unemployed Workers. ®an ® Frazier, who is in charge the registration at the Federal and State re-employment office in Shelby, stated today that 250 un employed people have been regis tered at the office since it was open ad Friday. The office is securing the names and information about all unem ployed with the hope of getting some of them employment on pub 'c WOrks and placing others with private employers. Jobs have already been secured; *as said, for a housekeeper, a practical nurse and two cooks. Any "ne desiring help of any type Is wed to communicate with the of rf' *'hifh is on West Marion 1 a’here they may secure full •-ormarian about unemployed who have registered. more laborers have reg . 1an ar,y other class of un huLr T^!e vocations of those . ‘ i*r ar« as follows: e#™tts lw truck drivers 28. uZ n ” textlle *™kers 14, l3 ClPrks 10- cook£ 9- ^ick ’■ concrete finishers 7. tj-i f p*r * stenographers 3, rS , Janitors 3, plumbers 2, j m " \ f‘nglneers 2, Chauffeurs iers i ri ' ^nters 1. steam fit WT* l< «ry cleaners i. MU‘er Freeman and li <4 to their hStateSVme haVe retl wff* h hotne’ after spending *** ,wi^ ner sister-in Wk to Statesville. 4 Over 2,300 Register For School Election Election Here Week ' From Tuesday Heavy Registration Indicates Keen Interest In Election. A total of 2.322 Shelby citi zens have registered to vote in the special school tax election to be held Tuesday. Aug. 29. This is a record registration in the city and indicates the keen interest on the part of the people. The heaviest registration was in Ward One where 620 people regist ered, while 603 registered in South Shelby and 560 in Ward Three The lowest registration was 212 in Ward Two. Books Closed The registration books closed Sat urday evening, the heaviest regis tration of the period coming that day. Saturday, the 26th. will be challenge day. Opinion Divided Although the big registration shows the interest in the special tax to be passed upon, opinion is pretty evenly divided insofar as can be determined. Supporters of the tax stated to day that the outlook is more fav orable for the tax to carry now than it was a week or so ago. This is due, it is said, to the fact that many who were opposed to the tax have changed their minds after having it explained to them. The election was called for the purpose of passing on a special tax of 20 cents on the $100 valuation for tire purpose of extending the regular State term of eight months to nine months. The tax will not be used, it was announced, to sup plement salaries of teachers but will go entirely to pay the operation expenses of the extra month. Last week the several Parent Teacher Association units of the city held meetings at which the tax was explained and the movement carried direct to the homes. How Registered The 2.322 registration is almost as large as the regular voting strength of the city was Just a few years ago. The registration by wards was as follows: Ward One _ 620 Ward Two _ 212 Ward Three ___ 560 Ward Pour 327 South Shelby _ 603 ^ Total ... 2,322 Arrest Negro Over Stealing Of Corn Had Been Stealing: Roasting Ears And Selling Them, He Tells Officers. Sim Hull, colored, was placed In the county jail here Saturday charged with stealing and selling roasting ears. According to officers Hull, who lived on the Bass Suttle place, had been stealing corn from Bi" Pom pey. who lives on the Wells place, and selling it to Shelby stnr-v Sat urday after bring arreted H’ ". ad mitted. Po'ice Chief Wilkins says, that he had been getting the corn I Eight end a half dozen ears were solely to te Rlchbourg stn ■ Friday and six and a half dozen Saturday. Parent*. Teachers To Gather Tuesday; A meeting of the South. She'by j Parent-Teacher -association will be, held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in | ‘he South Shelby school bulldlny j "wo or more speakers will discus-.1 the special school tax election and j the public is invited to attend Teachers Of N. C. To Be Paid $45 To $90 Monthly By New Schedule No Teacehr To Bo Paid More Than 8720 Per Year, Principal Minimum $115. Raleigh. Aug. 18—A salary sche dule for North Carolina teachers ranging from a minimum of $45 r month to a maximum of $90 was approved today by the state school board of education for action at the earliest possible moment. Under the schedule no teacher will be paid more than $720 a year unless a local salary supplement is applied as the rate is fixed on the basis of a monthly salary only for the state supported eight months’ term,Dr. A. T. Allen, superintend ent of public instruction, said. f j The scale, which was prepared toy [ a special committee representing Live J Mass Meeting On Thursday Eve To Talk School Tax All Citizens Of Shelby Askrd To Attend Meeting Hoey Will Speak. A mass meeting of the riti «ens of the community is being called to be held in the coun ty courthouse on Thursday evening, August 24, at 8 o’clock for the purpose of discussing the local school situation. The meeting will be presided over by private citizens and the discus sion will be led by private citi zens. Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will make the principal address. Everyone is Invited to attend. It is expected that the meet ing will be largely attended. No one wants to decide a matter of momentous importance without having the facts. The people will be told how much money is be ing asked for, why it is needed, and the purposes to which It is to be applied. Come and bring your friends regardless of the way you feel about the matter. 519 Families In County Given Aid In Month Of July Big Drop In Number Of Families Needing Federal Aid During Month. Raleigh. Aug. 21.—Forty-aeven per cent decrease in the number of North Carolina families requiring federal relief was shown in July as compared with June, or i drop from 92,272 in June to 68,937 in July, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, state relief director, reveals in her month ly report. The number of families aided in July is 64 per cent below the num ber aided in the peak month of March, when 164,000 families were aided, as compared with the 58,937 In July. This large decrease in North Caro Una's destitute families is attributed by Mrs. O'Berry to three causes: improved business conditions: a logical seasonal decline; and be cause- 135,000 rebef families have been assisted in planting gardens and small farms from which they have derived their foods. , Mecklenburg led with 5,678 fam ilies requiring aid; Guilford was sec ond with 3,727; Buncombe had 2.862. Wake, 2,710. Forsyth 2,036, Durham 1,641. Cleveland county had 519 fam ilies receiving aid In July. Couple Married At Gaffney Saturday Cecil Williams and Miss Queenie jladden, both of Cleveland county, were married Saturday afternoon at lafncv by Probate Judge Stroupe. Sir. Williams is a salesman for the Li. B. Price company and the couple will mak® their home here. SECOND STRAWBERRY CROP George Elam, collector for the city wate- and l'ght department, has something unusual for gardeners to snoot at. Ou! of his garden he is now getting 1 is second crop of strawberries off the same vines this mmer. The first crop came along in Ayr:’ and the present crop in August. rommission an r the "duration ward, began the classified princi pals' salaries at schools of wen teachers with increases allowed for the number of allotted teachers in excess of that number. A maximum salary of *11 f a month was set for principals of seven-teacher schools. The minimum :s *95 a month. *2,800 For City Principals A maximum salerv of *2,800 a year was set for (superintending principals of city rdmin'strative units. It was estimated the salary bud get for state operation of teh eight months school term will be *9,500, XX). The schedule set ip was for white teachers, vith tower figure' 5 ^Continued on Page ») Principals in Poison Drama i Above (left) fa Mark H. Shank, Akron, Ohio, attorney, who eonJeauad to poisoning Mr. and Mra. Alvin Colley (lower left) and their two children to forestall threats of blackmail and possible implication in the theft of legal papers. At right fa Clyde Colley, only survivor of the poisoned family. Shank was arrested at Hot Springs, Ark. - ; —r1—- /- . .... , - Lily Mill To Build New Power Plant At Stice’s Shoals Soon iMeeeaMng Work CodrrmT Now. Wont WiH Be Larger Than Present One. Construction work will begin with in the next few weeks npon a new power plant at Slice's Shoals to replace the present plant which generates power for the LUy MU1 of Shelby, tt was announced today by John Schenck Jr. Excavation work tor a race Is now going on at the plant, which la about five miles from 8hetby on Broad rteer, and about JO men are being worked. The new plant will be entirely new. new building and new equip ment, and will be considerably larg er than the present one. The pres ent plant is a 600-horsepower plant while the new one will be SM. Employment Picks Up, Wages Increase Through N.R.A Drive Regard Present Tapering Off Of Prod action Peaks As Logic* I Development. New York, Aug. 21,—Under toe expanding wings of the Blue Bagle, business scored satisfactory prog ress last week, as employment and wages showed a continued upward trend. In a number of industries, how ever. the delay in perfecting codes of fair competition has returned the rate of activity. "Widespread confidence exists that such diffi culties will be adjusted satisfac torily even if a bit of discreet pres sure has to be applied here and there. The fact that this has already been necessary in some of the “heavy Industries,'' such as coal, oil and steel, has not lessened the de sire of American business to do their part in the re-employment drive. Meanwhile, the N. R. A. machinery is functioning more smoothly. Absence of Declines Outside of fluctuations in secur ity and commodity market* there has been an absence of the deep ! declines which business generally ; experience* in midsummer. Pro j d’.ction outdistanced consumption some 40 per cent in the pact two (Continued or. Page 8> William S. Haynes Died On Wednesday Servtved By Widow And Ten Chil dren. Forty-Five tirandchil- J Aren Also Sarrive William Stanford Haynes. 8? j years old, died August 16 Mr 1 f Tfaynea was married to Mary Phil-1 | Ups. who survives, on March 37 j 11878, and to this union was born 12; I children, eight boy’s and four girls Mrs. Jennie Mode, of near Hollis; Mrs. Cleo Hasting, of South Shel by; Mrs. Lei a Fortenberry, of near Fallston; Charlie Haynes, of Soutn Shelby; Romie Haynes, of Morgan i ton; Roland Haynes, of near Cher | ryrtlle; Dowe Ha-nes of Casar, | Perry, Forest and Wayne Haynes | >, ho are at home Mr. Haynes hat only one broth er, Jim Haynea, of Spruce Pine. lie i Iras fifty-one «,randehil1,—Mrs. C Eugene Neisler, Jr., prominent Kings Mountain woman, was killed and Joe A. Thompson of this city was seriously Injured in the colli sion of two automobiles near Alex andria, Vs , aarly Sunday afternoon, it was learned here by relatives. Mrs. Neisler, about 35 years old, whose husband is the president of the Neisler Mills, Inc, died soon after she was taken to an Alexan dria hospital. Mr. Thompson, office manager and superintendent,of the Neisler mills' finishing department suffered a broken arm, broken leg and crushed chest. His condition was said to be orlttcal. He was In the Alexandria hospital. No details could be had of the collision, although H was reported that two other persons wera Injur ed. Mr and Mrs. Namier. Mr. Thomp son and a Mrs. Lyman, sister of Mrs Neisler, who had been visiting here for several days, were on their way by automobile to New York Olty and to Buffalo, the latter Mrs Lyman’s home. Mr. Neisler and Mrs Lyman were anlnjured. Mrs. Neisler was formerly Miss BtlMe Baker of Harrisburg, Pa , and was active In Kings Mountain's no dal and religious life. She is sur vived by her hueband ,a nine-year old son. Billie, and relatives in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thompson and her brother, Grady King, left here Sunday night for Alexandria to be with Mr Thompson. Thompson No Better A telephone message from Kings Mountain to The Star at 3 o'clock this afternoon Informed that definite funeral arrangements for Mrs. Neis ler have not yet been made. It was also said that these was no change In the condition of Mr. Thompson, who was described as 'erttleally hart.'* Labor Organizer In Shelby Today; Meet On Saturday Albo* ftnrtt Rapraenunt vnitM TiiWij Workers, Organlain* Here. Albert 8 Book, of Lenoir, a vice president of the North Carolina Fed eration of Labor and a represen tative of the United Textile Work ers of America, was in Shelby today to open a campaign to organise the textile and hosiery worker* of this section. A public meeting will be held, he announced, ait the county fair grounds Saturday. August 36. at 3 o'clock and all textile workers are invited to attend. Mr. Beck may be seen, he said at Union hall at any time except Saturday, and any other Information can be secured he said, from C. M. Fox and Roy Dickerson, at the Cleveland Cloth mill, or L. L. Dlmsdale at the Eton In announcing the meeting for Saturday, Mr. Beck Issued the fol lowing statement: "Now, follw. is your chance to help yourselves. Just think, if it were not for union labor there nev er would have been a national Is sue for an eight-hour day. Union labor has done H for you. Now come into the fold of real he-men and women, and help to make all work ing folks In the textile industry un ion men and women. Then see how different the union shop will be. Tour fellow workers will not be Jeai (Continued on Page 8) Jeffiess And Maxwell Figure-Heads Only In Office, Is Claim Of Paper Supposed Assistants Really Running Highway And Prison Unit*. Raleigh. Aug. >1 — The Raleigh Times says in a signed story "re organisation of the state's highway and prison departments under the new, consolidation plan set E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the highway and public works commission, to sea Ip the same political boat with A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of rev enue, and it is reported that neither man has an oar " The Times says “Mr Jeffress and Mr. Maxwell wear the titles" in their departments but that Geo Ross Pou. former prison superinten dent and now assistant to Jeffress k Woman Killed, Eight Injured In Collision W. M. U. Speaker Rev. Jacob Oarttnbim, or Atlanta, will be the principal speaker on Sept. 1. at II o'clock, at ths W. M U. convention to be held at Boll ing Spring*. Gartenhass Will SpeakToW.M.U. Noted MWon Worker And Christ Ian Jaw” Coming To Cownty. Bov. Jacob Gartenhaus. of the Home Mia*ton Board of the South ern Baptist convention at Atlanta, Georgia, will be fhr principal speak er at the King* Mountain Associa tion W. M U. convention, which will be held at Bolling Spring* Rev. Mr. Gartenhaus will apeak at 11 o'clock on Sept,. 1. Be has for twelve year* engaged In Jewish work, covering not only our southern territory but has spok en in thirty different state*, visited European countries and Palestine. Mr Gartenhaus' address will be of unusual interest. He was bom in Austria, of Jew ish parentage in a home of wealth and culture, educated in the strict est Jewish schools of learning, the cherished hope of his parents being that he become a rabbi. He came to the United States In hi* youth seeking wealth, but the world with Ms charms failed to satisfy this Hebrew's search for peace of heart until he found Jesus of lfaaareth. On completing his tOontinued on Page A) i -- Mass Meeting Of Business Men To Be Held Tuesday A mA» mrfttni of Shelby I buitncM men and merchants will be hold nt the mart home In Shelby tomorrow, Tuesday, evening at 8 o'clock, It wan an nounced today following a con ference between a number of local merchant*. The pnrpone of the meeting Tuesday night will be to plan ! and prepare for a trad* event, j or bargain daya, in the city neat week. The tentative Idea I* to have a two or three-day trading event In which all mer ! chant* will cooperate In offer 1 ing bargains before the price of goods go up September 1 when | the new processing tax goes on. Business men and merchants 1 of all types are urged to attend | the meeting, an Invitation be ing extended to drug stores, de partment stores, hardware stor , es, Jewelry stores, clothing stor es, grocery stores, service sta tions. cafes, etc. at the same pay as the chairman, and Dr. M. C. S. Noble Jr., execu tive assistant commissioner of rev enue, “are running the works." “When the shakeup came Thurs day in re-organiaation of highways and prison, it was noticeable that Mr. Pou’a personnel in the prison division was kept pretty well in tact while Mr. Jeffrees suffered severe losses, notably the political execution of Leslie Ames, chief en gineer of the highway department,” the paper continues. "Mr. Jeffress said little but it was : apparent that he was thinking a 1 lot about the changes in his per- 1 sonnel. He fought for his folks |1 but the odds were too great—Gov- ] C*r* Collide At Street Corner Mh. BH "worth Tssslir RHM In Rad Oar Crash Sntidajr. Mr*. KHa worth Trutrr, show! *0, of M. Petersburg, ria.. anti a native and formal resident at this place. was fatally Infused and eight other* wew» hart In a terrific aato cnWeton altos* 1:10 Sunday afternoon at the Sowth LaFnyette and Warren •tree! ItAenierMon here. Mr* BUsworbh died about tit mln rtee after the trash, death result ing from a fractirrsd ahull and ither Injuries The other* injured were Mm. W. ‘ Pendleton, of Shelby, atm la In the Shelby hoepttal badly hurt; Mr. and Mr*. Jim Love, aieo of Bhelb*. and a eotnred woman, PrlaoUlft Town*end, of Henderson rtlle. who wad In the automobile which collided with that occupied by the totally Injured woman, the Liovea and Mr*. Pendleton. Mia* Martha Teener, daughter of ttw woman who wa* totally hurt #nd three negroes In the other ear were also hurt, but not seriously. Cadi Together The two automobiles, according to spectators, washed together Just as Am traffic Igbt was changing at the busy corner. Mrs. TseslBr. Mr. and Mrs. Lore, Mbs. Pendle ton and MMm Tesslsr were la the Love cor, with Mlee Teeeiar driv ing. en route to the J. P. Austell home from the Love home. The other car was driven by John Ohllee. a negro said to be from Cincin nati. Ohio, and ht the car with him were his son. aged five, two colored women hrom Henderson ville and another colored man. also from Ohio. The injured were rushed to the Shelby hoepttal and first aid given all. Chiles and the other negro man. James Sanders, and one of the negro women, Helen Edward*, were able to leave the hoepttal aft er being given flrst-ald treatmnt, as was Miss Tessler, but the four others wen atm in the hospital today. Officer* today said that nine .arL in Cleveland county Thursday ot this week. On Thursday all physicians In the city and county will be at their of fices and all citizens who go to them that day will be vaccinated free. The typhoid vaccine may be taken by people of all ages ot both races, white the dgththaria vac cine will be given to all children under six. Those who desire to take advantage ot the opportunity are urged to be sure to take their first vaccinations Thursday and to com plete them with the same physi cian with whom they start. There •rill be three vaccinations for ty phoid, the first this Thursday and one each week thereafter. There will be two diphtheria treatments, the first to be taken Thursday of this week and then on Thursday. Sept. 7. The campaign was made possibly >y the cooperation of the county tommissioners and board ot health with the state board and local phy icians. Every oitiren who has not teen vaccinated is urged to take he vaccine. The treatments will lot be given except on the deeig lated days—Thursday of this week Thursday of next week, and the following Thursday,