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THE MARKETS
Cotton, spot . 12% to 13*40
Cotton seed. ton. wagon_43.00
Generally Fair
Weather forecast for North Caro
lina: Rain Wednesday; Thursday
generally fair and slightly colder.
Japs Break Treaty
The Japanese privy council high
est consultive body in Japan, yes
terday told the emperor to break
the Washington treaty of 1922.
Thoughtful leaders declared the step
was the most important the empire
has taken since the world war, for
It means that the ratio of battle
ship owning and building is now
disregarded, and that Japan intends
to arm herself to the teeth on the
seas.
Seek Steel Peace
President Roosevelt yesterday was
seeking to pacify embattled capital
and labor in the steel industry,
urging them to try a six months
peace plan. But the degree of his
success, like the details of his plan,
was unannounced.
A -*
Billion For Homes
An effort to put more money ip
the hands of the Home Owners
Loan corporation advanced yester
day to the stage of drafting a bill
for another billion dollars. Senator
Wagner, New York Democrat, said
he would introduce the bill at the
forthcoming session, which would
authorize the corporation to issue
a billion In bonds.
No Cotton Deal
A projected cotton deal between
the United States and Germany
Involving between six and thirty
million dollars, was reported yes
terday to be faced with collapse
because of conflict with the presi
dent’s general world trade plans.
Secretary Hull Is said to have told
Mr. Roosevelt that the deal was a
bad trade, and that the transac
tion would dislocate normal busi
ness in foreign markets.
Cherchez la Femme
The old French theory of “Cher
chez la femme" was invoked yes
terday by Berry V. Stoll in the na
tionwide hunt for the kidnaper of
Mrs. Alice Stoll. It is a hunt for
Thomas J. Robinson, jr., who is be
lieved to be disguised as a woman.
Robinson has been identified by
N federal agents as the man who
kidnaped Mrs. Stoll from Louisville
Oct. 10. He is reported to have
been seen in widely separated parts
of the nation, wearing smart fem
inine apparel.
Car Tag Sales
Reported Low
With 629 Sold
Despite the fact that the Federal
government has poured thousands
of dollars into the pockets of Cleve
land county auto owners, the sale
of license tags for 135 is abnormally
low for this time of the year.
To date only 029 of tl\e little piec
es of metal which are absolute ne
cessities for car operation in North
Carolina have been issued. Last
year this time nearly 1,000 had been
sold.
Due To Date.
Carlos Hopper, who handled this
matter for the state around at the
Carolina Motor Inn says the prob
able reason for this falling off is
due to the fact that last year own
ers began putting on the new tags
December 1 and had to wait this
year until the 15th.
Total sales last year at the local
office was some 7200.
Mr. Hopper asks that all persons
planning to buy tags before Janu
ary 1 come at once to avoid the
rush of the last few' days, and
“please bring your white applica
tion wuth you and get the 4ag in
one tenth of the time you can if
vou don't bring it.” Otherwise, there
will be a jam and long waiting lines
as the office can hardly issue more
than 300 to 400 per day.
City tags will be issued at the city
hall as usual.
Large Crowd Attend
Reunion Of Roystera
A large crowd attended the re
union of the Royster families and
their connections at Fait ton Bap
tist church Sunday where a boun
teous picnic dinner was served P
Cleveland Gardner of Shelby and
Marvin Royster of Tennessee gave
Interesting sketches of the Royster
family and Lee B. Weathers deliv
ered an addresf.. The reunion will
be held annually but in the sum
mer time hereafter.
INFLUENZA REPORTED
TO BE INCREASING
i Local physicians say quite a few
cases of influenza in mild form are
prevalent in Cleveland county.
Over in Gaston. the Belmont
school has closed several days ear
lier than planned because of an
epidemic.
I The Ellkvmsmm Stka
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VOL. XL. No. 152
SHELBY, N. a WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19,1934 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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HATCHER WEBB GIVES $10,000 TO HOSPITAL
Shelby Will Save
$2,775 Per Year
By ’Phone Slash
City Estimate Is Made
By Commerce Body
$100 Will Be Saved In Businesi
District. $131 A Year In
Residential Area.
Figures tabulated by the Shclbj
Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chant;; Association show an ap
proximate saving of $2775 per yeai
to Shelby residents as a result ol
new telephone rates ordered int<
effect January 1.
While these figures are approxi
mate they are believed to be fairlj
indicative of actual savings to tele
phone users. The figures were ob
tained by a check of the local tele
phone directory with resultant fig
uring of old and new rates by class
ifications.
Comparison Of Rates.
Rates for various types of service
both old and new rates, with re
j sultant savings for users of the 105C
! phones in Shelby monthly are;
One hundred seventy five busi
1 ness phones; old rate, $4; new rate
$3.50, savings $100.
Three hundred twenty five one
party residential phones, old rate
•$3.50, new rate, $3.25; saving;
$87.50.
Two hundred and fifty resident
ial two-party lines, rate, $2; nc
change, no savings. ■
One hundred and fifty resident
ial 4-party lines, old rate $1.75; nev
rate $1.50, savings $43.75.
This makes a monthly total ol
' $231.25 or an annual saving ol
| $2775. These figures are based or
estimate of number of phones ol
different classifications fn the city
While there may be some change;
in number listed for each classifi
cation it is not believed the change!
would affect the total to any ap
preciable extent, and any changt
would show larger savings.
| Governor Paroles
Chic Edgerton In
1 Year Sentence
Chic Edgerton. convicted here ft
July in the Recorders Court or
charges of breaking and entering
aro sentenced to serve 12 month:
< n the roads, has been paroled bj
1 Governor Ehringhaus.
The Governor made the following
statement:
“The trial judge, Mr. Joseph M
I Wright, has written a letter in thi:
; prisoner’s behalf and states anting
! other things:
‘ In view of the fact that the evi
dence showed that thus prisonei
was under the influence of sonu
i intoxicant to the extent that hi
was practically non compos mentis
when he committed the allegec
| crime, I hereby recommend that hi
he given an immediate parole. 1
I believe that he has served enough
! time to meet the ends of justice.”
“Tlie trial Solicitor, Mr. C. C
; Horn, has written concurring ir
the above recommendation.
“Acting upon the recommenda
n> in this pH oner’s oehalf anc
the facts set forth therein, I am thi:
day granting him a parole for thi
remainder of his term, under thi
i supervision of the Superintenden
I of Public Welfare of the county it
j which he intends residing upon hi:
release from prison and upon con
dition he be of good behavior am
engage in gainful employment.”
Cash Register Jingles Joyfiil News
Of Bigger Business For Shelby Stores
While the square little forest around the court
house gleams this week with magic strings 01 red,
green and lemon-colored light flung from the fa
cade of the white building through the dark tree
branches, the rectangle of stores and shops around
it sparkles back with the bright reflection of Christ
mas things and echoes with the crisp rattle of wrap
ping paper and the gratifying jingle of cash regis
ters.
Which is to say that the central marts for Cleve
land's 52,000 population are doing a whale of a
Christmas business, far ahead of last year's record
' < at this time. After a slowish start last week, business
j began to speed up to a pace which encouraged many
] shop-keepers to send in hurry-up re-orders for holt
1 day merchandise.
Extra clerks have been hired in scores of stores,
recruited, many of them, from the high school stu
dent body, which was dismissed. early for that very
purpose. Crowds teem and push through the streets
daily. The people are spending the money.
No accurate estimate In percentage can be made
as to how much more they are spending this year
than before, but a merchant stressing a holidays
goods can hardly be found to deny that business Is
better than any time for four yeans. It ought to be
—it was expected to be—and It la.
The most encouraging reports oome from dry
goods, furniture and notions departments. Furniture
makes a handsome Christmas gift, and It la being
sold. Clothing does too, and there are smart hew
models In every shop. Drug stores, hardware stores
and all department stores are heavily stocked, and
are selling out.
Last year, a survey by The Star showed the
trend was for practical things. Cleveland has not
lost that touch of common-sense in a mad maelstrom
of spending, but this week saw more money going
for goods in the luxury class—and for gadget*. Gad
gets are those bright and cheerful things .like chrome
plated cocktail shakers that no one, of course, has
(Contlue don page fifteen)
Farmers’ Income Highest
In 30 Years, Report Shows
Smallest Crops, But Total Values Are Up,
Not Even Counting The Millions In
Benefit Payments
The paradoxical totals of the smallest crop in years and
the largest income were as true for the rest of the nation as
! they were for Cleveland county. The department of agricul
ture yestreday issued a report showing how the farmers had
profited this year although growing less.
; Gets Six Months
For 111 Famed
House In No. 10
Six months in jail and work on
j the state highways was the sentence
passed on Perry Haynes in record- ;
er's court this morning after he
had been charged and convicted
with conducting a disorderly house
in connection with his filling sta
tion on the Belwood-Casar road.
Judge Wright ordered him to pay
$10 and the costs in addition to
keeping his filling station closed
on Sunday, after some 25 citizens
of No. 10 township had testified as
to the character of his place and
had asked for a court action.
Haynes asked for a trial but is
expected to go ahead and pay the
fine and serve the sentence.
An additional part of the judg- ,
ment was to the effect that per- j
j sons stopping at the Haynes place
i on Sundays will be arrested by of
ficers in that township.
Two negroes, Jim Eskridge (Rip- j
py) of Shelby and J. C. Jimison of j
I Hendersonville were given four and ;
| three months each for stealing
! flour from the Eagle Roller mill j
, warehouse last night. They were j
apprehended by Policeman Jim Hes
i ter.
Farm Couple Lose
$200 Somewhere
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Bell who live |
over in the Oak Grove community
will have their Christmas blighted
by the loss of $200 in cash this week,
i | The money was lost in Mrs Bell's
; j purse and just when and how it got
!! e way she does not know. She thinks
■' it was left in some store while she
j was shopping, although it was not
i missed until they returned to their
i: home. This loss occurred shortly
■ I after noon Monday and was re port
I ed to police who are on the look
1 out.
Preacher Murphy Dances In Court
\ As Speerit Celebrates Dismissal
—
Whrn the speerit hits Preacher
|Sampson Murphy, 60-,year-old pas
tor of Shelby's colored House of
| Prayer, an affiliate of the Holy
Roller sect, the preacher shouts
with joy, and "hits a lick er two.”
But when evil speerits get after
him, the preacher "squinches and
melts down” and prays for the Lord
to remove the stumblick blocks in
this path.
The good speerits were with him
| Sunday morning, but not for long.
When the preacher returned from
a joyful session at the House of
Prayer he found himself under the
influence of evil speerits and worse
than that, in the hands of the law
[Two policeman arre.st.prl him tor
possessing a half Ballon of liquor,
hidden in his room.
Hr was tried Tuesday afternoon,'
and that was when an interested!
court room learned how joyfully
the preacher can hit a lick when:
the right kind of spirit moves him.;
For the preacher was acquitted on
the testimony oi his two small
sons, Sampson, jr., aged 11, and Al
bert, aged 7. They said they found j
the liquor in the grass as they
were playing and hid it in the
house. Their testimony was so con
vincing that C. C. Horn, prosecu
[
tContinued on page fifteen! i
me summary or production dur
ing 1934 showed a farm output 32
per cent less than the average of
the past 10 years. Many crops re
turned the lowest yields since 1890
because of drought and the produc
tion control programs of the farm
administration.
Total Value Gains
The total value of all crops at
the same time, was reported as $4,
782,6"6.000, compared with $4.114.-'
265.000 last year and $2,882,195,000
in 1932. By vddlng in the $552,000,- |
000 In benefit payments made by i
the AAA the figure was increased
to $5,334,626,000.
Production was listed In the re
port as follows: Corn 1,380,718.000
bushels, 41 per cent smaller than
last year and 45 per cent less than
the five-year average; wheat, 596,
469.000 bushels .the smallest since
1890; oats. 528.815,000 bushels, 55
per cent less than the five-year j
average grain sorghums, 34,542,000
bushels, 61 per cent below 1933; su
gar beets, 7,627,000 tons, 31 per cent
less than last year; barley, 118,
929.000 bushels, the smallest sinae
1900; tobacco 1,095,662,000 pounds.
20 per cent below last year; cotton
line 9.73i.000 bales. 33 per cent less
than the five-year average; and
potatoes, 385.287.000 bushels, 20 per
cent larger than 1933.
. Two-Year Gain Big
“Largely as a result of the sharp
decrease in the production of most
crops and the shortage of feed for
livestock.” the report said, "prices
of the 14 principal crons averaged
42 per cent higher on December 1
than they were on that date last
year ,and 140 per cent higher than
two years ago.”
It added that the percentage In
crease in price, as compared with
last year, was greater than the per
centage decreases In production.
Estimated values of various crops
(Continued on page fifteen)
Faculty Members
Married Sept. 1st
In Knoxville, Tenn
Of interest to friends here is the
announcement made today of the
marriage of Miss Ethel Thomas and
Walter E. Abernethy which took
place on September 1 in Knoxville,
Tenn
Mrs. Abernethy, a native of Le
noir. has made her home for the
last five years with her sister, Mrs.
S. P. Dries, and Mr. Dries in Jer
sey City. She has been instructor of
English in the Shelby high school
for several years.
Mr. Abernethy, principal of the
local high school, Is a son of Jones
F. Abernethy of Hickory.
They will spend the Christmas
holidays with the bride groom’s fa
ther in Hickory and will return to
Shelby the firs (of the year to con
tinue their work in the high school
P. 0. Clerks Hope
For One Day Off
If You Mail Early
Postmaster Says Attempt Will Be
Made To Deliver Everything
By 12 On The 24th.
Post office employees want a day
! off for Christmas, too.
I
That is one of the main reasons
for the annual plea of “wrap se
curely and mail early.” Postmaster
Quinn issued the following state
ment this morning:
The post office department con
templates that all Christmas mall
shall be delivered By midnight,
Monday, December 24, and that all
postal employees who can be spar
ed shall have the opportunity to
spend Christmas day with their
families.
No Christmas Delivery
While star routes will operate as
'scheduled and mall to and from
Isuch routes is to be handled as on
: other days, there will be no city
delivery, rural delivery, or window
service in post office on Christmas
day.
Many parcels Intended as Christ
mas gifts are not delivered before
Christmas day, due to extreme
weather conditions, delayed trains,
and other circumstances which the
mailer cannot control. To the re
cipient, especially the young boy or
girl, it may mean the cherished
hopes of months blasted, disap
pointment and sorrow pervading a
young life at Christmas time.
(Continued on page fifteen)
Post Office Adds
Additional Carriers
One additional clerk and three
additional carriers were added to
i the staff of the Shelby postoffice
(yesterday, Postmaster Quinn an
I nounced. More help will be added
i as the Christmas rush Increases, he
! said.
Judge Alley Will
Hold Court Here
.fudge Felix Eugene Alley, of
Cashier's Valley fame, will preside
over the criminal term of court
here Jan. 7, according to a compu
j tation made this morning by Bill
Osborne, deputy clerk of the court.
Mr. Osborne reasons that Judge
» Phillips, who holds court In Rock
ingham on that date, had swapped
| with Judge Alley.
Delegation Goes
To Raleigh Asking
Action On Road;
To Request Money for
Shelby-Grover Link
County Representative* To Lay
Plea Before Coni mission; Cash
la The (juration.
GROVER ROAD PROMISED
A telegram received at two
o'clock today from Hon. Ernest
Gardner and the county dele
gation which appeared before
the atate highway commission
aaya, “Grover road promised."
Further details were not
learned, but It is thought that
road funds which will be sav
ed in the mountains where the
Smoky Mountain park road will"
he built by the federal gov
ernment. make the necessary
money available for the Shel
by-Grover project.
A delegation from Cleveland
county, headed by chairman of the
board of county commissioners, J,
L. Herndon, left this morning for
Raleigh to appear bpfore the board
of highway commissioners with an
urgent request for Improvements on
the Shelby-Grover road, which
touches Patterson Springs and Earl.
The county delegates were Invit
ed to present this request to the
whole board by Ross Sigmon, dis
trict highway commissioner, when
he spoke here at Patterson Springs
December 7.
Represent County
Besides Mr. Herndon, Carl
L Thompson, senator-elect from this
district. Dr. J. S. Dorton, P. Cleve
[ land Gardner, O. T. Austell of Earl,
Lawton Blanton. O. M. Mull, J. B.
, Lowery are making the trip.
Commissioner Sigmon explained
to a mass meeting at Patterson
Springs that the state has $50,000 j
which had been set aside for grad- ,
ing, but that no work could be
1 started until the money is In sight
to start surfacing the road. The
road has been located, no objection
has been raised to its routing, and
if the commission can find the
money, It may be approved for
early letting.
No Federal Funds
Commissioner Sigmon explained
in his Patterson Springs address
that the delay in building the
promised road was due to a restric
tion placed on the use of federal
funds by Washington authorities
and pointed out that the last gen
eral assembly forced the use of
state funds for the past two years.
Daniel* To Talk
At Lion* Banquet
The Shelby Lion’s club will hold
its annual Ladies Night this year
on New Year's Eve at the Hotel
Charles. A dance will be preceded
by a dinner, at which the speaker
will be Prof. D. D. Daniels, of Clem
son, noted humorist. Members of
the other civic clubs have been in
vited.
Nolan Brother* Erect
i New Filling Station
Ed and Lee Nolan are having a
i new filling .station erected on the
I vacant lot owned by Miss Selma
: Webb and Mrs. Paul Webb on East
Warren street opposite the Chevro
i let place. The station will have a
lobby, rest rooms and other con
veniences. Independent gasoline
will be handled.
Memorial To Mother
In Form Of Modern
Maternity Ward Here
Patient For Six Weeks, He Learned Practical
Christianity, He Says; Duke Money
May Match Donation
As iv memorial to his mother, Mrs. Eliza Alexander
Webb, mother of eleven children, seven of whom are living.
A. Hatcher Webb has announced a gift of £10,000 to th«
Shelby Hospital to establish a maternity ward.
Gives $10,000
A. Hatcher Webb wno gives *10 000
toward building a maternity addi
tion to the Bhclby hospital as a
memorial to his mother.
$101,000Payment
On Parity Is Due
In Cleveland Now
.
But There'* No Certainty. Say*
James, That It Will Be Here
For Christmas.
That $101,000 parity payment due
Cleveland county cotton grower*
from the Agricultural Administra
tion is due any day from now on
but Assistant County Agent James
said today that he hardly dared
hope It would arrive before Christ
mas. County Agent Shoffner has
received word from Wi.'»‘*igtor
that the checks were being sent tc
Raleigh, but that Is no certain in
dication that they will arrive hen
1 immediately.
j There Ls the possibility, though
that Mr. Shoffner, who left foi
! Washington Sunday, may be ablt
to siieed up payment of thes<
checks. It’s an outside chance, foi
the government can’t be rushed
and what Mr. Shoffner is reallj
there for Ls to arrange payment t<
300 farmers of the second renta
payment due to them.
This payment, would amount, a
a conservative estimate, to $15,001
-a tidy sum just before Christmas
There ls a strong possibility tha
Mr. Shoffner may return with thes<
| checks. If he does, the checks wil
| not be distributed until farmer:
; have been notified to call for them
All Choirs in Shelby to Join in Carol Singing
In Community Gathering on Eve of Christmas
Voices of all the choirs in t.he city
will be lifted In the traditional
Christmas carols on Christmas
Eve, first, in a huge gathering in
the court house, and then, in
smaller groups, throughout Shelby
at the homes of the sick, the aged,
and the infirm.
This plan, unique in Shelby, was
announced this morning by Mrs.
Everett Houser, president of the
Inter Club council, which repres
ents all the women's clubs in the
city, numbering 22. FUaborate prep
arations are being made, with to w
square already sparkling with
brilliant, decorations, and the court
room to be made gav with holly
and Christmas colors
The community sins «ill be tiEld
inside at 8 SO. under the direction
of H. C. Secfeldt, director of music
at the First Baptist church. AH
the choirs in the city, including
Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran and
Presbyterian, will take part.
After this, the choirs will break
up into small groups and sing
through the streets and at various
'>r’me.s in the four sections of Shel
by
Court square was dee : ted un
der the direction oi Mis. Clyde R |
Hory. Mr:-. R L, Ryburn mid Mrs.
Prank Hney Music will be under
Hit- chairmanship ot Mrs. Cir*d>
boveWcp, chairman, Mrs. Graham
Dellinger. Mrs. James Wilson, Mlsf
Nettle Rayle an dMr. Seefeldt.
The inside decoration o f the
court house will be arranged by
Mrs. Lindsay Dali, chairman. Mrs
D. R. Yates and Mrs. Harry Wood
son.
Transportation for the singers
will be under Mrs. Tom Gold
chairman. Mi M<; ' v Hontrr. Mrs
• hnrh Webb. V.: ” ■’ • Re-nrick
vOonunued on page lifteen)
i nr money us u vaimoir ai once.
It him no strings tied to it or any
conditions or reservations what
ever. i simply want to memorialize
iny mother my real "buddy" who
hail faith in me and was such a
eiiutllul. patient mother herself,’*
aid Mr. Webb, who la now a pa
tient In the hospital and has been
here for six weeks, not aick,| but
:ust lolling around and resting
from an Injury he received In a
fall.
Sees "Practical Christianity.”
"No one pressed or urged me to
nakc this gift. I have been thlnk
ng of some way I could pay a de
lved tribute to my mother and
since being a patient in the hospl
al. I have seen what practical
Christianity Is, how. the sick are
'mlng healed and cared for and de
cided that here la the place It la
needed," said Mr. Webb as he lay
on hla hospital bed and chatted
freely with the editor of The Otar
about the matter.
The money will be used for an
addition to the hospital, to make
mothers of new-born* oomfortable
In the hour of their travail. Mr.
Webb wants an adequate delivery
room, comfortable private rooms
and a ward, far enough removed
from the baby room so that the
mothers will not be disturbed by
moans and cries of the suffering.
Hope For Duke Help
On Friday night of this week the
trustees of the hospital will hold a
meeting, formally accept Mr. Webb'a
(rift and take steps to obtain an
equal amount from the Duke Foun
dation Building fund. Some, years
ago, the Duke Hospitalization fund
r.et aside *25,000 with which to
enlarge the Shelby hospital In the
event the amount was matched. No
way was found to match that of
fer. Whether It is still available,
will be determined later.
Need Negro Wards
Mr. Webb spoke of the need of
enlarged accommodations for the
| negroes and expressed the hope
I that some one would make money
'available for this race at the hos
pital. The colored department has
'only four rooms at present and le
often crowded.
Hatcher seemed to get great Joy
out of his gift and spoke freely of
1 his mother who will be memorlal
( Continued on page fifteen)
Textile Union l'
New Quarters Now
U«i'W« And McAbee to Speak At
Opening on Saturday Night
December 22nd.
Local No. 1901, United Textile
i, Workers of America has secured a
new location and Is moving from
the Thompson building on West
. Warren street to the second floor of
1 the Arey building on 8. Washington
i' street.
, | The Interior of the building has
I been remodeled, Is well heated and
I comfortable. Saturday December 22
I has been set tor the opening night
I and a program will begin at 2
J o’clock at which R. R. Lawrence,
! preaident of the State Federation of
j Labor and c. W. McAbee (Walking
I Charlie), member of the executive
j council will be the principal gue3t
j speakers.
Clerk Of Court
Remain* Critical
Clerk of Superior court A. M.
Hamrick who was stricken at the
first of the week with a pleurisy at
tack was reported to be holding his
own at his home today.
| It was learned that Mr. Hamrick
did not have a very restful night
but his general condition was
.thought to be mote Iv.p ■ ul. al
i though he remains gravely UL