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Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot.12!4c to 13'4c Cotton stfd. ton. wagon_42.00 Cloudy, Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain in east and north central portion Friday; colder in west por tion Friday afternoon and night. Saturday fair, colder in east por tion. Nab Counterfeiter* Nine men and one woman, round ed up by federal agents in one of the most sweeping counterfeit raids in years, are under heavy guard in Newark, in default of heavy bail. They are charged with conspiracy in making counterfeit plates, photo graphing real bills, and with print ing spurious money. Phone Rates Cut The Southern Bell Telephone company has agreed to reduce tele phone rates in South Carolina by $154,000 annually, the new rates to begin January 1. The reduction af fects 53,725 subscribers in 50 cities and towns. Re-enacts Murder Rufus Satterfield, confessed slay er of Herbert Grice, yesterday re visited the scene of the crime with two officers and step by step re enacted the murder. He is schedul ed to be electrocuted December 14. Steel vs. Labor The battle between the gigantic steel industry and its union labor was today moving near the courts. Negotiations between employers and their workers have collapsed. Payrolls Up A marked increase in both em ployment and payrolls in industry during October was reported yes terday by the labor department. Em ployment increased by 280,000, while weekly payrolls jumped $11,300,000 Much of this gain was attributed to the end of the great textile strike. Forty-six other manufacturing in dustries also reported gains. Russia To Pay Possibility of a debt settlement from Soviet Russia has spurred a group of influential private bankers meeting in Washington to expect new and more prosperous trade op portunities for the United States in the foreign markets. t Page Has Chance, Hospital Believes Ambrose Page, Shelby man who attempted suicide at the county home Wednesday morning by shoot ing himself above the heart with a .22 rifle, has a good chance of re covery, it was said at the Shelby hospital this morning. Mr. Page was at the county home under the supervision of the coun ty commissioners after he had ask ed the chief of police to jail him because of his domestic difficulties. Polkville Chapter Wins $50 Award The Polkville chapter of the Young Tarheel Farmers has won a prize of $50 for the best report in the district. The prize was given by the Arcadian Nitrate Co. J, M. Osteen, district supervisor, in announcing the award to Robert Weathers, reporter for the Polkville chapter, said that the group is now eligible to compete in the state com petition for another prize. Lasf Rites Held For T. H. Moore Community Leader And Deacon Dies In Mt. Paran Of Cancer Trouble. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Thursday at the Mt. Paran Baptist church near Grover for John H. Moore, 62 year old church man and community leader, who died at his home Wednesday after noon at 1:30. Mr. Moore had been seriously ill only a short time but had been suf fering much from cancer during the past four years. A native of Cleveland county and son of George L. Moore, Mr. Moore has been a member of Mt. Paran church for many years and was a deacon and clerk at the time of his death. He was a prominent farmer and Was known to be one of the leading public spirited men in his community. Services were in charge of the Rev. Rush Padgett, of Grover, as sisted by the Rev. W. E. Lowe and the Rev. C. V. Martin of Shelby. Surviving Mr. Moore are his widow, who was Miss Parola Byers before marriage. Mrs. H. D. Marti1.!. Miss Lula Mae Moore, Bill Moon Frances Moore, and Eugene Moore, of Mt. Paran community. John. Jr., lives in Atlanta, and a younger soc Frank, is at Mars Hill college Two brothers, Robert Moore lives in Shelby and Fulton Moor? lives in Blacksburg, S. C. Also, tire a sister Mrs. Baxter Camp of Pat terson Springs, and a stepmother. Mrs. G. T. Moore, of Grover. The MMMUW Bis-W VOL. XL, No. 141 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVr. 23, 1934 ■■■■■■"■ " ■ """■. 1 ■ Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. nr M«u. mi rw. iia »d»»no«i CarrUr, pmr rur. (Hi AdiAnoal Student Is Slain Francis Ahern U'. S. department of state officials are demanding an investigation into the slaying of Francis Ahern, above, 19-year-old college student, of Arlington, Mass., by municipal police in Mexico City. Thomas H. Bowman, American consul general who has been pressing charges, declared the killing of Ahem was “cold-blooded murder”. Warning Issued By Dr. Thompson For 3 Diseases Says Law Requires All Persons To Report Cases To Quarantine Officer. A sharp warning was issued to day by Dr. H. C. Thompson, county quarantine officer, in regard to scarlet fever, whooping cough, and diphtheria, which he says are rath er prevalent in the city and county, although a comparatively small number of cases have been reported. According to Drv Thompson,, .these communicable diseases, as well as all others, must, by law, be reported that the patient may be quarantin ed. The attending physician is us ually expected to report the case, j but the law states that any person knowing of a case must report. “Any person who knows of any communicable disease and does not (Continued on Page Eight) Rotary Governor Makes Address Here John Arrington, of Goldsboro, dis I trlct pr esident of the Rotary club, ! addressed Shelby Rotarlans at their luncheon today. He traced the rapid growth Rotary has made in this j state during the past few months, and spoke feelingly on the Rotary ideals of fellowship and service. The club voted today a donation for the Nursery School at the South Shelby school. | Turkey Day Tilt At 10 In Morning Rotary club officials have made arrangements to have the Boiling Springs-Appalachian Frosh foot ball game on Thanksgiving Day played at 10 o’clock in the morning. This decision was reached today after conferring with both teams. Another game had already been ar ranged for the afternoon. to be played by the Cleveland high school and the colored gridders of Gaff ney, S. C. Post Office Bids To Close Monday Postmaster J. H. Quinn calls at tention to an error in the an nounced ' date lor closing bids on the Shelby post office remodeling and annex. Bids close on Monday. Nov. 26. instead of today. State Methodists Indorse Union Of Three Groups N. C. Convention To Promote Merger Episcopal Branrh Of Church Is In Favor Of Joining; Flan A Joint Meeting. WASHINGTON, N. C., Nov. 22 — The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, today indorsed the report of an Interdenominational committee recommending action toward a un ion of the three Methodist denom inations. The Rev. M. T. Plyler of Durham and Greensboro, representing the Methodist FVflscopal church, south, on the committee and editor of the Carolina Christian Advocate, said the committee had tentatively planned to hoi da joint mass meet ing, probably in Greensboro, next January 8, to attempt to develop feeling favoring a union of the Methodist groups. The committee. It was explained, has yet to decide definitely on the time and place of the mass meet ing and to arrange a program. It was also pointed out that action by the meeting would not be likely, ex cept in the form of resolutions, which might suggest a union of the denominations. Besides Piyler, the interdenomi national committee is composed of the Rev. B. A. Culp of Winston Salem, representing the Methodist church; and the Rev. S. W. Taylor of Greensboro, representing the Methodist Protestant church. The constitutional question which haa become known throughout ! Methodism as the “four years in and four years out" which the gen eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at its quadrennial meeting last spring, sent down to the annual conferences i for their approval or rejection, was : passed by an overwhelming vote by the North Carolina conference. By a unanimous vote ot the con ference, the action taken yesterday in stopping three young men from being advanced because they used tobacco was rescinded after the young ministers had made a oot (Continued on page eight.) Two Year Old Boy Dies Of Pneumonia Paul, Jr., "Buddy" Bridges, two year old* son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bridges, who live on the Fallston road, died at his home about 6:30 this morning. The death was unexpected and physicians after examining the body declared it to be a very sudden attack of pneumonia. Funeral services will be conduct ed Saturday at 11 o’clock at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church with the Rev. D. G. Washburn in charge. jMr. Bridges is manager of the City I Services station of this city. To Quarter Cattle Here For The Winter A car load of cattle to be fed here for the winter is at Waco this morn ing, Relief Administrator Harry Woodson says. They will be quarter ed on the farm of Avery Putnam. Mr. Woodson expects daily the arrival of 300 Herefords for a slaughter project under the FERA in which Cleveland will supply fresh meat for relief agencies in nine counties. Afrival of these cattle was announced by telegram last week, but no further word about them has come. Joe Erwin To Teach Newton Bible Class Attorney Joe Erwin of Charlotte will teach the Newton Bible class Sunday morning at the First Bap tist church. Mr. Erwin is a prom inent attorney of Charlotte, a na tive of Burke county and a very elo- 1 quent and charming speaker. Spe cial music will be furnished by a l quartet of ladies. 1 Rosy Cheeks Blossom As Nursery Tends Undernourished Children j ’'eefitacue xtew with beef, carrots t.nd po' r.'o«, eabb.tge and apple ! salad, banana pudding, bread and nxllfc - doesn't that sound like an ap petizing healthful luncheon? Twen ty little shiny faced children fed . terdcv noon in the spotlessly '-an lunchroom of the Nursery School in the South Shelby school, ■ thought it vas mighty good and |showed their unanimous approval for at the end of the meal twenty little plates were left with scarcely a crumb and twenty little glasses . j were drained of every drop of milk. ! Happy and well-fed they were al- I ‘j -owed to play for a little while and; ; then they were tucked away in the ■ j U He cots furnished by the Kiwanis ■jClub, all snug apU warm, covered ; with the bright new blankets the aem’oers of the Woman's Club have %iven. This nursery school, an FERA project, takes care of children from two years old up to school age. They (Continued on page eight.) i She Teaches On Either Da Laa Pretty Esther De Lee, 21-year old teacher of Pompey Hollow school, Syracuse, N. Y., is pic tured with the flag which was the cause of the dispute which brought her dismissal at the order of James Armstrong, school trus tee. Miss De Lee, “fired” after she had moved the flag away from a stove where It had been ordered placed by Armstrong, because she believed it a fire hazard, refused to acknowledge the dismissal and returned to school. She declared she would keep on teaching "until I am evicted by the stato polico". TwoHomesBumed Near City’s Edge, Another Damaged Firemen Lay 250 Yards of Hose to Reach House in Woods; Save Cotton in Outbuilding. Flames, firemen ■were powerless to combat successfully, made two fam ilies homeless this week and slight ly damaged another small house. Yesterday afternoon, a tenant house owned by Mrs. Charles Ham rick about 150 yards from Highway 20, west of Shelby, was burned al most to the ground. Firemen laid a hose from the highway at least a quarter of a mile to reach the house succeeding In saving the outbuild ings. Tenant House Destroyed. On Wednesday afternoon, a ten ant house on the farm of C. D Hicks, not far from the Dover mill school was destroyed. It too was occupied by negroes. The outbuild ings were saved, one of them con taining seven bales of cotton. Another house, which belonged to J. H. Quinn, was slightly damaged by an oil stove fire Tuesday after noon. While frightened negroes ran from the Hamrick house in the woods, a little grey family of flying squirrels huddled in a nearby tree and chattered in terror as flames crept near them. Apparently, it v;as their home, and they didn't want tc leave it. Maybe they had nuts stored there for the winter. Anyway Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel and their small brood stayed until fire licked their whiskers. Then, in swooping flight, they sailed over the heads o! spectators. All but one escaped. He was the daddy, and was captured by small boys and bought by a man who promised to let him loose agaip. Mr. Squirrel had lost all his whiskers in the fire. Melody Stressed By Big Symphony Charlotte Orchestra, To Play Here Dec. 6, Presents Music The Public Understands. Presenting a program that has been specially arranged for melody appreciation the Charlotte sym phony orchestra will be heard in the auditorium of the Shelby high school on Thursday evening. Dec. 6. This concert is sponsored by the Junior Clvia league. This is the fourth season for the Charlotte Symphony orchestra un der the founder and director G. S. de Roxlo. The orchestra includes 55 professional and student musicians of Charlotte and surrounding com munities. Past performances have been received enthusiastically and have included such numbers as Beethoven Symphonies 1, 3 and 5 and Wagner overtures. The soloist of the evening will be Dr. C. E. Kremer, who will present the Romance in F. This is a violin solo with full orchestra accompani ment. Sales Tax To Be Presented Again; Opposition Slight Budget Commission Sponsor ’35 Levy Belief Felt In Raleigh That Stale Merchants Will Offer Little Opposition To Measure. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Nov. 21.—While the set ret; of the decision of the Advis ory Budget Commission as to Its attitude toward the sales t'ix has evidently been closely guarded, It may be safe to predict that the three per cent sales tax will bo In direct In the recommendations to the 1935 general assembly and min us the exemptions of nine basic lood commodities included m the pit sent act. It Is lllce.y, also, that the public, marie sales tax conscl i ts for the past 16 months by a constant reminder of the tax on each item purchased, w!ii not be so awrare of tha tax dur ing the following two years, in leg.s le'ior presented. The efforts, due to activities of merchants, hav« been d<r*T‘cd toward makhig the tax as ol noxious as possible, in the hope ti nt the public would rise up In Its wrath and demand repeal of the law. That opportunity has been given and If the tax survives the 1935 session, it Is expected to be leas apparent. * No Repeal Effort. In fact, It Is believed that the merchants will not malce a whole sale and determined effort to have the tax repealed. Both they and the public realizes It is not as bod as It seemed It might be, Us proponents claim, and that it will be reenacted by the 1935 session without great objections—centered In the mer chants along the border line of the state, who may feel Its effect. Merchants know, but have not broadcast the information that the sales tax relieved them of about $500,000 which they paid as a sort of license tax on gross sales for two years. One-tenth of one per cent was the basis, but it was in such bracket form that It amounted to about one-seventh of one par cent on gross sales. Instead of that, the merchants now pay a license fee of $1, or an aggregate of some $35,000, as against about $500,000. This Is a saving they are conscious of, even though they are not broadcasting it, They also are relieved of their pro rata part of the property tax reduc tion as a result of the sales tax, which the public Is paying. 3 Hickory Men Held For Murder Arrested In Death Of R. A. Loyd, Who Wu Shot To Death In rilling Station. HICKORY, Nov. 22.—Arrested on a bench warrant Issued by Judge W. P. Harding of Charlote, three local men, Re* Marshall, operator of a filling station here, Roy Shook and Ellis King were taken to Le noir today and turned over to the custody of the Caldwell county sheriff pending their arraignment before Judge Harding in Caldwell superior court on November 27 on a murder charge. The men were arrested in con nection with the death of Richard A. Loyd. Mocksville nurseryman, who was shot to death at a filling station on the Burke-Catawba coun ty line on highway 10 on the after noon of October 23. Shook and King arc charged with complicity in the crime while Mar shall is alleged to have fired the shot which resulted in Loyd’s death. Marshall had been given a pre liminary hearing in the court of Magistrate Julian Walton at Mor ganton, October 13. but was releas ed because of Insufficient evidence, it was announced by the Justice of the peace court. Clerk Of Court Has Creditors Restrained A restraining order was signed this week by Judge E. Y. Webb who ! is holding court in Asheville, re straining creditors from foreclos ing for the time being on the prop erty of A. M. Hamrick, clerk of rourt. This puts a stop for the time beinjf- on an impending sale of 167 acres of land owned by Mr. Ham rick Just north of the city. Attorney ; Peyton McSwain, representing Mr. 1 Hamrick says creditors have claims amounting to about $25,000. _,_ NEW BALCONY OPEN AT OWL SODA SHOP — A. W. Wright, proprietor of the Owl Soda shop, has erected a new | balcony for the convenience of pri I vate parties. It will be open on Nov. ! 24th. Named In Fascist Plot Named by General Smedley D. Butler as the man who had asssrted ly asked him to lead a Fascist coup against Washington, Gerald P MacGuire, left, connected with a New York brokerage firm, has denied the assertion. The former marine corps commander said MacGuire suggested that a private army of 600,000 ex-soldiers be organised and that $3,000,000 could be raised for the purpose. On right is MacGuire's attorney, Norman L. Marks, who termed the dis closure as a "joke and a publicity stunt for General Butler’*. The congressional committee investigating un-American subversive movements in New.Yosk is pushing an inquiry into tbo alleged plot. N. C. Of f icers "Scan Skies For Fleeing Florida Plane Expect Notorious Forger, Fugitive From West Palm Beach, To Be Forced Down In North Carolina Sheriff Cline and his deputies scanned the skies this morning for a speeding plane from Florida in which R. H. Bullock, alias Ray Parker, notorious forger, is trying to es cape. Word that the plane was headed this way came in a telegram late yesterday afternoon. I Duke Power Rate j Seen As Too High;; Ickes Is Caustic Secretary Of Interior Icke« Say* He Disagree* In Opposition To Greenwood Project. Hints by President Roosevelt and repeated administration statements that power rates were considered too high came to a partial culmina - tion yesterday when Secretaary ot the Interior Ickes lashed out di rectly at a power company and said it charged too much. He meant North Carolina's Duke Power company. He was caustic In criticizing this company for Its efforts to prevent the water 'power development at Buzzards Roost on the Saluda River in South Carolina. He was asked at his press conference for a comment on the Duke petition for a federal injunction against the use of fed eral funds for Greenwood county’s project, Mr. Ickes said: “I don't agree with the Duke Pow er company. We think they have been charging unfair rates.” Despite the action of the Duke company in the courts, the project is going forward, with a $2,852,000 PWA grant, and is intended to supply power to three counties. If the injunction is granted, all work will be stopped until a division has been granted by the higher courts. The question was decided in favor of Greenwood county when argued in the state courts. Bullock took off In a Boeing plane from a remote section of southern Florida. His plane had a capacity of 25 hours cruising, and. because of adverse weather, Is expected to have proceeded about this far today. Po lice and county officers all down the line from Maryland to Florida have been posted to listen for the roar of the fugitive plane. A reward of $500 Is offered for Bullock arrest. 8herlff W. H. Lawrence of West Palm Beach, described Bullock as 29 years old. weight 185, height five feet ten, thick black hair and Ro dian features. Central M. E. Plans For Thanksgiving A short devotional on Thanksgiv ing Is planned for the Sunday morn ing service of the young people de partment of the Central Methodist Church. Hymns of thanks and praise will be sung and a special duet Is .to be given. "My Conception of Thanksgiving.” will be the topic of a short talk by Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, the department counselor. For the Epworth league meoting ; of this department, a committee is i attempting to get a moving picture suitable and appropriate for the service. Announcements will be made concerning it Sunday morning at 10:45. All members are urged to Ire present at both the morning service, 10:45 and the evening serv ice 6:45. The lute R. L. Hendrick’S class of ! young men will Join the class of Mr. Horace Origg Sunday morning to form a young men’s Bible class. All young men are urged to come ! and join. Mr. Horace Origg will be I the teacher. Hitch-Hiker’s Eloquent Thumb Gets Him Eight Months In Jail Floyd Gunter wiggled hi.s thumb and got eight months in jail. Mr. Gunter, standing on highway 20 yesterday afternoon and making the familiar gesture now developed to such technical perfection by hitch-hikers, was passed by several cars before he caught a ride toward Charlotte. When officer Charles Shepherd of Kings Mountain came ■ by, Mr. Gunter’s gesture was elo ' quent, mannerly. and convincing. Mr SheDherd stooued. And Mr. Shepherd, who Is an of ficer of the law, recognized in his passenger the man he had just been despatched to arrest. He turned aroSn dand brought Mr. Gunter to jail. This morning, the prisoner was faced with ft charge he had evaded for more than a year, and was sen tenced to eight months in jail or ion the county roads for driving while drunk and possessing liquor. He had evaded paying his penalty by skipping bond. Farmers To Take Their Own Census; 175 Applications Agricultural Canvass To Begin Jan. 1 Supervisor And 17 Enumerator* Must Conic From Farm Communities; Hulwinkl* To Appoint. One supervisor for th# farm cen sus In the tenth and eleventh con gressional districts and 17 enumer ators for Cleveland county will be appointed upon recommendation of Representative A. L, Bulwinkle, Oliver Anthony, Democratic county chairman, said this morning. One hundred end seventy-five applica tions have been made In this county. Under the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Census, both super visors and enumerators wtU net come from the cities or towns, but from the rural communities ' where the farms are located. Dr. R. L, Holland of Charlotte Is supervisor of the state census to be made In S3 Boun ties. Job* For Forman. Every effort will be made to ap point. so far as la possible, farmers, farmers' wives, sons or daughters, and a census bureau test will be giv- j en to determine qualifications standing in the oommunlty, charac ter. organization and admlnlatrattve ability. The enumerators will be employ ed for fifteen or twenty days and will be paid on a piece work basis. If an enumerator la extremely ac tive, according to the Bureau of Census, ha may earn from four to five dollars a day Want Complete Centos. In specifying that the enumera tors must come from the farming communities, the bureau has In mind a full, complete and true knowledge of agricultural conditions throughout the country. Mr. Anthony said yesterday that he was expecting fuller Information soon. He believes the census will be started about Jan. 1. Mrs. V. E. Doty , Buried Thursday Respected Woman In Sandy Plains Community Dias Of Com plication!. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. V. E. Doty, well known and respect ed woman of the Bandy Plains sec tion who died at her home at II o'clock Wednesday, following a week's Illness of a complication of troubles. Mrs. Doty had been In declining health for a number of years but was not seriously 111 until a few days ago. Her husband has been dead for some time. A large crowd was present for the services which were held at the Sandy Plains Baptist church where she has been a faithful member several years. The Rev. W. A. Elam was in charge. Surviving are two sons, O. E. Doty, of route 4, Shelby and C. O. Doty lives in the community, and a sister, Mrs. W. N. Ledbetter, lives in McDowell county. A member of a large family, Mrs. Doty took a leadlhg part In relig ious and civic affairs of her com munity and the large floral offer ing showed the esteem in which she was held by her many friends. New Apartment House Completed _ The Frederick Apartments on the I Cleveland Springs road, owned by | Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Stephenson, [ were completed this week and thrown open for inspection. The building is of English type architecture and has four and three room apnrtments with all modern conveniences, separate entrances, hot and cold water. The rooms are large, and the building is surround ed by spacious, shrubbed grounds. Q. E. Herman of Hickory was the architect and Lutz and Webb the contractors. The building takes its name from that of Mrs. Stephen- J son's father, the late Frederick Morgan. The Frederick is the newest and probably the largest apartment house in Shelby. Non Signer* To Meet Here Next Thursday — A mass meeting of all "non-slgn ■ers” under the cotton reduction program Is called to be held In the court house Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 27th at 3 o’clock, says J. O. Spurlin or Fallston. This Is an Im portant meeting and all cotton growers who failed to sign the re duction contract for any reason, are urged to attend.
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