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fTM Wirbelwind Symk VOL. XU No. 76 SHELBY, N. CL MONDAY, JUNE 25. 1984 Pahliahed Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. W Mail par mi. (la MntNl Orrlw. mt Mar. (ta Xiumi Late News the markets Cotton, »pot.12 to 13c Cotton seed, ton, wagon- 23.00 Cotton «eed, ton. carlota-35.00 Fair Tonight Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Fair tonight and Tuesday r>ver entire state. * May Drop Case By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK, June 35.—The miss ing persons bureau here today de nied New York police are seeking Agnes Tufverson, missing Detroit lawyer, in Duxbury, Mass. Indica tions today were that the case against Capt. Ivan Poderjay, inter national adventurer, held in con nection with the disappearance of the woman, will be dropped unless her body is found soon. Fear Violence By UNITED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO, June 35.—Vio lence was threatened on two fronts today as assistant Secretary of l.ahor McGrady sought to effect a settlement in the coastal maritime workers strike. Disorders were threatened in San Francisco and Portland. j Envoy Crashes i By UNITED PRESS lkmngrad. u. s. s. r., June 25 —United States Ambassador Bullitt and Lieutenant Thomas D. White, military attache of the embassy at Moscow, crashed while attempting to land in a an airplane near here today. Neither was injured. The March Of Events See Naval Race Nathaniel M. Hubbard, retiring president of the Navy League, yes terday advocated postponement of the 1935 naval conference until world conditions are more favor able. British and Japanese demands for bigger navies and foreshadow ing demands by Russia and Ger many were cited by him as making the outlook dark. For Dry Areas President Roosevelt devoted al most all of yesterday to pressing business, and signed an executive order that will pour $150,000,000 Of government funds into drought stricken areas In the west and mid west. This Is part of the 525,000. 000 appropriated by the last con gress for the parched states. Twen ty-five millions will be used for seed loans. Despite his busy day, the President attended church. Aviator Killed James R. Wedell, lamed Louisi ana pilot and airplane racer, was killed yesterday in a crash while giving instruction to a student at Patterson, La. The student was critically injured. 200 Whales Now the fish story—Skipper Stephen Shawdow of the 30-foot cabin cruiser Stella came into Point Pleasant, N. J„ yesterday with four frightened passengers and the yarn that his craft had been surrounded for hours by a school of 300 whales They were after blue fish, he said. Major To Stick Major A. L. Bulwinkle, In a Gas tonia interview yesterday,, said he *as well-satisfied "with his present iob and had no idea of taking a federal appointment to the securi 'ies commission. He said he wou'd not accept it even If the President offered It. Thomas Dies Ex-Senator Charles S. Thomac » ho had a stormy career In the Senate and capped it by defying the President’s order against gold hoarding, died at Denver yesterday After a long illness. He was 04 years old. Cash To Flow Federal funds to the extent of '110.000,000 will soon flow into 62S Public building projects approved h> Secretary of the Treasury Mor ftenthau. This includes 17 projects for North Carolina. More Money Excess reserves in Federal bank« Advanced to a new high of $1,800, f Hi ooo in the first half of June as * result of treasury expenditures ui cash and increased deposits. Motorcycle Plunges Off Mountain Top Cennis Taylor of Charlotte was ■niured yesterday when his motor cycle plunged out of control near he top 0f Blowing Rock. He was «ith 30 other cyclists known as i.he I -'ipsy Caravan. As President Watched Son's Defeat In Boat Race Not even the cheers of President Roosevelt, shown on the referee’s host, could drive the Harvard freshmen crew across the line ahead of Yale’s eight in the race at New London, Conn. The President’s son, Franklin, Jr.p rowed a great race at No. 6 position in the Harvard shell but Eli wor by three-quarters of a length in the two-mile grind. Inset is eJoeeu of young Roosevelt (arrow) at the finish. $60,000 Marked For Post Office; CourtRoomDenied Local Project Among; 302 Approved By Morgenthau; To Spend More Than Hundred Million. By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, June 26.—Th? Shelby post office was among those on a list approved by Secretary oi the Treasury Morgenthau today and will at long last receive the appropriation of S60.000 for new construction. This is- one of the projects in cluded in the approval of 302 ad ditional building projects to cost more than one hundred million dol lars. $20,000 Spent. A sum of $80,000 was approved for additions to the Shelby post office back in the Jonas regime. Twenty-thousand has already been spent acquiring property on which to build, and the remaining amount will be aU used for construction. A request from Shelby for a sum of between $20,000 and $30,000 for (construction of a court room in the post office has been on the books for a long time, but in all likelihood will not be granted. The court room was asked for the convenience of Judge E. Yates Webb, Federal judge, who frequently sits on cases in Shelby. Mr. Robinson Is Paralysis Victim Father Of Mrs. Tom J. RamseMr Will Be Sorted Tuesday. Fo neral Here At 1:30. Mr. R. O. Robinson died this morning at 1 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tom J. Ramseur on S. Washington street where he came for a visit seven weeks ago and suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Robinson was 66 years of age and lived at Iron Station in Lin coln county where he owned and operated two large farms. In his youth he lived in Shelby and re membered the city when it had only a few dwellings and business houses. He was married to Carrie Bundy who survives and has been an invalid for eight years. Because his wife is unable to attend the fu neral, a short service will be held at the Ramseur home on South Washington street Tuesday after noon at 1:30 o’clock by Rev. J. N Wise, assisted by Drs. E. K. Mc Larty and Zeno Wall, after which his remains will be taken to Iron Station for a funeral services at 3 o’clock at his home church. His body will be buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Lincolnton. Surviving are twelve children, E. M. and Clyde W. Robinson and Mrs. William Evans of High Point, Mrs. Pride Beal and Wilbur Robin son of Linoolnton, Mrs. Grady Fow ler of Gastonia, John Robinson of Saltvtlle, Va., Mrs. Victor McAllister of Washington. D. C., R. S. Robin son of Charlotte, Rosooe Robinson of Iron Station, Lewis Robinson of Shelby, Mrs. Tom J. Ramseur of Shelby. Fourteen grandchildren also survive. He is also survived by three sis ters, Mrs. Will Finger, Mrs. C. B. Finger, of Cleveland county, and Mrs. Keener of Lincolnton. Nine Awaiting Death In Chair On July 9 Sixteen men on death row at j state’s prison are due to be elec-, trocuted in July, nine of them July. 6. the most lethal day in the state criminal history. Cotton Reduction Money Starts Circulating Today 200 Farmers Receive Checks This Morning; 3,069 Will Receive Shares Daily Until All Of $153,437 Is Distributed About 200 cotton fanners have been notified to call for their cotton rental checks at the office of County Agent R. ?▼. oriuiuier luuay. Stores Change\ HoarSchedale Shelby merchants today de cided to open on Saturdays at 8:30 in the morning and stay open until 7:30 in th% evening. This change effects Saturdays only. Heretofore they have been open from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. Grocery and furniture stores are not effected by the change. Week-days will not be chang ed, stores being open from 8:80 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. All stores will be closed July 4. Georgia And N. C. Reach Agreement On Auto Licenses Cracker State Reciprocates In Pact To Waive Fees And MUeage Tax Levy. RALEIGH, June 24.—The recipro cal agreement between Georgia and North Carolina regulating th% op eration of motor vehicles in the two states was signed Saturday and Im mediately placed into effect. By the agreement the two states have agreed to waive all license fees and mileage tax tees on opera tors of motor vehicles and motor carriers qualified under the respect ing laws of Georgia and North Car olina. The agreement applies to opera tors of vehicles transporting agri cultural products as follows: “vege tables, melons and fruits, including products of groves, orchards, and vineyards interstate to markets in either of the two states or trans state through either state to other markets. In the event any question shall arise as to an operator of motor vehicles or motor carrier coming within the terms, the agreemeht provides that the decision shall be with the authorities in the state where the carrier is apprehended. The agreement shall remain in effect until further notice but may be terminated by either party on not less than 30 days notice. They are the first, of the groups j that will receive their share of j Cleveland county's $153,437.24, paid j by the Federal government in the I reduction campaign. Day by day, other farmers will be notified to call! until all the checks have been de livered. $400 To $12 Checks In .all, checks have been receiv ed for 3,069 farmers, who will re ceive amounts ranging from $400 down to 412. This means, of course, that the huge sum this county gets will be I widely distributed, and, since it is all In comparatively small amounts, that it will go into immediate cir culation. Cleveland merchants and other business men Joyfully hailed the advent of this money this morning, and said it would un doubtedly be a vital business stim ulant. More StUI Dae But this isn’t all the money Cleveland is to get from cotton re duction. In September, the second rental payment is due—which means that checks for the same amount will again be distributed. Moreover, there is still another $100,000 coming to the cotton farm ers in December, when they will re ceive parity payments. Elmer Wfebber Dies In Rutherford Co. RUTHERFORDTON, Juqe 25 — Mr. Elmer Webber, age 60, died at his home here Tuesday night aft er an extended illness and will be buried Thursday at 11 a. m. at the Sandy Run Baptist church, Moor esboro, his former home. The fu neral services will be held there prior to the burial. Mr. Webber is survived by his widow and six children as follows Darvln Webber, Charlotte Mrs. F W. Williams, Decatur, 111.; R. C. Webber, Indianapolis. Ind.; Mrs. Ed Pendleton, Shelby; Miss Lela and J. B. Webber at home. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Will Moore, Hen rietta and Mrs. Thos. Hester of Florida. Mr. Webber was a member of the Baptist church and was a quiet and good citizen. He and Mrs. Webber were married 38 years ago. Mr. Evans Hartgrove of Charlotte, spent the week-end at his home here. Jobless Bureau’s Average Placements Are Greater Than Those Of Regional Office In Gaston County J. J. Lattimore, head of the Unit ed States Reemployment bureau here, released some interesting fig ures this morning, which show the value the bureau ha? been to this community. Recently, the local office force was curtailed, and Gastonia was giv- i c-n the regional bureau for Cleve • land. Lincoln and Gaston coun ties. The local dffice has been kept pen on a temporary basis, but Vrsterday, Mr. Lattimore received a elegram requeuing to open it on “i'll time until furthei notice For the month of May. the aiet age placement in Cleveland county was 23, compared to the Gaston average of only 9. The local office according to these figures, has been doing a substantially greater amount or business than the reg ional bureau. Since the Re-employment bureau was inaugurated, a total of 3523 per tons have registered The total number of placements Is 1739 cr approximately half of the total regf cration. These placements ha"e been divided as follows- Private employment, 133; CWA, 541, and PWA, 765. Mr, Lattimorc .state* that he has plat ed 566 persons who previously were on the relief rolls. Two Mills Obtain Assessment Cuts; 5 Others Refused Bonnie, Kings Mountain Mf(. Co, Dtlltng And Corn Mill* Full In Effort*; Two Appeal. Reduction* in tax valuations for two Cleveland County cotton mill* were granted by the board of equal ization yesterday, and four other requests were declined. The mills obtaining reductions were the Belmont, from 101,000 to $75,000 and the Sadie Mill at Kings Mountain from $151,000 to $130,000. Request* Refused. The Bonnie Mill and the Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company were refused reductions on the grounds that they had obtained cuts through appeals to Raleigh last year. The DUllng Cotton Mill and the Cora Mill of Kings Mountain were also refused reductions and served notice that they would appeal to Raleigh. Compare Valuations. Executives of these seven mills appeared before the board and ar gued their cases from 3 until 0 Friday afternoon. All of them said that assessments on their plants were not in line with those of oth er mills. In some instances with newer machinery and equipment, and asked for reductions cm this basis. Cleveland county cotton mills represent an assessed valuation of approximately $30,000,000. Members of die board of equalization an J. B. Nolan. W. J. Any and *. L. Campbell. Baptist Women Meet Tuesday Women Of King* Mountain A* aoctatlon Gather Here Tuesday For Two Day Session. Gathering for a discussion of the general theme, “Laborers Together With God,” the Woman*’a Mission ary Union of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association will meet at the First Baptist church Tuesday for a two-day session. Speakers on the program for Tuesday and Wednesday include Mrs. H. E. Waldrop, Mrs. O. P. Hamrick. Miss Kathleen Mallory. W. M. U. secretary of the Southern Baptist convention. Mrs.. Prank Elam, Rev. J. L. Jenkins, Horace Eauom, Mrs. James E. Ware. Dr. Zeno Wall, Mrs. H ,B. Moore. A most Interesting program has been arranged by Mrs. John .Wa caster, who is lh charge of the W. M. U. work of the Kings Mountain Association and It is expected that hundreds of delegates will attend. i representing a huge reduction in relief expenditures. Three projects are now under construction. The new bridge on the Zoar-Boiling Springs road, which has been built under the supervis ion of the Bowers Construction Company, will be completed tomor row. The first layer of the PolkvPie Fallston road hard-surfacing will be completed on Thursday, and the second coat will be applied In about 30 days. The third project, tcpeoillng the road from Bolling Springs to Zoar will* be finished in six or eight weeks Mr. Lattimore say that a new ruling has been put in effeot which A. T. Mull Taken1 By Death at 72; FuneralTomorrow Beloved Farmer Dieat At Birthplace Wu A Member Of The Board Of County Commissioners That Erected Court Home. Just as the »un rom thin morn ing over the field* of grain and cot ton he loved. A. T. Mull, beloved Cleveland dtiien and church lead er. died on the farm on which he waa bom in No. 10 township almost 73 years ago. IU'for more than a year, he had been oonfined to his bed for the past four months. In February, an operation was performed- at the Shelby hospital, but he never seem ed to rally. Built Court House Mr. Mull, who was the father of John P., Clarence and Carr Mull, all prominent business men In Shelby, served on the board of county commissioners that erected the present court house In 1907, and his name, along with those of J. F. Roberts, and M. M. Mauney, Is graven In the comer stone. He was a man of high character and purpose, who might have won distinction in public office, but he preferred the quiet walks of life, and, after serving his county once as commissioner, devoted himself to his farm, his church and his fam ily. , Leader In Church Work He was a devoted Baptist all his life, being a member of the Car penters Grove church, which he served for years as deacon and sup erintendent of the Sunday school. He Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mary McClurd, member of the well-known Cleveland fam ily, and sister of John McClurd of the Shelby Cotton mill, his three eons of Shelby, and two sisters, Mrs. M. J, Carpenter of Belwood and Mrs. Robert Downs of Casar. He was an uncle of Odus M. Mull. Funeral Tomorrow Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at II o'clock at Carpenters Orovs church, and will be conducted by the Rev. W. O. Camp of Cherryvllle, former pastor of the church, the present pastor, the Rev. L. W. Cain. Burial will be In the church Cemetery. Milltide Station Moves On July 2nd Sub Station Of Fostoffkw Depart ment To Move From Crowder's Store To Drag Store. The postoffice sub-station known as MlUaide, heretofore located In Crowder’s store will be moved to Carpenter’s Drug store on July 2nd. It was announced this morning oy Postmaster J. H. Quinn. The Mill side station serves the Cleveland Cloth and Eton mill villages and was opened a few years ago. Transfer of the station Is only a short distance and will be made next Monday. Crops Improving, Graham Declares North Carolina crops are In mu V> better shape now. William Graham Commissioner of agriculture, said yesterday. The east Is farther ad vanced than the west, but this sec tion as a whole Is making rapid progress, he declared To Record Flow Of Mountain Water RALEIGH June 34—More than 60 Instruments are now or soon will be writing a continuous record of the volume of water flowing from the hills of North Carolina to the sea, H. D. Panton, chief engineer of the division of water resources and engineering, of the Conservation and development, reports. will require every person to re-i-eg ister at the end oX each three months. A large number of regis trations were cancelled last week, but will be put back on the files if the persons re-register, Mr. Lattlmore says, “Cleveland county should realise that my bu reau is for their needs. If anyone wishes an employee, our files are at their service. We have reduced relief expenditures substantially, consequently bringing about a re duction in expenses. The bureau is being kept open by the Fede’-a' government, and is not costing the tax payers of this county one cent i It is for your service. Call on us.’’ | McSwain and Gardner To Appeal to Jeffress On Five Road Projects i New Leader UN Baron von Fritseh Horn ii Boron von Fritseh, com mander of the Relchswehr, who assertedly in at the head at the lilt of a new cabinet which re portedly is being formed in Ger many, following the revolt of Vice Chancellor F/wnz von Papen I again*!, the Hitler regime, and hid subsequent resignation. Escaped Convict To Face Death On Burglary Charge Negro, Participant In Prison Break April >, Bound Over For First Degree Robbery. Harry Ross, also known as Wil liam Thompson, negro convict who escaped from the atate prison camp near the Cleveland fair grounds on April 8, was bound qver to Superior court on a charge of first degree burglary in recorder’s court Friday afternoon. If he Is found guilty In the higher coiirt, which Is likely with the strong evidence against him. he will pay the death penalty In the electric chair. Robbed Ridenhour Home He was bound on a charge of robbing the home of W. A. Riden hour of Kings Mountain on the night of June 13, and a watch stolen from the home was Identi fied by Mr. Ridenhour. Flagman Costner, of train 13k/ Southern railroad, also appeared as a witness, and testified that, on June 16, he saw Ross throw the watch Into the tender of his engine. The negro was between the cars, trying to bum a ride to make his escape. He was seized by members of the train crew and carried to Gastonia, where he was turned over to the police. Medal Is Recovered From the Rtdenhour home he took $13 cash, a pair of trousers and a gold medal which had been In Mr. Ridenhour's possession 40 years. This was secovered. The negro was one of 14 who made a sensational escape from the prison camp during a thunder storm last month. He was under a 11 year sentence. All but five of the prisoners were captured in a few days. With Ross’ detention, only thre eare now at large, William Johnson, Sam Lok hart and Jerry Feimster. Kiwani* Picnic* At Belwood Thursday The Community club of Belwood will serve the members of the Kl wanis club a picnic lunch on Thurs day evening of this week. Members are urged to take their wives and triends for this outing which promises to be a most enjoyable af fair. Dinner will be served at the hour of seven o’clock. Public Library Changes Schedule Changes in the hours at the Shelby public library were announc ed this afternoon. The library will be open from 2:30 to 6:30 p. m. on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday afternoons. County Attorney And Representative To Go To Raleigh Aak Mhan for Cleveland In $5,000, 000 Federal Fund Given Cif#-' IIna for Road*. Oounty Attorney Peyton Me* Swain and Representative Ernest Gardner will leave for Raleigh early this week to urge upon Highway Commissioner Jeffres* Immediate completion of all roads promised for Cleveland, Including roads from Shelby to Patterson Springs. Bari and Grover and a road from *101 by to Cllffslde, by way of Bolling Springs. They hope to convince the High way Commissioner that Clevelano county Is entitled to a large Shan of the five million dollar Federa fund recently made available for road Improvements In North Caro lina. Mr Gardner said on Saturdaj that he was confident their trip would be profitable, and Mr. Mc Swaln was equally cnthusciaetlc. Four Other Project#. In addition, they will ask for tai and gravel surfaces on four other proposed projects. These are: 1. Road from South Carolina line In No. 1 Township to Polkville by way Bolling Springs and LatUmore. nils road will be between 31 and 33 miles long. 3. Road from Polkville to Bell* j wood by way of Casar. Twenty two miles. 3. Road from Waco to Highway 3U. West of Kings Mountain through Oak Grove community. W ; miles. ! 4. Complete road from Polkville j to Marlon, N. O. f' - ——— H State Surveyors To Make Check Of Contracted Acres Farmers Are Warned That State Wide Cheek on Acreage Is to Be Made. COLLEGE STATION. Raleigh June 2ft—Cotton grower* who an under reduction contracts are being cautioned by Charles A. Sheffield • of State college to make careful measurements of their planted and rented acres. He is also urging them to desig nate which acres have been set aside from cotton production so that the committeemen who wlU make a check of the acreage can do so rapidly as possible. It will be to the farmer’s advan tage. he said, to have their pro duction as nearly In line as possi ble. Orowers who have planted more than their contracts allow will be required to reduce their acreage or cancel their contracts and refund any rental payments they have re ceived. Surveyors. After the committeemen have made their check, government sur veyors will make a recheck of a few farms chosen at random to determ ine the accuracy with which the first check was made. Corrections will be made when necessary. The check will also be made to determine whether the growers have retired from production land which is of good average fertility and whether they have planted on the rented acres any crops which are prohibited under the contracts Farmers who are not complying with their contracts in every way will be given a chance to do so. If they do not bring their farms Into compliance, their contracts will be forfeited. Due to drought conditions in the middle west the contracts have been modified so that a grower can . plant forage and feed crops on all the rented acres. He may also grow for sale such crops on non-rented acres, says Sheffield. i ____________ Hosiery Convention Set For June Fifth The Southern Hosiery Manufac turers Association will hold Its an nual convention at Blowing Rock July 5 and 6, it wgs announced yes terday About 400 delegates are expected.
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