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U. S. Agent Shot
A federal agent, who is supposed
to have been the one that killed
John Dillinger, was slain yesterday
by machine gun fire from George
(Baby Face) Nelson as officers
sought to close in on this desperado
in a Chicago suburb. Herman E.
Hollis, about 30, was killed, and
Samuel E. Cowley was critically
wounded. It has been revealed that
Hollis, and not Melvin H. Purvis, is
the man who killed Dillinger.
Favor Bonus
Balky members of the 74th con
gress predicted last night that a ma
jority of the house Democrats would
join the Republicans to pass again
with an overwhelming the $2,200,
000,000 soldier bonus bill. The fate
of the measure in the senate, how
ever, is problematical, though party
leaders say that supporters for the
bill has increased there also.
Ickes Stands Pat <
Secretary Ickes, as administrator
of the PWA, stood pat yesterday on
his assertion that the Duke Power
Co. rates were unfair. He said he
would not answer the letter from
the company asking*him to retract
the statement.
54 Held In Jail
Despite a warning from state re
lief administrator Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry that all federal relief funds
to Asheville and Buncombe coun
ties would be cut off if 54 men now
held in the Buncombe county jail
were not immediately released, the
county continued today to hold
them prisoner on charges of va
grancy. The sheriff said he intend
ed to keep them there until finger
print investigations were made in
Washington.
Robeson Ahead In
Ginning In Carolina
Robeson county still maintains I
the lead in the number of bales of
cotton ginned in North Carolina,
with Cleveland county second. Ac
cording to Thamer C. Beam. the
number of bales ginned by the five
leading cotton producing counties
up to Oct. 14th is as follows:
Robeson . _ 41,298
Cleveland _ __ 35,393
Johnston _ __ 23,534
Samson . _ 23.080
Halifax _ _ 20,223
SHELBY MASONS TO MEET
FOR WORK IN THIRD DEGREE
Members of the Masonic order
will meet at the Shelby temple for
third degree work Friday evening
at 7:30.
Search Conducted
Fojr Missing Man
Sheriff Raymond Cline this
morning made an appeal to resi
dents of the county to be on the
lookout for Edgar Black, 30
years old, whose mind is not
strong, and who disappeared from
his home in No. 5 township Fri
day night.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Black, who are making
frantic efforts to find their son.
He is six feet tall, weighs about
175, was wearing overalls and a
gray cap and had about three
weeks growth of beard.
He is an extremely shy person,
likely to run and hide if ap
proached. He is always gentle.
The THka imd Aas
VOL. XL. No. 143
SHELBY, N. CL
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28. 1934
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
bj> Mail pot r—t. (la adVMMt — IIH
r»fri«i pot rtar. <u» kiuimi _ |l M
Oren McSwain, 35'
Dairyman-Farmer,
Buried Tuesday
Had Been Sick Only
Six Week*
Large And Successful Dairyman
h i Unusual Disease; Was
Deacon And Teacher.
| -
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock for D.
1 Oren McSwain, 35 year old dairy
j man, owner of the Beaverland
I Dairy who died Monday afternoon
j at 3; 15 o’clock following an illness
of six weeks with leucocythemia.
[During this period he had grown
! gradually weaker, taking his bed
about two weeks ago. Realizing that
he could not recover, with his red'
•blood corpuscles turning white, he
talked with members of his family,
told them to complete the con
struction of the large barn which
he had started, advised them how
1 to operate the dairy successfully as
he had done and made plans for
his funeral.
Mr. Mcswain was one of the
largest dairymen In this section of
the state, owning a herd of 65
cows. He had a model, sanitary
dairy and enjoyed the confidence
and esteem of his friends and cus
tomers. He was quiet in manner,
yet had a keen sense of humor,
strong friendships and fine Chris
tian attributes. He was a deacon of,
Pleasant Ridge Baptist church and
a teacher of a Sunday school class.
Members of his class served as pall
bearers, while girls from the class
taught by his wife served as flow
er bearers. Services were conducted
by the pastor, Rev. W. O. Camp,
assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall and Rush'
Padgett. A beautiful floral offering I
and a large crowd of friends at- j
tested the esteem in which he was!
held.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.:
and Mrs. D. R. McSwain, his wife,
who before marriage was Miss
Lola McSwain, two children, Max
and Bernice, one brother, Claudius
McSwain and one sister, Mrs. P. C.
Blanton.
The Beaverland dairy is located
at his home six miles west of Shel
by o nhighway No. 20.
Chickasaw Thread
Pays 25% Dividend
Local Wholesale Thread Company
Now Has A Dozen Salesmen
On The Road.
At a recent meeting of the direc
tors of the Chickasaw Thread com
pany a 25 per cent dividend was or
dered paid. This company whole
sales thread to the garment trade,
selling to glove factories, overall,
hosier yand other kinds of mills in
all states of the nation except along
the pacific coast.
Luther McGinty is president.
Jack Yates and Grover Turner,
vice presidents, and L. P. Holland,
treasurer. Mr. Yates is in charge of
the sales office in Dallas, Texas,
while Mr. Turner has charge of the
Indianapolis office. When Mr. Mc
Ginty took charge of the head of
fice here in Shelby four years ago;
the company had three salesmen.
Today a dozen men are on the road.
Mr. McGinty recently returned
from a two weeks call on the trade
in the east and mid-west and found
the manufacturers optimistic over
the prospects for) business improve
ment.
This company recently moved into
new offices over the Lily Mill
store.
Probe Child Deaths
Suffocation was advanced last
night as the cause of the deaths the
three little girls whose bodies were
found in the woods near Carlisle,
Penna., on Saturday. Police and
county officials are making strenu
ous efforts to identify the girls. |
To The Victors Belong The Smiles
Samuel Insull, Jr., (left) and Samuel Insulf Sr., (right) with their attorney, Floyd Thomp
son. Following their acquittal by a federal cou-t jury on charges of using the mails to de
fraud. The jurors reached verdict on third ballot after two hours’ deliberation.
To Present Plan!
For Homesteading
To Mrs. O’Berry
Cleveland And Gas tor/ Boards Ask
Conference Next Week With N.
C. Belief Administrator.
W. G. Gaston, executive secretary
of the Gaston County Chamber of
Commerce, has written to Mrs.
Thomas O’Berry asking her to set
a date next week for a conference
with Cleveland and Gaston com
missioners, who wish to present to
her formally the rehabilitation
homestead project planned by the
two counties.
Mr. Gaston, in a letter to the
state relief administrator, cites com
prehensively the need of such a pro
ject by Cleveland and Oaston, where
persons on relief know only two oc- j
cupations, textile and farming.
I
upturns uouunea.
The homestead project is based
on the plan to obtain 5,000 acres of
good farming land, near Kings
Mountain, 'on which these relief
families would be placed. They
would be established in homes erect
ed with federal funds and given
some 30 years to pay for them. The
ideal of community living would be
promoted.
This plan, a pioneer one in socio
logy, has received the earnest sup
port or Representative A. L. Bul
winkle, who is exerting all his in
fluence to obtain funds for it.
Land Bank Chief
Visitor In Shelby
E. F. Haigler, North Carolina di
rector for the Federal Land bank,
stopped in Shelby yesterday on an
inspection trip through western
North Carolina. He said he was
highly impressed by the prompt
payments farmers in Cleveland
county have made. T. C. Credle is
the field agent in charge of this
territory.
Red Cross Seals
On Sale Monday
Christmas Seals, which are put
on sale annually by the Red Cross
in their drive for funds to aid tub
ercular sufferers, will be offered
here Monday By members of the
Woman’s club, Mrs. H. T. Hudson,
president, announced this morning.
Mrs. Billie Davis is chairman of the
drive, and groups will be appointed
to assist from each division.
Tithing Is Way To Pay Church
Debts; Minister Illustrates
A large crowd of Presbyterians,
Methodists and Baptists were pres
ent at the Presbyterian church last
night to hear the Rev. G. L. White
ley of Roanoke, Va. speak on
“Church Financing" or how to get
a church out of debt and be able to
keep it out.
This meeting was being sponsor
ed by the Presbyterian church un
der the direction of the Rev. H. N.
McDiarmid. It is understood the
Roanoke minister has made a re
markable record in his nine years
as pastor of a church in his city
and is now on a tour speaking to
church congregations in this terri
tory.
Pointing to the success of his own
church as an example, the Rev. Mr.
Whiteley presented the Biblical
method of tithing as the most logi
cal, easiest and most practical meth
od of relieving church finances, and
declared that churches of all de
nominations today are in a dilem
ma because they do so little.
“It takes from 30 to 250 people to
win one person to believe in Christ
.... God's promises are all condi
tional . . . when we think of mor
als, prayers, religion, food, health,
and a thousand other things, God
would not have finances neglected j
! when the world moves so definitely
jin that channel."
As an illustration he said in Sep
i 1
'.Continued on page eight.) .
Non-signers Will Present
Grievance To Wallace
Dissatisfied With Bankhead Administration,
They Retain Attorney, Name Committee,
And Draft Petition Of Complain
Approximately 100 farmers, all Cleveland county cotton
I growers who did not sign up for reduction and now feel that
j they are not receiving a fair allotment under the Bankhead
I control measure, met at the court house Tuesday afternoon,
named a committee, a secretary-treasurer, and appointed P.
Cleveland Gardner their attorney to lodge a complaint with
j Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
Nov. 14 Is Chosen
For Farm Ballot
On Cotton Control
County Agent To Tour County In
Effort To Explain What Act
Has Meaift Here.
No official announcement has
been received in Cleveland of the
date for voting on the Bankhead
Crop control measure. County Agent
R. W. Shoffner said today, but
Washington press despatches set
the day as December 14.
“Are you in favor of continuing
the Bankhead Act for next year?”
is the question on which cotton
growers will vote yes or no
Cobb And Sheffield.
Two explanations of what the
Bankhead Bill has meant to the
Southern cotton grower have al
ready been made here. First, Cully
A. Cobb, in charge of the cotton
section of the AAA, addressed a
large crowd in the court house
Then Charles A. Sheffield, state di
rector, gave his views,
j, Mr. Cobb spoke on the national
aspects. Mr. Sheffield on the state
and Cleveland count? Now, follow
ing the example of his chiefs, Mr.
Shoffner will also tell Cleveland
farmers about it. In a series of meet
ings throughout the county, he and
Alvin Propst, who is the Bankhead
administrator here, will explain the
measure again, and tell the farmers
lust how and when to cast their bal
lots for or against.
Who May Vote.
All eligible voters, defined in the
Bankhead act as those “who have
the legal or equitbale right as own
er, tenant, share-cropper, or other
wise to produce cotton,” will be giv
en an opportunity between the hours
of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.. on that date
to legister their reaction to the ex
periment In compulsory control
which has been in force since the
pa«f, summer.
Under this plan each farmer was
allotted a quota under the 10,460,000
bale national total which he was
allowed to grow tax-free. All cot
ton produced in excess of this
amount was subject to a tax of fifty
per cent.
Plan Thanksgiving
Meet For Lutherans
a quarter before ten o’clock on1
be held at the Lutheran church at
a quatrer before ten o'clock on
Thursday morning. It will consist of
Scripture and song, the reading of
the president’s proclamation, and a I
brief address. The offering will go
to the Orphans’ Home. The public
is cordially invited.
j. u. topurnn oi F&uston, who
called the meeting, was appointed
secretary and treasurer of the com
mittee, which Is composed of W. A.
Sain of Lincoln county, Curtis Led
ford of No. 10, R. A. Lackey of flo.
9, J. R. Price of No. 11, Fred Pow
ell of No. 6, A. W. Black of No. 5,
J. Newton Bridges of No. 7, Rob
ert Bridges of No. 8 and J. W. Mays.
Not Against Control
This committee retired to the
grand jury room and emerged short
ly with a statement that they wish
ed no one to understand that the
farmers represented were against
the Bankhead bill, but that they
were merely asking “a fair allot
ment which we did not get.”
A resolution, prepared by Mr.
Gardner and signed by most of the
farmers present, offered these
claims:
That the non-signers were cut
over the 40 per cent prescribed by
the bill, and that, moreover, the
five-year average on which cuts
were based in Cleveland was 52,000
bales and not 90,000.
190 Claim Injustice
That 190 farmers of the “non
signers” did put their names to the
“pink cards," and signed along the
line, and that, therefore, the allot
ment which was distributed to the
471 non-signers should have gone
to the 190 pink-card signers. Fif
teen hundred bales of tax-free cot
ton were allotted to these non
signers, the petition alleges, which
should have gone to the 190.
The petition, which is addressed
to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
asks that he conduct an investiga
tion and remedy this alleged mis
take.
County Agent Robert W. Shoff
ner and Bankhead Administrator
Alvin Propst did not attend the
meeting, and said they were not in
vited.
rlan Speaking Tour
They will meet this afternoon
with the county committeemen to
arrange fof a speaking tour to ex
plain features of the Bankhead bill
throughout the county preparatory
to the vote to be taken Dec. 14.
“Many of the matters that puzzle
non-signers will be explained at
these meetings,” Mr. Shoffner said.
Shelby Firm Low
With Bid On P. O.
Of the three bidders who sub
mitted estimates for remodeling the
Shelby post office building and con
structing a new Federal building,
i the Morrison-Falls company of
j Shelby Is far below its competitors
! with a bid of $34,441.
The other bidders, the Algernon
Blair company of Montgomery and
Worsham Brothers of Knoxville, bid
$46,727 and $49 943 respectively.
Postmaster Quinn said that no
I word had come about awarding the
contract, and the post office had
reserved two weeks to consider bids
after* submission.
Gardner Predicts
Finishing Plants,
Will Move South
Sees Shift To Leave
Strike Deadlock
Former Governor Believe* Dyeing
Industry For Rayon May
Come To Carolina.
The possibility of establishing a
number of dyeing and finishing
plants for the rayon Industry in
this part of North Carolina was
strongly advanced In Washington
yesterday by former governor O.
Max Gardner of Shelby, a partner
with Odus M. Mull in the Cleveland
Cloth mill.
A long and unbroken strike In
the Patterson. N. J„ dyeing and fin
ishing plants indicates the possi
bility of a move.
Gardner Optimistic
"North Carolina produces 60 per
cent of the dress goods manufac
tured in the United States and
there should be large finishing
plants in the state," declared for
mer Governor O. Max Gardner. He
has Interest In the proposal to move
the Patterspn plants to North Caro
lina, not only as a loyal Tar Heel
but also as counsel for the rayon
Industry In the United States and
as part owner of the Shelby plant.
Hayon mills are now also operat
ed at Gastonia. Burlington, and
Orcensboro. and experience has
proved, former Governor Gardner
pointed out, that climatic conditions
as well as the natural location are
ideal for manufacture of rayon.
warn to move
It has bwn known for some time
that Pattewbn manufacturers have
had under consideration removal of
some of their large plants to the
Carollnas, especially since the tex
tile relations board, of which <fcidge
W. P. Stacy of North Carolina Is
chairman, has sought in vain to
bring about an adjustment of the
prolonged strike, but whose over
tures have been rejected by some
of the labor unions.
Tn this connection. It was an
nounced at the Textile Relations
board today that Dr. D. M. Squires
of Chicago , h*4 relinquished hU
duties as counselor of the board,
and that S. R. McClurd, Charlotte
attorney reached Washington 10
days ago and entered upon his new
duties as counselor of the board and
executive assistant to Judge Stacy.
County Officials
Will Take Oath
Monday Morning
Cleveland county officials named
In the November elections will be
sworn In and will take office at 10
o'clock Monday morning, December
3. Clerk of the Court A, M. Ham
rick, who was re-elected, will first
take his oath before a Justice of the
peace and then administer the oath
'to his fellow officials.
The Judge of the Recorder’s Court,
who will be Bynum Weathers, and
the solicitor, C. C. Horn, who was
re-elected, will take office on Jan
uary 1.
Monday morning, of course, means
no new set-up in the court house,
since the Democratic forces re-elect
ed all present Incumbents.
Business Will Suspend
On Thanksgiving Day
Stores, banks, building and loan
offices, will suspend business here
in their usual observance of Thanks
giving on Thursday. The football
game at the Shelby ball park, spon
sored by the Rotarry Club for a
Christmas fund, will draw several
thousands, while others will go to
Davidson and Durham for college
games.
The court house offices will be
closed, while the postoffice will ob
serve the usual holiday schedule.
County Relief Office
Will Be Consolidated
In 3-County District
Cleveland Unit Placed Under Rutherford
Office At Mrs. O’Berry Cuts Costs
Throughout North Carolina
Under the relief agency consolidation plan announeeA
this morning by State Administrator Mrs. Thomas O’Berry,
(Cleveland County’s administrative unit will be abolished and
! relief activities will be directed from Rutherford county,
which will be headquarters for district 5, comprising Cleve
land, Rutherford and McDowell counties.
He Won’t Resign
THE REV. J. D. MORRIS
J. D Morris, county commisslon
<t, tntfl in mind to resign from the
i>oard, effective Monday when the
new term of office tor commission
era begins, but he has changed his
; mind. At noon today he stated that
1 lie will continue to serve.
Mr. Morris nas increased duties
as pastor, but will arrange to be at
hl« Fallston home each week-end
and attend all meetings of the
board.
On the first Monday In December,
the present board will qualify for
their new term and a chairman will
be elected.
Carolina Received
Over 3 Millions
In Cotton Rental
Possibly As Much As $2,000,000 More
To Come. Parity Check* Due
In Near Future.
North Carolina cotton growers
have received more than $3,200,000
In government checks as their share
of the benefits accruing under the
federal cotton program, with pos
sibly as much as $2,000,000 still to
come, it was disclosed today by the
agricultural adjustment administra
tion.
Cleveland county has received
$294,047.83 in rental payments.
The money already received rep
resents the rental payments, the
first of which has already been
concluded while the second Is
nearing completion. These rental
ipayments will total more than $4,
1200,000 in North Carolina, the first
Installment amounting to $2,107,
214.94 while of the second install- J
nicnt $1,117,364.86 had been paid up :
to November 22, leaving some $90,-1
000,000 yet to be paid.
Get Parity Payments
In addition to the rental pay
ments, cotton producers will receive
"parity” payments, calculated on
the basts of one cent a pound on
(Continued on Page Eight)
PWA Homestead Project To Cost
Billion And A Half Estimated
Cleveland and Gaston county pro
ponents of a homestead rehabilita
tion project to take families off the
relief rolls and establish them in a
community centre near Kings
Mountain were doubly encouraged
this morning by the announcement
| that the federal government now
! has a plan calling for expenditure
| of between $500,000,000 and $1,500,
; 000,000 on such projects over the
next five years.
The proposal would furnish op
\ portunity to Secretary Ickes to car
ry out his government-financed
housing Idea. The PWA chief’s re
cent expoeition of a federal low-'
I cost housing plan brought so strong
an objection from James A. Moffett,
housing administrator, that White
House Intervention was necessitat
ed. At that time, however, Ickes did
not mention the homestead plan as
what he had In mind.
Reports of the subsistence home
stead plan were heard coinciden
tally on Capital Hill and in the ex
ecutive section of Washington. In
one government quarter It was said
that a billion and a half develop
ment was under consideration.
Meanwhile, Ickes already opera
tive subsistence homesteads organ
ization was disclosed to be selling
homes to families in the low income:
'class at three per cent interest, giv
I mg them 30 years in which to pay. i
One person, probably a girl, will
keep an office open in Cleveland,
and three case workers will be re
tained. Other officials, Including
Administrator Harry Woodson and
works supervisor Robert Hord, will
apparently be dismissed.
Reduce To 33 Units.
Consolidation of North Carolina
Relief means compressing 104 relief
units into 33 districts. The Shift
will take place December 0, Mrs.
O’Berry announced.
In charge of the Rutherford of
fice now is Mias Ruth Catlln, 35,
who two months ago succeeded Mrs.
John Anderson, who became wel
fare officer. Miss Catlln was former
ly a caae worker in Gaston county.
No* Staff Set Up.
The 33 new unite *111 be staffed
with a district supervisor, a social
service supervisor, a disbursing of
ficer, a rural rehabilitation supervis
or, a work project engineer and a
statistician.
There are now 1,000 families, ap
proximately, on relief in Ruther
ford, and about BOO in Cleveland:
Congratulate Woodson.
Mrs. O’Berry, writing to Mr.
Woodson today, congratulated him
on the excellent record bis office
has maintained, and thanked him
for the many personal sacrifices ha
has made for the service.
Simultaneously, word arrived this
morning that 60 head of cattle for
slaughtering would arrive here to
day. This t« a first shipment*! cat
tle In the slaughter house project’ in
which It is planned to have Cleve
land serve nine counties.
May Oet Jobs.
No official Information was avail
able this afternoon about the fu
ture of the many county administra
tors who will be thrown out of Jobs
' by this consolidation, but' those not
retained as administrators may be
retained on other relief Jobs, Mra
O’Berry said.
Consolidation of the Cleveland,
Rutherford and McDowell units Is
said to have been made on the
recommendation of Mrs. J. M. Frye
of Charlotte, field representative
under Mrs. O’Berry.
Dramatic Chib
Awarded Prise
For Best Stunt
Sophomore C1«M Goto Second;
Large Crowd Seee 1M
, Perform.
A night of revelry and foolish
stunts was held at the high school
building last night with the drama
tics club taking first prise for tho
best stunt which was titled, "Itia
Modern Cinderella." The sopho
mores took second with “Famous
Advertisements” Illustrated.
Some 150 members of the high
school classes, faculty and organ
izations put on the "stunt night"
i program. It was sponsored by the
j junior class of which John Dorsey
| Is president. Judges wers Mrs. John
! Schenck, Mrs. Sam Gault, and Mrs.
iThad Ford.
some or the evening’s screams
! were Coach Good son as a blushing
{baby, Harry Robinson stuttering.
Carl Gallimore as a carnival ar
tist, Keith Shull pulling a tooth.
Louise Ramseur as a typical old
time school marm, and members of
the football tea mas girls.
Nancy Lineberger was a fanner,
Rush Hamrick a negro comedian,
and a few others who got much ap
plause for their acts were Bill Le
Grand, Rebecca Byrnes, Stough
Wray, Marie King, Bobby Luts,
Pearl Hicks, Charles Sperling, and
many more.
Capt. B. L. Smith presented the
prizes with compliments of the
school officials.
Students Contribute
To Welfare Offering
Shelby high school students this
! morning contributed more than tti
worth of pantry supplies, clothing
and money in a Thanksgiving offer
ing for needy families. Some of the
supplies were given directly to the
needy, and the remainder turned
over to the county welfare depart
ment.