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T TI» MADE U d S W VOL XXXIX, No. 144 — SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. I, 1983 Published Monday, Wodnesday and Friday Afternoons. Ily Mull, iwr y*»r. (in ndvnne»i „ MM Cnrnrr. twr r«»r, (In ndtinco) _ UN Latfc News ~ THE markets rnlUin. sP«‘ . 9%C to 10^r . otlfl" seed. ,on' wa*on —* 17,00 seed. ««". carlots .... 19.00 Cloudy, Colder TT^her forecast for North Car partly eloudy. slightly eold "" night- Tomorrow, partly cloudy flowed by rain in extreme west portion Probes Lynching -j."' t NITER PRESS j^ffpisi n City, Mo.. Dec. l.-Gov r f.uv rack today gave Attorn Ocncntl MrKittrick full power to investigate the lynching of Lloyd earner, who was burned to death b, a mob of nine thousand on Wed „r,day. The negro had confessed attacking a white woman. Gangster Suicide St. Paul. Dec. 1.—Willie Sharkey. „nf of four Chicago gangsters held „n charges of kidnaping William Hamm. jr» committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell today. Replies To Smith Washington. Dec. 1.—Replying to the criticism of Alfred E. Smith a ho charged yesterday that the Civil Works' Administration had boon set up because of the failure of the Public Works Administration. Federal Relief Administrator Hop kins announced that on November y a total of 183.267 men had found work in 44 states under the civil works set up. Mellon Brother Dies Pittsburg. Dec. 1.—Richard B. Mellon, brother of Andred Mellon, secretary of the treasury under the idministration of Presidents Hoover ind Harding, died here today, aged 15. He was a banker an industrial ist. Sales Tax Heads Explain How To Save A Few Cents Purchases b'p To $1.16 Call For Levy Of Only 3 Cents, Officials Declare. Although the sales tax schedule oo purchases of less than one do! lar is generally known by almost every one now, it does not seem to be known that a person does not have to pay more than three cents tax on purchases up to $1.16, it is pointed out by Commission of Re venue A. J. Maxwell and Director Harry McMullan of the sales tax division. For the sales tax regula tions specify that a customer does hot have to pay an additional one cent tax on fractional parts of a dollar where the total amount is in excss of $i,05 until the major frac tion is passed. Thus while a purchaser must pay a tax of three cents on purchases between 71 cents and $1.06 it Is not necessary to add another cent of Hies tax until the amount of the purchase exceeds $1.16, it was point ed out. Some merchants are re ported as adding an extra cent of Hies tax as soon as the total Passes $1.05, thus making the tax lour cents on total purchases in excess of that amount. But this *ould not be the case, McMullan >nd Maxwell explain, since the customer has a minor fraction of I cents in his or her favor, with e result that a tax of four cents cannot be added until the total Uiount of the purchase amounts “115 Thus the sales tax sche >’ purchases in excess of $1 * as follows: From 71 cents to $1.16 the sales j ls three cents. Jrom $1.17 to $1.49 the tax is to cents, Jrom $1,50 to $1.83 the tax is nve cents. $184 to $2.16 the tax is six from $2 17 to $2.49 tile flax is .•wn rents. f .from $2.50 to **ht cents. $2.81 the tax is from $2 84 to $3.16 the tax is Cents' an<1 80 forth in the Pr°fh'ession. It was also to* outl asain that the sales the 18 cumulative on sales made in same trading period, thom,), ,L period, even lei-PM Jmay 1)6 made in dif ito-p drparbments of the same Bo, i 83 long 48 the customer does SL£8V* ^ store between pur Eliza Webb Will Be 92 Next Monday Webb wU1 ** ninety* Isthl f age next Monday. She by lLS°fCOnd oldest Person In Shel eeUent h? uu* °f her 8861 fa ln ex" (ifn '., fa th She is able to be up Hfj uaLand 80 her meals •ad tJ b bas three living sons ttjr ‘ " 'iving daughters. Each ,n her anniversary she is Hi4tlVei y a hosl of friends and 1 Grist Mill Taxes To Be Continued; 1 Bu. Exemption Farm Relief Program Sets Parity Price Red Tape Is Slashed Following Op position From North And South Carolina. Small grist mills which do not grind more than one bushel of corn a ,wgek per man, will be exempt from the processing tax fixed on the grain November 5 under an order by the secretary of agricul ture, approved yesterday by Presi dent Roosevelt at War mSprings. Under the original order of the agricultural adjustment administra tion, a processing tax of 20 cents per bushel would nave become ef fective today. This action will not however, affect the scheduled in creases in the hog processing taxes. No Affidavit. At the same time it was provided that cross roads grist mills would be relieved of the necessity of filing affidavits where grinding but a single bushel of corn per week for any producer, together with his family and employes. The original requirement was that an affidavit be filed, signed by two persons, set ting forth that the grindlhg of corn was for individual use. This “red tape’’ requirement was protested by members of Congress, the opposition coming largely from North Carolina and South Carolina where it was said it was virtually impossible to get two signers for each transaction. Most of the grind ing occurred Saturdays when per haps 50 or more farmers would bring their com to the mill for grinding. Other Taxes. The question which arose from the corn processing tax have not been fully considered, it was indi cated here today. The processors have demanded compensatory taxes upon cane and beet sugar and oth er competing products. Tt was ad mitted in agricultural department circles that if the 20 cents per bush ed tax became effective today it would be absolutely necessary to impose a compensatory tax upon other products. This the adminis tration is not prepared to do at this time. The processing tax falls on rela tively a small quantity of corn be cause commercial stocks are not large and therefore is not a great revenue producer. There are many conflicting interests in the matter and until the various questions are decided, it is not possible to de termine the appropriate rate on field corn. November Record Month. A high rate might lead to a shift the feeling in official circles being in sugar from oorn to cane or beet, that the 5 cents per bushel assess ment can be absorbed by the pro cessors although it amounts to something like 12 cents per 100 pounds. While no commentv would be made as to the possibilities of an excessive shift in consumption by reason of the processing tax, it was pointed out that in November the processors had the largest grind of corn products in years. A compensatory tax of half cent per pound upon car.e and beet sug ar had been advocated for applica tion in the event of the 20 cents per bushel tax becoming operative. Such a tax, it has been argued, would hardly be consistent in view of the efforts being made to pro duce a marketing agreement in sugar, a feature of interest to the corfcumer being that of keeping down the retail price despite the grant of better prices to the pro ducers. SPORTS, page eight. Happy Prisoner I : Although he’s in jail. Tony Serpa i believes himself to be extremelj fortunate. Serpa was an inmate i of th,e San Jose county jail when the ; lynch mob broke in to take Thomas I Thurmond and Jack Holmes. Be 1 cause of resemblance to Holmes, I Serpa was mistaken for the kidnap killer and almost lynched. He is now in San Francisco jail. j | Jury Indicts One In Stone Murder | Of Grady Barrett ! Mark Chandler, 18, Held On First Degree Charge; Two Others Under Bond. Rutherlordton, Nov. 29 —The cor oner’s jury investigating the death of Grady Barrett, whose dead body was found Monday near Sunshine, found that he came to his death at ,the hands of Mack Chandler, and recommended that Chandler be held without bail on a charge of first degree murder. The Jury further found that Summey Ramsey and Lark Bruner were accessories to the crime and that they be held to await the ac tion of the grand jury and that bond for Ramsey be fixed at $3, 000 and for Bruner at $2,000. They had failed to make bond tonight. Charges Drinkir/fc. The defendants did not go on the stand. Yates Toney, first on the stand, stated that all four men were drinking Sunday. Russell Cal ton said that Chandler told him he had a fight with Barrett. Mrs. Cal ton and Mrs. Padgett corroborated statements by Chandler while Sheriff Moore told about finding blood and hair on rocks. Volney Earley, assistant under taker, described the bruises on Barrett's body while Deputy Cal Williams told about finding the bloody clothes of Chandler and ar resting 'him in the woods. After a j 10-hour search. Garrett Edwards corroborated statements by other officers. Ram sey, Chandler and Barrette all have a court record here. Buys $1,800 Safe For Only $100.00 A burglar proof safe has beer, placed in the treasurer's office at the court house. It is a round-top, ■screw door, time-locked safe that originally cost $1,800 and was used in a loan and trust company office at Kings Mountain. The bank fail ed and the property was offered for sale. The county bought «the safe for $100. Thanksgiving Quiet Day In Shelby,. But Some Negroes Try To Celebrate Shelby ate its Thanksgiving tur key yesterday in quiet gratitude, saw some football games, went to church, and escaped the usual cata logue' of automobile accidents and police blotter notations Incident to the great. American holiday. Police and sheriff’s offices re ported this morning only a number of minor arrests, most of them ne groes, and no serious accidents. Fif teen persons were arrested since night before last and a little moon shine of no quality was poured out Russell Ellers, negro, provided last nffhts excitmer.t for the police department. Russell got drunk and went staggering around West Sliei by, looking in windows. When Of ficer Paul Stamey came to take him in, the negro fled. went through a vacant iti- and v ■ o' fectively stopped oy oar bed wia fence, on which he hung up like* a tattered scarecrow flapping in the moonlight. He unraveled himself before Mr. Stamey could catch him, and scooted down the road, pur sued by the officer in the depart ment Ford. Officer Stamey stepped on the gas and clipped the fugitive with a fender, enough to upset him. Russell's bottle smashed, and Thanksgiving had done come wild gone. Charles Abram, another negro made the mistake of selecting the lot back of the city hall for a bat tleground on Thanksgiving morn ing. He was Joyfully beating up some cooperative friends when the handcuff department arrived. Odus Abram, colored, celebrated by sticking his head through glass door. Police toa’i him to the hos oital. had him * ' d up. and iiedded him down in the jail. Cotton Growers Offered Contract! To Cut ’34 Crop Small Mills Esqape Levy Of 20c Administration Hopes To Reduce Crop By 15,000.000 Acres; Im provements Noted. Washington, Nov. 30—An ad vanced major phase of the farm relief program was inaugurated today when the agricultural ad justment administration announc ed the completion of its 1934-35 cotton adjustment contract, which is shortly to be submitted to the farmers. The program planned for observance during the next crop Reason is a liberalized one that is certain, in the view of officials, to appeal with favor to the fanner, and keep alive the co-operative spirit so clearly manifest by the planters of late months. Farmers participating In the pro duction control program, and there fore eligible for benefit payments, will be assured parity prices next year (parity was figured at 14.09 cents a pound today) and will re ceive benefit payments, based up on the productivity of their land that will range from a minimum of $2.62 an acre to $18, the high dol lar to be allocated to those pro ducers in . Arizona and California, who must irrigate their land with water for which they must, of course, pay real money. The avowed objective is to limit production near to 25,000,000 acres, instead of the normal 40,000,000 with the accompanying hope that production will not greatly exceed 8,000,000 bales and, with this hope realized, the world supply of the American grown staple should be materially reduced, say to 20,000, 000 bales, and better prices should logically result, because supply should then correspond to what the old farm board was wont to call consumer demand. Moreover, there were other fac tors in the situation that Inspired officials today to sound a more hopeful note, one calculated to dis pel the pessimism of those who have envisioned all nations moving toward a self-contained and a self sustaining economy, which will in evitably result, in a few years, in closing altogether the avenues of international trade and commerce. Visualise 10,000,000 Bales Export In announcing the completion of the cotton contracts George N. Peek, administrator, and Oscar Johnson, who directs the financ ing of the relief activities, gave the information that since the present selling season opened 3,500,000 bales of cotton had been sold for export, and there is the confident belief that ere the end of the year more than 10,000,000 bales will have been shipped to foreign markets, this without reference to buying plans under consideration by Russia. Possibly, Air. Johnson remarked today, there would come a time when a shifting about of produc tion in the various states would be wise. North Carolina and Texas were mentioned as examples of the states that, by reason of soil and climatic conditions, could shift pro duction from one basic crop to another. The former state, he said, could, if that course were deemed wise, grow less cotton, and more wheat and corn. A great number of individuals, among the cotton growers, will re ceive benefit payments from the government, but a larger sum of money wil lbc appropriated for the fanners in the wheat belt. In announcing today that the terms of the cotton contract had been agreed to, the agricultural ad justment administration said plans are underway to offer contracts to cotton producers in 800 cotton counties of the south before Jan uary 1. The contracts and regulations (Continued on page eight.) County Has Sent No One To Chair Electrocution Has Been Penalty For Capital Offence For 24 Years In N. C. During the 24 years that electro cution has been used to inflict the death penalty in capital crimes, nc Cleveland county criminal has been Introduced to the hot chair in Ra leigh. There have been 129 deaths in the chair since 1910 18 white and 111 negroes. Walter Morrison, negro, of Rob eson county, was the first to have his life snuffed out with an elec tric current as the price of a capi tal crime. Neighboring counties have had the following number in the ‘strap chair’ for capital crimes: Gaston, 4 negroes; Mecklenburg 1 white man and 1 negro; Cleveland none; Catawba. 1 negro; Burke. 1 negro: Iredell, 1 white man and 2 I negroes. Lynch Suspects Being Spir ited To Baltimore Heavily guarded by both itatr police and national guardsmen, the four men arrested aa leaden In tlir lynching of George Arrwood (colored), are taken from the Salisbury, Md., Armory by a aide door and spirited to a Baltimore jail. The action was taken when an Irate mob of 1,500 attempted to effect their release by force. The crowd was dispersed through the use of tear gas bombs. The suspects are William H. Thompson, druggist; Irving Ad kina, special officer; William P. Hearn, trucker, and William B. Mc Quay. Flames Snuff Life Of Shelby Woman, GrandmotherOf 16 Mrs. Mira Morrison Dies In Hos pital. Had Fourteen Great Grandchildren. , Painfully burned when her cloth ing caught fire from an Open grate In her home, Mrs. Mira Morrison, 73-year-old great grandmother, died this morning in the Shelby hospi tal. The accident occurred at 8 in the,morning last Wednesday, and she was taken to the hospital Im mediately. 14 Great Grandchildren Mrs. Morrison, who had been a resident of West Shelby for more than 30 years, was the widow of Jacob Morrison. She is survived by four sons, Sam, Andrew, Lawson and Edgar. alf*7>f Shelby, by six teen grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 p. m. at the Mt. Zion church, near Cherryvllle She had been a member of the Sandy Run Baptist church all her life. Two Wet Voter# Get Their Reward Morganton, Nov. 29.—Clifton W. Pearson. the unsuccessful repeal candidate In Burke county, finally has rewarded the faithful. Mr. Pearson offered pasture seed or egg mash for hens to the sole voter In Smoky Creek precinct and In Llnvllle No. 2 precinct who cast ballots for repeal of the amend ment. J. F. McGimsey, the dry can didate, polled 81 votes In Smoky Creek and 40 In Llnvllle No. 2. Several days ago the voters claimed the prizes. Jim Lane came from Smoky Creek and declared he was the wet voter in his precinct, while Tip Mayfield declared he was the rightful claimant to one of the awards by virtue of having cast a wet ballot In Llnvllle No. 2 Little Change In Several Sick People There Is little change, If any, In several prominent sick people in Shelby. J. J. McMurry, age 84, had a better night last night but seems to be growing gradually worse. L. E. Ligon, former city clerk and treasurer and for many years agent for the Southern railway at this place, is In serious condition at his home on N. Washington street. W J. Roberts, former postmas ter, shows some, improvement at his home on West Marion street. His condition has been right ser ious, but this morning he was re ported a little better. Church Supper At Sharon Is Planned On Saturday night Dec. 2 there *111 be a church supper at Sharon :hureh. Hot dogs, coffee, sandwich es. ice cream, cake, peanuts, pop 'orn and rand'' wi1! be served Everybody invited to come. To Build $15,000 Legion House At Kings Mtn. Soon Three projects lor civic Improve ment lor Kings Mountain have been submitted to Raleigh to eonn under the recently appropriated relief fund for North Carolina. These are: The erection of an American Legion hall to cost $15 - 000. This to be erected on the lot adjoining the Womans club re cently purchased by the post The Improvement of the grounds of the Kings Mountain schools. City improvement to require the service of 53 men. Marcus Erwin Takes His Office Today Successor To Frank Patton Receiv es Commission From President Roosevelt. Marcus Erwin, native Burke citi zen now living In Asheville, who if United States attorney-designate for the western district of North (Carolina, took the oath of office at noon today In the Asheville federal court building. It was learned here Mr. Erwin has received his com mission of office from President Roosevelt, who appointed him t“ succceed, on December 1, Frank C. Patton, of Morganton. who recent ly resigned. Senator Robert R. Rey nolds, lifelong friend of Mr. Efwln recommended his appointment. Mr. Erwin Is a Democrat, and Mr. POK, ton a Republican. Questioned about his two asslst | ants to succeed Thomas A. McCoy, of Asheville and Charles Rapor Jonas, of Lincolnton, present aide.' to Mr, Patton. Mr. Erwin said that he did not yet know who they rill be. He said there are at least 50 capable applicants. Forest Fires Sylva, Nov. 29.—A forest fire crept toward the edge of tlje Great Smoky ‘ mountains national park tonight, as fire ' fighters strove to halt Its progress and to control other blazes In this territory. 440 Men Notified To Start To Work On Civil Projects Half Of Cleveland Quota la Nov Employed. Others To Get Jabs By Dee. 15. Pour hundred and forty men, bad ol Cleveland county'* allotment under the civil work* admlnistra | tion program, have been notified to report for work on county and city projects, Harry Woodson, ad ministrator, said this morning. Another four-forty will have been assigned to jobs by December 15, according to the plan. Two New Projects. Two new projects, in addition to ! the numerous ones already submlt [ ted or approved, were sent to Ra leigh today. They ask for 25 men to work on general improvements on the Poikvilie schools, and 11 men for civic Improvements at the town of Grover. Unemployed, white and colored crowded the office of D. R. 8. Fraz er on West Marlon street this morning, swelling .i registration al ready far in excess of the 880 Jobs to be provided here. The rush for jobs began last week when the job less read in the papers about the civil works projects, and the goo.1 wages to be paid. The workers will receive on an average of $15 a week, which Is, In some instances, a higher wage than that earned bv many men who have been steadily employed. Tire civil works Jobs ^however, will not last more than ninety days. No Processing Tax On Small Corn Turns Washington. Dec. 1.—Representa tive McMillan, Democrat, of South Carolina, was advised by the farm administration today that the corn processing tax regulations have been modified to allow small, southern grist millers to grind as much as a bushel for individual farmers with out obtaining an affidavit that the meal or grits is for his own use. 1934 License Tags On Sale Today; Buy Before Jan. 1, Governor Urges North Carolina's 1934 automobile licenses go on sale to motorists to day with a sales talk by Governor J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus asking the state's 400,0000 drivers to buy th»m before January 1. The tags may be obtained at the Carolina Motor Inn on East War ren street, the only place in the county you can get them. The nearest place outside the county is Gastonia. Buy Now, bays Governor North Carolinians will have a chance to display their patriotism and of state next month.” the governor commented. "They can buy something they’ve got to have —their auto tags—and by buying early they can really help their government.' Usually 11 f rtetes Joi »mo ties, rio , sa): iy il Dc cember 13 and the slate bonows .6 money with which to meet its bond maturities and other obligations due December 31 and New Year’s day. Can Help State 'Tar Heels can save their state a considerable sum of money In obviating the usual tax anticipa tion borrowings If they will com ply with the laws and purchase automobile licenses in December," Eiirlnghaus observed. As a usual practice, the state has been securing $1,500,000 or more each year from New York banks for 60 days or longer to be used to make ends meet at New Year's, It Is figured that a minimum of (12,000 in Interest can be saved if this borrowing can be avoided. To try and avoid this Interest :ost. license plates will go on sale aneously Friday morning in i , J ■.Continued on page eight.! >J J Bulldogs Defeat Cadets To Clinch Jr. College Title __ , ■■ M Boiling Spring* Win* 4 By 25-14 Score Oak Kidge Start* With A Rush. 1 Making Klrst Tally, Bat Lark Winning Punch. The Hulling Springs Bulldogs ended one of the most success ful season* In junior college his tory here yesterday by defeat inf | the Cadets of Oak Ridge. 26-14. This leaves tnem undetected out of a ten game schedule. Incidentally 1 It was the first time that a Boll ing Springs team had ever hum bled an eleven from Oak Ridge. The game opened with the Bull- 1 dogs kicking to the Cadets, who failed to gain and punted to Raper. Raper fumbled on the 10-yard line and the Cadets recovered. Spelng ner scored two plays later on a lat eral pass around their left end. Helms kicked the extra point. Brown Scores First Tally After this bad break the Bull dogs opened an attack that wag not halted until the fourth quarter when Coach Hutchins sent hie sec ond string Into the fray. The Bull dogs tallied their first marker late In the first quarter on a pass, Rap er to Brown, who raced thirty yards for the touehdown. The try for ex tra point failed as the quarter end ed. The second quarter opened with the Cadets getting off a styort punt to midfield. At this point Raper 1 again passed to Brown who wm downed on the five yard line. Con nor bucked the line for touchdown. The try for extra point again fail ed. The Cadets chose to receive and could gain nothing through a • Continued ou Page 8> Sanitary Officer 1 Put On In County; Work Free Labor Surface Toilets Musi Be Alnuiilon i»d in Sewerage District of City. Rural Toilets. -- : Those who use surface toilets must nave inern -put In sanitary S condition to conform to the state laws and a sanitary inspector in the person of J. B, France* ha* been put on in Cleveland county 1 to supervise this work. Mr. Frances is working for the ) state board of health but Is paid onut of the CWA funds from the ,1 relief office of the county. The state | board of health lias put on sanitary r Inspectors in every county in North 1 Carolina and their duties will be to ; see that surface toilets are done awuy with in towns and clUts where sewerage connection is avail" ;i able. In rural population centers where toilets are too close to homes, the surface toilets must be constructed according to state board of health specifications, but under the CWA, f a minimum of expense will be rc % qulred on the part of the owners cl § the property. Mr. Frances wTT! make out a bill for the material ; necessary to make the toilets con | fbrm to the sanitary laws, owners, may buy the material where they .1 choose and CWA workmen will be | furnished free to dc the labor. A* number of surface toilets will b« made to conform to the law at the § school houses in the rural sections. j Mr. Frances will make an inspe. tlon of the entire county to the eru :i that the surface toilets will be made sanitary under the state | board of health plan. He is now in | der training at Rutherfordton and : goes early next month to Ralei'f- 1 at a meeting of 150 sanitary offi cers from every county in North s Carolina to get more definite in structlons on the sanitary program Carolina Rotarians To Greet President At Dinner Tonight A large delegation from Shelby is expected to attend the Rotary din ner in Charlotte tonight in honor of John Nelson, president of Ro tary International. The dinner will be held at the Chamber erf Com merce building at 7 p. m. More than 400 Rotarians from the 38th and 57th North Carolina district* will attend. Rotary District Governor Robert F. Phillips of Asheville will accom pany President Nelson, and other distinguished Rotarians from the Carollnas and Virginias are expect ed. Mr. Nelson is a Canadian, a ormer newspaperman, and super visor ot public relations of a well known life insurance company. .. .
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