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. Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot ... 13 to 14e Cotton seed, ton, wagon-23.00 Cotton 'Mt. ton. carlotg .... 25.00 ^ .. .. - | Predict Rain North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair tonight and Thurs day with the exception of showers in west portion tomorrow afternoon. Strikes Spread Throughout U.S. By UNITED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.—The future course of the industrial war here, which has tied np all facili ties In the city, rested again today with the maritime unions, whose walkout on May 9 culminated in the present general strike. While strike leaders awaited the outcome of proposals for arbitration, clti sena of the city were shaking off shackles of the strike and there was a definite easement In the food shortage situation. Few cases of open defiance in business com munities have been reported. Na tional guardsmen were today dis patched to dnty In Oakland as the strike spread its operations. _ By UNITED PRESS HRSmINGHAM, July 18.—Union spokesmen and Alabama textile op erators were In sharp disagreement today over the effectiveness of the state-wide textile walkout. By UNITED PRESS BALTIMORE, July 18. — One thousand onion truck driven are on strike here today aa a result of the Inability of the regional labor conciliators to settle a collective bargaining dispute with a tracking concern. By UNITED PRESS BONNE APOLIS, July 18.—This city is today In the throes of a paralyzing strike with brisk battles between pickets and non-union track drivers. Chance To Live By UNITED PRESS HARTSDALE. N. Y., July 18.— Bobby Connor, 21-montbs-old baby boy ‘who tu missing for fire days and was found yesterday in a patch of woods five miles from here, has an even chance of recovery, hos pital attaches said today. The po lice are now certain that he just wandered off from his home, and was not the victim of kidnapers. Colored Folk Ask For New School Here A petition to the county board of education and the county commis sioners, asking erection of a school for 4he colored children of the Flat Rock and frog Level communities, is being circulated this week by colored leaders About 100 colored residents have signed the petition and white citizens are now being asked to lend their support. The petition, which was drawn by A. K. Roberts, Harrison Moore and the Rev. B. E. dolphin, declar es that colored children In these communities often cannot get to school in bad weather because of the distance they have to walk. Dover School Not To Open Until Sept. 3 The Dover school will not open until Sept. 3rd, it was announced this morning. Most of the rural schools of the county opens on July 33rd, but the opening of the Dover school ha« definitely been postponed until Sept. 3rd. Ir Ryburn To Speak At Kiwtmis Meet R. L. Ryburn, dean of the Shel by bar, has agreed to speak at the Thursday evening meeting of the Hi wants club. The program is in charge of the legal profession. Mr. Ryburn has not announced the sub ject of his address. Apologizes In Game Dispute Handsomely seeking to make amends for the unfortunate dispute in their ball park yes terday during the American Legion boys’ game, a delega tion from Gastonia came to Shelby at noon today with apologies from the mayor of Gastonia to the mayor of Shelby, from Gastonia police department to the Shelby po lice, and from Legion p06t to Legion Post. The delegation was compos ed of Hugh Query, editor of the Gastonia Gazette; H. S. Mackie, commander of the Legion post; C. K. Torrence, state athletic officer; Charles Ferguson, policeman, and Darner on Williams, athletic officer of the Gastonia post. Par the complete story, turn to the sports page. VOL. XL. No. 86 SHELBY, N. C WEDNESDT, JULY 18. 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "Ul ■ " !'■" ' ' ' ■■■ Of U»u pat nu. (la adTMMM _ u.W CatrHif aw ini ih MttlNI _ UM Frances McGregor New Home Agent; Already At Work Office Is Assigned In The Court House Call* Meeting of the Council of Clubs For Friday Afternoon July 80. Miss Frances McGregor is Cleve land county's new home demonstra tion agent and she entered upon her duties this week. An office has been assigned to her in the court house and is located on the first floor opposite the office of R. W. .Shoffner, county agent. Miss McGregor comes highly re commended by the club ladies of this oounty and by the state de partment. She Is a native of Liles ville, Anson county, this state, and has taught home economics. Re cently she has been emergency home demonstration agent in Mc Dowell county and has had consid erable experience in planning and arranging exhibits for fairs. On Tuesday morning Miss Mc Gregor visited the curb market on N. Washington street and was pleased with the wide range of choice products of the farm which the club members offer for sale twice each week. She urges the Shelby people to patronize the curb market and encourage the farm women. A meeting of the county council of home demonstration clubs Is called to be held at the court house Friday afternoon-July 20 at 2:30 o’clock. The presidents of all clubs, whether active or not, are urged to be present. Mrs. Huff Hamrick, the county council president, will pre side over the meeting. J.W. Mode Dies; Was Father of 23 3. W. (Tom) Mode Puses At Buf falo—Funeral at FoUrvtUe Thursday MonUng. J. W. (Tom) Mode, father of S3 children, died this morning at 4 o’clock at his home in the Esther Yarn Mill village at Buffalo. He was 64 years of age and had been suffering with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at Polkvtlle Methodist church and in terment will take place in the Led ford cemetery. Revs. Gibbs, Trox ler, Oates and Sisk will conduct the funeral services Mr. Mode was a native of this county and had tended the mill farm at Buffalo for the past ten years. He was twice married, first to Miss Vollie Ledford. From this union the following children sur vive: Mrs. John Lovelace of Moor esboro, Mrs. Pender Gold, Mrs. M. G. Bridges, Mrs. Zammle Floyd,' Robert C. Mode, Miss Grade Mode. Mrs. Boyce Holland, Walter and Corbett Mode and Mrs. Richard Powell. His second marriage was to Miss Ollie Bridges who survives with the following children: Carton, Marion, Thomas, Willie Mae, John Elizabeth, Jack and a step daughter, Kathleen. Six children are dead. Four brothers, Frank of Ruther ford, Sam of Polkville, Lem of Casaf and Bert of Shelby also survive. Williams Home Burns Near Beams Mill Family At Prayer Meeting When House Catches Fire—Nothing Is Saved. While W. A. (Billy) Williams and his two grown daughters were at prayer meeting Tuesday night their small home tn the Beam’s Mill community was destroyed by fire. The fire was discovered by neigh bors about 10 o’clock. Nothing was saved from the house except a table and a few chairs left on the porch. It is understood that Mr. Wil liams carried no insurance on either the home or contents. As President Views Canal President Roosevelt is pictured acknowledging the greetings of na tives while passing through the Panama canal aboard the U. S. S. Houston, en route on his vacation cruise to the Hawaiian islands. With the president in the photo are* Gen. Harold B. Fiske, extreme left, commander of the Panama canal department, U. S. A.; Secre tary o# War George H. Dern, at right of president, and his two sons. AAA to Name Committee To Decide Cotton Quotas To Get Cotton Ruling Today County Agent R. W. Shoffner, sad F. S. Mauney, a member of the cotton control committee, are in Charlotte today at a dis trict meeting in which farm al lotments for each county under the terms of the Bankhead Bill will be released, Mr. Shoffner said he expected this informa tion would not be obtained un til late this afternoon. Although tags for tax free cotton are being shipped from Raleigh in great quantities now, Mr. Shoffner said none had been received here, and that no word had come about when to expect them. Fifty Shelby Girls In Beauty Contest Rehearsal To Be Held Thursday Night Before Beauty Show Os Friday Night. Fifty of Shelby’s prettiest girls have entered the American Legion Beauty Contest to be given Friday evening of this week in the nigh schtool auditorium. From this num ber one will be picked to represent Shelby at the American Legion State Convdfction in Greensboro. At the Greensboro^ meeting, a North Carolina beauty will be selected to represent the state at the National Legion convention at Miami Flori da. Basil Goode announced this morn ing that the girls who have enter ed the local contest will have a re hearsal Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the high school audi torium. Final plans will be made for the big event on Friday even ing to which the public Is invited. Rev. J. W. Ingle 111 In Hospital Rev. J. W. Ingle, retired Metho dist pastor, is seriously 111 in the Shelby Hospital, to which he was taken on Saturday. He was form erly pastor of the South Shelby Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Ves Royster of Fallston are spending this week at Carolina Beach. Lightning Hits Cotton Truck, And25Bales Bum Despite Rain Struck by lightning during a heavy rain storm, 28 bale* of cot ton on a Belmont Mill truck trailer were destroyed by flame* yesterday afternoon four miles below Gaffney. The truck was in motion, coming toward Shelby, when the bolt slash ed out of the storm and ignited the cotton. A. K. McSwain, the driver, was alone and unable to get im mediate assistance. He managed to get the truck unhitched, and saved it, but the cotton flared into tall blazes despite the rainfall and was soon destroyed. McSwain was un injured. The fire took place about 5:30 yesterday, while not a drop of rain was falling in this part of Cleveland County, although heavy thunder clouds were visible on the horizon. The loss was covered by insurance officials at the Belmont Mill said this morning. ' To Compile Data For Bankhead Act Farmer* Will Report To This Group Which Will Check Figures On Past Production. WASHINGTON, July 18 —Semi official community committees In cotton producing counties of the nation will help the Agricultural Administration handle the revolu tionary provisions of the Bankhead Control Bill, it was announced here today. These committees will work with county oommitteee aireedp* set up, it was announced. Their specific task will be the hard one of assembling the data by which the allowed cotton pro duction of two million farmers will be determined. Issue Regulations. At the same time, the AAA Is sued a 50 page set of regulations— under which the Job will be done— a revision of preliminary rules al ready placed in effect in the coun try’s unusually early cotton areas. The act limits production to 10, 460,251 bales of 478 pounds net weight. Cotton grown in excess of quotas set will be subject to 50 per cent tax. The procedure by which the farmer will obtain his production allotment will be substantially this: First he will go to his commun ity committee to make his appli cation, giving all the information as to his past production. Quotas will be determined gen erally on the basis of the produc tion average for the five year base period 1928-32, except, of course, that persons not heretofore grow ing cotton also may get allotments. To Check Reports. Second ,the community commit tee will check and pass the infor mation on to the county commit tee. Third, the county committee will pass it on to the state allot ment board, which, wheh all ap plications are in, will determine the allotments of Industrial pro ducers based on county-wide allo cations already made. Applications must be present'd personally by growers or their agents. They must not be mailed in. A landlord may sign without the signature of a share cropper or tenant, or vice versa. Three From County On Boone Honor Roll Three Cleveland students at the Appalachian State Normal school at Boone made the honor roll in the Spring term, it is announced by Prof. J. T. C. Wright, head of the department of mathematics. The honor roll included 119 students, the three from Cleveland county be ing Dorothy Patterson of Kings Mountain, Lillian Crowe of Shelby. Mary Faye Dellinger of Shelby. New Housing Law Will Benefit State A state chairman or manager will soon be appointed and North Caro lina will begin to receive benefits of the new housing law within 30 days, Representative Frank Han cock of Oxford said in Washington I yesterday. Mooresboro Has No Property Tax And Cash in Bank Mooresboro Offers A Record To World Hu Maintained Thla Record For Four Yean—Mayor Burma and Clerk Harris Report Mooresboro ought to be an ideal town In which to live. It hu no tax assessment against the prop erty owners, money in the bank and two pieces of real estate free at incumbrances In spite of a bank failure* within its corporate limits. At present the town hu $3,307 cash in bank with no outstanding obli gations. These facta were revealed this mOfhing in a financial statement posted by Mayor R. Q. Burma and Clerk C. Y. Harris at the Court House. Mr. Burma hu been mayor for five years. The town hu levied no tax in four years. R came about this way; the town sold its electric light plant to the Southern Public Utility Co., paid off all bonds, put | the balance In bank to meet run ning expenses. Practically the only expense the town hu la $583 for street lights and $60 a year for ; clerk hire. In the failure of the bank, the town hu collateral for Its deposit and accepted 73 acres of land In the statement. In addition It has a first mortgage on $1,300 worth of real estate taken in the adjustment of the bank deposit. 5,375Automobiles Owned In County Motor Vehicle Bureau Report* 384, 438 Autos in State; Increase Here 1200. RALEIGH, July 17, — Cleveland county residents owned 6375 pas senger automobiles and 778 trucks on July 1, as compared with 4,175 automobiles and 085 trucks on the same date a year ago and 4AM months before, April 1. according to the quarterly count made in the office of L, B. Harris, director of the Motor Vehicle Bureau. This count is made of the cards on'flle in the office, showing regis tration of motor vehicles. It is made by counting a few hundred cards and measuring them, and with that measure making the measurements for the various coun ties. It is within a dozen of the actual number of cars. The State as a whole had 384,438 motor vehicles, of which 317,137 were automobiles and 67,301 ware trucks, with 1,036 motorcycles and 1350 cars owned by non-residents. This is 65,081 more motor vehicles than were registered one year be fore, July 1, 1933, the number then having been divided into 262,214 automobiles and 67,143 trucks, with 1375 cars owned by non-residents, and 865 motorcycles. Motorcycles Increased nearly 200 In the year. Blacksburg Child Buried In County Funeral Services Fbr Johnson Baby Held at Zion Church Sunday Morning Esther Johnson, nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Jackson of Blacksburg, died Fri day as a result of colitis. The child had been sick about four weeks and had spent several dhys in a hospital at Saluda Funeral services were conducted Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Zion church by the Rev. H. E. Waldrop. Interment was ip the church cemetery. Surviving are the parents and the following brothers apd sisters; Pau line, J. C., Goldie, Forest, Jr., and Nellie. Mrs. Miranda Johnson and Mrs. Rebecca Munn, of Shelby, grandmothers on the paternal and maternal sides, also survive. Moore Rites Held At El-Bethel Church (Special to The Star) KINGS MOUNTAIN. July 18. — Funeral services for Mrs. Claud Moore 17 who died at her home on the Grover-Kings Mountain high way last Wednesday, were held at El-Bethel church Thursday morn ing at 11 o’clock. The Rev. A. O. Melton, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist church conducted the ser An infant born on Tuesday and died Wednesday was buried with the mother. Surviving are her bus band. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Jackson; 2 brothers Henry and Melvin Jackson and 3 sisters. Mrs. West C’'"d"rs of Gc/ney, and [Beatrice and Lelia Jackson. Cotton And Berries Mean j Hog And Hominy To 3400 Seasonal Work In Fields And Patches Brings 60 Per Cent Drop In Cleveland Relief Rolls Hoe ’at cotton, pick ’em berries boy—ole thermometer rtdln’ up about a hundred ’•afternoon, but we’s got hog'a hominy. Ole Mar Winter be right aroun' the corner soon, too goon. And another way of saying that la to report that Cleveland County relief distribution* have dwindled more than 00 per cent since those hungrgy. cold days In January and February. 0,000 Hungry In Winter. Last winter, says Harry Woodson, relief administrator, there were 8*3 county families cm relief, or more than 0,000 persons—hungry folk, with no employment offered them save the public works Jobe a New Deal government provided for a few. Yesterday, a glance at the rolls revealed that there were only 320 families on relief, or 1,600 persons. Moreover, they are not receiving di rect relief, but "budgetary defic iency” Jobe. For instance: If the worker in a family that needs $30 a month feu- bare living expense) can earn but $16 a month, the re lief people put him on a Job that pays another $18. Only widows and orphans receive direct relief now. Occasional dts trlbutlons of flour, beans and po tatoes are made, and very rarely there la a little meat. Not often. Nature Glvae Jobs. The great drop In relief oases, rJ course, has been brought about by the changing season. The old girl Nature herself offers foodstuff and work for the needy. They're hoeing cotton, picking berries, doing any of , the thousand and one odd Jobs that must be done around a farm during "the season." The seventy-odd rehabilitation i families, who have been set up on farms, are doing well, Mr. Wood son said, and are enjoying the fruits of their toll now that their vegetable gardens are sprouting edible stuff. By winter, he believes, when they begin to get their har vest In, they will be rally self-sup porting. They have received food and equipment from the govern ment during their getting-started period, but all this must be repaid. They will repay It either with a share In the crops, or, If they need all their crops to teed themselves, will repay It with labor, Mr. and Mrs. Hill Hudson left yesterday for Chicago, HI., to at tend the Fair. Their two children, Hill, Jr., and Mary Alios are spend ing the time with relatives In La Grange, Oa. Winning Fair Trip A ‘Cinch’ Says Member Of Star’s Club Shelby Boys Take Battalion Honors On Rifle Range k ended It* lint week at Camp Glenn with a record smashing day on the rifle range Shooting all day under a biasing sun the Shelby boys overdid them selves in out shooting tbs entire battalion and bettering the former battalion oompany firing average. Starting out on the range at five In the morning they didn't leave until SC men had qualified. Seven of these were listed as experts and five as sharpshooter. Sergeant Forrest Grayson led the scoring with a 338 out of a possible 350. Others attaining the score of expert were Captain Peyton Mc Swaln, Sergeant Willie B. Wrlghtr Sergeant Loy s. Hoffman. Corporal Johnnie Blanton, Sergeant Brooks L. Williams and Private David Led ford. Sharpshooters were Lieutenant Henry C. Long, Lieutenant Andrew W. McMurry, Private Kendrick Jackson, First Sergeant Lawrence Runyans, Private Joseph Curtis Marksmen were Coporal Purvis Barrett, Private Horace McKee, Private Eugene Black, Corporal Tim Ellis, Sergeant Ray Brown, Private Harry Galloway, Private Lawrence Williams, Sergeant Forrest R. War lick, Corporal Raymond Lewis, Private Paul Gibson, Private Clay ton Newton, Private Howard Gray son, Corporal Odus Irvin, Prlvat* Edward House, Private LaWsdb York, Private Ray Gibson, Private Clayton Newton, Private Howard Grayson, Corporal Odus Irvin, Pri vate Edward House, Private Lawson York, Private Ray Gibbon, Private Guy Brown, Private Bynum Cook, Private Robert Croeby, Private Hu bert Hoffman, Private Earl Wil liams, Private Willie W. Williams and Private Lawrence Wright. Few Hour** Effort It All Needed That Ohicsgo la the scene of the greatest of *11 International expo sitions was no longer news this week but what was news in Shelby was the fact that fifty Cleveland county persona wen going to this fair with to^the nwrtifew weeta^wlth^llttgr paper. It la an old story how this ex position magnificently unfolds the progress of mankind aa Chicago cel ebrates the completion of its own century of progress. Hundreds of visitors to the fair from this com munity have brought back stories of falry-llke scenes of almost un believable originality and contrast. One crosses a mllennlum In time as one crosses a street, they gey. Medieval Europe and the fantasies of a thousand years hence are to be found in the same few acres. But what is of perhaps most interest locally 1a the fact that fifty of your neighbors can, in exchange for » little of their spare time and effort, visit the exposition on an eight-day de luxe tour with little of expense to them. Many Added Attractions Among the many attractions ad ded to the fair this year are new buildings; more than a dozen pic turesque foreign villages, trans planted to the shores of Lake Mich igan from the mysterious East and from ancient times; unique water spectacles built out over the la goons; great additions to the scien tific and Industrial exhibits; a com plete new midway built along the beach, and not a single exhibit which has not been enlarged and Improved since the 1833 fair closed. Progress Is the keynote of the ex position. One la immediately Im pressed with progress In architec ture on entering the grounds. The tremendous march of science is un folded as one goes from one ex hibit to another. One sees drama tized the thrilling climb of science in all its divisions. Medicine, ge ology, chemistry, biology, and physics show their tremendous (Continued on page ten) Boy Pitches From Speeding Car, Bat A 12-Year-Old Can Take It Dragged many yards by the speeding car from which he fell yesterday afternoon, Bucic Archer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Archer of Shelby, was painfully cut and bruised but not seriously Injured. Recovering In the hospital today, he Is another grinning example of the ability of twelve-year-olds to take It and come up for more. Young Buck was returning from the Shelby-Gastonla Junior Ameri can Legion game with Harvey White Shelby insurance man, and a crowd of other small boys. As the car sped up the hill near Buffalo Church, six miles outside the city, he r • '' crci that he r"d a bad cold and that mother had told hir not to sit In ft draft. Attempting to lower the cor window, be grasp ed the handle to the door, yanked It hard, opened the door, and pit ched out headfirst Buck managed to hang cm, al though Mr. White was unable to stop for many yards. They took the boy immediately to the Shelby Hospital, where at first It was thought that his in juries were serious, but further ex amination and X-Rays this morning showed that he had not been critic ally injured. Among the Shelby boys who were with Mr. White when the accident occured were Bill LrCUar.d. Henry Quinn, Ben Gold and William Ropp. Fifteen Thousand City Budget Jump OK’dby Aldermen General Fond Ii Set At $261,476 Largest Sam la $113,154, Which Ap plica To Debt Service; $61,440 For Light Department, A budget of $361,47864 for the 'tty of Shelby was approved last tight at a meeting at the aider nen with Mayor S. A- McMurry. rhla exceeds last year's general rund by $15,70344. The greatest, sum aet aside is fpr lebt eervtoe—$113434.34. The next is for lights and water department*, $81,460 and 431478, respectively. Jt s noted, however, that the MfhC and water departments annually earn a profit tor the city lh the > . neighborhood of $79,000. Major Expenses In the major dspartmanta, the following sums are Mt up: Streets. $13,400; Police depart ment, salary and ell exp inn, $10,* 850; Fire Department. $7400; treasurer's office, salaries end ex penses. $4,776, mayor's' selary «6d ; expenses $3,700; AMermenI salar ies, $480; City elections, $$00; build ing and repair. $$00; administra tion expenses. Insurance, etc.. $4,- " BOO; awards, damages, etc., $300. .. Last night's meeting wae attend ed by the mayoc end by Aldermen R. a, Holland. D. W, Royster, W. O. Hams, James Austell was absent because of Illness. Auditors this week completed their survey of the city books end their report wae submitted last night. Wilson Will Hear Industrial Cases Industrial Commtselento Here To * day to Bote on Bequaeta Tor Commission Into the piedmont end mountain areas at the State this week will complete the schedule of hearing* to be held until September I. During the month of August to many lawyers and witnesses are away on vacations that tt Is not satisfactory to attempt hearings 18. that month, Chairman Matt K. Allen states. - Both commissioners, starting their hearings Tuesday, will complete their rounds Friday. Commissioner J. Dewey Dorse tt, with M eases set, has one each In Yancajrvfflg sad Reidsvllle, three at Spray, two each at WlDceaboro and BakersvlUe. If In Asheville, two at Sparta sad this* at Morganton. Commissioner T. A. Wilson has one at Carthage, four at Albemarle, seven at OastoniS, four at Shelby, two each ft Kewten and Rutherfordton, and one sach et Franklin. Murphy and Marshall. Commissioner Wilson’s Shelby cases are scheduled for ksaving foe day beginning at 10 o'clock. They' follow: Martin Panther va Shelby cot ton Mills: Caldwell Sima vs. South* em OOtton Oil Cat W. C. Barnett vs. Dover Mills Co.; J. L. Jackeon va. Consolidated Textiles Oorp. Pickett Is New Revenue Man Here Succeeds B. A. Hoyle ae CoDeetor Of AH Forms of State Taxes. W. C. Pickett, Jr., has been trans ferred to Cleveland county from Monroe, Union county, to be deputy collector of state taxes. Mr. Picket' entered upon his duties this weak succeeding R. A. Hoyle. Mr. Pickett will have charge o: collecting the sale tax, checking the records of merchants, collecting license and Inheritance taxes for the state department of revenue ot which A. J. Maxwell is the head. It Is understood that Pickett has been an employe of the state da partment of revenue and la experi enced In his line of duties. Mr. Pickett will maintain tem porary Quarters in the Chamber of -3 Commerce office in the Llnebergar building. Vapnrant Banished . a From This County Mary Webb, arrested this weak on a charge of vagrancy, was given a hearing In Recorder’s court this morning. She was given a sentence |nf thirty days, su'wn^e't upon the 11--fj that she leave the county I for a period of two years.
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