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the markets .»Hc to 10*ic r^Iton wed. ton> w**°® - 18 08 JJtor seed. ton' CMTlotM —* 20 00 Colder Tonight «>»tber Forecast tor North Car ^^.piirtlv cloudy and colder to and tomorrow. Lyncher* Eluded 9y l"SITED PRESS Wichita. Kansas, Dec. 11.—Offlc eluded an enrafed mob of Kan 21 fiitrens this morning as they “ hl to lynch Jack Wisdom, farm 22 who Is accused of the kid zLf and slaying of Mrs. Harry Pritchard. Temporary shelter for the culprit was afforded today by ^ state reformatory at Hutchtn **At Topeka. Governor Landon an ueanced that he was prepared to call out the National Guard If ne ffutry to maintain order and pre tent »-lynching. Revolt In Spain By UNITED PRESS Madrid. Dec. II.—A revolution try outbreak flared anew here yes terday. addins five deaths to the t„ll of Anarchist Insurrection, which now stands at 45. A sergeant ind a corporal of the loyal troop3 were killed by revolutionists, who hare taken refuse In a recruit bar racks. Governmental spokesmen expressed confidence that Sunday would end the reign of anarchist revolt. Homing Eagles By UNITED PRESS New York, Dec. II—Colonel Lind bergh today informed Pan-Ameri can Airways that he and Mrs Lindbergh would take off from Manaos, five hundred miles up the Amaton In the heart of the jungle at S o'clock tomorrow morning, headed for home by way of Trini dad. Boy Emperor By UNITED PRESS Peiping, China, Dec. 11.—A Jap anese plan to restore the “Boy Emperor," Henry Pn-Yi to the j throne of his Manchu ancestors was believed by Chinese authori ties today to be progressing rapid ly in Mukden. --— 4 Talk Gardner As Successor ToHugh Johnson,NRABoss Shelby Citiaen And Former Gov ernor It Mentioned For Im portant NRA Post. Washington, Dec. 11.—Former Governor O. Max Gardner is being prominently mentioned in admin istration and official circles In Washington as the probable suc wssor of General Hugh S. Johnson in case he carries out his announc *d intention of severing his con nection with the National Recov er administration as administra tor. Asked about the report today. Governor Gardner said: “I have ke&rd the report myself a number «f times but have no idea how it originated. It has no official signi ficance that I know of.” “Would you accept the position?” k* was asked. "1 would at least not accept un til it was offered me,” he replied. Tho reasons vouchsafed for Gov •cnor Gardner’s being the best fit **d person mentioned for the posi doft. is that he would be atabiliz •n* influence, and would, with his characteristic tact, be able to iron ! 0111 ®°m* of the differences that «i*t between labor and capital “d some branches of Industry and husine;^ and the recovery admin istration. Nothing has oome from the 7hlte Ho'i« of a definite nature ' 10 whether ‘Johnson is to quit. Value Of Tests Shown In Chicks The value of raising Mood-test chicKs was emphatically demon 5aied last week at the farm oi ’ F Silers in the Marys Grove "*un unity. Out of 200 barred Plymouth Th.' ,nl-v two chickens reacted to test for the disease known mong poultrymen as “B.W.D.” a ^ady which kills many chicks, k Parrish, state poultry ex and County Agent Shoffner i making tests throughout the mv Where sanitation is bad , * c°unty agent said, the percent • ’f chicken, with the disease is ,{fi high. The sticde Zij — VOL. XXXIX, No. 148 SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY. DEC. 11, 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ny Mull !»r y#»r. (in ndynaMI «i *3 C»rrt*r. par y«*r. (In ndvnnMl _ 13. 9 t Prof. H. E. Myers To Speak Tonight To Duke Alumni Cleveland And Rutherford Men In vite Friends To Banquest At Methodist Chnrch. Prof. H. E. Myers of the school of religion of Duke university will be the principal speaker at the Cleveland and Rutherford county Duke alumni banquet tonight. Prof Myers studied at Boston university after leaving Duke, later he enter ed the pastorate of the Methodist church, and held prominent charges in the North Carolina conference including the Memorial church at Durham. He Is one of the best speakers of Duke university and a popular teacher there now. The ladies of the Central Meth odist church in Shelby are pre paring the dinner for the occasion. The banquet will be at 7 o’clock at the Central Methodist church in Shelby. All of the alumni of Duke university together with all the friends of the institution are cor dially invited to be present. J. R. Davis, attorney, of Kings Mountain is president of the asso ciation and Miss Elizabeth K. Matthews of Rutherfordton is the secretary. Willie’s Turkeys And Chickens Cost Twenty-Two Months Oh Ye*. Six Month Of That Was For A Generator, Stolen From Rock Cut Woman. Eight months for turkeys. Eight months for chickens. Six months for generator. Total, twenty-two months. Tha,t was Willie Shippy's sad news Saturday morning in Judge Joe Wright’s court. Willie, a col ored boy with an appetite for drumsticks abnormal even for his race, stole the turkeys from George Johnson, proprietor of the Shelby hotel, and the chickens and auto mobile generator from Emma Gib ney, who was raising the turkeys for Mr. Johnson at her place in the Rock Cut section. Willie swooped down one "night last week and went away with enough cacklers and gobblers to feed a small army. Police and county deputies picked up his tracks and ran him down. SKoffner Realizes Raspberry Ambition County Agent Shoffner's ambi tion to get 25 acres planted to rasp berries in this county is about to be realized. He expects the finaJ con tract to be signed this week. Gardner Retained To Tackle Cotton Export Problems^ Ex-Governor To Work For Textile Body Himself A Manufacturer. He Will Represent The Industry At Washington. Former Oovernor O. Max Gard ner, himself a textile manufacturer, has been retained by the cotton textile Industry committee, George A. Sloan, its chairman, announced last week. The committee is giving close attention to difficult prob lems created by abnormal condi tions in imports and exports, and this Is one of the first tasks Mr. j Gardner will take up with govern- I mental representatives in Wash ington. Appointment Expected .Cotton mill men said they had been expecting the appointment, and It has long been the secret de sire of many of them to have Mr. Gardner to retain the ex-govemor as director-general, or czar, of thej lndusty, in a position similar to, that occupied by Will Hays of the movies and Judge Landis in base ball. Export Problem Acute Special attention will be given to the acute situation which cotton textile exporters are experiencing as a result of Increased production costs under the cotton textile code, without the compensating ad vances in foreign countries. Mr. Gardner’s assistance in Washing ton should also be of immediate value in watching the effect of im port competition to prevent in creases that might cut into domes tic production and employment, particularly from textile countries with extremely low production costs. mpc M'SWAlNWrc IN WEST SHELBY Was A Beason Before Marriage. Buried Tuesday At Bolling Springs Church. Mrs. Sara Emma McSwain, wid ow of W. P. Beason, died shortly before midnight last night at her home on 8mith street In West Shelby following an Illness of two years. She was 72 years of age November 25th. Twenty years ago her husband died. Before moving to Shelby she lived at Boiling Springs. Mrs. McSwain was a consecrated Christian woman and greatly be loved by her host of friends. She was Sara Emma Beason before marriage and Is survived by four children, Mrs. Cliff Beason, Mrs Grady McSwain, Florence and Pearl McSwain, two brothers James Bea son of Rutherfordton and Robert Beason of Cliffside. 8ix grandchil dren and two great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Bolling Springs by Rev. C. V. Mar ton and Rev. J. L. Jenkins and in terment will take place in the ] cemetery there. Belmqnt Mill Runs Full Now, To Close Week For Ho^ays i Through an oversight in check- j ing up on the textile mil’s of She:- i by Friday, The Star failed to men tion the schedule on which he Belmont Cotton ;i)ll is running The Belmont has been on full sche dule for several months and run ning full during December, but in obedience to the code agreement for a twenty five per cent reduc tion in out-put for December will close Dec. 22nd and remain closed for the remainder of the month, it is learned from Avery Vf. McMur ry, manager. Mel Trotter, Mission Worker, Speaks To Men On Debtorship Two Hundred Men Hear Him At Meeting Of The Men Of Presbytery. Mel Trotter, at one time a.drunk en and sinful barber, but now a mission worker in Grariid Rapids, Wis. spoke to 200 men at the First Baptist church Saturday night, urging them as Christian men to “pay their debt to Jesus." His sub ject was “debtorship” and it was a meeting of the men of the church of the Kings Mountain Presbytery, with representatives present from five counties. “We’ve got the Gospel because some one brought it to us. It is our duty to take this Gosnrl t-« others, said the or. time d. i who was rescued from a life at sm and shame in Harry Monroe’s mission in Chicago. Mr. Trotter was head ed to Lake Michigan to end his lite when he passed the Monroe mis sion and heard the singing of old hymns. He dropped in and his soul and his life were saved. That was twenty-seven years ago and in seven minutes he was ordained to preach although he never went to the seminary. Today he stands out as one of the great evangelists of the world, known and loved net only in America but in Europe. lie speaks rapidly, is a good mimic of the language and other nationali ties and knows the slang of the underworld “I left, when IT<>" Monroe salt) (Continued on page eight.; i "Cracks Down” on F. D. Attackers •i I Answering "chiselers, racketeers” and "bullion pundits” or "so-called captains of finance,” who criticize the President’s monetary policy with the assertion that “Roosevelt’s dollar is the soundest dollar," General Hugh Johnson, NRA administrator, is shown in his famed "cracking down” pose as be addressed the National Manufacturers’ Association at New York. Five Hamrick Boys Have Combined Age Of 400 Years; All Bom Here Only One Of Six Son* Dead. Dr. Hamrick A Textile Manufac turer, Other* Fanners. Five Hamrick boys, all bom near Shelby, will celebrate their com bined 400th anniversary this week. Each has lived beyond the three score years and ten, been more than reasonably successful in the accum ulation of this world’s goods .each is an outstanding man in his com munity and each retains his health and mental alertness, . The five who celebrate their com bined 400th anniversary this week are Sidney, Laander, Alonzo, and John Hamrick of this county and Dr. W. C. Hamrick, of Gaffney, 8. C. Their ages range from 73 to 86 Sidney and Alonzo are not so well, but are up and about their affairs every day. Dr. W. C. Hamrick at Gaffney is the youngest of the five. He has represented Cherokee county in the South Carolina state senate since 1927. He also served in the senate in 1910 and began his legislature career In the North Carolina house of representatives In 1888, After practising medicine in Shelby for five years he moved to Oaffney in 1894 and entered the textile busi ness. He built the Limestone Cot ton mill in 1900 and added the Hamrick, Musgrove, Alma and Broad River Mills later. Yes, there was a sixth son. Sher iff M. N, Hamrick who served Cleveland county as high sheriff for many years. And a better man never lived. Sheriff farmed before he entered public life and the other Tour brothers stuck to Tarm life. They became large land own ers and were very successful. A dispatch from Oaffney said four of the five living brothers made for tunes of *100,000 or more. The fifth is almost rated as high. Thetr father lived to be 78, their mother 75 and the -oldest brother Sheriff Hamrick, died at 78. The average age of the parents and the six sons already is a fraction over 78 years. “We all,” Senator Hamrick of Gaffney says "believ'> the world Is a good place In which to live.” And at their age they ought to know. Ginning For Cleveland Reached 46,249 Bales Up To December 1st Cleveland county had ginned 46, 249 bales of cotton up to December 1st of this year as compared with 43,156 bales up to the same date a year ago, it was announced today by Thamer C. Beam, county cotton statistician. This brings the cotton crop this year above that of 1932, in spite of the reduction in acreage brought about by the plow-up campaign and the pledges to reduce by farm ers who borrowed from the crop loan fund. . In the two week period from Nov. 15th to Dec. 1st, there had been ginned 3,653 bales, the gin re port issued just prior to this one revealing that 42,596 bales had been ginned. The crop is gathered now and farmers have been busy during the pretty weather, plowing up the stalks and sowing small grain for winter. Odd lots of cotton remain unginned on porches and when the final crop is known, it is expected to run around 46(500 bales. Williams Comes As Shelby Mill “Super” Formerly With Ella. Has Been With Several Big Mills. Fam ily Comes Later. J. O. Williams arrived today Irom Gastonia to become superintend ent of the Shelby Cotton mill. He has entered upon his duties and will move his family to Shelby in a short while. Mr. Williams is pleasantly remem bered in Shelby, having at one time been with the Ella Mill here He has had wide experience, hav ing been connected in an official hjracity with textile plants at Spin dale, Tuxedo and Brevard. his loi' con.>n being thirteen years at Spindaie. All They Asked The County For | Was A Pine Box Two colored women timidly en tered the fcourt house. At the first office, one of them Inquired falter ingly, “Mister, please, could you tell me where I could get a box?" “What kind of i box do you want?” “Jes1 a plain pine box, please suh.” j From office to office they went, ! making their inquiry from the door j way. Finally, at Belief Administra tor Harry Woodson’s office, some jone asked, “What do you want the box for?” j "I wants to bury my husband in it," one of the women said. A coffin was provided from coun ty funds. 13 More Donations For Memorial Hall Thirteen more contributions to the American Legion fund for the erection of a Memorial Hall on East Warren street were announc ed this morning. They are: Friend $1.00, Teeny Tiny Groc ery $1.00, W. J. Jones $1.00, Ken dall Medicine Co. $5,00, C. and 8 Furniture Co. $2.00, Mai Spangler $150, R. K Wilson $1.00, T. G. Put nam $1.00, Piedmont Cafe $2.00, Will Llneberger $5.00, C. D. Bolt $2.00, R. M. Dorsey $1.00, John L. Stowe $2.00. COTTON IS STEAD Cotton was steady today at a se of from five to sever, points 1 tn n'p'v vork at 2 o'clock Jail, was " i 10 02, March 10 1$ and ( May 10 32. t Valdese Man Dies j After Auto Crash; Aviator Arrested Monroe Street Victim At Cart Collide Fail Me Murry, Asheville Flyer, In Hickory Hospital. Is Held for Murder. Paul McMurrv, Asheville avtator, has been placed under arrest on a warrant charging him with the murder oC Monroe Street of Val* dene, who was killed on highway No. 10 in Burke county when an au tomobile driven by McMurry crash ed into another car. TOe collision occurred Thursday. The aviator is in a Hickory hos pital with Injuries sustained in the crash. Six men were injured, and Street died In a Hickory hospital Friday night. Passed Car On Hill Sheriff Ross of Morganton swore out the warrant for arrest after visiting the scene of the accident shortly after It occurred. It hap pened when McMurry tried to pass i another car at the top of a hill. Others who were injured in the ; wreck sre O. Burrell, companion of I McMurry, and Everett and Floyd WUkerson, brothers of Newton. Floyd Wilkerson was dismissed from the hospital Thursday afternoon but the others remained there tor treatment. McMurry was on his way to Greensboro to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John McMurry. Funeral For Street Funeral services for street were conducted at Wilkes Grove Baptist church In Burke county Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. He was h native of Casar but had been liv ing at Valdese for some time. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Amle Brittain, a year old child, and the following broth ers and sisters: A. O. Street, Roy Street, Valdese, Harvey Street, For est City, Tommy and S. V. Street, Casar, Mrs. Creolla Wise, Vale, and Miss Addle B. Street, Casar. Ownership Undetermined It was- not poaaibte to establish definitely who owned the automo bile In which McMurry and Bur rftl were riding when the accident occurred. Burrell would not say where he resides, being quoted as declaring he is a "traveling man” and that he met with McMurry at Asheville. Off For Shanghai* China, Last Of Week • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kendall ex pect to leave Shelby the latter part of this week to begin their return trip to Shanghai, China, where Mr. Kendall holds a position with Dib brell Bros., tobacco exporters. Thf?y have been in America for about two months, having spent a part of that time visiting Mr. Kendall's mother, Mrs. H. E. Kendall, here. A part of the time Mr. Kendall has spent following the sales of tobacco markets In Eastern Caro lina. They will go by train to Seattle, Washington, where they will take a steamer for Shanghai, and ex pect to reach their destination about January Oth. This was Mr. Kendall’s first visit to the states since he went to China three years ago,, and they will probably not be able to return here again before another two years has passed. Francis To Take Sanitation Course J. B. Francis, county sanitary supervisor, will leave today with a party of supervisors from nearby counties to attend a three-day course In sanitation In Raleigh un der the department of health. 389 Men Get $4,579 On C. W, A. Payroll; j Tenants Seek Work Buys N. Y. Daily ■! ■ wMMMvHaMMMMMaaHHMHawaHnH a J. David Stern, owner of the Phila delphia Record and the Camden (N. J.) Courier and Poet, who, it waa revealed la the now owner of the New York Evening Poet. The newspaper, which recently changed to tabloid format, will probably re vert to standard else under the new ownership. Measles Epidemic Grows In County; One School Closed On Top Of That, A New Disease, Called "Endemic Mottled Enamel" I* Feared. With an epidemic of measles starting in the county schools, anti the Polk vine school already closed on account of It, Superintendent J. H. Origg and County Health Offi cer Dr. D. F. Moore are taking every precaution to check the spread of the disease. Numerous cases have been reported in Shelby,] and others are known but have not been reported. "Keep the children at home," Is the advice of the health officer, who warns parents that cases must be reported Immediately for quar antine. Test Drinking Water Schools in the eastern part of the state were thssatened last week with a new (Unease, caused by Im purities In the drinking water, and a carefiil examination of all drink ing water in the stBtc was ordered this week by the health department. Superintendent J. H. Origg this week will send to Raleigh 72 quart jars of water obtained from Cleve land county schools for chemical tests. The bacteria sought Is called “Endemic Mottled Enamel,” The Polkville school, closed last week, has 600 students All schools will close December 22 for the Christmas holidays. Extension Courses To Begin Tomorrow Dr. Roy W. Morrison of the ex tension division of the university will begin his courses at the high school building tomorrow after noon at 4 o’clock. He Is offering courses which will give credit of eight hours towards credit certifi cates or degree work. County and city teachers who are Interested In taking this work should meet Dr. Morrison at the high school tomorrow afternoon. Farmers To Organize New Loan Body, Meeting At Cherryville Commodity Credit Corporation Will Replace Other Organizations; Cotton Loan Explained. Farmers from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties will meet to night in Cherryville to set up an organization to handle loans from the Commodity Credit Corpora tion, the new body which will re place all other agricultural loan offices. J. W. Johnson, loan official, and the farm agents from the three counties comprising the district will attend the meeting. The farm ers are to set up their own organ ization for theae loans, Cleveland '•ounty Aacnt Shoffnei said ►htn •wain". Hereafter, there will be no loans j made by the Seed Loan Corpora tion or by the Regional Agricultur al Credit Corporation .agencies which were of vast benefit to Cleveland county farmers during the past three years. Last yea' Cleveland county farmers borrowed $160,000 ,ol which $100,000 was ml seeds. Cotton farmers have been large ly confused about loans and options recently, Mr. R. W. Shoffner said. He wants them to understand this point clearly: To get the fom-cent loan, they must enter into the 1934 acreage reduction program. But If they do not wish to enter into this pro gram. they may obtain options to sell at any time between now anr May 1, 1934. i 440 Will Be Employed AHThwWeek , ♦50 Jobless Registered Ijut Wrm At Fnurr'i Office. M% Tenant Farmer*. Three hundred and eighty-nine men employed on Civil Work* Ad ministration projects in Cleveland county received 14.579.00. or more than $14 each, from Administrator Harry Woodson* office when the public works ghoet walked Satur day afternoon. The full complement of 440 men has been notified to report for work. At least 75 more will start in this morning. Registration Slows Dow*. D. R. 8. Fraser, director of the re-employment bureau, had regis tered a total of 3,000 men on Sat urday afternoon, 450 of whom oama In last week. He said, however, that registration was lighter Fri day and Saturday, indicating, pos sibly, that most of the currently unemployed persons had been list ed One hundred and three men have been given work to date, all but 30 of them employed this week on OWA projects. Preference in as signing Job* is given to veterans, but' most of the veteran* In the skilled trades have been placed now Mr. Fraser said. Tenants Seek Work. An Interesting point last wees was the heavy registration of ten ant farmers. These men have had work this year, but many of them have had nothing to do for eevera1 months, and are now seeking gov ernment relief. Mot* than 50% at the men listed last week were ten ants. A few positions outside the CWA ranks are open and an attempt rib be made to fill them this week, the director said. Some of these por tions do not pay so well as the 91 « and 415 a week government Jobe but in lnstanoef-where-the. mgr is fair and the job permanent, the applicant who refuses it will not be favored with government aid I i ■ Police Implicate j 2 Arrested Here In Explosive Crash j Escaped Convict And Pal Face 1 Number Of Charges In Several Cities. Baxter Whetstlne. escaped oon- J vlct, and John Gibson, wanted for store robbery, who were arrested 1 last week in Kings Mountain and charged with theft of an automo bile, may be two of the gang which sj abandoned a nltroglyeeryn-laden automobile In Greensboro after a | collision several days ago, accord- J lng to Greensboro police. Jj Whetstlne and Gibson wers brought before Judge Joe Wright 1 for a hearing In recorder’s court this morning. Gibson will face charges of store-breaking In High • Point and automobile theft In | Greensboro. Whetstlne will be tried for the car theft, and sent back to his prison camp. Another member of their party, said to be named Moore, escaped. Tried To Sell Car The two were arrested by Kings Mountain Officers Harrison and Hicks when they tried to sell a . 1933 model Ford for $300. Greensboro officers stated that Information given them over the ' telephone by the Cleveland county sheriff led them to believe that the (Continued on page eight.) Oglesby To Preside At Court Term Here | Judge John Oglesby of Con corn J will preside at the January term oi superior court here, William Os- | borne, clerk, announced this morn ing. A panel of 36 jurors was drawn by the county commissioners last week. The docket Is light so far, Mr. Osborne said, but there are many carry-over cases. held over be cause so much time was occupied during the last term with a mur der trial. There are few civil case*. ■
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