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Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot ..1214c to 13'4c Cotton seed, to, wagon _38.00 Cloudy, Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Occasional rain in west por tion Wednesday and in east portion Wednesday afternoon or night, Thursday rain, colder Thursday. Fascism Checked A Fascist dictatorship, led by General Smedley Butler, was the plan certain Wall street millionaires had to embarrass and possibly de pose President Roosevelt, according to Chairman John W. McCormack of the house committee on un American activities. Appaerntly General Butler is not really involv ed—it was merely the plan of these Wall street men to have him head an army of 500,000 soldiers to march on Washington and take over the reins of government. Labor Threat Administration officials have re ceived confidential reports that steel, automobile and textile manu facturers have made a gentleman’s agreement to unite in curbing the > growing power of organized labor. This report casts a shadow over steadily increasing business of the nation, which has reached its high est peak since 1929. Seeks Insurance Hopes for development of a state unemployment insurance program supervised by the federal govern ment were outlined yesterday by President Roosevelt in a talk to governors of the southeastern states. Votes Confidence The southeastern division of the United States chamber of commerce yesterday expressed confidence in President Roosevelt, opposed legis lation to reduce maximum working hours, and urged that steps be tak en to recover foreign markets for southern cotton producers. May Get Prize Reports in Stockholm yesterday were that Secretary of State Cordell Hull was a possible candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, to be award ed December 10 by the Norwegian parliament. Labor Backs F.D.R. President Green of the American Federation of Labor has appealed to union men everywhere to get be hind the president’s housing plan. He believes the plan will provide employment for thousands of work ers. Seeks Expansion Prom several directions yesterday came signs of a new drive on con gress for monetary expansion, de spite administration assurance that there would be no such inflation. Hie Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. Cath olic priest, and Senator Thomas, have Joined hands in Chicago for the program. Would Fix Prices Congress at the next session will be asked to fix minimum prices for farm products, with such powers as are necessary said Floyd B. Olson, of Minnesota. M. P. Appointments Made For County Hie annual session of the North Carolina conference of the Method ist Protestant church which began Wednesday of last week closed yes terday and released a report show ing the appointments of pastors for the coming year. Appointments for the 14th dis trict which includes Shelby and Cleveland county are as follows: Chairman, H. F. Fogleman; Bess Chapel, D. T. Huss; Shelby-Caro leen, T. O. Fry, supply; Connelly Springs, J. L. Love; Cleveland, R. S. Troxler; Fallston, H. F. Fogle man ; Llncolnton, J. R. Anderson. Fireman Ask For Christmas Toys Will Collect And Distribute Toys To The Kiddies; Plan Com munity Tree. Fire Chief Bobbie Robinson says the members of the fire department will collect toys again this year, re pair any broken toys and distri bute them among the children who would otherwise not have any Christmas remembrance. All households who have used or broken toys are asked to send them to the fire department where they will be repaired, if necessary. If you have no way of sending the used toys to the city hall, telephone your name and street address to the city hall and some one will call on Tuesdays of each week. Plans are in the making for a community Christmas tree. The firemen hope to get the co-opera „ tion of the civic clubs and other organizations in seeing that all children are visited by Santa Claus. A s The Elle-WARRANTY l VOL. XU No. 140 SHELBY, N. a WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21,11)34 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. _ nil _ nn «j Mall par yaar. (la adraDca) Carrlar, par yaar. (In adaanoal ThomasAbemathy Lincolnton Man Heads State HOLC He Succeeds Noble As State Manager Paul M. Sherrill Of Charlotte Is Named State Appraiser Succeeding Clark. CHARLOTTE, Nov. 20.—Informa tion was received from Washington J Monday that Thomas C. Abernethy of Lincolnton has been appointed state manager for the Home Own : ers’ Loan corporation to succeed C. Stott Noble, who Ls slated for man agership of the regional office Just established at Memphis. Mr. Abernethy, who formerly liv ed in Lincolnton, has been in Salis bury for the last year. Until May, he was head of the committment department of the Home Owners' Loan corporation in the state. H. L. Selley of Washington appointed him deputy state manager and he was ( later made assistant state manager.: No appointment of a successor to Mr. Abernethy as assistant state manager has been made. Announcement Expected. Plans for Mr. Noble's new office became known in Washington yes terday following his visit of several days with officials of the corpora ; tion. He is a resident of Winston Salem and succeeded Alan S. O'Neal as manager of the state office. Of ficial announcement of his promo tion is ejected this week. Dwight Webb, vice chairman of the Home Loan bank and himself a Tennes sean, said in Washington yesterday that Mr. Noble's appointment will’ be put through at once. i It was also learned that Paul M. Sherrill, real estate man of Char lotte, has been appointed state ap praiser to succeed S. C. Clark, who was some time ago made postmast er at High Point. Mr. Abernethy received his first appointment in the Home Owners’ Loan corporation through Major A. L. Bulwinkle. His wife was former ly Miss Mary B. Crowell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L, A. Crowell of: Lincolnton. Mr. Abernethy is a brother of Max D. Abernethy of I Raleigh, deputy secretary of state. It is understood that these men will start their new duties at once. Mrs. Lackey, 81, Is Buried Monday i Mother Of Pink Lackey Of Shelby, Frank Of Polkville And Mrs. Wilson Of Fallston. (Special to The Star.) FLAY, Nov. 20.—Funeral services i for Mrs. Katherine Fronnie Lackey, | who died Sunday morning at the j i home of her daughter, Mrs. Jack | Ingle, were conducted Monday aft ernoon at 2 o'clock at North Brook Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Campbell. Before marriage she was Miss Katherine Cook. She was a devoted j mother and a fine Christian worn- i an and was loved by all who knew! her. Surviving are her husband and the following children: Mrs. Jake Ingle, of Flay; Mrs. Lee Wilson of Fallston, Mrs. E. C. Bess, of Vir ginia, and Mrs. Minnie Lackey of Vale. Charles, of Vale, Frank, of Polkville, Pink Lackey of Shelby. I One son, Rufus A. Lackey, preced-1 ed her to the grave eight months ago. Two sisters, one brother, forty five grandchildren and forty-seven great grandchildren also survive. Those acting as pallbearers were: Ray Wilson, Troy, Dorcus and Rufus1 L. Lackey, Lloyd and Ray Ingle. The flower girls were: Laurine, i Pauline, Malvina, Effie, Blanch, Lois j and Rossie Lackey, Meilene Ingle j j and Mrs. Russell Poteat. : Roosevelt Smiles At TVA Speedy Progress Gazing happily at the great strides his No. 1 New Deal Public Works Project,.the Tennessee valley development is making, President Roosevelt, in company with Mrs. Roosevelt, waves a hand to workmen at the Norris dam, near NashVille, Tenn. Contributions Lag In Red Cross Call For Local Support Workers Redouble Effort*, Trying To Meet Budget And To Achieve Membership Of 800. Shelby Red Cross workers were todSy prepared to re-double their efforts in the annual roll call in an ; attempt to avert failure to reach their goal of 800 members. and their budget of $2,100. At noon today, contributions to taled only $300, after a two-and-a half day canvass. Asks Local Support Paul Webb, roll call chairman, said today: “We have simply got to put this thing across. We have the Red Cross nurse on duty here, do ing the most important, vital work, showing our children way to health. Prom the city, we will receive $25 a month, and we expect something from the county, but we need more and must have more. You contribu tion to the Red Cross today is a contribution to your own children. It is. as President Roosevelt used to say, ‘enlightened selfishness’.” Waists 800 Members Henry Edwards, county chair man, emphasized the necessity of supporting the local work of the chapter, but was more concerned with the community’s national rep resentation. "We only ask for 800 members,” he said. “A city this size should have 1,000 members—easy. Things go slowly the first few days, of course —and it isn’t the fault of the work ers. They’re faithful, and their work is truly excellent. But more people must realize that we can't go on without finances. The drive closes on the 24th.” Went After Bear, Got Mighty Tired I “Worse than donkey baseball," said Dr. Shepherd F. Parker. “Much worse.” The doctor and Sam Gault, who presides over the telephone com pany, returned Monday afternoon from a bear and deer hunt above Canton, on the edge of Pisgah For est. They returned empty handed so far as game went, but weary from mountain trotting and main- ; taining all-day stands in the seen-I ery. They left Jim Reynolds, the mov ing picture man. and Dr. Ben Ken dall to try again, and said they hoped ' o go back soon and uphold 1 the honor of Shelby. A forest fire, said Dr. Parker, scared the deer away. Any way, they didn’t see any. Controlled Expansion AAA A im, Wallace Says In Grange Speech I HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 20 Secretary Wallace defined the fu ture course of agricultural adjust ment today as one of “controlled ex pansion, rather than reduction.” Speaking before the National Grange he declared that “to permit a controlled expansion, and also to permit agriculture profitably to pro duce enough to tide the country over years of drought ought to be our objective.” He warned the farm group of a prospective drive to scrap crop con trol, led by “sincere idealists, laissez faire economists, and certain busi ness groups interested in volume.” "Because certain surpluses have been whittled down, because farm incomes are rising, and because of the consequences of the drought,” he said. "I can foresee a powerful drive, in and out of congress, to rer move any and all restrictions on ag ricultural production. "I have the feeling that the var ious processors, handlers, dealers and carriers may perhaps join with the more vocal consumers and pos sibly certain farm groups, to sug gest this winter that we should re move all restrictions from agricul tural production.” . “We must play with the cards that are dealt,” he said. “Agriculture cannot survive in a capitalistic so ciety as a philanthropic enterprise. If the cry of those who bid our farmers think of all those hungry Chinamen were heeded, hundreds of thousands of American farm families would be destroyed.” He Asked To Be Jailed— Then Attempted Suicide Ambrose Page Shoots Self At County Home After Plea To Police; Has Chance Of Recovery, Doctors Say Ambrose Page, who several weeks ago asked the police to arrest him and put him in jail, this morning' placed the muzzle of a .22 rifle where he thought his heart was and pull ed the trigger. The bullet is lodged in the left lung, slightly ' " e the heart, and Page, who is in the Shelby hospital, has a 50-50 chance to recover, doctors said at noon; Merchants Urge Vigilant Patrol By Night Police Committee To Appear Before Mayor And Aldermen; Regulate A d Soliciting In Shelby. More police protection for Shelby stories during the night was de manded at a meeting of the Mer- I chants Association this morning. A * committee has been named to go! before the mayor and aldermen to: ask more careful patrolling at I night, and to request that officers | inspect all alleys after closing hours.! At this meeting, the merchants! took measures to check the increas-! ing horde of advertising solicitors j who solicit storekepers. A resolu- j tion was passed requiring solicitors I to present a letter of approval from the association offices before asking for either ads or donations of any kind. Closing hour for Shelby stores will be at 9 o'clock, beginning December j 17 and continuing until Christmas, i it was announced this morning. Burns Cotton, Gets 12 Months Clutch Newton, 17 year old resi- ■ dent of No. 9 township, was sen- , tenced to 12 months labor on Cleve land county roads in recorder’s court this morning after he was convicted of starting a fire which ourned 1,000 pounds of cotton own e dby Ernest Elliott of the same sec- I Mon. Newton was suspected and traced to and from the scene of the fire by 1 Deputies E. J. Cordell and H. A. '' Guinn. The deputes tTIen brought him to the county jail. The trouble started when New ton and Mr. Elliott had a misunder- : Standing Friday, parting before It I was settled. Then on Monday New- ' ton is alledged to have seen the 1, 000 pounds of unginned cotton in the field and set fire to It. Only one or two other trivial mid- i week cases were aired in Judge I Wrights court today. Bergmann Players Here November 23rd The Dramatic Club of Shelby High School will sponsor the Berg- i mann Players in two plays here on Nov. 23. The players are ‘The Cin derella Man,” to be given in the evening, and "The Pretender,”1 which will be a matinee ■ perform ance. The afternoon play will be at 3:15 and the evening show at 7:30. The Bergmann players were here last year, and will be remembered by many for their successful production of “She Stoops to Conquer” and “Smilin’ Thr ugh,” both of which were enjoyed by large audiences. He fired the shot in his room at the county home, where he had been paroled under the supervision of the county commissioners. He was im mediately rushed to the hospital, where an operation will be perform ed as soon as possible. Page came to Chief of Police Wil kins on his return from Spartan burg several weeks ago and asked if there was a warrant for his ar rest. There was. It had been sworn out by his wife. Just what his do mestic trouble had been was hard to determine, but he had fled to Spartanburg with his son Samuel and there appealed for work or aid at relief headquarters. Inquiries were made at the Shelby office, but ■ before a reply could be made, Page returned to Shelby and voluntarily surrendered himself to the police. He is the father of several chll jdron, and had not been working for ! a considerable time. He is about 36 ] years old. — j Stolen Cotton Sold In County Nine bales of cotton were sold In Lawndale this week which were stolen from Columbus Burgess, of Cherokee oounty, S. C. The thief was II.. & (Buzze) Phillips, of the Gaff ney section. Phillips was given a five years sentence on the roads by Judge P. H. Stoll and will be with a neigh bor of his, Elmer Barnhill, who was given nine months recently for a similar crime. 'Riviere To Receive Honors From Union E. P. Riviere of The Star Job printing department will receive high honors from the Brotherhood | of Locomotive Firemen and En ! ginemen in Asheville on Dec. 5. He I is one of three men who will be i awarded a special 25-year member iship pin at a celebration arranged ! for these veterans. Wilson Discusses Visual Efficiency Dr. Robert Wilson, Shelby opto metrist, addressed members of the Gastonia Lions club at noon today ion "Visual Efficiency.” Dr. Wilson I is president of the Shelby Lions club. Masonic Meeting To Elect New Officers There will be election of officers for Cleveland Lodge No. 202, A.F and A.M., on Friday night of this week. It is urged that the entire membership be present to parti cipate in tjie election. . Lily Mill Building 30x60 ft. Warehouse A thirty by sixty footwarehouse and packing room is now under coir l ruction as an addition to the i Lily Mill plant in South Shelby Joint Meeting In Interest Of Farm Homestead Plan Melvin Makes Study Of Situation Cleveland And (iaatnn County Commissioners Hold Joint Meeting. At a Joint meeting of the county commissioners of Cleveland and Gaston counties held Tuesday at Oastonta, the need of a subsistence homestead for tills area, was pre sented to Dr. Bruce Melvin of the subsistence homestead department of the department of Interior, Washington. D. C. Attending the meeting from Cleveland county were Commission ers Joe E. Blanton. J. R, Morris, J. L. Herndon, Accountant Troy Mc Kinney. J. B. Nolan and Leo B. Weather*. A lengthy conference was held at which Dr. Melvin surveyed the needs of this Industrial section and outlined somewhat the recovery program of the administration, whereby unemployed people will be given an opportunity to produce by their own work, enough to sustain themselves and their families. J. B. Nolan, who obtained options on the 5,000 acres from the 60 indi viduals who own It. reported that the land could be bought for less than *85 an acre, that it contained 5,000,000 feet of marketable timber, and 80 homes of various sise and modernity. All For Project The Gaston and Cleveland com missioners made It clear that they were anxious to see the project ap proved and started, since It will take some 3,700 persons off tempor ary relief In Gaston county, and ap proximately 450 in Cleveland. It was pointed out that at the un employment peak 3,500 families were on relief In Gaston, while the relief roll Is now down to 1,700 families, approximately 11,000 persons. No definite decision came from the meeting. Dr. Melvin was here simply to get a clear picture of the need In Gaston and Cleveland counties for a subsistence home stead project, and to ascertain the suitability of the land under option. Explains Action Congressman Bulwlnkle pointed out to Dr. Melvin that Gaston and Cleveland county officials were not trying to push their relief load off on the federal government, but rather were interested In providing as many as possible of their needy families with permanent means of self-support. Commissioners of the two coun ties will continue to push for early approval of the project, which will give each of participating families a sizeable plot of ground and a home, with a period of 30 years in which to pay for the tract. Six Prospective Bidders On P. O. There are six prospective bidders for the remodeling of the present postoffice building and the building of an annex for court offices and quarters. Bids will be opened on Friday, Nov. 28th. No bids have as yet passed through the hands of Postmaster J. H. Quinn, but it is understood that all bidders will sub mit their bids on the late date. The government reserves two weeks after bids have been received to award the contract and it will probably require a month for the winning contractor to begin opera tions. These Include demolition of the building in the rear of the post office, which will be replaced by the ! annex. Upstairs in this building will ; be a small chamber for sessions of 'federal court while on the first ! floor, there will be three offices for | federal officers. County Gains$402,000 AfterPayingBankhead Tax, Sheffield Asserts | State Cotton Chief Explains Control Bill And Shows Its Effects Here; Urges All Farmers To Cast Votes After paying the Bankhead tax on 6,257 surplus bales, Cleveland County cotton growers will still be $402,000 ahead of 1932, said Charles A. Sheffield, director of the cotton pro- j gram in North Carolina, in his discussion of the Bankhead Bill at the court house Tuesday morning. County Native Gives $20,000 WAKE FOREST, Nov. Il.-The popular opinion that preachers are financial liabilities to colleges and communities does not hold true In the case of the Rev. and Mrs. Char les F. Hopper, above, of Ingold, Sampson county, whose benefactions have been worth more than $30,000 to Wake Forest college. Mr. Hopper, a native or Cleveland county, was graduated from Wake Forest In 1890. In an Interview this week with Prof. J. L. Memory, Jr., field rep resentative of the institution. Mrs. Hopper told why her husband be fore his death in 1916 willed all of hla possessions to Wake Forest, his wife being provided a life estate. “I am leaving It to the best people that I know anywhere," the minis ter's wife quoted him as saying. Prominent Church Member In Kings Mtn. Buried Today B. R. Payseur, 6* Year Old Meth odist Steward Diet After Having Stroke. KINGS MOUNTAIN. Nov. M.— Funeral services lor B. H. Payseur who died yesterday morning at his home on highway 20 Just out of the city limits, will be held this after noon at 2:30 o'clock at Central Methodist church, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. W. Williams. Mr. Puyseur had been In bad health for several years but suffer ed a stroke of paralysis about a year ago from which he never re covered. Born May 16. 1872 In Lin coln county. Mr. Payseur came to Kings Mountain 35 years ago. He was a faithful member of Cen tral Methodist church, and a mem ber of the official board as steward until ill health prevented him from taking an active part in church life. He is survived by his widow who was Miss Sarah Elizabeth Baxter; one daughter, Miss Eva Payseur of Kings Mountain; two sons, Glenn, of Kings Mountain and Baxter, who is a ministerial student at Oreens boro Bible school . i Game Warden Gives Simple Rules To Avert Tragedies In The Woods Potential tragedy at every hand i.stalks the hunter who annual goes i to the woods and fields at this time | of the year for birds, rabbit or deer, j A careless gesture, an awkward i movement, an unexpected explosion | may bring untold grief. County i Game Warden H. C. Long empha sizes these points as the wild fowl ! season is flung wide open in North i Carolina, and he urges all hunters to observe the simple, common sense rules that may save human ! life. He made a list of the commonest faults committeed by hunters. Here they are: ■ Don’t keep your gun loaded except 'when you are actually hunting, but , handle it at all times as if it were loaded. Don't point your gun at anyone I even if you are sure it is empty. { Don’t carry your gun when climb ing fences or brush pile's. Don’t hanefle a gun by the muzzle or pull it toward you. Don’t carry your gun so that an accidental discharge might shoot your companions. Don’t shoot at any game unless you can see It clearly enough to positively Identify it. There Is safety ■in our North Carolina deer law In that the deer you can shoot must be a buck, and all bucks have horns. Don’t violate the farmer’s hospi tality by leaving gates open, cutting fences or destroying his property. Don’t throw your smoke out of the car or into the brush without put ting it out. Don’t hunt without a license— the game warden may get you at he time you are enjoying the hupt most. i Like Cully A. Cobb, U. 8. cotton chief, he favor* the Mil, and fear* that without control prlcec will nitatn sag to a deplorable alx-cent level, but his addit.hk here was de signed not so much to sell the Bank head measure as to explain It In terms of what It has meant speci fically in Cleveland county. A farm vote will be held on the Bankhead bill the middle of Decem ber, Pays $195,000 Tax Only 455 farmers in the county are not under contract, ho said, and only 000 bales are ••lost" to Cleve land through the Bankhead bill. The county will be allowed to mar ket 35,150 {tales tax free he explain ed. and will product' an estimated total this year of 41,407 bales, which means a tax of $135,000 the county will pay on its surplus, figuring at h high estimate of $35 a bale. But he compares costs and pro duction this way to show that, even with this apparently staggering tax, Cleveland cotton farmers are vast ly better off than they were In 1933. before any kind of control, voluntary or otherwise, had been attempted: In 1933, Cleveland’s production was 43,490 bales, without retrlctlons. The county Is only 3,000 bales short of this now. In 1033, the seed brought a total of $307,000. Thte year, It wlU bring $735,000. Add to this the $537,000 rental, percentage and other payments the government has made, and then deduct the $125,000 surplus tax, and Cleveland Is left $402,000 better off than she was In 1933. j ■1 i .1:1 4 The 1934 Crops. The 1932 crop, all told, wed and cotton, m worth *1,487,838. The 1934 crop will be worth—leae the tax>~*3,847,224. This year the county haa planted to cotton 33,200 acres, a reduction from the '32 level not of 40 percent, ns the reduction program flatly <^Ht for, but of 28.9 per cent. A reduc tion of 13.1 per cent had been made prior to 1932, he explained, account ing for this change In the five year average percentage. Mr. Sheffield made a determined §1 attempt to explain to the audience the 10 per cent allotment*, which have caused so much dispute and have been so generally misunder stood. It Is doubtful If he cleared this Issue, save to show that the allot ments were made “according to the strict letter of the law” and on "simple mathematical caleulatlons.” f Among those eligible to this allot- f ment are growers who started their I first crops In 1933 and "34, farmers f who had bad years and fell below | one-third of a three-year average, (Continued on page ten) Charlotte Man To ' Supervise Census Dr. R. L. Holland Of Charlotte To Supervise Farm Survey In This District. Dr. R. L. Holland of Charlotte has been agreed upon by Congress man A. L. Bulwinkle arid Senator R. R. Reynolds to supervise a farm .survey to be made In 22 counties of Western North Carolina, including Cleveland county. The supervisor of census would serve three months at $300 a month, . | and would have under his enumera- | lions for counties as follows: Bun combe, 13; Cherokee, 10; Clay. 3; I Cleveland. 17; Graham, 2; Hay wood, 7; Henderson, 6; Macon, 6; McDowell, 4; Polk. 3; Rutherford. 12; Swain, 4; Transylvania. 2; Mecklenburg, 12; Avery, 4; Burke, jj jj 6; Catawba, 10; Gaston. 8; Lincoln, 8; Madison. 10; Mitchell, 5; and Yancey, 6. 11 To Employ 880 Agricultural census enumerators \ will be named by the congressmen i of their respective districts, must post on efficiency test, will work || about 20 days and be paid $4 to |7 a day, according to the duration ot | employment. A total of 880 people i will be employed to take the Tar Heel farm census working out of Salisbury, Greensboro, Raleigh. Washington, Wilmington, New Bern end Probably Charlotte aa head quarters.