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Circulation 5040 The WMMW SEND 8 Pages Today VOL. XLI, No. 9 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JAN. 21. 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. »•« «■ •<»««> - «m« omtw, m iMt. (la adTuaal _ UN Suspect Gang Job As 4 More Homes Are Burglarized Enter Spangler House Twice In 2 Nights thief Of Police Urge Householders To Lock Doors And Take Every Precaution. With live more unsolved house breakings reported over the week end, Chief of Police D. D. Wilkins this’ morning urged Shelby house holders to take every precaution In guarding and locking their homes while the police department seeks to break up suspected gang opera tions. Homes entered over the week end were those of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Smith, Oakland Drive; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gold, West Warren; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, E. Mar ion, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spangler (two burglaries), Oakland Drive. Two Arrests Made In each burglary, the chief said, clues indicated the same gang had entered the home. The houses were entered while the families were away always between 7:30 and midnight. The police suspect an experienced leader commanding a group of voting boys. They have made two arrests on suspicion. At the Smith home, a burglar was frightened away on the return of the family Friday night. The window to a bedroom had been forced open. Two Watches Stolen At the Gold home, entry was ! made between 7 and 8 o’clock Sat urday night. An overcoat, a sweat er and two watches were stolen. At the Williams home, burglarr broke into a chest and stole a pis tol Saturday night W'hile the family was out. The Spangler home was entered both Friday and Saturday night, both times while the Spangler were out. Two dresses were stolen. On Friday night, a window was forced, and on Saturday ,the back door was broken open. Heavy Patrol We are patrolling the city as heavily as possible, • Mr. Wilkin* said, "and we hope the residents will co-operate with us In trying to apprehend this gang. Lock your homes. I wish somebody would put the lights out in hi* home some night and wait in the darkness— then call us If anything turns up.” r Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot 12 !4 to 13 Me Cotton seed, ton, wam_$44.00 Colder Tuesday Weather forecast for North Car olina: Rain Monday and Monday night, probably ending Tuesday morning. Warmer Monday. Much colder Tuesday and Tuesday night. Alvin Karpass, now nominated 84 America’s Public Enemy No. 1, hurled a blaze of machine gun bullets into a trap set by federal officers at a small Atlantic City hotel, and escaped. Harry Campbell, another hunted mid-western gang ster. escaped with him as they poured rounds of bullets in the di rection of the officers, stole a motor car. and fled toward New York. They attempted to rescue two women companions, but fail Would Bar I ekes A move to hor Cbppotarv * move to bar Secretary Ickes from adminstering the four bil , n dollar appropriation few pub ,i(' works received strong support *mong members of the house yes torciay, Mr. Ickes Is public works administrator, but the president 'a.*- not said yet whether he would name him to administer the giant und or not. There Is strong feel against Ickes, it was reported, “vtause some representatives feel *ias not treated them courteous ly Prefer# Garner "’ps'dent Roosevelt let it be Yesterday that he wants '-President. John Nance Gamer hls running mate In the presidential campaign, and information dashed cold water ,, aspirations of Secretaries !|f8ce Ickes. After an infor ' conference, there was no doubt p8t Mr- Roosevelt wanted Mr. Pecision Awaited No. 1 Escape# The supreme court may : today, it Budget for Schools Keen Disappointment to Smith Request Of More Money For Roads But Less For Public Schools Deplored By Shelby Superintendent Supt. B. L. Smith of the Shelby school system, ever a champion of the educational rights of childhood has this to say with reference to Governor P’hringhaus and his recent budget message submitted to the General Assembly: "The governor’s recommendation [ of increasing the school appropria-t tion by only $2,500,000 is unspeak- i ably disappointing. When it is1 placed along side his recommends -1 tion of an Increase of $6,210,000 lor* roades it is well night paralyzing to! the teaching profession. If one adds! to the governor's recommendation other twenty millions for roads coming this year to the state from the Federal government, it Is unbe lievable that any citizen should con template such a disparity in favor of the material as against the hu man values of the commonwealth. “The teaching profession of North j Carolina has believed the governor to be a friend of education and has accepted his recommendation j of 1933 as the pithless necessity oi prostrated economic conditions. Farm products were at their lowest, banks were closed, manufacturing was prostrated, governmental units were in default, the credit of the j state was gone. The teaching pro fession from meager salaries if forded the reduction that "balanced the budget,” restored the state’s j (Continued on Page Eight) Hospital Enlargement Emphasized By Crowded Condition; 50 Patients Hospital Was Caring Fpr Fifty Patients Sun day; Largest Number Since Opening Necessity for the enlargement of the Shelby Hospital is emphasized in the fact that the forty bed institution was caring for 50 patients over the week-end. Bounty Payment On Crows, Hawks, Wildcats Stopped County Game Warden H. C. Long in a statement today said that he could pay no more bounties on any kind of harmful animals or birds, due to a ruling just handed down by J. D. Chalk, state commis sioner of game and inland fisheries at Raleigh. Thus far this season Mr. Long had paid out approximately $50 In bounties for crows and hawks which call for 15 and 25 cents respective ly. Wildcats are worth $2.00, but he had no claims for this animal. In the letter stating the case to Mr. Long, Commissioner Chalk stated that the appropriation had been suspended and that it was likely the money would be used for education. He added that It was his personal opinion that bounty money was that much money thrown away as most farmers and hunters are interested in predatory control without expecting the small pay ments. Mr. Long called attention today to the fact that open seasons for deer, duck, opossum and squirrels are out, that dove will be out Jan uary 31 and quail and rabbit will end February 20. Gardner Child Is Honorary Page Bill Anderson Gardner, bom Wed nesday in the Shelby Hospital to | Representative and Mrs. Ernest Gardner is an honorary page of the State House of Representatives. A resolution was passed by the House last week honoring the youngster on his arrival and a copy sent to the mother in the hospital, his father being a member of the House, serv ing his second term from Cleveland county. Camp Call Masons To Meet Wednesday The Union Masonic degree team will meet Wednesday January 23 at the Camp Call lodge for work in the first degree. All brother Masons are welcome. After all beds were filled, extra beds were set up In the sun par lors, and wards and the superin tendent moved her desk out of her office to convert It Into a private room. The hospital was 'caring for more patients over the week-end than it has ever accommodated since it was established ' about 11 years ago. Among the patients are surgical cases, patients for treatment for the after effects of influenza, ma ternity eases and a few accidents cases. The list taken from the office records of yesterday is as follows: Duffey Freeman, Jonnie Doster, Malcomb Wilson, Mrs. Sallle Blan ton, Earl A. Byrum, O. O. Bush, Mrs. Katie Beason and baby, Mrs. Helen Cornwell and baby, baby Russell Canlpe, Mrs. Hess Cline, Mrs. Floyd Dover, T. Cling Esk ridge, Mrs. Ernest Gardner and baby, Frank Green, Miss Elaine Horn, Mrs. Dewey Hawkins, Mrs. Max Hopper, Mrs. W. B. Nix, Nor man Taylor, Shannon Hamrick, Miss Mamie Hambright, Mrs. Elaln Crosby, Mrs. Sara Hutchins, Miss Evelyn Jolley, Master Eugene Le Fevers, John Norman, Mrs. Fred Panter, Mrs. Sara Procter, D. W. Royster, Mrs. John Turner, Mrs. Irette Vanhorn, Earleen Watts, Ralph Wiggins, Mrs. S. A. Wash burn, Mrs. Georgia Wright, Mas ter Houston Ware, Spurgeon Whis nant, Mrs. Beulah Mayhew, Miss Inez Revels. Colored: Sam Miler, Viola Davis, Robert Chambers, Vera McKillon, Lucy McClain, Violet Webber. Negro Bound Over On Larceny Charge Willie Ellis, former elevator boy at the Hotel Charles, charged with stealing a fur coat belonging to Mrs Miles Beam on Jan. 14, was bound over to the March term of Superior court on a larceny charge in Re corders court last week. Squire T. C. Eskridge Is Seriously 111 Here 'Squire T. Cling Eskridge is seri ously ill at the Shelby hospital which he entered Saturday for treatment for an acute gall blad der trouble. Mr. Eskridge is 81 years of age and all of his children are keeping close to his bedside. His son, Ab Eskridge, of LaFay ette. Indiana, arrived Sunday. Contest Judges Prefer Blondes; Miss Ellis Wins Beauty Croton Blonde Miss Prances Ellis, of the Dover Mill community, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ben H. Ellis, on Fri day night was awarded the title of Beauty Queen of South Shelby in a contest sponsored by the South Shelby school P. T. A. In which 28 Shelby beauties competed. Brun ette Miss Pauline Brackett of South Shelby, daughter of A. C. Brackett of Casar, was the second prize winner. The judges, Pat McBrayer, Troy McKinney and Cameron Shipp, mopped their brows after the con test and said "never again " They i were apparently considerably both ered by their task, considerably dazzled by the array of beauty, but satisfied with the final results, They hesitated long and often be fore eliminating contestants as re quired, and it is understood that their decisions were seldom unani mous. Flay Gardner’s string band fur nished music, little Miss Helen Yarbrough danced and sang with delightful aplomb, and two uniden tified black-face comedians per formed. More than 200 interested (Continued on page eight) $1,000,000Saving li Seen For Fanners Strapped By Debt N. C. Farm Dept. It Ready To Act Now Adjustment Commission Hopes To Scale Down Amounts In Voluntary Agreement*. COLLEGE STATION, RALEIGH, Jan. 20— The saving of $1,000,000 for those North Carolinaa farmers now heavily in debt is the goal of the State Farm Debt Adjustment Commission for the current fiscal year, it was announced today. Dr. G. W. Forster, of State Col lege, executive secretary of the com mission, said the amount of this saaving Is in addition to the value ol the farms and homes which are being protected from foresclosure. Maany Debts Settled. In a report covering part of thi work done by the eommitteess, Dr Forster said that In 46 counties, 641 cases involving'debts of $1,790,429.25 have been settled directly or Indi rectly through the efforts of the committees. In the agreements negotiated, the amount of the indebtedness in these cases was scaled down by $357,293. 76, or 20 percent. Scale Down Amounts. The farm debt committees in the several counties effect this saving, he explained, by negotiating agree ments between debtors and their creditors for scaling down the amount of the indebtedness. By voluntarily reducing the size of the debt, he added, the creditors protect themselves by greatly in creasing their chances of collecting the reduced amount. Were no reductions made. he pointed out, the farmers would In many cases feel that they could not possibly pay their debts and would give up the struggle, with the result that the creditors would be able to collect only a small part. If any, of the amount owed. In addition to the agreements ne gotiated directly by the committees, Dr. Forster added, they have In fluenced other debtors and creditors to reach agreements on the same principles used by the committees. Twin Babies Die Of Pneumonia At Poplar Springs One of the most unusual trage dies of the year occurred over the week-end when the two and a half months old twin children of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wesson of the Pop lar Springs section died of pneu monia. their deaths taking place only a few hours apart. Both of them, ill only since Fri day, the first, Ruth, died at one o’clock early Sunday morning and the second, Roy, died at four o’clock in the afternoon. Funeral services for the two children were held at the Pop'. Springs Baptist church this after noon at 3:30 with the Rev. Rush Padgett conducting. Surviving them in addition to their parents are one sister. Alvan, and two'brothers, Ben and Donald. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wesson. Maternal grand parents are John Wallace and the late Mrs. Wallace, all of the same community. Appoint Delegates For Labor Parley RALEIGH, Jan. 20.—Governor Ehringhaus today appointed the following as delegates to represent North Carolina at the labor con ference to be held by Honorable Frances Perkins, secretary of Lab or, at Nashville, Tennessee, on Jan uary 21, 1935: A. L. Fletcher, commissioner of labor, T. A. Wilson, of Raleigh; Major W. F. Moody, Rale'igh; P. R. Christopher, president U. T. W„ Shelby; Arthur Harrison, Raleigh; Reuben Robertson, Jr„ Canton; William J. Conrad, Winston-Salem; Marion W. Heiss, Proximity Mills, Greensboro; W. O. Burgtn, Lexing ton, Miss Harriet Elliott, Greens boro. Capt. Weaver, 95 Year Old Vet, Passes |( - ;( Mrs. A. Fulton Weaver, S. De-1 s Kalb street, received a telegram 1 this morning notifying her of the t death of her grandfather, Capt. W. t E. Weaver, 95 years old Confederate 1 veteran of Weaverville this morn- 1 ing at 7:30 o’clock. Capt. Weaver ( was one of the most colorfui char acters in the mountains, a valiant t Confederate soldier and a member I' of the general assembly of this ; 1 state at one time. 1 Funeral services will be held ■ Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. r Say Taint So Despite emphatic denial* hr Mary Pickford and Charles Buddy" Rogers that they were other than good Mends, rumors of a romance between the Aim pair oontinaed to thrive. First hint of their reput ed attachment followed Mas Bickford's recent die ones bon Douglas Fairbanks. State Electricity Program Designed To Supply 50,000 Construction Of 9,000 Mile* Of Lines Planned By Orosp Under Ehringhaas. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, Jan. 20.—Blectrioity or about 60,000 rural inhabitants if North Carolina by construction if some 9,000 miles of lines Is plan ted by Governor Ehringhaus' com nittee on rural electrification, which ;roup will submit the plan to the eneral assembly soon for approval, ncluding a bill establishing the forth Carolina Rural electrification ommission. The MU has been Lrawn. The commission, under the pro losed law, would be authorized to finance, build and construct ot ause to be constructed and butlded >y contract or otherwise electric ransmlsslon and distribution serv :e to farmers and other rural ln labitants who are not at present eceiving such service,” It is ex la ined by H. D. Panton, consulting nglneer for the committee. May Issue Bonds Authority Is given the commission o Issue bonds up to $10,000,000 galnft the credit and property of he commission. The bonds will not onstitute an obligation of the state, tor Is any state appropriation ask d. The bill would authorize the overnqr to name the commission f 12 members, which Include the hairman of the state highway and ublic works commission, director f the department of conservation nd development, and the admin istrative dean of N. C. State col 3ge. Terma of office would over ip, first appointments being for wo, three and four years, and later or four years. Recommendations Including these eatures were made by the original ommittee named by Governor Eh inghaus In August, 1934, to study ural electrification. Allotment of 17,000 was received from the FERA or the study, which was under di ection of Prof. D. S. Weaver, of Hate college. 800 Applications Investigations were made In 77 ountles and more than 800 appli ations were received for local tudies of definite projects, of rhich 736 hvae been investigated o date. This would serve 24,000 cus omers, require construction of bout 4,760 miles of lines and re tire an Investment of about $8, 00.000. Mr. Panton said. Belief Is that 9,000 miles of lines o serve 50,000 people are practical. Tie commission would have charge f operating the lines, making serv ce charges sufficient to pay costs nd provide funds for retiring the ommission's bonds. Electrification! Program May Be Brought Up Again Several Communities Here Interested Bivfiw Trlla Firmer* How IT. S. Will Aid In Bringing Power To Kuril Communities. A revival of the federal rural electrification program In Cleveland county la possible now, although funds A>r the survey have been ex hausted. J. P. Bivens of Gastonia, who last year began a survey of Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln oountles, gave this Information to a gathering of farmers In the court house Friday afternoon. He te willing to make the sur vey provided the Interested farm owners will pay hl6 expenses, and said that his request would be ac cepted In Washington as official. Consumer Paya Third According to the plan, the federal government would pay one-third of the expenses of erecting new lines, the power company one third, and the consumer the re maining third. And the consumer need not pay cash. It would be possible, Mr. Bivens said, for him to provide labor, poles, or other equipment a6 his share. Cost of erecting lines ranges be tween $700 and $1,000 for a thirty year line, depending upon local conditions. Interested communities were Mt. Sinai, the communities between Fallston and Waco and the Wash ington settlement near Waco. Mrs. Sam Hazel In Fatal Accident Mrs. Sam Hasel, ons of five persons killed In a railway accident near Union, 8. C., yesterday was a resident of Shelby until about two months ago when she and her hus band moved to Newberry, of the sama state. Mr. Hasel was con nected with the Pilot Life Insurer#*, company of this city and the cou ple Mved on Oold street, and had been in the city two years. The fatal accident occurred at Carlisle, near Union, when the oar In which Mrs. Hasel was riding was struck by a fast Southern freight train, kllhng all the oeupents In stantly. More Marriages Here In December, 1934 Andy Newton, register of deeds, who keeps tab on marriage licenses In this county, said this morning that 1934 was a banner year for orange blossoms In the mldle aisle. His records show there were 192 licenses Issued, as against 149 In 1933. The best month wasn’t June, traditional month of romance, but cold December. There were 29 mar riages that month, he said. Octo ber was next highest. Davis George Dies In Cherryville CHERRYVILLE, Jan. 20.—Davis George, 61, one of the leading cltl aens of the town and county, died at hts home last night after an Ill ness of several months. Mr. George was stricken while making a speech In the Gastonia court house in his campaign for the state senate last fall and never fully recovered. Fu neral service will be held from the Lutheran church, with Interment In the nearby cemetery at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. For many years the deceased was a merchant and business man of high standing, an ardent member of the Lutheran church and a teacher In the Sun day school. Floyd O. Smith of Sterchi’s Brothers Furniture company is In High Point this week atending a furniture convention. Farmers Ask For CCC Camp, Terrace WorkTo Check Heavy Erosion Plan Would Include Reforestation Of Idle Lands, Terracing, Drainage, Reclamation Of 32,000 Or More Acres A definite proposal to launch a program of reclamation of idle lands and to check excessive erosion on thousands of ac res of Cleveland county soil was begun in the court house Friday night when some 75 to 100 of the leading farmers of t he county met to consider the possibility of obtaining a CCC camp for the county, to make a survey of actual erosion present and to hear a discussion of modem terracing. Dr. John Stewart Bryan, the new president of WUllam and Mary col lege, of Virginia, and president and publisher of the Richmond, Va., News-Leader, who will deliver the principal address at the opening session of the North Carolina News piper institute at the University of North Carolina Wednesday even ing, January 33. To Recruit Corps Of Ballet Dancers From Shelby Men They’ll Hip, Hop And Likely Top ple As Legion Puts On "Fortune Teller.” Ballet dancers will hip, hop and probably fall down, Cupids will dash hither and yon, dignified ladles in sweeping evening gowns will walk majestically across the stage and a good time will be had by everybody except the perform ers when “The Fortune Teller” with an all-man local cast is presented at the high school auditorium two nights, February 28 and March 1 by the Warren F. Hoyle post of the American Legion. Among those who will be asked to take part In the show, each man mentioned to be dressed in more or less daring feminine cos tume, are: The Ballet Dancers R. D. Crowder, Dr. T. B. Gold, J. (Continued on Page Eight) Many Applications For Work Received C. M. Baber, director of the tem porary National Re-employment Service office here, last week re ceived more than 150 applications for work. He hasn’t nearly that many Jobs on PWA and federal projects to allot, he said. He has also at his dlsposaal more than 1, 000 applications carried over from the office opened here last year. Unique Will Bequeaths Son, 24, And $200 to Cleveland County _A _ The county of Cleveland this morning received under the terms < of a unique will *300 in cash and 1 the custody of a young man 34 I years old. I The man is Zieky Wilson, son of ] the late E. A. Wilson, a wel-known i farmer who lived near Lawndale, i He willed to the county In the fol- 1 lowing clause: I "I give to my son Zieky Wilson *200 to be paid out of my land i money after the death of my wife, i .then the county is to take charge t of him and his money, and use the i same to best advantage." ,i Attorney John P Mull, who last week sold the remainder of the and for $1,100, undrr court order, his morning brought a check for 1200 to the county treasurer, Mrs. Lillian Newton. The young man, iow a charge of the county, did lot appear, but was said to be iving at present with relatives in j his county. Mr. Wilson's bequest gave all his eal and personal property to his wife, Roda Wilson, with the right ,o sell and dispose of it as her l-rds might arise. She died early n 1934. Action km taken directly by the group when representative* from each township took a petition pre pared by the county agent, R. w. Shoffner, and this week will list the names of other landowner* who are in favor of soliciting a COG camp. The petition will be sent, along with the number of acres of land owned by the signers to J. O. Klrohner. re gional U. 8. forester, in Atlanta, Georgia. Commissi oners Favor. Joe K. Blanton, representing the board of commissioners, was pres ent for the meeting end endorsed the action taken. In further regard to the propos ed camp a number of prospective sites were offered, among them be ing part of the county home prop erty. part of the fairgrounds, and landowners In No. S and near Kings Mountain. In dlscusslpg a further effort to check erosion and the loss of thousands of dollar* per year in the county by having Idle and unter raced land, county Agent Shoffner proposed a plan by which the coun ty in a few yean time may have a system of modem and effective terraces for farm landa To Purchase Machinery. Briefly, the scheme Is that if the COC and government homestead project* are secured, work done by them will provide a bare on which county landownera,may co-operate in asking the county commissioner* to underwrite the purchase of ade quate terracing machinery to drain the land properly In all seasons of the year. One of these outfits would cost approximately $4,300 and the com misaloners would have to be assur ed of at least 3,000 acres at a mini mum of $1.00 per acre cost to the farmer before a purchase could be made. It Is estimated that In a short time the two thousand acres would be signed. Leee 33,000 Acres. Using the figures of the Soil Erosion Service of the United States department of the Interior, Mr. Shoffner stated that Cleveland county has a total acreage of 399, 530 of which 90,830 acres are lost to productive use because of ero sion. More than 33.000 acres have already been abandoned. The report states that 139,800 acres have from 35 to 75 percent of the topsoil gone. In helping to restore these lost acres to dollars for county proper ty owners the government would plant trees such as loblolly pine, several varieties of oak. 'maple, or black walnut. This work would be done free of charge, with no cost to the landlord except a very neg ligible amount for seedlings. The whole scheme of reclama tion and checking of soil erosion was discussed quite a little in the (Continued on page eight.) Flames Leap High At T w o Garages And At Gas Pump Spectacular but not seriously damaging flames leaped In Shelby over the week-end, but all of them were Immediately quelled by the fast work of the fire department. The garage at the R. T. LeGrand home was ablaze Friday' night, fire spouting from the roof. It was ex tinguished after a loss of about $250. On Saturday night. the J. O. Propst garage. a short distance from Mr. LeOrand’s caught fire and was damaged to the extent of about $150. Sunday afternoon about 1:30, a gasoline pump at the Champion Oil Co. filling station burst into flames, apparently from a short circuit, and fire towered high for some fifteen minutes, threatening sev ere damage and a possible explo sion. The loss was about $250, the pump being virtually ruined by the fire. Miss Frances Ellis’ automobile caught fire near the South Shelby ■choo! Friday night, but was ex MnguMied before the department arrived. Press Speaker
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