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Circulation 5040 The Lllkvkwnd Stka VOL. XLI, No. 8 ■.! .. W ....m L im ■ J!J" ' . J ■ ■■■ ■ _ SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By MaU par raar. I la idnnetl _ UM Carrlat, aat raat. (In Maaaaat _ f3M Roosevelt Offers 5-Point Program In Security Plan president Placet Hit plans Before Solont Bill* Are Up At Once To Care for Jobless, A (fed, Women, Children. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—With , presidential guide before It, con gress today set out to enact a five-phased program to help the jobless, the aged, mothers and their children and closer to safeguard health. In one bundle, President Roose velt sent to the Capitol a message outlining wliat he thought was ne cessary to establish "sound means toward a greater future economic security of the American people,” and a report portraying the con clusions reached in a half-year study by a large group of experts. General opinion in the Capitol was that the move represented the most .-weeping effort in the coun try’s history to provide against the “hazards" .of life. Omnibus bills were brought for ward by S.nator Wagner, Democrat of Nr w York, and Representative Lewi-. Democrat of Maryland, im mediately. Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot __1214 to 13!<jc Cotton seed, ton, wagon_$44.00 Fair and Cooler Weather report for North Caro lina- Fair and somewhat colder Friday; Saturday rain. Oppose Entrance j A burst of oratory and special messages to the president greeted Washington newspapermen, sena tors and representatives, yesterday in regard to the president’s mes sage advocating the adherence of the United States to the World Court. The messages voiced dis approval of the Idea that Roosevelt should make Immediate plans to join the League of Nations. Prison Break One death and the recapture of four other convicts resulted yester day in the San Quentin prison In California when five of the hard 1 boiled low grade prisoners slugged the warden and kidnaped six other men and were about to make their escape. After two hours of pursuit and hard fighting four of the men were captured alive, the other be ing victim of machine gun bullets Interloper Enters A strange and unpredicted fnter nipiion of the Lindbergh trial oc curred at Fleming ton yesterday when the whole court was shocked bV the request of an eccentric old gentleman to be allowed to come forward and “sit next to Mr. fb’dly, so I can hear his testimony.” The stranger turned out to be an ex-lieutenant navy commander, re tired several years ago, ■and since that time given to wandering and being allowed to have his own way. Solons Study The legislative spotlight was fo cised on monetary matters in Ra e>gh today as the senators, repres entatives—and lobbyists all con centrated on all available figures 'a state finances. Committees on nnance an£ appropriations were holding their first meetings. Want Cotton Pact President Rosevelt and his far , bervisors and advisors were mot n? today toward an inte: I,., i'*1 agreement which if ca; f ed through will bring about stabilization of cotton prices. In and exports. He was In cot _ rence for some time with Seen ■ Wallace, Cordell Hull and oth< r^.nJtarirs weU versed in foreig a (tons, with reference to tl *°tton situation. Names Suggested tor Beam^ Fertilizer jh * “"test in which $10 in offered the most ac fartA C 'latne for the new fertilizer actory being started here by D. fa"\an<1 Sons, 800 names were h a sted. The most apropriate lei,bec" chosen and sent to Ra rir .i, ^ the state dePartment of ag „ , are to determine whether or fprnihere ls already a brand of ram! L reglstered under the &. J'fter a report has been re v a from Raleigh, a name will •w ' * ected for the fertilizer and inner’s name announced Built Ladder Abe Samueltohn j Declaration of Abe Samuclsohn, j above, Bronx, N. Y., woodcarver, that he constructed both the lad | der used in the Lindbergh baby ! kidnaping and the box in which 1 ! Dr. John F. Condon paid the ran i som money, proved a bombshell j in the ranks of attorneys for the state and defense at the trial ol | Bruno Richard Hauptmann at Flemington, N. J., for the baby’s murder. No Announcement i | Says Clyde Hoey On Raleigh Trip He Returns From Raleigh, Where .He Saw Legislators And Parried Questions. Clyde R. Hoey returned from Raleigh last night with the unan- i swered questions of newspaper cor respondents still ringing in his ears. They inquired, of course, whether he was ready to make his announce ment for governor of North Caro lina, and he said—well, there seems to be some dispute about what he did say. At any rate, he did not say he would run, or when j he would announce his Intentions. "I do not wish to urge my can- i didacy on the Democratic party,” I that much he did tell a reporter. | You’re left to figure that out for yourself. He told a representative of The Star this morning that mat tars stood just where they were—no an nouncement, and no set time for making an announcement. Mr. Hoey spoke on Tuesday to the church Brotherhood at Mon roe, went directly to Raleigh, where he spent Wednesday, partly on business and partly, of course, greeting his many friends in offi- I cial circles. Editor Speaks Before Local Kiwanis Club - i Lee B. Weathers, publisher of The Star, spoke last night before the Kiwanis club in its weekly luncheon, pointing out the building and expansion program that is in sight and predicting a boom of home building during the year. He also urged greater emphasis on churches, schools, roads, home com forts and beautification. At the suggestion of the president of the High Point Kiwanis club, a resolution was adopted asking the general assembly to provide more adequate pay for school teachers. J Road Chief Asks Larger Road Fund For Next 2 Years Waynick Asks State Driver License Law Highway Chief Heard At Joint Meeting Of Senate And House Committees. RALEIGH, Jan. 18.—An appeal by Chairman Capus Waynick, of the state highway commission for Increased appropriations for the maintenance and construction of state and county highways and proposed legislation for the enact ment of a state-wide drivers’ license law were heard at a Joint session of senate and house roads commit tees this afternoon. In stating the nerd of $10,000,000 1 for highway maintenance and a like amount for construction each year of the next biennium, Way nick warned that the state cannot afford to regard lightly its tremen dous investments in highways. Maintenance Fund Low “The job of maintenance is not being performed and cannot be per formed on the present yearly ap propriation of $6,900,000.” he as serted. “More money must be spent on the roads if the state’s $300,- j 000.000 investment is to be pro- ; teeted.” In defining “construction” the commission chairman said, “There is, as many apparently fail to un- : derstand, a twilight zone^ where maintenance and construction meet. Appropriations for construc tions received by us will be used to re-build and re-surface roads now in a sad state of neglect due to ’ack of funds. “Verdict For Slate” “We want a verdict for the state,! that's all,” he said. The movement to enact strlng cst legislation to pritect life and property on state highways was given momentum by the appear ance before the body of A. W. Koehler, secretary of the national conference for pational street and highway safety. JDair Held In Jail For Alleged Assault Harry Putnam and Raymond ! Lewis were arrested early this morning by Shelby police and charged with assault upon the per- j son of William Byers, who alleges ! that the pair dragged him out of his automobile and beat him un j mercifully in front of the Shelby I club. After a recorder’s court hear Jing today, they were held in jail, in absence of bond, for a Jury trial February 5. Russian Vagabond Fingerprinted Here Swarthy, five-foot-two John Shoul, dark-visaged Russian, was fingerprinted this morning in the police department after his arrest here several days ago for vagrancy. Shoul said he was 26 years old and that his home was in Fond du Lac, Mich. Tiny hands, girl-like soft, indicated that he hadn’t lab ored in many moons. His clothes were ragged and he needed a bath. — Catholic Lot To Have Service Station Soon It is understood that the Catho lic triangular lot at the intersec tion of East Marion, Lineberger and ; Suttle streets has been leased or sold to a large oil refinery and that a handsome service station will be I built thereon. The name of the j company has not been divulged, j Rumors are that the refinery is a! company not now operating in this 1 immediate territory. Influenza Cuts County School A ttendance 25% In Exam Period An alarmingly large percentage I of county school children are re ported ill or out of school this week on account of illness, mostly reported to be influenza. County Superintendent J. H. Grigg said this morning that a visit .n several schools and reports from others indicated that the enroll ment has been cut as muc has 25 percent and may be cut still more. The disease s.ems at present to be more prevalent in the western ■and northern parts of the county, he communities of Lattimore, Polk jvllle, Belwood and Casar, although [there is much in Boiling Springs, I Grover and Kings Mountain areas. Shelby schools were reported to clay as almost normal after ab sences ran as high as 15 percent last week. j In regard to the influenza situa tion county physician H. C. Thomp son said that there had not been an abnormal number of cases re ported to his office, which indi- j cates that people are not calling physicians. He added that the dis ease is by law a reportable disease and his office should be notified! of all cases. I Interfering greatly with the school work, this siege of the flu has come just at the time all the county schols are having the an (Continued on page eight) Woman Pilot ! Lrfiir" , — 111 Mi* 1.1 Women's place may be In the home, but Helen Itichey aims at something higher. Recently l made a co-pilot on an eastern air j line, Miss Richey is the first woman to fly the U. S. mails. She's co-holder of the woman's endurance flying record. Rum Runners Flee Forest City Cops j With Guns Blazing Trapped In Public Square, They BatUe Police Prom Car, Attempt ing To Run Down Officer. Japped in Forest City's public square Wednesday night, alleged I rum runners, with guns blazing, fought it out with local officers, tried to run over them in their car, and finally made a fleet escape In the darkness, eluding all pursuers. The local officers had been on the lookout for the South Carolina car for several weeks. Wednesday night two men were seen driving It through the square there by state highway patrolman, Tom Sandlin, l who immediately halted them. The car stopped and Sandlin stepped | upon the running board, but at that 'moment the two occupants decided ' to make a break and the car shot , forward with Sandlin hanging to the side. I Seeing that City Oflcer Haig Ri ser had the square blocked the two rum runners headed across a foot high hump in the center of the | square that Is used to divide park ! ing spaces. When the Jolt failed to shake off the state patrolman the men then headed for a nearby < parked car as If to knock him off. | Sandlin Jumped, ran for his motor cycle and gave chase. In the meantime Constable Zeb McKinney reached the scene, and upon seeing him, the rum runners turned the car towards that offi cer. The car grazed McKinney and knocked him against another car. He was not Injured, however, and began returning the fire the occu pants of the fleeing car opened on him, several shots being fired. The car was equipped with high speed transmission and although Patrolman Sandlin followed it fcb the South Carolina line it was too fast for him. William Blanton Is Buried Today At Union Church Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Union Baptist church for William E. Blanton, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Blanton of that * com munity. William died at 11 o’clock yes terday following a four month’s ill ness of heart trouble. He was a popular member of the senior class of the Polkville high school and was active In community and school affairs. His pastor, the Rev. D. O. Wash bum, was in charge of funeral services. The youth had been a member of the Union church for a number of years. Surviving are his parents, Yates Blanton of Shelby; Clyde, Evalee, Edgar, Vella and Gordon Blanton, all of the Union community, and a large group of friends and rela tives. Many floral offerings attest ed the esteem in which he was held, School. Attendance Is Back To Normal Attendance at the Shelby High school rose to a normal 95 per cent -'e terday, indicating fthat the hreatmed epidemic of influenza hrd een avoided. Twenty-six pupils were absent yesterday. Several weeks ago, absences ran on some bad weather days as high as 60. House Considers! Auto Tag Slash, Insurance Plans Bill Would Restore 25 P. C. School Cut Sentfllc Offer* Plan To Levy On Cara At 35 Cent Rate Instead Of 55. RALEIGH, Jan. 17—8chool teachers, soldiers and sailors, bor rowers, buyers, and owners of au tomobiles all had friends In the house of representative* this morn ing when bills to give teachera seven days sirs reave and put them under the workmen's compensation act, to pay the adjusted service cer tificates for world war veterans, to make banks lend money at five per cent, to cut the general sales tax rate from three to two cents, and to issue automobile license plates on a basis of 35 instead of 55 cents a hundredweight for pas senger cars, all were introduced. The teachers' friend was Rcpre senative Thomas O'Berry, of ; Wayne, the veterans’ spokesman was Represc ntal Ive Con Johnson, of ' Iredell, the borrowers’ sugar was Representative Ernest Douglass of , Wake, the solicitor for the consum ers was Dr. R. L. Carr of Duplin, | and the darling of the drivers was j j Prof. R. E. Sentelle of Brunswick ! There were other good county friends, but all these gentlemen will operate statewide. Bank Insurance Mr. O’Berry jnakes provision for government insurance guaranteeing bank deposits protects loans in a big way. The Wake dentist thinks the rate should be 4 per cent on the basis of what the banks are paying their depositors. But 6 per cent is a good healthy cut, the doc tor feels. Representative Carr, of Duplin, j would help the teachers a lot. He would restore 25 per cent of the smitten salaries and make that I compensation go farther by cutting 33 per cent from the sales tax. He i would, however, eliminate all ex emptions and then make the rata 2 instead of 3 per cent. He thinks j that most of the losses would be | recaptured and that the collecting ! could be made very much more ef fective by this method. v Wants Lower Tag Rale Mr. Sentelle, offers a new license plate cut. In explaining his bill he said that careful calculation places the amount taken from the license plates revenue at $1,296,000. But he senses the recapture in larger gasoline consumption. He would not disturb the hundredweight on trucks, indeed, if he amended his own bill he would pile on some cents for truck damage. He de clares that the pounding of the state’s roads by these freight cars rolling about on rubber tires is breaking up the roads more rapid ly than all other causes. The pres ent 55 cents a hundredweight on passenger cars is in reality a bur den upon the autoists who use small and cheap cars, he thinks. He is quite convinced that the bill cutting the passenger licenses to a flat $5 will do harm. “It's too drastic and it is not scientific," Mr. Sentelle said. He thinks the bigger passenger cars ought to bear more license than the smaller cars. He blieves his bill will pass and suit exactly the automobile conditions in North Carolina. The Sentelle bill appears to em body the principle if not the detail of the idea that dominates the leg islature. There is going to be a cut in license plates. Everybody accepts that now. The Southport states ; man-school teacher hits upon a , popular idea. The big freight trains ; called trucks and trailers are bump , ing these state roads to death. Representative Pickens of Gull ;ford, today introduced a bill pro ! viding for the Investment of trust ! funds held for minors and others unable to transact their own busi ness. i One Third Of AAA Money Still Here Approximately one third of the ' last governmental payment of par ! lty money for cotton reduction Is ! sttU to be given out by the county 1 agent’s office. | Thus far some 2,000 growers ha«e j been handed checks amounting to nearly $70,000 in this last settle ment and even at the busy rate they are going It will be almost a week more to get the money to the "armers. ! OR. AND MRS. HOUSER OFF TO SPEND WINTER IN FLA. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Houser board ed a train In Charlotte last night 'or Jacksonville. Fla. They Intend :o spend several months in Florid ", r 1 r at Lakeland or St. Peters burg j She’s Pretty — And Popular Dorothy Fittt«mlJ Thr most beautiful and most popular oo-cd at Kent . ,atr college, Kent, 0., is Dorothy Fitzgerald, above. Last spring Dorothy was chosen queen of Mny at the college, and recently she was named the most popular girl on the cammrr Need for More Houses Here Dorton, Lineberger And Real Estate Men See Immediate Need For Building; Many New Residents Search In Vain At least 50 new houses could be filled in Shelby today. This is concrete evidence, vouched by a welj-known Shelby realtor, of the need for more building here, a matter widely discussed this week among civic and business leaders. Meeting Tonight To Consider CCC Camp for County Thomas „C. Holland, chaplain of the CCC camp in Cleveland, 8. C„ wMl address an open meeting at the court house to night on the advantages and possibilities of the CCC pro jects. County Agent R. W. Hhoffner has arranged this meeting with a view of obtaining a camp here to reclaim the county’s 10, 000 Idle acres through soil erosion projects, drainage and tree planting. The board of county commissione’-s has ap proved the plan to obtain a camp for the courtly. The meeting Is set for 7 o'clock, and all farmers and landowners are urged to at tend. No Finer Counsel Is Lutheran Text "No Finer Counsel” will be the subject of the sermon at the Luth eran church this Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The Gospel lesson from the text is taken, is the Wed ding Feast at Cana. At 5 o’clock will be given the third sermon on “Strong Texts Found Only In St. Matthew’s Gospel." The subject will be "The Promised One in Ac tion.” Dr. J. 8. Dor ton, new president of the Shelby chamber of commerce, yesterday said In an Interview that a wide building program for the city Is today one of the most im portant considerations before his organization. He stands alongside former president, J. D. Llneberger, whose appeal for more houses in Shelby, voiced at the chamber of commerce banquet Monday night, found widespread approval. As An Investment "It’s a money-maker," Dr. Dor ton said. "The people who will In vest In houses today—I'm talking about private enterprise to fill a crying need here—will make money.” Real estate dealers. who keep trained eyes on the housing needs of the community backed Dr. Dor ton’s statement to the limit. J. B. Nolan, said that he receiv ed an average of 25 calls a week for houses, and that he could not supply them. Get* Many Call* Oliver Anthony declared that 60 new houses today would not be too much to meet the demand, adding that he was waiting that very min (Contlnued on page eight • Banks Will Close On Lee’s Birthday Both Shelby banks will close on Saturday of this week in observ ance of Robert E. Lee's birthday. Building and loans had made no announcement at noon today wheth er they would close or not. Dates A re Set For High School Oration, Reading, Essay Meet Date* have been set for the two highlights in extra curricular events and contests between rep resentatives from all the high schools in Cleveland county. The first is the Hoey oration con test, in which a medal is given by Clyde R. Hoey, popular townsman, and an ardent supporter of im provement in the spoken word. Speeches will be written and mem orized and Judged in a contest Fri day night, March 8. The county reading and essay contest, formerly known as the Vebb contest, will be held Friday sht, March 15, when represents - ves from all the schools will be .uk.wed to enter c ntesting e.v>ay.> [and others will be allowed to give j readings. This contest this year will be known as the Schoolmasters reading and essay contest, as this club has taken over the sponsor ship. County Superintendent J. H. Origg said today In regard to the readings and essays that Judging this year would be in favor or dramatic and more serious types of material. Last year the awards were made to humorous selections. These dates were set by the Schoolmasters club In Us regular meeting this week and a complete ist of specifications for both con t-sts will appear soon. At the meeting of the club Prof J J. Tarleton of the Rutherford [county school sy.tem spoke on The l Task of the Teacher. ■psa . ... .11 10,500,000 Bales Set As ’35 Quota By Sec. Wallace Give* Grower Chance To Plan Next Crop President Roosevelt Looks With Favor On Plan* In AAA; Will Issue Decree. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The 1935 national quota ol cotton pro duction under the Bankhead cotton control act Will be 10,500,000 bales of 500 pounds, It was announced today by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. The quota la fixed at this time In order that producers may have an opportun ity to muke plana for the next crop, and formal proclamation by the secretary continuing the act for the 1935 season, and the find ing that two-thirds of the produc ers favor the ginning tax on the excess production. Is to be made shortly. 8uch finding will be based upt*i proclamation of the president under terms of the law. Ask Larger Cat While it was pronounced very good, happiness among advocates of drastic curtailment of acreage could not be described as uncon fused over the Wallace announce ment. There were those—and Sen ator Bankhead himself was In clined to sympathise with this point of view—who maintained Uiat there should be another 40 per cent cut In acreage, to the end (hat production this year could be kept within the 10.000.000-bale limit. Rosevclt Wants Cat Moreover, It is understood that 'President Roosevelt lookN with fa vor upon a program that will call jror a progressive reduction of (he I cotton cerry-over by a million bales annually, or until such time as the number of bales in warehouses, and especially in those controlled by the government, may be reduc ed to normal proportions. The president has been represented as fully realizing that the government program, on the agricultural side, i has been very helpful to the cot | ton states, that the banks and business people have profited to jauch a degree as to strengthened j the entire economic structure. Three Moves For New Building To make way for the new two story building which Mrs. Rush Stroup plans to erect on the 30x100 portion of the miller block which she recently purchased from Blan ton brothers and Eskridge, thfte firms wll move around February 1 when possession of the property will be given to the new owner. Mrs. 'Stroup. Austell's Barber shop will move to the basement under Pendleton's Music store. The basement Is being enlarged and the outside step-en trance widened. The Shelby and Cleveland Coun ty B. and L. association has closed a lease on the storo room on West Marion street of the Llnebergct building now occupied as an office for the Shelby Creamery Co. John P. Mull, secretary-treasurer of the B. and L. will move his office there around February 1. | The Shelby Creamery office will move to the plant on N. Washing ton street. The plant will be re modelled and painted and an office flved up. Colored Boy ,¥ ’J For Coat Theft Willie Ellis, colored elevator boy at the Hotel Charles, yesterday con fessed hiding the flu* coat stolen from Mrs. Miles Beam at the Cham ber of Commerce banquet Monday night. The coat was found late Tuesday afternoon by Oscar Byers, colored truck driver’s assistant at Sterchi Brothers. He found the coat, care fully wrapped In a newspaper, under warehouse In the rear of the store, thrust in an opening where a board had been removed. Ellis was arrested yesterday by Chief of Police Wilkins after every employee in the hotel had been fingerprinted. Willie’s extreme ner vousness during this ordeal point ed suspicion toward him, and he confessed under questioning by the chief. He alleges that, a woman he had never seen before offered him $10 to hid the coat, but this story is held by police to be highly im probable. Masonic Work The Union Masonic degree team will meet Wednesday. Jan. 23rd at i.np Call lodge for work in first (degree. Visitors are welcome.
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