Late News
THE MARKETS
(Cotton, spot.. 13H to 14 H
Cotton seed, ton, wagon_25.00
Showers
Weather firecast for North Caro
11m.; Mostly cloudy. Probably show
era in west portion and on coast to
day and Thursday.
Find Bandit Boats
By UNITED PRESS
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—A speed
boat named "Popeye,” one of the
craft used by bandits who yesterday
held up an armed truck and es
caped with $400,000. the largest
hold-up on record, was found to
day by police In Harms Yacht
Vasin, near Gerretsen Beach sec
tion of Brooklyn. The other boat
was reported to have been seen In
fhe GrOenpoint Brooklyn commun
ity
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Labor Confers
By UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Any. 22.—Cotton
textile labor leaders threatening a
nation-wide strike, which will In
volve more than a quarter million
workers, held a conference here to
day,
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor was
vastly cheered today when he learn
ed that President Roosevelt had
signed the newly-amended code for
cotton garment workers, in which
this branch of the garment indus
try is granted a 10 per cent Increase
In wages and a reduction from 40
hours a week to thirty-six.
Attending the conference today
were Thomas F. McMahon, recent
ly re-elected president of the Unit
ed Textile Workers, and Francis J.
Gorman. chairman of the strike
committee.
Although the new clothing in
dustry provisions have no direct ef
fect on the cotton textile manufac
turing industry, these labor leaders
believed that the president’s action
'‘showed the way the wind was
blowing."
President Green declared:
“Do everything in your power to
avert the threatened walkout, but il
the strike Is called, it will be sup
ported by the whole Federation oi
Labor."
Capture Bandit
Ralph Davis, 26-year-old Caro
lina boy who set out to unitats
Dfllinger’s tactics in evading thf
law, surrendered in a Concord
rooming house yesterday without a
struggle. He Is charged with mur
dering Sheriff Godfrey Kimball ol
Iredell county.
Biggest Hold-Up
The greatest hold-up on record
was pulled off in Brooklyn or
Tuesday. Swiftly and sensationally
a docen bandits stuck up an arm
ored truck with a machine gun and
escaped, via automobile and speed
boat, with $427,000. More than V
police cars roared after them ai
they fled from a roar of fire from
their ow$i machine gun, which
they dropped, and Taced 19 blocks
to the waterfront.
Liquor Taxes Up
A five million dollar spurt lr
liquor tax collections was reported
last night by the treasury depart
ment, carrying July to a new post
repeal reeord of $38,823,580.
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Revamps NRA
President Roosevelt, in a series
of conferences yesterday, charted e
reorganisation of the NRA tha
will be completed early next month
Administration advisors expect s
sharp upswing in business with the
fall and are planning to be read)
to meet tt and help it.
To Act On Strike
The Department of Labor will be
charged with the task of trying tc
settled the threatened textH:
strike, it was indicated in Wash
ington yesterday. The first him
of a peace overture was made 01:
Tuesday by the United Textile
Workers when the organization saic
they would put the situation up tc
a conference with NRA officials.
Shortage Of Hay
Seen This Winter
Drought that burned the grass
from the mid-western pastures anc
killed thousands of animals ha:
also affected Cleveland county, anc
farmers are warned to hoard theii
grass and hay against a winter
shortage
In most parts of the county, crops
have been exceptionally good, said
County Agent Shoffner today, bu)
tgiere are sections that suffered
from lack of rain.
"I look for roughage to be scarce
this winter,” said Mr. Shoffner
"We have plenty of lespedeza that
can be mowed for hay and other
crops that can be used.”
WZIW
VOL. XL, No. 101
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SHELBY, N. a WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22, 1934
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Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
*» Mall. Mr r*u. (U adniM) — W.M
W mr. «■ iBuhi _ m.m
Agent Warns Again
That Fanners Must
Obtain Gin Week
; Must Obtain Them By
j 29th Of Month
1 Also Says Some Landlords Liable
To Prosecution For Omitting
Tenant’s Name.
County Agent R. W. Shoffner
this morning issued another warn
ing to county farmers to obtain
their gin certificates before August
29, the date set as the deadline by
the Washington department of ag
riculture.
| Certificates were distributed at
! appointed places throughout the
county a short time ago, and a ma
jority of the growers took advan
tage of this opportunity of obtain
ing them early.
Few Fail To Call
However, there were a few who
did not call for their certificates,
and it is to those that Shoffner is
issuing the warning.
"It is absolutely essential that
each farmer, whether or not he
signed a reduction contract, get his
certificate," says Mr. Shoffner. "All
who fail to do so, will be taxed one
half of the market p rice on all the
lint they gin.”
The agent’s office announced this
morning that approximately 3,000
applications out of an expected
total of 3.500 had been distributed,
leaving approximately 500 yet to
be called for.
Tickets At Office
The certificates will be obtain
able at the agent’s office in the
court house until August 29, a
week from today. Mr. Shoffner
would like for every farmer to ob
tain his as early as possible, since
it would facilitate getting them off
to Raleigh earlier.
The agent also said that several
i reports had been received at his
[office to the effect that some land
lords had willfully ommitted their
tenants name from the applica
tion. He says if he finds this to be
true, the landlord is liable to a
fine of $1,000 or a year’s imprison
ment or both.
“If any landlord has done this,
he had better call at my office and
correct this before the applications
are sent in to Raleigh,” Mr. Shoff
ner says.
Morrises Accept
Work At Belmont
Casey. Athletic Director And Mra.
Morris Resign From Shelby
School Faculty.
"Casey” and Mrs. Morris have re
signed from the Shelby school fac
ulty and have accepted work with
the Belmont schools. Mr. Morris
will direct athletics and Mrs. Mor
ris will teach in the junior high
school.
“Casey” came to Shelby ten yei
ago as teacher and athletic direc
tor in the Shelby high school. All
of these ten years he has taughl
in school and coached in foot!
and baseball, winning several cham
pionships. He has been popular wii
the boys and developed several whf
are starring on collegiate and pro
fessional teams.
The Belmont school opens Sep
13th. During the summer he wi
coach the junior legion baseba
team there. No successors ha'
been elected, as Supt. Smith of tl
Shelby school system, is away on .
short vacation.
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Creamery Office
In New Location
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The Shelby Creamery has mov d
its offices from the Union Trust < >.
to the Lineberger building on W it
Marion street. Miss Verda Hendr k
is in charge, handling affairs in «
absence of Wm. Lineberger who Is
spending the summer at Morehi d
City in the interest of his healt.
Parton Admits
Kidnap Hoax
GOtDSBORO, Aug. 22.—(UP)—
The t«v- R. H. Askew, 24 year old
Four Square evangelist today con
fessed to Federal and State au
thorises that his kidnapping was
all a, hoax, that he himself wrote
all raisom notes, sent all telegrams
and pada all calls concerning the
case Because he needed rest, and
had i get away.
Aigust Is Month
Of Sad News For
Jobless Laborer
No'Work On Farms Until Late In
September, And Rent Is
Due Five Times.
foe plight of the negro worker,
uijrained and untaught, was never
mire severe in Cleveland county
tltn it is today, says Mrs. George
Tlompson, FERA official, . who
k#ps tab on relief work here.
f‘August seems to be the worst
le month for the laboring|
.pie," she said yesterday. “That’s
rticularly true for the colored
, but it also applies to a great
ny white families that depend
labdffhg in fields or roads for1
eir livelihood. j
No Work On Farms
i “Th® ramson this month is SO
iad? Well, It’s a five-week month
or one thing, and all of these peo
jle pay their rent by the week,
rhen there’s no more work on the
arms until taking-in time—that’ll
>e the latter part of September,
von’t it?
“And did you ever stop to think
low many colored people are made
emporarily destitute because white
oiks take vacations?
“You see, they cant save much
m two or three dollars a week,
ant get any surplus. So fchen
heir employers go away, many of
hem come here for help.
“You’d be surprised. Maybe your
wn cook was here while you were
iway."
Mrs. Thompson said there were
ipproximately 350 families receiving
•elief now in the county. That
neans more than 1300 persons.
Anoi(her problem tattle realized
vas brought out in the oonversa
ion with Mrs. Thompson. That’s
he problem of what to do with, or
or, colored women.
Many of them, widows, or de
erted by their husbands in the
;asy rake-it-or-leave-it divoroe
iractise peculiar to the race, are
he sole heads and support of their
amities. Yet they are untrained,
aost of them not even capable of j
1 aiding a job as cook or house
vorker.
“There ought to be a school for
hem—yet, what would we teach |
hem? That’s just one of our prob
ems."
16,000 Cans 0\ Foodstuff Saved
By Relief Fanilies For Winter
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Sixteen thousand two hunt ed
and twenty-nine quart* of f< d
stuff, fruits and vegetables, 1 ,ve
been canned in this county i ice
June 21 through help by the F IA
corps directed by Mrs Ben H. k>
forth
All this food stuff, if laid er to
end, would reach—well, a good eal
longer than the longest boai ing
house reach. What the FERA 1 pes
that there will be enough to ride
many impecunious families wer
the worst part of the winter.
Some of it is in glass, son in
cans. Some was done at home un
der supervision of Mrs. Goitth’s
instructors, some was done if the
(canning outfits supplied ty the
\
jovernment.
Last week, for instance, the fol
lowing report was made:
Peaches, glass jars 250, cans 1,724;
ipples. Jars, 130, cans 263; beans
jars 75, cans 53; field peas, cans
1,183; tomatoes, jars 260, cans 6;
omato juice, cans 124; kraut jars
132. cans 60; beets, Jars 65. cans
56 and so forth.
The work will continue as long
is vegetables and fruit are season
able. Many a poor family will have
food dinners when the cold winds
>low, and more than that, will have
he necessary vitamines which sc
nany destitute families, subsisting
in salt pork and beans, so badly
reed.
Announce Faculty
For 1934-35 Term
In Kings Mountain
New Child Labor Law
To Boost Attendance
September 12 Sri As Opening Date
For City School*; Borne* New
Superintendent.
(Special to The Srat)
KINGS MOUNTAIN. Aug. 22 —
September 13 has been set as the
opening date for the 1934-35 school
session In Kings Mountain accord
ing to announcement by B. N.
Barnes, superintendent of *he
schools. From the talk cm the
street* and about the town a vary
large enrollment is epected. Many
boys and girls who have been work
tng are planning to return to
school and since the age limit for
work has been placed at sixteen
many who have heretofore stopped
at the age of fourteen to work can
now continue their education. It
Is hoped that every boy and girl
living In the Kings Mountain
school district under twenty one
years of age and not holding a
high school diploma will register
for school this year. An unusually
large number between the ages of
eighteen and twenty one is ex
pected to be in attendance this
year. Preparation has been made
for the anticipated increase In en
rollment.
A complete roster of the teach
ing personnel of the schools fol
lows:
B. N. Barnes, superintendent.
High school, F. M. Blggerstaff,
prin.: Mrs. Josephine E. Weir, Mrs
Lila Head, Miss Ruth Raby, Miss
Mabel Conley, W. J. Fulkerson, J
W. Lafferty.
East school, Mrs. J. H. Thomson.
• tin.; Misses Bessie Simonton, He
ral Settlemyre, Elizabeth McGill,
Viola Houser, Jettle Plonk, Ozell
Kiser, Fay Mauney, Lucy Kiser
Mrs. Edna Norman Coon.
Central school. Misses Katherine
Peele, Daisy Lovelace. Sarah Alli
son, Willie McGill, Marie Llneberg
er, Paulelia Adair, Helen Logan,
Gusele Huffstetler, Mrs. £. 8. Wil
liams, Mrs. Chas. Dtlllng, Mrs. T.
A. Pollock.
Special, Miss Emma Rice, Plano,
Miss Virginia Parsons, public
school music, Miss Sarah Ham
bright, expression.
West school, Mrs. C. Q. Rhyne,
prin.; Misses Marjorie Hord, Car
lyle Ware, Fanny Carpenter, Julia
Williams, Mrs. Ruth Holcomb Mc
rmi
Colored school, R. J. Davidson
orin.; D. A. Costner, E. E. Fowlkes.
Jessie Gidney, Ruth Davidson
Eliza Tribble, Missouri Jackson,
Mattie Gidney, Mattie Ledbetter.
Jobless Teachers
Will Get Classes
FERA Ariu Unemployed To Meet
At Court House Friday; To
Form Schools Here.
Even if North Carolina teachers
do complain that they don't get
enough pay to live on there al
ways seems to be more than
enough of them to command the
classrooms. The unemployed teach
er problem Is a real problem.
Superintendent of County
Schools J. H. Grigg this momtng
announced a meeting of these un
employed teachers at the court
house next Friday morning at 10
o’clock. District Supervisor V. C.
Sorrels will be there to explain the
FERA plan.
U. S. Mourns Death Of Speaker Rainey
A sudden heart attack induced by pneumonia
which he contracted on Me strenuous 6,OOO-mile
speaking tour oi the United States and Canada
proved fatal to 74-year-old Hensy T. Rainey of
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Illinois, speaker of the house of representatives. A
familiar figure in Washington circles with his white
hair and Windsor tie. Rainey is shown above in
several familiar poees.
Four Union Mm
To Speak Here At
Big Labor Rally
R. R. Lawrence, Geo. Googe, C. W
Bolick. And L. D. Uek T(
apeak At Rally,
Four prominent union labor offi
data will speak In Shelby Saturday
at the barbecue and picnic to o>
held at Cleveland Springs to whlet
United Textile workers and theti
friends are Invited.
R. R. Lawrence, president of Mm
North Carolina Federation of La
bor, George Googe, personal repre
sentative of William Green, preei
dent of the American Federation oi
Labor, C. W. Bolick and I. D. Uek
United Textile Workers organises
have been placed on the program
Each has been invited and accepter
the invitations.
Several thousand are expected V
attend. A band will furnish music
there will be a big barbecue dinne
and swimming. The program begin
at 9 o'clock in the morning an<
continues until 4 p. m.
Either Paul Christopher, presiden
of the North Carolina United Tex
tile Workers or C. E. Lowrance, rr
cording secretary of local No. 190
which is sponsoring the picnic, wtl
preside.
Thomasson Clan To
Meet On August 3(
The Thomasson clan will hole
its annual meeting on August 30t!
at Union Baptist church, beglnnini
at 10:30. All related by blood oi
marriage are Invited to attend.
They Went To The Fair,
And They Say It’s Grand
Two Cleveland county residents
.who saw a Century of Progress at
'Chicago as guests of The Star re
'll X d la;t night, and they said:
“Tell those other campaigners
that it's worth three times what
you put into it.”
Miss Virginia Mints of Shelby,
jwho was accompanied by her aunt,
: Mrs. John Mints of Bolling Springs,
! returned last night at 7:30.
It’s All Glorious
j "It’s ail so glorious,” she said,
j "that I don’t know what to say im
; pressed me most. It’s so colorful,
there’s so much of it—but there
was a cosmetics exhibit that I
thought was marvelous, and I spent
a lot of time in the electrical build
ing.”
Miss Mints had never seen Chi
cago before, and said that part of
the trip alone was a wonderful ex
perience. She spent mo6t of her
time, it seems, in the exhibits, but
thoroughly enjoyed several visits to
the various national villages.
Thanks The Star
Colus Williams of Pallston also
I returned on Tuesday
“Those who don’t finish in this
j campaign will regret it all their j
lives,” Mr. Williams said. *1 cer
tainly thank The Star for tht
grand opportunity—It’s the onl;
way I would have gotten there.”
More subscription workers ari
almost ready to go. The Rev. Rusi
Padgett of Grover expects to leavi
next week, and Miss Alphonsi
Harris and Miss Mary Lucas wil
also leave soon. Several others neet
only nine or ten subscriptions t<
earn their trips.
First Cotton
Maybe the rays of August >
setting sun glow a Farenheit
or so hotter in western Cleve
land. Maybe—bnt let conjecture
rest: the fact is that the first
cotton bolls to burst with white
are reported from the farm of
D. C. Crowder, who lives near
New House in No. 8 township.
Mr. Crowder came to The Star
office this week with a full
bloom bf’lV ”e said he had
plucked f ■ ‘hers during
the past few days.
84 Per Cent Of Students
Are Physically Defective
; Nearly Half Have Bad Teeth, Say* State
Nue*e After Five Month* Inspection Of
Cleveland County Schools
Seven thousand. «>ht hundred and fifteen Cleveland
county grammar school students are physically defective in
i some manner or another. Or, in other words, 84 percent of
the entire number of students examined show defects.
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Wallace Asked
To Fab Here
Secretary of Agriculture Hen
ry A. Wallace Is being invited
to be the chief guest of the
Cleveland County Fair, which
will be, held this year at Shelby
> on September 2*th through the
29th.
The management of the
| Cleveland fair. the largest
county fair In the South, this
week wrote Senators J. W.
Bailey and R. R. Reynolds, ask
ing them to present the Invl
I tation to Secretary Wallace.
In extending the Invitation
Fair Secretary J. A. Horton
urges the Secretary of Agricul
I tune to attend what promises
to be the largest gathering of
farmers and farm women In
1 the South this fall and see and
hear first-hand how Dixie
farmers have been encourag
ed by the New Deal.
Fox Takes Office
On Board Today i
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C. M. Fox of Shelby, who rose ]
, to prominence in labor circles dur- (
tng the disturbances here, will be j
sworn in today as a member of the I
• national cotton textile industrial ,
> relations board in Washington. Mr.
r Fox has been named secretary of (
the United Textile Workers. I
i uia nuuMiriK minima non was
evealed In the report of Mias B.
)unn. N. c. state nurse, who has
>een spending the past five months
Isltlng 73 schools in this county,
nd examining the children for de
eds.
46 Percent Have Bad Teeth
A total of 9,402 students were
xamlned, and it was found that
aulty teeth was the greatest phy
lcal defect of the students. Pour
housand, three hundred and
lghty nine students showed de
ectlve teeth, a percentage of 46 1-2,
>r nearly half of the total number.
Another unbelievable fact re
■ealed by the report shows that out
if the 73 schools, only 39 have
anitary toilet facilities for both
exes. Miss Dunn, however, said
hat since the recent CVfA proj
ict for better sanitation through
>ut the county, the situation has
mproved to a marked degree, and
s not nearly so bad as formerly.
The complete report of the nurse,
vhich will be noticed closely by
■very parent of a grammar school
(Continued on page eight.)
Cleveland Club
Elects Officers
The annual meeting of the Cleve
and club was held last night and
he following officers were elected:
’resident, Stough Wray; vice presl
lent, C. C. Horn; board of gover
lors, Robert Crowder, William Os
lorne, George Washburn and W. J.
irey.
Geo. Wray was re-elected secre
ary and treasurer of .the organiaa
ion.
' Cleveland Wholesale Concerns
! Totaled $1,917,000 In '33 Sales
The same trend for other states
in wholesale trade employment in
creases during 1933 is revealed by
preliminary figures for North Caro
lina and Cleveland county tabu
lated by the Census of American
Business which has been released
by William L. Austin, director of
the census.
Based on the average number of
full-time employes engaged in the
month of December, 1933, showed
an improvement over the begin
ning of the year by 24 percent and
October registered an improvement
over April by 37 percent.
The peak in part-time emp'.uy
ment was reached in ■ o emtx v
4 which was 132 percent higher thai:j
in March
When both full-time and part
,1 me employment are considered. It
becomes clear that the improve
ment during the year 1033 was
substantial and more than season
il. Director Austin said
According to the 1039 Census of
>f Distribution, the seasonal varla
ion in such employment for North
Carolina, except for November and
December, is about 14 percent for
both full-time and part-time com
bined. Since It is assumed that
1929 was fairly typical in this re
>pect, It would appear that the
ast few months of showed
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Start Surfacing
Polkville Road;
To Fallston Next
To Complete Triangle
In Few Days
Asphalt Npmitor la Completing
Eight-Mile Section; Finish Boll
ing Springs Road.
Asphalt trucks started early this
morning on the last lap of surfac
ing the Polkville road, spreading a
smooth black coat over the re
maining eight miles of the thir
teen-mile highway between Shelby
and PolfcvUle.
And It takes a lot of tar—80,000
gallons for the whole Job. That
leavae approximately 96,000 gallons
yet to be spread ovar the ernahehd
rock road bed. which Is now fairly
smooth after many waeka of travel
by speeding ears.
To Fallston Meat.
The Polkville job will be com
pleted within the week, highway
engineers said on Tuesday. Wien
they will start the last tar surfac
ing of the Polkville-Fallaton road,
completing the speed triangle be
tween Shelby, Polkville and FaU
ston.
Tlw Nello T. Tear Contracting
Co,, completed lt« pert at the Boll.
in« Springs road Job on Monday.
This company graded and top-soU
ed and built two bridges, one ail
of steel. In ail, the grading part of
the contract coat tM.MO apd the
bridges and tour culverts ggQ.nno
Laborers employed on thene
roads are drawn from the Me-em
ployment office.
Shelby Audience
Warmly Applauds
Stringfidd Music
of the largest ttnUtnnss
ever attended any kind of par
formance in Shelby last n*gh* heard
Lamar Strlngfleldl North nmrrMy,
Symphony orchestra In concert at
the high school, and Conductor
Stringfleld, bowing before Insistent
and appreciative applause, broke a
precedent In honor of Shelby.
He allowed hia orchestra to play
an encore. Listeners who have heard
him elaewherfc said that they had
never aeen him do this before.
600 In Andlenoe
Mpre than 600 persons crowded
the auditorium and the
gallery. They heard a wriu/niiy
coached orchestra under the crisp
yet fluid direction of Mr. String
field. They heard a program of
sound classical music that everyone
could understand.
The more than fifty pieces of
Carolina's unique symphony, group
ed on the high school stage, found
aotne of Its notes muted, and the
wood winds occasionally flatted by
drapes and curtains, but the or
chestra took this handicap In its
stride.
Notable Direction
Mr. Stringfleld's direction la
warm and lucid and hla extremely
young musicians follow him faith
fully and responsively.
In the first number, “'Marriage
of Figaro Overture.” the players
failed to make an Impression, but
In the New World Symphony, they
swept through the turgid, heavuy
floatlng second movement with real
grace and feeling to smash through
to a compelling climax in the finale.
After the intermission, Mr.
Strlngfleld introduced two innova
tions, "Old Joe Clark Steps Out."
by Charles O. Vardell, Jr., a North
Carolinian, and "Finlandia” by Jean
Sibelius. The first is an experiment
in basing a symphony on mountain
folk-tunes, and though played with
sympathy and technical excellence,
doesn't seem to be a success. The
latter is a bravura piece, telling In
musical poetry of the return of an
exile to his native land. Opening in
slow tempo, it sways forward to a
smashing climax. in which the
symphony rose to unexpected
heights.
But perhaps the most popular
numbers were Hungarian dances
Nos. 5 and 6 by Brahms, familiar
to all, and played with a nice feel
ing for emotion and melody.
All in all. the Carolina sym
phony scored a smashing success
here. It will long be remembered,
not only for beautiful music mak
ing, but because many a youngster
—and oldster too—will always re
call It as the first symphony he
ever heard.
To Hold lee Cream Sapper
An Ice cream supper will be held
Saturday night at Beth-Ware school
house. Proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the school and the public
is cordially invited