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Eh E LIwa O ZU W - VOL. XL, No. 106 SHELBY, N. CL MONDAY, SEPT. 3, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■» Mall, wt MU, (la idfUHl _ H.M earner, par yaw. tta a4teaael _ U.M Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, »pot--- 13!4 to 141,* Cotton Med, ton, wagon_25.00 Partly Cloudy Weather forecast for North Caro- i Una: Fair in west Monday. Tuesday partly cloudy, followed by showers in Interior. Strike Biggest In U. S. History By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Amer ica’s first nation-wide strike made labor day the grimmest in the country’s history as 600,000 work ers in the cotton, woolen, worsted, silk, rayon plants were involved In the greatest walkout ever recorded. One hundred and flftv thousand more workers in the velvet, drap ery, underwear and synthetic yarn industries were predicted as ready to strike before the week was over. Strife and pitched battles are ex pected on many fronts. In Chicago, plans for a possible strike of 200.000 garment workers of the nation were drawn by David Dubllnsky, head of the international garment workers union, who said that a ultimatum would be issued tomorrow demand ing a' 36 hour week. The March Of Events Douglas Leaves The going of Lewis Douglas, di rector of the budget, who resigned because of differences with Presi dent Roosevelt over policy, marks the departure of the last of t.hf orthodox school of financiers from the New Deal set-up, and is re gretted by many business men, it was reported from Washington to day. He was regarded as a balance wheel, even though his policie were ignored. Relief Forecast A forecast that federal relief rolls will reach a record high of 5,000,- j 000 families in February, and a de-1 nial that the government is financ- | ing strikes were issued yesterday: by Donald Richburg for the Presi- j dent's executive council. The; amount of federal relief attributed ; to strikes ts negligible, he said. , Russ Columbo Dead Russ Columbo, movie actor and radio singer, was killed last night when a pistol accidentally went off at the home of a portrait photo grapher. He was shot in the head, by a weapon that was one of a collection owned by Lansing Brown. To Act On Arms The disclosure that the senate munitions committee had been fore ed to threaten contempt proceed ings to get some of the informa-1 tion it wanted was coupled yester day with the prediction by one member that the federal govern ment would take over manufacture of all arms. Senator Bone. Wash ington Democrat, said the start ling evidence disclosed would im pel Congress to pass such laws. Stuart Resigns Job As Assistant Leave* To Teach At University Of Georgia; H. B. James Named As S accessor. A. D. Stuart, assistant county agent here for the past two months, resigned today to accept a position as agricultural teacher at the Uni versity of Georgia. He will be immediately succeeded by H. B. James, of Stanly county, who has been teaching vocational agriculture at t the Knightdale school in Wake county. Mr. James was graduated from North Carolina! State college in 1832. Mr. Stuart left Saturday after-, noon for Georgia and will take upj his new duties on Monday. Busy Office Now The county agent’s office is cur rently the busiest of the county in stitutions, what with Bankhead control, the AAA reduction pro gram, and ginning tickets to be is sued. Typewriters rattle a stacatto tattoo all day long, and a continu ous stream ft farmers marches in and out Exclusive of county committee* men, the regular office staff con sists now of fourteen workers. They are: Miss Mary Grace Ledford, Mrs. Thelma Smith, Miss Sara Sue Wil son, Woodrow Morris, Watson Falls, Miss Charline Gold, Miss Vernie Morrison, Miss Mary Tedder. Carl Spangler, Miss Gladys Hawkins. Mrs. Thomas Harris. Miss Lottie j May Hendricks, Mrs. D H. Overton and J. Alvin Propst. To Acts To End Textile Strike Georg* A. Sloan Here is George A. Sloan, head of the Cotton Textile Institute and representative of the cotton mill owners of the nation, who has been conferring'with Lloyd Garri son, chairman of the National Labor Relations board, relative to the strike of the cotton textile workers. The strike was ordered called after Sloa'n insisted that the utyonists meet with the textile code authority on their demands. The union refused to meet with the group. Shelby Hard Hit As Teachers Quit To Get More Pay Five Leave City Schools For Better Jobs Elsewhere; Other N. C. Cities Also Affected. The Shelby schools have been hard hit with resignations during the past ten days. Five teachers have resigned to accept, in each case, more remunerative position*. R. W. Morris, for ten years social science teacher and athletic coach, has resigned to accept a similar position in the Belmont schools. Mrs. Matilda L. Morris, history teacher, has resigned to accept a junior high school teaching posi tion at Belmont. Miss Rosina Pearl, French teacher, has accepted work in Augusta, Georgia. Miss Nettie Mull, seventh grade teacher in the Marion school, has gone into pub lic welfare work. Miss Martha Hurst, expression teacher, has accepted a position in Rome, Ga. Similar depletions of the teaching force are being confronted in other N. C. communities throughout the state. It is suggestive of what is happening to the teaching profes sion under the pitiless burden of the retrenchment program. Ginners Called To Meet Here Saturday Cotton ginners of Cleveland and adjoining counties are called to meet in the court house Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The call is issued by Mr. Hord, president of the ginners association and the purpose of the meeting is to make plans for the coming season. Prices On Meats Soar Skyward; Housewives Scurry To Buy Pork There’s an old saying “when fat back gets to 25 cents, then we have inflation.” Well that is getting more and more true each day, as housewives watch with anxious eyes the rapidly soaring prices on meats, especially pork Fatback itself has taken a big jump during the pa. week. Last Saturday, it was selling at 11 cents, and Saturday, it had Jumped to 16c Not quite to 25 cents yet, but it’s rising fast. A survey of the meat markets in Shelby shows corresponding ad vances along meat lines. Here are some of them: Pork chop , 20 to 26 cents; pork rtast 20 to 25 cr .U; bulk becan. 20 to 30 cents; pork sausage. 15 to 20 'Shelby Tax Rate Remains At $1.05 County Is Ahead City Will Give Usual 2 Per Cent Discount Lev; Receipt* To Be Read; On Sept. 15; Cleveland Ha* $20,500, More Than Double. Shelby taxpayers are virtually as sured the same tax rate of $1.06 per $100 valuation as paid last year and will be given the usual two per cent discount for payments made dur ing the first month. Mayor Mc Murry said today that the board would meet at an early date and definitely settle on the matter. Re ceipts will be ready about Septem ber 15. Troy McKinney, county auditor, said that collections on discounted pre-season taxes had slowed up a bit until farmers sell a little cot ton, but reported that to date a total of $20,500 has been collected. This figure more than doubles the amount collected up to the same date, last year. Discount Rates Discount rates for county taxes will be one and one half percent for September, one percent for Oc tober and one half of one percent for November. Straight rates will be collected during the months of December and January, after which time a sliding scale of penalty will be added. Mayor McMurry had no estimate of the expected tax receipts and did | not say if it was expected to reach a larger or smaller figure than | last year. Last year's set up amount- j , ed to $79,509.0? Of which all was 'collected except $9,352.78. It is expected that a large num ber of citizens will rvXH themsetvwr of the city’s tax discount. After the receipts are completed and further announcement is made the discount will be two percent for the first month and one percent for the second month. As with the county a straight rate will then be collect ed until taxes are overdue. Motor Caravan Visit* Shelby Tuesday P. M. The Norfleet Motor company of Charlotte, distributors for Dodge and Plymouth passenger cars, Dodge trucks and commercial cars, will have a special caravan of trucks, commercial and passenger cars Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The caravan will visit Shelby Tuesday and parade the streets, aft er a visit to the local dealer, Keever ' Motor Co. on S. Washington street. I First 1934 Bale Ginned Saturday Cleveland and Rutherford counties shared honors In the first bale of 1934 cotton. It was grown Just across the line in Rutherford by Ed Forbes, but ginned in Cleveland by the Mooresboro "011 company on Saturday, according to J. K. 8mart, manager of the gin. The bale weighed 565 pounds and was picked dur ing several days of last week. ! It could not be sold for the reason that the proper papers required under the Bankhead cotton control bill have not been received. cents; cured ham, 25 to 35 cents, and pure lard. 10 to 12 1-2 cents. And those kre not the only food stuffs that are jumping Flour ha risen from $3.60 to $3 90. The merchants cannot explain! just why the meat pricos are so much higher. One says that the] iovemment program of hog rednc-1 '°n has been the main cau e for it. Beef and steak prices are hrldin" steady, with a possibility of a drop i ince so many cattle from the Wt ; re being slaughtered. But the mer ' Hants say “Watch steaks 30 up i"xt year." At any rate, Shelby hou. ^wi. are lamenting the rise in price: and are scurrying around, buying up their pork supplies for the nex* week. 1 Sistie And Bazzie Threatened Benjamin Franklin Varn, 83-year-old former nayy man of Charles ton, S. C., hag been placed under arregt in New York City on charge* of threatening to kidnap Sistie and Buzzie Dali, grandchildren of President Roosevelt, unless he wa* paid $168,000. The threat* to abduct the children, shown above with their father, Curti* B. Dali, were contained in a letter sent to Mrs. Roosevelt, the president’* wife. •50%* Of-Mills In Carolina Closed By Textile Strike Mecklenburg Shut Down Tight; Cannon Mills At Kannapolis Stay Open, Close At Concord CHARLOTTE, September 3.—Charlotte and Shelby are the only two North Carolina cities that have thus far re ported a 100 per cent shut-down in the national cotton tex tile strike. Secret Service Idea Employed In Booze Trade Bus Hardin devised one of the smartest tricks known to police of ficers in concealing his liquor, but Bob Kendrick snooped around and found it. A prisoner had run away from the court house and Bob went in search, driving hurriedly under the shed at Bus Hardin's filling station near the river bridge west of Shel by. Bob heard a suspicious clank ing of metal and began to look around. Finally he picked up a five gallon kerosene can. The changed expression on the face of Bus gave him away for as Bob tilted the can over, Bus said “Well, you've got me." The five gallon can had a false bottom. About five inehas down it was filled with kerosene. The bot tom of the can was filled with li quor. A pet cock and screw cap in the bottom permitted the filling and emptying of the liquor. Bus posted a $100 cash bond for his appear ance in recorder’s court this week. Chairman Jefhress Shows 1 movement "lie aonditlou of X B Jeffre&s, • 'Kuan of the vie highway and ■•blic works cnmptU'sion, who is -itirally :n ir Richmond, Va., -howed “e-itfie improvement," Bun icy according to a bulletin issued the Memorial hospital there Mr. v'of-frass was stricken at his t me in Greensboro »ast Sunday a week ago and on Thursday had a ■leap brain tumor removed by Drr C. fr. Coleman. eminent «■?*. specialist in Richmond, he bulletin stated that Mr. Jeff ’ 'hanees for recovery are fair •r.d diat at present he shows im provement by being me-b mor ' sensitive to things arc - i him ar c much more responsive to food. • , Scattered report* from state In ; dustrial centres indicate that not more than fifty per cent of the mills had shut down at noon on account of the strike. All big textile plants In Meck lenburg were closed. At Kannapolis, 1 all units of the Cannon mills were j in full operation, but at Concord the Cannon mills were closed. Reports from Brookford, S. C., at noon said that the first blood in the Carolina strike had been spill ed when one man and a woman were injured when a mob tried to rush a local mill gate. The extent of their injuries was undertermin ed. >' Sbuth Carolina textile leaders were today denouncing union lead ers and receiving as good as they gave as all government peace over tures were at a standstill. Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the strike committee, predicted that the in dustry would be crippled by Wed nesday. Four Sentenced In Grain Theft Sheriff Breaks lip Negro Gang That Took Wheat from Beam And Borders. Sheriff Raymond Cline called a ;halt on Saturday to his campaign against wheat and corn thieves be lieving that he has broken up the &>ng that has been bothering a number of Cleveland farmers. In recorder's court on Friday, i Nath Degree, colored, was sentenced to four months for stealing wheat from Shovine Beam, three months for stealing from Mike Borders, and two months for taking corn from the county home. Leroy Degree paid costs tn the [corn stealing case and was given a suspended sentence of three months on good behavior for two years. Ernest Nevins was given three months in the Borders case, and Mason Roberts, prosperous negro farmer, who acted as "fence” in the transaction, disposing of the grain to the Eagle Roller mills, was sen tenced to pay fer the wheat and for the costs in all three cases. 2,305 Workers Involved Here In Eight Mills Eight Plants In City Closed Today Cotton, Rayon And Hosiery Mill* Hfr* Have 2,SOS Em ptayee* A total of 2.305 employees of the eight textile plants In Shelby arc1 involved In the strike which fell here with force this morning. Not all are union members, but. the union strength Is such that the mills could not operate on full schedule without them. Many non union workers reported but rather than have any 111-feeltng develop among the workers, all plants sus pended. Four mills that started In the Shelby area operated for per iods ranging from fifteen minutes to an hour, then announced that they would suspend, after commit tees from the striking employees of other mills had called on them. A check-up shows that the eight textile plants Involved In the Shel by area have approximately the fol lowing number of employees: Dover Mill .......... 378 Shelby Mill... 300 Ora Mill . 280 Cleveland Cloth ._... 850 Belmont Mill . 175 Ella Mill . 228 Lily Mill .. 280 Byrum Hosiery __ ... 180 Star Gives Trips To 13 Workers In Subscription Qdb Thirty-Bight Persons Got Their Checks For Work Done In Recent Csmpslvn. Thirteen unlucky? No, because Just that many Cleveland county persons won free trips to the Cen tury of Progress Exposition at Chi- , cago during The Star’s recent cam paign. It wasn’t a contest, for everyone who entered It received something. Those who didn’t quite get enough for their trip received a commis sion check of ten per cent of their subscriptions, which In several cases, amounted to a worthwhile total. Thirty-eight persons got their checks last week. Some Get More And some got more than their re quired total, and received a 20 per cent check for all over the neces sary amount. Those who got to see the famous exposition were happy, and all vowed that they had never receiv ed so much benefit from so little effort. All in all, a total of approximate ly 400 new subscribers were added to The Star’s subscription list as a result of the contest, and more than 1,200 renewal subscriptions were secured by the workers. Others Leave Several of the trip-winners have already taken their tours over the Greyhound bus lines, and two to four more will leave next Monday. Miss Alphonsine Harris and Miss Mary Ljicas, the only two club members In Chicago last week, will return either tonight or tomorrow | morning. I’NION DEGREE TEAM AT CASAR WEDNESDAY The Union Masonic degree team | will meet with the Casar lodge on j Wednesday evening, Sept. 5th and j give a demonstration of their work. | • Jim Irvin will deliver a lecture on Masonry. More Than Tvoo Million Dollars Insurance Covers County Farms More than two million dollars worth of farm property in Cleve land County la protected against fire, wind, and lightning by the Farmers Mutual Insurance com pany which last year Insured prop erty for more than 1500 property owners In the county. The unusually low rata of 45 cents per $100 was collected for protection guaranteed by the com pany. This is less than half the amount r "'rted by n> "■ m>rr ; insurance companies, some oi Orderly Picket Lines March To 3 Plants; All Out By 8 Of Clock I Lewis Douglas Resigns Post LawU Douglas 1<pwIk Douglas, young, efficient director of the budget under the Roosevelt administration, has at last announced his resignation aft er rumens to that effect had spread thrmigtxmt ~ nfrteWT ' wushtngtob. Roosevelt has accepted the resigna tion. Eight Milk Close In Kings Mountain Union Men Claim Crowd Of 1500 Strikers Deploys On Mill Village; Three Plants Known To Shut Down. Three mills, the Cora, Dllting and Phenix were definitely known to have closed In Kings Mountain be fore noon today, and a report from the Shelby union publicity commit tee at 1:30 claimed that all but three of the 11 mills there had been forced to shut down. A crowd of 1,500 strikers has been in Kings Mountain since 8:30, composed largely of Shelby strik ers. They went first to the Dllllng mill, which closed shortly after their committee talked with the management. The Phenix and Cora followed suit shortly afterwards, and parleys were being held at the Pauline and Park Yarn. It Is apparently the Intention of the Shelby strikers to take a crowd to Splndale and other Industrial ertitres nearby to aid local unlon ites In forcing mills to clone. Series Of Meetings At Salvation Army A series of meetings will be held at the Salvation Army Hall begin ning Monday night, Sept. 3 at 7:30 o’clock. The public Is invited to at tend these services. The ministers of the city are especially requested to come and take part In the ser vices. The purpose of the meeting Is the conversion of sinners and the ‘earnest cooperation of all the churches is needed to make the meeting a success. which receive the rate of $1.46 W R. Newton, secretary-treasur er of the company, when asked If mutual companies can afford cheaper rates for insurance re plied, “They can't, but they do in our case.” Mr. Newtcn expects that next year an even larger number of farm owners will protect their property from damage by fire, wind and lightning at the low rate. Other officers of the company are: E. C. Borrti r >ne ident; D. Elmore, vice-pv Joe E Blanton, general agent. ! Lily, Belmont And Byrum Close After Crowds Gather l Inion tats Then Speed By Cat To King* Mountain, Where AH Planla Were Open. All Shelby mills are closed J today ns striking union tex tile workers carry out their plans for a national walkout J in the industry. The whistles blew and th< Kates were open at every locai plant except* one, but there was "no quorum” of workerr so no wheels were set going in a majority of the plants Piekets were in evidence ai most of the plants, but th* strikers were as cheerful at school children on a holiday. Union members had been in structed by the union not to at tempt any violence and the mill managers themselves, not wishing to see any clash between those who wished to work and those who wish cd to stop, closed the gates and suspended business when It wa* seen that an Insufficient number to operate, went to their job. Three locals mills, the Lily mill and Power Co., manufacturers of threads, the Byrum Hosiery Mill and the Belmont Mill, manufacturers ot coarse yam, started work aa usual, but crowds of strikers from other i plants appeared and the managers nnnoitnced that the mills Would dose until further announcement. The whistles blew and the oppor tunity to work was offered employ ees at the Eton. Dover, Ora. Shel by and Ella Mills but only a few workers went throulgh the picket lines and "there being no quorum, the wheels were never started. A committee from the Uhlon at the Cleveland Cloth Mill had noti fied Mr. Mull, manager, that the union members would not return to work, so the mill did not open this morning. The crowds that had gathered at the mills which did offer employ ! (Continued on page eight.) Shelby Unionites Hold Enthusiastic Gathering Today Number Of Prominent Shelby Men ! Address Gathering Of Striker* In Coart House. Before an enthusiastic meeting of Shelby unlonites held In the court house this morning, several prom* Inent Shelby men urged their sup port of the movement, and admon ished the workers to accomplish their purpose without “violence of any kind." Bynuin E. Weathers, recorder elect who was endorsed by the lo cal union in the past primary, and who won over Judge Joseph M. Wright by the narrow majority af forded by labor’s support. urged peaceful methods In handling the situation, and requested the work ers not to listen to propaganda, but to follow their leaders. Weathers said “It la better to be hungry and fighting for the cause than to be well filled and lose the honor at stake.” P. Cleveland Gardner, Shelby lawyer, Rlso spoke, and aired his views concerning the question. Mr. Gardner has long been an out standing supporter of organised labor, and he too. gave the work ers his whole-hearted approval. J. D. Morris, member of the board of county commissioners, was another speaker on the program, and his talks followed somewhat along the lines of his predecessors. Ernest Gardner, Cleveland coun ty’s next representative, was th* final speaker, and also confirmed his beliefs in the strike platform adopted by the union. > At the close of the assembly, O. P. Allen, president of the Shelby local, announced that a meeting would be held at the union hall at 7:30 o’clock 'tonight. Another open' meeting will be held Tuesday at the same place and hour.
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