TMME E N U D S 1k M: .— ■ . ■ ...i tate News the markets Cotton, spot . «>-*5 to 12.35 Cotton seed, ton. wagon 18.00 Cotton seed. ton, carlots 20.00 Cloudy Weather Weather forecast for North Caro lina Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Possibly light rain in ex trfmo southeast part of state to morrow. Somewhat colder tonight. Gangsters Held Bv UNITED PRESS Tuscon, Arizona. Jan. 26.—Fifty deputies mounted machine guns around the Pima county jail today uarding for of the mid west’s most desperate gangster-killers, members #( the John Dillinger gang, all cap tured by a small town police force. The gats 's wante<1 Sy police on a aeore of robberies and murders in Indiana. Illinois and Ohio. Devaluation By UNITED PRESS Washington, Jan. 26.—President Roosevelt's dollar devaluation bill „as defended in the senate today as filial to any effort to clear the nation's tremendous burden of pub lic and private debt. Oversubscribed Washingtort, Jan. 26.—This week’s j billion dollar security issue has been oversubscribed nearly five times, according to the latest report today from Secretary of the Treas ury Morgenthau. No Stagger System On CWA Work Two days after the CWA admin istration here received orders to invoke the stagger system, which would have employed 700 more men on Cleveland projects, the order was cancelled. Harry Woodson, di rector, said yesterday. The work continues with slightly more than 850 men and women on various projects. Orders were received yesterday to erect four by six foot signs at the scene of all CWA operations. Commissioner Hoyle Explains Sales Tax Deputy Commissioner Makes State ment Explaining Regulations Governing Tax. Deputy Commissioner R. A. Hoyle, in a statement to The Star yester day, urged all taxpayers to make their tax returns early to avoid the final rush of last minute payers, and explained the regulations gov erning the collection of the state sales tax. His statement follwo6: “There has been some misunderstanding about the state sales tax. I wish to explain that every merchant, re gardless of the size of his business during the past year, is expected w make a report before the last of January. Also, I wish to be notified of every merchant who has gone out of business during the past year. My office is in the Miller block, over the office of John P. Mull, and I shall be glad to explain the reg ulations governing the sales tax to anyone who does not thoroughly understand them. All professional *en such as lawyers will be requir ed to make a return on the privi !ege tax. The sales tax is due be fore the last of January and the state income tax falls due the 15th of March.” Negro Gets 60 Days For Failure To Pay Dog Tax Two Years First Conviction Of Kind Recalled Here: Indicted Under North Carolina Statute. to the first instance recalled here of a roa»«r, on »dv»nc«i _ m m t:»rrt«r, per T*»r, (in ndfaneo .. MM Held mCWA Racket Thomas A. Archer, 47-year-old dis trict supervisor for the CWA in the Washington area, shown after his arrest on a charge of extorting bribes from employees under him. The arrest marks the first step in the drive ordered by President Roosevelt to c-ioJaate graft. Children To See Films Selected! By Club Council First Picture To Be Shown Satur day Morning At Carolina; It's Exciting Western. The first of a series of Saturday morning moving picture shows for children will be seen here tomor row at the Carolina Theatre under the auspices of the Inter-Club Council committee. The picture is an exciting western, full of action, called “Sunset Pass’’ and will be shown at 9 o'clock a. m. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Harry Hudson, a committee com posed of Mrs. E. Y. Webb, Mrs. Ed McCurry, Mrs. D. W. Royster and J. W. Harbison will select pictures for the children. The films will be shown every Saturday morning at a reduced price, and the theatre management has agreed to take s loss on the production until attend ance grows. The other children's project re cently inaugurated by the council is the Wednesday afternoon story telling hour, which was so popular on its first day that many children could not find seats. This situation has been corrected, and now two rooms at the Methodist church are used, insuring a seat for every child. The story-telling and music ses sions are held Wednesday after noons at 3:30. Children from 5 to 8 years old are In one section and others up to 12 are in another. In addition to members of the Coun cil who have volunteered to enter tain the children, several high school girls have contributed their services. Textile Union Meets Tomorrow Morning Special Meeting Of Textile Workers Expected To Be Largest Ever Held Here. (Special to The Star.) A special meeting of local union, Mo. 1901, Shelby Textile workers, will- be held in the Union Hall on W. Warren street, on Saturday morning, Jan. 27, at 10:30 sharp. Several paramount problems will be featured on the most interesting program ever sponsored by the of ficers of this rapidly growing or ganization, and a 100 per cent at tendance is expected. A special call las been made to members at Cleveland Cloth mill. This meeting j will probably represent the largest assembly of union men ever held | n Shelby. Leander Hamrick Hit By Automobile In Front Of Home Left Leg Is Broken Now In Hospital Aged Citizen Of Shelby HU R.v Car On Highway 20 West Of City Limits. Mr. Leander Hamrick. 80-yeur-old citizen of Shelby, was struck by an automobile driven Dy R. H. Rogers of this city yesterday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock while crossing highway 20 In front of his home west of the city, Mr. Rogers and 1’. P. Grigg were returning from Asheville when Mr Hamrick crossed the highway go ing to his home from his barn. Re ports say that as he was about half way across he saw the car and jumped back into its path. As the car was not traveling fast, it was stopped in a few feet, but too late to avoid hitting Mr. Hamrick. Mr. Hamrick’s left leg was brok en, in addition to bruises p«d scratches. This morning a thorough examination had not been made at the hospital and it was undetermin-" ed whether he had other internal injuries. Mr. Hamrick is a well-known citi zen of this city, and celebrated his 80th birthday last spring. He has always led a hardy, outdoor life, and is In better health than many men younger than he, a point whcih will be In his favor in recov ering from the accident. Road Project Will Begin January 29 4 1-4 Mile Survey To Be Begun Last Of Month. Will Employ Approximately 40 Men. R. C. Hord, project supervisor for the CWA in Cleveland county, an nounced yesterday that project number 11560, the 4 1-4 mile road survey between Shelby and Pat terson Springs. would begin Mon day, Jin. 29. This will be practically a new survey, as the route proposed through territory previously un surveyed. Mr. Hord said that it will be ne cessary to remove two houses along the route, and several tele phone and telegraph poles. Approximately 40 men are avail able for this work at present, all I of whom have been employed on ' finished projects. County History Is Given By Gardner Attorney P. Cleveland Gardner, perhaps the best authority on' Cleveland county history, was the speaker lgst night before the Ki vanis club. Mr. Gardner told how Cleveland has descended from about nine North Carolina Counties and got its present charter in 1841. He re counted the historical spots of the county, especially trails and roads over which British and Colonial troops marched while our inde pendence was at stake. He suggest ed that monuments be erected at the points of most historical inter est and that the names of the com panies that served in our more irr portant wars be preserved on a bronze tablet in the court square. Many Get Jobs On S. C. Airport Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 25.—Re- * sumption of work in the grading of ■ the 8partanburg airport field has ; furnished employment to 450 work- ' ers. County CWA Workers To Attend Red Cross First Aid School Here "CWA Jobs Are Safe.’* That slogan went up this week, ilong with the large signs being srected to label all CWA projects, ind the Cleveland office acted iwiftly, under Project Supervisor Robert C. Hord to make that slo gan true. Mr. Hord this week ap rointed a number of safet.v in spectors, who will attend _ a First \id school sponsored by the Arner- ; can Red Cross. The first meeting will be held atj he court house on Monday at 4 in | he afternoon. R. L. Propst of Shel ly, first aid chairman of the local ied Cross chapter will conduct the ichool. The school will continue for ’ive days, at no cost to the pupils The men designated to take ' this • ussr fr ri the more than 800 now corking on Cleveland projects, are either foremen, timekeepers or; workers who, because of their edu cation, are capable of absorbing the instruction and transmitting It to their fellows. The cooperation of the American rted Cross has been secured in the task of placing properly trained first aid men on every project in North Carolina. This graining is not j for the purpote of attempting to train laymen to take the place f the physician, in fact, “playing »* doctor’’ is strongly condemned n! first aid training. However, and effioient attention to the m>rv . injuries by a capable first aider in the vast majority of cases pr* vent a later Infection Again, case of a very sever" fojury, first aid may be the means .r *v ing a life before the physician can be secured I All F esident in Six Months m/ Carlo* dr Ceipedes Ramon Gran Carlo* fieri* Recognition by the United States of the MendieU government in Cuba probably marks the end of the political turnovers in the turbulent isle that started with the ousting of President Machado last'August 12th. Dr. Carlos de Cespedes, succeeding the dictator, held office until Sep tember 6th when he was turned out by the coup which placed Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin in the presidency. Grau’s regime ended January lBt* when Carlos Ilevia succeeded him. Hevia held office just 36 hours, being replaced by CoL Carlos Mendieta, veteran leader and popular choke. Cotton Reduction Pushes Ahead; Farmers Receive Pat On The Back Official Speaks Of Mr. Hoey as Huey Marion, Jan. 25.—A. H. Mftrhem. an official of the Citizen’s Bible class, was so enthusiastic over Hon. Clyde E. Hoey's approaching ad dress that he spoke of hint as Huey P. Long. Mr. Hoey comes to Marion Sunday afternoon and will deliver the lesson and an address to the Citizen's Bible class in the county court house. Mr. Hoey is probably among one of North Carolina’s greatest Bible students and. teaches ' one of the largest Sunday ; school classes In this part of j the state in Shelby. The public is cordially in vited to attend this meeting and hear the silver tongued orator of the South. Episcopal Bishop Is Consecrated Winston-Salem, Jan. 25.—The Rev. Robert Emmet Oribbin, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church here was consecrated bishop of the diocese of Western North Carolina in St. Paul’s today with members of the clergy and laity from all parts of the south and east attend ing. Bishop-elect Gribbin. who w ' succeed the late Bishop Jun... Moore Horuer, was unanunvu elected to the office at a convents-> of the diocese at Rutherfordton la*" October The presiding bishop of the Epis copal church in the United ’:ii the Rt. Rev, James 3> W.-i: —. of Providence, R. I, off dated, act ing as‘chief consecrator, resisted bv a group of church officials includ ing bishops of six ad , -'uing dl'iceses The Rev. Kirkman G. . ay, bish op of upper South Ct via arc "/‘li ed the consecration rrrmon. Rotry Club Electricr ' tod.. Roy A. Palm- -. «T ;e: en?ir>e'- fe’ the Sou.hsrn mVlr -o*» pany of Charlotte. Mr. Palirt r >>’' r/red his lecture irlth vpectrasco’te ex*.- its.and lan tern slides, showin • the astonish - j in* effects achieved ;y recently in- j • o 1 method... riighvne. ne .rt' j •i the. juthest advance'’ depiir ! stent today la .•iectrlcai englnee j ng. lit explained ho« Cl asnetion i -a<{ been devised v. h • i, gave U"\ ’■car fitve’ led t, i . u v. t t r; • . thett roams, t. ,v‘ r ode easy i •> : -rstu/.d man o 1- * t chn: ... ovif.tio eonfro.il n* engineers today l New Reduction Program IumM To Be Certainty By Feb. let. Cobb Praises Farmer*. ’ Prospects for the success at Mm 'cotton reduction plan were brighter j today as reports from various sec I lions of the country indicated that [farmers were cooperating whole iheartedly in the program, 1 Cleveland County Farm Agent R. jw. Shoffner's office was filled all day long by farmers who were anx ious to sign the required forms in order to benefit by the greater prices for cotton that is assured if the plan succeeds by the end of this month. Cleveland county is sup porting the movement almost 100 percent. Farmers Willing Reports from other sections of the south tell the same story—that of fanners showing willingness to aid the recovery program as well as themselves by agreeing to reduce their crop and rent the uncultivat ed land to the government for a premium. In Washington yesterday, aouth rn farmers received a pat on the back from the farm administration for their cooperation in the cotton md tobacco acreage reduction cam ’tgns. Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton .section, said sufficient progress was c ng made to Justify the adminis •ra. ion’s hope that the cotton slgn cti.i be completed by February 1, but expressed disappointment ,t: the campaign in some Texas ■auntie*. Texas 1* Slow "Some counties in Texas are not ■ going as rapidly as we had hoped,” Cobb said, “but the workers there believe that the coming week will ec an acceleration In the cam paign.” Enough contracts must be signed b> January 31 to make it possible, under the terms of the agreement, for Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace to determine whether the pro ram is to be made effective. The tobacco sign-up in North Carolina reached about 96 percent of the growers, a sufficient amount to warrant the schedule to go through as planned. It is believed , hat the cotton growers of this and other sections will show the same pint that, the tobacco growers showed, and sign up in sufficient number to make the plan a success. Submits Plan For Rail Action Durham, Jan. 25.—A comprehen sive plan for railroad legislation, upon which Prof. Leslie Craven, of ne Duke University law school has worked for tile last six months as a member of thf staff of Joseph B. E". tman federal co-ordinator of the railroads was mad> the basis of rscommpndaUonr- for legislative *.. - u'p* by M Efts mail and was a- v3e’’«i s a r f-chibit in the report which h- Emitted to con gress several days ago. . . . . > .aejaiia. Bankhead Favors Tax On Baleage To Reduce Crop Changes Plan After Talk With F. D. R. Senator Raya He May Scrap Mwns tn* Plan In Favor Of 10c Levy On Over-Production. Washington Jan. 38.—After a con ference with President Roosevelt Senator Bankhead announced to night his gin licensing plan of cot ton production control might be scrapped for legislation to place a prohibitive tax on excess baleage. Under the new plan a tax rang ing upward from 10 cents a pound would be placed on all cotton sold above an allotted amount for each farm. Bankhead said he would press for Immediate action on this com pulsory baleage control. It was expected the administra tion would support the tax plan 1» a questionnaire being sent to cotton farmers proved they wanted the rigid control. Secretary Wallace de cided to poll the farmers after at tending a hearing before the sen ate agriculture committee on the Bankhead bill which embraced the gin licensing plan. Bankhead said his brother. Rep resentatlve Bankhead, Democrat of Alabama, would Introduce the re vised bill first on the house side, since all tax measures must origi nate in the house. Native Of County Suicide In Georgia Robwri G. White, Son Of Late "Corn Cracker" Dies At His Own Hands Near Fort Valley. Hobart C. White, son of the late 1C L. (Com Cracker) White, teach er and writer, took his own life near Fort Valley, Georgia Wednes day evening. Mr. White had suffer ed financial reserves am} was de spondent over the outlook, which la thought to have caused him to com mit the rash act. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. White and Prof. W. E. White of this county left early Thursday morning for Cochrane, Oa. to attend the funer al there at 4 o’clock yesterday. Mary J. White, mother, and the following brothers and sisters survive: A. B„ W. E. and M. Luclen White, Jr., of this county, Ralph S. White, of Florida, Mrs. J. N. Kelley of Duf fteld, Va., and Eugene O. White ol Lynch, Ky. Deceased had been in the lumber business In Georgia, but when the lumber business went bad, he be came an Insurance salesman. He was married to Miss Lucia Collins of Georgia. She survives with one son, Robert, Jr., He was 39 years of age, a member of th$ First Baptist church and a Mason. In Cleveland county where he was born and rear ed, he was well known and widely related. — .\ Mr. Jessup To Begin Building Program Rev. L. L. Jessup, former pastor of the Second Baptist church here who Is now pastor of the Ivy Mem orial Baptist church at Newport News, Va., says hi* church is pro gressing nicely and plans are being made to build an addition to the Sunday school plant. "Business 1; on the up-grade here and every thing in general looks bright for a stood year” he writes The St ir His daughter, Virginia, Is in Boil ing Springs Junior college for the second semester to finish her high school work. Shelby Business Men Act On High School; Appoint A Committee General Testifies General W. W. Atterbury, presi dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad pictured aa he tea titled before Sen ate committee probing mail con tracts. Aaked if Poatmaater Gen eral Brown promised him support in securing a million-dollar con tract, the General said: "I don’t know that he did; but if he did it j was in accord with hla custom o) .being frank and outspoken.” Legion To Present Passion Play At High School Here Kuropean Religious Dram* % III Be Blven February S-B; Produc tion Needs Extras. The great European Passion Play, which had its origin in the gor geous and complicated religious ceremonies of the superstitious 13th and 14th centuries, wll be present ed at the High School auditorium on the evenings of Feb 8 and 0 under the auspices of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary, The {day is little changed from the text of centuries ago, and is the expression of the common peo ple of that early era of feudalism. This play, performed again and again, was one of their few enter tainments. In the present production, no ex pense has been spared to make li, a beautiful and elaborate spectacle. Hundreds of costumes are carried by the company for 'the large list of extra people used in the play. An gels, water carriers, young girls as followers of the master and a non descript, crowd of men and women dressed in the costume of the time will appear on the stage here. Retailers To Form Merchants* Bureau Shelby retail merchants who are members of the Chamber of Com merce have been requested by Ev erett Houser, secretary, to meet at th court house Tuesday evening at 7:30 to organize a merchants bu reau and appoint a chairman mid committee, to represent them. They will discuss licenses, holidays, etc. Beams Mill Thieves Filch Meat, Sheriff Recovers It, Still Fresh Acting swiftly on reports that meat had been stolen from two houses In the Beams Mill section this week Sheriff Cline and his deputies picked up the trail of the thieves yesterday .traced tt for more than two miles, recovered the meat and made two arrests tor aiding and abetting and for receiving stol en property. The first report came from Clar ence Costner, who discovered that his meat house had been entered on Tuesday. He lost a forty-pouhd ham. Deputy Bob Kendrick investi gated but failed to recover the meat that day. Oi Wednesday morning the secon< report came fror- Yatc" Costnei ot c oi Beams Mill, who lost two sides of meat. This time ,thc trail -was clearer * and following it lor tome miles, Sheriff Cline and his deputies al though falling to find the meat im mediately did get enough informa tion to satisfy them where It might be hidden. Thursday night Cline and Kendrick searched the Cole man McSwain Ledford home find ing there a larder piled high enough to withstand a seige. Not only did they recover the ham and the meat but two pieces of side meat, quantities of groceries, snuff, gloves and hose. The meat was re turned to the owners and the gro ceries are in the Sheriff’s office for identification. Mrs. Coleman McSwain Ledford and Amzi McSwain were arrested for aiding and abetting the thaft and possessing and concealing the stolen foodstuffs. City Leaders Meet To • Discuss Plans For Financing Hnej. Mid, Nchrnrk. I.inebergrr And fall* Will Report On PWA Powrihllitlra. A Mack inn tile problem from all angles, more khan fifty of Shelby’s leading business men and manu facturers held a thorough discus sion of the possibilities of erecting a new high school building here and appointed a fact-finding com mittee to investigate the financial angle In more detail. The meeting was held at the Hotel Charles last night under the chairmanship ol Capt. B. L. Smith, superintendent of schools. The committee appointed is com posed of Clyde R. Hoey, O. M. Mull John Bchenck, J. D. Llnebergar sin B. T. Falls. , To Report On PWA. They will report specifically or tlie feasibility of building tht school through Publlo Works Ad ministration funds, from which, It is believed, a grant of 30 percent for materials can be obtained, and which will allow the issuance of long-term bonds at the low figure of 4 per cent. The prime question is whether it would or would not tor cheaper to erect the school through (he PWA and possibly with the aid of the CWA in laying the ground work. Captain Smith opened,the meet ing with a short address on the growth of the Shelby schools, ir 1915-lfl, he said, the total registra tion was 684 and last year It hat grown to 3,678, an Increase of 53' percent. During the past four year.* there was a 30 percent increase Absorbed By County. But the Increase would Imve btm greater, he said, had It not been fm the rapid growth of the count! schools recently. Now, the city ii faced with an overflow from th« grammar grades, so that the pres ent high school building could sows be pressed Into service to care foi them if a new one were erected This building was erected 37 years ago. he declared, and is obsolete An architect has been engaged u make preliminary drawings tnc estimates on the basis of a school to cost $200,000. He exhibited plar.i for this building, which included s library, large auditorium, sclenr.4 laboratories and commercial de partment. tiilfl AAA J. D. Lineberger, president of ttu Chamber of Commerce, which ha> interested itaelf unofficially in th» project; said that if the plan wer# pushed forward now, the city could avail itself of the 30 percent grout for materials from the PWA, which would, on a $200,000 building, meai: a saving of $60,000. He urged actiqr now. so as to take advantage of fV« low bond rate of 4 percent which may be obtained through the gov eminent. Ordinarily, bonds canm^ be financed for less than 9 percent which comes to a large sum over a period of years. In a speech of typical eloquence and force, Clyde R. Hoey declared that only the finances had delayed the building for these several years. He appealed to local pride by cit ing the fine buildings of neighbor ing cities, some of them much smaller than Shelby, and told how years ago, a $29,000 school buildln" was built here through! the ag gressiveness of a group of men *hr gave their personal notes for U.e venture and let the people vote whether to back them up later, fie urged action now so as to take ad vantage of the low bond interest obtainable. Election Necessary. D. 2. Newton city attorney in re ply to a question, stated that it would be necessary to submit the bond issue to a vote of the people. Coun ty Attorney Peyton Mc8wain anc Mr. Hoey concurred in thus '‘>ra opinion. John Schenck and O. M. Mini both prominent manufacturers with wide experience in building. w.i they were willing to support venture If, as Mr. Mull express® r ii "the government gives us a goes trade.” Otherwise, they said It might be better to wait several years and do the Wring without gov ernment aid or Interference Pay NBA Wages. Dr. J. S. Dorton secretary oi riu Cleveland County Pair Association urged immediate action on the plan and suggested the appointment of a committee. He said that whether the work was done private ly or under PWA, the wages would be paid according to NRA scale.