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The Lllkvkllssmd Stka Call Phone 11 And Insert A Want Adv In The Star For Results S VOL. XLI, No. 14 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Br M*n- p*r w. _ dm Carrier, per year, (In adranoa) _ |IN W.P. Wellmon,84, Dies In Hospital; Pneumonia Victim Was Oldest Member Of Zion Church Hundred* Attend Funeral Today; 2g Grandchildren; 5 Great Grandchildren Left. After being ill a week with pneu monia, W. P. Wellmon, 84. fanner ,nd churchman of the Zion com munity, succumbed yesterday at the Shelby hospital and was bur ied this afternoon at 2 o’clock at his home church, where he has been • member since boyhood. Mr Wellmon was one of the oldest citizens of Cleveland coun tv and was the oldest member of the Wellmon family, which is wide ly connected in this and several adjoining counties. Hundreds At Funeral Funeral services were in charge 0{ the Rev. D. G. Washburn, pas tor of the church. Hundreds of ! friends and relatives were present Wlth large floral offerings for the cor^nK<ny. He is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. His wife, one son and one daughter preceded him to the grave several years ago. The children are Clint, Henry. Augustas, Victor W*’lmon; Mrs. John Weathers, Mrs. Howard Grayson, and Mrs. Roy Crowder, all of this county. ?8 Grandchildren Thpre are 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren who also survive. Brothers of Mr. Wellmon are W. r Pink, Monroe, E. A. Wellmon, and sisters are Mrs. Roach Poston, Mrs. Bud McMurry, Mrs. L. J. Wig gins. Mrs. Frank Dedmon, Mrs. John Ledbetter, and Mrs. Gaston Hoyle, all of Cleveland county. R"ar d in the post Civil war days. Mr. Wellmon was known as a hard^ working man of rugged character who lived at home, loved his church and was a good neigh bor The Wellmon clan has the dis tinction of having some of the largest families and oldest citizens of the county. He has many rela tives in Catawba, Rutherford and Burke counties. Late News i THE MARKETS Cotton, spot __12H to 1314c Cotton seed, ton _ 43.00 Cloudy, Warmer Weather forecast for North Car olina; Fair with rising tempera ture Friday; Saturday cloudy and wanner. Strike At Gang Kentucky National Guardsmen moved with speed and secrecy last night under orders to “Clean up" Clay county, called by a federal in vestigator ‘ the worst criminal strong hold in the United States. The im mediate objective was to break up an automobile theft ring. Military rule has been set up. Fourteen cars listed as stolen were brought in, no arrests made. Farm Exports Drop Senator Bailey’s concern today Is the state of our foreign trade. While there was a decided increase in ex port of manufactured goods, more than double the surplus of 1933, there was also a sharp drop in ex ports of farm commodities, especial ly cotton. Rexford Tugwell said he couldn't account for it. Anyway, Senator Bailey, old foe of Tugwell’s, Is interested, and more clashes be tween the two may be expected. F. D. R. Air Policy A Presidential message recom mending that all civilian aviation be placed under the control of the In terstate commerce commission was followed yesterday by senate ap proval of a measure to extend ex isting air mail contracts to Sept. 1. Sell N. C. Bonds Business in bonds Is better and tetter for State Treasurer Charles :*• Johnson. He has Just sold $645, r° ln North Carolina bonds held In the state sinking fund, fojr $653,114, presenting a net profit of $8,114 •hove principal and Interest. New Baby Bonds Almost on the eve of the expect Supreme Court decision on gold, involving millions in possible de uation of bonds, the treasury set arch l for the opening of a new •^ancing move by means of “baby bonds Script Expert to Go On Stand for Bruno Four Alibi Witnesses Impeached As State Attacks Them Bruno Richard Hauptmann'! startling defense—four alibi wit nesses who were haled into courl yesterday to say that they saw hi nr in the Bronx Bakery the night ol the kidnaping—were impeached anc discredited yesterday by Attomej General Wllentz, and Bruno todaj was apparently resorting to his las1 line of defense, another handwrit ing expert. This expert, whose expertness was only admitted after a bittei struggle, is John M. Trendly ol East St. Louis, whose opinion writ be offered against that of eight witnesses for the state who saj Hauptmann did write the notes. Louis Kiss, who said he saw Hau ltmann in the bakery the night of the kidnaping, admitted he was a bootlegger; Elvert Carlstrom another witness, had to admit that part of his story was a lie; August Van Henke, alibi man, admitted usi #5 three names, and Luke Hard ing was forced to admit that he had served three terms for bur glary. These admissions severely dam aged the credibility of the alibi witnesses. Harding gave the defense a bad scare, after he had apparently toss ed a monkey wrench into the at BRUNO RICHARD IIAUTMANN Lack. He said that on the day of 1 the kidnaping he was working in | Hopewell, and that he saw two men in a blue car drive up and ask di rections to the Lindbergh home. They had a ladder in the back of the car—and neither of the men was Hauptmann. He identified the kidnap ladder as the same one he saw in the car. Wilentz, however, brought out his prison record, rattled him on :his facts, and succeeded in the end j in showing him as a unreliable wit 'ness. Carl Thompson Introduces Board Of Health Measure Cleveland Senator Offers Bill Empowering Medical Society To Elect Two Doctors To County Board RALEIGH, Feb. 1.—Senator Carl Thompson ot' Cleve land, yesterday introduced his first bill, a measure empower ing the county medical society to eleqt two physicians to the Cotton Reduction Will Start Soon; Await Contracts Election Of County Committeemeif To Take Place On Monday: To Make Announcement Wed. Cotton reduction contracts for the 1935 cf.mpaign are expected here any day. County Agent Shoffner said this morning. He hopes to be established in his new offices in the street-level basement of the Holel Charles in time to receive the throngs of farmers who will call for them. The national quota for the year is ten million five hundred thousand bales. Cleveland’s quota has not been announced. Election of county committeemen has not been completed, Mr. Shoff ner said. This will probably be ac complished Monday, allowing the full announcement to be made Wed nesday. Railroads Pay $9,400 To Cleveland County Cleveland county is due to re ceive a total of $9,400 in taxes from the two railtVMds which operate through the county, the Southern and the Seaboard. The Seaboard paid its taxes last June, earning a 3 per cent discount on $4,100. The Southern Railway company announced this week that all tax payments would be delayed. The amount due the county is $5,300. county Doara oi Health. The bill was referred to the com mittee on health. Its context is as i follows: ! ’‘St "iion I. That the CfeveTahrl county board of health; organiza tion; term of members, and chair man be as follows: The chairman of the board of county commission ers, the mayor of Shelby, and the county superintendent of schools shall compose three members of said board. That the Cleveland County Medical Society shall on the fourth Monday of November, one thousand nine hundred thirty six, elect two physicians as mem bers of said Cleveland county board of health, for a term of two years, said term to begin on the first Mon day of January, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven; that said Cleveland County Medical society shall on the fourth Monday of November, one thousand nine hun dred thirty-eight, and every two years thereafter, elect two physi cians as members of said Cleve land county board of health who shall take office the first Monday of January following their elec tion. The five members above stat ed shall at their first meeting fol low their election elect one regu larly registered dentist who shall serve for two years . These six members shall constitute the Cleve land county board of health, that three members at any regular or call meeting shall constitute a quorum, provided that one mem ber present is a physician. That the entire membership shall elect the county physician and county health officer. “Sec. 2. That any laws in con flict with this act are hereby re pealed. “Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.” Miss Harriss Tells Civic Clubs How FHA Program Will Work How 700,000 men had already been put to work in the nation through the better housing program, and three millions of dollars a day in new business is being generated, was explained in two addresses to civic clubs here last night and today by Miss Cora Annette Harris, field representative, headquarters staff, of the Federal Housing Administra tion. Miss Harris, who is the daughter of Col. Wade Harris, editor of The Charlotte Observer, addressed the Kiwanis Club last night and the Rotary Club today. "I think you have chosen as county chairman one of the most alert and capable men I have ever encountered," she said. “Dr. J. S.' Dorton has clearly caught the vis-] ion ot the better housing program j and is cooperating in every possible way.” Never before have banks co-oper ated as they are now co-operating in this program, she said. “The cam-, paign is generating new business at a phenominal rate, and to date in North Carolina we have not scratch ed the surface of our possibilities. “The nation's payroll has been in creased $85,200,000 as a result of the drive,” she declared. "Under the modernization program anf re lic ble property owner can apply to a financial institution for a loan from $100 to $2,000 to repair or oth erwise improve his holding Such loans can be made from one to five years and it cannot cost the bor rower more than $5 on $100 a year. These are called government insur t Continued on page «even.i New Offices Set For County Agents And Relief Unit Charles Basement To Be Their Location Supplies Needed, Room For Large Staff And Place For Storage. New offices for County Agent Shoffner and his large staff will be established this week in the street-level basement on W. War ren of the Hotel diaries, and the probability is seen that the FERA offices, now in the Ltneberger building, will be located next door. The county agent's office, now In a small room In the court house, has long been one of the busiest and most crowded offices in the county. With Bankhead Adnilnls- j trator Alvin Propst, assistant coun ty agent, James, and a staff of girl workers varying from five to 20, the office is jammed to the window I sills—and is now faced with the task of conducting another cotton reduction program soon. New quar ters were imperatively needed, McKinney Gets Office Troy V. McKinney, county audi tor, will move some ot his books and adding machines into the of fice vacated by the county agent. The FEKA ofiiccs likewise are I cramped for space. They were lo cated this summer in the Hoey building, back ol the post-office, but this structure is now being demol ished to make room for past ollice additions. Their quarters in the Llneberger buildiug are upstairs and give no space for storing the many tons ol food and feedstuff required in their relief campaign. Turn Carpenter Mr. James, Mr. Propsl and Tom Cornwell, attired in overalls, were sawing and pounding with the skill of expert carpenters this morning and they hurried the erection of partitions for their new offices under the hotel. Coimty^Officials Optimistic About Homestead Plans Lester Herndon, chairman of the Cleveland county board of com missioners, R. L. Stowe, chairman of the Gaston Ijoard, and Troy V. McKinney, Cleveland county audi tor, conferred with FERA officials in Raleigh Wednesday on the pro posed rehabilitation homestead project near Kings Mountain. Maps and plats of the suggested site have been sent in with at tached appraisals, they reported. While no definite word could be obtained on the project, Mr. Hern don said he gathered that trie project was regarded favorably and had a good chance of approval. If carried out as planned, the homestead would serve relief fam ilies in both Gaston and Cleveland. M. P. Members To , Paint Building The West Shelby Methodist Prot estant church has just completed remodeling and re-rooflng the church building and will in the near future further improve the looks of the building by adding a coat of paint. A benefit chicken and oyster sup per prepared by the ladles auxil iary will be held Saturday night to get money for the paint, according to the Rev. T. O. Pry, pastor of the church. The Rev. Mr. Fry says that the church is growing each Sunday anfl that it has received 17 new members in the last few weeks. He is also pastor at Caroleen. James C. Greene Is Buried Today In Rutherford James C. Greene, aged resident of No. 4 township was buried at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the Oak Grove Baptist church in Ruther ford county. Funeral services were held by the pastor of the church. Mr. Greene died at his home yesterday following a lingering ill ness of some months. He is survived by his wile, Mrs. Mary Greene, four children, 20 grandchildren, and 12 great grand children. The children are D. W. Greene, of Gilkey, Thurmon Greene and Mrs. P. O. Moore, of Shelby, and Mrs L. D. Whisnant of Besse mer City. Mr. Greene was a member of the Zoar Baptist church in this coun ty where he attended church for a number of years. He was known as a respected, neighbor and citizen. Kingfish To Command His Army Senator Huey—The King fish—Long, an he left Washington yesterday to take command of his storm troopers in his Louisiana empire—where there has been a small revolt, led by some bright young men in the Square Deal party. Machine guns and bayonets in the hands of national guardsmen commanded by Long henchmen, piclled their ambitions aft shown in the above picture ay the International Illustrated News Service. Huge Throng Goes To Birthday Ball In Honor F.D.R. $127 Realized Kor Charity Fund To Aid I'arbljsis Victims Here And in Georgia, Shelby danced, mode merry and celebrated the President1!?, birthday Wednesday night with a donation of $127 to be used for children af flicted with paralysis. The party wu; at the Hotel Char lee, under the direction of S. C. Hewett, who entertained one ol the large; t gatherings ever to at tend a local dunce. George Wray, witty and affable master of cere rmnitf. presided over a progtaift o'f songs, dances, waltz contests and lucky number drawings which formed a large share of the gay evening. The lobby and dance hall of the hotel were bright with red, white and blue streamers. McBrayer Welcomes Dancers While the echoes of The Star Spangled Banner were still In the air, C. B. McBrayer, Shelby at torney, made the brief address of welcome. He said: "We have foregathered here to night to celebrate the 53rd anni versary of the birth of our great President, Franklin D. Roosevelt— there will take place within fche confines of this great republic ap proximately 7,800 such celebrations. Everywhere people will do honor to the greatest living exponent of Democracy and fair dealing. “You are not Idly here tonight, It Is true that this celebration should be Joyous and mirth should abound, It will, I am sure, but your pres ence means more than that; It is an Investment In health. In human restoration and reconstruction. Then too, you are a unit of a vast bloodless army foregathered to fight a dread-destroyer, infantile para lysis. So, your presence here tonight not alone means pleasure for you but pleasure for hundreds of af flicted ones who cannot dance to night but your presence means the promise of better days for them. So, climb down from dignity's chilling heights and abandon yourselves to the Joy of this fine occasion—such is our welcome to you and many thanks for your presence.” Walts Contest Winners In the waltz contest, the follow ing prizes were awarded—awarded after much consultations by the (Continued on page six.) McBrayer Is Honored i By Insurance Co. D. R. McBrayer, general agenl for Western North Carolina for the Pan-American Life Insurance com pany, has received a diamond pin ind an engraved certificate for laving achiaved membership last /ear in the "Dynamo Club.” Mcm jership is based on sales, reports, j Dut of 800 men in the company, mly 35 achieved the distinction' ;hls year. ’ Mr. McBrayer has been with Pan American continuously for 141 /ears. Masons Will Co To Lattimore The Union Masonic degree team vill go to Lattimore Wednesday light Feb. 6 for work in the first legree. All brother Masons will be velcome. Textile Board Decision Favors Alexander Mill WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 Two text lie mills In the piedmont region, the Alexander Manufacturing com pany of Forest City, and the Nine ty-Six, South Carolina, today won a victory before Hits textile labor relations board on the charge of discrimination again,st employes, white the Rosemary Manufactur ing company ol Roanoke Rapids lost. These three complaints all grew out of the textile strike ot last September. had different angles, and have been among the trouble some cases for the board, headed by Judge Walter Stacy of North Carolina. Strike Called In regard to the Alexander Man ufacturing company, the board found that It Is subject to the tex tile code, that on September 3, 101 of the 318 employes went on a strike, though operations continu ed until noon next day, no violence having occurred at any time. The board recites that during the week of closing the management insti tuted a system of formal applica tion for employment. On opening under military guard and with 216 employes, all spare hands needed were found. Meanwhile the strikers maintained closed ranks, none fil ed applications and none went back to work. On September 17 the com pany mailed notices to 47 families, occupants of 47 company owned houses, to vacate, legal executions for evictions were secured which have been held up pending an in junction suit In superior court. While the strikers applied to the rtltll for work, they failed to go to the office and make application and did not conform to the new regulation as to re-employment un til after November 15, when all but four did place their applications on file. There remain out of employ ment 96 employes who filed com plaint that they were being dis criminated against. The board holds that the charge of discrimination for union activities has not been sustained, but recommends that "a share-the-work syste mbe adopted which will enable those who went out on a strike and have not re turned to work to have at least part-time employment." with the statement “that the management has Indicated its willingness to put them back to work as soon as such Is available.” House Turns Down Measure To Bar Death Penalties ; Settlefl Jury Ri'ca’lert As ‘‘Morey | Hill” I.om'n: fur Tag Cut In Before Assembly. 1 Proposed legislation to allow su perior court judged to Impose life [sentences in capital felony convic i I lona when the Jury recommend* ■mercy was defeated yesterday in | the General Assembly. Tills recalls the Kentcll case here, m which a jury brought In a ver dict of first, degree murder, with I he automatic death penally, hut Inquired first of Judge Alliey if it would be possible to recommend mercy. The judge replied that no such recommendation could he made by the Jury. Death Set For Feb. 15. If the legislation had been pass ed, it might have been possible to have re-oiiened this case, with sucb a recommendation to save beniell s life. A* it is now, the defense has until Feb. 16. the date set for 8en teU's death, to file an appeal. It Is believed that a plea ,vlll be made before the Governor. The house health committee yes terday approved the $800,000 tuber culosis sanitorlum measure for Western North Carolina. The floor of the house was the scene of action us aoions engaged in debate lasting almost two hours be fore llnally killing the Jonas bill to lessen the terrors of the electric chair for persons on trial for cap llui felonies. The vote was 69 to 38. Former Governor anil Senator Cameron Morrison was a spectator. Car Tag Cut. The senate received another bill to cut tlie cost of automobile license taps, a measure to change laws re garding the state bar, and bl.ls to regulate the practice of cosmetic arts and to provide distinctive li cense plates for automobiles of na tional guard officers Justice Of Peace Bill. Bills were offered in the house to prohibit justices of the peace from j soliciting official business, to estab lish a uniform schedule of fees for them, and the third to prescribe the mariner of their election and to limit the number. Cotton Adjustment Program Is Taking Women Out Of The Field College 8tation, Raleigh, Jan. 31 —The cotton adjustment program is bringing the south an oppor tunity to take women and children out of the cotton fields, says Chas. A. Sheffield, of State College. With the smaller production and higher prices, he points out. there is less need for women and chil dren to go into the fields and help in the cultivation and picking of cotton crop. Since less labor is needed to raise the smaller crops, he explains, the growers are in a better position to j produce their allotments with the work of men only. As higher prices augment the farm income, he adds, the farmers 're being enabled to support their families without requiring women1 and children to go to the fields. I "Of course,” he observes, *'it may be soi.te time before all women and children will be freed from the necessity of working as field hands, but already we see a grow ing trend toward their emancipa tion." This objective has been long de ired in the south, he states, but it could not be attained with cot on selling at five or six cents a r>ound and growers desperately rylng to make up for low prices jy producing more cotton. The present conditions are much :?iter than those of two years ago, 1 Mr. 8heflield points out. but there is still room for improvement and he is urging all growers to stick j by the adjustment program and do heir part in developing the cotton growing industry. Cleveland Likely To Obtain Campt Forester Asserts CCC Idea It Brought Up In Raleigh Gurflhrr Optimistic Of Ctintj’i Chtnm; 10,000 Acres Nm4 Soil Erosion Work. The strong possibility that Cleve land county will soon be designated to receive a CCC camp Is seen In a letter today from R. W. Gunther, state extension forester, to R. W. Shoffner, county farm agent. Mr. Gunther said that at a con ference yesterday he presented the Cleveland county plan, and that It was taken under consideration. Ten or more new CCC camps will be designated between now and Feb. 11, he said, and will begin op eration about the first of April, Urges Application Citing the good chance Cleveland has of obtaining one of these camps. Mr. Gunther urged that Immediate applications be filed with J. S, Holmes, state forester, at Raleigh, and with J. C. Klrcher, regional forester, at Atlanta. The COC camp idea, which origi nated with Mr. Shoffner, Is design ed to save some 10,000 idle acres In the county now rapidly being eat en away by soil erosion. According to surveys recently made here, eros ion is a serious threat to thousands mors acres unless proper drainage and tree planting Is forthcoming. Petitions for the camp are al ready In circulation In the county. Mr. Shoffner asks that these be brought to his office as soon as possible so they may be tiled with the proper officials. FHA Campaign Here Indorsed By Club Women The Better Horace campaign in Cleveland county, or which Dr, J. 8. Dorton la chairman, vu enthus tastlcnlly Indors'd yesterday by the Shelby Woman's club, Superintend* ent of Schools Grtgg, Home Dem onstrator Miss MacGregor and head FF.RA case worker, Mrs. Ben H. Goforth. Mrs. Fan Hudson, president of the Woman's club, and a group of club executives, have pledged their co-operation to the drive, and Mrs. Hudson was appointed chairman of the women’s committee for Shelby. She will be assisted by Miss Eliza beth Ebeltpft and Mrs. Z. J. Thompson. They will arrange speeches and programs here to aid the campaign. t_ Frank Hoyle Passes Bar Examination Frank L. Hoyle, Jr., assistant sec retary-treasurer of the Shelby Cleveland County Building and Loan Associrtlon was one of the S3 can didates who successfully passed the state bar examinations In Raleigh Monday and Tuesday. Elghty-flve applicants took the test, and the percentage of those passing, 37.6, was the lowest In years. Mr. Hoyle’s achievement Is re markable in that he never attended law school, as had most of the ap plicants. He studied under Attorney John P. Mull of Shelby. He said this morning that he had made no plans to practise law yet, but Intended to remain with the building and loan association. Gilbert Child Diet In Shelby Hospital Funeral services will be held Sat urday at 11 o’clock for Pocahontas Gilbert, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Gilbert, who died at the Shelby hospital this morning following a week’s illness with pneumonia, appendicitis, blood ‘ poisoning and peritonitis. Mr .Gilbert is an employee of the Cleveland Cloth mill and Is a for mer resident of Charlotte. He has lived here a year. Interment will be at Trinity after short services by the pastor of the Wesley Methodist at Sevlervllle. ^hild Painfully Burned Early Today Little Rebecca Humphries, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Humphries of near Lattimoee was taken to the Shelby hospital for treatment this morning after ustaining painful bums about the face, chest and hands. It Is understood that the chile > ■lothes caught on fire before ar I jpen fire place at home
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