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Late News THE MARKETS Cotton. »pot . 12V* to 13Vic Cotton aeod, ton, wagon .43.00 Cloudy, Rain Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Increasing cloudiness follow ed by rain in the mountains Mon day afternoon. Rain Monday night and possibly Tuesday. Deflates “Balloons” i President Roosevelt has put an j end to the “trial balloon” tactics of his New Deal subordinates. They I have been accustomed to express themselves freely in the press in order to get a public reaction. Now they are saying. “It's up to the President.” This is Intended to give the smoothly-geared Roosevelt pub licity machine a chance to run, and to avoid the many recent contro versies. Wants Big Navy The United States Navy is prepar ing to press vigorously a demand that Congress appropriate about *6,500,000 to bring the man power of the nation’s sea-fighters up past the danger line. Secretary Swanson in his annual report left no doubt that he considers chis the most import ant naval problem of the day. Lost In Storm The sinking of a small motor ship with only 11 of Its crew of 31 known to have been saved yesterday brought to 400 the toll of lives lost in six typhoons which have lashed the Philllpine Islands. The boat sank in Thursday’s typhoon with a crew of 116. No Clemency Bascom and Lester Green, father and son, and R. E. Black, son-in law of Bascom, have lost their ap peals to the mercy seat. Governor Ehringhaus said he would not stay their execution for the murder of Banker T. C. Barnes of Taylorsville, more than a year ago. Transatlantic Operation of government airships in a new trans-oceanic service is now assured, according to authori ties in Washington, if the congress congress will approve recommenda tions of the President’s aviation i commission. The commission will urge building of ships by the gov ernment for lease to private com panies. U. S. To Borrow Approach of the winter’s heavy relief program put the government in the loan market today for $900, 000,000 more of the people’s money. Junior Red Cross Will Meet Friday The regular monthly meetings of all the chapters of the Junior Red' Cross will be held simultaneously In * the six elementary schools Friday | morning at 8:45 during the regular! chapel period. ! Singing of the Red Cross song.! repeating the pledge, and making! reports of Junior Red Cross work done during the month will be fea tures of the programs. Leaders re port good work in all the 52 grades in the city. Women Observe Week Of Prayer Members of the Missionary So cieties of the churches in the Kings Mountain Baptist Association will meet every day this week in their local societies to observe the week of prayfr for foreign missions. Mrs. John Wacaster, associatlonal leader said this morning that Fri day, December 7 there will be an all day prayer and devotional meeting in the First Baptist church here for world wide missions. Women from all the churches in I the association are asked to come for this joint meeting and invitations are extended all pastors and re ligious leaders to , be present. The meeting will begin at ‘40:30 in the morning. Women To Study U. S. Government; Meet In Charlotte An Institute on Government will be held in Charlote, Friday, Decem ber 11th. The morning session will open at 10:45 at the Charlotte Woman’s club. A cordial invitation is given to all interested Democra tic women of Cleveland county to attend. Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, jr., vice chairman of the Democratic exe cutive committee, will preside. Miss Harriet W. Elliott of Greensboro and Dr. D. D. Carroll of Chapel Hill will speak at the morning session. Miss Lavinia Engle of Baltimore will speak at a luncheon at one o’clock on "Unemployment Insur ance and Old Age Pension.” Miss Engle was director of the speakers burean at National Democratic headquarters in the campaign of 1932 and is herself one of the ablest speakers in the country. The vallem d AND Today 8 Pages VOL. XU No. 145 SHELBY, N. a MONDAY, DEC. 3. 1934 # Li.JL.iiJ..I . .1 »■ _J_UJ—L_-.iL Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. »> x*a w r*r. (la Mtumi _ «u* Cud*, m» rmr. (Hi Mvaam) _ DM J. L. Herndon Named Chairman of Board On Suggestion By Blanton County Commissioners Take Oath, Swear In Other Cleveland Officials, And Vote Same Salaries . The courtesy of electing as chairman the man who re ceived the greatest number of votes was gracefully carried out this morning by the county commissioners, who on mo-: tion by retiring Chairman Joe E. Blanton, named Lester: Herndon for the two-year term. The retiring chairman was in a happy mood, for he was celebrating his birthday and had just received a handsome box of cigars from the court house employees. Take Solemn Oath The commissioners took the sol emn oath of office, pledging allegi ance to the constitution of the United States and to the state of North Carolina and promising to perform their duties to the best of their ability. A. M. Hamrick, clerk of the court, who had been sworn in earlier by Justice of the Peace T. C. Eskridge , administered the oath to the commissioners. The same kind of oath was tak en by Mrs. Lillian Newton, county treasurer, Andrew Newton, register, and Troy V. McKinney, county auditor. Constables L. I. Scruggs of No. X, Bob Kendric^ of No. 6 and M. J. Cook of No. 10 were sworn in. Sheriff In April Sheriff Cline and his deputies will be sworn in again in April, 1935, when their term expires. Judge of the Recorder’s Court Bynum Weath ers and Solicitor C. C. Horn will be sworn in January 1, when their term begins. un McSwain, county attor ney for the past term, was re-elect ed this morning, and all salaries of county officials were set at the same figure, on motion of Mr. Blan ton. These include: Salaries Fixed Mrs. Newton, $1600; Mr. Hamrick $200 a month with an allowance of j $480 a year for clerical help; Mr i McKinney $1800; and Andy Newton' $2,000. Mr. Herndon as chairman of the board will receive $200 a year, and will be in the court house every Thursday. Bchds for county officials are as follows: Auditor, $5,000; registrar, $5,000; clerk of court, $10,000; treasurer, $20,000, and sheriff $50,000. The large bond for the sheriff is because tax collecting duties fall on this of fice. Cemetery Work Is Begun Today Beautification Of Sunset Cemetery I* Under Way; Fifteen Men Are At Work. Fifteen men began work this morning on the beautification of Sunset cemetery, the men being furnished from the federal relief office at the request of the women of the city. It is planned to improve the driveways, sow grass, plant shrubbery and otherwise improve the grounds. Those who own plots or have friends or loved ones buried there, are asked to ’go to the cemetery any afternoon this week and advise with the ladies in charge as to what improvement will be made on the square they own. There are a number of squares that have old broken curbing. This will be remov ed if the owner desires, so grass can be sown. Kuonymus trees are (Continued on page six.) Royster And LeGette Improve At Hospital The broken leg of Alderman D. W. R „ .V was set and put in a cast last week. He is getting along as well as could be expected at • Uie Shelby hospital, except he suffers much pain. James LeGette who sustained a broken rib and other injuries when he and Mr. Royster ! were injured near Salisbury in an j auto accident, is getting along nicely and will be dsmissed In a few days. Schools To Close On December 14th Closing earlier than usual this year to accommodate the many students who wish to work in the stores during the Christmas season,! the Shelby city schools will givfe a holiday this year from December 14 to the 31st. The holiday dates were ' '"st week by the board of edu cation. New Chairman Lester Herndon, who was this morning elected chairman of the Clevehwd aounty board of county commissioners. P.T.A. Institute Will Meet Here Tuesday At 2 P.M. State Officers To Attend Gathering In Hoey Classroom; Mothers Urged To Attend. Scores of parents and Parent Teacher Association officers are ex pected to attend Tuesday the P. T. A. Institute, which begins at 2 o’clock in the Hoey Bible class room in the Methodist church. Members of county P. T. A. groups are especially invited to attend. Mrs. H. K. Sledge, state member ship chairman, and Mrs. Ramond Binford, field representative, will be here to lead the discussion and tc answer questions. Urged To Attend All general officers, members of committees have been Invited to at tend in invitations from Superin tendent J. H. Grigg. The meeting will be divided into a general consideration of the work of the associations and into a round table discussion of duties of officers and the ways and means to obtain ing the best results. Refreshments will be served be tween sessions, and the meeting will be presided over by*Mrs. B. T. Falls, president of the Shelby P. T. A. Council. The devotional will be con ducted by the Rev. E. K. McLarty, pastor of the Methodist church. Pleas Are Denied Tulsa police scoffed at the declar ation of Philip Kennamer, 19-year old son of a federal judge, that he acted in self-defense in killing John P. Gordon, 23. Police wouldn’t ac cept the pleas as creditable. Pou Leads Fight To Reduce Taxes For Auto Owners New Highway League Active In Raleigh Would Prevent Diversion Of Any Surplus In Highway FuiM*. Give Motorist Benefit. (By M. R. DUNNAGAN) RALEIGH, Dec. 1—The Highway Protective League of North Carolina : is a new organization with head | quarters In Raleigh and with George Ross Pou, lormer superin tendent of State’s prison, as general counsel, for the announced purpose of preventing diversion of highway funds, extending improvements on the State and county highway sys tems and if surplus develops, give the benefits to automobile owners in a reduction of gasoline and license plate taxes. The organization is composed of and promoted by highway contrac tors and material men, automobile dealers and automobile owners, and all citizens of the state Interested in seeing that the fees collected from automobile owners and oper ators are used for the purpose for which they were intended—the high ways, Mr. Pou states. Scries Or Advertisements. The league has started a series of newspaper advertisements and Is handing out statements. Issued by Mr. Pou, on the alms and purposes of the organization. The purposes are given as follows: (a) the pre vention of further legislative di version of funds; (c) a sound and enactment of an amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting di version o funds; (c) a sound and proper revision of motor license fees; (d) the promotion of safety upon our highways, and (e) the adoption of a rational highway plan for North Carolina. Citing that the State has one of the finest highway systems in the nation, and giving this as the reason for the State’s remarkable advance in recent years, Mr. Pou says: "But it is not completed. Many miles of Inadequate roads still connect Im portant communities. Many county roads, cared for by State funds, rieed'to be graded, drained and sur faced. Pay Every Day. "Motorists of the State are pay ing for these roas in the form of gas tax and license fees. They pay every day for maintenance and con struction they aren’t getting be cause highway funds are being di verted for uses foreign to highways. Highway money is being withheld from its legitimate use in construc tion and maintenance. Why? The highway department Itself is being depleted because of layoffs and low wages. “It Is the purpose of this new or ganization to find way* to avoid these difficulties, take them to the people so they may Judge whether the cause of such difficulties should be corrected," Mr. Pou states. “Able men and interested organizations have joined hands with all North Carolina motorists to Insure per petuation of the best state highway system and most efficient highway department personnel in the land.” He Kept Liquor To Start His Fire Literal firewater is what Dunk Wilson, Shelby colored man, told Officers Paul Stamey and Knox Hardin his liquor was. “Why, I jest keep a little around the house to start the fire with,” he told them when they raided his house in Hopper’s park. "I was jest going to start me a little fire,” he said, explaining the presence of a five gallon keg. ‘"Taint no good to drink.” The officers were skeptical and arrested him. Polling Places Set! For County Vote i On Crop Control Cleveland Committee Picks Locations Twelve Day* From Now South Will Vote On BankHead Cotton Meaanre. The Cleveland county agricultural adjustment committee thli morn ing announced polling place* for county farmers to cast their ballots In the Bankhead referendum. Join ing with cotton growers from the Potomac to the Rio Grande tn mak ing what is called the moot monu mental decision In Southern agri cultural history. Twelve days remain for the cot ton growers to make up their minds what they are going to do about It. Vote On Dec. 14 On December 14, they will go to the polls to say whether or not they want crop control under a statute which will enforce It. Cully A. Cobb says that the south faces In these remaining twelve days the greatest problem since the Civil war. R. W. Shoffner, our own county agent, declares in an article for The Star today that It Is a vote for higher or lower prices. The Ballot Federal agents will hand each cotton grower a ballot on which the following question Is asked: "Are you in favor erf continuing the Bankhead act for next year (June 1, 1935 to May 31, 1935)?” Below are blank squares labeled “yes” or “no.” The voter will mark his choice. Favorable Here Apparently Cleveland will follow -por maybe lead—the' nation In marking x’s by the “yes” square. Sentiment here Is believed to be In favor of the bill, even those who do not think It has been administered properly declaring In favor of It. Following are the polling places for the 11 townships: I. Holly Springs school. 3. Bolling Springs at Hamrick store. 3. No. 3 school gymnasium. 4. Kings Mountain city hall, and at Orover Id Herndon’s store. 1 Waco,'wchool gyfnnasium. 8. Shelby, court house, 7. Lattimore gymnasium and Mooresboro gymnasium. 8. Polkville gymnasium, and at Delight. 9. Lawndale and Fallston gymna sium. 10. Belwood gymnasium and at Mulls. I II. Casar, at gymnasium. McSwain Buried At New Hope Sunday Fourteen Year Old Youth Puki In Cherokee County After Two Week* Illneso. Garland McSwain, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. McSwain, of the Buffalo community, of Cherokee county, S. C., died at his home early Saturday morning after an Illness of two weeks. In addition to his parents, he is survived by 6 brothers, Melvin, Fred, Carl, Hartwell, Joe and Charles McSwain, two sisters, Mrs. OUe Procter and Miss Myrtle McSwain and his maternal grandparents. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon a the New Hope Baptist church, Earl, N. C., by the Rev. A. W. Davis, pas tor. x No Order Received To Close FERA Here No definite orders for closing the FERA office here preparatory to consolidation with McDowell and Rutherford offices have been re ceived, Harry Woodson, administra tor, said this morning. To Conduct Bi g Symphony Here G. S. de Roxlo of Charlotte, composer and orchestra director, who will direct the 55 members of the Charlotte Symphony in its concert here Thursday night. The concert is t charity affair sponsored by the Junior Civic League. Mrs. O’Berry To Support ! 2-County Homestead Plan 25 Friends Offer To Donate Blood To Save Comrade Double Springs Youths Sprrd To Aid Shannon Hamrick, 19, Auto Crash Victim. When word was passed yesterday afternoon that only an Immediate blood transfusion would possibly, save the life of 19-year-old Shan- j non Hamrick, automobile accident; victim, 26 of his Double Borings j friends, three of them girls, immed iately rushed to the Shelby hospital to offer themselves as donors. About five of them could be used, tests proved, and will be called upon. The girls were Mrs. Rush Davis, Dorothy Washburn and Mrs. L. V. Wright. Among the men were Ar thur McSwain, Rush Davis, Jake D. McLean, Charles Bridges, Howard Horn, Marshall Wright, Dale Gilles pie, Lawrence and Colon f^cSwam, Woodrow Humphries, Grady Davis, Paul Davis, J. L. McSwain, Lawrence Wright, Dufaye Bridges, Grady Brooks, Seth Washburn, D. P. Wash bum, Elden Wilson, Eulan Wilson and Clyde Gardner. They heard of Shannon's need when they went to church yesterday morning and came immediately to Shelby. Do Farmers Want Higher Or Lower Priced Cotton?— j Vote On Bankhead Bill Will Answer, Says Shoffner; (By R. W. SHOFFNER) We have just announced a series of meetings which will be held in the county at various points to ex plain the vote on the Bankhead Bill as it affects the cotton adjustment program in Cleveland county. The reason for holding these meetings is to straighten out a lot of con fusion that is now existing in the county in regard to the cotton ad justment program. I feel that all cotton producers who are eligible to vote on this question should be thoroughly in formed before casting their ballot. This is one of the biggest questions that has ever come before the farm er for him to settle for his own bene fit. The farmers will be the only eligible persons to vote on this ques tion, and, as I see it, as a whole the farmer is about to vote on a ques tion that will determine the future of the Southern farmer. The question is whether the farm er wants higher or lower priced cot ton. The question will be before him to decide. As just mentioned, this is the only time the farmer himself has had an opportunity to say what he shall have. Just a word in regard to the op eration of the Bankhead Bill: this bill was asked for by the Southern farmer to protect what he had built up. In this county 2913 farmers were asking for protection, that is, those who signed contracts, saw that if there wasn't some form of protec tion their effort* would be torn down by those on the outside. This bill was rushed through congress at such a rapid speed In order to ap ply It to this year’s crop that there were some irregularities combined in the bill, not any, of course, Intention ally made. It was an Impossibility to enact a bill that covered the ter ritory that this did and embrace the number of people It did that would be agreeable to every person. Secretary Wallace made a state ment In regard to the signers of the 1934-35 contracts, that he intended the farmers who signed contracts to fare better than those who did not sign contracts. At the farmers con vention In Raleigh, I heard Secre tary Wallace make a similar state ment. Before any agriculture pro gram could become effective it must protect those who made the program possible. I believe all irregularities will be ironed out in the next session of congress. However, no one knows precisely what will be done at the incoming congress session. I feel sure if the Bankhead Bill happens to be killed by the vote of the farm ers there will be an effort to pass a similar bill. If this does happen the farmer will be delayed again next spring about knowing what to ex pect before planting time. I think the Bankhead Bill com bined with the cotton adjustment < Continued on page six.) Relief Administrator Approves Proposal For Cleveland Approval of Mrs. Thomas O’Berry state relief administrator, of the Oaston - Cleveland rehabilitation homestead proposal was announced today In a letter to W. G. Gaston, executive secretary of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Mrs O’Berry, replying to a letter from Mr. Gaston, In which he de scribed the plan calling for use of some 5,000 acres near Kings Moun tain, said that she would bring the matter before the attention of the executive committee. Read By Commissioner*. Her letter was received this morn ing by the county commissioners, and follows In full: “I am very much Interested In your letter of November 26 relative to the proposal being made jointly by the county commissioners of both Gaston and Cleveland coun ties for a program of rural rehabili tation on land lying in these two counties. "This falls within the scope of our program and we are particularly In terested In developing a project for the mill workerj In Cleveland and Oaston counties who are perman ently out of work. "I brought your letter to the at tention of the executive committee of the Rural Rehabilitation corps. We will send some one up to look over the situation and If the land seems suitable, we will have a fed eral land bank appraiser appraise It.” 5-Year Old Boy Burned In Home Harold Lewis, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lewis, was painfully burned early Sunday morning when his clothing caught fire from an open grate. The flames were quickly extinguished by his mother and father, but not until he was burned about the body and on the left arm. New Truck Here For FERA Office The FERA office in Shelby on Saturday received a Chevrolet truck for use in the fann program. It is presumed that this truck is intend ed for use in the three counties Cleveland. McDowell and Ruther ford when they arc consolidated ! under one office in Rutherfordton. Shannon Hamrick Suffers Critical Wounds In Crash State Cop Breaks Leg In Collision Karl Byrum, Mrs. Ben Suttls, Anil Kings Mountain Boy, 5, Among The Victims. A shattering week-end of auto mobile crashes with echoes of metal against metal and smears of red on highway 30 disastrously Inaugurat ed December after a month already scored by accident and death. Hospital facilities were strained as the sirens of ambulances day and night cleared the way for ft persons Injured in five accidents Saturday and Sunday. The record for Nov ember stands at two killed and 34 Injured. Critically Injured SHANNON HAMRICK, 10, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hamrick of Double Springs. Is In the hospi tal with a doubly broken pelvis and critical internal Injuries. Others In jured were: ELIJAH BROOKS, severs lacera tions and tendons of ring finger cut. MARVIN GOLD, severe lacera tions and deep cut on lobe of right car. PLEAS GOLD, deep cut on scalp » VEMO WRIOHT, pelvis fractured on right side, lacerations, and cut on head. HARVEY CRAWLEY. Of Lattl mor.e abralsona on head. All of the foregoing are from No 7 township. EARL BYRUM. of Shelby, con cussions of cheat and alight oats. DAVID HUFF8TBTLER, of Kings Mountain, 5-year-old, both legs broken above the knee and out on right side of face. H. A. GREENWAY. at Shelby, highway patrolman, broken right leg and severe cuts. MRS. BEN BUTTLE, of Shelby, cuts on head and brulsea. JOHN SHYTLE, of New House, cut on head. MRS. LILLIAN PALMER, cut on forehead. J- H. PALMER, cuts on band, hands and left forearm. Four In Hospital Mr. Hamrick, Mr. Oreenway, Mr. Byrum, Mr. Wright and tha Huff stetler child are still in the hoapi tal. Others spent the night or re ceived first aid and were dismiss ed. Seven of the Injured list were hurt in a crash about 1 o’clock Sunday morning In which a ear driven by Earl Byrum, manager of By rum's Hosiery mill here, crashed with another operated by flhanwnn Hamrick. The accident happened on highway ao, a few hundred yards east of court square. Byrum was alone. In the car with Hamrick were Vemo Wright, who went with him to Monroe to meet Brooks, the two Oold brothers and Orawley, all members of a “trestle crew” em ployed by the Southern railroad near Raleigh. They wen owning home for the week-end. Stories Conflict Stories conflict as to why the crash occurred! Mr. Byrum says that the Hamrick car was speeding (Continued on page six.) Smith Presents Checks For $5000 To Warm Springs H. Dixon Smith, son of Mrs. Julius Smith and half-brother of O M. Mull, on Thanksgiving day pre sented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Warm Springs Foundation a check for 15,000 on be half of the lumber dealers associa tion of Georgia. Mr. Smith, who was elected to the state senate in Georgia in November is one of the five members of the lumber's code authority. Georgia lumbermen raised the $5,000 to build a collonade at the Foundation, which received at the same time formal delivery of Builders and Kress Halls. 1 The president received the gifts for his great institution for the crippled with warm expressions of gratitude. Mr. Smith was one of the guests Thursday night at the annual Plunders Day banquet.
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