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5 Million Saved On N. C.'Schools During Past Year RALEIGH, Jan. 10—North Caro lina school* during the 1033-1914 term* ojkrxted *5,0008455-97 cheap er than for the 1932-33 session, al though the term was a month longer, LeRoy Martin, executive secretary of the state school com mission, revealed In submitting the biennial report. The compilation showed that re ductions in operating expenses and savings in transportation and mile age permitted the system to ex pend only *1644044846 for 1933-34 as compared with *2144840443 for the preceding term. During the re cent session the state assumed con trol of the schools and the term length was lengthened a month. Instructional salaries fell from *17487480.74 to 113478.44241 from 1922-23 to 1933-34. Martin’s report showed that the largest savings were made in {riant operation costs and that fuel oosts were cut approximately 36 per cent. For 1933-34, the report set forth, 18487 elementary teachers were al lotted and 4,709 high school teach ers. As a result of Increased at tendance for the current year. 18, 40* elementary and 4,788 high school Instructors have been al lotted, an Increase of 188. NOTION POST OFFICE RECEIPTS SHOW GAINS NOTION, Jan. 10.—Post office re ceipts In Newton Increased 8470.97 In 1934 over those of 1933. accord li« to figures released toy Postmas ter D, II. Ckmlnger. The tabulation of figures shows total receipts amounting to 116. 333.04 for 1934 as compared with 814463.07 lor 1933. Report of the Condition of UNION TRUST COMPANY OF SHELBY. N. C. At Shelby, North Carolina, to the Oomaniasioner of Banks at tbs close of bwtnooo on ttoo Slot day of December, 1834. Gash, chocks tat clearing and tranott Items- 158.320 08 Dus from approved de pository banks.- 348,091.10 Due from banks—not ap proved depositories .. 5,432.88 U. 8. bonds, notes, etc. . 128.521.02 North Car. state bonds, notes, etc__- 114,70442 N. C. political subdivts ~ lens bonds ft notes ... ..9,646 00 <3ther stocks & bonds... 70,250,00 Loans and discounts— other. 719,997.85 Banking house ft site -. 97,451.35 Furniture, fixtures and equipment. 23,487.10 Other real estate. 71,632.97 Accounts and notes receiv able of Insurance, real set. and other dept... 9.371.61 Federal deposit insurance fund .. 2,036.31 Other assets... 2,498.97 Total Resource*... .. $1,693,440.68 Liabilities and Capital. Demand depostls — due banks. 6.133.95 Demand deposits — due public officials. 126.349.14 Demand deposits — due Others 794.041.46 Cashiers checks, certified checks and dividend Checks. 38,797.06 Uninvested trust deposits 6,491.47 Accrued expenses, taxes and interest. 5,437.63 Time certificate* of de posit—due public offi cials . 50.346.19 Time certificates of depos its—due others. 207.885.84 Savings deposits — due public officials __ 11,435.03 others .. 108,542.47 Bills payable. NONE Rediscounts...NONE Accounts and notes pay able of insurance, real estate & other dept... 3.503 18 Total Liabilities ... $ .1,357,183.32 Capital stock—common 150.000 00 Capital stock—preferred 100.000.00 Undivided profits. 15,896.16 Unearned discount . 2.862.93 Reserve for depreciation fixed properties. 43,116.86 Reserve for losses_ 14.061 82 Retirement fund. 3,307 44 Commissions Se reserve ins. Dept.._ 7,212.13 Total Capital.. 336,257.34 Total liabilities and o^Pital . -.-*1.693.4401 State of "*rth Carolina, ss County )’ Cleveland R'orrest Eskridge, Cashier, Geori Blanton Director, and J. L. Butt! Director of the Union Trust Con pany Bank, each personally appea. ed before me this day. and, belt duly sworn, each for himself, sa •lat the foregoing report Is true the best of his knowledge and tx lief. FORREST ESKRIDGE, Cashiet OTO, BLANTON, Director. BUTTLE, Director. Bwoen to and subscribed befo me^thls the 10th day of Januar E. BRIDGES, Notai Public. My commission expires March ] 1936. Toluca Resident Receives Wound In Wood Cutting 'Special to The Star l TOLUCA. Jan. 10.—L. B. BotIm Is quite 111 at this writing. B. A. Bain had the misfortune to get a serious cut on his head re cently while cutting wood, when his axe struck a wire. Several stitchee were taken. Mrs. Alvin Deal is home from the Llncolntcn hospital and is improv ing nicely. W. H. Young has had a new ad dition made to his house. Claude Mitchem was the contractor. L. E Boyles Is putting up a corn mill, and crusher In Toluca. It will be operated by Devaughn Boyles. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker of Dal las, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs A. D. Willis recently.. Miss Gladys Little has returned home after spending some time with her grandmother, Mrs. H. W. Hicks Mias Ruth Boyles spent last Sun day with Miss Ella Mitchem of Lin • coin county. Thaxter Bain spent last Thursday night at the home of his slater, Mrs. Odus Norman of Belwood. Miss Vaunltt* Boyles spent Sat urday with Misses Vivian and Olivia Peeler of Belwood. Master Gene Norman of Belwood spent Monday night with Master Thomaa Deal Mr .and Mrs. Will Orlndstaff of Illinois add mother, Mrs. Grinds tail of Irvin, Tenn., visited at the home of Mr. B. O. Self the past week. Charlotte To Ask F.D.R. to Attend Fete on May 20 Large Delegation To Deliver Invi tation; President Is Interest ed In Trip. Added to the problems before President Roosevelt for study with the beginning of the new session of congress soon will be sn Invitation to be offered for his consideration by a large group of Charlotteans who are anxious that he attend ths Mecklenburg Independence Day celebration on May 20. A movement was on foot here I yesterday to form a large delegation representing a score of local organ izations to go to Washington and, accompanied by Senator Reynolds, Senator Bailey and the representa tives from North Carolina, to sub mit to the President an urgent In vitation that he come to Charlotte May 20 and deliver an address In commemoration of the 160th anni versary of the signing of the Meck lenburg Declaration of Independ ence. Mr. Roosevelt, while governor of New York, expressed the desire to attend one of the Mecklenburg In dependence Day events, and it Is believed that he will accept the city's Invitation If he Is able to leave Washington at the time. Lo cal leaders pointed out that May 20 falls on Monday this year and to the possibility that Mr. Roosevelt can be Induced to visit Charlotte while on his way to or from Warm Springs, Oa., where he usually vis its a few days each spring. $5 Tag For Autos Pushed By Jonas RALKIOH. Jan. 10.—Charles A. Jonas of Lincoln county, minority leader in the 1039 house of repre sentatives, stated late today that he and his Republican colleagues In the house and senate would Intro duce a bill providing a $9 license tag fee for passenger motor cars at tomorrow's sessions of the house and senate. The measure would place an in nual registration fee of $5 on all passenger automobiles not used for hire and would apply to 1935 pur chasers, he said. Included will be a stipulation that the commissioner of revenue be directed to refund payments in excess of $5 to car owners who file proper applications for the refund. The bill will not deal with auto mobiles used for commercial pur poses or truck*. * Mrs. Killian Dies In Gaston County GASTONIA, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Cora Wilson Killian, 73, widow of Rev. W. L. C. Killian, died at her home here at an early hour Friday morning following a long illness accentuated by Injuries she sustained In a fall Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the home Saturday after noon at 3 o’clock. Mrs. Killian was bom In Shelby, daughter of the late Pinkney and EHzabeth Bescherer Wilson. Most of her early life was spent In Newton, where she was educated at the old Catawba col lege. She was married to Rev. Mr. Killian of Blacksburg. S. C., Edward are the following children: Jmes G. Killin of Blcksburg, S. C., Edward W. Killian of Cincinnati, Mrs. A. S. Bass of Spartanburg, 8. C., Guy C. Killian and Mrs. H H. Hickman of Gastonia. Just Ten Yean Ago (Taken From Cleveland Star Of Tuesday, January It, IMS.) The three 8balby banks toad a prosperous year during 1934. ac cording to their published state ments which reflect their sound management and the prosperity of the county in general. Two of the banks, the First Naional and Cleveland Bank and Trust com pany. hold their annual stock holder! meetings today, while the Union Trust company holds its annual meeting next Tuesday. The directors of the three banks, how ever, have met and dec aired their regular dividends, checks for which were mailed last week to share holders. A small blue at the Central hotel Thursday night brought about a bit of excitement, but J. C. Cadeil of Wake Forest, who oocupiad the room in which the flames were at work, snoozed on—and It was nis bed that wu on firs. Advice from the hotel Is that Celdwell wu not Injured by the (ire that might have proven ser ious had It not been discovered so early. There was a meeting at the stockholders of ttoe newly formed Ora Mill In the directors room of the First National bank Friday at which time the officers and direc tors were sleeted. J. R. Dover wu elected president and manager, Chu. O. Blanton, vice president; Earl A. Hamrick, secretary and treasurer. These three gentlemen, together with Fred R. Morgen, J. R. Dover, Jr., W. B. Fullerton, Clyde R. Hoey, J. P. Toms and K. B. Hamrick constitute the board of directors. In his installation address before the Shelby K1 wants club Thun* day evening, J. Clint Newton, the new president, set his goal for the club in 1MB many helpful things, outstanding suggestions being: Bet ter schools, a normal for Shelby in the future; county-wide care of charity patients; ample play grounds, and increased church and Sunday school attendance. A steady rain that started Thurs day night apd held up through the week-end, making the streets slip pery and the windshields hard to see through, resulted In a number of automobile crashes and collisions In and around Shelby. Nearly every corner In the up-town section had its private collision with one or two having several more thrown In. However, so far as can be learned none were of a serious nature al though several of the ears were considerably damaged. W. K. and J. Reid Mlsenhelmer, who have Jointly been operating a tire shop on 8. Washington street and filling station on N. Lafayette street, have dissolved, W. K. will, hereafter, operate the Mlsenhelm er Tire shop, and J. Reid, the Ideal Service station. Hugh O. Miller, sr„ left Saturday for Raleigh where he goes to take a position as chief of the bureau for the deaf under the new com missioner of labor and printing. Prank D. Orist. Mr. Miller will not move hTs family to Raleigh for the present until he has located a de sirable home In which to live. The firm name of Paul Webb, pharmacist, one of the established business firms of Shelby was changed at the first of the year to Paul Webb & Son, pharmacists, Mr. Webb having taken In his son, Paul. Jr.. as partner at the begin ning of the New Year. Young Webb was educated at Washington and Lee and Carolina. Fred Logan, son of Sheriff and Mrs. Hugh Logan, was appointed sergeant-major of the State col lege R. O. T. C. following the ' Christmas holidays according to ad vice received here. This is the highest office that can be tendered a member of the Junior class, and is a distinct honor to young Logan, not only for this reason but be cause he succeeds his brother, Randolph Logan, who was sergeant major and did not return after the holidays. Counties And Cities Reducing Defaults RALEIGH, Jan. 10 —A big reduc tion In the amount of the default of North Carolina counties and mu nicipal corporations has been brought about within a year, while the numbers of units in default have also been materially decreased it is shown in the report of the Lo cal Government Commission, sub mitted to Governor Ehringhaus by Director Charles M. Johnson and Secretary W. E. Easterling. On November 90. 1933. there were 01 of the 100 counties and 140 of the 200 municipalities in North Caro lina in default in either principal or Interest or both, while a year la ter the number of counties had been reduced to 41 and the municipalities to 112, showing that 20 counties and 34 municipalities had either emerg ed from the default class or were at work on plans which have the nppearance of being worked out satisfactorily. Janaary Coart Of Honor Gives Large Number Of Scout Awards The monthly oourt of honor meeting wu held at the Central Methodist church Monday night January 7. There was a large num ber of scouts present. The meeting was opened with the Rev. H. N. McDiarmid leading In prayer followed by R. M. Schiele leading the scout oath. The court membership consisted of the Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, J. A. Propet, R. S. Oldney, B. W. Dickson, Jean Bchenck and Sam smith. t#l«M The following appeared for ad vancement: Tenderfoot rank—Arthur Orlgg Walter Drum, Robert Lee. Lem Wiggins, Herman Carpenter, Glenn Short, J. A. Kent, troop S Shelby; Charles Elliott, troop 1 Polkvllle; Paul Martin, Mai Wall, Warren Southard, troop 4 Shelby. Second Class rank—Robt. J. Arev. John Shytles. William Jonea, Eu gene Lall„ Jack Freeman, Benjamin Freeman, Buren Whlsnant, Howard Elliott, HarrUl Bridges, D. C. Whls nant. Merit badge— Kale Lee Jr. agrlcul ture. * Bonny McEntlre, athletics; Curtis Sanders, athletics; Horace Coving ■M ton Jr.. beef production; Loy Crow der, Jr., beef production; Roy Tiddy | Jr., bookbinding; Higgley Harmon ! Jr.. William T. Randall Jr Bookblnd I ln«; T. O. Bridge* Jr, carpentry; Loy Crowder Jr., corn production. Farm records and bookkeeping, fruit culture, William Arey Jr., Her man Eaker. first aid; Daniel Stone. Oscar Patterson Jr. Clifford Oold Jr, R. S. Taylor, WH’iam Troxler, Chas. Whitehead jr.. C> de Orlgg. Aaron Chandler Jr., Ned Taylor, Jr., J. W. Blanton Jr., handicraft; Loy Crow der jr., hog and pork production; Wilson McDiarmlu, public ^health; Ralph Kale, reptile study; Bonny Mctntire, safety; Will Arey Jr„ swim mine; Wilson McDiarmid, star scout rank; J. Alvin Propst, silver combination palms. Land Squandered, Agents Are Told In N. C. Meeting RALEIGH, Jan. 10.—The misuse and squandering of land has been one of the worst faults of American agriculture, Dr. Carl C. Taylor of he agricultural adjustment admin istration told North Carolina farm agents are participating Jointly j„ the study of fundamental pioblem, of the state and federal farm po;. cies and in' discussion of plans fat the current year for theflrsttime The meeting opened this mornuu with addresses by Col. J. w ni-. relson, administrative dean of •■i college: Dean I. O. Schaub, direc tor of the extension service; 5r, Dr. Jane 8. McKimmon, state home agent and assistant director of thf service. and home agents yesterday at their annual conference at N. C. State college. Approximately 180 farm and home agents and 60 extension service specialists are attending the confer ences, which will oontlnue through Thursday. Both white and negro 666 I Liquid — Tablets I Salve—Nose Drops check* COLDS and fever first day Headaches in 30 minnta STERCHI BROS. Announce The Biggest BONFIRE SHELBY Ever Saw With This Famous pi | A i T_. iKjWI i J fPnT LJnP*WPPk I *1 it N/l » * j-fc A U Ai-ljJ,— i THIS WEEK YOU PAY ONLY... Think! During this Sale, you can buy thia fine, new $16.75 Sleep-Rite Inner-Spring Matttreas for only $11.75 by trading in your old, worn-out mattreas at ' our apecial $5.00 allowance! Fully guaranteed inner apring unit built for real aleeping comfort! Fine, durable ticking! Packed in duat-proof carton. I BUY IT ON BUDGETED PAYMENTSI to Trade Oa Tfels STERCHI SPECIAL Fine Cotton Mattress A good, well-mad* and comfort able Mattress at the most sensa tional saving ever offered any where. Its Royaler Me* Is .... Year Old Mattress . 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