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Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot.12hc to 13Hc Cotton seed, to, wagon _ 38.00 Fair, Warmer Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Fair Monday and probably Tuesday, little change in tempera ture. Farm Problems Agricultural problems of the na tion are far from solution, it was confessed in Washington yesterday. The report of the president’s na tional planning board, the return of Dr. Rexford Tugwell from Europe, and the utterances of public offi cials have apparently confused the mighty issues more than clarifying them. Dr. Tugwell, who has been attending an agricultural conference In Europe, said that European prob lems were not at all like our own— so there's little Information from that quarter. President Speaks President Roosevelt yesterday de clare! “all Is well with the country and we are coming back,” and pre scribed the Tennessee Valley power and rehabilitation experiment foi nationwide operation. He spoke ex temporaneously from the hillside ol a pioneer town in Tennessee, and said: "You are not being federalized. We still believe in the community and things are going to advance in this country exactly in proportion to the community effort.” Huey For President Huey Long intends to run for the presidency of the United States in 1936 on a third party ticket. He does not believe President Roose velt’s popularity can survive two more years, and therefore considers j he will have a chance to win his way to the White House on an anti Roccevelt platform. He gives no serioifs consideration to Republican power. A plea for party unity and an as surance that President Roosevelt will continue to use “good old fash ioned horse sense” despite attempts of rightists and leftists to sway him to their side was put before the na tion Saturday night by Postmaster General Parley. He urged party unity, and said that he believed the new congress, dominated by Demo crats, would liVe up to its responsi bility. Farley Urges Day Of Prayer Is Called By W. M. U. For Friday, Dec. 7 Mrs. John Wacaster, superintend ent of the W. M. U. of the Kings Mountain association is caling a meeting of the entire association on Friday, Dec. 7th for a “Day of Prayer Around the World.” Each so ciety is asked to observe the days, De cember 1 through December 6 in their local organization then come together for an all day meeting in the First Baptist church of Shelby, j It is hoped that each society will bring its entire membership if pos sible. Each one coming will bring their lunch and it will be served in the dining room of the church. The meeting will begin at 10:30. r Rev. Thompson Observes Birthday Rev. J. E.' Thompson celebrated , his 81st birthday yesterday. Mr. Thompson is the father of Mrs La mar Gidney and makes his home here with his daughter since his re tirement from active ministry in the Western Carolina conference. He1 began his ministerial work in the early eighties and served many im portant charges in the conference. Every member of the class of young ministers taken into the conference at that time, has passed on but him. He is still right active and reads constantly, keeping abreast of the times. Recognition was given him at Central Methodist church Sunday morning when the pulpit was sup plied by Dr. J. S. Hiatt, presiding elder. More Than A Half Million Insurance On Shelby’s People More than $500,000 of life insur ance is owned by residents of Shel by in policies of $50,000 or over, ac cording to The Spectator. These substantial life insurance policies owned in Shelby were re ported in the Prominent Patrons number of The Spectator. Much of this big policy insurance is on the lives of leading business men in the community and not only guards the business interests of these men, buf also guarantees their employees that sudden death will not close the es tablishment through which they g 'tieir livelihood, The Spectator de clared. The social service done by life in surance is indicated by the fact that last year life insurance companies put almost $10,000,000 a day In cir culation in the United States and; Canada. I : VOL. XL, No. 139 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 19, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■T M»u Mr n*l. I la •draoMl _ U.M Carn«t. Mf mm. on MraaMI _ UM To Speak Here Next Saturday DEAN in. C. dACNSON Women Graduates To Hear Jackson In Shelby Speech > Alumnae Of N. C. Woman's College To Meet In Shelby Saturday For A Tea. At the alumnae meeting of the N. C. W. C. here at the Hotel Charles Saturday, Nov. 24 at 3:30, Dr. W. C. Jackson, the newly elected Dean of the Woman's College of the Univers ity of North Carolina, will be pres ent and speak to the alumnae. Miss Clara B Byrd, alumnae secretary, will also be a guest and speaker. Miss Byrd will probably bring along a movie of college happenings and scenes new and old for the enter tainment of the daughters of the college. Both Dr. Jackson and Miss Byrd have been connected with the col lege for a number of yeaTs and -are known to many of the alumnae. In 1909 Dr. Jackson became head of the history department of what is now the Woman's College in Greensboro after having , been a member of the faculty of Greens boro High school. The name of the college has been changed several times since then and its enrollment has increased until now the Wom an’s College of the University of North Carolina ranks as one of the largest colleges for women in the country. In 1922 he was appointed to the newly created vice-presidency. For two years he was director of the summer school. He was still head of the history department and chair man of the faculty of social sciences. Intensely interested in things Southern, which is natural since he is a native of Georgia and the son of a Confederate veteran, Dr. Jack son has worked diligently for the betterment of racial conditions in the South. He served as chairman (Continued on page eight* Gasoline Price Drops To 18 Cents Gallon The most drastic price decline in gasoline that this section has experienced in several years, was announced today by the Hotel Service Station, H. A. Logan and Norman Harris, man agers, who sell Standard Esso lene. An eighteen cent price becomes effective today at three o’clock. Other stations are ex pected to meet the reduction im mediately with independent gas one cent lower. Two Shelby Men Injured In Crash On Way To Game Legette And Royster Are In Hospital Aged Mill Bridge Man May Die; Long, Lattimnrr And Dellinger Only Slightly Hurt. Janies LeGette is in the Rowan hospital, Salisbury, suffering from a crushed chest and three broken ribs 1»nd Wythe Royster is in the Shelby hospital with his left leg broken four inches above the ankle as the result of an automo- . bile crash on the way to the Duke- | Carolina game Saturday in which | J. W. Sloan, 74, of Mill Bridge was i seriously injured and is not expect- | ed to live. H. S. Long, county game warden, I Bill Lattimore, and A. C. Dellfnger, of the Cleveland Cloth mill, were In the LeGctte car but escaped with only minor injuries when the au tomobiles struck. The accident oc curred, it was reported, when Mr. Sloan drove his Franklin car from a side road in front of the Ford V-8 in which the Shelby group was rid ing. Mr. Dellinger said this morn ing that they were not speeding. LeGette "Better” Reports from Salisbury this morn ing are that Mr. LeGette is "bet ter,” painfully but not seriously In jured. Mr. Royster Is in the Shelby hos pital, where he was brought by am bulance last night. Because of swell lng. It >has been impossible to set the broken leg, and this may not be done until Thursday. A. C. Dellinger, who was riding In ' the back seat with Bill Lattimore. suffered a slight wound on the leg. Mr. Long, who was In the front, was hurled through the windshield but miraculously escaped severe injury, although cut about the face and neck. Mr. Sloan, a widely-known resi dent of Mill Ridge, has a broken leg and suffers from serious internal injuries. Hospital attaches said this morning that he “had a chance to recover,” but intimated this chance is considered slight because of his advanced age. Police Rum Raid Nets 7 Gallons — Saturday's Supply Of Juice Is! Diminished As Officers Hit At | Sources. A second raid on the liquor sup- ; ply of Shelby’s Saturday afternoon crowds was made by Chief Wilkins and deputies Suttle and Jolly when they got about four and a half gal lons of com from the back yard of a negro, Thomas Morrow. Morrow had been up before. A pair of bolt cutters were used to clip the bolts on all the lockers when the same officers raided the Shelby Club in the Weathers apart ment and got two bottles of bottled in bond whiskey. No one claimed j the lockers. Chief Wilkins said the; club had been raided some time ago and that W. B. WUson had paid $20! and the costs. The club is managed by Jim Elliott. In another raid Saturday. Bob Kendrick came In with three gal lons of ’shine from the Riverside filling station. Hennessa Wins In Nation-Wide Contest Meredith H. Hennessa has been awarded a cash prize of $50 in a nation-wide Philco radio sales con test. At the close of the contest Mr. Hennessa stood third in sales distri bution compared with other cities of the size of Charlotte. He is working for a Charlotte firm and is the son of Mrs. P. L. Hennessa of Shelby. Farmers Prey To New Racket, Wilkins Discloses In Arrest A clever piece of racketeering among the fall shopping crowds was uncovered by Chief D. D. Wilkins and a private detective over the week-end and one of the principals was bound over to the January term of court on a bond of $300. W. M. Brazil was charged with fraud and misrepresentation in re gard to selling magazines or farm papers to a colored man, Hope Me Clunney, who mhe is alleged to have taken three dollars, after prom lsing to send him the paper for three cents. The racket Is this: A group of high pressure salesmen, about a dozen of them were said to have been in Shelby last week. They would scatter out on the crowded street comers and set nets for rop ing in as many subscribers for their papers as possible. They would offe rtheir paper for three cents, which of course appeal ed to many of the farmers who lilt ed the pictures. Then they would ask the victim if he had any change, a five dollar bill or a three or two, or a one. Usually he did. Then in a number of cases some of the group would deftly short-change the buyer and lose him in the crowd. E. J. Petty, L. G. Ledford and W. J. Pat erson are said to have been gypped in this manner although they did not prosecute. McClunney saw the chief about it, who at once got busy. After Chief Wilkins had had sev eral complaints he set a detective tc watch their activities and one man by the name of Mangum was “fir (Continued on Page Eight) 1934 Red Cross Poster Invites Your Membership Red Cross Begins Canvass In Business Drive Today Canvassers Ask Office Contributions; To In* augurate City-wide Push With Break fast Tomorrow Morning Generous but not too many con tributions to the annual Red Cross Roll Call began to flow this morn ing as canvassers under the direc tion of Everett Houser and O. M. Mull began the preliminary drive In the Shelby business district and in textile mill offices. Mr. Houser said early this after noon that reports had not been made by his workers, but that a pre-estimate indicated the Red Cross was not being showered with wealth. Workers are urged to great er efforts in their drive to meet the $2,100 budget, necessary this year to support the work of a Red Cross nurse assigned to the county. Breakfast Tomorrow. The city-wide canvass begins M>» mo now (Tuesday) morning with a breakfast at the Hotel Charles. Paul Webb, general chairman of the roll call, and Henry Edwards, secretary and treasure will start a score of workers on their round of thy. R. W. Shoffner, Horace Origg and Miss Frances MacGregor will head the county campaign. Will Harris and Dr. J. S. Dorton have been added to the corps of workers today. Young Property to Be Sold This Week Auction Sale of Forty Lots In C. S. Young Property With Farm Sales Later. Three more land auction sales have been booked by Penny Broth ers, twin auctioneers for Cleveland county, one a week for the next three weeks. Forty lots in the C. S. Young development will be sold on Friday of this week. The Young property lies on the Western edge of Shelby, just off highway No. 20 and within the corporate limits, with water! and sewer conveniences. Mr. Young had this property sub-divided into good size residential lots, making sure that each lot is amply large enough for a home site. It lies well: and is close to school, churches; and stores. Next week there will be a sale of j the Aaron Roberts farm on High I way No. 150, Shelby-Waco road. This property lies near the Wilson gin and is offered to settle the es- j tate of Mrs. Ella Roberts who died some months ago as a result of a, car injury. Two weeks later, more farms will be offered at auction by the Pen-! ny auctioneers. Further announce ment of this will be made later. Farley Sends Thanks To Oliver Anthony Oliver Anthony, chairman of the county Democratic organization, has received a letter of thanks from James M. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for his efforts in the recent campaign. Mr. Farley said: “I want you to : know how grateful I am for your faithful efforts in behalf of the splendid party victory throughout the nation. “The magnificent verdict at the polls justifies the faith that you and I had in the inspired leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I know that we shall nev er regret that faith. "The victory with I hat of 1932 shows what can be accomplished for the country by loyal team work." Local Banks Apply For Right To Loan Union And First National Take Steps To Make Loans Under The Housing; Act. Both the Union Trust Co. and the First National banks of 8helby have applied for insurance and authority to make loans for the repair and remodeling of homes under the Federal Housing act. The necessary steps were taken at recent meetings of directors of the two banks. Nearly two score ap plications for loans have been filled out or the application blanks secur ed from Dr. J. S. Dorton, chairman of the housing committee in Cleve land county. Not all applications, however, will pass the requirements set by the government to obtain loans under this act. While the property for which a loan is desired does not have to be free of indebtedness, the person se curing the gthree year loan must have an income five times the amount of each annual installment. Leroy Bath, Shelby Man, Loses Brother KINGSTREE, S. C„ Nov. 17.— Daniel Murrel Bath, 50, died at his home in Andrews Sunday, death be ing caused by a stroke of paralysis. He Is survived by his wife and the folowing children: Dajiiel Murrel. ,1r„ James Harold. Clifford, Betty Jane and Jacqueline. Also surviving are the following brothers and sis ters: B. M. and E I. Bath, George town: C. Leroy Bath, Shelby, N. C.: Mrs. P. G. Querry, Plantersville, and Miss Ella Bath, Georgetown. Fu neral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon. Jury Undecided The Jury in the William E. Davis murder case was unable to reach a verdict last night until 9:30 this morning. There was no indication last night how the jury stood, but it was said that it was not a "hung I jury.'* Institute Moves To Give Counties More Authority Prescribes Big Scope For Supervisors Will Su(|nt Uilalilnit Make Many Changes, Including Personnel Of Slate Board. Far from tending toward central ization of government In North Car olina, the Institute of Government In Its session last week In Raleigh moved toward giving more power to local authoaltles. according to Coun ty Commissioner J. L Herndon, who attended the session, accompanied by Troy McKinney, county auditor. A new machinery act has been de vised and will be submitted to the • legislature for action. It changes the personnel of the state board of assessment by specifying that three members shall be tax supervisors.' The board Is now composed of the! governor, the attorney general, the! utilities commissioner, the director of local revenue, the commissioner of revenue and three members nam ed by the governor. Change Tax Data. Another recommendation is that the date of tax listing be changed from April 1 to January 1. Still an other Is one giving county commis sioners power to innke horizontal changes In tax assessments and to set up a permanent tax listing sys tem. The section controlling tax | listers’ pay has been repealed, and that would be left up to the county. It Is recommended that the tax supervisor be allowed to require the balance sheet of any corporation, and be allowed to examine all rec ords. a new system to (tamer more revenue from automobile taxes pro vides that motorists when applying for licenses must specify the county and township In which they p;.y taxes. This Information will be giv en to the county tax supervisor. Still another recommendation Is that the board of equalization be allowed to reduce assessments at any time, for reasonable cause. All of these suggestions will be embodied In the legislative program of the Institute, and will be present ed by Its committee when the ses sion opens. | - Mrs. John Moore Is Buried Friday 75 Year Old Kings Mountain Wom an Succumbs To Old Age Infirmities. KINGS MOUNTAIN, Nov. 19 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Moore. 75, who died Thursday evening at the home of her daugh-1 ter, Mrs. W. R. Hullender were con ducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Parsons, pastor of the Park Grace Methodist church, conducted the services. Interment was at the Bethlehem church ceme tery. r Mrs. Moore died following an Ill ness of seven months. A complica tion of troubles caused her death. Following the death of her hus band, John Moore, of Greenville county, 8. C.. three years ago Mrs. Moore came to Kings Mountain to make her home with her only daughter. Surviving besides her daughter are six grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Jap» Want Navy Japan is preparing to renounce the Washington treaty of 1922, ac cording to private advice forwarded to London yesterday. The pact, which established the 5-5-3 naval ratio between the United States, Great Britain and Japan, placed the Japanese on the short end, and with imperial ambitions, they are getting tired of it. Sheffield To Explain Bankhead Balloting; Speaks Here Tuesday Director Of N. C. Cotton Program To Ad dres Mats Meeting At 10 O’Clockj Balloting Set For Mid December Charles A. Sheffield, chairman of the state allotment board and director of the cotton program in North Carolina, will speak at the court house at 10 o’clock tomorrow (Tues day) morning, explaining to Cleveland cotton growers how the referendum on the Bankhead control measure will be con Homestead Plan Conference Set Dr. Bruce L. Melvin of the homestead subsistence ad ministration. or one of his ex ecutive assistants, will confer on Tuesday in Gastonia with members of the board of county commissioners of Cleveland and Gaston coun ties on the proposed home stead project near King? Mountain. Mr. Melvin will meet the commissioners at the court house at, 10 o’clock, and will discuss with them location ol the project, which cnlls for purchasing between 600 and 900 acres of land on the Kings Mountaln-Cherryvlllt road. The conference was ar ranged by Representative A L. Bulwtnkle. Seniors Take Lead For Scholarship At Shelby High They Place t4 Percent Of ('lass On Honor Roll For 2nd Month; Freshmen Are Second. The Shelby high school seniors went Into the lead for scholarship for the second month with 24 per cent of their members on the honor roll. Freshmen, with 16 per cent, sophomores with 14 and Juniors with 15 percent were grouped thus far below the learned seniors. The grammar schools make a good showing for the period with a good number on the roll. The list follows: Shelby High School Eighth grade. 16 percent: Mar tha Arrowood, Joanna Flnkelsteln, Willie K. Bailey. Edith Pitch, Ruth DIKSn, Mildred McArthur, Mar jorie Eskridge, Ann Smart, Kath ryn Spake, Virginia Toms, Ruth Wilson, Grady Dover, ' Rush Ham rick, Avery McMurry, Bill Smart, Bruce Morgan. Helen Davis, Mar garet Elliott. Martha Eskridge, Mary Glenn, Rachel Roberts, Vir ginia McNeely, Nell Newton, Pon der R. Saunders, Ruth Spake, Laura Summey, Mildred Whltener, Eliza beth Allen, Louis Mauney, Banks Cashlon, Rebecca McAllister, Mar garet Trammell. Ninth grade, 14 per cent: Floyd Bost, Mabel Davis, James McAllis ter, Elizabeth Falls, Sara Esther Dover. Pauline Hamrick. Virginia McCluney, J. D. Hambrlght, Mar garet Cabanlss. Catherine Dellin ger, Justine Grlgg. Ruth Lewis, Dorothy Magness, Ruth Mull, Dora McSwuin, Geraldine Norman, Cath erine Roberts, Ray Willis. Tenth grade, 15 per cent: N. C. Blanton, John Dorsey, Richard ! Jones, C. B. Poston, Eugene Poston, (Gladys Bland, Ruth Byers, Gwynn j Davis, Germaine Gold, Elizabeth (Continued on page six.) j Wild Fowl Enjoying Prosperity; \ Crop Control Means More Grain Open season for game, rabbit and dove begins tomorrow, November 20, H. C. Long, Cleveland county game warden, announced yesterday, with the observation that game fowl are more plentiful this year than any time during the past fivs years. Why was that? Because of the cotton reduction program! Warden Long explained that the plow-up of many acres of cotton, and the planting of so many more acres to grafs had greatly increased the birds’ food supply, and they have thrived and raised larger families in this year of prosperity. Birds Are Protected. The duck season, he reminds hunters, opened Nov. 8 and will close on January 12 Hunting 1« j permitted only on Thursday, Friday r and Saturdays because migratory fowl are protected both by Federal and by state statutes. It Is necessary to purchase a government duck stamp at the postoffice In order to shoot duck. It costs $1. Beglning tomorrow, bounties will be paid on game destroyers by the warden. Cooper and shark shin hawks bring 25 cents a head crows 15 cents and homed owls 15 cents. No bounty Is paid on th“ small blue hawk. Hunting Licenses. Hunting licenses for game and birds are as follows: County, 60 cents, state $2.10. Combination hunting and fishing license $3. The deer season, which opened October 15, will continue through j December 15, and the animals are j reported to be plentiful this year. ducted. Hie Bankhead bill and other Im portant agricultural problem* will be discussed in a mass meeting by formers who attend. Mr. Sheffield is nmklnga tour of the cotton sec tions of the state In order to ac quaint the cotton folk how to cast their ballots in the election to be held during the first two weeks in December. Recalls Cobb Speech Tils will be the second big meet ing held In Cleveland on the cotton program Last Tuesday, Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section under the AAA stroke here, and urg ed retention of the measure. The next day, Secretary Wallace denied that the administration is trying to influence the farmers to vote for the bill, disclaiming all that Cobb has said. With determined sincerity, Cobb went right on saying it. The ballots as prepared provide for a vote either for or against the Bankhead act. No provision has been rilade tor possible revision or modification of the act, according to information available In the of fice of the county agent. The election will be under the direction of the county agent's of fice, with the county committee on cotton adjustment problems having active supervision of the voting. Dean I. O. Schaub of State col lege, in commenting on the meet ings which are to be held all over the state, expressed the hope that all cotton growers will attend them f and take part in the discussions, j "We should like to know their view- f | points,” Dean Schaub sold, "so that we can send them to the cotton section of the Agricultural Adjust ment administration. Helpful sug gestlor s made at these meetings will be considered In the administration In developing the adjustment pro gram In 1935, for we want to make the program as beneficial as possi ble to the cotton grower.” Auto Crash Fatal; Two Held In Jail Grady Tate And Flay Hunt Die At Cart Pile Ups Two Held hr Manslaughter. J. Two persons were killed and four sent to the hospital In week-end au tomobile accidents In Rutherford county. Two men hare ben Jailed under manslaughter charges as a result. The first accident occurred early Saturday night at the C. C. and O. underpass on the Spartanburg high way when Flay Hunt, 17, evidently lost control of his car which, leav ing the highway, missed the bridge and plunged 25 feet down the em bankment. The car was demolished when It struck near the top of the gondola type car standing on the track Hunt suffered Internal In juries which caused his death at 8:50 o’clock Sunday. Three cars' were Involved In an accident occurring on the same highway two and one-half miles j from Forest City Saturday night about 7 o’clock A 1925 Dodge tour ing car, said to have been driven by Alto Hawkins, attempting to pass a Ford V-8 occupied by Mrs. Mattie Blanton, her mother and several children, all of Splndale. The Dodge, as it attempted to pass, rtm head on into a Chevrolet coupe occupied by Mr and Mrs. Charles Whisnant and little son of Cliffslde, the force of the impact evidently throwing It against the Ford whtch was also damaged. Accompanying Hawkins were Grady Tate, who was killed, and , Otho Hunlput. all of the Floyds Creek section. Hunnicutt and Haw kins were immediately arrested and are being held on a manslaughter charge. “Black Eyed Su*.*n To Be Given At No. 3wJ A three act musical comedy en titled, “Black Eyed Susan" will be Kivcn at the No. S Consolidated school building Thursday evening, Nov 22nd. The play is produced by talented young men and women of that community. It will be very amusing, will furnish plenty of laughter and there will be singing . and dancing between acts. A small l admission charge will be made.