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Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot.12Hc to 13'/ic Cotton seed, ton, wagon _ 33.00 i Fair, Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Fair. Somewhat colder in cast Saturday. Ford Scorns NR A President Roosevelt’s personal In tervention in the current fight over the NRA’s automobile code brought indications yesterday of an exten sion of Blue Eagle sway over that industry. At the same time, Henry Ford, announces greatly increased production, and in Colliers Maga zine for today declares that NRA doesn’t matter. Forecast War Another European war scare flies the rounds this week, this one rais ed by Winston Churchill, who as serts that Germany is re-arming secretly, illegally and rapidly. He said that a reign of terror exists in Germany to keep secret the fever ish and terrible preparations they are making. Billion Dollar Deficit President Roosevelt and his aides this week started the gigantic task of making up next year’s budget. Emergency outlays have carried the deficit for the current year into the billion dollar class, in spite of a sizeable increase of revenues. Tire Prices Soar Prices on automobile tires took their greatest increase in years yes terday when the big manufacturers decided to abandon the industry's old time practise of savage com petition. The average increase will be 18 per cent, but in special in stances It will be as high as 75. All of the major companies are raising prices. Trans-Oceanic Mail The post office department Is now studying plans to send mail across both the Atlantic and the Pacific by airplane. Dr. Hugo Eckner, famed dirigible pilot, has submitted a plan. Shelby Girl Wins 2nd In Style Show! Miss Bessie Moore Second Best In State 4-H Clnb Meet In Raleigh. Second place in a state wide con-; test was awarded yesterday to Miss 1 Bessie Moore, of South Shelby for the number of points she scored in a style revue, beauty show, and es say contest held in Raleigh for 4-H club girls. Miss Moore is the 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Moore. Mr. Moore is a well known merchant in South Shelby. Bessie was a student at No. 3 high school and has been active in club work | for some time, and was chosen to represent Cleveland county in an elimination contest held at the Central high school building Octo ber 20. Miss Frances MacGregor, home demonstration agent, accompanied her to Raleigh yesterday. Contestants from all parts of the state were entered in the style re vue and each girl was judged while wearing a complete ensemble de signed and made by herself. Scor ing points were style, technique, skill, and of course—the attractive ness of the girl. The 750 word essay entered by Miss Moore was on “What My 4-H Club Work Has Meant to Me.” Mrs. B. R. Hicks Dies At Age Of 62 FOREST CITY, Nov. 1.—Mrs. B. R. Hicks, 62, died at her home here early this morning after an illness of more than a year. Funeral serv ices will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Mills Creek church of the Brethren In Polk county. Surviving are her husband, B. R. Hicks of Forest City; three children, C. C. and C. J. Hicks of this place, and Mrs. S. G. Beason of Ruthhrfordton; two brothers and one sister, B. E. Hinsdale, Landrum, S. C., W. C. Hinsdale, Henderson ville and Mrs. W. M. Barnette, Lan drum. Election Returns On Tuesday Night The Star will receive and post election returns Tuesday evening, November 6th. Those interested in politics are in vited to come to The Star’s election night party and re ceive the returns which will be reported by telephone from all county precincts and by telegraph from state and na tion. Election officials in. Cleve land county are asked to re port their returns to The Star office immediately after the ballots are counted. Make your reports over telephone No. 11 with telephone charges to be paid for at this end of the line if there are any charges. VOL. XU No. 132 SHELBY. N. CL FRIDAY, NOV. 2. 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■* U.IL M, XU, (Id wtraDMI _ MS CDfTHr. —t xu. « Kniwi _ D.M Shoffner Speaks To Rotary Club On Cotton Plans See# Control Of Crop Vitally Necessary Explain! Business View Of Cotton Situation; Figures On Low ered Exports. Speaking before the Shelby Ro tary club and a number of visitors at noon today in the regular meet ing at the Shelby hotel, County Agent R. W. Shoffner stoutly de fended the Bankhead bill and the federal crop control measures. In the address he explained the government's position, discussed proposed plans for next year, and featured his remarks with an ex planation of the cotton export trade, from the business, grower, buyer, and international standpoints. Business Attitude One of the reasons for today’s ad dress is the growing apprehension in business circles that the govern ment crop control will ruin the ex port trade of the United States. Mr. Shoffner said he did not think it would in any way affect the acre age or yield increase in other coun tries, and explained that the in crease noted in Russia had begun before the 1933 plow-up program was announced. "China. Japan, Egypt, and India are much more concerned with the problem ol raising food than with raising cot ton for money,” he said. "The one main thing American business and American farmers need now is not more acres or more cotton to help exports, but it is to loosened channels of trade with our five cotton buying countries, which are England, Prance, Ger many, Italy and Japan.” In regard to the Bankhead bill and reduction program the speaker said that if by any chance it should not be continued next year, the country would lose all the ground gained and that farmers would be unwilling to trust the government again. Dr. McLarty Begins Third Year Here The members *■ of the Central Methodist church will welcome Dr. E. K. McLarty back Sunday for the beginning of his third year in Shel by and the following services have been announced for the day. Sunday school at 9:45; morning worship at 11:00 with'sermon by the pastor. The anthem wiU be “Jesus. Friend of Sinners,” by Creig. In the evening the young people will meet at the regular hour and the evening worship service will be at 7:30. The anthem by the choir will be "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say,” by H. Bonar. All members are urged to be present and visitors are warmly welcomed. Graham Critically 111 In Charlotte CHARLOTTE, Nov. 2—Dr. Alex ander Graham, known as the fath er of .the Charlotte school system, last night lay critically ill at his home, 808 Mount Vernon avenue. Attending physicians said that they held out practically no hope for his recovery, although late yes terday afternoon he rallied some what. He is in his 90th year. Dr. Frank Porter Graham, presi dent of Greater University of North Carolina, son of the stricken educator, arrived here yesterday with his wife to be at the bedside of his father. Another son, George Graham of Atlanta, also arrived here yesterday. Mr. and Mfc. J. E. Quenn of Shel byand Mr. and Mrs. C. G. White and children of Kings Mountain spent last week-end visiting friends and relatives in Great Falls and Chester, S. C. I I k Officials of the Great Atlantic A Pacific Tea com pany and representatives of the Cleveland labor unions began study of a seven-point peace pro gram, designed to settle union troubles which brought the closing of 300 of the company’s groc ery stores in Cleveland, following a conference with the National Labor board in Washington. These photos show representatives of both sides attending the Washington hearing—top, left to right, seated, Thomas Farrell, secretary, of th< , Cleveland Federation; William Green, president o< the American Federation of Labor, and Frank | Morrison, secretary of the A. F. of L.; standing J. H. Carson, Bob Call, H. Friedman, D. J. Mar quis and James McWeeny; below, John A. Hart ford, president of the A. & P., with Joseph C. Hos tetler, right, Cleveland attorney, counsel for th« company. To Employ 2,500 On Rural Census; Directors Chosen St Supervisor* Named; Harrison, Fool And Laws Appointed For North Carolina. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Thirty nine workers who will supervise the special farm census were chosen yesterday by William|L. Austin, di rector of the census bureau. Before the census-taking starts on January 2, the area supervisors will instruct 224 district supervisors, not yet selected and aid them in setting up their offices and picking pbout 25,000 enumerators. What territory the area supervis ors will handle, Austin said, has not been determined although they probably will work in country with which they are familial. Many have lived in Washington a number of years, but Austin listed only their states of legal residence, saying their home towns were not avail able. They include: Kirke D. Austin. Alabama; James Barnes, Florida; Carlisle Crosland, South Carolina; Dwight R. Ham mock, Virginia; J. L. Harrison, North Carolina; Malcolm Laws. North Carolina; Elijah Lewis, Geor gia; Miss Mollie Nance, Arkansas^ August J. Nogara, Virginia; J. J. H. Pool, North Carolina; George M. Spangler, Louisiana; Samuel Wood, Arkansas. Austin said it was probable 36 of these would be sent into the field and three held here for emergen cies. Banks, B. And L.’s To Close On Tuesday Banks and building and loan as sociations of the city will be closed on Tuesday, observing the day as a holiday because of the election. Negro Gets Call For Tooth Paste Confused As A Message Of Death Mrs. Hunter, a patient in the Shelby hospital, forgot to put in all of her toilet articles when she pack ed to go over but she was not “dy ing for them.” A negro servant in the Rogers home, however, took the message as a death message and caused a mixup that was anything but “merry.” The plot: Mrs. R. H. Rogers at her home on Sumter street with her new-born baby. Her sister-in law, Mrs. Hunter who had been here with her on a visit had enter ed the hospital on Monday after noon. Mr. Rogers at his office in Shelby. Mr. Hunter at his office in Charleston, S. C. A negro servant in the Rogers home, caring for the new-born baby. The Rogers tele phone rings. It was a nurse from the hospital, asking that Mrs. Hunter’s forgotten tooth paste and brush be sent over. Telephones are strange contrap tions to this negro woman and a hospital is only a place to die. When the nurse at the hospital Tuesday morning telephoned “This Is the hospital calling. Mrs. Hunter . . . ” the negro servant dropped the re ceiver and began screaming. She informed Mrs. Rogers that Mrs. Hunter was dead. The message had just come. Mrs. Rogers instructed the servant to telephone her hus band at his place of business. By and by the servant regained her ■i •Continued on page ten.) Federal Men Here But Won’t Reveal Purpose Of Visit Five federal investigators who arrived here yesterday from Washington declined this morning to reveal the purpose of their visit or to in dicate hotv long they would be here. It is understood, however, that Miey are checking books and reports from various mills and manufacturing plants with particular reference to processing taxes and that they are not interested in any lab or angles. The men are C. F. Rauth William G. Noland, Thomas P. Henson, Thomas J. Arm strong and Charles Ruben stein. Enlarge Storage For Cotton Here Already 17,004 Bales on Storage Temporarily Building is Being Erected. Already there are 17,000 bales of cotton in storage at the Merchants j and Planters Warehouse and <hp ' demand for more storage space is j so great that a temporary building ■ is being erected on the lot adjoin ; tng the present warehouse. ! The temporary building is cover ed with sheet iron and does not have a sprinkler system, although the cotton therein will be protect ed by insurance and bonded just the same as that stored in the main warehouse. The addition will have a capacity of 1,500 bales. The main warehouse has a ca • pacity of approximately 15,000 bales The overflow is being taken care of until shipments are moved to mar ket, in various empty buildings lo cated about the city. Shoffner’s Office It Closed Tuesday The office of the county agent will be closed Tuesday on account of the general election. This an nouncement is made by R. W. Shoffner, who is especially anxious that all farmers who were to get their cotton checks on that day will understand that they will re ceive them Wednesday instead. Cards have been sent to all of the 500 who would have received checks Tuesday. Mr. Shoffner said this morning that he was giving out the checks at the rate of about 500 per day and that it will take nearly a' week to them to all of the 2600 farmers. The checks total more Than $200,000, and since the dispen sation began the little office has been crowded to capacity as grow ers eagerly come for their money. Decision Is Near! DnSmokyParkway Ickes Tells Press _ i Secretary Of Interior Devotes Hard Study To Highway Problem Afefcting N. C. j WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 —Secre ! tary of the Interior lekes as ad ministrator of public works Is near ling a* decision on the location of the southern section of the Appalachian parkway, it became known yester day. At his press conference, the first held since returing from a western tour, the secretary reveal ed that on his trip to the west coast he gave much time to a study of the routes proposed for the park way. He carried with him various en gineering reports and data pertain ing to the parkway and transcripts including the speeches favoring the North Carolina route made by Sen ators Bailey and Reynolds and others at the recent hearing held in Washington by the secretary. After stating that he had stud ied material dealing with the pro posed routes, Ickes said: "I am not ready, however, to make any announcement as yet as to the location of the parkway.” Announcement To Come ] Prom another source it was learn ed that the secretary plans some announcement on the parkway the latter part of next week. The North Carolina delegation in congress is asking that the parkway which has already been located as far south, from the Shenandoah national park in Virginia to Blow ing Rock, N. C., be continued south via Asheville and Oherokee, N. C., while the Tennessee delegation asks that the parkway veer directly west from Blowing Rock to Rosan moun tain and enter the Smoky Moun tains national park via Newport and Gatlinburg, Tenn. Farmer* Call Today To Get Cotton Cash Pour hundred and seventy-five Cleveland county farmers farmers have been notified to call today for their share of the $203,035 crop re duction payment received here last week by County Agent Shoffner. That cash gets into circulation immediately. Other groups will call for their money Satruday and Monday, and so on until it has all been distributed. Charles Waldrop Is President Of Class Charles Waldrop, son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Waldrop of West Warren street has been elected president of the Junior class of Crossnore high school, according to an announcement received here y.s | terday. , r Simmons Breaks Silence To Urge New Deal Support Venerable Senator Is Strong For F. D. R. End Mine Lino Of ClMvtft Always Between Jeffersonian And HamUtonlim. He Says. RALEIGH, Nov. 2 —Senator F M Simmons, for a third of a century North Carolina's representative In the nation's legislative forum, has issued a statement from his home at New Bern, at the request of the state Democratic executive com mittee, and released by State Chalr jnan J. Wallace Wlnborne, calling upon the people of the state to sup port the New Deal and vote their full strength for the national, state and local Democratic candidates next Tuesday. "Nothing can be more helpful at this stage of our recovery program than a sweeping endorsement of the president and his co-workers at the polls on November 8," Senator Simmons says In his statement. ''In government, vigilance Is necessary to safety. In politics, many good causes have been lost by over-con fidence or luke-warmneas or fail ure to vote," the venerable senator warns. For Equal Opportunity “It Is Important, from both a na tional and state standpoint, that we should give the Democratic party, both In the nation and the state, a sweeping victory, thus showing our confidence and sympathy with our leaders in their efforts to place the government on a Sound basis of equal opportunities and fair, un discrlmlnating treatment of all classes and all interests," Senator Simmons says. His statement fol lows In part: "To understand and fully ap praise the significance of a politi cal or economic situation. It is Im portant to consider the fundamen tal cause or causes which have led to that situation and the problems lit presents. Jefferson n. Hamilton "From the beginning of the Re public, during practically every na tional administration, the outstand ing and enduring line of cleavage has been between what are known as the Jeffersonian and Hamilton ian theories of the political and economic principles and policies upon which the government should be conducted. "During all these years the Dem ocratic party has stood steadfastly for the Jeffersonian theory, while the Republican party, for the last seventy-odd years, at least, has stood with equal steadfastness for tha Hamiltonian theory. Interpre tation by the results following the application of these respective theories during these long years clearly shows that the essence of Jeffersonian democracy Implies a government of the people, and by the people; while the essence of Hamiltonian Republicanism impltes a government of the special inter ests, for the special Interests, and by the special Interests. Fallacies Of G.O.P. "Mr. Roosevelt exposed the falla cies of the Republican theory of government as applied by that party and branded them ‘ as one of the main, If not the chief, sources and cause of the Ills and afflictions un der which the nation was then struggling, and in the name of the Democratic party demanded and (Continued on page ten) Calvin Edney Speaks Calvin Edney, Republican nomi nee for congress in this district against Major A. L. Bulwlnkle, the Democratic nominee, will deliver his first speech during the cam paign in this county in the court house here Monday evening at 7:30. This is on the eve of the election and therefore the only speech Mr. Edney will make in the county. Mr. Edney is from Mars Hill. Here Monday Hoey And Bulwinkle Speak Here Saturday, Ham C. Jones Tonight Carolina’s No. 1 Orator To Pause In State Campaign To Talk To Homefolks; Nominee Upholds New Deal A Cleveland County Democratic campaign that took party speakers in a burst of zeal on a nightly rhetorical drive from Casar to Kings Mountain culminates in Shelby this week end with the presence of the man for whom the cam paign is largely waged, Major Bulwinkle, and a speech by thf premier orator of the Carolines, Clyde R. Hoey. Urges Support Of New Deal Major A. L. Bulwtnkle, Democratic nominee to the lower house of con gress from this dlstritct. He will speak at a Democratic rally here Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Lightning Burns Humphries Gin Ruining Machinery Late Fall Thunderstorm Causes Fire Which Burns Gin And Records. The most unusual occurrence of thunderstorms in the county Wed nesday night resulted in the burn ing of the Humphries cotton gin on the Cleveland-Cherokee county line. It was estimated this morning that some $0,000 to $8,000 worth of property was destroyed. It was not 'learned if the company was com [pletely insured. Certificates Burned In addition to the property burn ed the manager of the gin in a telephone call to county agent R. W. Shoffner stated that all his gin certificates and records of this season's cotton crop were burned. Practically all the farmers of No. 1 township were patrons of this gin and ail will be involved in connec tion with the Bankhead cotton law and tax exemption. A wire to Washington yesterday resulted in permission to re-issue certificates and necessary forms for [the records required by the govern [merit, although it will take several days to get matters adjusted. City Coffert Full A* Taxes Pour In Taxpayers have been rushing to pay their city levies, obtaining a 2 per cent discount, and on the 31st paid in a total of $7,000, Mayor McMurry said this morning. During the past month, $37,433 80 in '34 taxes was paid. Prom now un til the end of the month, a one per cent discount is offered. Beginning with December, taxes are net. Local Nimrods Shoot Starlings As Birds Display Novel Flying Local nlmrods have been having the time of their lives the lapt few evenings shooting scores of birds in the taM elms around the court square and other places in Shelby where the enormous flocks of birds congregate for the evenipg. It is reported that one of the hunters took as many as fifty ol the feathered folks at one time and was able to sell most of them. Even the police and firemen are taking part in the shooting spree. The birds in question are the clouds of starlings which come pour ing in to the sheltered limbs every evening. From north, south, east and west they come, fat and plump from spending days in the surround ing fields eating Insects and small grain and vegetables they find In the open country. LiUlally thous ands of them make "uptown” a fo cus point for about an hour of play before the shades of night send them to rest. The starling is not a native bird! of the United States and has only 1 in the last few years been in this ' vicinity. They were brought over from England to eliminate the Eng lish sparrow problem in some of the larger cities as the two birds are enemies. But lo. and behold, the I * Continued on page tend 1 Bulwlnkle and Hoey will apeak Saturday afternoon at S:S0 In ths court house before what la expected to be the largest political gather ing of the county campaign. Jonee Speaks Tonight But before Clyde R. and tha maj or touch off the final fireworks, a good sport named Hamilton C. Jones, who fought Bulwlnkle almost to a standstill In tha primary, get ting ’way ahead In tha pre-voting sentiments, and finally carrying this very county, will taka tha stump for the administration and for the victorious nominee. Arthur Harrison of High Point, chairman of the North Carolina tabor Voters league and also chair man of the legislation committee of the Locomotive Engineers, was this morning announced as one of the speakers at tomorrow afternoon'* rally. Jones will speak tonight, at 1:90 In the court house. Ham's personal popularity here Is so great that he Is expected to draw a great crowd despite the lure of the next even ing's program. More Oratorical Major Major Bulwlnkle has already spoken here once, Hoey not at all In this campaign. The major, by the wsy. Is a vastly Improved talk er, Democratic leaders are happy to know. His theme Is the excellence of the New Deal and loyalty to the president, and although he present* a wealth of statistics, he handle: them easily. He expounds sound Democratic doctrine with a good deal of grace. Mr. Hoey will return to the home town from a tour that ha#1 taken him into key political centroa all over the state, with plaudit* of large and appreciative audlenoce ringing in his ears. With #huaaor that sparkles and a vivid eloquence that convinces, he too uphold* the New Deal, and bears down heavily on the achievements of the Demo cratic administration in this state Price In Polkville. R. E. Price, Rutherford newspa perman, addressed a gathering in Polkville last night (Thursday) and Judge Ben Whiting of Chariotts spoke at Pallston. On Wednesday Major Bulwlnkle made an address in Kings Mountain. These addresses, with r Friday's and Saturday's to come, wind up the campaign here. It has been di rected by Oliver Anthony, county chairman, and Cobby Horn, chair man of the Young Democrats. Anthony la Better From Injuriea And Goes To Hartford Graham Anthony, native of Shel by who was Injured about ten days ago in an auto wreck near York, S C. has sufficiently recovered to re turn to his home in Hartford, Conn He has been recuperating in Shel by under the care of two graduate nurses. • Today he leaves for Hart ford, accompanied by two of hie sla ters, Mrs. Harry Woodson and Mies Margaret Anthony. Mr. Anthony Is president of a large manufacturin'? firm In Hartford. 4 s I \ Phelps Will Speak * At PTA Gathering N Dr. Shelton Phelps, newly lnstad ed president of Wlnthrop college will speak here at the PTA. Foun ders day, on February 18, Superin tendent of Schools B. L. Smith an nounced yesterday. Founders day will be celebrated by a Joint meet ing of the seven PTA groups In the city. * All Day Services At Kistler’s Church There -will be an all day service at the Kistlers Union church, Sun day, November 4. The pastor, Rev. R. 8. Troxler, Invites all members and the general public to be present on that day. Morning worship with a sermon by the pastor will be held at 11:00 and a varied program of singing and speaking will be held in the afternoon. I
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