SHELBY, N. CL FRIDAY, DEC. 7, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. VOL. XL. No. 147 ■» Mali par paar. (la adranoal _ |U> Carriar par paar. (la a4raoaat _ «M* Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot . 12% to 1314c Cotton seed, ton. wagon .43.00 Cloudy, Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Partly cloudy Friday and Sat urday; colder Friday afternoon and night. New Recovery Plan President Roosevelt last night was Whipping into shape details of a I plan designed to create work for the millions of persons now on direct relief and to co-ordinate emergency spending into a broad program to accomplish this. It will cost, it Is estimated, four billion dollars. The plan, It was said in informed quar ters, would include many of the schemes that fit in with Mr. Roosevelt’s idea of what America should be in the future. Business For F. D. R. The National Association of Manufacturer* yesterday pledged co-operation with the government in working for recovery. The meet ing in New York was described as a "national congress of business," and it stamped its O.K. on the pro gram for recovery. Terror In Russia Red terror ran riot in Russia j Thursday, with more than 200 per sons executed, including women and children. Among those executed was the assassin, Leonid Nicolieff, his wife, sons and 85-year-old mother. Aviators Lost Paint hope remains for Lieuten ant Ulm and his two companions, j who were forced down at sea in an attempted flight from California to Honolulu. It Is estimated that the plane could not longer keep afloat. Surface vessels, submarines of the U. S. Navy are aiding in the search. Winter Smites West Old fashioned winter—the kind with all the snow, ice and sub-zero aches, hit the middle west yester day while golden suns smote North Carolina. As far south as Kansas City there was a temperature of 24 with dashes of snow. In Minnesota, in the North Lake country, below zero was the rule. Chicago slithered on pavements coated with ice. To Probe University The Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools has been request^ by jtW executive, committee "to investigate the'Louis iana State university' to determine if Huey Long is running it. Sees Labor Unrest Francis J. Gorman, strike leader of the U. S, .broke silence yester day to declare that George A..-.Sloan, textile institute head, v, as all wrong in saying' everything was happy in the textile in ■ '... try. Ger man claims tiy. re are many pr-.h-. lems yet to settle. Rotary Ar~3 JA i On Exiterfal raster*. t Razzing Husband Wives of Shelby Botarions took over the program for ti 1 k night and showed the men some thing about how to put on a real entertainment. The dinner was held at tire Cleveland hotel, and the program was under the direction of Mrs. Hugh Plaster. A near riot of laughter followed screening of baby pictures of Ro tarians, and still more amusement followed reading of alleged letters to Santa Claus written by such dig nified gentlemen as Everett Houser and Pat McBrayer. Christmas toys were distributed as presents. The address of the evening was made by Dr. E. B. Evans, professor of English at Limestone college, who spoke on "Remaking America,” tracing the national history through various eras. Hunt In Pisgah, Bag Five Deer With positive and visible proof they got their deer, a party of five happy hunters returned to Kings Mountain yesterday with five fine specimens from the wilds of west ern N. C. mountains. These hunters had spent several days in the game reserve In the Pisgah National forest between Marion and Asheville and were able to get one apiece under the new government regulation. Members of the party were: J. M. McGinnis, Otis? Palls, John Gam ble. Elmo Bridges and Glee Bridges. Ex-Sheriff Allen Returns To County Ex-Sheriff Irvin M. Allen who has been sojourning for two years in Bladen and Sampson counties, has moved back. He has returned with his family to Cleveland coun ty and now lives near Beth-Ware school in No. i township. Heads Kiwanis i C. R. Webb was last flight elected president of the Kiwanis club for the ensuing year to succeed J. Hor ace Grigg whose term Is drawing to a close. ' Lee B. Weathers is vice president, C: Rush Hamrick, treasurer. The seven members elected to the board of directors is as follows: J. S. Dorton, Chas. R. Eskridge, A. V. Hamrick, Earl A. Hamrick, Chas. A. Hoey, R. T. LeGrand and Geo. Wray. New officers will assume their offices the first of the year. Shelby’s Second SymphonyProgran Is Well Received Charlotte Symphony Here Under Sponsorship Of Junior Civic League. A large crowd of appreciative music lovers was present last night for the initial appearance in Shel by of the Charlotte Symphony or chestra under the direction of G. S. de Roxio.. composer and song writ •err1 The program was sponsored by the Junior Civic League of which Mrs. A. D. Brabble is president and was made up of a military version of Symphony in G major by Haydn, compositions by Director Roxlo and Miss ©wen Thomas, and one each j by Ruben stein and Ravel. S'rend S’n-.phdhy Last night’s' symphony concert1 was the first in Shelby since tlie North Carol: na Symphony orches tra under Turner Slringfield was : here in .Aurndh.- The program-called ! .V the a. • -ran.'e of 55 mus'eiant.; the chft was cut somewhat all.1 Of her. Is of the Junior Civic Lea gue said t»vls morning they were well j:' :- - sod with the reception of the ■ -A ' . t and hanny tbn‘ Ci'h O', of iby pf A 'h;:e music Of V f Tin V ■ -0 ph to cal t' : . ris in the early. sue’: as to. e concerts or i" "U mentsd Eerformanccs. Receipts will be used.to continue the welfare and civic program of the league. Accorded as most outstanding numbers on last night’s program w’ere “Reverie,” composed by Miss Owen Thomas of Charlotte and a violin solo. Beethoven’s “Romance in F”, played by Dr. C. E. Krcmer, practicing physician in Charlotte, who has been with the symphony society since its organization four years ago. No. 1 Women Asked To Meet December 10 All women in No. 1 township who are interested In the reorganization of a Home Demonstration club are asked to meet at the Prospect scnool Monday, Dec. id at 2:30. Miss Prances MacGregor, county demonstration agent will be pres ent to explain the work and assist In the organization. Gas Dealers Form Group To Battle Tax Diversion State Secretary Here To Organize Group Dr. S. S. Royster Heads Committee Opposing Use Of Gasoline Levy Except On Roads. Cleveland county gasoline and oil dealers on Wednesday night joined the state-wide movement against use of gasoline tax funds for any purpose except building and main taining of roads. Distributors, agents and filling station operators attended a meet ing at the court house at which J. L. Belote, executive secretary of the North Carolina Petroleum Indus tries Committee explained the pur pose of the organization. The county dealers will join the state organi zation in protesting against the high gasoline tax now in effect, as well as against other fees and taxes paid by motor vehicle owners and oper ators which were characterized as "burdensome.” Royster Heads Committee. The county organization, to be known as the Cleveland County Pe troleum Industries Committee, is headed by Dr. S. 8. Royster of the Gulf Refining Company, Shelby. George Washburn of the Atlantic Refining Company is vice-chairman. Mack Brown, of Shell Eastern Pe troleum Products, Inc., is chairman for Lincoln county. The new organization will work prior to and during the next legis lative session of the general assem bly, as well as in connection with the next session of congress, in an effort to obtain tax relief for mo torists. The members stand pledged to support the following purposes: 1. To give aid to the strengthen ing of all state gasoline laws so (Continued .From Page One) i Wreck Victims Improving; Two Leave Hospital Mrs. Bon Sail© And Shannon Hamrick Slightly Better, Says Hr. Schenct. Reports from the long list, of per sons now in the City, hospital who, :v.':.re • injured recently in au ..-ej ’bilc- accidents were to the effect that h j a whole there was much improvement. James LeGette who was Injured two weeks ago near E.-..L,bi ry while enrouie to a football gr.ue was able I to feme the hospital yesterday, and I Alderman Wythe R: >t 1 us rest ing veil with his broken 1.■■■;. Dell Byruni, one of .st v< n injured Saturday night on the Cleveland Springs road will be ebb- to go h .'me this at * moon, and. T drolman • Gr t in .ly, liad Ids broken leg m a cast and was resting comfortable. Dr, Sclier.ck report t a “s’h.ht improvement” both in the case of Shannon Hamrick of Double Springs, the most seriously injured \ of the Seven, and with Mrs. Ben Suttle who was run down on West Marion street Sunday afternoon. ; The condition of both were said to be “more settled.” Vemo Wright with a fractured hip was improving rapidly and lit tle David Huffstetler with both legs broken above the knees was pre paring for quite a long stay. City Collections Remarkably Good While county tax collections pour ed in as the cotton market brought cash to Cleveland farmers, city collections were excellent too, It was shown at the tax office this morning. So far this year, the sum of $40,471.48 has been paid on 1934 taxes, with no premium now offer ed. The city budget for the year Is $82,423.14. First Popular Bible Translation Made By Lather 400 Years Ago Just 400 years ago, the first mod ern translation of the Bible was made by Martin Luther, antedating the King James version, source of current editions, by 77 years. The American Bible society an nually publishes a handsome poster and brochure for churches of all de nominations, urging the second Sunday in December as "Universal Bible Sunday,” and this year it de votes its Bible Sunday material to recognition of the anniversary of Luther’s Bible, the first translation of the books into the living lan guage of his people. It was In 1534 that Luther’s com pleted translation of the whole Bible appeared In print. The New Testament came out in the year 1523, having been done In a com paratively short time. But eleven years of arduous labor and the val ued assistance of many scholars were required for the translation of the old Testament. The transla tion was made from the original language of the Bible. The New Testament was translated directly from the Greek; the Old Testament * Continued on page ten.> Dillinger’s Kin Hubert Dillingrr The recent robbery rJ a beer , tavern and attempted holdup of a gasoline station sent Indianap olis police on a search for Hubert Dillinger, above, halfbrother of the late John Dillinger, slain des perado who once was regarded as “Public Enemy No. 1.” Ickes Reiterates Duke Criticism; Says Rates High Secretary Of Interior Refuses To Modify Statement; Charges "Two Days In Court.” WASHINGTON, Dec, 6.—Rates charged by the Duke Power com pany, and wanting ‘‘two days in court” were again headliners at Secretary Harold L. Ickes’ weekly press conference today, which he held Immediately on return from a sojourn with the president at Warm Springs, Ga„ and at which the combative PWA administrator hit i from the shoulder as to the power company. “On what do you base your state ment, that the Duke Power com pany rates are too high,” Secretary the conference. "Bicss Their iS'mis” “I base it on the rates they charge, on the rates they ought to charge and oil what the TVA is go ing to charge down there.” Ickes re j plied. “And insofar as two days in j court, bless their sweet souls, they ; did go in the South Carolina su jprenie court and lost on what they call a' teehnirah!yi and yon know !:he t> r c- > - lie.; never raise-a tix.hru- viiry. Ail: r having been d.c ! to^ied on I ibis tectuVeaUly in the i state evivr:, Cr y. moved over into ! the fa’-:ra! entirt rmd I think that s t-v,rv.i : in court. Ickes w'as asked d. *£ l-M] »s F ) . ST 'll!, "-.tri.i. age 31, na* tive (.■' IT* IV . killed in Texas, accord- loin"'filiation received tills mono:,.- from C. If. Swafford, j foi inciof finelby who is now a tner; l.i- nt at Ho is and was in | Shelby this morning on business. How Mr. Harris met his death was not revealed in the message. He was foreman for a concern engaged in erecting derricks for oil wells and was a strong, robust man, single. For seven years he had lived in Texas. The body is being sent here for burial and the funeral and Inter ment will take place at Big Springs Baptist church on arrival. The time is not yet known. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris of Hol lis and a grandson of the late J. B. Harris. High School P. T. A. Meet Monday Night The high school Parent Teach er association will be held Monday night, Dec. 10. at the high school auditorium. Parents of high school children are urged to be present. Hunters Warned About Trespassing Purchase of state and county hunting licenses does not carry the privilege of shooting on pri vate lands without permission of the owner, Joe Wright, judge of the recorder’s court, Issued a warning this morning. Many complaints have been made by landowners, he said, ibout hunters who boldly tramp through their fields with 3ut so much as a by-your-leave. After this warning, he said, landowners will Issue warrants 1 lor the arrest of trespassers. Shelby Commerce Chamber Shows Year Of Progress Accomplishments Are Cited In Review Groundwork Laid For Parks, Roads, And New Industry; Homestead Project Is Supported. As the Shelby chamber of com merce and mercnants association approaches the end of Its first year since reorganisation a resume of Its activities by The Star dis closes no spectacular accomplish ments but a record of numerous apparently minor things done, the aggregate of which has been of real Importance to Shelby. New Industries have not been se cured, E. A. Houser, Jr., secretary states, but on the other hand towns and cities that have Induced Indus tries from outside to move within the past year have, almost without exception, had headaches. Enquiries reaching the Shelby office have been carefully investigated. Without ex ception demands were completely out of reason. Groundwork Laid Groundwork has been laid, how ever. for possible securing new In dustrial enterprises from two indus tries that are now contemplating establishments In the south. These are, however. yet in a nebulous state and nothing definite has been done. Advocacy of parks and play grounds for the city, which direc tors of the organization have favor ed all year. will apparently bear fruit within the ensuing year, it is believed. Lowering of telephone rates, which is expected by January 1 will affect all Shelby telephone users. Road Program The road program Is still under way. The Illness of Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the highway commission brought the county highway pro gram Tb an abrupt halt so far as additional projects are concerned, but this program will be renewed j immediately with Mr. Waynick who now is taking over Mr. Jeffress' work. Three Cxtrethely rough railroad ! crossings on the Southern have been made much better. These crossings which are now smooth, are on Warren, Marion and Gra ! ham streets. Advertising Savings j Shelby merchants have been sav ed considerable by the association’s j die; om ailment of advertising i kh wn to be of no value. i j \ prey re ;h advanced by directors ; a kins; for the surfacing of streets rind sidewalks now seems to have met favor of city Officials and it Is unf’.e' ' od some- work Will be started c.n-'-v In 1935 on this work. A Busy Office Th>- office of the irf anteaUpn. in ::!«* I.hicbv! ;-. r building. is busy | .'wry day with routine matters such j v credit Information to merchants, ja ’ -.verlng questions of .various sorts ii ’ t the-town and county; these Lions being from both residents iml non-i" idents. \ surprising number of requests come each week from people who want to know something of this! section of the state and to these | enquirers go copies of the attractive Jaiu. (rated booklet prepared by the; j association. Without exception a personal letter to the applicant for j information accompanies the book-! j let. In most cases the enquiry shows ; | the person to be interested in some I particular thing that only a per sonal leter can describe, i The local retail code authority Is handled In the association office. There have been no complaints re garding the code during the year but matters of routine are handled and some correspondence Is neces sary. In practically all cities and towns In the county merchants pay to their retail code authority |1 per year for each employe. Administra tion of the code locally has been held to 30 cents per employee per year, a saving of 70 cents per em ployee over the general charge. The association has been working with officials of Gaston and Cleve land county In their efforts to se cure a subsistence homestead for the two counties. This, in the minds of directors of the association, is the biggest single thing before either of the two counties at present. The Shelby and Gastonia chambers of commerce have been and are co operating In preparing arguments for this homestead and In furnish ing information called for by the An Ode To Crime, Averse To Prison Four negroes who ganged another oh Nov. 39 were sentenced to long terms on the roads this morning In recorder’s court. Ode Eskridge, eld est of the quartet of brothers, drew 12 months for assault on Will Wll ; son, also colored. Alton Eskridge got six months. ! Tom and Eugene four each. Bereaved By Gang Guns Grief stricken by the tragedy, Mr*. Levon Chipman Cowley, widow of Samuel P. Cowley, federal agent, who was slain in a gun battle with George (Baby Face) Nelson, gangland desperado, and two com panions at Barrington, 111., is pictured with her two children, John Foss Cowley and Samuel P. Cowley, In their apartment of a Chicago * hotel Aldermen Meet—At Last— Over Royster’s Broken Leg Unable To Get Quorum, They Go To Hospital And Deliberate With Injured Member; Constitutionality Questioned --- v Wythe Royster. Shelby alderman, propped himself up In his ho&ptt&l beef yesTorelay Afternoon to take part in a spe cial meeting of city aldermen. He is suffering from a broken leg. smashed in an automobile wreck on the way to the Duke*1 .Carolina game Nov. 16. Dr. Rowe to Speak On School’s Aims At Duke Banquet "Ten Yr ■ Of Pr To r Sabj' ( At. Ah'prol lii tier In Shelby On Mtei lay' live. The feature of th" .t> ■■■ Uu versify Day «• r of ( Rutherfo: t Po.'l-.. I:; ! .' 1 nl As'o>ir<; i’’(Mihif' U 1 1 ; m address hv v- -I, T ‘ of Ouko1 Univci He w.U bmi". n message regarding the -*:««:•» anti purposes of the tn/Utuf- n and var ious pha-os of its growth and do velopineti ai this Important period of Its history. His subject will be "Duke University Ten Years of Progress.” In addition to the address of the evening there will be a number of other interesting features, including the election of officers tor the en suing year. Mark 10th Anniversary. Tile Duke University Dry dinner here is one of many to be held in North Carolina and other states in commemoration of the tenth anni versary of the creation of the Duke Endowment, making porslble Duke University, on December XI, 1924, At least two dinners will be held In countries outside the United States. Parents To AtteiM. An Interesting feature at many Duke University Day meetings this year will be the presence of par (Contlnued on page ten.) This unusual aklennanlc meeting ] was held in the hospital, because, What with one thing and another, the city fathers have been unable (o hold n full-quorum meeting for •any weeks. lit fact, save for the et t! it eve ryliody .knows JJayor fitnv MoMtjrry Is very much engag* d wh.fi hi-, i h, it has he'.* argued r»r'.*imtj ! wn that Shelby hasn’t >i Hy ,v.;t n censtiUitifliml munict .">! t-'V Tament. 'i • e •■'! to be four ' ’ e f: m '• r w r.t •: Jim Aus U .? :m No, 3, WH1 Harris from f 1 r ft n No. 2 and t• ■•.'!'! m;i Mo 1, They a re ! • >> in 1033. with the v’ 1 u of ’ ?, who was ;i ' -"ted hi over official. Hut M A m, who was named : mayor pro t- hi. has at tended but ••ue m'..fair, Ti of -was because of 1 tineas. Mr. Rovster has been in the '• 'sph tl. And Mr. Holland does not j hve in the w.'i'd he was elected | from. So. say the street corner ex t ii'i'ts m j., utience, where's our i city government now? n Z. Newton, city attorney, when 1 approached on this little problem, 1 was as adroit as Clyde R. Hoey in evading the matter of the three member board. Mr. Newton Indicat es that if anybody had something to thrash out with the city, Mayor Sim was right there waiting for him. Municipal power, according to the charter, Is Invested in the board land from them delegated to the mayor. In Shelby’s case, the board has virtually named the mayor as city managr without portfolio. Board meeting or no board meeting, Shel by seems to get along Scientists See Silk Stockings In Those North Carolina Pines NEW YORK, Dec. Synthetic silken yarn from southern pine trees-the first, ever made—was Shown here tonight with announce ment of the discovery of a process through which the pine! forests of the south can be made to clothe the world. The making of artificial yarns from southern pines has been a goal of chemists and a commercial dream for years. The supply In southern forests is inexhaustible, and literally large enough to meet all the needs of the human race for clothing. Eager efforts were made to tap this cellulose source because It was expected to be more economical, and tonight’s announcement quotes baste material cost prices half of those of the current markets. The yam. a shining white skein, was exhibited at a dinner at the Chemists club here In honor of Dr. Charles H. Herty, of Savannah, Oa., discoverer of the process, Francis P. Garvan, president of the Chemi cal foundation which has been backing the research and Morris Poucher, a famous chemist. Sub-machine Gun Used In Robbery Of Gaston Office Clean Getaway Made By Bandits Hold Up Express Office In Brosd Daylight; Escape In Car With $700 In Cash. Gastonia Investigators said at noon today that no further clue* nad developed In the hunt for two masked bandits armed with sub machine guns who yesterday after noon raided the office of the American Railway Express company In the uptown business section and robbed It of approximately $3,300. The robbers wore masks, held up Manager Emmett T. Brown, tied him, hla wife and Lloyd Warren, an employee, and escaped in an auto mobile In which a confederate had been parked across the street Second Daring Robbery This la the second daring hold up In North Carolina during the past few weeks. The other was at MooreevUle First National bank, which lost approximately $10,000 several weeks ago. The robbery occurred at $ p. m. The manager had just returned from the bank with $700 cash, most of It in new $30 bills. They made the employees march to the rear of the office, Ue down, and then farc ed Mr. Brown to open the safe. The robbers did not mask them selves until they were lnatde the ex press office and removed their masks before they stepped back out on the street. $700 In Cash The robbers got approximately $700 In cash, $1,000 In money or ders, $500 in travelers' checks, and 35 additional unlimited travelers checks. This can be filled la for any amount. Manager .Brown today Is sued a warning to all banka, express offices, merchants and others not to cash the checks or money orders, which were described as follows; fifty travelers checks for $10 each; numbers 114704750 through 4704800; 30 money orders for $50 each: num bers 8888180 through 888818$; 35 unlimited triatelers checks; numbers 8080200 through 9080235. Legion To Meet On Tuesday Night , - i i Attendance Priie Of One Dollar Offered; To Plan District Meeting For Dec. 4. Tire first meeting of the Warren j.F. Hoyle post of the American Le j Sion since the attendance prise has teen put into effect, will be ! held in the court house Tuesday | night at 7:30 o'clock. At each regu jlar meeting, beginning Tuesday night, someone present will win a dollar. Tills prilie, it is believed, wlU :. nmdale attendance. I A number of matters of Interest and importance in addition to the 1 dollar are to come up at this meet ing. however. First, of course, will be completion of plans for the bar | becuc to be held at the fair grounds Friday afternoon beginning at 5:30 i o'clock after which Commander Hubert Olive of Lexington, state commander, will speak. This will, mark the first appearance ot a state commander in Shelby In sev eral years. He will address legion members, members of the auxiliary and the public at the court house at 7:30 o’clock, Immediately after the barbecue. First District Meeting A district meeting of the legion, the first district meeting to be held in Shelby, will be a part of Tues day night’s meeting. District Com mander Ralph Shell of Hickory, will preside at this meeting. Auxiliary members of the district will also be here for the meeting. Reports of the membership, building and drum and bugle corps committees will also be heard. Over 160 members have already paid their dues and all ex-service men who Join the legion within the next few days will have their names on the legion board on the court square in froht of the po6t office. Hi is board will be repainted and names for 1935 added within the , next short time. 99 More Cows Here For FERA Slaughter Ninety-nine head of cattle—fat, all of them, this time—arrived in Shelby Wednesday afternoon for slaughter under the FERA project They will be kept at the fair grounds and some killed daily, Bar ry Woodson, administrate^ aakL According to instructions from Raleigh, the meat will not be dis tributed by truck direct to nearby counties, but will be shipped to Charlotte. No meat will be ant to Wilmington for canning.