Late News THE MARKETS ( ottiin. spot . - ll'a to 12'» (niton seed, ton. wagon 23.00 < niton “red. ton, carlots 25.00 Cooler Tonight Weather forecast for North Caro lina Generally fair tonight and >.itiir<lay except probable showers on ,.0i(St tonight. Cooler in east and central portions tonight. Slightly warmer Saturday. Act On Strikes By I’NITEI) TRESS WASHINGTON, May 25.—Spur re,1 bv strike violence all over the country, the Administration moved speedily today to put the Wagner labor dispute bill in a position for qi,uk enactment. Democratic lead ers arc ready to rush the bill through and it may reach the sen ate floor tonight. 3 Negroes Killed By UNITED PRESS RICHMOND, May 25.—Three nc jiocs were killed and twenty were injured in a bus wreck here this morning as the ear overturned ami burned. Aid Newlyweds By VMTED PRESS BH.RO.V ( ANAL ZONE, May 25. _ \ t nited States destroyer is standing by awaiting doctor's old er- to earry William Robinson to a hospital for emergency treatment tor appendicitis. Robinson, with hi< bride. New York socialite, have been eireling the globe in a small eraft. He was strieken with appen dicitis thousands ol miles from civilization. Cut Smoke Tax By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, May 25.—The House Ways and Means committee yesterday approved the bill calling for a forty per cent reduction in t.i\es on all tobacco products. It is Hie understanding that this rut, which will largely affect North Car olina. will be passed along to the consumer in reduced prices on cig ars and cigarettes. Representative Houghton said the cuj was not a new deal experiment, but would be a permanent reduction. Attack* Tariff By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, May 25.—Sena tor —-sene Patterson. Missouri Dem ocrat attacked the administration reciprocal tariff bill today as the senatr sought to speed debate on the measure. Asks High Tax By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, May 25.—Secre tary of the Treasury Morgenthau today urged retention of the fifty perrent tax embodied in the admin istration's silver bill. Henry Ford Loses The Blue Eagle flies on stronger win§s ■ . . Justice O’Donoghue of the District of Columbia Supreme court yesterday held that Henry Ford was thwarting the Recovery Act and that the government did not have to buy his products. He upheld the government in its de 1 ision to reject bids on 7,000 Ford ;rm.ks, and said that the Recovery Aa was an emergency measure, granting wide and sweeping powers >o the executive. Enos Freeman Dies FromHeart Attack Dr,,l* '><•;« On Porch Of South Pt'Katb Home: Funeral Held Today. " El!°s Freeman, age 62. dropped i c‘nG on the back porch of his home! South DeKalb street Wednesday. ■ Freeman had not been ill prev to he heart attack which caus ec his death. f ' r ii services were held at two ®il'rk th|s afternoon ot Clover Hill ",".ca services were conduct* n the Fev. J, s. Gibbs, pastor Hf-1, <;ilurch. assisted by the Rev. it. j. S sk and Spurgeon Scruggs. ' ! rt'cman had been a member } hie Clover Hill church since he ]T a •voun8 man. Interment was in V church cemetery. pF r’ vmg are his wife Mrjj Etta pT*1'' freeman. and six children: uV'”-1 Charlie, Coley, Duffie, j, * **■ w Bridges and Miss Annie torv'iniU1’ 811 01 whom Bve here. Also Ff n , ng are one br°ther, Johnnie M'"n'x.n <>f SP’hdale, two sisters, j, * P rlha Jones. Shelby and rr ■' Ramsey, Mooresboro. ^ and is grandchildren ,n ' "’'niiin was born and rear ghrii :'Drr Cleveland. He moved to ; t4v v from war Casar in 1926. He •w 1 ^‘"e repair man by trade. ■' at been working lately. * MWMMD SEND 10 Pages Today I VOL. XL, No. 63 [— SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY. MAY 25, 1934 w Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. *»» Mall per rear. II* advance i » Carrier, per rear. (In idvancel _ C B Heads Bureau Here is a new picture of Dr. Claud ius Temple Murchison, director ol i research and graduate work in the I University of North Carolina since ; 192*. who has just been appointed by President Roosevelt as head ol i the Bureau of Foreign and Domes i tic Commerce in the Department ol \ Commerce. The appointment give' North Carolina high rank in the “brain trust." He succeeds Willard I.. Thorp, who was given a recess appointment and who resigned Iasi ! week when the president withdrew ; his name because of senatorial op position. Labor Group Asks Candidates Speak Tomorrow Evenini v Invites All Aspirants To Make Brief Talks In Mass Meeting To Be Held At Court House. All candidates, whether lor coun ty or state offices, have been in vited by the Labor Voters lea gue to speak at the court house to morrow night at 8 o'clock. Because of the large number of candidates expected, they have been advised to make their talks brief. The Voters League is a new or ganization which brings organized labor into organized politics for the first time in North Carolina. In a recent committee inerting. Shelby labor indorsed Hamilton C. Jones for congress against Major Bulwin kle. E. W. White for the state sen ate, and Ernest Gardner for the (state house of representatives. In the county commissioner race, the league indorsed all candidates. RayonDepartment At Eton Stopped Trouble Develops Because Change In Loom Load At Local Mill. All ol the rayon department of the Eton Mill was idle today as a result of a strike on the part ol weavers in this department. Tire cotton department continues in op eration. However, this as w'ell as other textile plants have been on a curtailed basis for some time. The dispute arose Over an increase in tiie loom load of weavers. Other than this no statement could be se cured from any one in an official jiosition. Earl Hamrick, manager of The mill, could not be reached at 2 o'clock for a statement. It is re ported. however, that all is quiet at the plant and there is no picketing. England To Pay A belief that England will make a war debt payment of some sort June 15 in order to keep her slate clean was expressed in London busi ness quarters yesterday. ‘Come On DillingerV Lincolnton Dares Behind Submachine Gun Rattling a tattoo of .45 cahtn steel balls into a clay bank, police men. aldermen and public spirited citizens of Lincolnton dared Dil linger and the Toubys to come on. Lincolnton has just bought a Thompson sub-machine gun that fires 600 death missives at the rate of 600 a minute. Matter of fact, the town of Lin colnton is now equipped for war fare on the biggest scale. A sales man named E. B Benedict, repre senting the Federal Laboratories o! Pittsburgh. Penn, called on 'tv board of aldermen Wednesday and sold them enough weapons to quell a Dublin riot. In addition to the sub-machtn? gun, he wrote sales slips for tear gas bombs, haud-grenades. gas billy's, bullet proof vests foi each police man. and a flock of ammunition, including tracer bullets for firing at fleeing gangsters’ gasoline tanks Yesterday. Alderman Roy War ' lick. Dave Warlick Bob Siffo'd * Policeman C. V. Wilson. Grover 3 1 Summey and Howard Leonard went out behind the cavalry troop barn and whanged away several hundred rounds into a clay bank. Everybody hit it. Then the Lincolnton cops pu< ! on a pistol exhibition, shooting at a! bullseye. Mayor C. Guy Rudisill announced j that Lincolnton would be ready tor j j any emergency. They’re going to : keep the machine gun loaded at all limes. I 2 Get Sentences To State Prison In Robbery Case _ i Charged In Attempt To Kill Man Walter Rahh Of Shelby And Mrs. Amos Found Guilty Of Con spiracy And Attack. Found guilty of conspiracy and robbery, Walter Rabb of Shelby and Mrs. Essie Amos were sentenced to prison terms on Wednesday by Judge Finley in Rutherford County Superior Court. Miss Evelyn West, Shelby girl, who was implicated in the conspiracy, was acquitted Rabb and Mrs. Amos- were sen tenced to not less than five nor more than seven years in the state penitentiary, Rabb to wear stripes and to be assigned work as the law permits. They appealed to the Su preme court and bond was set at $1,500 each. They were allowed 30 days to nfhke their appeal and the state was given 30 days to file ex ceptions. Theft Of *60. The trio was accused of conspir ing to rob and kill N. L. Walker, whom they were said to have robbed of *60. Then they forced him out of his car In the middle of the night. He sought aid at the house of a friend, whom he reached early in the morning and reported'the theft and attack to the police. Seventy-five men were summoned to sit on the Gus McDowell mur der trial this week, and a jury drawn after a test of three and one half hours. The trial of F F. Black, Forest City man accused in the Shelby typewriter theft case, is also due now. Junior Leaguers Plan Cotton Ball 24—JUNIOR LEA— front New Shelby Organization To Make Bow In Organdies And Piques. Sponsoring a Cotton Ball at the Hotel Charles on the evening of Friday, June 1. as its first activity, the newly-organized Junior Civic League will, make its formal bow to the city of Shelby. Handsome prizes for the most beautiful cotton dance frocks worn ,'that evening will be awarded, and the committee in charge has ar ranged specialty numbers for the entertainment of those who do not dance. The dance will be gay with the crisp coolness of organdies, pi ques and ginghams in the new shades and styles becoming so pop ular. The Junior Civil League has as its aims the fostering of interests among its members in the social, economic, educational cultural and I civic affairs of the community. Re cently organized, it will inaugurate an active program in September. Each of the 70 members is pledged to contribute 50 hours work during the year Officers of the league are Mrs. A. D. Brabble, president; Mrs. Floyd Smith, vice president; Miss Martha Eskridge, secretary, and Mrs. Alton Kirkpatrick, treasurer. Committee chairmen are: ways and means, Mrs. Frank Hoey;*program, Mrs. Ransom Casstevens; and chairman in charge of members’ hours, Mrs. Mason Carroll. Members of the league are: Mrs. Charles Burrus, Mrs. Flay Hoey, Mrs. Gerald Morgan, Miss Jane Stanley: Mrs. Aaron Quinn, Miss Augusta Alexander. Miss Mar tha Eskridge. Mrs. Charfes R. Esk <Continued on page ten) As First Bonus Army Marches The first Bonus Army of 1934, shown as it marched down Pennsylvania Avenue after parading past the White House. The procession was made up of about 1,200 veterans who have an encampment at Fort Hunt, Va. The parade was conducted in an orderly manner and was in striking contrast, as regards numbers, to the demonstration in which 20,000 i bonus marchers, participated in the capital two years ago. Bailey Cracks At Johnson For ‘Vituperating’ Darrow North Carolina Senator Upholds NRA, But Scorns General’s Storm Of Wrath Because Of Criticism Senator Josiah Bailey of North Carolina yesterday show ed General Hugh S. Johnson what it feels lfke to be on the receiving end of a “crack down.” Sell Poppies For Veterans Saturday will be "Poppy Day" throughout the United States. Millions of Americans will wear little red poppies in tribute to the men who gave their lives on the poppy-studded fields of France and Belgium during the World war. Arrangements for observance of “Poppy Day” here have been completed by the women of the local American Legion auxiliary unit under the leadership of Mrs. Tom Abernathy, poppy chairman. Auxiliary women will distribute popples on the streets of. Shelby throughout the day and will receive contributions for the welfare of disabled vet erans, their families and the families of the dead. f n inousana ocouis To Attend Camp Eleven Counties Represented In Council Meeting In Shelby. Fine Staff. At the regular bi-monthly meet ing of the executive board of the Piedmont council of the Boy Scouts of America held at the Hotel Char les here Tuesday night, representa tives of the eleven counties of the council area came together in the best attended meeting of the board since the organization of the move ment more than ten years ago. The principal business was the comple tion of plans looking to the enroll ment of at least a thousand scouts in the Piedmont Boy Scout camp this summer. Already more than seven hundred scouts ai« enrolled to attend the camp and officials believe that at least three hundred additional scouts will be enrolled to attend the camp in time for the opening on June 18th. Progress was reported by every county and community in the ele ven counties of the council area and departmental reports show advance ment in every phase of the scout ing program. Two thousand eighty scouts are enrolled in the 110 troops and additional troops are be ing formed in many communities, rhe membership goal for 1934 is 2,500 boys. Scout Executive R M. Schiele, the active director of the Piedmont Boy Scout camp operated at Lake Lanier, reported that a well train ;d staff would open the camp on or ibout June 1st at which time the :ounciL headquarters located at Sastonia would be moved to the :«mp for the summer The leadership training commit tee announced that the annual *cout leader’s camp conference S’ould be held at the camp on June Kith and 17th. A hundred or more eaders ere expected to '* in at- i enda nee. I rtf sai wo lino uonnspn 101 | denunciation of the report of the Darrow Review Board. What the general said about this report was “wrath and vituperation/* the sen ator declared. A sidelight on the attacks of the NRA officers on the review board ts that Senator Bailey recommend ed the appointment of W. W. Neal of Marlon, N. C„ a member of the review board, and Neal is now vice chairman. What, the senator .‘aid may be regarded his view of the attack that Johnson has made in direction or the course of his good friend, Mr. Neal.’’ Defends Criticism. “Why should there be a storm ot wrath and vituperation in view at a report of a board of review ap pointed by the President seeking, ac I take it, to discharge its duties,” asked Senator Bailey in • opening his speech. “Why should petition ers before a bureau department of our government undertaking to de scribe their situattori in view <:f government operations, be subject ed to wrath and vituperation- How can we reconcile with any under standing of civilization, not to say, Americanism, the response of men in authority to criticism by way of wrath and vitujSeration? It is niy understanding that the humblest citizen of America may criticise his government, may file his pe tition, may state his case, may set forth his wrong and demand his rights, without paying to anybody anywhere any penalty whatsoever ' he continued." Eaker Fined On i Sheriff Cline And His Assistants Make Haul Of 42 Gallons In Eaker's Car In Garage. Sheriif Raymond Cline captured 42 short gallons of liquor in an abandoned car in the garage of Romeo Eaker on N. Washington street Wednesday night and this morning in recorder’s court, Eaker was fined *125 and the costs and given a suspended sentence of six' months. He has ten days in which to pay the fine. Also the federal gov ernment will likely impose the $2 a gallon tax on the quality of liquor captured. Sheriff Cline received a tip and called in Policemen Paul Stanley, Knox Hardin and Bob Kendrick for the search of the premises and there they found the rear of the unused car piled full*of short (Hoo ver) quarts. A charred keg in the house contained another small quantity. Eaker was not at home at the time but surrendered to officers and submitted this morning in re corder’s court. . Being the first of fense of this kind on which Eaker has been tried, he was fined $125) and costs and given a suspended sentence of six months. The liquor was takon to the jail where It will occupy shelve s until ■ dest roycd. A Suttle T o Make j Welfare Survey Among Children Public Work* Plan Get* Under Way Purpose I» To Collect Data On Min or Chlldirn, Orphans And Handicapped Little One*. A new Public Works Project has been set up to make a state-wide child welfare survey and Banks Suttle has been placed in charge in Cleveland county. Aalts Residents Aid Mr. Suttle will make a census of and ascertain the needs of minor children of World War veteran* and of other children who are in distress, orphans of World War vet erans and of all children who are handicapped by physical disability, including crippled and uncared-for blind, deaf. etc. Mr. Suttle Wtll gather such in formation on these children as is needed In making the survey and make a report which wtll be used In a manner to be announced later. He will contact and secure the ac tive co-operation of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary and work with civic clubs and oher lo ca agencies. On the other hand, he woud appreciate any one handing to him the names of minor children of war veterans or of any children who are in distress—orphans, blind, deaf and crippled children. This work la said to be very cloae to the heart, of President Roosevelt, who Is himself a cripple from Infantile paralysis. Mr. Buttle Is the only canvasser In the county, although each coun ty in North Carolina will have a supervisor to make a survey such as he is making In Cleveland Roosevelt Signs Measure To Help | Bankrupt Cities Debtors Allowed To Scale Down Their Obligations With Consent Of Creditors. WASHINGTON, May 24—Presi dent Roosevelt yesterday signed in to law a measure which* grants bankruptcy relief In cities and at the same time rounds Into shape a debtor relief program that extends aid to virtually every type of debt or in the country. One measure of the broad pro* gram that was started in 1033 re mains to be completed by congress This la a corporation bankruptcy bill which would extend to them provisions similar to those that al ready have been granted Individ uals, farmers, railroads, and mu nicipalities. In general the plan allows these types of debtors to scale down their obligations with the consent of two thirds of their creditors and feder al court approval. Under the measure signed yester day a little town or a metropolis may, with the consent of 51 per cent of the holders of Its outstand ing obligations, take a refinancing plan to the district court. If the court finds it equitable and 79 per cent of the creditors then agree, the refinancing or scaling down of the municipality s dent may be carried out Proponents of the legislation said! this would prevent a minority ot j the creditors from keeping a town, or city hopelessly in the red by re- j Tusing to accept any debt ajust ment, as they may do at presen* Opponents contended It would ruin the* municipality bond market, by making investors fearful of 'he stability of such obligations. 2 Boxers Vaccinate Each Other, Carrying Germs On Their Gloves 1 r.ailors Note: Refusing lo take a chance at spoiling such a good yarn as the following promised to be. a reporter from The Star has written the story without consult ing medical officials as to the pos sibility or probability of such an occurrence. However, he did see one of the fighters mentioned, and can personally vouch for the yarn s ver acity). Three men immune from small pox as a result of one man's vac cination . . . that is the jlst of one of the most peculiar yarns ever un covered in Shelby. Jerome Spangler, well known pug ilist. along with every other mem ber of company K of the North Car olina National guard force. was vaccinated for smallpox as required by army officials ' * Jerome booked a bom with Poe Wee" Hannon of Bessemer Cltj be * fort- the wound was entirely heal ed. During the course of the lray, Hannon's glove broke the skin on Spanglers arm, picking up some of the toxin anti-toxin. Each time hu mitt scratched Spangler's skin, a new vaccination resulted. Spangler, between rounds, as he rubbed the perspiration from his body with his gloves also vaccinated Hannon each time his body was scratched. Both fighters developed five or six vaccination marks at various places on their faces, necks and chests. Harmon had one scar across the entire length of his chest, caused by a glancing blow from Spanglers glove .Hannon then fought "K.O ' Kel ly. another Shelby boxer, and vac cinated him. Now Kelly is sporting a vaccinal ion mark mi tie* tip of his chin, his wrist, and his neck. Result' some dO(. ■< has last two tKMsxiblr vaccination ices. Arms Prober Stephen Raushenbush, of Harris burg. Pa.. who has been appointed chief investigator for the senate munitions committee, probing man ufacture and sale of war material In the U. 8 Raushenbush. a native of Rochester, N Y. investigated the anthracite and utilities industries. Merchants Agree Not To Park Cars In Crowded Area Retailers Clear Way For Shopper* And Hope To Solve The Double Parking Problem. In an effort to eliminate to some extent Shelby's parking problem, merchants have agreed to park their own cars elsewhere than In front of retail stores and to ask their employe* to do likewise. Tt is believed that by this method more apace will be available for shoppers to park their cars In front of retail stores and will result In stopping to some extent the double parking problem which has been termed a nuisance as well as beinR dangerous. Shelby firms who have signed an agreement about parking are: Nash, Inc., Sterrhl Bros . A V. Wray and Six Sons, C, R l.lojtl. Home Stores, A and P Stores j Efird's Department Store, ShuJlj Grocery, M A McSwain and Son. j Belk-Stevens Co., Clark Hardware i ’ I Co.. Richbourg Grocery Co., Caro- J lina Stores. Charles Stores Co., W.' A Pendleton, Austin-Cornwell Drug Co, McNeely’s Inc., J O. Propot and Son, Basil Goode, J. C. Penney Co„ W, E. Crowder, Keetcr Grocery Co„ Cleveland Drug Co., Campbell.:’ Dept Store, Kester-Groome Furni ture Co., O. O. Palmer. McKinney'! Market. Best Furniture Co . T. P. Eskridge, Patterson's Flowers, Cleve laud Hardware Co., T. W, Hamrick Co., F W Wool worth Co., Sullies Drug Store, Cohen Bros. Cotton Contracts Approved By Board Tabulation sheets on Cleveland i county cotton reduction were re turned from Raleigh by the State Board of Review with an O.K. The contracts themselves will be sent on to Washington for inspection, but the state board action may be taken for final approval. Bulwinkle Here; Plans Broadcast Saturday Night Uphold Presidont It Campaign Batit Cnngreasman And Hi* Secretary Matting Colitis Ovfr The twth District. dongreasman A. i. Bulwtnkls and his secretary, John Blear, spent Thursday In the county In the In terest of the Major'- candidacy tot re-election. Hts strongest appen' for support Is that tie has support busy In congress has been unable recovery measures and that, defeat would lie a repudiation of support ers of the President. Major Hulwlnkle. who has ben busy 1 nCongress has been unable to spend much time In the dlatriu* but came down this week for a hur rled survey of the district. He i making several speeches and on Saturday night, of Mils week, tou> to six oi his strongest supporter from each of the ten counties In the district, will gather In Charlotte for a conference, alter which there will be two minute speeches over the Charlotte broadcasting system lrom a representative of each conn ty In the district. Dr. Robert Gilreath fakes Over Practice Of Dr. E. A. Houser Hendersonville Native Return* from Paris, And Vienna Clinics T# Work In Shelby. Dr. Hubert A. Gtlrealh will on Saturday take over the office and practise of Dr. E. A. Houser. He will be located In Dr. Houser’s office In the Royster building. Dr. Oilreath, a native of Hender sonville, is a graduate of the Dm- | versity of North Carolina In 192-1 and of the University of Cinoiu- '$ natl and for .five years practised medicine in Toledo, Ohio. In addi tion to his experience in general practise and surgery he has done considerable work, with both x-ray and diathermy machines. He has only recently returned to thla coun try from Europe where he spent the winter attending clinics In Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, P J. OUreath, of Hen dersonville. and has a number of friends in the town and county who , knew him at Chapel Hill, • ' Dr. Houser. who has practised medicine in Cleveland county for the past 37 years, was severely In jured by a fall In a bathtub In February and a heart ailment was made worse by tits Injury. He ha been ordered by his physicians to , j give up active practise for a year | and Is now taking a complete res j treatment at* his home on Wr ' * J Warren street. ,1 Shelby B. And L. In Annual Meet .Secretary It illici t* Reports That As sociation lias 15,646 Share* In Force. Reporting 15 646 shares In force | the Shelby Building and Loan as sociation held its annual meeting Thursday afternoon in the office of the association on West Warren street. J. Prank Roberts, secretary and treasurer announced that dur-( lng the coming year $193,600 In stock will mature of which $89,600 is in cash and $104,000 in cancelled mortgages. This is the oldest association in the county, organized 29 years ago this month. It has total asests ot ' s $1,142,735. C. C. Blanton was re elected president, E. V. Webb and j Geo Hoyle vice, presidents, Ryburti and Hoey and Joe Whisnant. attoi j neys. J. F. Roberts, secretary and treasurer Directors arc: C C Blanton. E. V. Webb, J F Roberts C. R. Hoey, W. O. Arey, George Blanton. A. V Hamrick. George Hoyle, Tliad C. Ford. J, H Quinn j R. z. Riviere. C. S Thompson. D D- Wilkins and S a Washburn Ticket* Ready For June 2nd Primary Tickets arc ready for delivery to tlic registrars in the June 2nd pri mary and registrars are asked to • secure them at once from John ° Mull or Zemri Kistlej of the ceun- \ ty board of elections 4te> the** gentlemen have return blanks on | hand on which the registrar* and mdees will make mu the returns, ' • *h" I Of the voting in ihc June 3nd pamaiy.

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