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« TM Ellkmwnd Zij THE MARKET? SIV,t ..... IH <« *C Cotton. *P°l - Cotton «,d. ton. wagon.- U-*0 Cotton m>o<1. ton. carlot*. 1400 Showers Likely ^v's North Carolina Weather s.nort Mostly cloudy tonight and Thorsrtsr. ProbaWy showers In west north portion*. Cooler in Bnrlheas' tonight. Cloudburst Hits Mecklenburg Bv UNITED PRESS Charlotte, Sept. 13—A cloudburst t , new rainfall record in the Charlotte area today and sent Ir creek on its worst rampage in j4 TPar,. \ total of 4.1 Inches of rain fell In the three-hour period and damage was widespread. Miners Strike For Code By UNITED PRESS Pittsburgh, Sept. 13—More than »,OOA miners of Western Pennsyl vania declined to go in the pits to day. declaring they would remain nut until a code for the bituminous Industry is adopted by operators. Mrs. Q.M. Ledford Dies This Morning; Funeral Thursday tta* Near 74 Year* Of Age, Hus band And Three Sons, Farris, Raymond. HoUy Survive. Mrs. Q M. Ledford died this morning at 7 o’clock at home four mile* northeast of Shelby, after a long, lingering illness She was stricken with paralysis early in May, since which time her condi tion gradually grew more acute to the end Mrs; Ledford, nee Sallie Hattie Poston, was born Sept. 26, 1859, and lacked only 17 days of being 74 veers at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Rev. Robert iRobini and Mrs. Julia Poston, both of whom have passed on a number of years ago. Her father was one of the pioneer Baptist ministers of this section having supplied a number of churches in both Cleveland and Rutherford counties She toined the church at Zion in early life but moved her mem bership to Pleasant Orove about the time the. church was organized and has been a loyal member there dur ing all these years, being one of its oldest members at the time of her death. Rhc «7 CIO n 1878 to Quincy Monroe Ledford, the late lamented Rev. A C. Irvin of ficiating For more than 55 years they lived happily together, being devoted to each other In their Christian love and affection. Mrs Ledford was a fine Chris tian character and was beloved by all of her acquaintance. She was industrious and ambitious and pos sessed unusual business ability for * woman. Beside her husband, she is sur vived by two sisters, Mrs. Alice El !l0,f of Blacksburg, S. C. and Mrs. 0 F McBrayer of Shelby and three 5tms, J. Farris. Raymond H. and L. Bnlly Ledford, ail of Shelby, who are saddened by her going. The funeral service will be con ducted at Pleasant Grove church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. In fhe absence of Rev. D. G. Wash burn, her pastor for many years, who is m the hospital, the service will be is charge of Dr Zeno Wall, assisted by Rev. H. E. Waldrop and Tusie under the direction of Mr. Horace Easom. Pall Bearers. Charlie Alexander. Everette Alex ander, Carl McSwain, Eurie Blan on Heywood Spurting, Max Dixon Honoray—W. S. Alexander, Joe E anton. Geo. E. Spurling. John A right .Mills Cline. J. p. Hord and Paul Allen. ^rs. Lovelace Is Buried At Beaver B)am This Afternoon " dow Of Perry Lovelace Dies A! H»me Of Her Sister. Mrs. Gilead Green. Louisa Lovelace died 1 w "f,prnoon at 3 o'clock at .’f' of her sister. Mrs. G _ in the Double Springs h‘-nhy at the age of 83 years. . d made her home with her Gr«n for the past : °r Smce her husband diet Children survive. .,®e;Gre marriage Mrs. Lov « Miss Louisa Hamrick. She re married to William Han-Ill 25 years ag0- Afte . ' ihe was married to 1 !rj}acl who Preceded her tc d' about sey*D years ago. nineral services were held at 2:30 o'clock at B, Baptist church by Revs. I?*! and D. F. Putnam and i was m the cemetery th< 8 Pages Today VOL. XXXIX. No. 110 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, SEPT. 13, 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ...p ——.. Hv Mail, p*r y#ar, (in advanoa) «. M Carrtrr, r^r year, (In advance) „ U ? s Big Get-ToGether Day Will Be Held Thursday j County-Wide Picnic At Fairgrounds Expect Large Attendance At All Day Program And Picnic. Hoey Speaks. Indications today were that hun dreds of Cleveland county people will assemble at the county fair grounds tomorrow, Thursday, foi the county’s first Get-Together daj and picnic, provided the weather Is not bad. The program for the day is sche duled to open at 10 o'clock and con tinue until late afternoon, with the chief features being an address ai 11 o'clock by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey followed by a big basket picnic din ner. Offices Close The county commissioners ai their last meeting declared the daj an official holiday and all countj offices will be closed. Reports todaj indicated that some Shelby busi ness houses and stores might als< close for a part of the day, but this report was not official. In addition to the speaking anc big picnic dinner there will be con tests and amusements of various types, the program to be concludec in the afternoon with a basebal game between the Mooresborr Wildcats and the strong Shelbj mill team. These clubs have won s game each this season and the con test will be the deciding one ol their series. Other features will include horse shoe pitching, hog-calling, water melon and pie-eating contests, ponj races, sack races, greasy pole climb ing, greased-pig chase, a tug ol war, etc. There will also be a num ber of songs by the cast of the “Heaven Bound" religious pageant A majority of the events and con tests on the program will be held in front of the big grandstand or the fair tract. School Tax At Kings Mtn. Lost _ ' Involved A Levy Of Not Exceeding Ten Cents For Extra Ninth Month. The fact that tax payers are de termined to" reduce taxes and not add to their tax burden, even for the education of their children, was demonstrated at Kings Mountain yesterday. A special levy of ten cents for the ninth month of school, thus ex tending the state eight month? term, was defeated in a special elec tion. The total registration was 612 and in order for the special tax to carry, it was necessary for 307. or a majority of the registered voters to cast their vote for the special tax for the extended term. Two hun dred and thirty seven voted yes. 66 voted no and the special tnx was defeated, meaning that the King; Mountain school -,vili operate only eight months and be supported wholly by the state, with no local supplement. Webb Agency Hits The Million Class Carl R. Webb, veteran Shelby in surance agent, attained new laurels this month when his agency busi ness won him two trips to the World Fair at Chicago. Mr. Webb, a rep resentative of the Pilot company won one trip on his personal sales which were among the highest ir the entire company, and the othei was won when his agency did more than a million dollars worth ol business in an 18-months period being one of the two in the entire company to attain that distinction Classify Students For Shelby School On Saturday 16th Fees Are Established for Typewrit* ing. Biology, Home Economics And General Science. | The public schools of the city will begin work on Monday morning. September 18. It is desired that ev ery child who expects to enroll dur ing the year enroll, if possible, upon the opening day. Mr. W. E. Abernethy, principal, and the high school teachers will be at the high school building on Sat urday afternoon. September 16, for the purpose of classifying and ar ranging classes for all newcomers in the community and any others who desire to make changes in th»ir schedule. They will be available, too for certifying to the identity of (Continued on Page 8) Dr. Wall Thinks N. C. Drys To Win _ Baptist Leader Asserts Sentiment Against Repeal Gaining In This State. Winston-Salem, Sept. 13.—The possibility that North Carolina and Kansas may be the only two states to vote for retention of the 18th amendment was voiced here by Dr. Zeno Wall, president of the Baptist state convention, who asserted pro hibition sentiment is gaining in this state. •'It may be that North Carolina and Kansas will be the only states to vote against repeal of our pro hibition laws, and thus prepare to lead all states back to victory over the liquor traffic," Dr. Wall said. With respect to this state, he declared “The tide is turned decid edly in favor of keeping North Carolina dry. From my observations In traveling over the state from the mountains to the sea, I am con vinced that the voters are going to hold North Carolina against the attack of the liquor forces. ’ "I belong to a crowd that be lieves in staying at church until the last amen Is said, and in battle un til the last shot is fired.” Enrollment Increase At Junior College Large Number Of Students From Shelby. School Swings Into Second Week. A slowly increasing enrollment has swelled the total to a new rec ord at Boiling Springs junior col lege swings into its second week. Pre-school expectations have al ready been reached but there is still facilities to accommodate ad ditional students. The administra tion will allow full credit on work on students who enroll within the next week. Coincident with this large enroll ment is the great number of stu dents from Shelby. The number this year over doubles that of any previous term. Firemen To Sponsor A Musical Comedy Hob's Dixie Minstrel and Dark town Strutters Ball, a highly enter taining minstrel show, is to be giv en at the Shelby school auditor ium tomorrow, Thursday, evening at 8 o’clock. The show is being sponsored by the city fire department and a good attendance is expected. Fines Threatened Plants Running Up Prices Of Articles On Market Price Boosts Have Totalled 50 Per Cent In Some Instances. Howe Says. Washington. Sept. 13—The agri cultural adjustment administration this week threatened prison sen tences and heavy fines for textile profiteers. George N. Peek, administrator of the A.A.A., and Dr. Frederic C. Howe, consumer’s counsel, colla borated on a statement which said that some textile manufacturers were guilty of price gouging and that the administration w$s pre pared to go to’ considerable lengths ■ to stop it. Findings of Dr, Howe’s econo _ _ mists, they said, revealed that “wide disparity and laxness exists among textile manufacturers in billing retail merchants for in creases above contract prices, which they attribute to processing taxes and employment cost under the code.” Reminding the "gougers” of the $1,000 fine and the year's prison sentence which the law provides, Dr. Howe said that when a man pays $1.41 for a pair of overalls, he has contributed only eight cents in cotton processing taxes, and that the buyer of an eight-cent loaf of bread gives only half a cent toward (Continued on page eight). jl Drive Opened To Boost Cotton To 15 Cents A Pound Appeal For Farmer Of South Sooth Carolina Meeting Starts Pro gram To Got Minimum Of IS Cents. Columbia. S. C, Sept 13.—A south-wide drive •'immediately" to lift the price of cotton to a 'mini mum of 16 cents a pound” was launched here yesterday by Gover nor Blackwood, farmers and agri cultural leaders. The plan was to mobilize delega tions of members of congress, farm ers and others In all the cotton states to move on to Washington and "appeal directly to the President to save the southern cotton farmer “ The appeal to the President is to be made next Monday. Emergency measures, including currency inflation, suspension of the cotton processing tax and set ting of a 15-cent price by the gov ernment, and limiting the 1934 crop to 9,000,000 bales, were urged in a resolution adopted at a farmer macs meeting here. Approximately 2,000 South Caro lina. farmers, official representatives from Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, U. S. Senator E. D. Smith chairman of the senate agricultur al committee, state legislators and others participated in the meeting Asks Aid Of Governors. Afterwards Governor Blackwood telegraphed governors of the ten other principal cotton producing states requesting them to call mass meetings Saturday to adopt similar resolutions. He also aaked them to name delegations composed of their U. S. senators, at least 10 farmers (Continued on page eight.) Injuries Prove Fatal To Rust Of Burke Brother Of Mrs. H. C. Long Dies From Injuries Received When Car Strikes Train A L. Rust, age 44, of Morgan ton, died in a hospital at Ruther fordtqn Sunday from injuries he received Saturday when the auto mobile in which he was riding with his step-son Clifford Hampton, was struck by a train near Thermal Otty. Hampton was seriously injur ed but is expected to recover. Rust and Hampton were en route home from Spartanburg, S. C. where they engaged in construction work. Mr. Rust is a brother of Mrs. H. C. Long of Shelby and is a steel en gineer. He was buried Monday at Glen Alpine and Mr. and Mrs. Long of 8helby attended the funeral. * War Hero Mr Rust, according to The Mor ganton News-Herald, was one of North Carolina’s greatest World war heroes. He was decorated for bravery by three governments, be ing a member of the famous 30th division. In action he single-hand edly captured nine Germans and led a platoon which quieted three machine gun nests and brought in 35 prisoners. His decorations in cluded the United States Distin guished Service Cross and the British Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded by King George. No Clue To Theft At Service Station Sheriff J. Raymond Cline stated today that as yet he has found no definite clues in the robbery last Thursday night of the P. L. Peeler service station on highway 18 above Belwood. The Peeler station was robbed of around $40 worth of goods, including cigarettes, cart ridges, canned goods, etc. Entry was made by removing a pane of glass from a rear window. Need Wheel Chair For Crippled Girl In Cleveland county there is a nine-year-old crippled girl who needs a wheel chair. The little ehair which she has been using for years and in which she must spend her entire day is now too small for her. Her family, in which there are numerous other dependents, are unable to provide such a chair. She is furnished maga zines and other amusements by Wayside clubs, and now those interested in her wonder if some Shelby club or county dub, organization, or individ ral would provide the needed chair. Anyone intere "d in the i. alter should consult Mrs. Harry Speck at Ihe county wel fare office. Byrd Ready for New South Pole Venture Bound on his second tadp to the Antarctic, Rear Admiral Richard K. Byrd will Mil from Boston on Septum her 25, on the schooner "Bear” for His former base at Little America, where he wintered during the expedition of 1929. The object of the new trip is to conduct an aerial survey of the territory surrounding the South Pole with the object of mapping and claiming it for the United States. Byrd will be accompanied by Harold I. ! June, veteran pilot who was with him on his previous venture. Sevtm scientists and explorers, besides a crew of 70, complete the expedition which is financed by voluntary contributions of supplies and equipment from 1,400 manufacturers. Make Long-Term Camp Of N. C. Prison Here Stair Convict Camp Her* I'ndrr gntac Change Today, Reports Say. The State prison camp located just east of Shelby, near the coun ty fairgrounds, is being transform ed into a camp for long-term negro prisoners, it was reported here this moning. Due to the change underway highway convict forces were not at work today. Heretofore the camp here, which accommodates around 100 prisoner* and is considered one of the State's model camps, has been a mixed camp with whiten in the majority, and the most, of them have been short-termers. Camp employes stated today that it was their understanding tha' white prisoners who have been here are being; moved to the Burke coun ty camp and other camps and that long-term negro convicts, some of them "lifers,” will be moved in here during the iveek. Three More States Vote Repeal; 29 Of 36 Necessary Are In Line Minnesota, Maryland, And Color ado Apparently Swing Into Wet Column. Maryland voted overwhelmingly for prohibition repeal yesterday while first returns from Minnesota and Colorado indicated those states would follow suit by substantial margins. Baltimore went 11 to 1 for repeal, thus electing 18 wet delegates to the state convention of 24 that will for mally ratify the 21st amendment for Maryland. On Monday Maine became the 26th successive state to approve re peal. Maryland, Minnesota and Col orado bring the total to 29, seven short o' the necessary 36 for ratifi cation. Repea lists Leading. St. Paul, Sept, 13—Piling up a heavy wet vote in the urban cen ters, repealists last night maintain ed a two to one margain over pro hibitionists in yesterday's statewide referendum on proposed repeal of the 18th amendment. Lead In Colorado. Denver, Sept. 13.—Returns from 619 precincts out of 1.547 in Colo rado last night gave 82,954 for re peal of federal prohibition and 30, 170 against. Dry majorities were re ported in early returns from only eight of the 63 counties. Incomplete tabulations showed Denver voted for repeal more than five to one, Maryland Goes Wet. Baltimore, Sept. 13.—Maryland yesterday joined the procession of states voting for repeal of the 18th amendment. Tremendous majorities for the anti-prohibltin cause were piled up In the early returns from Baltimore and later returns from the remain der of the state did little to cut them down. The vote from Baltimore alone, where the total was 119,019 for repeal and 11,295 against, was sufficient to insure a majority in the convention for the repealists. County Man Given Parole By State —,— Among 10 state convicts paroled this week by Governor Ehringhaus was Harold Matthewson. of Cleve land county. Matthewson was given a three months sentence in August for non support Repeal Gathering Here Friday Night To Organize Forces A meeting of all Shelby and Cleveland county citizens who favor the repeal of the 18th Amendment is called for the court house In Shelby Friday night. At this time the repeal group hopes to organize for the Novem ber election and select leaders for all sections of the county. Reports today had It that effort would be made to bring Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Judge Wilson War lick and others here to speak during the campaign. Presbyterian Men Hold Meet Tonight The men of the Shelby Presbyter ian church will hold their monthly meeting in the church auditorium this evening at 7:30 p. m. The theme for this September program is "Rallying Men for the Church" and was prepared for the Assembly's committee on Men's Work by the men of the Laurinburg Presbyter ian church . This is an appropriate time for the consideration of this month’s topic. For that reason all the men of the local church are urged tp be present tonight. More Rain in An Hour Today Than In 3 Full Days Believe tt or not. tt retail'd more tai an hour early UvH morning In Hhrlby than It did in thrrr day* of rain la*t week. Between 5 and 6 o’clock till* morning a total of .87 of an inch of rein fell tai Shelby, according to the rainfall gauge kept at the Shelby pout office, land week with three daya only one-half that much rain, or .48 of an Inch fell, Thia morning’* rain, follow ing an ununually sultry per iod of several day*, wan one of the heaviest the section ha* experienced In year*. Piedmont Scout Board To Meet Meeting WUI Be Held In Shelbj Monday Night Sept. IHth. Camp Well Attended. The Executive Board of the Pied mont, Council of the Boy Scouts ol America, representing eleven Coun ties of the Pidemont area, will meet here at the Hotel Charles on Mon day night the 18t.h at 7:15 o'clocl! at which time supper will be server and reports of the activities of the organization will be received anr plans made for the work of thl: character building and cltizenshij training program during the coni ing months. Officials of the organization re port the most successful surnmei training camp and the largest en rollment In the history of the move ment. 803 Scouts and leaders wer in attendance this past summer a’ the Piedmont Seoul, Camp which i. operated by the Piedmont Counoi at Lake Lanier, near Tryon. N. C. A report will be received fron Nelson Jackson, Jr., the Council': delegate to the National Counci meeting of the Boy Scouts of Amer lea which was held at Kansas Ci'j during the early part of June. Membership in the Pledmoni Scout organization continues t< grow, there being more than lot organized Troops in the PiedmotV area with more than 1,800 boys anc 700 volunteer adult leaders. North Carolina Due 50 Million For Federal Building Program Money For Public Work* Projects Waiting For Applicant*; State Board Report*. Raleigh. Sept. 13.—North Cairo Una stands to get approximately $50,000,000 of the $3,300,000,000 fed eral fund for public works con struction. the state public work.: board reported here in urging that steps be taken immediately to ob tain Its share. •‘The public yforks administra tion hi Washington would like *xi have $50,000,000 in applications for loans on worthwhile projects In North Carolina before him today," said Frank Page, chairman of the state board which met here to out X | line the program before ncwspaps I publishers and building contractor! Under the plan, which is design ed to relieve unemployment, tin government will make loan*, So public works at 4 per cent Intel cs with 25 years for amotliBsUcm ,Thirty per;cent of some loans o: 1 "grants'’ made for labor coals, due ; not have to be liquidated. Governor Ehnnghatis in address Jing the gathering, said the state o. i North Carolina wm engaged m su 'effort “to do some intelligent plan jning for North Carolina tb.cngt | the department of conservation anc development, the highway depart (Continued on page eight). School Children Get In Free 1st Day County Fair Opening Day Will Bring Thousands Fair Association Kxtend* Annual Courtesy To All School Students. All school children, those from Cleveland and neighboring coun Mcs, will be ndmltted without charge to the Cleveland county fair on Tuesday. Sept. 26, the opening day of the fair. 'nils announcement was made this week by the lair association after many Inquiries had been made about, the extending of the annual courtesy to school children. Such. R was said, had been the plan nil along, but no announce ment had been made as the open ing day Is two weeks off. This has been a custom of the fair since its beginning nine years ago and as a result opening day ranks as one of the big days from the standpoint of attendance. Admission Moket* may be secured through school of ficials. Interest Orows With the fair date nearing Inter est la Increasing In Mm big event. All exhibit spaoe Is being taken rapidly and by another week K Is believed that practically every btt 'Continued on page eight.) Mrs. W.A. Webb 1* Buried This P. M. KJuty Tear* Of Ag* And Widow Of Ashwry Webb. Was Mother To School Children. Mrs W. A. Webb, 00. of Bolling Springs died at her home at 1:30 Tuesday morning. Mr*. Webb war the widow of the late Mr. W. As bury Webb and daughter of the late Mr. and Mr*. A. R. Hamrick of tht* place Funeral servloes will be conduct ed from the Bolling Spring* Bap tist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. J, L. Jenkins as sisted by Rev. J R. Green. Rev, T C. Holland and Rev. Laddie Knox. Mrs. Webb had lived In the Boll * tng Spring* community all of her life. She has been a member of the Baptist church since early child hood. — Mrs Webb will be, greatly missed in her community. She was a woman of strong per sonality and had decided convic tions. Her Interest included every phase of church and community work and she wns a devoted friend to the Bolling Springs high school and junior college. The score or more of school boy* who roomed with Mrs. Webb dur ing the years looked upon her*as a mother. She helped and encour aged them In every possible way. 4 Another marked characteristic of Mrs, Webb was her loyalty to her family. During the protracted 111 , nesses <5f her father and mother she helped care for them with a beautiful devotion. Mrs. Webb loved her church and was an inspiration to her pastor. She attended practically every service of a meeting Just three weeks ago in spite of her rapidly failing health. Surviving Mrs. Webb are two sis ters: Miss Georgia Hamrick of Boiling Springs and Mrs. Zudia McSwain of Gaffney, S. c. and one ; brother, Mr. J. B. Hamrick of Boll ing Springs. Mr. Webb and two daughters, Rubv and Mattie, preceded har to the grave ; State Owes County On Tax Commissions Kinds C'lrvHand One Of Few Coun ties Not Indebted To State. j -— 1 Cleveland county is onp of the few North Carolina counties. If not the only one, not indebted to tne state In 1931 anc! 1932 taxes eol 1 Secteti for the state An auditor from the -state tax de partnicni was at the Court house yesterday and when he concluded his investigation he found that in stead of the county owning the state ft is the other u’ay around. The county hat coining to it from the slate approximately *2.181.14 In commissions upon 1931 and 1932 '! taxes collected for the state and in t rebate of poll tax overpaid. While ‘ the stare levied a 15-eant property tax the eot.nttas were py.td ttrree percent fo* collection and the state W stilt due the anunty some of th*s co.nruisalon. It will be deducted from tax collections yet to be made ft*- rise two years, according to Tray McKinney, county accountant