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Llcvkkamd Zwk VOL. XL. No. 18 FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. SHELBY, N. C. By tUU. *«T y«M IIS KHMH - B N Owrrlur nr year: (to i<MMII _ NN Late News THE MARKETS Cotton. ------—--- 12 to 13c Cotton area, ton, wagon.23.00 Cotton seed, ton, carlots-25.00 Fair And Colder | “North Carolina weather forecasi: Fair and mnch colder with a cold aave In the interior tonight. Sat yrdar fair and continued colder. Troops To Paris By UNITED PRESS parts, Feb. 9.—Eight thousand aoldiers marched into Parte at 8 a. m. this morning and camped in public buildings as Gaston Donmer rue completed the salvation of the French government and restored pear to Parte after 48 hours street fighting. The troops came to rein force the Paris garrison in anticipa tion of a twenty-four hour genera) strike called by labor unions in pro test of the possibility of a dictator ship and the concentration of gov ernment. No Plane Profits By UNITED PRESS Washington, Feb. 9.—Assistant Secretary of War Woodring denied today that excessive profits had been made by aircraft companies working under government con tracts before a hearing of the house military affairs committee. General Mitchell had charged that the com panies were profiteering, making 90 percent In some instances. Wood ring said the charges were unfair, but admitted that “one or two com panies made 'arge profits a number of years ago." | CWA Held Up I By UNITED PRES8 Washington. Feb. 9—The house today refused to accept senate amendments to the $950,000,000 CWA relief bill, and sent the measure to iU leaders for conference. An early agreement Is hoped for, however, to replenish the CWA treasury, which will be exhausted by tomorrow’s disbursement. Arrest McCracken By UNITED PRESS Washington, Feb. 9.—The senate today ordered the Immediate arrest of William McCracken after the ex-secretary of the department of commerce had challenged the sen ate's constitutional right to question him further about disputed air mail contracts. Russia Arms By UNITED PRESS Moscow, Feb. 9.—Ready to defend her borders if necessary, Russia to day staged one of the greatest mili tary demonstrations in Soviet his tory under K’ementi Voroshilov, eommisar of war. The March Of Events Pari* Quieted Aged Gaston Doumergue, once president of Prance, came to the rescue of his country this week, re signed his lucrative directorship of the Suez Canal, and accepted the premiership if Prance. Acting swiftly, the 711-year-old statesmen quieted Paris mobs, and this morn ing Paris was quiet after 48-hours oi violence. He hoped to build his ministry in twelve hours, and the Paris mobs, trusting him, stopped their howling to give him a chance Royalist supporters of the Duke de Guise, pretender to the throne, continued to raise a fuss, bu their numbers are not large enough to bt taken too seriously. CWA Money The senate last night passed the administration measure appropriat ing $950,000,000 additional for civil work and relief grants after admin istration forces had defeated inde pendent Republican efforts to boost 'he total. The bill now goes to conference with the house, which had previously passed it. In spite of this vast sum of new money for relief, President Roosevelt is said to be firm in his intention of “tap -ring off” on CWA, believing that conditions have improved enough (or business to gradually absorb 'he nation’s unemployed who were carried through the winter by fed eral funds. Veteran*’ Benefit* The administration has yielded ??ain to congressional clamor for increased veterans’ benefits with the announcement that it would support legislation to restore the Pension rolls veterans with pre sumptively service connected dis abilities p.nding settlement by the appeal board In Washington! Under the Wilson regime, "the perfect Plan” for caring for disabled veter ans. which included war Insurance, a* worked out, but congress dis carded this itself. Wray Will Head Merchants Group; Plan Trade Events Definite Program Set For Shelby Trade Retail Division Of Commerce Cham ber Elects Chairman; Lineber (er Names Committee Heads. George Wray was elected chair man of the merchants division of the Shelby chamber of commerce and merchants association at a meeting Thursday morning at the court house. A definite program of aggressive merchandising by Shelby retailers was proposed and committees will be named to further this program. Among the matters of general In terest placed on this program U a jplan for two trade events each year, I spring and fall, durinfg which ef forts will be made to arrange a co operative sales program which will ! draw customers from this entire section of the state; a trade at home program, support of a constructive , credit bureau and the formation of a local retail comnliance board to ■ work with the NRA. To Observe Holidays Decision was made to observe the following holidays during the year: July 4, Thanksgiving and Christ mas and bne afternoon during the Cleveland county fair. Chairmen of the seven main [committees of the chamber of com [ merce and merchants association i were named yesterday by J. D. Llne [berger, president of the organization. |The list follows: Committee Chairmen Civic, Dr. 8. S. Royster; mer chants, George. Wray; agricultural, O. M. Mull; traffic and transpora tion, Everett Houser; industrial and new industry, Forrest Eskridge; good roads, Lee B. Weathers; pub licity and convention, Cameron Shipp. Mr. Wray was elected chairman by a group of merchants, Mr. Llne berger having asked merchants to 1 elect their chairman. Heads of these committees are expected to name merbers of the committees within the next few days. Mrs. Asa Lovelace Is Buried Today Was 81 Tears Of Age Last Novem ber. Three Children Survive. Husband Died 10 Years Ago. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 1 o’clock for Mrs. jAsa G. Lovelace by Rev. D. F. Put nam and interment was at Beaver Dam Baptist church. Mrs. Lovelace died of pneumonia at 9 o’clock Wed nesday evening at her home be tween Double Springs and Beaver Dam. She had been a semi-invalid for about two years. Before marriage Mrs. Lovelace was Sara Jane Padgett. She was a sweet spirited character and great ly beloved by her host of friends. Last November she celebrated her 81st birthday. Her husband died ten years ago and surviving her are three children, c. C. Lovelace, Mrs. C. L. McSwain and Miss Gertie Lovelace, all of this county. The latter lived with her mother. In early youth she Joined the church at Boiling Springs, moving her membership to Beaver Dam after her marriage. Thief Gets Suit From Parked Car “I don’t expect to get my suit back,” the salesman said, “I Just want to report to the police that my old brown suit was stolen from my car today when I was having lunch at the Hotel Charles. I thought you ought to know this sort of things is going on in Shel by.” Police are on the look out for the old brown suit. and drivers are {warned to lock their cars. Secretary Wallace Approves Bill To Compel Redaction Of Cotton Washington, Feb. 8.—A lonj stride toward federal control of ag riculture’s output was taken todaj through formal approval by Secre tary Wallace of the Bankhead bil to limit cotton marketed in thi 1934-35 season to 9,000,000 bales. ! A statement issued at the farn administration said: “If, as indicated by results of th< I questionnaire recently circulatec among cotton growers, the soutt strongly favors the proposal, h< (Secretary Wallace) will support ita enactment." Only a little while before, Sena : tor Bankhead, Democrat of Ala bama, author of the cotton meat ure, said the secretary of agrlcul ture "is agreeable to the applies tion of the proposed baleage limits i tion to this year’s crop and the; are ready to go.” Passage Assared Approval by Wallace of the Bank ■lead bill apparently insures it passage by congress. Presiden Roosevelt already has given tael support to its principles, but hi secretary of agriculture, althougt (Continued on page ten-) Cabinet Witness =====ss Postmaster-General James A. Par ley. pictured as he was sworn as a witness as he testified before Sen ate committee investigating air mail contracts. He turned over to the committee some of the records given him by former Postmaster General Brown and testified as to oontrscts now in department files. Shaw University Colored Singeri To Be Here Tues. Inter-Club Council Te Sponsor Shai University Singers At High School Auditorium. On Tuesday evening, February U at t o’clock in the Bbelby hlgt school auditorium the Shaw univer sity choral society will give a oon cert under the auspices of the In ter-Club committee of this city. The Shaw university choral so ciety consists of 28 mixed voice: under the leadership of Harry Gil Smythe, .director of music at Shav university. A varied program will bi offered consisting of negro spin tuals and several clasical numbers Shaw university is the second old est institution for the higher learn ing of negroes in the south and th< largest private negro college lr North Carolina. It was founded lr 1865 and has enjoyed an unbroker career of sixty-eight years of serv ice to the state and the nation Governor Ehringhaus speaking a the sixty-eighth anniversary of th< founding of the institution said “ti have ministered to the educations aspirations of ten thousand youru men and women and to have sen out for useful service throughou the land two thosand or more grad lUates is In itself a record sufficlen I to establish this institution as oni . . . having a potential influence upon the life and well-being of youi race and the entire commonwealtl which cannot be measured or over estimated.” | The Raleigh New6 and Observe: , commenting editorially upon thi ! sixty-eighth anniversary of thi ! school said, “today Shaw universit; ;and other Institutions for the edu j cation of the negro, which main tain the highest standards, are re j garded by southern men and womei las among the best agencies in thi j effort to create a better south foi all southern people.” The Shaw university choral so ciety enjoys the distinction of hav ing broadcasted over the Natlona Broadcasting company network ant of having given concerts in Nortl Carolina and in the North an< East. Negro Arrested For Stealing Tir« Nabbed in the act of removing i tire from a car owned by the Rev J. W. 8uttle. Floyd Tillman, negrc was arrested Wednesday night 01 a charge of larceny. The negrc who Is to be given a hearing to day, said he thought he was tak ing the tire from a friend’s car. IDoughton Moves To Abolish Tax On Bank Checks House Committee To Sponsor Bill Goal To Con (TOM Next Wednesday: Abo Includes CImm Catting IUt<« On Postage Tho House ways and moans eom , mlttee yesterday decided to remove the tax from bank checks and to lighten the postage for the person who sends printed matter through the mall. This decision cam:- after a week of Juggling the figures of the tax bill In an effort to Increase revenue for the government The bill, which was finished yesterday, will be con sidered by the house on Wednesday As It stands, the treasury esti mated it would yield $285,000 000 compared with the $800,000,000 fig ure given out previously by com mittee members. Tax Off Next Tear. Repeal of the two-cent bank check stamp tax would be effective January 1, 1035, under the plan agreed upon today. This levy pro duced $38,000,000 In the 1933 calen dar year. Lowering of the postage rates on second class matter would be come effective July 1, 1034. It would reinstate those In effect be fore the 1032 act. The committee i continued the present three-cent rate on first class matter far an other year from June 30. President Roosevelt was voted authority to cut the first class rate , to two cents if the condition of Che treasury Justifies the redcution. Assistant Postmaster Qenerai Howes had told the committee , that, if the present rates on first and second elans matter were not continued foe another year from the date of expiration June 30, the department’s receipts would be re duced $75,000,000, Says Volume Reduced. 1 Although no estimate was Avail able on how much this expected revenue will be cut by the Vinson amendment, the Kentucky Demo crat said, since the higher rates were imposed on second class mat ter in the 1932 revenue bill, volume had been reduced sharply. "In 1932," he said, "the volume 1 of second class matter amounted to 1 384,000,000 pounds. In 1933 It was reduced to 265,000,000 pounds. With the lower rate It is hoped there will be an increase in the volume." Newspapers, magazines, and dls ( tributors of advertising matter will 1 benefit by the return to the old 1 second class rates. Chairman Doughton proposed re peal of the bank check tax on the ground that It discouraged people from Hpnrtsifiner mnnnv in hunlffc Dough ton Measure. "That’s my baby,” Dougtiton (Continued on Page 10) i „ ■ ......—.. CWA Applicant Is Public Orator Only Registered Last August As Speaker. But Somehow A Project Hasn't Been Found For Him. , Civil Works Administration of ■ ficials in Memphis were startled this week when an applicant listec , his occupation as “hangman,” but . Shelby officials have been amused 1 for months by an application nl I most as naive. i Clyde Hoey, it seems has an ad I mirer who isn’t going to be deterr ed from his purpose. I.ast August, he registered with the re-emplov ment bureau here. When he came to the space to fill in his occupa i tion, he wrote “public orator.” And that’s all he can do. he says, i and that’s all he will do. He wants to make speeches about the NR A , and he can’t understand why they i don’t give him a salary and a soap , box. Bob Hord. CWA work super • visor, admitted this morning that • he had never supervised an orator. Lighting Expert, Mr. Palmer Talks To Kiwanis Club Roy Palmer, illuminating engineer of the Southern Public Utilities company of Charlotte was the speaker last night before the Ki wanis club, being Introduced by W ’ j H. Brown, local 8. P. C. manager. Mr. Palmer la an expert on Illum ination by electricity and explained ' with the aid at charts, projectors, etc., the light rays and how they can best be used to preserve the eye sight. Mr. Palmer spoke in non , technical terms and his researches ; prove that science is developing ’ wonderful things from a study of \ light rays. Mr. Palmer was here re , cently and spoke before the Rotary club. His talk wss so Interest ing the Kiwanis club asked for his return Paris Riot Victims Being Rescued By Friends Here is one of the thousand victims of the riots in Paris being carried from the Place d la Concorde by friendly demonstrators after he had been shot by a policeman guarding tli Chamber of Deputies. This picture was sent by radio from Paris to New York.—(Intel ’’ational Illustrated News.) \ .1 2 Leading Acton Lift Passion Play To Noble Heights Role* Of ChrMni And Judas Pow erfully Portrayed: Play To Be Repeated Today. By the sheer ability of their per- j romances, two actors In the great European Passion Play, given here at the high school last night, aver* came a thousand handicaps to bless a small audience with the story of Christ's betrayal, agony and resur rection. Heinrich Ortman as the Christus played that mighty role with a depth of inner inspiration and quiet force that, despite his obvious struggles with the English language, thrilled his hearers. Orant Redfelt played the Judas ss a human, troubled man instead of as the conventional Sunday school vlllian, rising at times to heights of passionate intensity. Admirable Make-Up The characterization of the Christus, if not notable, was at least noble. Ortman brings to the role a quiet voice and a fa«' admirably suited for the part. His make-up was admirable and his gestures, nev er broad, were eloquent. His con ception of Jesus was one of a man of sorrow and pity. His enuclation was slow and measured, and could have been more appreciated had he | been better acquainted with the • language. Gradually, as the play ! progresses, the audience becomes | accustomed to this handicap, and In the end It has a certain amount of | charm. ] The Passion Play begins with the {triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and proceeds with the plotting of the priests for his down fall, his trials before Pilate and Herod, his betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper, and his deliver ance to the Jews to be crucified. In the second act. he is nailed to the Cross, is placed in the toomb, and then the glorious resurrection is Shown and the message from the Angel is heard. During the play, music is fur nished by the choirs of the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist church choirs, under the direction of Dale Kalter and Horace Easpm. Mrs. Hugh Plaster was at the piano and Mrs. Dwight Houser played the violin. The Passion Play, which Is spon sored by the American Legion post, will be given again this afternoon and tonight. Mr. Broadway Dies; Half Brother Here U. A. Broadway, half brother of Oapt. W. A. Broadway, highway supervisor for this county, died sud denly yesterday morning at his home near Mount Holly. Deceased was 60 years of age and a bachelor who lived at the old Broadway home place. He had been In fair health an dafter he awoke yester day morning, talked with members of the household. Later they went to his bedside and found him dead. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Kucia Methodist church by the pastor. Capt. and ! Mrs. Broadway and children of Shelby attended the last rites. Gee McGee Says flat rook, hbk)T I. dMf nr. editor: the sermont preached lout <un4»j by rev. bubbert freon, onr p*i«ta.ro ot rehnber, in sulted aewerol members of other ehurohes and they fat up and walked out when he said It dlddrnt matter how • anyboddy waa babtlsed If his hart was right and he loved his nabors better than hlsself. ha allso said dipping and sprinkling and sousing want save * solo, oolleoilon was oil, and' would benn less if he had of took same up aft er the sermont. yores trulle. mike Clark, rfd, corry spohdent. Read flee Mcflee's col umn on the editorial page.) Parham McKee Is Buried Today Aged Farmer Of New House Sec tion Kuecunitm At Age SO Years. Funeral Thl* Afternoon. At * o'clock this afternoon at Rehobeth Methodist, church, funeral services were held for Parham Mc Kee, aged farmer, who died at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at his home between New House and Polk ville. Mr. McKee was about 80 years ol age and had been a very vigorous and energetic man during his life, He wua h quiet, honest character who was loved and respected by Ids host of friends. Surviving are his wife and the following children: Dorcas McKee who lived with her father, Georg t McKee of Shelby R-5, Charles Mc Kee of Lawndale R-l, Lucy McKee and Johnnie who live at home Out sister, Miss Ellen McKee also sur vives. Rev. W. A. Elam conducted tht funeral services this afternoon. Uniform Color Used In Painting Busei All of the county school busei which are being repainted at pres ent will have a uniform color orange chrome. This marks a de parture from the old system whirl used several different colors. I You Used15,000Gallons Of Wate^ Last Year, And Figures Prove / Each citizen ot Shelby who was at home the entire year of 1933 used an average of 15,960*4 gallons of water, say figures released yes terday by R. V. Toms, head of the city light and water department. The total amount of water pass ed through the city {riant was 2M. 877,000 gallons which represents ar increase of 13,381,000 gallons over 1932’s total of 193,406,000 gallons Whether Shelby people are keeping cleaner, using more water to sprin kle their lawns in summer months or whether this Increase is due to the greater population, is hard to May, but the fact remains that t average use for each of the cit 12,970 Inhabitants was 15,9501» g< Iona. The summer months exceeded others in the amount of water June, with 20.432.000, and July, 19.960.000 led the parade, with ust, 19,478,000 bringing up a third. Less was consumed In ruary than In any other room when only 13,768,000 gallons pass the meters, representing practice: a 33% drop from June’s high. Ap was next to the bottom, with or 14.402.000 gallons. City Buys Nev Machine To Cleaj Up Water Suppl; Ohlorinator Machine To furth Purify City's Water Supply, •ays R. V. Toms. The city of Shelby let th« oca tract Tor a new chlorinator inachtj Wednesday, according to a st*t ment by Jt. V. Toms, head of U city light and water dupartmer This la to be used In addition to tl regular chlorine machine now use. An Mr. Toms explains It, the sy tom in use now consists of a ehlo ine machine that distributes tl chemical through the water after has readied the filtering system. : this method, « growth, called algi forms In the filters and bursts, r leasing a gas which brings out tl chlorine taste which has been n ticeabte lately. When the new machine arrlvt tlu' present one will be put In u j distributing the chemical In the rs j water, before It is filtered, there! i eliminating the troublesome algi The new contraption will relea only a small amount of chlorine the finished water. By this met! od, the gas which brings out tJ chlorine taste will be climlnaU thereby giving the city a supply water that will be as clear and pu as it la possible to make It. No New Postoffice, Just An Additic Uninformed readers were confu ed this week by an announceme from Washington that Congressm I A. U Bulwtnble of this d istrict w urging the Public Works Admin! j tratlon to spend money for new p< offices Ln Shelby, Gastonia a Morganton. Tire recommendatl for Shelby is not for a brand w post office budding, but for me funds to enlarge the present one Eighty-five thousand dollars h already been appropriated by co gress for this enlargement, $20,( i of which was spent for the acqul; tion of the nearby Hoey buiidii The $65,000 remaining is said to i insufficient for the enlargeme and for building a federal coi , room for Judge Yates Webb, w now uses the county court hot when presiding ln Shelby. Wright Plans To Eliminate Petty Cases In Court N«w System Begun This Week Thrso mjookara RnMI Omar T« Suptriar Court; Parson*] Cum Thrown Out Of Court, Beginning this week. Judge Wright Inaugurated a new method of dealing with frivtloua and matt* clous oasea brought into recorders court. Throe such eases were thrown out of court this week and the prosecuting witness fined the easts. The purpose of this procedure is to prevent the bringing into court of personal disputes and grudges, thereby keeping the reoords clear, and enabling the scant to perform its functions without being cluttered up by oeses which should have set tled otelde the Jurisdiction ef the court. mwMUtssu Pay Oeet Whan such oases are brought In to court, tried and found to bo firtv llous or malicious, they will prompt ly be thrown out, and tha prose cuting witness fined (he costs, judge e Wright hopes that this will an « courage settling personal dhgntee •- outside of court. The three men, Otho Mode, Wans - Ross and Ourtis Barrett, who are nhaiwad with alterant to hold M B B. Brady Sunday night, and who an alleged to ban robbed Mm Hippy, aged negro nn. of $11 the same night, wen bound onr until the next term of Superior eourt. Other minor cases on the docket were disposed of. Mrs. Ada Doster Is Buried This P. M. Moved Hero Prom Georgia Tea Tears Ago. Buried At Union Chun* Mrs. Ada Doster, age 41, died at « o’clock Thursday afternoon at hei home in the Union church com munity. She had been aiek for six weeks. Mrs. Doster was the wile oi p* ic it ;n S. I ib >« s, SO W >y IB. se Hi l le d, of re ni Krnest uoster wno survives wren three daughters. Grace, Gladys and Gertrude, together with her par ent#, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Moore, and one sister, Miss Essie Moore, all of this county, Funeral services were conducted at 3 30 o'clock this afternoon by Rev. D. G. Washburn, Shelby Bondsman Gets Man In Va. George D. Dedmon, professional bondsman of Shelby, returned here yesterday with Ed Mathis, who was said to have skipped a small bond and who was captured In Alta Vista, Vu. Mathi# had been in Jail la the Virginia city, but was released a day before Dedmon arrived. There was some dispute about extradition to another state, but Dedmon acted with the prerogative of a U. 8. mar shal and brought his man in any s nt . in BS s flt, id >n ! >w re as n 00 ll lg be nt rt ho* se P f he r** ii #ii d. tb g a* b h. *d iy ril iy way. lionding companies have been known to spend 11,000 to capture persons who skip out on bonds less than $100, going to this expense as an example to future bondees. Forty More Men On Sanitary Job Semi-Skilled Carpenters To Work On Privy Project; Other CWA Plans. A revised project under the stale board of health was received this j morning by the Cleveland county CWA calling for the employment of 40 semi-skilled carpenters for the county-wide sanitation pro gram. Under J. B. Francis, sanitary , supervisor, some 4,000 privies will be improved, and in some instanc es, new ones will be constructed. The project has been held up be- j cause the original plan did not In elude enough skilled workers. Other Frajacts. J Other project# to go forward next week, Robert Hord, work supervis or, said today, include the painting of the Ebeneeer colored school trading the grounds and painting the building at the Kills Chapel ■olored school, building a K-toc* illo and bams at thr-county taome. - md a supplementary project for he grandstand at the Cleveland ounty fair grounds. The county school fewea, wWch ire to be painted under a CWA pro ect. will be done in ahrome-orenge At. Hord said.
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