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VOL XXXIX, No. 130
SHELBY, N. C. MOfibAY, OCT. 30, 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Rum Runner
Sunk Today
Bv | SITED TRESS
Sev tendon. Conn., Oet. 3(1.—The
,-ran(.fv" alleged rum running boat,
,unlt and the roast guard pa
* I hoal was badly damaged to
r in a collision off Blaek Point.
Tho patrol boat was pursuing a see
,,,,1 rum runner at the time of the
folHsion.
One member of the
frames" crew. Charles Foster, was
eritlrally wounded in the heavy fir
whirli followed the collision.
Inc
Waco Man Breaks |
His Neck In Fall
Saturday Morning |
Joe Kendrick Now In
Lincoln ton Hospital
K>!l Known Uan Falls Out Roar
Of Wagon. Body Is
Paralvzed.
Jor KfT.rir.irV. well known citi7.cn ■
o! Waco., ts in the Lincoln hospital !
in a serious rendition as the result:
of a fall from a wagon Saturday!
morning in which a bone in his neck !
was broken
• Mr Kendrick.. it was stated here |
today by Mr. J L. Hord. was in his j
wsyon in the yard at thp Hord cot - j
ton gin at Waco. His mules started!
unexpectedly and Mr. Kendrick fell!
out the rear of the wagon, landing j
on his head Dr. L. L. Self was call-'
pd and after a hurried examination)
stated that Mr. Kendrick was bad- i
h hurt and that he should be taken ;
to the Hospital for an examination.}
There it was found bv x-rays that j
a bone in his neck was fractured, i
The Injured man is around 70
years of age and his condition is
considered critical with chances of
recovery doubtful. He is said to be
paralyzed from the hips down, but}
conscious and able to talk. j
The accident occurred about 81
oclock Saturday morning and no
one was with him in the wagon, but
Mr. Hord and others heard him yell
as he fell out and ran to his as
sistance.
Officers Given!
Trouble By Man;
Over An Arrest
Eskridge Resists Arrest. Offi
Havf Very Busy
Time, *
Oti' f.sknaae, colored man with |
somewhat of a criminal record, is
tans held here today on charges
including assault on a female, ro
wing arrest and attacking offi-.
cers the result of a Saturday!
mgtii wrangle in the Trade street ■
negro section.
Policeman McBride Poston and
Rufus Sparks were called to arrest
Eskridge on an assault charge and
"ere resisted, they said, and had
considerable difficulty arresting
him, *
in an it was a very active
®fck-end for city officers, accord
ing to Police Chief D. D. Wilkins,
rnere were six arrests for drunk
enness and disorderliness, two for
? ra-v' one for speeding, one for
“°°tlegging, one for reckless driv
ing and one for rape.
An unusual angle on the speed
and rPckless driving charge was
a the auto being driven was one
Aus' ^ smallest ir> town, a batam
[Cotton Unchanged
i rom Saturday
iJ' unchanged from Satur
Ll' fopP At 2 o’clock Dec. was
I** Y°rk 8t °’57, Jan
I - L ;\s Wall street seems
Ithf t 11'1 r,g developments on how
\Z'V*<U take to the cotton
la—. bv the government. If
Icotto, %tWt inclined to hold their
Sen KP prtce 15 «f*cted to
I row p ' ut. ** t hey store and bor
| ion is expected to advance.
[Shelby Girl Get.
Scholarship Honor
|:*r o* \,X,1 ‘uud McKinney, daugh
j ■>{ St, t 2 anci Mrs. E. F. McKinney,
*“ one Of the 16 Duke
fe theVh^1* recently t*Wn
I he hj„, Phl Beta Kappa. This is
I America'!' .ScholarshlP honor in
I1. [hr o°Ueges and is a tribute
lb HI-/ ‘ Mr 'ecord nf the Shel
I' ni8h graduate
Repeal Campaign In
Final Week; Webb To
Speak On Wednesday
Bob Reynolds Here
Friday Night
Federal Jurist Speaks At 2:30 Wed-1
nesday Afternoon. Hoey Mon
day Night.
The North Carolina repral
campaign, already waxing warm,
enters upon its final week to
day and beforr the voting to
morrow week this section, con
sidered one of the major bat
tlefronts, will be visited by three
of the outstanding leaders In
the dry and repeal ranks.
Tw o of the trio are home men, j
Judge E. Y. Webb and Clyde Hoey.!
and the third is Senator Robert R [
Reynolds, chief speaker for the be-.!
peal forces.
The first of the three addresses!
will be delivered on Wednesday aft-'
ernodn at 2:30 at the court house
in Shelby by Judge Webb. Tire fed
eral jurist and former congressman,
who while in congress helped write
the Webb-Kenyon act, has been
making a determined fight against
repeal and is expected to be heard
by a large audience here Wednes-«
day afternoon when he nears the j
end of his campaign with an ad- j
dress to his home folks.
The Reynolds address will be'
made in the court house in Shelby j
Friday night at 7:30, instead of j
Saturday afternoon as erroneously
reported last week. Senator Rey
nolds, known to his supporters as
"Our Bob,” will speak at Lincoln
ton in the afternoon before coming
here for his night address. The vi
various personality which carried
Reynolds into the United States
senate and made him a friend of
the rank and file is expected to
draw a large group of hearers, par
ticularly in view of the fact that,
he will be the only major cam
paigner brought here by the repeal
forces.
Following the addresses by Webb
and Reynolds this week, the local
campaign will come to a close next
Monday night, November 6, when
Clyde R. Hoey, principal speaker
of the dry forces in the state, will
make an address in the court house
here on the eve of the election.
The majority of the work in tips
county and section so far has been
done by the dry forces who have
been active under the leadership of
Webb. Hoey and others. The re
pealists are, however, banking very
much upon the Reynolds visit Fri-;
day. i
:
John A. Richards
Of Lawndale Dies
Funeral Conducted by Revs. Ridge
Scott and Dcvenhy. Burled i
At Pelm Tr"e.
John A Richard, age to ears
and nine niont ; iu - i in th? ’ ••'•r
dale section last week and was bu
ried at Palm Free Methodist
church, the funeral being conduct
ed at the home of Mrs. M. JM. Rich
ard on Thursday morning at 10
o'clock by Revs. C. E. Ridge, assist
ed by Revs. W. C, Scott and J. V.
Devenny.
Mr. Richard was married to Alice
White in 1884 and to this union
were born nine children, seven boys
and two girls. His wife and four
Children preceded him to the grave
Three boys and two girls survive;
Alice Hinson, Mary Clanton, Tom
George and Raymond Richard, also
his aged mother, Mrs. M. M. Rich -
ard, three brothers, three sisters
and 23 grand children
Mr. Richard was highly es- j
teemed by his host of friends and j
a large crowd attended the funeral j
Several Good Grid Games Booked For
Shelby During Remainder Of Season
Highs Flay Morganton Friday Here.
Bulldogs Play Eees-McRae
On 11th.
(OTHER SPORTS. PAGE 6)
Beginning this week and continu
ing through the end of the season
early in December. Shelby is to
haye several good high school and
college football games.
Friday of this week the Shelby
Highs will play the Moi anton
eleven on the local gridiron. On
the following day, Saturday, iov
ember 4, the Boiling Springs Bull
dogs go to Belmont Abbey for a
game with the Catholic junior col
lege.
The following week two good
clashes are scheduled for the Shel
by field. On Friday. November 10.
Shelby High will play Chffside here f
MANY REGISTERED
FOR REPEAL VOTE
OVER THIS COUNTY
'150 New Voters On Books In l p
town Shelby. Around 15.000
Voters Eligible.
There is a possibility that a
heavy vote will be east in Cleve
land county in the repeal elec
tion on November 7.
New registration figures were not
available this morning, there being
Dnly one day. last Saturday, for
registration, but Judge John P
Mull, chairman of the county elec
tions board, stated today that he
believed close to 1,000 new voters
had registered for the election. It
was not necessary for those already
registered to re-register for the com
ing election.
Approximately 250 new voters
were registered Saturday at the
four uptown Shelby wards and
quite a number at South Shelby.
The registration was also heavier
than expected at Kings Mountain
and other points in the county.
Divided
Unofficial opinion of registrars is
that the new registration Is divide
among those favoring and oppos
ing repeal. It is believed that a large
percentage of those registering in
Shelby and Kings Mountain favor
repeal, while the sentiment is the
other way in the new- registration
in county precincts. As an indica
tion, it was" reported unofficially to
day that all 59 new voters register
ing in the Mull precinct in No. 10
township are opposed to repeal.
With the new* registration it is
now estimated that around 15,000
people are eligible to vote in the
November election as the election
is non-partisan and open to both
Democrats and Republicans. In the
iast; gubernatorial election approxi
mately 10.000 votes were cast in the
county. This would indicate that
approximately 14.000 people were
then eligible to vote and to this was
added the estimated new registra
tion of 1.000 Saturday.
A rev Buys Switzer
House In Belvedere
W J. Arey has purchased the T,
T. Switzer home in Belvedere at a
price said to be around $6,500
Beal estate is becoming more ac
tive and real estate men are re
ported to be making frequent
sales, both In city and farm prop
erty.
Today’s Biggest
Hunting Story
Here’s a squirrel story for
someone to shoot at. the best
story of the hunting season.
Saturday morning early, just
at the break of day, Dr. Tom
Gold, Dewitt Quinn, the drug
gist; and Jim Reynolds, the
theatre man, went squirrel hunt
ing on the Gold farm north of
Shelby. They hunted for two
hours, didn’t see a squirrel,
didn't hear a squirrel, didn’t
shoot at a squirrel, yet they kill
ed a squirrel and brought it
home with them. Figure it out,
if you can.
If you can’t, here's the solu
tion: although they didn't see,
hear or shoot at a squirrel dur
ing the two hours, their car ran
over a big fat squirrel just as
they started home.
and on the following day, Saturday,
November 11, the Boiling Springs
junior college outfit, making a bid
for the State championship. will
clash with the strong Lees McRae
eleven here.
The November 17 date is still open
for the high school eleven, but Boil
ing Springs Is trying to bring the
Mars Hill college game to Shelby
for November 18.
The Shelby Highs will close ‘.heir
season on November 24 when they
go to Newton to play Dick Gurley's
fast high school team, now rated
as one of the best high school out
fits ever developed in the small'’!
schools of North Carolina
The Bulldogs will close their sea
on in Shelby on Saturday, Decem
ber 2. when ttvey meet the fast Oak
Ridge team here.
i
SCHOOL HEAD
H. L. Smith (above) wan elected
president of the South Piedmont
Teachers association at a meeting
of the group held last week in
Charlotte.
Smith Chairman
| Of Teachers In
Piedmont Group
Teachers In Session At Charlotte
Urge Furtherance In Education
In State.
Charlotte, Oct. 30.—B. L. Smith
| superintendent of the city schools
of Shelby, was elected chairman ot
the South Piedmont district of the
North Carolina Education associa
tion at the final session of its
convention at Central High school
Friday night.
R. W. Allen, superintendent of
the Anson county schools, fas
elected vice chairman, and ®iss
Mary Moyle of the Salisbury tity
schools was chosen secretary and
treasurer.
Resolutions seeking the further
ance of the cause of public educa
tion was unanimously passed by
the convention. *■
"Universal education is highly
j desirable, particularly in a denio
j cratic state,” according to one cf
I the resolutions. "The public free
'Continued on page eight.)
Mr. And Mrs. Jenkins
Lose Their Baby Girl
Mary Elizabeth, five months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Jenkins of the Patterson Springs
section, died Sunday morning at 6
o’clock and was buried this after
noon at Patterson Springs Baptist
church, the funeral being held from
the residence at 2:30 o’clock by Dr.
J B. Davis, R,\isted by Rev. W. G.
Camp. The child had a bad start
in life and had been sick and under
the care of specialists for several
months.
The many friends of Mr and
Mrs. Jenkins sympathize with them
in their sorrow. An older child.
Billy, and the parents, survive.
Mrs. Patton’s Father
Passes Suddenly
Mr. R. A. Smith, father of Mrs.
P. P. Patton of this city died sud
denly Sunday morning at Hender
sonville where he was spending
some time with his sister, Mrs. A.
B. Prestwood. Mr. Smith was 74
years of age.
The funeral will be held in Ches
ter, S, C. this afternoon at four
o’clock.
Those going down for the funeral
were: Mesdames John Shannon
house. William Crowder, J. T, Bea
json, B C. Houser, James Wilson,
Misses Margaret Crowder, Gladys
! and Aileen Connor, Mrs. Garland
| Washburn, Dewitt Crawford and
Dwight. Swealt.
Roy Barrett Hurt
In Car Collision
Roy Earrett received lacerations
about the head in an auto collision
, at the jail curve on Jones Place
i Saturday night. The car;; colliding
were a iruck operated by the Caro
1 lina stores and an automobile driv
| en by Solon Philbeck of the Buffalo
I section. Both cars were cohsiderably
! damaged. Barrett was riding, offi
cers said, with Philbeck.
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Dr. McLarty to Speak
\t Bel wood Friday
Dr E. K. McLarty, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church, Shelby,
North Carolina will speak at Bel
wood school. Bel wood. North Caro
lina. Frida’’ night. November 3rd at
7:30 p m. His subject will be on the
, prohibition question.
Will Let Road
Surface Contract
For County Nov. 8
Surface Shelby-Polk
ville-Fall*ton
’ 'I'hr Star Presses For Early Oomple
llon Of Graded Road In tip
per Part Of County.
Bids will be received and con*
j tracts let for the bttuthillc sur
facing of the Shelby-Polkville road
and the Polkvtlle-Iiawndnle-Fall
ston road on November 8th in Ra
leigh. according tc news from The
Stars correspondent in Raleigh.
The grading and top-soiling ol
[these two projects was completed hi
the late spring. Some weeks ago
j when Shelby people urged the
j highway commission to put the hard
I surface on this route. Chairman E
B. Jeffress wrote that It was the
policy of the road authorities to let
a newly graded and surfaced roao
season and settle over one winter
It looked for awhile as If the road
would not get Its surface treatment
until next spring. The Star made
Inquiry and found out from the
road engineers that the topsoil of
this road was fast giving way un
der the heavy traffic and if U
should be use dthrough the com
ing winter, the road would have tc
be top-soiled again before the sur
face treatment could be given. This
fact was pointed out to Chairman
Jeffress with request that he check
up on the condition of this road
through his engineers. The check
up was evidently made with the re
sult that the bituthilic surfacing
was moved up on the road program
schedule.
The Star's last information from
Raleigh Is that the Shelby-Boiling
Springs road project has been sent
to Washington for approval in or
der to be done out of federal funds.
Now. a strenuous effort Is being
made 'to get the Shelby-Earl-Gro
ver road contract for grading let at
an early date. Several surveys of
this road were made last year and
a road was definitely promised by
the highway chairman, Mr. Jeffress.
last summer.
Support Opinion
In Morgan Death
Full N. C. Commission Awards Over
IS.000 To Widow Of T. P
Morgan.
In an opinion handed down last
week by the full commission of the
N. C. Industrial commission the
previous opinion of Commissioner
J. Dewey Dorset! was upheld in
the Thomas P. Morgan death case
Tom Morgan, an employe of the
Cleveland Cloth mill, was en route
to work when he slipped and fp)l
and was fatally Injured. In an ac
tion brought against the insurer of
the mill Mrs. Morgan, the widow,
was awarded compensation The
opinion was appealed to the full
commission which ruled as follows:
“You, and each of you, are here
by notified that a hearing was hid
before the full commission on Sep
tember 20, 1933, in the above en
titled case, Raleigh, and a decision
thereupon was rendered by Chai -
man Matt H. Allen. for the full
! commission on October 20. 1933 In
j which an award was ordered and
i "'djudge as follows:
, 1 That, the fining ot fact and con
clusions of law set out in the opin
ion of Commissioner J Dorsey
Dorsett are proper and justified
from all of the evidence and hey
are hereby adopted as findings ol
fact and conclusions of law of the
full commission, an that the award
heretofore issued under date of
July 31, 1933. reading as follows:
'Upon the finding that the death
of the deceased was the result of
an Injury by accident arising out Ox
and in the course of the employ
ment on February 13, 1933 and that
the deceased left wholly dependent.
Mrs. Thomas F. Morgan, widow, the
defendants will pay to the widow
1 compensation at the rate of $10.62
I per week for 350 weeks. Defendants
to pay funeral expenses not, to ex
i need $200. Defendants to pay costs
of medical and hospital treatment
defendants to pay costs of hearing
Defendants gave notice of appeal
in open court be in all respects
affirmed.”
“North Carolina Industrial Com
mission "
(Rutherford County
/N • A JHA n
Gins 9,472 Bales
j; Rutherford county ginned 9,472
'bales of cotton from the 1933 crop
|prior to Oct. 18lh as compared with
i 7.187 bales up to the same date a
year ago, according to figures fur
jnished the federal census bureau by
!,) Burchell Beam. Polk county gin
ned this year 2.812 bales as com
i nared with 1.025 bales up to the
(same date a year ago.
Plea to President Answered
Adam Schmidt. 12, of Trenton, N. J., Joyfully watches the sequel to hi>
appeal to President Roosevelt to save the homo of his family, as G. Frank
Shanley, State manager of the Home Loan Corporation, hands the boy'e
father the first home loan check granted in New Jersey. Adam thought
the cheek the best possible answer to his letter to the President.
Gardner In Praise
Of Roosevelt Moves
I l*s football Parlance. Sav* Infla
tion To Hit (Salaried
Men.
Raleigh, Oct. 30.—Former Gover
nor O. Mux Gardner asserted here
Saturday "we as a nation air head
ed almost .straight for inflation, and
It will be tough on the salaried fel
lows unless their own salaries are
Inflated.”
Former Governor Gardner, now
counsel for the rayon industry in
Washington, who resigned as na
tional Democratic committeeman
recently, described President Roose
velt as the nation's "quarterback”
who is playing an economic foot
ball game with a variety of plays,
trying to score the toaehfWwir o'f Tp
covery.
Gardner and his wife, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury L. W.
Robert and Mrs. Robert, Turner
Battle of the labor department, Mrs.
T. O. Noyes of Washington, Fled
Morrison, former secretary of the
state tax commission, and Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Robert, Jr., were guests
of T. L. Bland at breakfast here en
route to the Georgia Tech-C&rollna
football game at Chapel Hill. Gov
ernor Ehringhaus Joined the party
for breakfast,
"President Roosevelt is not play
ing the game like Mr, Hoover did,’
Governor Gardner said. “If one ot
Mr. Hoover's pluys failed to click
or was stopped, he made the mls
iContinued on page eight )
Youngsters Ready
For Halloween
The youngster* of Shelby are
all set and bubbling over with
enthusiasm in anticipation of
the annual Hallowe’en frolic on
! the Shelby court square tomor
! row night.
Last year the event, the big
play night of the year when all
kiddies are permitted to stay up
a little later than usual, was
rained out. But the witches and
hobgoblins and all the fun Is
expected to be in swing again
tomorrow evening.
In the meantime, on the resi
dential streets about town the
mischievous boys are looking for
the few remaining fences so that
they may remove the gates to
morrow night. Just what all is
planned cannot be told, for they
are keeping mum for once about
what they have up.
Youth Shot While
On A Possum Hunt
Kifle Shot Ui Hark Plugs Walter
Bivens In Hip. Man I»
Held.
Widler Bivens, young white man
of Lincdlnton whose father and
brother live In the Lily textile vil
lage here, was shot In the hip
while ’possum hunting Saturday
night in the Buffalo creek section
between Shelby and Kings Moun
tain.
The party had been hunting only
a short time, it is said, when a rifle
was fired some distance away l?y
someone tlie hunters could not see.
Bivens was struck In the hip by one
bullet and brought to the Shelby
hospital for treatment.
George W. Champion, who, offi
cers auy, lives in that section, was
placed under a bond for a hearing
tonight In connection with the
shooting.
Mrs. Maggie Henson
Buried On Sunday
Mrs. Maggie Henson died Friday
at 11 o’clock and her remains were
taken to the home of Mrs. Robert
Grant where the funeral was held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mrs.
Henson was well-known about town.
She was 76 years of age and Is sur
vived by two sons, three daughters
nineteen grandchildren. Burial took
place at Sunset cemetery. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. H
C. Sisk.
Webb Says N. C. Wet
If Repeal Carries
Asheville, Oct. 30.—If North Car
olina votes for repeal of the eigh
teenth amendment, the legislature
will either be called Into special
session to do away with state pro
hibition laws in the near future or
a wet legislature to do the job will
be elected tivo years hence. Judge E.
Yates Webb, of United States dis
trict court, and one of the authors
of the first national bill passed for
control of liquor, told a crowd of
approximately 500 at the courthouse
here Friday night.
Drive Continues To Get 400 Acres
In This Section In Raspberry Crop
Cleveland. Burke, Caldwell And
Other Hill Counties Seek New
Cash Crop.
Morganton, Oct. 30.—Confident
that the goal of 400 acres planted
to red raspberries will be reached
within the next two weeks, busi
ness men of three counties last
week added impetus to the drive for
a new cash crop peculiarly adapt
ed to the soil, climate and elevation
of tiie upper piedmont sections.
Burke, Caldwell and Catawba
j counties aw being thoroughly or
ganized for a complete canvass,
; while McDowell, Lincoln, parts of
Rutherford and Cleveland counties
are taking mucli interest in the
project instigated here a month or
more ago
Morganton business men are tak
ing a lead in the activities. On
Tuesday night a committee com
posed of County Agent K. L. Sloan,
H. L Wilson, W. T. Kyzer, Carl
Hudson and B. Bristol, sr., confer
red with a dozen Lenoir and Cald
well county business qjen and
farmers, and on Wednesday night
the county agent, Mr. Wilson, Mr,
Kyzer, J. H. Gaston and J. F. Mc
Gimsey made a similar visit to
Hickory to confer with about 25 men
there.
Reports from tl»e conferences are
that a united support was found.
Burke is expecting to go beyond its
quota of 100 acres McDowell is
looking for at least 50 acres, Cald
well is driving for 100, Catawba for
100, Lincoln and Cleveland for more
than 25 acres each. It is necessar
(Continued on page eight).
Several Killing
Cases For Trial
Here This Week
King Case Likely
To Be Heard
Four Death Cam In All In Superior
Court Presided Over Dv
>"d»te Warllck.
Tlie full t»rm of Cleveland coun
ty superior udwrt convened here to
day with Judge Wilson Wsrllck. of
Newton, presiding and Solicitor
Spurgeon Mprr-thig, of I.enotr, pros
ecu ting.
A rather heavy criminal docket
fanes the court and it. in likely that
all this week and a part of next
week will be taken up with crim
inal eases with the court, which Is
a mixed two-weeks term, reaching
the civil calender Tuesday or Wed
nesday of next week
Or nth Cane*
There are four killing cases, in
volving manslaughter or murder
charges to be disposed of The most
Interest will likely center in the
killing charge against Hoke King.
Shelby textile worker, held In con
nection with the fatal stabbing of
Jim Chandler, another young lex
tile worker, several weeks ago.
Another killing charge la that
against Zlin Hamrick, colored,
charged with fatally cutting Charlie
"Snowball," trap drummer with a
medicine show which played Shelby
Inst summer.
Two other death cases center
about automobile fatuities. In one
K. A. Melton Is tentatively charged
with manslaughter In connection
with the Mauney grocery truck on
the Fnllston road near the hospttal
In which Odus McPherson, young
boy, was killed. The other Is a
charge against Fate McSwaln In
connection with the wreck of the
McSwain cur In which Demos
Young was fatally Injured ft num
ber of months ago.
Down To Work
The court got down to a steady
grind at 2 o'clock this afternoon
after the preliminary details of the
opening this morning. Judge War
lick’s charge to the grand Jury wr.
j brief and to the point, after which
J good behavior and cases not requlr
I ing a Jury were taken up before the
court recessed nt 12 o'clock.
Will C, Harris, of Shelby, Is fore
man of the grand Jury with Deputy
Henry McKinney os officer lr
charge and Deputy Jolley la serv
ing as court officer assisting Sher
iff Raymond Cline.
County Saves Five
I Thousand In Third
Quarter Operation
Federal Government In Paving
Farm Agent. Auto Roughi For
Use Of Department*.
A saving of $5,000 was made in
tiie operating expenses of the
county for the third quarter of the
calendar year whie.h is the first
quarter of the county's fiscal year,
as compared with the county's op
erating cost of a like period of 1932
according to information secured
from Troy McKinney, county audi
tor, this morning.
The comparative figures are fot
July, August and September of this
year and the corresponding months
last year Mr. McKinney says these
figures reveal a saving of over $5,
000 in the operating costs of the
county but are not released for
“political reasons" but simply to ac
quaint the taxpayers of the county
with financial affairs. “It will be
our policy to publish these finan
cial statements at the end of each
quarter," says Mr. McKinney.
"While there has been a saving ol
over $5,000 in one quarter, the year ?
saving will not be four times this
amount, but barring any unforseer
expenses, the saving should be from
$12,000 to $15,000 a year,” the and
The county has re-instated thf
county farm agent, but so fat ha?
not been paid anything: out of
county funds for the reason he hut
been devoting his work mainly tc
federal work and the federal gov
ernment has been paying his salary
The administrative cost tn thl!
quarter runs higher than corres
ponding quarter of last year be
cause a new automobile has beer
charged to this fund. The new cat
Is used by the welfare department
in making Investigations of reliei
cases all over the county and Is
carrying prisoners and Juvenile of
fenders to the prison and reforma
tory, rather than pay mileage ol
five cents per mile. Other adminis
trative expense Includes advertis
ing, telephones and audits.
The following comparison of th*
various funds Is submitted by Aud
itor McKinney:
^Continued oh page four)