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Late News the markets lotion, spot. 12* 10 JJ2* r oiton seed, ton, wagon-88.00 lotion seed, ton, carloW-30.00 More Rain Wcatber forecast for North Caro Hiw More rain tonight and tomor row. Warmer tonight and tomorrow. Get $60,000 By UNITED PRESS Richmond, Va., Mar. X—John /ones, negro bank messenger, and w % Cogbill. white guard, were held up on a downtown street today ,nd robbei of $60,000 by three mid dle aged white men, who escaped toward Norfolk in a car held in mailing by three confederates. The holdup occurred during the half minute required for Jones and Cog bill to reach the State Planters Na tional Bank from the Fifth Federal Reserve building. New Relief Plan ---- Bv UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 2.—The admin istrations new relief program will to into effect in several rural states Monday, relief administrator Harry Hopkins said today, stating “We are going to have whole states working new program Monday morning. Hopkins didn’t name the states. Hit* Lawyer* By UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 2.—President Roosevelt was scheduled to confer with the senate and house leaders today on a bill designed to restrict congressmen from practicing law in the capital. Discuss Tariff By UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 2.—Roosevelt today asked congress to authorize him to enter executive tariff agree ments with foreign nations and within carefully guarded limits to modify existing duties and import restrictions in such a way as to benefit American agriculture -Mid industry. The March Of Events Asks Money Control President Roosevelt, making the request through the Secretary of the Treasury, asked Congress yes trday for a' free hand over mone tary policies for another year at least. Said Morgentliau: “I believe we need more experience and time will tells us what is the best way to handle monetary problems . . Primo Wins Monstrous Primo Camera blun dered through a fifteen-round fight with Tommy Loughran last night to retain his heavyweight champ ionship of the world. Primo weigh ed 270 pounds, 86 pounds more than Tommy. He had a foot ad vantage in reach and six inches in height. Ten thousand persons saw the alleged fight in Miami. Still Bootlegging Nearly three months after repeal o: prohibition, most people who drink are drinking bootleg liquor. So said Maj. W. L. Ray, head of the investigation unit of prohibi tion enforcement before repeal. 'There are more stills in opera tion,'’ he declared, “and their ca pacity is doubled.’’ Business Better The seasonal decline in the fifth Federal Reserve district, which In cludes North Carolina, “was less this year than normally, and some lines reported an unusual improve ment ” according to a statement bom the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond. Retail trade exceeded January 1933 by 13 per cent. Tex tile raiIls showed gains and tobacco fales jumped. Credit was given ■argely to CWA. Austria Recruits* Determined to keep down revolt, Austria started yesterday to recruit er 31 nies and helmwehr (home fuarrli forces. Socialist newspapers urged party members to be ready or 3 resumption of “our fight »gamst the government.” Uefy Parliament Hunger marchers,” shouting de ‘arir': of the government, inarched House of Commons in Lon ”}) testerday. They sat in a public 3 m and yelled "Down with the *-ional starvation government.” Probe Air Deaths amative Clarence J. Me 0{ Michigan said he would ask congressional investigation of the , .‘1!y alr corps as a result of the a les 01 fatal mishaps that have «taken army aviators flying the ,e" ‘nee the commercial com tu'T contractfi have been can -el.'cct Lllkvkkand Smk I VOL. XL, No. 27 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 1984 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon*. * as «T Mall, pat r«>. Uo adranatl _ M M Carrlar. oar year. (In adraacai _ UN Airmail Witness iames G. Woolley, of California, former vice-president of Western Air Express, testifies before Senate airmail investigating committee Re testified former Senator Ree< Smoot of Utah and his son had beet, active oa behalf of his company in airmail matters. Fire Chiefs Urge Citizens Support Volunteer Depts. State Association Officials Attend Dinner Sponsored By Three Civic Organizations. ' / Explaining that fire insurance rates in North Carolina are lowest in the south, John Miller, secretary of the state association of firemen, told of the difficulties and problems which confront the volunteer fire men and urged better equipment and better local support for htn». He 3poke at a meeting of the three civic clubs, Rotary, Lions and Ki wanis. at the Hotel Charles last night. $50,000 Fire Premiums ' Every tax payer should be in terested in reducing the fire loss for $50,000 goes out of Shelby each year in fire premiums,” said Mr. Miller. "If we can reduce this loss, you property owners can get your fire insurance premiums reduced.” Hendrix Palmer, chief of the Charlotte fire department, said he was always greatly impressed by the work of the volunteers. Bobby Robinson, chief of the Shelby de partment, acted as toastmaster, and the entire volunteer department, about twenty men, were present. Back To 1888 Mr. Miller traced the growth of the state fire fighting units from 1888, when only eight towns had departments, until today, when there are 4,000 men, seventy percent of them volunteers. He told of the legislative struggles to provide benefits for those injured in per formance of their duty. A state training school will be held in Durham this year, and he Invited two of the Shelby volunteers to attend it. Experts from metro politan fire departments will act as instructors. Mrs. C. P. Peeler Dies At Gaffney Was Sister of Walter Long of This City. Had Been Sick Four Days. Mrs. Florence Candayce Peeler 50, wife of C. P. Peeler, well-known Gaffney, S. <3., barber, died about 11 o’clock Tuesday night following an illness of three or four days, “Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, Mrs. C. P. Peeler was a sister ot Walter Long, Shelby and Preston Long of Cherryville. Cleveland County To Participate In Highway Beautification Plans Captain B. L. Smith, superin tendent of the Shelby public school system, has been appointed chairman of the Cleveland County Highway Beautification committee, a branch of the state-wide project. Captain Smith has the authority to appoint other members of this committee, and plans to do so the first of next week. The program was inaugurated through the Carolina Motor club, which, at a recent meeting, resolv ed upon the plan on a state scale. The complete program is as fol lows: Adequate and intelligent sup ervision of workers engaged in high way beautification activities under grants from public funds; enlist ment of 50,000 members of Home Demonstration and Oarden clubs in the state-wide program;1 restriction of motor vehicle “graveyards” and regulation of wayside parks along North Carolina highway. The state committee also announced that a state-wide contest will be conduct ed from March l through July 1, in which any community may partici pate without cost. CWA To Drop 92 Employees Today; To Push Schools Reduction Less Than Was Expected School Project*, Where Material I* Already Purchased, Held Of Prime Importance. Less drastic cuts than were ex pected in Cleveland county's CWA quota have been required, director Harry Woodson said yesterday, and there is more hope for the contin uance of Important projects now uncompleted. Still, 92 workers will be dismissed tomorrow. reducing the roll from 615 to 523. According to telegraphed instruc tions from Raleigh today, the wage scale again will be readjusted, be ginning immediately. Rates range from 30c an hour for unskilled workers to 60c and 76c ha the up per brackets. Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, state ad mintstrator, has said that she con siders school Improvement projects the most Important, since money has already been spent for mater - ials, so It Is likely that these pro jects will be the last to go as oth ers are dropped. The Cleveland Couny Fairground and the sanita tion program are considered ,A-No. 1 here, and will probably be plac ed second to the schools. t Gymni Completed. Five gymnasia have eeen built, or are being built, Mr. Woodson said. They are at Waco, Grover Casar, Belwood and Moores boro. The total number of projects ap proved for the county, including many supplementary plans, was 76 Of these, 23 have been eomplefed They are: Court House, She’.by schools, (two projects) town of Lawndale, Maple Springs colored county schools (two projects,) Folk ville school, Boiling Springs school, Grover school, Philadelphia co’or ed school, Belwood school. Lions club (for city survey) Cleveland county maintenance (has been stopped) Kings Mountain park GWA offices, Trinity school, Pat terson Springs school, Patterson Grove school, Mt. Pleasant school No. 8 Township school, Zion schoo’ Casar school and the Bethlehem school. These projects should be carried to a “stopping point,” Mr. Woodson said: Grading Cleveland county fair grounds, building county Home silo, improving Beaver Dam school grounds and road, Improvements for town of Lawndale, and Improve ments on Kings Mountain street. To Be Discontinued. These projects can be discontin ued, he recommended: Lattimore-New House road, Waco -Fallston road, city of Shelby Im provements, Kings Mountain schools, town of Grover improve ments, Beth ware school, Moriah school, town of LatCmore, town ot Kings Mountain, Cleveland county school buses (never has been start ed.) Boiling Springs city limits Nurses home (never has been start ed) 26 janitresses (Civil works serv ice, 12 stenographers (CWS) and 17 stenographers (CWS). Should Be Continued. These projects should be finish ed if possible: Building silo at county home building fairground grandstand, Mooresboro gymnasium, Grover gymnasium, Earl school addition, improvements at Ebenezer colored school, Ellis Chapel colored schoo’ Lattimore school (painting) Kings Mountain stadium, Shelby-Patter son Springs road, Piedmont school Shelby schools, Belwood gymnasium (when supplement returns) Casar gymnasium (when supplement re turns), sanitation project (build ing of 4,000 modern privies) Beaver Dam school, Waco gymnasium painting county home, Kings Moun tain city streets, grading fair grounds, town of Lawndale, 10 CWS stenographers, three CWS school nurses, 10 CWS . seamstresses for Shelby, and 10 CWS seamstresses for Kings Mountain. Home-Coming to Tragedy —.. l -V The shock of his father’s traffic death is plainly mirrored on the face of Crown Prince (now King) Leopold of Belgian! (left) who la shown >eing greeted on his arrival in Brussels by Premier Co ant BroqaeviUs. .eopold was vacationing in Switzerland when he received news of King Albert’s death. Second Chlorinator Is Installed To Doubly Sweeten City’s Water Star-All-Star The Star’s contest for an all-county basketball team Is pushing forward with first votes beginning to come in. A coupon will be found on the sports page of this Issue. The voting is open to everyone. Mark your choice on the ba’ lot and bring or mall K to The Star office. N. C. Men Back Sales Tax Move BUI Affords Sale Of Tangible Prop erties In Interstate Business Deala Washington, Mar. 1.—A ini that will yield North Carolina a million and a half dollars is being backed here by a delegation of Tar Heel state officials who handle the state sales tax. The bill, introduced by Represen tative Badoski of Michigan, provid es that “a sale of tangible personal property transported or to be trans ported, in interstate commerce shall be considered as made within the state into which such property is to be transported lor consumption therein.” This proposed law applies direct ruu m\j uwici states that have sales tax laws in that it means that taxable com modities brought into the state, not exempt from state sale taxes, shall be" taxed the same as other prod ucts. Here urging that the measure be enacted into law are A. J, Max well, commissioner of revenue; Charles M. Johnson, state treasur er; H. J. Browder and W. J. Betts of the state purchasing department all of Raleigh. The bill is now be fore the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, and the North Carolinians ask an early hearing, with the hope that arti cles of interstate commerce shall immediately become subject to the sales tax on arrival in the state. Goods ordered from mail order houses would especially become sub ject to the state sales tax. Heavy Damage In Greensboro Area Returning from a week-end trip to Raleigh, Mayor 3. A. McMurry says it is hard to conceive of the damage done by the blterard in the area of High Point, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. “I saw literally j thousands of telephone and tele i graph poles down along the road side,” said he. "Telephone com munication and electric power were off, industrial plants were forced to shut down, hotel elevators were unable to run, electric cook stoves were out of use and people were forced to eat canned food. Beauti ful shade trees were split and broken. Thousands of industrial workers were out of work for sev ; eral days the first of this week and 'just now are beginning to run | again ’ Enp*naiv( Machine Installed To Eliminate That Bitter Taatc In HtO. -t~ And now, if otty water Mutes funny, it's probably your Imagina tion. and you’ve An expensive im agination. Mayor a. A. McMuriy announced this morning that the new chlorlnator had been Installed, and, save for a few minor adjust ments needed, was chlorinating in 'perfect teamwork, with the d!B ma chine. The new Machine costs the dty - in other word*, it cost you—$925. R. V, Toms, superintendent of wa ter supply, who gets all the blame when a whiff of chlorine alps up somebody’s table water, has been laboring hard to get It working, and today said he was satisfied. City water, as you know, comes from the Broad River, which has been unusually clear these days. Oddly enough, that presented a chemical handicap and very deli cate adjustments had to be made. As the purification system works now, the water you get from the tap runs through two chlorinators It ought to be good to the last drop. Thursday’s Freeze Causes Few Mishaps Paving Was Slick And Can And Pedestrians Move WMh Difficulty. Below freezing temperature form ed a skiff of ice on pavements Thursday morning from the rain that fell the night before and sev eral minor accidents were reported Toy Webb, coming to Shelby on hiffhwnv No 2(1 at the river hrlriop* two miles west of Shelby, couldn’t stop his car and hit the rear end of a loaded school, bus with slight damage to both motor vehicles. A child’s finger was slightly mashed. Bob Kendrick, policeman, skidded down the embankment at the same bridge and turned over several times, but Bob, as usual, eame out without a scratch. J. Lawrence Lackey skidded Into the curb at the Lutheran church comer on N. LaPayette street and slightly damaged a new car. Bury Mr. Young In Forest City Today Friends And Relatives From Cleve land County Attend Fane rat Services. Friends and relatives living in Cleveland county of C. Y. Young are attending his funeral this aft ernoon in Forest City. Mr. Young died at his home in Auburn, Ala. Wednesday night at the age of 56. His body arrived Thursday at For est City and was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Jake Alexander where funeral services were con ducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Young was a member of one of Rutherford's county most prom inent families. He was the son of the late Dr. O. E, Young and was a cousin of former Gov. O. Max Gardner. He is survived by his wid ow. three children, four sisters and four grandchildren, Fertilizer Loans For Cotton Men Offered By U. S. Will Assume Bills On Reduction Plan B. W. Shoffner, Count Agent, Ex plains Plan To AM Farmer; I'rff* Thtj See Him. Means to help cotton humors who have signed the reduction program and are contemplating borrowing money for fertiliser, etc., was an* nounced yesterday from Washing ton, R. W. Shoffner, Cleveland oounty farm agent said this morn ing. Mr. Shoffner Issued the follow ing explanation: “We have Just received word from Washington that will prob ably be of Interest to those who signed cotton reduction contracts. This Information Is relative to Paragraph IS of these contracts which reads as follows: ‘All rent al payments due under this con tract, except as provided In para graph 13, shall be paid by check drawn payable to any party that the farmer may designate. This may be of help to thoee who are anticipating borrowing money to buy their fertiliser. “If you wish to and the fertiliser company or firm that you buy from will accept it bn this manner, you may have Inserted In the contract the fertiliser company or the firm that you buy your fertiliser or sup plies from. This must be dons be fore the oontraot leaves the office "If It goes to Washington, It can not be changed after It gets up there. However, It will work a hard ship here In our office to make these changes; but if there are any farmers who would like to designate the person or firm that they would | like receive their check for fertiliz er of supplies, I shall be glad to change this here In office for you as a matter of accommodation to you. This will In a lot of cases prob ably eliminate the borrowing of money by the farmer.” “Billy” Durham Die* In Portland, Oregon Former RssMewt of EUenboro With Relatives In Cleveland. Med February If. W. i. (Billy) Durham died Feb ruary 17th In Portland, Oregon, ac cording to a letter received a few days ago by Misses Betty and Ida Oreen, cousins of the deceased liv ing at Ellenboro. Mr. Durham was a grandson of Martin Beam and has a number of relatives in Clev eland and Rutherford counties. He formerly lived at Ellenboro where he operated the first drug stors in that town. ■e was married to an Illinois lady, lived for awhile in Dallas, Texas. One brother Robert survives in San Antonio, Texas. Prominent Lutheran Coming Sunday Dr. J. L. Morgan of Salisbury who Is the president of the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina will oc cupy the pulpit of the Lutheran church here on Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. All the mem bers and friends are urged to be present to hear him. At the S o'clock service, the pas tor, Rev. K. C. Cooper, will give the first of three ‘ sermons on “The Marks of the Church.” The sermon subject will be "The Initial Sac ce ment Baptism.” Lenten services are held each Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock The public is cordially invited to all services. Home Loan Bill President Roosevelt sent a mes sage to Congress yesterday asking that the home loan bonds be guar anteed. If this were done, he said the loan corporation would be able to extend further assistance to dis tressed home owners. I Lincolnton Gold Seekers Probe Denied Rhyne Estate For Metal Lincolnton.—Initial surveys anc sinking new shafts in the Lone Creek-Gold Mine property owned bj the Daniel ■. Rhyne estate is go ing forward with a view of deter mining whether the property 1* worth developing, taking into con sideration the high price of gold The mine proper, is located about half way between Lincolnton and Dallas in Gaston county and it is understood that a northern concern of national Importance is behind the project . Ole Strum, mining engineer it, in charge of the excavations and it is thought that the prospects are bright in the way of finding pay dirt. Years ago this property was said to be the most valuable from a min ing standpoint to be fount) in this section. The Rhyne estate also own.® the Golden Valley gold mines in Ruth erford county and there u> in* creased activity su that property. Burglars Prize Open 3 Dover Mill Safes; \ Get Nearly $1,000 Joint Net “Pro’s” Simon For* tennis loot another star when Keith GledhiU, of Santa Bar bara, Calif., ninth ranking player fa the United States, decided to wield hie racquet for profit. Gledhill will Join the troupe of “Big Bill" Tilden and Ellsworth Vines, now touring the country. County, City Tax Collections Ahead By Wide Margins Ctaanty Revenue* IB Percent Ahead Of Last Tear, NoRlssw Reveal*. Botti county and city mk eola - tions are far ahead of last year, It was announced today as a 1 percent penalty became effective for de linquents. County taxes for 1083 are 75 per cent ahead of last year, Troy Mc Kinney, county auditor, said. City taxes are 70 percent collected now, S. A. McMurry, mayor of Shelby aald. Of the county taxes, out of a aet upof 8179,415.58, the balance now due la only $49,863.98. The city is due to collect, only $35,000 now. Its set up for the year 1933 was $79,509. The 8 percent penalty appiim to both city and county taxes. Next month delinquents will be charged 3 percent and the month altar t-hat 4 percent. John B. Sherrill Dies At Concord Was Unde Of Mrs. J. D. Lineberger And Brother Of Late Rev. C. F.'Sherrill. . John Baacomb Sherrill, publisher of the Concord Dally Tribune, died Wednesday flight at 10:10 o'clock, following a stroke of apoplexy which he sustained Monday after noon. Mr. Sherrill, born hi Iredell coun- ! ty, began his career in the news- j paper field when he was 16 years | okj. He bought the Concord Times, and the Concord Register and con solidated the two papers. In 1002, he bought the Dally Standard, con solidating it with the Times, and in 1910 acquired the Tribune, mak ing it into a daily paper. He was the brother of the late Rev. C. F. Sherrill of this city, and was an uncle of Mrs. J. D. Line berger. Pound Lock Off Vault Door To Reach Inner Safety Deposit Car Heard Leaving Office At ) A. M. Charlotte Detective* Dineover Fingerprints. Burglar* who are believei to have made their haul st 1 A. M. yesterday morning cracked three safe doora at the Dover Mill office and ee caped with between $800 and $1,000 in cash. City and coun ty of '!•«. aasisted by detec tives tin Charlotte, spread s drag-net. yeaterday in an at tempt. to catch the thieves. The burglar* Mitered the oNKi through a window, which was easily prised open. Apparently equipped with the beet burglar tools, they prised the lock off the door of thi safety vault. Then they attacked th« wife itself, lifting one door off its hinges. Inside, the oasta wee U several kicked boxes. They emaatiec these open and took one box. ringarprinta feud Bxperte from Charlotte yeeterde> found fingerprint* hi abundance or; the cafes and metal work. Investi gators from the company which manufactured the safe laid the Jot was not done by expert oraokamen but by men who knew A good deal about their business. Kcell Gaunt, who lives nest dooi to the office, said today that in was awakened by hie wtfe wt g Men when she thought she heard eotni one making a noise In their coal bin He investigated but found no onr and thinks the noise he hearc might have come from Hie nearby office. A mill worker, on a lati trick, said he saw * QKr..HttfcJl8tit on, in front of the office at thro, o'clock and heard It drive away. Took Cash Only The burglars took cash only am left a quantity of small change They aelsed a revolver whloh hit1 been left on top of the amaUer saft and left in exchange a pair of bat tered plyers and a broken chisel. The money in the safe wae an unusually large amount for thi mill to leave over night, Charles Dover said yesterday. He believei the thieves thought they would find the payroll, which k never kept there at night. Shoffner’s Aide* Checking Contracts Vast »Mk AlM«t Half CiilIKW rrMpcti For Big r>ww»F An Bright County Agent Bob Skottatii '* force of helpers hue bwn working since February Jl checking anti . tabulating the t.500 cotton reduc tion contracts that hate piled Bite his office. , The task that is only about hall completed, and although Shaffnet had hoped 'to have It finished bg the last of this week, K will ’ tak« approximately a week or two long er before any statement as to the the number of contracts ean be made. To Give Minstrel At Kings Mountain An old-time minstrel show, cap tioned "Minstrel Chuckles,’’ will be presented at the Kings Mountain high school tonight under the aus pices of the Parent-Teachers asso ciation. More than 40 of Klng." Mountatn's prominent business men will take part, and there will be 30 local girls In the choruses. Six black face comedians will toes the wise-cracks. Tickets are on sale with Mrs. Fred Finger. r Gee McGee Says flat rock. a. C. martch 1, 1934 deei mr. edditor: i have be an asked by ooi mlgftstrate to rite up a report of the inqness which waa hell by the kurrlner over the corpse of bud lee dnaklae last week when he was ran over and killed by a track or track* la the hands of a party m» belcnowW to the Jary. be dide shortly -after be was killed. yores Indie, mike Clark, rfd. carry spondeni. t head more of Gee McGee um the editorial page.1 » > s
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