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Mk Glied-stand Zitkns —MM——-— VOL. XU No. 107 SHELBY, N. a WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6,1984 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoon.. f THE MARKETS Cotton, spot-13<4 to 14H Cotton seed, ton, wagon_25.00 Mostly Cloudy Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Mostly cloudy, occasional rain Thursday and in east and central portions tonight. Somewhat cooler in east portion tonight. Stark Resigns By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—W. R. Stark, financial adviser of the treas ury, resigned today as chief of the treasury’s economic research divi sion. Get $75,000 LAKE CITY. S. C., Sept. 5.— After taking the bank president from his home and threatening wholesale murder of his family, three bandits today robbed the Lake City bank and escaped with be tween $75,000 and $100,000. The bandits released President J. H. Carter and Cashier Fred Stalvey at Lamar, 8. C., thirty-five miles from here. To Aid Farmers WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Acting to aid eotton farmers In the drought area. Secretary Wallace today an nounced the creation of a national pool to facilitate the sale and pur chase of tax exemption certificates which were issued under the Bank bead bill. The March Of Events Arm Plot Exposed Disclosures that two American and British armament makers had| combined to dominate world sub marine building with Sir Basil Zaharhoff as their supersalesman were written today into the open] records of the munitions investi gating committee. A bizarre story, studded with Intrigue, was unfold ed during a day of questioning of j three officials of the Electric Boat! company of New London and New j York. Upton Sees F. D. R. Radiating enthusiasm, California's new former Boeiattst dotobwHi candidate tor gubernatorial honors,] Upton Sinclair, left the summer White House at Hyde Parte last night after "the most interesting] two-hour talk I ever had In my] life.” But not a word would he say j about what he and the President; taJfcjrf about. He explained "I don’t want to use the President’s] home as a place to exploit my' ideas” J. C. B. On Fence Paradoxically enough, Governor f. c. B. Ehringhaus is being charg ed with taking both sides in the fight to elect Miss Beatrice Cobb, Morgan ton publisher, to the post of national committeewoman. Some an accusing the governor of hurt ing Mias Cobb’s cause during the ascent campaign, and others are censoring him far entering the con test In her favor. Nobody in Ra leigh saw the governor step either way, but he was cruising on the Atlantic and he might naturally have been engaged in something fishy without disclosing himself to his Raleigh associates. Sounds G. O. P. Note Washington searched Herbert Hoover’s forthright criticism of the \ new deal for signposts pointing to ward 193# yesterday while admin istration champions leaped to the defense of the Roosevelt policies The searchers quickly came to the conclusion that Mr. Hoover had so timed his utterance as to furnish the keynote for Republican efforts to make gains this fall. Jeffreys Improves The condition of Edwin B. Jef fress, chairman of the state high way and public works commission, was reported last night to be show ing continued Improvement at Memorial hospital, Richmond, Va., where he underwent a serious op eration for removal of a head tumor last week. Wholesale Killer j Five persons were slain by Fred Blink, Fulton. Illinots truck oper ator, yesterday before a police bul let brought him down, his gun still smoking near the. approach of the MHssissippi river. At a hospital in nearby Clinton, Blink told authori ties he had'killed more victims. Lacy is Moderator Dr. Ben R. Lacy, president of Union Theological seminary, Rich mond, Va„ was elected moderator of the Presbyterian synod of North Carolina by acclamation at David son last night, to succeed Dr. J.1 Moore McConnell of Davidson. Dr. Lacy Is a member of Greenville 'Raleigh* Presbytery. ROOSEVELT ACTS TO MEDIATE MILL STRIKE Strikers And Shelby Mill Men Talk Peace Picketers Force Shut-Down In Counties Adjoining This Exemption Asked By 3.340 Growers Under Control Act Cotton Grower Is Allowed #2 Per Cent Of Five Year Average, But Pays Heavily For Excess. Three thousand three hundred and forty Cleveland county farm ers have applied for tax exemp tion certificates allowed under the Bankhead crop control act. This act provides that a grower may exempt 62 per cent of a five-year average production, but taxes him 50 per cent of the market value of the cotton for any excess of that amount he sells. The list of Cleveland county ap plicants was sent to Raleigh yes terday. No tickets will be distrib uted by the county agent’s office here until the applications have been thoroughly checked at the capital. J. Alvin Propst, special federal Bankhead Act supervisor, said here Tuesday. No. 6 Township Leads. The applications by townships are as follows: No. 1, 125: No. 2, 327; No. 3, 300; No. 4, 426; No. 5, 317; No. 6, 438; No. 7, 345; No. 8 331; No. 9, 319; No. 10, 205; and No. 11, 207. A number of fartpexs have in ■fUad1'aAput ginning cotton prior to receiving exemption certificates. Mr. Propst cited the following rul ing from Washington: “A farmer instead of obtaining bale tags and certificates of tag ging at time of ginning may have affixed to each bale of cotton a lien card. This cotton may then be transported to the producer’s own home or to an approved warehouse either within or without the coun-, ty or state, and have same stored before obtaining bale tag or certifi cate of tagging. “In the event such cotton has had lien tag fixed, it will be neces sary for the producer to apply to the Collector of Internal Revenue in Greensboro, for such tags as are needed. It will also be neces sary to surrender to the collector the proper amount of exemption certificates to cover the net weight of the bale, or else accompany his request with cash or check to oover the tax due.” Another query currently made at the office of the county agent is about the next cotton reduction rental payment. Thus is due in September, but will not be made until the committee completes its! survey and the report is checked, j Junior Organization To Meet On Friday Leaders of the Junior Children of the Confederacy announce a meet ing of this organization for Friday afternoon of this week. It will be held at 3:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Charles Coble. Eligible members for this organ ization are children under 12 years of age whose mothers are members of the U. D. C. All members and prospective members are urged to be present. FOREST CITY, Sept. 5.—Four Rutherford county mills Joined In the general textile strike yesterday, while between 4.000 and 5,000 strik ers swarmed on the Spencer mills at Spindale in an effort to make them close. The four mills joining the Henrietta mill No. 1, which fail ed to open Monday morning, were Henrietta mill No. 2 at Caroleen, which closed about 6:45 Tuesday morning when several hundred pickets prevented workers from en tering; the Alexander Manufactur ing company, about one half mile from here, which closed at 11:30 when reports reached the office that several thousand pickets would surround the mill at noon; the Haynes mill at Avondale, which closed shortly after 1 o’clock, and the Florence mills at Forest City, which closed about 2 o’clock. About 1,200 pickets surrounded this plant at noon, preventing loyal workers from going to lunch. They were fed, however, free of charge at the mill cafe. About 1:30 yesterday re ports reached here that 48 cars and two trucks. loaded with strikers from SheltJy. Kings Mountain and Gastonia were nearing Forest City. The officials then closed the mill. From Forest City, the strikers, now totaling over 4,000, swept on to Spindale. Women Hysterical With the women employes be coming hysterical, the Spencer cor poration at Spindale closed at 4:40 o’clock, but expects to reopen this morning. Just before 6 o’clock the strikers forced open one of the gates at thp Stonecutter mills and swarmed into the'min property. Looking to the safety of their em ployes, the mills were shut down, closing at 6 o’clock. With Hie an nouncement that the mill would close the strikers rushed through the gates and became uncontroll able. No damage was done, however. With the closing of the Stonecut ter plant, the Sterling Hosiery mill also shut down. This left In Spin dale only the Elmore corporation, a mercerizing plant, and the Spin ners Processing company, a finish ing plant, both of which will have to close as they are dependent upon the other mills for work. FORCE IS USED TO STOP ALL MILLS IN GASTON j GASTONIA. * Sept. 5.- Breaking beyond the bounds of ‘'peaceful” (Continued on page eight.) Strike Figures Given By States The following is an estimate on the number of textile workers out on strike, based on a survey made by the Associated Press. Mill and union figures are different: Normally Employed 22,400 15.000 3,000 116,000 50.000 State Maine . . New Hampshire __ Vermont. Massachusetts ... Rhode Island .... Connecticut . 32,000 New York _ 9,000 New Jersey __ 43,000 Pennsylvania _ 80,000 Virginia . . 20,000 North Carolina_ 92,000 South Carolina __ 62,000 Alabama _ . 38,500 Georgia. 60.000 Texas . .. 6,700 ■•tin ted O 26,1 2,8 8 30.0 No 52.8 27.8 15.0 20.4 He Napped While On Chicken Fry Bat Awoke To Find Money Gone Dude Cash and Ethel Allen, red head Clara Bowish, were bound over to Superior court this morning un der a bond of $5® on a charge of taking a sum of money in the neighborhood of $1® from R. P. Blanton of Moores boro. The case was aired in recorder’s court today, and from the con flicting testimony, the following ac count of how the theft happened was unravelled. It seems that Cash asked Blanton to go on a chicken fry with him about September 1. Blanton said he wanted to go to Mooresboro. but Cash offered to take him home aft er the fry, and said he would not charge him as much In company with Cash, Ethel Ai len, and Joe McDaniel, Blanton rode about eight miles from Shelby to the home of w. W. Dye, farmer. Dye was not at home when the party arrived, so they allegedly opened the back window and then entered. When Dye arrived, he found the party all set for a chicken fry, and despite his objections to their en- ! tering his dwelling, the chickens were caught and the party com menced. Blanton testified that he felt sleepy and went into a back room to rest, and when he awoke, his $100 was gone from his pocket. But other witnesses on the stand i.Continued on page eightj Confer On Plans To Settle Strike In Local District Lawrence And Christopher Speed Here For Conference; Dover and Clevecloth In Deal. Negotiations for a settle ment of the strike here were discussed Tuesday through a proposed agreement between the ^Textile Workers Union and mill owners when R. R. Lawrence, president of the State Federation of Labor and P. R. Christopher, presi dent of the State Textile Workers, sped here for a hasty conference. The Cleveland Mill and Pow er Co. at Lawndale, which has been running two shifts employ ing more than 500 textile work er*, will be “closed indefinite ly.” Hal Sehenck announced at noon today. Picket* had not been placed around the mill because of an agreement reached between John Sehenck. sr., and the strike leader*. The employee* of this mill had never been union ised. Closing of the Lawndale plant apparently dispels the last threat qf trouble In Cleveland county. Yesterday, Mr. Sehenek was determined to keep open, i and wm considering* auappeOP- 1 to Governor Eftrtnghaus for state trooper*. Later st *:15 when it was learned that the flying squad rons had been asked to suspend their trips, tho Cleveland Mill and Power Co. officials planned to hold a conference and settle on whether they would resume operations Thursday or remain 'closed indefinitely" as an nounced earlier in the day. Negotiations are now at a stand still. for reaions that could not be learned, but there It still hope that such an agreement may be made. Cleveland Cloth Confers It is known that shop commit tees of the Cleveland Cloth mill and the Dover Mills conferred yes terday with the owners. No details of the proposed set tlement have been made public. C. E. Lowrance, publicity chairman of the union here said this morning that he knew of the conferences, but that no details had been made public. Want To Fulfill Contract Employees of the Cleveland Cloth mill who are under contract with the mill as a result of the strike at this plant last March, sent mes sages a few days ago to Gorman, Fox and Googe asking permission to live up to their contract and be exempted from the general strike because of the March contract, says Manager O. M. Mull. Under that agreement, the employees agreed not to strike and the mill manage ment agreed not to lock-out Its em ployees. No answer had been re ceived today. Telephone From Washington The labor leaders conferred over long distance telephone from Washington with friendly mill own ers Monday night. It is reported by United Press that the mill owners were ready to make an agreement along lines demanded by the un ion. Such a settlement would mean the unmolested operation of the nine mills in Shelby. While theee peace moves were in progress, Shelby strikers joined the flying cavalcade of trucks and pas senger cars which charged on Kings Mountain, Avondale, Spindale. and Rutherfordton, closing mills in all theee towns. Flying Squadron Rests This jnoming (Wednesday) the Shelby' squad is resting, but is eag er td go again, and had its heart set on a swoop toward Lawndale. Members of the Shelby squadron on Tuesday morning joined cohorts from Gastonia and Charlotte in a :rowd of almost 3.000 which milled around the main gates of the Mar grace Mill in Kings Mountain. This mill, normally employing 500, had opened with about 250 workers aft er closing Monday and ongoing lat tComiuutd on page eight) Leaders Order Flying Group ToBreakRanhs By UNITED PRESS CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5—Emphatic orders to put on the brakes vent out this morning from genera] strike headquarters here to aB strike leaders in North Carolina. The word passed out By Roy Lawrence, president of the State Federation of Labor. C. M. Fox of Shelby, state strike chairman, and W. O. Kendall counselled the ces sation of flying squadron activities. This order will affect greatly the progress of the strike in North Carolina and this immediate sec tion. A flying squadron, one of the first in the state, was organised first in Shelby early Tuesday morn ing, and several mills in Kings Mountain were <floecd. Then the movement grew in in tty and groups from Shelby, Mountain, Oastonia and many other textile centers through out the state began their campaign of closing mills which employ non union workers. Labor leaden fear trouble arising from squadrons of out-of-town strikers invading the property of mills, and it is thought that the order was Issued to stop any pos sible violence. U. S. Relief Won’t Federal Relief Administrator Bays Aid Will Be Given To Needy, Irrespective Of Strikers. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 4.— The government has no intention of underwriting the nation-wide strike In the textile industry, Harry Hop kins, federal relief administrator, who Is visiting President Roosevelt at the summer White House, said today. “If the strikers think so, they will be sadly mistaken," Hopkins observ ed. Local relief administrators every where have been forbidden by Mr. Hopkins to make statements about the strike. Reiterating the relief administra tion's policy, Hopkins added that aid would be given to all in dire need of it, irrespective of strikes. This, however, was interpreted if merely a continuation of the neu tral position of the government In all labor disputes. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Ervin KINGS MOUNTAIN. Sept. 8 — Funeral services for Mrs. Elisabeth Giletrap Ervin, M, wjvo died at the home of her son, Roy Ervin on City street Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock will be held from the resi dence at 3 o'clock Wednesday aft ernoon. Surviving are her husband, J. C. Ervin, six sons, W. E. Ervin, Roy j Ervin, Clyde Ervin, all of Kings Mountain. E. C. Ervin of Greer, 8. C.. George Ervin, of Bessemer City, Frank Ervin of Paw Creek; three daughters, Mrs. G. E. Melton, Schoolfield, Va.; Mrs. J. J. Wood ruff; Mrs. W. M. Richardson, Lithonia, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. M. A Roper, Central, S. C.; 26 grand children and one great grand child. One Horse Dodged, The Other Was Hit As Mr. and Mrs. John Caveny were returning from Kings Moun tain last night, two loose horses wandered on the road directly In the path of Caveny's automobile. John swerved and missed the first one, but tha other Jumped into the car’s approach, and was Instant ly killed The car was damaged somewhat, but Mr. and Mrs. Caveny were not seriously hurt, although Mrs. Cav eny suffered minor cuts. ICE CREAM SUPPER AT BEULAH CHURCH SATURDAY There will be an ice cream sup per with other attractions at Beu lah church on Saturday night Sep tember 8. The public Is cordially invited. 1.800 Thrown Out By Textile Strike In Kings Mountain Margsace Mill CImm As Crowd Of 1,000 In Urine Squadron Surronnda Min. Wish the closing Tuesday after noon of tha big Mnrgrace mill un der pressure of the flying squadron, comprising strikers from Shelby, □astonta and Kings Mountain, a total of 1,800 employees of 11 tex tile mills in Kings Mountain are Involved in the strike. With large American flags stream ing above screeching sirens, the strikers deployed upon the Mar grace mlU shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday, surrounding it, cutting off all supplies, turning back a Boat Bakery bread truck, and even stopping a freight train headed for the mill siding. 3.000 Outside Gates Inside, some 350 workers attempt ed to keep the mill in operation. Outside, almost 9,000 strikers cat called and Jeered. No violence was1 shown at any time, and no fire arms were displayed. Sheriff Raymond Cline shortly before noon announced the decision of the mill management to close Indefinitely at four o'clock. A check-up shows that the 11 mills have approximately the fol lowing number of employees: Nois ier mills, 600; DllUng, 300; Phenlx. BO; Oora, 350; Park Yarn, 80; tiaaa m« ri~ wa. ina*. SSfwrariM: boSSt3>. Ask Pupils Report For Gassfication Friday, Saturday New High School Student* To En roll Over Week EiM Before Classes Start. AU high school pupils, except those who were enrolled in the sev enth grade in Shelby at the close of school last year, who plan to en-i ter high school this session are urged to report to the high school building on either Friday, Septem ber 7, between the hours of 9:30 and 6:30 or on Saturday. Septem ber 8, between the hours of 1:30 and 6:30. W. E. Abernethy, princi pal, assisted by other high school teachers, will be on duty to enroll and claslfy these pupils. Pupils who report at this time will be assured of a prompt start with fromer pu pils who have been classified al ready. Pupils who have used books that they would like to have properly Identified before sale should bring these books to the high school at the time indicated above. Farewell Dance At Hotel Friday Night There will be a farewell dance at the Hotel Charles on Friday night, September 7. Music will be furnish ed by Red Moroney and his band. This orchestra has been playing at Lake Tahoma this summer, and is well known throughout this sec tion. S. C. Hewitt Is sponsoring the dance. Teaches Wild Geese To Eat; Hopes They’ll Consent To Lay Wild Canadian geese are quite a rarity in this vicinity except when they are flying high overhead In their customary V-formation. However, Bolling Springs has two of the birds which at present have consented to stay indefinitely They are owned by Prof Stanley Greene who has been teaching for the past four years at Hatteras Island, off the east coast of the state and about 50 miles from Roanoke Is land. A group of fishermen caught the fowls about a year ago, one of them having a broken wing and gave tb'm to P. fr.or Oreene who tamed them by clipping their wings * President To Appoint Special 3-Man Board To Start Conferences Fire First Shot In Mill Strike At Macon, Ga. By UNITED PRESS A last minute resume today of the strike situation In the South ern textile area Is furnished by the United Press: The Carl Stohn mill In Charlotte, and the Cannon and Cabarrus Mills In Concord were closed by plcketers today. In Macon, Oa., the first shot In the textile strike was fired today, followed by a fierce battle between a doaen policemen and thirty strik ers after the strikers had overturn ed automobiles bearing officials to the gates of the No. 3 mill of the Bibb Manufacturing company. A company official fired a single shot over the heads of the strikers, Tt was reportedly fired by Harry Al len Confusion followed, with the mill officials In the thick of the fighting. Tear gas bombs were threatened. At High Point, a police guard frustrated efforts of unionists to close the High Point Silk Mill, a unit of the Carolina Cotton Woolen coinnony. Four Hundred To fngaie In Sonf Choirs Taught by Prof. C. P. Gardner to Hold Ron* Feat at 7,oar Sept. 9. Four hundred voice* will engage in a song test at Zoar Baptist church, two mile* nouth of Shelby on Highway No. 18 Sunday after noon September 9, beginning at 3 o'clock. A convention of all choir* taught by Prof. C. P. Gardner will come together. Including one hundred from New Prospect, more than a hundred from Patterson Grove, an equal number from Big Springs, to gether with a number of singer* from We*t Shelby. Zoar church it self will furnish one hundred voice*, says Mr. Gardner, This is not a singing of quartets but a mass singing by all of these choirs, using gospel songs and lad by Mr. Gardner. Mr. Oardner thinks it will be the largest choir ever assembled in the county and Invites the public to attend. The singers will use the same kind of song books as were used In the classes. Grocers Have Good Sale Day On Eve Of Saturday Strike Grocers who operate in mill vil lages and cater largely to the mill trade, report an unusual heavy sales on Saturday, on the eve of the strike. Customers who had just received their pay checks put in a ‘supply of food and the shelves of the stores were depleted. In turn, these retail merchants bought more goods and paid liberally to the wholesalers In order to keep their credit good. and teaching them to eat. At first he had to force them to eat food, but now they seem aa tame as ordinary geese and eat anything a chicken will eat such as corn, oats, grass, and ground feed. The only time the once wild geese seem restless Is in the fall and spring during migrating sea son. At this time their wings are clipped anew to prevent their fly ing away. * Hie birds are of a dull gray col or and have the characteristic honk of wild geese. Mr. Greene hope' ; they will consent to lay a nestful j of eco and raise some more of their lund, ( F. D. R.*§ Intentions Stir Strikers To Action By UNITED PRESS HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Sept. 5.—Provident Roosevelt dra matically Intervened here to :Ia,v to speed a settlement In he rapidly spreading nation wide textile strike. Upon rec >mmendation of the National l.nhor Relations Board he an nounced that, he had decided to name a special board of three members to start Im mediate conferences with mill owners and striking union leaders to settle the striker* In Washington, the ‘Print, dent’s intention to intervene sent strike leaders into a se cret conference today to de termine what their stand would he in the mediation pro ceedings. More than three hundred thousand workers were reported to be striking today. In New York, the textile (ode authority heads, repre •wating cotton, silk'and wool en divisions, are meeting to day to discuss plans for com batting strike intimidation in affected areas, it was learned School EnroUment In County Schools Shows Big Increase (Italy Three Schools UcUof Pram I Reports; Algh Schools Ami '1 Lower Grades Osin. The first month’s reports from Cleveland county schools, both sic- jj mentary and high school, show a decided increase over last year’s en rollment figures. Only three schools era lacking from this month's report They are Bolling Springs. Dover Mill and Park Grace school in Kings Moun tain. Bolling Springs has failed to send in their totals, but the other two have not been in session a full | month, and therefore would natur- j ally not have a report EnroUment Jumps High school enrollment through out the county jumped from 1,373 in 1933 to 1.315 this year, and the elementary schools showed practic ally the same percentage aa they Increased from 4,538 to 4JM> It Is Interesting to not# that that In No. 8 township, the Polkville district, the high school enrollment for last year was 135 and the ele mentary 409, and this year's figure i ■ ws 134 students la the high ; ’ and 409 again in the lower grades. A complete tabulation of the various schools and their corres ponding enrollments is as follows: 1984 Fig. School If. S. E. S. Polkville . ..._ 134 409 No. 3 Township . __ 321 559 No. 1 Township ....... 0 300 Lattimore . __.... 163 441 Mooresboro . __ 116 333 Grover . _ 86 384 Beth-Ware . --.... 88 334 Waco . -- 88 286 Fallston . 121 , 466 Belwood _ __—- 119 373 Piedmont . -- 3** Casar . .... 1« 338 Moriah . 0 153 Giant Cotton Grow* At Kings Mountain A giant cotton stalk, rivaling tha famed bean stalk that was scaled by Jack the Giant Killer, is oo dis play in the county farm agent’s of fice. It’s eight feet tall, and has bolls larger than golf balls. It grew on the farm of L. W. Sellers, of route 3, Kings Mountain.
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