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I Read The Advs. In The Star Today—“Spring Opening And Bargain Festival’’ Runs Three Days TM Mkvkland Smk VOL. XL, No. 36 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. 21, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall pay y«»r. (in adv&nea) _ Hu C»m»r. pay yaar, (in adranoa) _ DM Late News TBI MARKETS •!">*.»* *» “* £oiton seed, ton. wagon 28.o<> Colton seed, ton. -*°-°« F. D. R. Plan By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March R— president Roosevelt has a proposi tion to present to the automobile manufacturer* and workers In their mriKf crisis. Senator Cousens of Michigan said on leaving the White Houoo today. He declined to reveal thr plan. Edward McGrady, assist ant secretary of labor and assist ant NRA administrator, conferred with President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor in an effort to Induce the automo bile unions to narrow their imme diate demands to establishment of a grievance board and an election In determine exactly which work ers want to be represented by the Federation of Labor, and which would prefer to be represented by the company unions. The president announced today that he would meet the automobile manufacturers today in an effort to avert the strike. Jap Overtures By UNITED PRESS LONDON, March 21.—Japan is seeking revision of the American immigration laws, abandonment of the Philippine Naval base and rec ognition of Manchoukuo, It was re ported at reliable sources today, and offers In return to maintain her present naval ratio. It was Ja pan. who, In taking over the Chin ese province, started the current naval building race by violating her naval building treaty, * vastly In creasing her floating armaments. See Textile Strike By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March *1.—In dustrial discord in the textile field «u reported in testimony today be fore the senate labor committee when Francis Gorman of Provid ence. R. I., vice-president of the United Textile Workers of America, declared there was growing agita tion for a general strike of 2M.M6 workers. Testifying on the Wagner Labor Disputes bill, he said he had been informed by his New York of fice today that petitions for a gen eral strike were pouring in. Automobile workers in Pontiac, Mich., acceded to the president's raiuest yesterday to hold in abey ance the strike set for today pend ing further Washington negotia tions. Shortly before this, Mr. Roose velt was informed of a concession in the railroad wage dispute. The rail roads will agree to a six months extension of the present wage rates. Campaign Opens Chairman Jim Parley of toe Democratic National committee opened the 1934 congressional cam paign with a keynote speech in Wilmington, Del., last night. He defended cancellation of the air mail contracts and assailed inter ests not working with the recovery program. Hit* G.O.P. Cabinet Ma jority leader Joseph T. Robin - *°n charged in the senate yester day that members of the Hoover cabinet gave “their service to a combination which was unlawful »nri to a collusion that was fraudu lent In connection with aviation. He named former secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon, as having engineered a crooked air contract. Insull In Flight Samuel Ins till's steamer has reached Port Said and is waiting to lo through the Suez Canal, It was reported from Alexandria, Egypt, !**' night. Apparently, no one had teen permitted to board the ship ’’hen it stopped. Birth Control * compromise settlement of the of birth control advocates •gainst laws barring distribution of n.ormation through the mails was ^ighed vesterdayat a senate hear «>g The bill may be altered to pro ,(ie for distribution of such Infor mation by physicians to married couples only. Cotton Steady On Today1* Trading Wa* steady on the New lno exchange today. May was sell ng at 2 o'clock at 12.03 and July at five points down from yester Announces W. A. Ridenhour, member of the county board of education for 11 years who now seeks the office of Register of Deeds. Ridenhour Seeks Election Here As Register Of Deeds Chairman Of County School Board On Which He Had Served For Eleven Years, Candidate. W. A. Rtdenhour of Kings Moun tain, today announced his candi dacy for register of deeds of Cleve land county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be held June 2nd. Zt has been known for sometime that Mr. Ridenhour was consider ing the office as he made a trip throughout the county, sounding out the sentiment of the voters, “1 was greatly encouraged,” said Mr. Ridenhour "by voters from every section.” Mr. Ridenhour has lived at Kings Mountain for 38 years, thirty yean of which time he spent in the mer cantile business. He was married to a daughter of Hon. W. A. Mauney who ably served this county in both houses of the general assembly. For two years he was connected with the Bonnie Mill at Kings Mountain. For eleven years he has served as a member of the county board ol education. For the past Bix years he was the board’s chairman. Scout Board Meets Here On Tuesday Executive Board With Members From Eleven Counties. 2,000 Members In Council. The executive board of the Pied mont council of the Boy Scout of America will hold a dinner meeting at the private dining room of the Hotel Charles here on Tuesday night, March 27th, at 7:15 o’ clock at which time representatives of the eleven counties of the council area are expected to be present. Announcement has been made by officials of the council that the membership of the organization has passed the 2,000 mark and that the goal set for 1934 is 2,500 scouts. Intensive work in bringing new troops and new boys into the move ment together with plans for the 1934 season of the Piedmont Boy Scout camp at Lake Lanier will be the principal feature of the meet ing on the 27th of March. Reports of the various districts of the council together with de partmental reports will be received and the regular business of the or ganization transacted. FERA To Supply Garden Seeds For Relief Families In County Thirteen hundred packaged as sortments of garden seeds for dis tribution to families on the Cleve land county relief rolls are due here within the next few days, Harry Woodson, administrator said yes terday. , These seeds, enough in each al lotment for a complete garden, will be given free to needy families, and Charles Wilson, who knows how to plant and manage gardens, has been assigned to instruct the fami lies. One thousand package.'- will con Drive Inaugurated By Commissioner* Children Born In Attorney Will Check Up Reports Listers Required To Make Thorough Search For All Persons Not Now On Books. Acting upon recommendations by the Rev. J. D. Morris, commission er, and Troy McKinney, county auditor and tax supervisor, the Cleveland board of county commis sioners yesterday approved measures designed to Increase and facilitate tax collections in the county. Under the new plan, the tax supervisor and the county attorney are authorized to examine corpora tion reports and balance sheets, as provided for in the Machinery Act. Landlords and landowners are re quested to see to it that all their tenants list taxes, and tax listers are required to obtain their names from landlords. An Itemized list, of all claims for deduction from Solvent credits will be required. To Search Records All records of the register of deeds and the clerk of the superior court will be searched for unlisted mortgages, deeds of trust, and es tates. Tax listers will be instructed to obtain the names of adjoining land owners and to ascertain the occu pation of the landowner, and whether he is liable for schedule B license tax. Each lister will be required to check the county registration books of all qualified voters, the city di rectory, telephone directory, etc. All persons not found so listed will be mailed a notice by the lister asking him to come to a designated place and list his taxes. If the tax payer fails to appear, his name will be turned over to the grand jury. 4 Are Sentenced For Auto Thefts By Federal Judge Webb Sends Nine To Prison; Term JBnds After Day And Half On Very Light Docket. United States Marshal Price left Shelby yesterday afternoon with nine prisoners sentenced by Judge E. V. Webb in Federal court, which closed • at noon after speeding through a light docket in a day and a half. Cases against 46 defendants were disposed of. Those who received sentences yesterday were Jimmie Jones, 18 months for steahng an automobile, Will Payne, S&K* offense, U. M. Stanley and a defendant named Bryson, 18 months for counterfeit ing, Earl A. Reed a year and a day for stealing a car, Robert Qene Tucker, two years for car theft, William Coleman and Ray F. Wal lace, three months for impersonat ing an officer, and W. a. McBray er, of Shelby, whose parole was re voked for violating prohibition laws, was given seven months at Fort j Eustis, Virginia. The court house was crowded yes terday and Monday by hordes of court officials, witnesses, federal agents and curiosity-seekers. Many witnesses and officers were here Monday in connection with the Touhy in connection with the lotte mail robbery. Judge E. Yates Webb presided in the large court room. Judge Joe Wright, of the recorder’s court, held his court at night on Monday. Mr. Ed Nolan who is a student at the University of North Carolina is spending his spring holidays here this week with his parehts, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nolan. tain enough seed for a quarter-acre garden and 300 packages will be for half-acre plots. Each package will contain beets, carrots. mustard, turnip, stringless beans, butter beans, okra, tomatoes, squash, cu cumbers, etc., and in addition there will be onion sets and potato slips In the government’s plan to re lieve distressed families all over the nation, there is another plan to furnish them with cows, chickens and pigs. Mr. Woodson said he would have more information on this proposal after Saturday. Preview of Easter Bride The Easter bride of 1984 will march to the strains at Lohengrin attired like this, according to Jean Parker, screen beauty, who models the ensemble. Features are the square neckline, tiny puff sIhstss oi lass and satin and a chic cap veil worn with a eaaey tflfc. New Indictment Is Returned Against Touhy Gangsters NegroPeddles ’Shine In Jail John Gamble, colored, Is a sales man who, apparently, will stop at nothing to get a customer on the dot-eyed line. Yesterday he sold li quor to federal prisoners in the CT«vttuntt*TOimy"jKttr~—"*■11 John managed to be a visiter at the Jail just before Charles R. Price, United States marsltai for the Western district, came to take the prisoners sentenced by Judge E. Yates Webb, and while no one was looking, he succeeded in slip ping a quart of coonshlne between the bars. (Coonshlne? Colored syn onym for moonshine). When Marshal Price came for his prisoners, some of them were gay, very gay. They started their prison stretch happily, John Gamble was arrested a few minutes later by city and county officers. He had two pints on his person. Auto Inn Moves And Sells “Independent” Lutz Brothers and Yelton Open up At New Location. Sell Inde pendent Gas. The Auto Inn owned by Ray and Lloyd Lutz and R. L. Yelton has moved across the street on N. La Fayette street and taken on the sale of “independent” gasoline, in addition to selling gas ahd oil, the Auto Inn has an improved auto laundry service, and a repair depart ment in charge of B. F. Spangler. The Lutz brothers have been in bus iness here for a number of years and now that they are expanding, they have taken in Mr. Yelton as a partner. U. S. Moves To Plub All Loopholes In Robbery Case Determined to plug Mty possible loop-hole members oi the Touhy gang, charged with the Charlotte mail truck robbery, might find to make an esoape, Ska United States SgWgjMBBjrAS of indictment, drawn under the supervision ot Attorney General Cummings. This bill, returned by the grand jury yesterday, sets forth In abundant detail every possible charge against the gangsters. Six Are Indicted Hera The persons named in H are Basil Banghart, Isaac Costner, Ludwig Schmidt, Charles Conners, Mae Blalock, Banghart * sweetheart, and Leo W. Brandenburg. Hie new bill charges them' with violation of postal laws and regula tions, robbing the mails, assault on a postal employee, and conspiracy so to da All of these charges were mentioned in the original indict ment drawn by District Attorney Marcus Erwin. Mine persons were named in the original indictment, and true Mils were found against them In Asheville In February. Among thoee subpoenaed and who testified before the grand Jury were F. N. Littlejohn, chief of Charlotte detectives, to whose tireless work on the case postal inspectors and de partment of justice agents gave credit for the arrests of the four in Baltimore; J. B. Earle, head of the Charlotte police department’s Iden tification bureau, who first obtained fingerprints of robbers; Captain Jo seph Wallace of the Baltimore po lice department; Vincent G. Mc Grath, bookkeeper with the Ruth erford National bank at Lyndhurat, N. J.; postoffice inspectors, and agents of the department of justice. $4.77 Invested In A Garden Will Yield Crop Worth $150 Shoffner Tells How Plant Small Plot For Family Of 6 By R. W. SHOFFNER Farm Agent The time is here for us to start considering the planting of a gar den. A plan for planting of the various crops should be worked out before starting any of the crops. The farm garden when planned and efficiently managed is an im portant asset to the farm family. The depressed condition of agri culture makes it all the more im portant for the farm family to be as nearly self sustaining as possible. What can be accomplished by ef ficient management of a smalll plot of ground devoted to the growing of vegetable crops is Indicated in the following data furnished by a number of farm men and women. Average Data Size of family, data, 2. children 4: size of garden. 1-2 acres: cost ofi seed and fertilizer, >4.771 value of fresh vegetables used >150.00. vege tables canned, 118 quarts valued at 15c a quart or >17.40; supplies of fresh vegetables sold, >15.70, sur plus given away valued at >12.50. Total value less cost of seed and fertlliber, >168.38. • Planning For Garden * * For a large family, plan an acre in garden making the rows 70 yards loqg. For a small family 1-2 acre may be sufficient, making rows 35 yards long. This size garden will provide for all vegetables except water melons, cantalopea and sweet potatoes, and provide for planting of late season crops in part which were devoted to early season vege tables. Preparation Of Soil Turning under large quantities of stable manure, or green manures will increase the water holding cap acity and fertility of the garden soil. Thorough working of the soil several times before planting crops will destroy early weeds and hast • Continued on page Thirteen' Children Born In Shelby Threatened In Greenville, S.C. Two Letters Left In Mail Box ■atortloli fatter Sent To C. C. fane, Jr. Threatening Kurin To HU Children. A young white men has been ar reeted for tending an extortion letter to C. C. Pearce, Jr., threaten ing ham to hi* children. The Pearce family now llvea In Green ville. 8. O. but formerly lived In Shelby where Mr. Pearoe Was man ager of the Pearoe-Young-Angel Oo„ wholesale produce oomparvv. Two of the children were bom In Bhelby. Two fatten fact Says the Greenville. 8. C. News: •The first note was left, In the Pearce mall box the morning of March 7 and demanded $100 under threat of death to one of the three small children of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce. The second was left early In the night of March 7 and raised the demand of $300. "Deputy Sheriffs O. A. Batson and W. 8. Parker arrested the 18 year-old youth In North Carolina late Thursday and returned him to the Greenville county Jail. Officers said there were other esses pend ing against the young man. The extortion case was yesterday turned over to federal authorities. City, council and federal law en forcement agencies were called Into action by Mr. Pearce, who Is man ager of Pearce-Young-Angel com pany, when the first note was found. Offloers have worked quiet ly on the case throughout. "The notes set forth that the money be left and that Mr. Pearce quiet about tt. It stipulated that If the money was not left, ham would come to one of the three children. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce have three children. Kathleen, «t C. C. Pearoe III. 8; and Jbe, I. "Otty and eounty officers kept a tftwe watch on the psarce home for same days lot nothing developed. The matter had quieted down some what until the admission of the young man to deputies yesterday that he wrote the notes.’' Carrier Service Started At Grover For Cleveland Star Twenty-four new subecribera have been added to the subscription list of The Star ai a result of a house to-house carrier service started at Grover this week. This number of subscriptlonss Is Ml addition to the regular mall subscribers. Wm. Ger subscriptlons is In addition to the you), Is the newsboy and is making a success with his new route. Gro ver residents who wish to receive The Star at their door three times a week at twenty-five cents per month, should notify young Ger stenschlager. Woodbury To Sell Out and Re-Locate Luke Woodbury who bought the Evans McBrayer stock of men's wear, luggage, etc., some weeks ago has decided to move the remainder of the stock to his home at Mor gunton and operate the business Mr. Woodbury Is making further drastic reductions In prices before he closes the store In Shelby. The remainder of the stock will be moved about April 1st. Masonic Lecturer Here Friday night is the time for the regular communication of Cleveland lodge No. 203. This will be an Inter esting meeting and all Masons are requested to attend. Mr. J. L. Nel son, grand lecturer, is with the local lodge this and all of next week. Inch Of Snow As Equinox Arrives; ’Twas 10 Inches 6? Years Ago Today, the sun spins on the ver nal equinox and officially. Spring is here. An equinox occurs when the sun in crossing the equator, coincides with either of the equinovlcal points, and today, Old Sol, appears between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. The vernal zodiac signs are Axles, Taurus, Tau rus and the Gemni. Day and night are of equal length this twenty-four hours, but from now until autumn, the days will grow longer. This annual spinning of the sun across the equator always bring - Offer Unusual Values AndBargainCarnival In Spring Opening : Army Air Victim A recent photo at Lieutenant R. O. Richardson, Army Roaerva Cornu pilot, recently recalled to fly the mail, who «u killed when hi* plane plunged from 1,000 foot near Chey enne, Wyo., while on a practice flight, litis made the 11th fatality since Army took over airmail. Industrial Board To Act Today On Spindale Strike state Hoard Will Hear Complaints Of Beth Sides lit Labor me* pate At Stonecutter MW. SPINDALE, March 31.—Com plaints of strikers and mill execu tives. growing out of the recent walkout at the Stonecutter mill, will be heard by the state industrial relations board at a meeting sche duled here this morning. Committees have been named by both sides to present the com plaints. The state board is composed of Theodore S. Johnson of State col lege, chairman; K. O. Dwelle, of Charlotte, representing the manu facturers, and W. C. Watson of Salisbury, a new member, repres enting labor, Strikers Assessed Goals Strikers who were arrested dur ing near- riots at the mill two weeks ago were tried yesterday in recorder’s court at Rutherford ton. The strikers, through their at torney. C. O. Ridings, entered a plea of nolo contendere. Attorneys representing the strikers, mill and the state agreed on this comprom ise and Judge Fred McBrayer gave the following sentence; "Prayer for judgment continued upon good behavior and payment of the cost by each defendants." This they did. On March 6 seven men were ar rested, A. O. Cox. L. A. Drummond, Arthur Duncan, W. D. Humphrey, L. V. Morrow and W. L. Mace, all of whom were charged with assault and forcible trespass, while T. A. Lyles was charged with using pro fanity and trespass. Earl Mace, who was arrested March 7, was charged with trespass. Later, individuals took out war rants for Carl Hardin, charged with profanity in public while W. D. Price was charged with assault. oddities in the weather. Yesterday, surprised Clevelanders saw a light snow had fallen, barely covering the green, and brave jonquils thrust lng early blooms through it. Sleet and snow pelted the South almost to the ciulf coast on Monday as a fast moving cold wave slashed east to west across Dixie. Something like that generally happens to usher in the whimsical gal Spring. S. C. Crawley remem 'here what happened 62 years ago in Cleveland. On March 20, 1872, tec inches of snow had fallen, and Spring arrived with i>er slippers damp with slush. Pre-Eatter Showing And Selling Event Merchant* RmHAm Profit* On Ivr Of Raster Buying Reiaon. An Lina* Represented. Tomorrow la the beginning of • thr** day "Spring Opening and Bargain Festival" which run* on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, during which time the merchant* have sacrificed profits on the eve of the Easter trading season. This is th* first co-ojjerativ* sale sponsored by the merchants since th# organisation erf th© merchants bureau under the chamber of ooaa mercs. The Star appears today with sixteen pages, the largest issue since January 8th, 1930. Other advertise ment* were Inserted this week in papers in nearby counties and it la expected that crowds will jampack the stores. Banners and window cards have also been printed and put up, heralding the showing of spring merchandise and th* bar gain price* that will prevail, Merchandise of all kinds has been advancing and will continue to advance, but the merchants are disregarding this in order to estab lish their stores as a good place to shop, not only for Cleveland coun ty people but for people living in adjoining counties. If this first oo-operafiv# sale is th# suocess the merchswta hope to make it, they expect to hold f«*m two to four oo-operative sates each year during which time merchan dise )n all lines at business will be offered at attractive prioee. Cleveland Relief Percentage It Low Figures released by the office of the state director of emergency re lief, for the period between Deo. 1, 1933, and Dec. IMS. ranks Oleve lartd county second lowest in the percentage of its population on the relief rolls. Stanly, with a percentage at 1,7, Is the lowest. Cleveland’s percent age is 7.3. Tyrell county avenged 44.1 per cent, or nearly OM-half of its entire population. The largest total amount, $780, 737 went to Mecklenburg eounty. Camden county received the small est total amount, $10,831. Cleveland’! allotment was $08,003. State average of entire popula tion receiving direct and work re lief for the twelve-months period was 10.3. per oent. Lineberger b On Restaurant Board Shelby Man Appointed To aopia alble Position In Washington. Away For A Year. J D. Lineberger, prominent Uhei by man who is interested In the chain of S. and W. Cafeterias In North Carolina, Virginia, Tennes see and Georgia, has been appoint ed by General Hugh Johnson ae one of the five administrators af the restaurant code, recently approved. Mr. Lineberger did not seek the appointment but had attended hearings in Washington while the restaurant code wgp in the draft ing and there made such an Im pression with authorities that be was selected by General Johnson as one of the two men chosen by the government. The other members of this national restaurant code au thority are Wm. L. McOurley of Missouri, John W. Welsh of Ne braska, C. A. Laube of New York, A. B. Carter of Illinois. The National Restaurant Code committee has final authority over 426,000 eating places throughout the United States, Mr. Lineberger did not recall yesterday when he arrived home from Washington for a few days Just how many people are employed. This committee has been engaged for the past ten days formulating rules governing the In dustry. Their mate Job will be to hear complaints on appeal from the local and district boards that will be set up throughout the country. ' Mr. Lineberger has occasion to confer quite often with General Johnson and may be sent to many parts of the United States to at- \ tend hearings Mrs. Lineberger and his ciaughtef. Nancy, expect to Join Mr. Lineberger in Washington wifhin the nex< few f|
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