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LMÆ dumm SMD »^a. 12 Pages *!£ Today VOL. XL. No. 150 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 14. 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. II? Mull twr ?»»r «la adtrincd — M6>. C»rrl*r wr ittr iln •dvareel _ |] M Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot. 12V« to 13'4c Cotton seed, ton, wagon .43.00 Generally Fair Weather forerast for North Caro lina: Generally fair Friday and Sat urday; not much change in temp erature. Upholds Profit An address by S. Clay Williams, formerly of the Reynolds Tobacco Co., now chairman of the national NRA board, is believed to have ce mented closer relations between business and administration. He spoke in New York, and gave a timely elaboration of assurance to big business when he declared the purpose of the New Deal was to preserve the profit motive. Ask GOP Reform Two of NRA’s mast potent op ponents, Senator William Borah and Gerald P. Nye, have followed the utterance of Theodore Roose velt, son of the late great Teddy, in demanding a reformed Republi can party built on more liberal lines, aimed at distribution of wealth through destruction of monopolies. Nye suggests giving the laborer a larger share of the wealth of the nation, adequate national defense, better civil service, and a curb on the munitions racket. Shows War Profits Negotiations leading up to a war time contract by which the Du Pont company received about $2, 000,000 without making any invest ment itself, were disclosed yester day in the senate munitions iTiquir. These developments capped a day devoted to exposure of huge war profits which ran in many instances as high as 40 per cent. And some concerns made as high as 100 per cent in 1917. Dies For Murder R^ifus Saterfield, 43-year-old Wayne county white man. is slated to die in the electric chair at state prison today i Friday) for the murder of Herbert Grice, iron worker of Goldsboro. Plans for the execution were completed yester day. and it was announced that no reprieve would be forthcoming from Governor Ehringhaus, who is now in New York. Missionaries Die The slaying of two youthful American missionaries by Chinese bandits and the abandonment of their bodies on a battlefield 15 miles from Esingteh was reported yesterday. The fate of their two months-old baby was not disclos ed. The missionairies were Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stam, who had been married less than two years. Hits At Industry Francis Biddle, chairman of the national labor relations board, yes tei^v called upon industry to share equally with organized labor in the responsibility of maintaining peace among the nation’s workers. He lashed out at manufacturers who scorn labor provisions of the NR A by refusing to permit them to organize. Santa Reads The Star, But Better Write Him The Star has received a number of letters to Santa Claus which hav.? been forwarded to that good old saint, but whfrh will not be published The editors are happy, of course, to help little boys and girls tell Santa what they want, but believe it would be better if they wrote di rectly to him. rather than publish the letters in the newspaper. Santa Claus reads The Star, hut he prefers to receive the letters him self. Christmas Benefit Film Shows Tonight The special showing of Bing Crosby's newest film, “She Loves Me Not,” for the benefit of the Salva tion Army Christmas tree fund, will be at 10:15 tonight (Friday) instead of in the morning, as previously announced. The Carolina Theatre is presenting the film. Proceeds from this show will be for the purchase of toys for 500 needy children who will be guests of the Salvation Army at a Christ mas tree party December 21. Medical Society Elects Officers At a recent meeting of the Cleveland County Medical society Dr. D. T. Bridges, of Lattimore. was elected president for 1935. He succeeds Dr. W. J. Lackey, ot Fallston. Dr. D. F. Moore succeeds Dr. S F. Parker as vice-president, and Dr. Ben Kendall will continue as secretary. These officers will be inducted at the first of the year. Double Dealer Emilie E. Jonas Emslie E. Jonas, agent for a U. S. munitions company in South America, is pictured as he was sworn in as a witness before the | senate committee investigating armament transactions in Wash ington. Testimony that American companies sold arms both to Par aguay and Bolivia in the Gran Chaco war was presented to the committee. Presbyterians To Meet Sunday; Will jDiscuss Finances ' Elders And Deaeons Of Presbytery Consider Tithing /Vs Finance Plan. Following up the growing senti ment to adopt the old Hebrew and Biblical method of tithing one’s in come as a method of church fin ancing. the Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church has announced a meeting of more than 500 elders.. deacons and lay men to be here Sunday. Xiecembor 16 at 2:30 in the afternoon, j This meeting will be composed of representatives from 38 churches in the Kings Mountain presbyt^rry, covering the five counties of Gas ton, Cleveland, Rutherford, Polk and Lincoln. 15,000 Members This presbytery has a member ship of some 15.000 persons. It Is expected that representatives from other church will be present to gain ideas as to how to put the old plan to work anew. Sunday’s meeting will be presided over by Fred L. Smyre, prominent Gaston manufacturer and a pro ponent of tithing his income, and the special speaker for the occasion will be the Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D., of Greensboro. Ralph Tucker Hit By Stray .22 Bullet Ralph Tucker, employee at the Standard service station on High vay 80, just east of the.squqare, was mysteriously shot in the foot Sat urday afternoon by a .22 bullet that i'Pparently came out of the no ’ iiere. Dr. Ben Kendall, who was '■ ring his gasoline tank filled when bullet struck, dressed the wound • hieh was not serious. Investiga te ns failed to reveal from where the. 1 /.let came. Revenaers Will Don *t Pay Yoi RALEIGH. Dec. 14.—When tax payers of North Carolina realize \ that the reorganized revenue de partment will "get them" if they U > ’ not come across, they usualy come across, but it is often necessary co show them the collectors mean business, according to officials of the department. During the months of September ; and October the department seiv ; ed 3.453 instruments on delinquent j taxpayers who had been given ev ■ ery opportunity to pay before such steps were taken, as requued by state law. Of these. 1.726 were ex ecutions. a civil process, and 726 j were warrants, a criminal action. ! The warrants were largely against those who failed to pay license, or schedule B taxes. Of the 726 against whom warrants were sworn out, 627 were on license fees, 23 were for failure to make returns ! on the sales tax and 76 were for | bad checks, officials state. Survey Is Begun On Land Offered In Relief Project To Inspect 6000 Acre Homestead Tract _ Federal Land Bank Appraiser Here To look Over Tract Near Kings Mountain. J. W. Prather, representative ot the Columbia, S. C.. branch of th? Federal Farm Land bank, began yes terday a survey of approximately 5,000 acres near Kings Mounta'n ! which have been offered for the j rehabilitation homestead project. Mr. Prather, who is stopping in Shelby, will appraise the land, and any action taken by the FERA will be upon his recommendation. His report will be made to Ra • leigh, where Mrs. Thomas O’Berrv, state relief administrator, has al ready expressed keen interest in two projects, and another report will be made to federal authorities n Washington. for iteuei families. This rehabilitation project, fos- ; tered by the boards of commission ers of Cleveland and Gaston coun ties, would take farm families iff the relief rolls, build new houses for them, and start them on a pro ductive, self-supporting occupation with the chance of completely own iug their own farms within a pe riod of some twenty years of easy payments. The survey will require several days work. Rastus Dixon Kills 821 Pound Hog Recently With the thermometer swinging down below 20 degrees, a number of farmers in the county have been killing big hogs. The largest one re ported thus far was a big boned Po land China owned by Rastus B. Dixon of the Kings Mountain sec tion. This hog when dressed and in the ' laid cans, sausage mill and smoke- j house weighed 821 pounds, which exceeds by nearly 100 pounds one: reported last week. According to Mr. Dixon, the hog 1 was grown on his farm, didn't have a dime's worth of “bought feed,” bi t ivas the product of careful feed ing of things grown at home. The porker rendered up 20 gallons of lard, 100 pounds of good sausage and each of the hams weighed above 75 pounds each, ready for curing. Who can beat him? Broke His Leg, But Calls For Carpenter i - j Frightened passers-by ran to his assistance as a colored man fell on the sidewalk in front of The Star office Wednesday noon with a brok en leg. Otis (Bee) Carpenter, snapped' ! his right leg in a hard fall as he stepped into the street from the j ! office. Gasping for breath, he lean- : ed against the building regarding his dangling leg. “Do you want a doctor?" some one asked. “No, sir. I guess I wants a car penter," hr giinned. Bee picked the v. tiraen limb up and went back . to washing windows. Get You If You it License Taxes Of the 1,726 executions., 1105 . v re -jgainst professional men. lawyers, doctors, dentists, engineers end others, against whom a drive as peen made ■ scently to collect ■ a vs past due. T ie drive Is show ing remits end "o’lections, which . a e been behind in those classes I for everal years, are now coming! ■ up to something like requirements. , In ne town in the -tale, as an cample, the field deputy was sent wit 150 •vreuii. is. He' was !n ! ctructed to conta ct the taxpayers ; and inform them that ne had ex- \ I ecutions he was instructed to serve i the next day. All but three of the | tar. yers found aim and paid ihe | taxes, so it was necessary to serve | < nly three of the executions. How j ever, in many cases, it is reported, : as soon as it is found that execu | tions are the next step, then tax payers will pay the states agents the taxe- due and thus avoid the i legal process. i See Bonus Relief Measure Senator Pat Harrison World war veterans are expected t-o make another attempt to secure | passage of legislation for the payment of the bonus at the next i congressional session in January. While the fate of the bill is i speculative, Senator I’at Harrison, chairman of the senate finance committee, has predicted that congress will adopt a compromise I bonus program. Such a program, it is said, would provide for the payment of certificates of those veterans in need, converting the veterans’ bill into a relief measure. Dry Forces Rally Today In Forest City Meeting Cale Burgess Speaks Tonight On Christian’s Relation To Strong Drink; Seek To Uphold Prohibition Laws A district conference of the United Dry Forces of North Carolina opened at Forest City this afternoon at 2:80, at-, tended by scores of church officials and pastors of all de-i __-—-—— - — I nominations. i rLRA macnmery Working Well In Newest Set-up FERA machinery was running smoothly -this morning at the local office as Mrs. Ben Goforth, head case worker assumed charge of this district which is one of three under the new consolidation plant with headquarters at Forest City. Miss Margaret Anthony has re signed as case worker and her place is being filled by Mrs. George Thompson. Other members of the office force are Misses Aileen Con nor and Alice Goode King. Staff. The administrative staff under the consolidation required more help and is as follows: Disbursing officer, Mrs. LeRoy Dobbins, Gilkey; bookkeeper, Miss Sjc Grant, Mc l>jwc11 county, statistician, Paul Pfacey, Cleveland county, rural re l.ani itation sirytrvlsot. Edgar Ward, | .utiierfordtov ;. reject supei visor ■iheldcn Wea.rr. Weaverville; so cial service director, Miss Helen RMi'thardf. lull -air, county; tome rnsi ng director, Mrs. J Gordon Held Union Mb'- There aie about twenty people on the staff now. Mr*. Ben Suttle Leave* Hospital Mrs. Ben Sutle, whto was injured when an automobile ran over her Dec. 2, was able to leave the hospi tal today, greatly improved. Vemo Wright, another wreck victim of the same week-end, was also dis missed. Wythe Royster, whose leg was broken in an accident Nov. 17. was sitting up this morning for the first time, and Shannon Hamrick, the most seriously Injured person when seven were hurt in a crash on highway 20. Dec. 1, was said to be better today. All in all. the best news from Siy'by’s automobile crash victims yet. And little David Huifsetler, 6. who has two broken legs, is better oo. Conference* Held On Parkway Route WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—In ord "r to get ns definite information as possible as to the route to be fol lowed by the $16,000,000 Shenandoah 3moky Mountain National parks scenic highway through western Sort hCarolina, R. Gettye Brown ing. chief locating engineer for the North Carolina, R. Gcttys Brown mission, and J. Q. Gilkey today con ferred with national park officials. They went to Baltimore this after noon and will return to Washington tomorrow, seeking additional Infor mation. Browning Is representing ;he state highway commission, which must get the rights-of-way in Nortn Carolina. Dr. Zeno Wall. pastor of the | Shelby Baptist church, was expect- ■ ed to address the gathering, but! said at noon that pressure of much i work here would probably prevent his attending. The dry forces, he said, are inaugurating a temper ance campaign in the schools and churches of the state, and will i seek by every means to strengthen 1 the state prohibition laws, which will be threatened at the next sA, sion of the legislature. The dry forces number some ; 184,000 supporters, according to fig- , tires taken from the repeal elec- , lion. The principal address will be de- ] livered by Attorney Cale K. Bur- | gess of Raleigh, chairman of the state dry forces. His subject for the afternon will be, "The Experiences , of Repeal in the Nation." Mr. Bur gess Is an able speaker and is one of the best informed temperance , leaders in the country. The night meeting will begin at 7:30. At tills time Mr. Burgess will speak on “A Christian’s Relation ship to Strong Drink.” Mr. Burgess is an active churchman and will l have some valuable Information and you are invited to attend and hear his message. Mrs. R. C. Baker 56, Buried Today In Kings Mountain Funeral services were held today for Mrs. R. C. Baker, 56, member i (of the well known Baker family of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Baker died Thursday at 3 1 'o’clock after a somewhat prolonged ; illness. Interment was In Mountain Rest cemetery this afternoon after ; the ceremonies had been conducted I by the Rev. A. O. Sergeant, assist-I ed by other Kings Mountain pas tors. Mrs. Baker Joined the Baptist church in early childhood and has j l>een a faithful member since that time. She is survived by her husband, one son. W. C. Baker, a daughter, Mrs. Edward Lovell, of Charlotte, and two grandchildren. Others who survive are her father, J. C. Bum gardner; seven sisters, Mrs. J. A. Roberts, Mrs. Will McDaniel, Mrs. Curtis Falls, Miss Lettie Bumgard ner, all of Kings Mountain; Mr\ Girard Sherer, Mrs. Herman Ervin, of Erwin, Tenn.; Mrs. Frank Me- I Daniel, of Wilmington, and T. C. Bumgardner, Erwin. Tenn. James A. Wilson Is Seriously 111 Here The many friends of James A. Wilson will regret to learn that he is seriously ill at his home Just east of Shelby. He seems to bp suffer hg with a heart trouble and is un u- clous part of the time. A train ! i d nurse is in charge. , Civic Clubs Join Kings Mountain Park Movement Business Men To Act On U. S. Project Business Mon's Club Of King* Min. Holds Joint Mooting With Shrlbjr Kiwnnis. Stops wore taken last night to urge the immediate development of the Kings Mountain Battleground park by the Business Men's rlub of Kings Mountain and the Klwuma club at a Joint meeting here held at the Hotel Charles. Slxty-slx loading men of the two cities were present and the meeting was presided over by President. Horace Grtgg and Byron Keeter. Chas. Thomasaon of Kings Moun tain pointed out thnt congress had made an appropriation for the de velopment of the park a.s an his toric shrine, but that the money has not become nvallnble. Clyde Hoey, principal speaker, offered to find out the status of the matter and will use his influ ence with Washington authorities and members of the congressional delegation from the two states to press the matter to early consuma tlon. Lee B. Weathers pointed out that the park would stimulate tour ist traffic through all towns and cities In this section, and that since the park-to-park highway and the Smoky Mountains park arc under development, the Kings Mountain park should be developed at the same time and good roads connect ing the two parks. E. L. Dillingham of Polkville was in charge of the program. Woodrow Wall. Shelby high school student has been appointed a Junior Kt wanlsn for this week. Mrs. R. Reynolds, Wife Of Senator, Dies In Asheville ASHEVILIJ3, Dec. IS -Follow ! ing ft lingering illness of more than a year, Mrs. Robert U. Reynolds, wife of North Carolina's Junior senator, died at Violet Hill sana torium here at 1 o'clock this after I noon. She was 30 years old. Funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at Reynolds Heights, home of Senator Reynolds’ mother, Mrs. N. A. Rey nolds. Futher Louts Bour, pastor of St. Lawrence Catholic church, will officiate. Burial will be in River side cemetery here. Her1 father. Muurice Brady and her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Winge, both of Chicago, will come to Ashe ville for the funeral. Senator Reynolds was at the bed side of his wife when the end came. He had returned to Asheville from Washington, where he wns recup erating from a recent operation at Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti more. Mrs. Reynolds was the former Eva Brady, a noted Follies beauty in New York before ill health forced her retirement. In 19$5 she ! came to Asheville. On February 27, 1931, she and Senator Reynolds were married In New York City. They returned to Asheville to make their home and a few months later he entered the campaign for the United States sen ate resulting in his nomination and election in 1932. ■ Morrison Office Is Entered By Thievei Petty thieves are operating again in Shelby. On Thursday night some one entered the office of Dr. D. M. : Morrison in the Royster building | and stole a quantity of gold spec i acle rims and a savings bank con taining about $10 and belonging to Dr. and Mrs. Morrison’s little girl 60 North Carolii Are Facing Los Shelby high school is not alone !n loss of prestige through the lg of the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools, which J dr mands a nine-months term in ! stead of the eight months now in force Fifty-nine other North Caro lina high schools will be dropped from the accredited list unless they bring their requirements for mem bership up to standard. Only seven schools now have the 175-oay term, which is the main re quliement. They are Lenoir, North I Wjlkesboro. Chanel Hill, Southern ‘lhnes. Rocky M jun! and Durham Ml of these schools have supple :> ntary funds to provide for opt i img one extra month, i Leroy Martin, secretary of the Farmers Make History Today In Unique Vote On Control Of Cotton Tenant Or Landlord, Grower May Decide Yea Or Nay On Bankhead Measure; Can Cast 8,000 Ballots Corn shucking, wood chopping and field clearing halted in Cleveland county this morning while farmers gathered to discuss and to vole on the most" important farm measure ever proposed in the South—the Bankhead Act. Where They Vole On Bankhead Bill The following polling pluces, listed by townships, opened u( 9 this morning for bnllotlng on the Bankhead bill. They will rlo.se lit ft o'clock this utter non. 1. Holly Springs school. 2 Bolting Springs at Ham rick store; R. G. Burros' gin. 3. No. 3 school gymnasium. 4. Kings Mountain city hall, and at. Grover In Herndon's store. 5. Waco, school gymnasium. 6. Shelby, court house. 7. liftttlmore gymnasium and' Mooresboro gymnasium. 8. Polkvllle gymnasium, and at Delight. 9. Oiiwndnlc and Fnllston gym nasium. 10. Belwood gymnasium and at Mulls. 11. Casar. at gymnasium. Farmers Income Up 36 Per Cent Over Last Year Marked Improvement Shown II Business In Colton Belt, Dun Schaub Say*. COLLEGE STATION. Raleigt Dec. 14.—A marked- Improvement h business conditions of the oottoi j belt lias accompanied the rise li i farm Income, says Dean I. C | Schaub. of State college. The cotton farmers’ cash lncom from lint, seed, and benefit pay ments during the first nine month of this year was 36 per cent htghe than the Income for the corres ponding period of 1933. and 80 pe cent higher than In 1933. Manhunts Profit Bigger income for the farmer means larger purchases of th | things farmers want and an In crease In the business of merchant: wholesalers, manufacturers , am others who deal with farm people Schaub said. "While farmers have been enjoy ing Improvements brought about b the cotton program." Schaub static "there have been fewer buslnes failures and a decided Increase 1: bank deposits, retail sales, con struction, life Insurance sales, an services rendered. "In eight cotton states, bank de posits In towns and cities unde 15,000 In population were $311,000, 000 In September as compared wit $243,000,000 the year before." Lighting Expert At No. 3 Schoo The Parent Teachers Assoclatlo of No. 3 high school will hold tl regular meeting at the high scho< building December 17 at 7:00. After the program Roy A. Palme lighting expert of the Souther Public Utilities company will give demonstration and lecture on prop er lighting. All members and visit ors are invited. ia High Schools s Of Their Rating state school commission, made th following statement: 'The problem essentially is on fn> the respective local un'ts. Th state has its burden to carry t guarantee a full eight months c e, eration. I do think that in vie' of the economic stress under whlc the entire country has been beann up since 1929. this association coul withhold strict enforcement of re 'iui;-< ments where it is seen the edu crtional groups are doing the be. they can.” Martin said that since the stat begun operating the schools c t'oith Carolina for e^t month ■t-ch year, beginninc . 1933 34, • i of 196,973 m ■ ho .■ ha intii terms inciea . v .«■ only 29. |:.69 have had their terms snortenec Today tells the story. Today cotton growers from the Potomac to the Itio Grande will cast thtit ballots to decide whether or not they want to tax themselves lot over-production of cotton. They t want crop control of some kind— ir.ru much seems clear. Now. de ■ they want to enforce It by a fed cinl statute? Today's vote wtll an* j swer. Voting on the Bankhead cot ton reduction bill was taking place rapidly at 2:30 today with Indications that Cleveland will poll a vote of more than 5,000 for the county and will register above 05 percent for the measure. Nearly 400 votes have been cast In No. 0 which are thought to be about 96 percent "far." Iteports from Polkvllle and No. 3 Indicate 100 percent so far as any one knows. Vote Is Historical Historically, the day's balloting Is Important. It Is the first time In ■ the history of the world that the farmer himself ever had a chance ! to say, “I want It this way," or “1 want, It thBt way.” Famine and | year of plenty have been endured or enjoyed, and the decrees ol kings, parliaments and congresses have taxed or controlled. But until today, no farmer ever had a guar anteed opportunity to decide foj himself. > Polls opened at 0 o'clock and wtl remain open until fi. And they ari j open for all, from the largest land | lord to the smallest tenant. Anj . I one eligible to receive a gin certl j j flcHtc may cast his ballot, j j Of course, crop control will con tinue whether the Bankhead bill it 1 approved or not. What the cottor. grower will vote on Is Vhether lit wants the Bankhead tax to con* 51 tlnue. That Is the tax for ginning ' j cotton over a certain allotted 3 amount. Vote* Yes Or No He will vote "yes" or "no" on file • 1 proposition "Are you In favor ol continuing the Bankhead bill for next year (June 1, 1635, to May 31, 3 1936).” As Cleveland polling- places in ' the 11 townships, and at the court ■ house In Shelby were crowded with • farmers, so were other polls all over • the south. In North Carolina alone, more than 600 000 persons are eli gible to vote. In Cleveland coun 1 ty, the qualified voters number • about 8,000. 5 As the farmer prepared to cast 1 his ballot. Senator Bankhead of Alabama, father of the control 1 measure, Issued a statement urg ing them to vote for continuance. He snid In part: 111. my u^uuuu, m: num, no changes In the act are necessary ■* in order to correct the matters ! which have caused dissatisfaction ! this year. Suitable changes in the regulations which are under the I control of the secretary of agricul ture may be made without addi tional legislation." Warns Of Results j Should the farmers vote against j further operation of the act, Bank j head said In a formal statement, the following, among other results 11 mav be expected r a I “First, the holders of cotton in the pool and under the 10 cent loan and the 12 cent loan can not hope to realize anything on their equity in the cotton next year, for the slmole reason that, the size of an uncontrolled crop will put the price r’^w^n. "Second, the holders of tax ex (Contlnued on page twelve) i! Election Party At Star Tonight Returns from the Bankhead referendum In Cleveland coun ty will be posted on the big buifetm board in front ol The Cleveland Star office tonight just as returns are posted in • county or state election. r w. Shoffner, county agent, and his staff will make head quarters at The Star office to night. and all returns from thi 11 townships in the county wtl be telephoned to them. Election officials are urged to telephone as quickly as possible after the polls close at 5 o’clock The newspaper has two tele phones. numbers 11 and 4-J V
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