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M V cW VOL. XL. No. 33 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. »» Mall, par jraar. (Id adrapaai _ h m Carrtar. par jraar. (la adraaaai _ nn Late News the markets Cotton, spot- 12Vi to I3V4 C otton seed, ton, wagon .— 28.00 Cotton seed, ton, earlots-80.00 Warmer Tonight Weather forecast for North Car olina—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow. Increasing cloudiness but warmer, followed by showers at night. Rain Is expected Saturday afternoon In the extreme western part of the state. Firemen Drunk BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 16.—Char ges that firemen were drunk as they battled the $3,000,000 fire here last Saturday wero laid before the city commission yesterday. Fireman Joe jracock. of the West End station, testified he “saw men drunk arter dark." and, under questioning, add ed “they were not volunteers.” Want Bingham LOUISVILLE, Feb. 16.—Latest developments in the flare up over the subject of wether or not a news paperman should violate a confid ence saw the Kentucky house of representatives demanding the re call from London of Ambassador Robert W. Bingham, president and owner of the Louisville Courier Journal which published an un signed letter attacking a house in vestigating committee. Byrd Men Escape LITTLE AMERICA, March 16.— Four members of the Byrd Antarc tic expedition escaped serious in jury late yesterday when one of ths expedition airplanes, piloted by Lieut. Com . Isaac Schlossbach, crashed on a test flight and was wrecked. The March Of Events Insull Escapes Said to have been wearing wom en's clothes, Samuel Insull escaped from Greece yesterday and fled no one knows where. It was charged this morning that his delivery was engineered by an International criminal gang operating from Ru mania. Mrs. Insull, almost constant companion of her refugee husband, was ordered deported. Sue For $600,000 Mr. and Mrs. W. V. O’Keefe of California are suing a Chicago hotel for $600,000, alleging they contract ed amebic dysentry during their World Pair visit. They numbered themselves among the 740 persons who traced their infection with the dangerous disease to their visit to Chicago. Lindy Testifies Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, severest critic of the government’s air mail policy, will appear before the senate postoffice committee to day to testify on the administra tion bill which would restore the . mails to private operators. He re fused for the second time to sit on a board to investigate the air corps. Auto Strike Looms NRA stepped Into the breach be tween automobile manufacturers and labor today in a last minute effort to forestall a strike. The Na tional Labor board has returned after unsuccessful efforts. General Johnson has offered a tentative plan to organize a grievance com mittee. At the hub of the contro versy is the familiar company union dispute. Masonic Lecturer To Address Meetings 3 L. Nelson, noted Masonic lec turer, will open a two weeks lecture course here beginning Monday morning at nine o’clock. Mr. Nel son, well-known in Masonic circles, *U1 speak three times each day, in the morning, afternoon, and at ni8ht, giving instructions to local Masonic officers and to all mis sions. The meetings will be held at the Masonic temple, and all mem bers of the local lodge are urged to be present at as many meetings as possible. Judge Webb Traces Customs of Mankind At the weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis club last night, Judge E. Y. Webb traced customs of early mankind that have come down to present day civilization. It Was a most interesting study of traits and customs that were prac tised by mankind back in prehis toric days and on through the sav agery and early civilization periods. Judge Webb pointed out many of these old customs that have been brought down and influence our 'resent day habits and customs Another Dillingerite at Bay With one of the Dillinger gang. Harry Pierpont, already sentenced to death, Charles Makley. another member of the unholy combine, faces justice in Lima, 0.. court, charged with participation in the murder of Sheriff Jesse Sarber. during Dillinger jail break last year. Uakley is shown with His counsel. Miss Jessie Levy. Highway 20 Ready T o Open; Push County Road Projects Garden Gub Sets Trees In Cemetery; Asks City To Aid Lane Of Sugar Maples Plants Along Driveway And Two Groups Of Evergreens At Entrance. A commendable piece of work has been done by the Garden club of the city in beautifying Sunset ceme tery, it was learned this morning from Mrs. Z. J. Thompson, an of ficial of the club. Sugar maple trees have been planted along bbth sides of the driveway from Sumter street to the cemetery entrance and at the entrance two group planting of evergreens have been made. In support of this beautification program $10 contributions are ac knowledged from Literary division No. 1 of the Woman’s club, S5 from Literary division No. 2 and $5 from the Business Women's division. Other contributions will be grate fully received. The Garden club is now urging the city to sow grass throughout the cemetery and provide a number of water spigots at convenient points so that the grass and flowers can be watered during the summer season. A delegation from the club recently called on the city council to get help from the city in beauti fying the cemetery. Planned Farming Program Outlined Raleigh, Mar. 15.—Groundwork for a planned agricultural program in North Carolina were laid yester day as committee members Dre - pared recommendations for the movement under auspices of the University of North Carolina. A state-wide committee to engi neer the work was named here yes terday by Dr. Frank P. Graham, of the University of North Caroline Twelve sub-committees also were named to offer suggestions for the plan, which will be carried out un der direction of N. C. State college WACO STUDENTS SEE PAPER GO TO PRESS Members of the eighth grade of the Waco school, with the teacher, W. M. Pope, were shown through The Star plant today by Lindsay Dail, advertising manager, and saw this edition go to press. Contractors Complete Widening And Re Surfacing Widening and resurfacing on highway 20 from the old city limits to the bridge was completed yester day and the road will be thrown open today or tomorrow, eliminating the inconvenient detour which has bothered drivers so long. Work on the road has been under the supervision of the J. S. Bowers Construction company, which un dertook the project for the PWA. New asphalt has been laid and a double-track road spread out. This company also has a con tract for construction of bridges on the Boiling Springs road, one over the Broad River and another over Bey/er Dam. Three or four culverts on the road have already been com pleted. Piles are now being driven for the Beaver Dam bridge and preparations are being made for work at the river, which will have a steel bridge. The Teer Construction company has the contract for grading the Boiling Springs road. Prom Sharon to Boiling Springs, the major part of this work has been completed. The Brown Paving company is working on the Polkville-Shelby and Polkville-Pallston roads. The road bed is now in shape, and prepara tions are being made to surface with rock and gravel. Twenty-two miles of roadbed will be surfaced. Code Authority For This District Receives Approval Grocers Meet At Gastonia; Secre tary To Formulate Shelby Group Next Week. At a meeting of the district No. 2 National Pood and Grocery Dis tributors Code authority committee at Gastonia last night, a certificate of approval from the National Code authority in Washington was re ceived by the committee. The committee authorized W. Walter Turner of Lenoir, paid sec retary, to proceed with the organ ization of local food associations. Mr. Turner will be in Shelby some time next week to aid in establish ing a new set up here. This committee has the respon sibility of administering the food distributors code, both retail and wholesale, in the counties of Gas ton, Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, Polk, Caldwell, Cleveland and Ruther ford. New Officials Will Appear Here In Federal Coart OpeningMonday A new official regime will man the Federal court opening here Monday morning under Judge E. Yates Webb of Shelby. Marcus Erwin of Asheville, dis trict attorney, will appear here for the first time. He succeeded Frank Patton. R. Roy Francis of Waynes ville succeeds Thomas A. McCoy as office assistant, W. L. Nicholson ol Lincolnton is the new assistant district attorney. Charles Price, ne^ United States marshal, who was sworn in here a few months ago by Judge Webb, is the successor of Brownlow Jack* son of Hendersonville, who was long prominent in the Republican party. J. Y. Jordan, clerk of the court is expected yvlth one or two of his assistants. There will be one court stenographer, Mrs. Thompson or Miss NeUan. Court will probably open at 10 o'clock, with Judge Webb’s charge to the Grand Jury. The docket is light, the judge said this morning "d will be quickly disposed of Bankhead Cotton Bill Wins First Test In Congress Limits Production To 10,000,000 Bales Proponent* Of Measure Victors In Trial Vote; Amendment Is Defeated. WASHINGTON. March 15—The Bankhead compulsory cotton con trol bill successfully weathered Us first test In the house today in the defeat of the Brown amendment to limit its provisions to one crop year. The vote of 56 to 21 on the amend ment offered by Representative Brown, Democrat of Georgia, al though small, was indicative of the strength of the sentiment for the measure. The bill limits cotton production for the coming crop year to 10, 000,000 bales and authorises the sec retary of agriculture to fix the lim it on production for a second year. In addition, it empowers the presi dent to extend it for a third year by proclamation if an emergency in cotton exists. An amendment by Representative Parker, Democrat of Georgia, to eliminate the authority of the presi dent to extend it for a third year was also defeated on a voice vote. Another controversial amendment by Representative Rankin, Demo crat of Mississippi, to strike out the authority given the secretary of ag- | riculture to direct the usage of land ' taken out of cotton production also I stood in the way of early action. Accidental Death Held Misdemeanor RALEIGH, March 18—An opin- j ion released by Attorney General' Dennis G. Brummltt this afternoon holds that the 1933 legislature, by amending the law stipulating pun ishment for involuntary manslaugh ter, reduced the crime from a fel ony to a misdemeanor. In reply to an Inquiry from E. Earl Rives, Judge of recorder’s court of Greensboro, the opinion, prepared by A. A. F. Seawell, assist ant attorney general, holds that the amended law reduces the offense to a misdemeanor and gives final jur isdiction in such cases to courts which have final Jurisdiction of : misdemeanors. The amendment passed In 1933 ] said punishment for Involuntary : manslaughter shall be In the dls- ' cretion of the court, and the de- , fendant may be fined, or Imprison ed, or both. This phraseology, the opinion said, “is practically the same as is used in statutes fixing the punishment for misdemeanors.’’ Melon Growers Now Organic#:! Savannah, Ga., Mar. 18.—Water melon producers of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Flor ida organized at a meeting here to day to fight for cheaper freight rates. Cleveland Record* Big Profit, Wrigh Gastonia Citizen Is Acquitted On Manslaughter Count Gastonia, March 16.—Harry Ham- i1 rick, well-known Gastonia man, was 1 acquitted of a charge of manslaugh- j“ ter by a jury in superior court here !, yesterday afternoon. ■Hamrick went on trial in connec- ( tion with the fatal shooting on last!, January 39 of Guthrie Hoyle. Young Hoyle was killed by a bul- , let fired from a gun in Hamrick’s j hands when the latter, a drug , store proprietor, fired out of the , back door of his business establish- j ment to scare away some boys who j were said to have been making a | lot of noise. j, The defense established the fact ( that Hamrick shot without any in- , tentlon of hitting any person, and j that he did not know Hoyle was { standing in the way of the bullet.>, The shooting occurred at night. h Numerous witnesses established ] a good character for Hamrick. , Judge Thomas J. Shaw has not • yet sentenced A. E. Lyerly and E. , L. Chapman, Charlotte boys con- , victed Monday of robbery. , p. t. a; of High ! Scjiool Meets Mon. i i The March meeting of the High s School Parent Teacher association f will meet Monday evening. March c 19 at 7:30. All parent.•> of high * school pupils are urged to atiend. <, Protests Control Walter S. Gifford, president «t American Telephone and Telegraph Company, testifies before Senate Interstate Commerce Committee daring hearing on the Dill “Com munications Bill.” which calls for a Federal commission to control all the nation’s systems of communi cation. Hoey Declamation Contest Finals Set For Tonight ro Be Held At Washington Street School; Six Schools Send Participants. Six youths from as many oounty ligh schools will compete tonight n the finals of the annual county wide Clyde R. Hoey declamation :ontest to be held In the auditorium >f the Washington street school. Preliminaries for this event were leld Saturday morning, in order to eliminate all but six contestants, hereby shortening the contest which has grown tp such an extent hat It Is Impossible to hear all en trants tn one evening. The six win ders are the representatives from he following schools; Kings Moun »ln, Shelby, No. S, Mooresboro, “ledmont and Fallston. The winner each year receives a landsome medal donoated by the Son. Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby lawyer, rhe program will begin promptly it 7:30 o'clock. State Death Rate Up Last Month Raleigh, Mar. 15.—February, the coldest month In North Carolina since the terrific winter of 1918, brought a sharp increase in the state’s death rate, the bureau of vital statistics reported. Deaths reported totalled 3,014 as compared to 2,578 in February, 1933, with the rate going to 11 a thousand as compared to 9.8 the same month last year. :r’s Court Shows t Tells Rotarians fudft (Show* How Various Type* Of Cases Compare; L laaor Per centage Uny»ri«L Using the months of January as in average, Judge Joe Wright, who (resides over Recorders court here, howed members of the Rotary club oday how crimes against public norals have decreased this year, tow gambling, paradoxically has In Teased, and how the court has been lot only self-supporting but the nost profitable department under Cleveland county jurisdiction. He traced the origin of the court, elling bow it was organized in 1910 is one of the first of its kind in he state by Clyde R. Hoey and O. Jax Gardner to be an Intermediary letween the magistrate's courts and he Superior court. At that time, he judge acted as prosecutor, clerk md auditor. He now has a staff of our, Including a prosecutor. Violation of the prohibition law, fudge Wright said, showed about he same percentage this year as sst. Assault numbered 16 per cent i the cases in 19*3, 3 per cent in 14. Crimes against public morals rere 7 per cent in *33, and 3 per ent in ’34. Gambling was 1 per ent in 33 and 9 per cent this year, ibout half of the cases in each ear were for prohibition violation In 1933, fines colelcted for the Irst half of .he year amounted to| 2,309 and fees were $2,248. In the econd half, fees were $3,669 and tnes $2,816 Cost of operating the ourt was $3,050, so a difference of 6352 was turned over to the coun 1. Native Of County Is Fatally Injured Near Wadesboro Body Found on Bridge In Anton County First Coualn Of J. H. Grin And Native Of Falliton Struck By Automobile. A body Identified aa that of M. A. Orlgg of Oaatonla, first, coualn of J. H. Orlgg of this city, was found Wednesday night about 10 o'clock lying on the overhead bridge Juat east of Lltasvtlle on highway 30 In Anaon county. He had been struck by an auto mobile which did not atop, and was so badly Injured that he died dur ing the early morning hours In the Anaon sanatorium In Wadesboro, HU Identity' was unknown until late Thursday afternoon, when a son-in-law, Berry Grooms of Rock ingham Identified him. He had been visiting hU daughter, Mrs. Orooms, and about 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon left Rockingham to hitch hike his way to Oastonia. He had covered about 14 miles when struck. HU skull was frac tured. Mr. Orlgg, the son of Alfred Orlgg, was born and reared In Fall ston, and worked at Lawndale for a number of years In the occupation of house carpenter. He had many friends throughout this county. Mr. Orlgg was 81 years old, and U survived by hla wife, a brother, two sons and three daughters. Fu neral arrangements had not been made yesterday afternoon, but Grooms stated that interment would be In Cleveland oounty. Candidate Jones Gets A Fall While Campaigning Here Mecklenburg's Candidate Tor Con gress Waa In Colombia Uni versity With President. "My opponent. Major Bui winkle, came near not having any opposi tion for congress from Mecklenburg county today," said Hon. Ham C Jones of Charlotte who was In Shel- | by In the Interest of his candidacy [ for congress from this district. Mr. Jones fell on the steps lead ing up to the offices In the Judge J. L. Webb building. One or two treads on the steps had been taken up for repairs. A lady had dropped a book and Ham Jones, courteous gentleman that he Is, hastened to pick It up. HIs foot went through one of the steps and he was bruised about his shoulder. Mr. Jones feels much encouraged over his prospects for the Demo cratic nomination. He Is visiting every county in the district and Is assured of strong support. He feels that his home county of Mecklen burg will be solidly for him. Mr. Jones knows the president person ally, having been a student In law at Columbia University with Frank lin D. Roosevelt. Modern Odywey Like Tom Sawyer’* Hew Orleans. La., Mar. 18.—Com pleting a 1,500-mile trip down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in a 17-foot canvas canoe, two adven turous Chicago youths paddled In to New Orleans at noon yesterday The pair, Don Hughes, 24, and Jack Broberg, 22, plan to leave In several days for Florida by way of the Intercoastal canal. They left Chicago January 26. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene White andi son Bettis of Earl, spent last Wed nesday In Winston-Salem visiting Mr. White’s mother, Mrs. 8. J. White. They were accompanied home by Mr. White’s sister, Mrs Shoef and her title son, Billy, who will spend a few days as their guests. Relief Workers Serve Luncheon To Children In County Schools Free lunch rooms for children of families investigated by case work ers and approved for relief are be ing established at county schools, Mrs. T. W. Haihrlck, director, an nounced this morning. Six hundred and five children are already being fed, she said, and more lunch rooms are rapidly being established to serve others. This week, children at the fol lowing schools were served: Bolling Springs 34, Mt. Pleasant 12, Trinity 12, Ellis Chapel (color ed) 20. Earl school 'colored) 14, Shoal Cu. .it <« '• r-di 8. Waco (col ored* It, Waco 34, Mooresboro 24. U. S. Air Chief? With consolidation of all non-navat aviation units into one corps pre dicted as next move of the Adminis tration, Brigadier General William Mitchell, former Assistant Chief of the Air Corps and war flier, is seen as most likely choice to head the re organised air fore*. Thirteen Schools Enter Recitation Contest Tomorrow AU But Hi* To Be Eliminated In Preliminaries Tomorrow t Pin al* March (3rd. Thirteen school*. the largest number In recent years, will send representatives to enter the annual county-wide recitation contest for high schools here tomorrow. At that time, six girls will be chosen from the original number to compete In the finals of the contest Friday night, March 3rd. The rules for the contest an the same as In previous years, with the exception that the (flection* must be of a more light and humorous nature than heretofore. The preliminaries will be held at the Shelby high school auditorium tomorrow morning and will begin at 9:30 o’clock. The six chosen speakers will compete on the night of the 3rd, at which time, the win ners of the county-wide essay con test will also be announced. Union, Not Mill, Asked Extension; Report Saturday Labor Expects To Make Report Sat urday. Mill Has Three Days For Reply. The labor committee at the Cleveland Cloth mill where a strike has been on for two weeks or more, asked for an extension of time in which to file a report. The three day extension of time runs out to morrow at 10 o’clock and the report will probably be made, after which the mill management will have three days In which to make reply, so the case can be, referred to the state Industrial relations board. Under a decision handed <iown on February 16th by the federal Indus trial relations board, establishing the lnom-load for weavers, report of any further grievance was asked to be made by March 15th. Representing the employees Is a committee composed of Fred Sen ter, John Oreene and T. C. Veal. Representing the mill management Is a committee composed of O. M. Mull, Thos. Kerr and J. A. White. After these reports are made, the first step toward a settlement of the differences will have been taken. Lattimore 35, Polkvllle 13. Beams Mill 18, Pallston 6, Moriah 8. In Kings Mountain the following schools have lunch rooms: West End 20, Central 26. East End 35, Mid these colored schools: city School 26, Ebeneezer 12, Compact 11 and Gold Mine 17. In the Shelby city school lunches ire being served at the following: Marion 35. South Shelby 37, Wash ington 40, Graham 60. LaFayette 15, Jefferson 20, oolored school 35. No lunches have been served yet it Elizabeth school, and plans have lot been completed for Sharon and •toss Grove. ■ . -jijuik'... See Possibility Of Building Road On To Cliffside Commerce Chamber Pushing Project Bolllnc Sprints Highway May Hr Extended. If Congress Grants Money. Jeffreaa Writes. Belief that the highway now un der construction to Bolling Springs will be extended to Cliffside in the near future Is intimated In a letter from E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the state highway commission, to the Shelby* chamber of commerce and merchants association. Available funds, says Mr. Jeftrss* have been exhausted, and there !i no money available at present fot the link from Bolling Springs tc Cliffside. More Money Needed He oontlnuee, however, “This will be one of the Ineosnpleted links ir the highway system that ought tc be constructed as soon aa addition al funds are available. I hope that congress will provide mom monej for highways so that this and othei needed links can be pushed.” With matters aa they now are to reference to PWA projects It Is be lieved that necessary funds will be available for this road which Is o( Importance to Shelby and to the entire section It traverses. Ask Bead To No. I No Information has as yet beer obtained regarding an improve! road Into NtfTl township, a rot! that the local organisation Is verj much Interested In. It Is ths bellel of the chamber of oommeroe an! merchants association that Witt highways now under constructior plus the road to Cliffside and i road Into No. 1 township, majoi needs for the county will be taker care of particularly since Cheroke county has assured this county c meeting No. IS at the state line. The local organisation wants i understood that it is Interested it all oounty road*, regardless o whether they touch Shelby, aw win be glad to co-operate wltl people from any part of the count in obtaining needed constructtof and repair work. Mr. Jeffress hai been extremely interested In Cleve land's program and has paid much attention to requests mads from this county, although he has beer unable to accede to every request immediately. CWA Will Employ Only 393 Worker* Will Be Succeeded By FBBA Mm ». But WIU Continue With Seme Kind Of rragnua. Three hundred end nlnety-tbm men will be employed on Clevelenc county projects next week, Robert Hord, work supervisor, said yester day. This means that about * more workers will be dropped. The OWA comes to an ofttcia end on March 31, but Its work wll; be taken over by the Federal Re lief Administration, and on Import ant projects, and with labor re cruited from relief cases only, wll continue with much the same set up. In instances where a family al ready has one wage-earner, nt work will be given. It Is likely that the same offta personnel, under Relief Administra tor Harry Woodson, will continue here, since the FERA will operate in much the same manner as th< CWA. Revival To Begin At LaFayette St. Church Revival services will begin at la Fayette Street Methodist churcl March 18, and will continue unti Easter. Services each night durtni the week at 7:30. Everybody Invlt ed. Terrific Dispute Shakes Rehober ..The members of Rehober church have split late four factions since the Ser. Her bert Green vacated Us pnlpM to accept a louder sail Cram the nearby Cedar • Um church. Violence seems immi nent as no faction wW scree with any other upon his qse* cessor. Members of the chureh have come to fist-ftchts try ing to settle the dispute. Per full details of the rttaattem turn to the editorial pace and read the latest news from The Star's special Plat Reek correspondent, Mr. Mlht Clark, rfd.
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