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VOL. XL, No. 29 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAFt. 7, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. nr Mali pu r»*r. Its advance! Carrier, par r»»r, (In advancal _ h.m _ UN Late News THE MARKETS (.otton. spot i/otton seed, ton, wagon-28.00 C)lt,on wei ton. earlots-30.00 Rain Tomorrow Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Rain tomorrow and In west >nd central part of state tonight. Much colder Thursday and in ex lremr northwestern parts. First Lady Lands By UNITED PRESS SANTA DOMINGO, March 7.— Mre. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here at 9 this morning enronte for Puerto Rico. Dollar Steady By UNITED PRESS VEW YORK, March 7.—Steadi 0f the dollar in terms of francs 8nd pounds during the past three *ecks may involve a temporary un derstanding between the United Slates. Great Britain and France leading to conferences looking to ward the return of an International Standard, according to New York exchange experts. Improper Parley By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March 7.—Ex Postmaster General Brown’s con ference with air line operators in May, 1930. was improper Colonel Paul Henderson, vice president of t otted Aircraft and Transport tes tified today before the senate air mail committee. NRA Extension By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March 7.—Presi dent Roosevelt is considering ex tension of the licensing provisions of the NRA upon its expiration in June, it was said at the White House today. Denies Air Fraud By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March 7.—As ristant Secretary of War Woodring emphatically denied today before the house investigating committee that he changed specifications of hundreds of airplanes, as was as serted by General Pndtfll, chief of the army air corps. Foil Prison Break By UNITED PRESS HUNTERSVILLE, Texas, March V—Three prisoners were shot down today when five state prison con victs attempted to scale the stone walls in a desperate attempt to win freedom. The March Of Events Church Heals Split After 35 years of negotiations, the two branches of the Presbyterian church, the United States and the Associated Reformed, moved defi nitely toward union after confer ences in Charlotte yesterday. The two major issues, the question of the exclusive use of the Psalms in public and private worship by the Associate Presbyterians, and the destiny of Erskine college, were un animously hurdled. Union Victory A sledge hammer blow was aimed *t company unions by the NRA i yesterday and a chorus against the proposal to reduce horns and in crease pay in one of the code meet ings in Washington. With the au thorization of General Johnson, Wil liam H. Davis, compliance direc tors. declared that many of the company unions were violating the law The famed section 7a was re ferred to. Dr. Alice Guilty Dl Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, Chi fago physician, was convicted of ttie murder of her daughter-in-law last night and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Jury de i'berated only 36 minutes. Dr. wvnekoop. who is 83 years old, re vives virtually a life sentence as thf closing chapter to one of Chi most amazing crimes is writ ten. Naval Race Three world powers are making plans to increase their navies, it was revealed yesterday. The U. S. wnate passed the naval construc tion bill, the French chamber of deputies naval committee approved * Pr°.ipct to build a 26,000 ton man of war. and the British planned to m'iid four cruiser*. Italy too may lrl'n in the mo*. _ [Named in Mail Probe Lehr Fees, son of Senator Simeoi D. Fess of Ohio, who was named recently an one of the scions of Washington officialdom who took part in the efforts of air lines to obtain mail - carrying contracts. Fess’ name was introduced into the probe by Harris M. Hanshue, air line executive. 3,050 Destitute Persons Receive Help In County S3,526 Spent To Feed And Shelter Cleveland Poor; Believe Rolls Will Increase Next Month. The cost of feeding and shelter ing Cleveland county’s destitute dropped last month, but is expected to rise again in March as many CWA workers are dismissed. Fig ures on relief work done here in February were released yesterday at the relief office. They show that a total of $3,526 was spent for shelter, light, food, clothing, medical care, fuel, house hold necessities, school books and glasses, in January, the sum was $4,130. Four hundred and sixty-five cases were carried over from last month, 43 old cases were re-opened, and 142 new cases were approved. This means that the office is caring for 655 families, comprising a total of 3,050 persons. In addition to the actual cash expenditures, these people also re ceived 2,276 pounds of pork, 708 pounds of butter, 628 dozen eggs, and 1,935 pounds of flour. More CWA Men Strike In State Raleigh, Mar. 6.—Strikes of CWA workers in protest against wage reductions were spreading today as the state administration laid plans to whack additional thousands from the payrolls this week. Seventy-five workers struck at Wilmington and after a meeting of trades unions it was anounced all building craftsmen employed on C. W. A. work would strike. Officials masons left their CWA Jobs. Meanwhile, in Salisbury 15 stone estimated this number at 300. Both at Wilmington and Salis bury the grievance was that the pay had been cut from $1.10 an hour to 75 cents. Here in Raleigh, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, state CWA administrator, announced 5,000 workers would be dropped Thursday with reductions averaging 15 per cent in agriculture counties, 12 1-2 per cent in agri cultural counties with industrial cities and seven and one-half per cent in industrial counties and cities. Most Interesting Book In World; All About You And Your Friends The most Interesting book in the world about the most interesting people in the world was published in 8helby yesterday. It’s all about you and your friends, aunts, uncles, husbands, poor and rich relations and it contains the names, addresses and telephone numbers of every girl in town. It’s the new directory just issued by the Shelby Lions club, 356 pages of information about the city, ably edited and clearly presented by Robert H. Cook, supervisor of com pilation. It includes not only the names and addresses of everybody in town, but a classified business' directory and a street, directory ■ ’ -ji... V,: —L _ Fanners Warned ToBe Wary About Purchasing Seeds New Crops Sought To Replace Cotton County Agent Advises Precaution In Buying Field Seed. Says Les pedesa Very Trtcky. Reduction of cotton acreage in Cleveland county by 40 per cent of the normal 75,000 acres under pro duction, means that farmers will turn to other crops this season— and there is real danger, according to county agent R. W. Shoffner that they may have had seed foist ed off on them for the new crops. Iasues Statement. Mr. Shoffner Issued the following warning today: "By the reduction of approxi mately thirty thousand acres of cotton in Cleveland this year the farmers are looking for something to take the place of this cotton acreage. Lots of farmers are trying to secure seed of various kinds of seed their land down for soil im provement, some for hay crops, and some for seed to use on their farm for. other years. From all reports that I get throughout the Stare, there is quite a shortage In good field seed this year. “I would like to advise the farm ers to be very careful In purchasing field seed. There are lots of lespe deza seed being bought and sown down now and this is one kind of seed you should demand quality seed. You can very easily buy seed cheap and get lots of noxious weed seed that would be on your farm for years for you to fight. In secur ing lespedeza seed It would be far better to secure a small amount of seed and be sure to get some good seed than it would to get a large quantity to sow this spring. De mand certified seed and be pro tected by the laws of the State of North Carolina. "There will be a demand for soy beans also; and this Is another seed that you should be very careful in securing and get the best. Where it is possible you should secure these seed and sow seed plots and gather your own seed for next year. A very few acres would probably furnish you with enough seed for your whole farm another year. It is far better to pay a little more for good seed that you know is clean and free from noxious seed than it is to buy a large quantity of cheap seed for the same money." Former Shoe Shop Operator Passes E. D. Seller* Who Operated a Shoe Repair Shop Here (or 12 Year* Buried Near Cherrjrille. Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o’clock at Mount Zion Baptist church, a lew miles north of Cherryvllle for Eli Daniel Sellers, age 75 years who died Mon day morning at 10 o'clock at hie home two miles south of Cherry vllle. Mr. Sellers is pleasantly remem bered in Shelby for his honest deal ings and good workmanship. He was born and reared on a farm near Cherryville and was married to Isa bel Stroup. In early manhood he Joined the church and was a faith ful and devoted Christian. In De cember he suffered a stroke of pa ralysis and the second stroke a few days ago took him away. Three children live in Shelby Perry and John Sellers, and Mrs John McSwain. Sam. Eli and Vance the other three children live at Cherryvllle. His wife also survives Funeral services were conducted this morning by Rev. Mr. Bobbitt of Cherryville, assisted by Rev. Mr Brown of Shelby. A number of Shelby friends and relatives at tended the funeral. giving- the names of householders ahd denoting business places. One look and you can know who lives on any street in town. In addition to all this, the direc tory Includes a department not or dinarily presented in such books. Beginning with the number 1, it lists all telephone numbers and to whom they belong. Lucky 7 and unlucky 13 are omitted, although there is a 13-J and a 13-W. In the front of the book are list ed all the members of the three civic clubs. Kiwanis. Lions and Ro tary. The book is bound in cloth and is j *ell supported by advertisers. Political Surprise Political circles are a-buzz follow ing the announcement of Francis E. McGovern that he will seek a seat in the U. S. Senate as a Democrat. McGovern was elected Governor at Wisconsin in 1914 as a Republican. Later he served as Republican Dis trict Attorney of Milwaukee Coun ty. Now he is running on "Roose velt or Ruin" platform. Plan To Complete 6 CWA Projects; Recommend More Conference Agrees To Continue Fair Grounds And Five County School Projects. After a conference Wednesday afternoon, Harry Woodson, CWA administrator, announced that six projects would be completed In Cleveland county despite the taper ing off of this branch of the gov ernment's relief program. The conference further reootn mended the completion of eleven others. . The list of those project* to be completed follows? Project Man Hours Cleveland county fair_7,000 Moo res boro gym __ 600 Grover school gym . __ 200 Earl school, 2 class rooms_ 300 Belwood school gym _ 360 Casar gym ._2,500 10,960 Futher Recommendations Project Man Hours Piedmont school, paint _ 500 Shelby schools, paint_3,000 Ebenezer col. school, paint __ 150 Ellis Chapel school, paint ... 360 Lattlmore school, paint _ 270 Kings Mtn. school _ 3,240 Beaver Dam school . __ 600 Patterson Springs road .... 14,400 County sanitation _ 12,544 County home . _ 676 Service . _ 2,600 38,240 If all the seventeen projects are carried though, the total number of man hours required for the work win be 49,200. James H. Blanton End Comes At Home Of Daughter, Mrs. Mai Spangler. Funeral At Methodist Church. James H. Blanton died this morn ing at 4:30 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mai Spangler in Belvedere where he had been mak ing his home for the past three yean. Mr. Blanton suffered a heart attack about two weeks ago and each recurring attack seemed to grow more severe. Mr. Blanton was bom in the Sha ron community nearly 80 years ago. He was married to Mary Lee who preceded him to the grave nine years ago leaving surviving three daughters, Mrs. Merton Beam, of Charlotte, Mrs. T. O. Morehead and Mrs. Mai Spangler of Shelby and two sons, Harold Blanton of New York and Sam Blanton of Harts ville, S. C. One sister, Mrs. Robert Houser and three brothers, John, Bill and Bert Blanton of the Sha ron community also survive. Funeral At Church In early life Mr. Blanton joined Sharon Methodist church. He was a devout Christian, a gentle and in dustrious citizen, greatly beloved by his host of friends. At the time of his death his membership was with Central Methodist church here and the funeral will be held from this church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Dr. E. K. McLarty and Dr. Zeno Wall will have charge and internv nt will br beside his wife in Snnf*et cemetery. Diet Here Five Children Cleveland Jurors Drawn For Court Opening March 26 Criminal Cases To Be Heard This Week Judge Ogleeby To Preside Here A train; Heavy Docket, With Sensational Caaee Jurors for the spring term ' of superior court, which wlU be held here for two weeks beginning March 26. were drawn Monday afternoon by the board of county commis sioners. Judge John M. Oglesby, who presided here this winter, will be on the bench. A. M. Hamrick, clerk of the court, said yesterday the docket was full, but had not yet been made up. It will Include several sensational cases In the criminal term, which will held the first week. Including the trial of Louis Sentell for the mudder of Mrs. William Drake, known here as Florence Jones, For First Week Jurors for the first week were named as follows: W. Tell McOaw, C. }. Bailey, J. L. Hopper, J. Quay Bridges, O..F. Austell, Vernon Roberts. O. M. Borders. A. J. McGill. C. F. Stowe, J. D. Watterson, Lawrence Putnam, S. 8. Weir, J. A, Wright, A. W. Warllck, J. Orady Smith, Carlos E. Grigg, A. V. Hamrick, Robert 8. Curry, Eura Blanton, Roland Elam. Ellsle Lee Beam, Thomas L. Ded mon, B. B. Ramsey, Wade E. Har rill, John A. Blanton, Lee SwoT ford, J. W. McMurry, A. A. McEn tyre, W. L. London, Guy Lackey, Parrish Yelton, Banks Miller, John R. Lackey, W. T. Warltct, and A. R. McNeely. Second Week Dillard Bridges. Seth Morehead, J. L. Thomason, Leone Ward, J. W. Seism, J. N. Wright, Marvin H. Putnam, Maurice L. Eskridge, John N. Gold, R. Bloom Costner, Law rence Rollins, Robert C. Moore, L. C. Palmer, Julius Martin, John C. Ledford, P. P. Richards, C. J. Boyles and A. F. Logan. Former Citizen Of Shelby Dies J»mci M. Archer Pmmi fee Char loite At Aj:e 49 Veers. Hu A Brother Here. News ha* been received here of the death of James M. Archer at his home, 215 Eas\ Park avenue, Char lotte on Monday afternoon. Mr. Archer lived for many years in Shelby, having come here in his childhood with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Archer. His father was express agent here. Mr. Archer was 49 years of age, a public accountant, head of the firm J. M. Archer and company, with headquarters in Salisbury. Funeral services were held from the Char lotte residence this morning at 11 o'clock and intennept was in Elm wood cemetery. He was married in 1906 to Miss Susie Rhyne of Mount Holly, daugh ter of the late A. P. Rhyne, and Mrs. Rhyne. He was a member of the Old Hickory club of Salisbury. Mr. Archer is survived by Mrs. Archer, four sons, J. M. Archer, Jr., A. William Archer, Walter R. Ar cher, A. P. Archer, H. D. Archer, and two ther brothers, George H. Archer of Phoenix, Arison a, and A. W. Archer, of Shelby, but in Florida for the winter. Dr. T. W. Lingle Will Address Men Brother Of Davidson President And Prominent Professor Will Give Talk Tonight. Dr. T. W. “Tommy” Lingle, broth er of Dr. Walter Lingle who la president of Davidson college, will speak to the men of the Shelby Presbyterian church tonight, as they assemble at their regular monthly meeting. Several weeks ago. Dr. Lingle made a short speech on % similar program, and made such an im pression upon his audience that he was invited to return. Dr. Lingle, professor of history and student of government, will take as his subject “Serious Problems for Thoughtful Americans." Improvement Noted In The City Water Considerable Improvement is be ing noted In the city water by rea son of the installation last week of a new chlorinating machine. The machine was Installed last Friday and is being tuned up and adjusted to give the best service. City water patrons are commenting favorably on the absence of odor and taste and th'* funeral improvement al ready sjH'wn. -— The Doctor Who Killed GUILTY OF MURDER—Dr. Alice Wynekoop was con victed last night of the operating table murder of her daughter-in-law, Rheta, by a jury which deliberated only 36 minuted. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison— virtually a life sentence, since she is 63 years old. The in set shows her when she collapsed during the trial, PWA Cuts School Bond Loan; Ask $11,000 For Colored School Recover Two Boxes Taken From Safe | In Mill Robbery (Ueovwr Stolen Paper* And Diamond Mar litpei t Work inf Oh “ Finger Print*. employees of the Dover Mill Monday afternoon recovered two iron boxes taken from the safe dur ing the recent robbery. The boxes were found in the oil room of the company's garage, situated behind the office, and are in the custody of the sheriff. The mill owners recovered prac tically all of the loat papers, and also a diamond ring which the thieves, in their haste, had over looked. A finger-print expert in Char lotte la still comparing the print* photographed on the safe with rec ords In that city, and nothing def inite from this source will be known for several days yet. Cotton Unchanged From Yesterday Cotton at a o’clock on the New York exchange was unchanged from yesterday’s dose. May selling at 13.11 and July at 13.34. There was a alight reaction yesterday in cot ton and also In stocks because of the talk In congress of putting a stop to marginal trading. Alleged Gangsters Indicted By Jury Raleigh, March The Wake county grand Jury today Indicted Worth (Tick) Proctor, alleged east ern North Carolina gang leader and Tom Moore, alias T. M. Archer on three charges of house breaking and larceny. Solicitor J. C. Little said he did not know when the cases would be called. The bond Issue for city schools— j Dover Mill, n new arcade for the hgh school and Improvements for i .he colored school—which was pro- j ested two weeks ago by township j representatives, has been cut from ( 128,000 to *19,000, Joe s, Blanton, msirman of the board of county j commissioners announced this morning. He received a letter from Stanley H. Wright, engineer-examiner of the state advisory board, PWA, at Chapel Hill, who said that the bond contract and agreement had been dashed. * Bonds for the colored school amount, to $9,000, with an addition al grant of *2,000 from the govern ment Mr. Blanton also received a re quest from Harold Ickes, PWAd mlnlstrator, to send In the appli cation lor this loan Immediately. It was done this morning Lincoln County Raises Her Salaries A* a result of the excellent con dition of Lincoln county’s finances, the board of county commissioners yesterday voted a 10 per cent raise In the salaries of the clerk of court, register of deeds, treasurer, sheriff, recorder, solicitor and farm agent, H. C. Northrop &, Co., Charlotte auditors, were notified yesterday. The Charlotte flnn Installed the financial set-up In Lincoln and for the last several years has audited the books and supervised the sys tem. It Is the same system in use in Mecklenburg county at the present time, a system also installed by the Northrop company. Lincoln county, the recent audit shows, owes no floating debt and has a cash reserve sufficient for all purposes. The county has money on hand that It Is using to pur chase Its own bonds, and its ex cellent condition has been the re sult of economical planning and management by the commissioners and the county accountant, togeth er with the good record achieved by the sheriff in collection of taxes. Stonecutter Mill To Close Today According To Spindale Reports •FINDALE. March 7.—It «» unautborstattvely reported here at noon that the Stonecutter Mill would close Its doors at 3 this afternoon. The town continued to remain Quiet and union men were told to stay in their meeting place as much as possible. 8PINDALE, Mar. 7.—The strike front was quiet here this morning after two days of excitement as seven pickets posted bv striking! union wo.br-' or ihr f -t»«Tm- j mills were arrested and then re ..-* r-tmaftaa^rfiaaMLJii leased on bond. Yesterday, the picket* were ar rested on charges of attempting to prevent non-striking workers to enter the mill. During the day, ex citement ran high as unionites' placed themselves on the railroadi tracks and prevented freight trains from bringing coal and supplies to the mill. They planteu an American flag on the tracks and dared the enginer to run over it. They then pitched a tent on the same track and announced twe men would '■teen in it Wcmei .uni < btldrei' ^Continued on page eight.) j U.S. Conciliator - \rrives To Confer On Labor Disputes Labor Dept. Sends Richardson Here Will Art On Strikes Ai Otwlind Cloth Anri At Splndale. Uw rrnrr In Command. C. L. Richardson, a conciliator from the United States Department Df Ijrbor, arrived In Shelby at #;30 his morning and will take Immed iate action. It, was said, to brtna about a settlement of labor disput es here and at Splndale. With hl> arrival. It la expected that confer ences will be held In Shelby which may result In an end of the atrlke which closed the Cleveland Cloth Mill last week. O. M Mull, secretary-treasurer of the mill, Is commuting between tlx mill and his farm, where he has 1, mo acres under cultivation by *• tenants. On last Friday, the milt paid off more than $7,000 In salar ies. and a few workers hare been occasionally employed since putting machinery In order, lAwrence In Charge. R R. Lawrence, president of the North Carolina Federation of La bor. Is In command of the striking force* here and at Splndale. C, W Soltek, organiser for the United Textile Workers and Representa tive-at-large of the Federation, who was In command, is In Washington with P. R. Christopher, secretary of the Shelby union and president of the North Carolina Textile Feder ation. and O. P. Allen, local unkm official. During the absence of Mr. Law rence In Splndale yesterday, Mr* Lawrence, who is here with her husband, conducted a meeting In Union Hall, which was largely at tended Taxlisters Named By Commissioners For 11 Townships Time For Filing ’30 and *11 Foie Flmurw Set Forward to May 1. Coat la Cat. Kleven tax listers, one to each township, were named Monday aft ernoon by the Cleveland board of county commissioners, It was decided that the rate of pay would remain the same, that is, 5c for each abstract and 3 l-3e for crop reports. But an additional C was added for time required for a school of instruction March 30 and for returning the tax books. Extension on Foreeloanraa. The time for filing tax foreclos ure suits In 1030 and 1931 taxes war set forward to May 1, and It was announced that the court costs for recovering property after suit had lieen filed, had been reduced from about $18 to $S. The taxllstera, according to town ships. are: l.—J. A. McCraw, t^-B. B. Har ris, 3.—Austell Bettis, 4.—M. L Harmon. 5.—A. C. Beam, 6.—W. R Newton, 7.—R. W. McBrayer, $.— Ben P. Jenkins, 9.—Stowe Beam, 10 —M M. Oantt, 11.—A, A. Horton, They will work on April 1, and tax listing places will be advertised in this paper. Union Man Hurt In Train Accident Carl Denton of Shelby, a former 1 employee of the Cleveland Cloth § mill, was reported last night to be In a critical condition after being crushed by a freight train near At- | lanta. Details of the acldent were §j meager, but It was said that he had un arm cut off, that a leg had been |i smashed, and that pneumonia hac p developed. He Is In an Atlanta hos pital. The Shelby union raised money t< Sj care for him and to send his wifi to Atlanta. Gee McGee Says flat rock, a. C. Marie h 8. 1934 deer in’, editor: t i«m 1 will close for this time, yore paper Is fatting kinder weak In newt, and had not benn for the air mail graft ansofortb in waah* Ington. d C., here «f Into, there would not of benn noth ing worth reading excepp the flat rock news and the pat tent nteddison adds. yores trulie. mike Clark, rfd, eorry ap—Sent i Read more of Gee McGee rm the Editorial Papa each i»*«e I. .. _J