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The chlkmd SEND [ THE MARKETS Cottotl, M>ot .——— 12 to 13c (ot«on seed, Kw. wa*on.26.00 Cotton seed, ton, carlote-28.00 Cloudy Tonight Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Completes Report By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, April 4.—The military affairs subcommit iff which., has been Investigating tui.ving methods of the war dept-, completed its report today. It pro posed open bidding on the planes to he purchased with the 87.300,000 pWA sllotment. Costner To Jail By UNITED PRESS CHARLOTTE, April 4.—Isaac Costner, member of the famed Touh) gang, was found guilty by a waled verdict, which was opened and read as federal court adjourned today, fudge E. Yates Webb sen tenced the gangster to a total of 30 years, 25 for robbery of the mails using firearms, and five for robbery and assault. Judgments on other In dictments were suspended. The de fense counsel made no Immediate announcement as to whether or not h wonld appeal the decision. Reject Request By UNITED PRESS ATHENS, April 4.—The request of George Pop, counsel for Insull. that Insull’s forcible seizure by Turkey be submitted to the world court at Hague, was rejected today by Prem ier Tsaldaris. The March Of Events See Bank Steal Charges of a *70.000,000 banker? "steal" by process of forced re ceivership were refer; ed to the Sen ate special bankruptcy committee yesterday, but the chairman said lack of funds prevented full inves tigation. Edward L. Backus, former ly president of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co., made the charg es. Birthday Gift Dick Reynolds gets a birthday present of* *30,000.000 today. He is 28 years old, and becomes the world's richest young man,” but seems to have abandoned entirely the career of excitement which led him through aviation, tramp steam er trips and Broadway ventures. He now lives quietly on his estate In Winston-Salem. Fear Revolution Pears that street fighting might be resumed and that a revolution is brewing led French authorities yesterday to search for hidden ar senals in Paris. Thousands of rifles, automatic pistols and tons of am munition are reported to have been smuggled into France. Accuse Air Chief A report that Maj. Gen. Benja min D. Foulois, chief of the air corps, and others, acted in viola tion of the law in the proposed purchase of *7,500,000 worth of army planes was approved unani mously by the house military af fairs subcommittee yesterday. Hits Wirt Charge “Pure moonshine,” said Senator Connally of Texas yesterday, de nouncing the charges that the Brain Trusters planned to replace President Roosevelt by a Stalin. He branded the Gary school teacher Wlrt a« » scandal monger and de clared "If lifting the country back on the highway of presperity is revolution .then we've had a revo lution.” Educators To Meet At Charlotte Hotel; L. Smith Chairman Sf>"th Piedmont District of State to Discuss “Education for New Era* Tomorrow. A meeting of the general officers *?ri ?r°up chairmen of the South - -edmont District of the North ^ n ms Educational association ** keld in Charlotte tomorrow *_.ernoon, beginning at 4 o’clock o meeting will be held at the Hotel Charlotte. Education for the New Era" will ' ”7® theme for discussion. B. L. •■nth, superintendent of Shelbv uiuols, is chairman of the district association. Chairman and officers from a 'fe of North Carolina cities, re P wntmg all departments, will at the meeting and make their wrrt*. VOL. XL, No. 41 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 4, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. nr Mail, par rtu, Carrlar. par yaar. (la adraaaal _ (In adranea) _ UN Anxious in Athens | Reporta from Istanbul, Turkey, art current to the effect that Samuel In j sull, fugitive ex-czar of Chicago | utilities, attempted to commit sui cide when he was informed that he was to be arrested by Turkish authorities as a fugitive from > American justice. Above, Mrs. In ! Mill pictured in Athens after her husband had fled. Lattimore School Closing Program Starts April 6th Dr. McLarty To Preach Sermon. Clyde Irvin To Deliver Ad dress. 33 Seniors. The annual commencement of the Lattimore high school opens Friday night, April 6th, at 8 p. m., when the elementary department presents two operettas. The cast comprising this program will include several hundred children of the district, and it is expected to draw a record breaking crowd. Following this Initial program, will be the following: Sunday, Ap ril 8th, 3 p. m. the baccalaureate sermon, delivered by Doctor Mc Larty, pastor of the Central Meth odist church of Shelby. Approxi mately 33 seniors will hear this ad dress and remain In the spotlight, for two complete programs through out the commencement. Tne music department, directed by Miss Beftha Bostic and Miss Frances Graham, will give a recital Tuesday, April 10, 8 p. m.; Thursday, April 12th, class night exercises; Saturday 3:00 p. m. graduation. Mr. Clyde E. Irvin, county superintend ent of schools of Rutherford coun ty, and former president of North Carolina Education association, will deliver the address. Saturday, April 14th and following graduation, at 8 p. m. the senior play will be pre sented, “Peg of My Heart.” Osborne Withdraws In Race For Clerk William Osborne, deputy clerk of the superior court and the Cleve land recorder’s court, announced this morning that he had with drawn from the race for clerk of the superior court. Mr. Osborne made the following statement: “On March 23 I entered the race for the office of clerk of the super ior court. but since then I have found that this is not the oppor tune time for me. and I hereby withdraw. “To those of my friends through out the county who have pledged me their loyal support I shall ever be grateful.” Industrial Board Meets Here Today On Labor Issues Union To Drop Plea For Reinstatement Will Consider Spindalr Controversy First: Union Drops Request In Clevecloth Dispute. The North Carolina Cotton Tex tile Industrial Relations Board, of which Prof. Theodore S. Johnson of State college is chairman. Is meeting here today at the Hotel Charles to consider problems ir both the Stonecutter mill dispute at Sptndale and the recent labor controversy at the Cleveland Cloth mill. The Stonecutter problems will be taken up first, and the Shelby con troversy considered late this after noon. Won’t Ask Re-instatement. One of the points in the local dispute w'as that of employees dis charged from the cloth mill, in cluding Rodney Wilson, shop com mitteeman, whose dismissal pre cipitated the recent strike. But C. W. Bolick, textile organiser and representative of the Federation , who remains in Shelby to advise the local union, said this morning that the request for reinstatement would be withdrawn. “We’ll just leave that up to the mill,” he said O. M. Mull, secretary treasurer* of the mill, said this morning that he had no comment to make on the charge Bolick made last nig**t that the mill Is showing discrimination in taking men back to work. Bolick claims that the National and State board rulings are at variance, and that the mill, in following the state board decree, is wrong. Pupils Who Lead In Scholarship Esther Ann Quinn Has Highest Grade Among Girls. Paul Bul ling ton Among Boys. According to information Just re leased from the office of W. E. Ab emethy. principal of the Shelby high school, Esther Ann Quinn has won first honors in scholarship In the class that will be graduated May 19. Margaret Lee Liles won second honors in scholarship. Es ther Ann, who is the daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Dewitt Quinn main tained an average grade of 97.09; and Margaret Lee, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Liles maintained an average grade of 97.03. The highest possible average grade, according to the system of grading in our local schools, is 97 5. Paul Bulllngton, president of the senior class, who is a son of M1 and Mrs. J. E. Bulllngton, lead th» boys in scholarship and ranked third in the class with an average grade of 96.7. In addition to these three the fol lowing seven boys and girls main tained an average grade of more than 90 for the four years: Louise Austell, Walter Fanning, Sara White, Horace McSwain, Betsy Esk ridge, Mary Wells and Mary Sue Whitaker. Plans for commencement have been almost completed and will be announced within a few days. County To Take Automobile Census Information from the state motor j vehicle department will be sought by Troy V. McKinney, Cleveland county tax supervisor, in an effort to learn how many cars are owned in this county. It is believed that a number of cars are not listed each year on the personal property rolls. Boy Scout Court Of Honor Makes Awards, Welcomes 20 Tenderfeet Awards for Boy Scout activities were made and twenty tenderfeet applications were received at a court of honor held at the Monday night meeting at the Central Methodist church. C. S. Thompson, vice-president for Cleveland county, received his certificate. The following men serv ed on the court Joe Whisnant, chairman; Zeno Wall, Jr., Franklin Jenkins, Gene Schenck, C. S. Thompson and J. L. Southard. Ex ecutice R. M. Schiele attended the meeting. The following boys appeared for the tenderfoot rank: John Sipe, James Morehead, Wil liam F. Troxlee, R. S. Troxlee, Jr., Clifford Gold. Charles Whitehead. T G. Bridges. Second class Paul Hamrick, }r Joe Jones, Jack B. Holland, James Jenkins, Maxwell Hamrick, J. G. Hamrick, Thomas Hamrick, Melvin Chandler, George Thompson ,jr., Jlmlnte Borders, J. L Blggers, Billy Biggers. First class: Edward Ponder, Rufus Clark Merit Badges Athletics: Cecil Powell, Lay Crow der, J. P. Howell. Automobiling: Cecil Powell, James Eaker. Beef production: Davie Whisnant. Book-binding: S. L. Roberts, Lloyd W. Turner. Citrus fruit culture: Bonner Mc Entire. Civics: Jack McKee. Conservation; J. P. Howell '.Continuca on pane clean > Washington Mourns Pou Official Washington mourns the death of Representative Edward W. Poi|, of North Carolina, Dean of the House. Photo shows general view of the funeral on the House Floor, at a joint meeting of the House, Senate and U. S. Supreme Court. Vice-President John N. Garner and Speaker Henry T. Rainey, presiding jointly, as House Chaplain James 8. Montgomery offers prayer. Motorist With Georgia Tag Fined $10 In Shelby Court Bob's New Cat Fools \Shiners Bob Kendrick, No. fl township's famed constable, snatched 18 half gallon bottles of moonshine Satur day because he had a brand new car. Kendrick, in his shiny new equip page, wasn't recognized as he drove up to a house in the Shoal Creek section and parked alongside a number of other cars. One of the moonshiners walked out of the house with a pint in his hand, dl-, rectly into the waiting arms of the officer. “Great Scott, if it aint Bob!" But the cry was too late. Tom Blanton, Buck Barken and a man named Hopper were arrested. Deputies Yates Kendrick and Parker accom panied Bob. Seventeen gallons of 'shine were found on the McKenney place south of Shelby by Kendrick and Deputy Upton Tuesday afternoon and Curtis Short was arrested. A liquor laden car had broken down, and Short was attempting to con ceal the fluid in the woods when the officers came along. And to make matters worse for the professional liquor runners, Sheriff Cline announced this morn-! ing that he had Just poured out fifty gallons at the jail and twen ty-five at the court house. He has 100 more gallons for similar disposal soon. Famous Singer, Dramatic Artist To Give Program Edward Brigham, noted ba^so profundo and dramatic artist will present a recital at the Boiling Springs college auditorium tonight Mr. Brigham, who is famous throughout this country for his ar tistic talents, is on a tour of the principal colleges throughout the United States, and everywhere har. met with much favor The recital will be in the form ot I a song and dramatic performance and is receiving wide support from music lovers of this section. The ' music department of the Baptist institution is sponsoring the enter tainment. • ' . ' 1 6 Granted Divorces By Judge Oglesby Six divorces were granted by Su perior Court Judge John M. Ogles by in civil court here yesterday and I Monday, all on grounds of two I years’ separation. The following j were granted divorces: j Minerva and Ervin Thapman, : Minnie and 3urgess L. Pendleton.; B. I. and W. H. Nea1 Paul and Della McEntire Ham, Mitchell and; Tressie McKenney Smith, Oswald! and Essie Mae Hunsucker , Police Will Arrest All Residents Who Use Foreign License Belting a new precedent ta Re corder-* court here Monday night, Judge Joe Wright lined Wade Pen nlnger $10 and costs for driving his automobile with a Georgia state license. The defendant was also re quired to buy a new North Carolina license. State* throughout the south have been objecting to the low price of three dollars for Georgia’s tags, but this case was the first to come be fore the local court Made Reside not Hera. Penninger, a salesman, is said to make Shelby his headquarters, staying with a relative, although traveling throughout this district It was charged that he had been using the Georgia tag for a period of three months, at the same time living here. Chief Wilkins said yesterday tlutt the local law enforcement depart ment was contemplating a stiff campaign to detect all foreign li cense plates used on Shelby card, and if the owner had been using them more than the minimum length of time, to arrest them and bring them to trial. He also said that there was a large number of such licenses in use here. Judge Oglesby Is D »T»Ii ster For State Speak* Before Lion’s Club. April Fool Joke Played On The Members. One of the most interesting meet ings of the Shelby Lions club since their organization, was held at the Hotel Charles Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. Robert Cooke, the Tall Twister, presented a stunt in keep ing with April Pools day, when For rest Hamrick seriously read resolu tions in apposition to the expendi ture of government funds by the president of the United States, de nouncing the various boards such as NRA, PER A, CWA, etc., and ask ing that copies of the resolutions be mailed to the president and each member of his cabinet, the various governors, etc. One or two other members urged that the club adopt the resolutions and Harvey White, the past president, made a motion that it be adopted. The committee who had supposedly submitted the resolutions were not aware that their names were on it. They took issue along with the others and for a few minutes pandemonium was in progress. The situation was quieted with the announcement of ' April Pool.” Judge John M. Oglesby delivered one of the most interesting and '.Continued on Da*e eight..! , See Another Fight On Bankhead Bill Looming In Senate { — Reynolds Amendment Has Gopd Chance Conferees' Report On Control Mou nt* Exported To Htlr Senate Again. WASHINGTON, April 3 Ap pointment of conferee on the Bank head cotton control bill has been delayed as has all other business pending In the house of representa tives, but the conference report may precipitate another battle on the bill In the senate, where 19 amendments were adopted, the most, Important of which were offered by Senators Bailey and Reynolds of North Caro lina. The Mil passed the senate Mr a margin of only seven votes and therefore there Is some risk Involv ed In removing any amendments adoption of which influenced sena tors to vote for the bill. Reynolds Amendment Opon that practical theory, and upon It alone, the Reynolds amend ment limiting the life of the hill to one year would appear to have a good chance of retention In the bill as its author and several other sen ators announced that their afftrmr tlve votes for tha bill were Influenc ed by adoption of that amendment. Tha house bill provided that It should extend for two years with the president authorised to extend It for another year. CMtinlsa Holla* The moat serious amendment from the standpoint of friends of the bin, la the one offered by Senator Bai ley, and amended by Senator Rey nolds, which would prohibit the levy of the tax, SO per cent In the house bill and 75 per oent In the senate version, from being applied to the first six bales of any produc er. Since there are approximately 3,000,000 cotton farmers and the bill limits all quotas under reduction agreements to a total of 10 million bales, this amendment la regarded as one that would make the bill un workable. It is thought that that amend ment and several other less Import ant ones. Including several others by Senator Bailey, will be rejected In conference. One of these would re duce the penalty for all violations of the law, including forgery, to a fine of 5100. Infant Girl Dies; Funeral Held Today At Kings Mountain Was tnettai Of Bronchial Pneu monia; Had Only Been Sick About 10 Days. (Special to The Star ) KINOS MOUNTAIN, April 4 — Funeral services for Abble Onlllald Oarvln. two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay K. Oarvln, were held this morning at 10 o'clock at the home here. The rites were con ducted by Dr. W. O. Ooode. pastor of the Central Methodist church, assisted by the Rev. C. K. Derrick, pastor of the Lutheran church here. •Interment was In the local ceme tery. The infant girl died Monday aft ernoon at 6 o’clock after a 10 days Illness with bronchial pneumonia. She Is survived by her father. Jay E. Oarvln, manager of the Dllllng Mills here, her mother, one sister, Eollne, age 6; her maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Galllald of Newbery, S. C. ,and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Emoma Garvin. Mr. Garvin came here from An deraon, S. C. about a year ago to take the position with the Dilling Mills Announce* —* B, C. Gold of King* Mountain formally announced hla candidacy for membership on the hoard of county commlmlonera today. Mr Gold waa born and roared on the farm In No. 1 township, eight miles went of Shelby. About • year* ago he moved to King* Mountain whom he haa alnee been engaged In farm ing and the mercantile bmlneaa. C. B. Falls To Ask Seat In Assembly; Is An Ardent Dry Ktaiga Mountain Attorney Demands Rtrongor Uquor Lawi; Would Cut Auto Tug Coat. O. B. Balia, Kings MounUin at torney and ardent supporter of pro hlbitlon, today announced hit cau didacy for the North Carolina bouae of representatives, subject to the action of the Democratia party June primary. Mr. Palls, who anus educated at Rutherford college and Duke uni versity, was lieeneed te practice law In tha summer of 1931. He waa In strumental In forming a dry organ isation in Kings Mountain last fall, and was active In the campaign. Urges Stronger Liquor Laws. Expressing his views on some of the Issues likely to come before the assembly, Mr. Palls made this state ment today: ‘1 am convinced that we need stronger liquor laws In North Car olina, If we are going to carry out the mandatee of the voters in the repeal election. Something should be done about the certainty of punishment for the violators of this law. I believe that the county of ficers should be offered more in ducement to apprehend bootleggers and other Uquor law vlolatora. Would Aid Schools. “I am in favor of a larger appro priation for public schools. Our teachers have suffered because of salary cuts. The last legislature did not anticipate the NRA wage scale and a higher cost of living. There is no doubt but that we could get enough teachers at the present sal aries, but the best teachers will turn to other work. "I am not In favor of abolishing the sales tax at the expense of home or farm owners. I believe that we could have a better form of sales tax by collecting the tax from the wholesale house or the Jobber. This would eliminate a lot of expense lr. collecting the tax and relieve us of the nuisance of paying a separate tax across the counter. It could be worked out similarly to the process ing tax on cotton. “I am in favor of reducing auto mobile license tags even if that should necessitate a small increase In the gasoline tax.” State Republicans In Convention; Ftactions Battle For Chairmanship Delegates to the state Republican convention convened in Charlotte this morning to begin a grim bat tle over the state chairmanship of the party. The rival forces are headed by James a. Duncan of Greensboro, W. C. Meekins of Hendersonville and A. L. Ferree of Asheboro. It is be lieved that the battle for the honor will be so closely fought that it will require several days to elect the chairman. General prediction was that the incumbent Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Meekins will poll about an equal number of the votes that do not go to Mr. Ferree. Prediction of Mr. Ferree’s vote or. the first ballot ranged from 126 to 260. , There we 1,113 delegates to the convention and 557 are required for election. Both Mr. Duncan and Mr. Meek 1ns were predicting election on the first ballot, but few save the moet partisan followers believed thi* to be possible. Delegates started arriving Mon day night and by last night hotel lobbies were seething masses of hu manity. Almost the sole topic of conversation resolved around the fight for the chairmanship. The committee on the plan of organization met at the Hotel Char lotte, convention headquarters, yes terday morning, with Charles A. Jonas, national committeeman from this state and chairman of the or ganization committee, presiding Cleveland Farmers Will Reduce Crop 37% By Contracts 2,932 Contracts Arc Signed In County Represent S3,157 Arm Iteated Ta Government Out Of 90,342 la Normal Production. Two thousand nlna hundred and thirty-two notitracts for reduction of the 1934 cototn crop were signed by Cleveland county farmers, R. W, Bhoffner, county agent, revealed this morning. This mtsra that 31,787 acres at cotton producing land have base taken out of production and rented to the federal government. On this land, the farmers may grow orops for home consumption—vegetables and feedstuff for livestock. Average Is N.IM According to the oontraota ta* average number of scree under sot ton production here during the peal five yean was 00,343. The lend rani* ed to the government rs|ii seenle II per cent of the total The contracts wen sent to Wash ington today for approval, and may or may not be accepted. Then to some likelihood that the AAA may ask counties like Cleveland, where so much land baa been under eot ton cultivation, to reduoe even more. M Percent glgned Approximately 90 per cent of the 5.000 farmen signed the reduction oontraota. Township too. 4 lead In total number of oontraota signed, with 385. Figures tor the other townatiipa follow: 1—109; 1-907; 9—999; 4-399; 6-389; 7—316; 8-307; 9—904; I0~ 148, and 11, 134. CWA Staff Men Wait For Orders To Start New Nan ; Cleveland Office* Quiet On Eve Of Back-To-Fann Prof ram; Four Worker* Dismissed. . j Cleveland county's ex-CWA staff now under th* banmr of the FBRA waited this week wEh apprehension end curiosity for order* front Ra leigh—or Washington—or some where where somebody knows whai to tell them to do. With the demise of CWA, relief work here is to take th* form at a back-to-the-fsrm movement, and tome general Instructions have been issued. But up to today, no specifts word has been received about the tet-up, organisation and office per sonnel. Projects Incomplete Four staff employeee have been dismissed, and all CWA workers have been laid off. This leaves a number of projects incomplete, In cluding the fairground and the sanitation program, which, tt is ex pected, will be completed by relief labor. Under the new plan, land will be sought for destitute families to farm, and the federal government will set them up as agriculturists, supplying livestock, in ,an effort to make them self-supporting by De cember 1, Shoffner Declines Federal Job Offer On Erosion Project Cleveland Comity Agent Foregoes More Lucrative Salary Became He Prefer* Living Her*. R. W. Shoffner. Cleveland county farm agent since September, 1039 this week was offered the position »f supervisor of the soil erosion project for the Deep River area, but declined it. although a much higher salary was offered. Mr Bhoffner said his home was her» ind he preferred to stay. The erosion project includes 9f< square miles in Union and Anson »unties, and 316 square miles to Oullford, Randolph and Forsyth Offer of the Job came from J. Stall lngs„ Federal director. Mr. Shoffner also turned down recently an offer to become farm ■gent in Buncombe county. Po«l Office Trie* To Maintain Service Employees at the Shelby post of fice said this morning they hoped :o comply with the president’s re juest for expense reductions without :urtailing service here. One after noon mail delivery has been omit ed. but only twice each month, hey said. 4
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