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—. Late News the markets Cotton, spot - (0tton seed. ton. wagon .. Cotton wed, ton. carlots . Showers Predicted Westhar forecast for North Caro lin* frobably showers tonight and Tuesday. Slightly warmer In west ,rn N. C. tonight and In the inter ior Tuesday. Marines In Air By UNITED PRESS CORT BRAGG. April 30.—'Twen ty, Marine planes, enroute to Puer to Rico from Qoantico, landed here l( j jo this morning and took off for Savannah without mishap. To Control Prices By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, April 30.—Early ration of the governments equal isation fund, which has been set up t„ guide foreign exchange quota tions, as a means of boosting com modity prices, was indicated here today with the transfer of two bil lions in the treasury to a special accounting fund. Wait On Hull By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, April 30.—Some doubt existed today in State De partment circles whether Secretary of State Cordell Hull will follow the lead of Sir John Simon. British sec retary of foreign affairs In virtual ly declaring a closed incident the Japanese attempt to create a Mon roe Doctrine in Asia. Japan has told foreign powers to keep hands off. Enforce NRA WILMINGTON, Del., April 30.— Legal machinery to enforce collec tive bargaining, as provided by NRA, was set in motion here today when government asked the Federal court to grant a preliminary injunc tion against the Wierton Steel Co. The March Of Events Wants Labor Board President Roosevelt is hopeful that s permanent tribunal can be set up for the disposition of labor troubles, it was revealed yesterday. He Wishes to create an agency that will relieve him of the replkmsibll ity for failure of exiting boards to settle these disputes. Alabama Election Alabama moved Into the nation al political spotlight this week with a battle of five congressmen, four of them veterans, for re-nomination. In addition, an election will be held for all state and county of ficers The primary will be held to morrow. President Roosevelt’s New Deal has been discussed from every stump in the state, and every can didate has pledged his support. Blames Elders "What a grand mess your elders have made for you,” Dr. W. L. Po teat of Wake Forest college told the student division of the North Carolina conference for social ser vice yesterday. Hisc nephew, the Rev. E. McNeill Potcat, rose to re ply that "the clear eyes of youth must see us through the wilder ness." Good Cotton Year Executives of Southeaster Cot tens, Inc., selling agency for 35 tex tile mills from Texas to North Car olina, closed a year of profit for the first time in several years with the prediction of another 12 months of good business. Howard Coffin, chairman , of the board, said that the 35 mills did a $51,000,000 busi ness last year. Bandit Aide* Held Johii, Dillinger and his followers continued over the week-end to e'ude the posse of 5,000 now after them but men and women accused o', aiding them have been lodged in ,*js :rnrn Ohio to Minnesota. Three gWs who were with him, and three “ten who helped him escape from Mice traps are now in prison. eavv guards have been placed •round them lest the bandits at tempt to set them free. Japanese Nervous apanese yesterday nervously .* sited the British yiewpoint on apan'c informal declaration of her eriordship of eastern Asia. The P foreign office has prepared a '•statement of its policy Power Is Warned tola f electric power industry was o “ Vestfrday that If it failed to co . .ratt hi the power commission's , “wJy. substantially accurate °rmation would be obtained re a rh < SS' and no ono would have a actVr nce 10 comP1*in of subsequent i " The Gtkveland Zitak VOL. XL, No. 52 SHELBY, N. G. MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1934 * Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. «J M»a Mr DM (» XniMl _ « m Cun*, Mr mr. <ta MtumJ . _ ll« Testifies At Tariff Hearing r nuius jd. amyrv, wsuuioi sccrc tary of state, pictured as he test! fled before the senate finance com mlttee during the hearing on thi reciprocal tarifi hill. Sayre is a son in-law of former President Wood row Wilson. Parent - Teachers To Meet Tonight; Will Bring Reports Last Meeting Of The Year Of Thi Shelby High School P. T. A. Program Given. The last meeting of the year fo: the high school Parent Teacher as sociation will be held tonight a 7:30 in the high school auditorium This final meeting Is of unusual im portance, since at this time severa pressing matters regarding the higl school, especially for next year, ant matters of vital Importance to par ents, will be presented. Five delegates from Shelby to thi recent state P. T. A. congress wil bring a five-minute message each emphasizing certain of the mos outstanding impressions received a this meeting. All parents are urgec to attend. The program follows: Music, high school seniors; Par ents and Legislative Candidates Mr NpH MrOownn' How the I/tft of a High School Teacher Can B< Prevented, Mr. Thad Ford; report from state P. T. A. congress: High' lights from the Address by Mrs Marlon Milner, associate director o: Child Study association of America Mrs. Harry Woodson; Hightlighti from the Address by Mrs. Hugt Pradford, national P. T. A. presi dent by Mrs. Reuben Flnklestein; Explanation of the Standard Chart Mrs. W. T. Callahan; Summer P. T A. Training School, Mrs. Judsor Jones; P. T. A. Objectives for 1934 1935, Mr. J. C. Eakes. Heaven Bound Is Presented 350 Timei “Heaven Bound,” the ifegro pag eant is being presented at Campo bello (S. C.) school auditorium to night under the auspices of the United Daughters of Confederacy The play, written by Violet Thomas supervisor of colored schools ir Cleveland county and staged undei her direction, has been presentee 350 times in the two Carollnas. The cast is composed of 25 colored sing ers and players. 55 N. C. Counties Have Defaulted, But Not This One Cleveland Shows To Good Advantage j Public Debt Of State Is Shown As $136 For Each Person. Total { Debt $531,417,397. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, April 29.—Fifty-five of North Carolina’s 100 counties have defaulted in the payment of j their bonds or notes to the amount j of $3,783,922 and 48 counties, large ly the same, have defaulted in their interest payments, according to a compilation made by Lewis A Hall, Investment securities, Greensboro, j The financial Information given in 'as of January 1, 1934, but the firm explains that in some cases the fig ures are estimates and in others they were secured a few months be fore or after January 1. The compilation shows that the public debt of the state is about $163 for each man, woman and child in the state, or a total overlapping debt of $531,397.00, which is divided into $176,806,000 in state debt, $158, 103,184 in county debt $150,508,213 In city and town debt and estimat ed township and district debt, $46, 000,000. At least $15,000,000 of this i county-state debt is overlapping, borrowed by counties from the state for school building purposes, and borrowed by the state to re-lend to the counties. Assessed Valuations The assessed valuation of proper 1 ty in the state was reduced from a 1932 figure of $2,333,736,283 to $2, 083,171,716, an average reduction of *23.79 per cent. In only two ooun aes Dare and Graham, was there ! an increase. The average tax rate for 1932-33 was $1.05 in the 100 ! counties, while in 1933-34 on the re i duced valuation it was $1.10. Of the 1932 levy, 75.5 per cent had been collected and of the 1933 levy, 34.6 per cent had been collected Janu Cleveland county figures contain ed in the compilation follow: Population, 1930 census, 01,914; j land area, square miles, 49«; assess led value, 1932, 435,518,672; assessed value, 1933, 127,800,931; reduction in valuation 31 percent; total «Mp debt, 4281,500; tax rate, 1932-33, 43 cents; tax rate, 1933-34 M cents; percentage 1933 levy collected, 93; percentage 1933 levy collected H. n Retail Code Body Will Make Levies On First Of May 24—RETAIL, CODYS— front Assessments of 39 Cents Per Em ployee Per Year To Be Charg ed In Shelby. Registration of firms and pay ments of assessments for the Local Retail Code authority will take place in Shelby Tuesday, May 1, it was announced today by the local authority, which has been instruct ed by the National Retail Code au thority to have assessments com pleted by May. 1. The office of the chamber of commerce and merchants associa tion is handling for Shelby retail ers the work of the local authority. Retailers coming under this local authority are asked to register dur ; lng the day. Assessments are 30 cents per employee per year, num ber of employes to be based on number employed May 1. For National Expense Of the 30 cents, 25 cents goes for' national expense. While it is hoped! that labor regulations and ne wcode eagles will be ready for distribution I by Tuesday It is not at all certain j but the local authority has been in- I structed to make the assessments j regardless of whether these have ‘ arrived. Children To TripAroundMayPole ! Tuesday In Traditional Ceremony Tomorrow, you see, is May Day. It’s the day when youth, all over the world, is inspired to fling a fare well to the tedium of Winter and sing songs for the advent of bright days and growing things. And so the Shelby elementary schools will join their fellows here and abroad in dances, songs, pa geants and May Pole twirling to morrow afternoon. Programs have been arranged for each elementary school at various times in the aft ernoon, most of them beginning at 2 o’clock They will enjoy stunts, games, pageants, and several of the schools will crown their own "May Queen.” Pageants representing the customs of various countries will be given, and scores of children will appear In bright costumes. Incidentally, tomorrow is Nation* al Health Day. This point will be stressed along with the fun of the May Pedes, and parents are invited' to come along and Joint the games, and perhaps feel a little younger themselves. An effort Is being made to have the parents demonstrate for the youngsters some of the old fashioned games- -and maybe s >me of them will feel the spirit of for gotten May Days welling up and < Join in some of the games. They’re ( welcome to do so. Everybody’s cordially Invited to 1 come to the parties. Cowboys Seek ' Child's Captor Somewhere in the West, deeper ate kidnapen an concealing this little girl while more than a thous and Arizona dead-zhoti zrour the countryside for her. She it »U-year old June Robles, grand-daoghter of a pioneer cattle baron of Tnczon, Arizona. Kidnaperz snatched her while she was on her way from school, and demanded ilS.NO ran Labor Voters Ask Candidates Speak To Them Saturday Promise Organised Support To Those Who Will Support Plat form Of N. C. League. Promising to give their organis ed support to candidates who sup port their legislative program, as outlined by the Labor Voters Lea gue, the Shelby union has invited Cleveland county candidates to to them at Union Hall ap here last Saturday, mem of the union heard addresses by C. W. Bolick, United Textile Workers organizer, and Paul Chris topher of Shelby, president of the North Carolina textile group. The gist of their remarks was that, with the organization of their voters league, labor would be in a posi tion this year to have a large voice In the selection of legislators A local unit of the newly-organ ized league la being formed here, al though no definite organisation has yet been set up. All candidates, from constable to Senators, members said, will be requested to write their reactions to the 41 points asked by the league. At Saturday’s meeting, the sug gestion was made, but not voted on that labor support en masse any candidate who received as much M SO per cent union support. The Labor Voters League is head ed by Arthur Harrison of Spencer. E. L. Sandlfer of Winston-Salem is secretary. Eskridge Honored By Banker Friends Gold Medallion And Silver Service Presented To Retiring Head Of State Association. , Forrest Eskridge, who last week completed a year’s tenure of office1 as president of the North Carolina Bankers Association, was presented with unusually beautiful tokens of esteem at the close of the conven tion in Pinehurst. One gift was a jold medallion, Inscribed with the seal of the bankers' organization, with the words ‘ past president” up pn it. The other was a silver serv ice, of Old English make, beautiful ly wrought. Both are now on dis play at the First National Bank. Incidentally, Shelby often pro rides presidents for state organiza tions. In recent years, J. H. Quinn served as president of the Post masters Association, G. V. Hawk ms as president of the Rural Let ter Carriers Association ,the late Pom Fulton as president of the Undertakers Association, A. E. Cline is president of the County Com missioners Association end I*e B. Weathers as president of the Press ».saocintion. C. Of C. Director* To Meet I'uesd&y Directors of the Shelby chamber f commerce and merchants iso lation are to meet at 8 o’clock Tuesday night in the private din ng room of the Hotel Charles. Dr. i. 8. Dorton will preside McKinney Appeals To Taxpayers To List By May 15th Tax Supervisor Asks Co-Operation Swamped By Last Min ate Ink, County Commlauioners Extend Deadline Two Weeks. Tax Supervisor Troy W. McKin ney and hU tax assessors were swamped by taxpayers over the week-end, who rushed to town to list their taxable possessions at the last minute in order to escape pen alties. Mr. McKinney appealed to the taxpayers this morning to hurry up and list their taxes in order to save the county money. Me made the following statement: Te Save County Mesioy. "I appeal to the people of Cleve land county to please lint their tax es during the next two weeks. Un der authority of the public laws of North Carolina, the County Com missioners have extended the time for listing to May lfith. If you are interested in saving the county money, and I am sure you are. please list your taxes at once. The longer we have to take to list tax es, the more extra help we have the hire to make up the tax scrolls, tax ledger, and tax receipts, because all the work has to be completed by the first of October, and the soon er we get through listing, the more time the regular workers will have to put on this other work that fol lows.’* Esther Ann Quinn Wins Piano Honors At State Contest JMk Baber And Woodrow Wall, Vocal Soloist*. Abo Bring Honors To School. In the State music contest toted aorsS3a.S(M,jS Quinn, piano pupil of Mrs. Charles Austell, made the trade of I (ex* cellent), tying for flist place In the state-wide piano contest for class B schools. By receiving this honor grade of I, she won a cup for the Shelby high school. Alexander Kel berine, distinguished pianist of New York and Philadelphia, waS the judge of the piano contestants. Jack Baber, baritone soloist from the Shelby high school made the grade of II (very good) In the con test, and Woodrow Wall, tenor so loist from the high school, made the grade of in (good) In the con test. Grades I, II, m, are consider ed as honor ratings in the State music contest. Rites Held Sunday For R. L. Chaney, Paralysis Victim Had Lived In Kings Monntain Per ** Years And Was WeU Known In Connty (Special to The Star.) KINOS MOUNTAIN, April 30.— Funeral services tor R. L. Chaney, -19. who died at his home here Fri - day morning at 8:30 following a .troke of paralysis suffered at 8:30 o’clock Thursday evening, were '■onducted at the Second Baptist church at 11 o’clock Sunday morn ing. Dr. H. V. Tanner of Spartan burg had charge of the services. Mr. Chaney, a native of Union county, came to Kings Mountain f bout 25 years ago. Surviving are his widow and 9 children as follows: Mrs. D. A. Med lin of Charlotte; Mrs. Grover Hayn es of Gastonia; Mrs. Tom Putnam of York. 8. C; Mrs. Mart Haynes of Kings Mountain, Mrs. H. C. Tate of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Daithe Bridges of Waco, Rear. R. L. Chan ey, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Kings Mountain, Rev J L. Chaney, of Knoxville, Tenn. Two brothers, Laddie Chaney of Bel mont and Jim Chaney whose where abouts are not known and a num ber of grandchildren also survive. City Tax Sales To Be Postponed Following the example of the county commissioners, it Is likely that the Shelby board of aldermen will announce after tomorrow night’s meeting that 1933 taxes will not be advertised this week, but will be postponed until August 1. A provi sion for this was made by the last session of the legislature, Peyton McSwain, oounty attorney, has ex plained. Bishop After Court Victory Bishop Imm 1. Cannon. Jr., with Mr*. Cannon and Mias Ada Bur roafhn as they left District Supreme court la Washington after the Jury had foaad the bishop and hla fanner aide not guilty n charges of violating the corrupt practises act In his aitti-Smith campaign of ins. In a message to the Methodist Conference now meeting In Jack son, Miss., Bishop Cannon likened hla acquittal to M. Paal’a delivery from the mouth at the lion. 500 Home Club Women To Meet Here Thursday Ambitious Hen Lays 8-In. Egg O. W. Brooks owns a Rhode Is lend hen that refuses to work 01 any NRA code. In fact, she ba been putting In extra time. BaUr day afternoon, Mr. Brooks brough a sample of her handiwork to th evidently the chicken must h«v have some special blood In he reins, because the egg was mor like that of a goose than a men chicken. It measured eight lnche In circumference, and nine lnche end-over-end. Mr. Brooks explained that th next day, the hen knocked off work and began setting. Old gal, you de serve a rest. Proverb Series Offers Readers Sport And Cash Valuable Prices Will Be Given Awa To Readers Of The Star, first Cartoon In This Issue. The Cleveland Star is starting ai Interesting new educational cartoo; series today, offering readers o this paper $« In cash and a numbs of tickets to local theatres for solv lng the proverbs best represente by the cartoons. All of the family can enjoy thi interesting game of proverbs. It 1 educational, entertaining and prof 1 table. Twelve cartoons will appear it the next twelve Issues of The Sta and the prises will be awarded a the end of the four week contest (Continued on page eight.) District Gathering To Hear Speakers Five hundred members of the 1 home clubs of this district compos ed of Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford 1 and Lincoln counties will, gather at f the South Shelby school building - on Thursday of this week for the t district meeting of the Federated t Home Demonstration club*. "Xfllailes, whether they life mem . bers of any home demonstration r clubs or not, are invited to attend. } provided they bring their lunch Dinner will be served in picnic , style. The program wiU begin at , 10 o'clock and will include speech es by Dr. Victoria Carlson of the , faculty of the North Carolina Col lege for Women at Greensboro, . Frank H. Jeter, news edltdr from the state extension department and Miss Ruth Current, district agent In Cleveland county there are some 300 mdhibers of the home demonstration clubs and it is ex pected that all will attend, togeth er with representatives from three other counties. Special music and reports on club work will also fea ture the program Labor Denies Split Over Ham Jones Officers of the executive commit , tee of the Mecklenburg county La - , bor Voters league asserted yesterday [ that there is no split in organised . labor over the league's indorsement 1 of the candidacy of Hamilton C j Jones of Charlotte for the Demo cratic nomination for congress. s The leaders pointedly replied to 5 a statement by J. A. Moore, presl . dent of Machinists Union W3, charging that the Indorsement of , Mr. Jones was "a clumsy piece of r politics, premature, and out of or L der,” and declared that Mr. Moore is personally indebted to Major A L. Bulwinkle of Gastonia, the can didate opposing Mr. Jones. 165 Rural Electric Lines Serve 400 Customers In This County COLLEGE STATION, Ralelg* April 29.—Cleveland county has 16 miles of rural electric lines servlm approximately 400 rural customer David 8. Weaver, agricultural en glneer at State College, announce* today. Mr. Weaver has just complete* and charted a survey of the count; to determine the possibility of ex tending electrical service to rura homes In North Carolina. The sur vey was made in cooperation wit! the United States Department o Agriculture and was a contlnuatioi of the rural housing survey ii which IS Cleveland county farn people were employed under th former CWA funds. "This county stands high in th use of electrical current when com pared with other North Carolim counties,” Weaver said. "A numbe of its rural people already enjo; the pleasures and benefits of elec tricity and our survey was made t* . determine the feasibility of ex > tending additional lines to nea t communities or groups of farm3 The survey revealed that 18 nea ■ extensions might be made averag I lng about 2 1-2 miles each In length and serving about 350 cus 1 tomers, including churches, fill lng i stations, and homes.” Mr. Weaver said the information 1 and the charts which he had pre - pared had been sent to Washington > where the data would be referred f to the Federal Power Commission > This commission has been ordered i by President Roosevelt to make a i study of power reserves, transmls > sion, distribution and utilization ol electricity as a part of the program > to improve standards of living ■ generally over the United States. . Two other* counties, Edgecombe ' and Moore, are being studied and ’ it is possible that 60 or 70 counties ■ will be surveyed before the work is ; completed. Weaver said 193 Join Church As A Result Of Kramer Revival First Baptist Revival Closed Last Night Dr. James Kramer leaves For Washington. largest Contlnn w Crowd* Ever Spoken To. The "Big Jim" Kramer revival closed lost, night at the First Bap tint church with 103 addition* bv profession of faith and by lctten, from other churches. Dr. Kramer left today for Washington, D. C where he begins a revival tonight Later he returns to North Carolina to hold meetings In Concord and Salisbury. An Invitation has been aooepted to hold a revival at the First Presbyterian church of Col umbia, 8. C., which will be the flrgi revival “Big Jim” has held in hi native state. Large Crowds Attend The largest continuous crown that “Big Jim" ever addressed greeted him In the Shelby revival For two waaka the revival eon tlnued and night after night thi mammoth auditorium with a Mat ing capacity of 1,800 wan Jsmpacketl Weather conditions did not date them. “Big Jim" has a keen Men* of humor, haa the Chautauqua lec turer’s style of delivery and even gellstio methods that are unique He is a man with remarkabh' energy, enthusiasm and physical endurance. On Sundays he preach ed four times and never let up h his seal. A great spiritual awaken ing came to the oonununlty anti extended to the rural section* as « result of his preaching. Campaign For Building Use church has building obUgu tlons to the amount of $8,400, due the first of May and on Thursday afternoon and night of tha Kramet revival, $4,300 was collected anc pledged to be paid by May «th. Th< remainder of the necessary amount Is being secured by canvassers thi week. At each service, a free-wil offering was taken to defray tb< expenses of the revlvsl and it wn announced last night by O. M. Mul chairman of the finance commlttc that the amount was mfftckm Furthermore, special collections wei taken at the Sunday services fb “Big Jim” and It was announced » the closing last night that Dr Kramer was rswsirded In a substan tial and satisfactory manner, n came Without any guarantee what •vet. Ordinance Of Baptlwn Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of tin church announced last night that the ordinance of Baptism Will be administered to the men and boyr at the service next Sunday morn ing and to the women and girls r<< the night service. To Goto Seaton On Ail Fishing For Forty Days Spawning Season Starts On May 1. Bnt MitcheU And Boons Game Reserves Will Be Open. County Game Warden X. 0. fcont announced yesterday that all flab lng would be prohibited for 40 day* beginning May 1, during the (pawn lng season. The closed season in eludes May 1 and June 10. The trout seBSon. he said, opene< on April 19, and continues, with th< exception of the spawning period (or about four and one-half months Pishing licenses remain the same $2.10, and may be obtained fron Mr. Long, from the Cleveland Hard ware Co. or the Clark Hardware pc In Shelby, from the Stamey Co. li Fallston or from Charles Dill lng at the city hall in Kings Moun tain. The open season for fishing ti the Mt. Mitchell and Daniel Boom state game refuges will begin Mu; 11, and Is not affected by tin spawning season ruling. The seu son wil run to July 5, and will U divided as follows: May li, 12. j: and 14; June 8, 0. 10 and 11; Jul 3,. 4, and B. Open dates for the two relug i; mentioned, have been fixed at th< same time to eliminate as far w possible the rush and concentratlot at any one particular point. This plan was adopted last year anc wbrked very satisfactorily. Limits fixed for one day's catci are: brook trout, 20; rainbow trout 9; mixed bag limit, 29. Fishing will be permitted from sunrise to sunset only. Refuge permits will be rsquiwe this season before entering the streams for fishing. These permits are one dollar per day in addition to the regular county or state fish ing license. Permits will be on sal# at the district forester’s office In the federal building at Asheville and at Lenoir, and also at any war den station on the. refuge
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