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Late News THE MARKETS rntton. spot ... It to 13c Cotton seed, ton, wagon-28.00 ration ton, carlota-30.00 -.-5 Fair But Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Fair, colder In east and cen tral parts of state tonight; light to hravy frost in interior and light trost near coast. Tomorrow, slowly rising temperature. New Air Deal By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, March 28.—Post master General Farley announced today that temporary contracts with commercial aviation companies for transporting the U. S. mails would l>c made within the next three weeks. No contracts have been an nulled because of fraud or collu sion, he said. Seeks New Haven By UNITED PRESS ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 28.— | The steamer Maitis, chartered by I Samuel Insull, seeking refuge from American extradition, passed Cha nak. in the Dardanelles, at one o'clock this morning, bound for a Roumanian port. Declared Alien By UNITED PRESS DETROIT, March 28.—Martin In sull, indicted Chicago utilities offi cial, was today declared an alien at an immigration hearing and im mediately paroled to Chicago offi cers for return there on embezzle ment charges, said to have caused the collapse of the Insull utilities. Roosevelt Rests (By UNITED PRESS) JACKSONVILLE, March 28.— Eager to feel the tang of the salt air on his cheeks and forget for a brief while the cares of state, Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt arriv ed here at 9:30 this morning to board Vincent Astor’s yacht, Nour mahal, a title floating palace, for a ten-days cruise and fishing trip. Poll Death Toll i KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aarch 28.— The death toll of a bloody munici pal election jumped to four today when P. W. Oldham, who was a by stander in the fighting, succumbed to a ballet wound suffered during long-range duelling. It was said to hare been fired by a gunman of the victorious Democratic regime. The March Of Events Veto Defied Breaking into open revolt against the charm which has held them in feif to the President, the House yesterday over-rode his veto of the veterans’ allowance. Three hundred and ten members voted against Mr. Roosevelt, 72 for him. Two hun dred and nine Democrats Joined the insurgents. This leaves the de cision up to the Senate, which will probably act late today. Return Air Mail President Roosevelt arranged yes terday to return the air mail to private companies pending enact ment of permanent legislation. De tailed plans for bidding and the routes to be opened to commercial carriers will be announced today, it was stated In a conference just before the President left for his va cation. —— 1 Insult Swaps Fugitive Samuel Insull has chang ed. from the little Greek tramp steamer on which he fled Greece more than a week ago to another vesse! at the Island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea, it was reported by a British news agency yesterday. He is trying to escape American authorities seeking his extradition on embezzlement fraud charges. Gets $25,000,000 Richard J. Reynolds, eldest son 01 the late R. J. Reynolds, comes mt° a- fortune estimated at twenty R'c million dollars on April 4, when e >s 28 years old. Dick, whose Ca is bright-spotted with Broad way ventures, aviation and tramp steampT jaunts, has recently be come a country gentleman, living •fhctly In Winston-Salem, in Reyn ne«r where his brother, bmith husband of Libby Holman, was killed. F D. R. Gets Off The President is off on his va a-'on. After ona of his busiest days months, in which he mapped out legislative program he wanted enacted, the Chief Executive slip away fop 10 days aboard Vln ...:,1. Astor’s yacht, to cruise and ‘ Southern waters. Mr. Roose goes tc» Jacksonville by train 10 **** »M> boat. .1 VOL. XL, No. 38 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 28, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "r Mail par rOn adraneai _ U.H Carrlar. par IHf, (In adraaoa) _ UP A. M. Hamrick Is Out For Clerkship Of Superior Court Tosses Hat In Ring For Re-Election Announcement Of Present Incum bent Serving Second Term, Makes 3-Comered Race. A. M. Hamrick today announced publicly that he is a candidate to succeed himself as clerk of the su perior court of Cleveland county, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary to be held on Sat urday, June 2nd. It has been known for sometime that Mr. Hamrick was seriously considering running again but he made no iormai announcement un til today. He is completing his sec ond term. Mr. Hamrick was born and reared in Cleveland county, was a traveling salesman and merchant for many years and now operates a farm as a sideline. The work in the office has increased greatly and a few years ago a deputy was ap pointed to serve as clerk of the re corder’s court. The announcement of Mr. Ham rick makes a total of three running for clerk. Lander F. McBrayer was the first to announce some weeks ago. Last week Wm. Osborne, dep uty clerk of court plunged in and today Mr. Hamrick offered him self. The term of office is for four years, whereas other county offices are for only two years. Rates Not Raised, County Physicians Say In Statement Medical Society Points Out Change In Night Call Charges Was Not Made Recently. Explaining that Shelby physicians have not raised their rates for calls, the Cleveland County Medical so ciety today issued the following statement to clarify a misunder standing In the matter: "There has been no change made recently in the charges for calls made by the physicians in Shelby. At a meeting of the Cleveland County Medical society, held Janu ary 14, 1927, fees In Shelby were set at $3 for day calls and $4.00 for night calls. This ruling was not made to influence the physicians charges throughout Cleveland coun ty and has continued in force in Shelby since the date it was agreed upon to make such charges. County Charges “Until recently, some few physi cians living and practicing in Cleveland county have been mak ing the same charge for night and day calls. At a meeting of the Cleveland County Medical society held January 22, 1934, it was agreed upon by all physicians In Cleveland county, as well as those In Shelby, that $1 more be charged over the entire county for night calls than for day calls. The charge for calls In the county varying according to the distance travelled by the phy sician. “This statement is made to clar ify impressions received by a few people that there has been an in crease In rates charged by the physicians in Shelby.” Carolina Has New Sound Equipment With eight new amplifiers on the stage, a new sound system has been installed at the Carolina Thea tre, the management announced yesterday. Elaborate equipment of the most modem calibre is being employed, and is said to be capable of imparting the exact shades of the slightest whisper. Liberty or Death? Serving a life sentence at Canon City, Colo., penitentiary, Mrs. Pearl O’Loughlin makes a bid for execu tive clemency by volunteering to undergo the test of a new tubercu losis preventative serum developed at the National Jewish Hospital , Denver. She was convicted of slay ing her 9-year-old stepdaughter All CWA Projects Will End Monday; iFarm Plan Begins Woodson Preparing For Location Of More Than 700 Relief Families. In preparation for the gigantic task of locating more than 700 des I titute families on lands not yet i designated, and setting them up as farmers, Harry Woodson, Cleveland j county relief administrator, said i yesterday that all CWA projects ! would be dropped for at least two ' weeks. This back-to-the-farm movement, | which succeeds the CWA in North Carolina, is designed to make all these relief families self-support ing before December 1. Since many of them have not fanned for years and some have never been farmers, and since, on top of that, the sea son will be late by the time they plough their first furrows, strenu ous efforts must be made if the ob jective 16 to be accomplished. To Supply Seed They will be supplied with seed and livestock and told to go to it. In the CWA curtailment, all workers not on actual relief will be dismissed and in addition, the office staff will be materially reduced. No announcement has been made yet about the latter move. Cleveland’s two most important projects, the Cleveland county fair grounds, which is undergoing a $36,000 improvement, including a new and large grandstand, and the county sanitation program, will be dropped for the time being. I __ To Repair Crossings On Southern Railway The Kiwanis club has been notl J fU'd by the Southern railway that, j it will repair the crossings on West Warren, West Marion and West | Graham streets. These three cross ; ings have become very rough and | a request went to railroad officials ! by the Kiwanis club asking that thov [be repaired. It will be done as *oou ’as the construction department of • the railroad can get around to K. Frer* Logan Opens New Gas Station Fred C. Logan has opened a Sinclair oil and gasoline station at the location formerlv occupied oy the Auto Inn. D. C. Turner is the mechanic in charge of electrical and other repair work. Shelby Hospital Receives $6,548 As Duke Board Distributes Funds The Shelby hospital will receive $6,548 as Its share of donations to state institutions announced yester day by the Duke Endowment board which met in Charlotte. The appropriations announced yesterday brought to $8,043,022.82 the sum allotted to hospitals and orphan homes in the Carolina* by the Duke Endowment since it was established on December 11, 1924. Of this amount, $6.961,881.95 went to hospitals, of which $4,878 29955 was paid for the care of free pat ients and $2,083,452 for the con struction, equipment and purchase of hospitals. Orphan hon.es have received a total of $1,081,340.87 'or the care of orphans and half or phans. the board adjourned as early as possible out af re sport to the mem-! ory of W. S. Lee, rice chairman oi j the board, who died in Charlotte Saturday night. Mr. Lee s place on' the board will not be ftlleil, as His* Doris Duke recently became a member when she rescued the age of 21 years, according to a provision of the indenture creating the “n dowment. The addition of Miss Du he made ‘he board consist of 16 mem bers, and the indenture provides that the first vacancy to occur alt er the bceatr ■» h member vas not to be filled and '-'.e beard will con tinue with io ,nemt .<n, as original ly created by Mr. Duke. i Bankhead Cotton Bill Delayed By Senate Disputes Reynolds Would Limit To 1 Year And Senator Bailey Would Permit Six Bales Without Limit, Cut ting $1,000 Fine To $100. WASHINGTON. March 27.— Amendments to the Bankhead cot ton bill. some serious and some silly, delayed a final vote on the measure in the senate yesterday. Half a dozen times, a final vote was to have been taken, only to have another amendment offered. Final ly, the decision was postponed when administration leaders forced ad journment to prevent action on President Roosevelt's veto of the independent offices bill. One amendment, offered by Sen ator Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina, would permit farmers to produce up to six bales without limitation. It provided, however, that the total crop should not ex ceed 10,000,000 bales. Bailey originally offered the ameriOment to permit eight bales, but Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, said this would defeat the whole purpose of the bill. Reynolds Amendment Another amendment, offered by Senator Dickinson, Republican of Iowa, and perfected by Senator Reynolds, Democrat of North Caro lina, would limit the operation of the law to a single year. As passed by the house the bill would operate for two years, and the president could then extend it for another. Senator Bankhead. Democrat of Alabama, author of the bill, secur ed approval of an amendment to increase the tax on over quota pro duction from 50 to 75 per cent of the market value of cotton. sviiicxiuiiicuuB uy ocuaww najuvu, Democrat of Arizona, and Johnson, Republican of California, to exempt from the tax cotton of 1 1-1 inch staple or longer, largely grown In California and Arizona, and to pre vent a state quota from being lees than 300,000 balm If it had pro duced 250,000 bales within the past five years, were also adopted. Penalty Redaced Another Bailey amendment which gained approval would cut the pen alty for violations of the law from $1,000 fine or imprisonment up to a year down to $100 fine. Senator King, Democrat of Utah, secured approval of an amendment eliminating authority for the secre tary of agriculture to buy excess cotton for relief purposes at a price up to 56 per cent of the central market price and to use it in ex periments to develop new uses of the staple. As the final vote on the bill seem ed to be approaching it was sub jected to vigorous attack from both sides of the aisle. , King said such legislation might be justified in time of war, but no emergency existed today which war ranted it. He said It was “an im position of autocratic power on the individual and led to a "regiment ed” Instead of democratic society. Reed Republican of Pennsylvania, predicted it would lead to “such resentment” that “it will take the whole American army to enforce It.” He oondemned it as ”an invasion of Independent liberty” and said it would subject citizens to the will of minor officials In Washington who were not subject to the vote of the people. Hastings, Republican, Delaware, charged the bill was “special legis lation for a special class'’ and was compulsory on a minority that did not want it. He quoted from Presi dent Roosevelt’s campaign speeches a statement that his farm plans •‘must be voluntary and the indi vidual vroducer at all times shall have the opportunity of non-parti cipation if he so desires." Both North Carolina Senators Bailey and Reynolds attacked the hill, the latter calling for the re monetization of ailrer and the bonus to provide purchasing power Schools Of City Close For Holiday •All the schools of the city system will close Thursday afternoon for the Easter holiday season There will be no sessions either Friday or Monday. School will reopen Tues day morning. Plight Seism Hurt In Truck Accident Dwight Seism of South Dt Kalb etraefc is in *'he Shelby hospital auf •ire tri m a fractured pelvis, sus ■ in an eadder** a. week aga i he wheel of a truck ran over him. A i Three Candidates For Representative Three Cleveland candidate* for the House of Representatives who have recently an-, nounced. Left to right, they are: Ernest Gard-ner, who seek* re-election; George W, Allen of Kings Mountain, and J. B. Smith of Waco. Delay Sentell 1 Oyer Prosec Shelby Grocers Choose Members Of Code Authority Organise Body To Govern Trading Practices In Shelby) C. & Young President. A local oode group for aU eiaaei flcatlons of She grocery trade eras elected here last night with O. B. Young, representing the wholesale grocers as president, and W. A. Crowder, retailers, and C. P. Short, chain stores, as the other mem bore of the body ot three. The meetings was held m the of fice of the Cleveland Star, and was well attended. D. Walter Turner, paid secretary of the code group for nine adjoining counties, was present at the meeting to aid the grocers In their selection. In addition to electing the mem bers of the body, the trading area tor Shelby was set at four miles ;ach direction from the square, and \ uniform OS-hour week was agreed upon. Three Groups In State There are three distinct oode groups in the state for the govern ing of the grocery trade. A state board, made up of five members, Is appointed by the national au thority, and this board divides the state into districts. In each dis trict, a board is set up by the groc ers themselves, with a president and a paid secretary. The secretary then organises other local groups in each city. C. 8. Young, president of the Shelby body, is connected with the A. Blanton Grocery oompany, wholesale grocers. W. A. Crowder, retail representative, is head of the Sanitary Market, and C. P. Short, from the chain stores, is manager of the A. A P. store in Shelby. Guy Walker, 33, Eton Mill Worker, Is Buried Today IU Since Christmas; Died Bather Suddenly Yesterday Morning. Guy Walker, 33 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walker of this city, died at his home in West Shel by early yesterday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services for Mr. Walker, who was an employee of the Eton mill up until he became ill Christ mas, were held this morning at the Bethlehem church In Lincoln coun ty. The rites were conducted by the Rev. W. A. Elam. Mr. Walker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bdna Walker, and seven children; Helen, Hugh, Guy, Jr., Carl, Shirley Jean, Johnny and David. Also surviving are his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walker who live on the Earl read. Call Tax Listers Meeting March 30 All Cleveland oounty tax listers are asked to attend a meeting at the court house Friday, March 30, at 2:30 lor a two or three-hour class or instruction on their duties Members oi the board oi county commissioners, the county attorney and the county tax supervisor will jive the instructions Murder Trial utor’s Protests Deftnie Counsel Gels Stay On Plea That Wife Is 111 Over Mm vigorous protest* of So licitor L. S. Spurting, the cum against Lost* Sentell, Indicted for the murder of Mrs. William Drake, known here as Florence Jones, was postponed until the next term when defense counsel Breese. of Brevard, appeared In court yester day to ask an extension on the grounds that his wife was serious ly in and he could not properly conduct the ease. Mr. Spurllng contended that many cS the witnesses were trans ient workers and might not be available for the next term, but Judge Oglesby granted the post ponement . Tease Interest Lag*. With this sensational morsel re moved, the court room crowd now witnesses, nothing more exciting than the drab procession of prohi bition violation and small larceny cases. An amaslng number of these cases were called on the first day In which the defendants did not ap pear, and instants processes were served. xne petty jury sitting this week is composed of C. I. Bailey, Vernon Roberts, Carlos Qrigg, Robert 8, Camp, Eura Blanton, Wade Harrlll, J. A. Blanton, Lee Swofford, W. L. London, A. W. Warlick and Banks Miller. John D. Strong, who plead guil ty to stealing, was sentenced to six months on the roads and to wear stripes. Hayne Bridges, pleading guilty to larceny, was sentenced to 13 months. Re tried to shield his bro ther, W. B., but he too was found guilty and sentenced to the same term. Joyee Downs, guilty of posses sion. was given 13 months; Leroy Thompson, alias Jim Boy, alias James Jackson, was sentenced to six months for stealing; Will Logan according to a directed verdict, was found not guilty; Grover Pat terson, found guilty of violating prohibition laws, was sentenced to 00 days. With the overcrowded docket of new and old cases. It Is not certain that the criminal term can be con cluded this week. The civil term will be taken up as soon as possible. EASTER SERVICES AT HEBRON M. P. CHURCH There will be an Easter program at Hebron M. P. church on next Sunday, Easter day at 10 o’clock by the Sunday school boys and girls, also preaching at 11 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. H. M. FOgleman. Says Collective Barga ing Never Been Denied Here (<h«lrmu Johnson 8»r« Cleveland Clo*h Hu Always Treated With K* Kmplnym. By UNITED PRI8S RALEIGH, March 27,—The prin ciple of collective bargaining has never been denied by the elate In dustrial relatione board In the case of the strike at the Cleveland Cloth mills in Shelby, Theodore 8. John son, State college professor, chair man of the board, said today. Johnson drew the line between “collective bargaining and a union contract in discussing further the decision of the state board in send ing to Washington for action by the national board the appeal for the Shelby union from denial at the state body that the mill's manage ment must sign a contract for bar gaining with the union. "It would be foolish to deny col lective bargaining,” Johnson said. "That is part of the national recov ery act. The principle of collective bargaining has been carried out at Shelby since the controversy began in October. The mill officials have always treated with the employees." Spurgeon Bridget, 9 Year Old Youth, Dies In Hospital Funeral Services Thia Afternoon For Young Boy; Lived In Zoar Section. Funeral services for Spurgeon De catur Bridges, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carvus Spurgeon Bridges of the Zoar section, will be held this afternoon at three o'clock at Zoar church under the direction of the Rev. Rush Padgett. The youth was brought to the Shelby hospital Monday night, and died the next morning. Physicians attribute his death to diabetes. ’ The young boy Is survived by his parents, three brothers, Lawrence, Carl, and Lee, and one sister, Jo lena. Lieut. Governor To Address Kiwarns Club Thursday Eve Lieutenant Governor Peyton will speak to the members of the Shel by Kiwanls club at their regular weekly meeting tomorrow night In the dining room of the Hotel Char les. The hour for the meeting has been moved up to 6:30 o’clock In order not to conflict with the serv ices now in progress at the Meth odist church. J New Jersey Cashier Missing After i Testimony Here In Gangster Case RUTHERFORD, N. J., Mar 38 — Fear for safety of Vincent McGrath, 27-year-old bookkeeper of the Rutherford National Bank, who is mysteriously missing nearly a week after he was expected to return home from a Federal Orand July hearing in Shelby, was expressed by friends last night. McGrath testified here In con nection with the $105,000 mail truck robbery In Charlotte, said to have been engineered by the Touhy gang, and It was through his evi dence that Dr. Deo Brandenburg of Union county, was charged with receiving $10,000 of the loot and l depositing It m the Rutherford bank. At the bank, Federal official* were checking McGrath's books this «reek in a regular periodic ac counting. "The discrepancies that have been noted,” Car! A. Roden burg, cashier, said, "indicate noth ing more than that a further ex amination Is necessary.’’ Mrs. Mc Grath, bride of only a year, said she knew nothing about her hus band’s whereabouts. Rodenburg said he was afraid somebody might be detaining the bookkeeper because of his testi mony in Shelby, , Hearing Set Today For Union Appeal In Strike Ruling National Board Will Rule On Dispute Cleveland Cloth Dfclilon Attacked By Labor; May Aik Re moral Of Major Berry. WASHINGTON, D. C., Manta W —The appeal of the Shelby union committee from the decision of the North Carolina Cotton TextUea In* duatrlal Relation* board will be ooneldered today by the National Board, Dr. Robert Bruern, chairman haa announced. H This appeal la from the decision reached here March SI, which eel the re-opening of the Cleveland ■ Cloth mill tor April a. and waa to have anded a strike which begat on February ag. Attacks In the appeal, the union aoaemlt tee and lta oounael, Georg* L. Oooge southern representative of the American Federation of Labor, at tacked Chairman Theodora ■ Johnson of the etata board, claim ing that he was not Impartial in the hearing. Profeeeoc Johnson said yesterday that he would be in Waahtngton Wednesday or soon aft er to explain his aids of the con troversy, The complaint against the North Carolina chairman waa signed by Fred Senter, John N. Green and Thomas C. Veal aa a committee tor the strikers. The National Board Members of the National Board are B. H. Geer of Greenville, 8. C„ who represents the textile Industry, and Major Oeorge L. Berry of Ten nessee, national president of the Pressman and Stereotypers union. It la expected that one of the contention! that will be made by textile workers la that one of their craft be substituted on the board for Major Berry. Not that they ob ject to Major Berry's rulings, but because they fsel that with ao many other responsibilities resting on his shoulders as a member of the Federal Labor board and arbiter at-large for Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator, It la not humanly possible for him to reach a complete understanding of the status and tha conditions that sur round the man at the loom. The Cleveland mill controversy la prov ing the moat difficult the national board has undertaken to settle. State Board To Rule On Spindale Strike BPINDALE, March 37—Member* of the State Textile Industrial Re lations board left Spindale at • o'clock this afternoon and stated they would make a definite an nouncement of their findings later. The board closed its public hear ing at ft o'clock and held an hour's executive or private session. R. R. Lawrence, head of the State Federation of Labor, was the spokes man for the striking employes though H. H. Kilpatrick, chairman of the local Spindale labor union, A. O. Cox, chairman of the shop committee. and I. R. Dickerson, striker, did much of the talking for the strikers. They accused the mill of union discrimination and reduction of wages through the stretch-out sys tem. K. 8. Tanner, president of the Stonecutter mills, and Ivy Cowan, plant manager, represented the mill. The committee elected by the workers February 30th, composed of Forest Price, Paul Hamrick and James (Sties, attended the hearing. The strikers stated in the public meeting that they wanted seniority over any new employes who have been hired since the strike began on February 13, though they except ed those strikers who have since returned to work. A large crowd attended the hear ing, which lasted six hours, in the Spindale house. Mr. Tanner, presi dent, stated this afternoon that the strikers Would be taken back to work as fast as business would Jus tify. The mill continues to operate on one shift. Opens Crop Loan Office Thursday In Court House treasurer of the Oherryvttla Produc tion Credit corporation announce* that on Thursday of this week an office will be opened in the grand Jury room of the court house in Shelby for the purpose of taking applications for 034 crop loans. He requests that fanners who are nearer to Shelby than CherryviUe. apply to the Shelby office which will be open for three or four weeks. Mrs Reid Youhr will be in charge. Matthew A. Stroup, secretary
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