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VOL. XU, No. 15
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, FEB. 4, 1935
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Legislature Lags
Behind Last Year;
Committees Act
Wet Bill Is Exciting
Wide Comment
introduction And Approvals Are
Tardy. But Two Main Bills Are
Well Along; Now.
By M. B. DUNN AG AN
RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—Again las!
Week the committees, and especially
the finance and appropriation com
mittees held the center of the stage
in Raleigh, while the daily sessions
were largely for marking time until
the revenue and appropriations
measures reach the floor.
Other committees have had tc
jive way to these two groups, be
cause most of the leading members
were on one or the other of them,
end hardly a quorum could be mus
tered while they were in session.
However, other committees have
begun to luncuon ana oub are gci,
hnK to the calendar, but introduc
tions and committee approvals are
far behind this time last session. Be
lief is that with the two main bills
well along, the others can be han
dled more readily.
Heard On Sales Tax
Merchants were heard on the
sales tax, while other groups have
been before the finance committee
on various phases of the revenue
measure, while department Institu
tions and agencies of the state have
almost completed their appearances
to ask for appropriations for their
lesrective activities.
Senator John Sprunt Hill, Dur
(Continued on page eight)
Late News
THE MARKETS
Coton. spot_- 1ZH to 1314c
Cotton seed, ton - 44.00
Fair, Colder
Weather forecast for North Caro
lina: Monday, fair and colder in
central portions; Tuesday, fair.
Franco-British Pact
France and England hare reached
an agreement whereby Germany will
be permitted to bear arms again, if
she Joins the League of Nations, and
whereby the British and French air
forces will work together in a mili
tary air alliance. Under this latter
pact, each country is bound to aid
the other If either is attacked from
the air. Italy, Germany and Bel
gium are invited to join.
Hit Relief Bill
An important group of senators
yesterday decided to attempt to
strike from the five billion dollar
work relief bill all authority for
President Roc*evet to continue the
dole after the eighty million dollars
earmarked for tapering off charity
K exhausted.
Trade Reprisal
The United States is preparing to
punish nations which persist in
discriminating against American
goods. A blacklist is being made, and
will probably be used in deefding
which countries will receive the
benefit of tariff reductions. This
list of offending nations will be
made public soon.
Richburg Replies
Donald R. Richburg, "assistant
"resident,” yesterday replied to or
ganized labor’s “traitor” charge with
ttle counter-accusation that it
amounted to a demand that he put
the interests of the unions above
his loyalty to the government.
Reduction Payments
armors who co-operated in the
.«nVa^ustment programs received
' ’ '4.037 as of January 31, ac
cording to the latest tabulation,
is includes the vast sums paid in
B r°tton reduction program.
No Gold Decision
_ lashington fe]t let down this
end expected ruUng on
Sold contracts will not be made un
• another week has passed, the
pi eme Court announced. Treas
ury and justice officials foresee
na°S' if the government's posi
tion is not upheld.
Would Run RR’s
-enator Wheeler Montana D-mo
n. ;;t art ni"ht demanded govern
and operation of al
“stt i‘ 85 a means of escapinf
5,d‘tJ and cuPWity” of manage
ou 'Sald this was th« only wa;
ine ,* Pcrpierhng problems fac
ng Pt^ate ownership.
In Speed Try
Three hundred miles an hour
—live miles a minute—that's the
record Sir Malcolm Campbell,
above, hopes to set In February
on the 11-mile sand course at
Daytona Beach, Fla. The in
trepid Briton, holder of the pres
ent record of 272 miles an hour,
has arrived in the United States
with the 1935 edition of his
famed /‘Bluebeard” racer.
Oldest Resident
Of County Dies
At Kings Mtn.
James W. Ware, 94 Year Old CivU
War Veteran, b Buried
Sunday.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, Feb. 4 —
James W. Ware, aged 94, died at the
home of his son. Charles P. Ware
here at 1:25 Saturday morning. Mr.
Ware was a veteran of the Civil
war and at the time of his death
was the oldest resident in the
county. He had long been a respect
ed citizen of this community and
was held in high esteem by all his
acquaintances.
He is survived by the following
children: Willie P. Ware, Charles
P. Ware and Mrs. C. T. Ormand,
all of Kings Mountain and Mrs. E.
L. Campbell, who at the time of
her father’s death was at her win
ter home in Palm Harbor, Florida
He is also survived by 43 grand
children and a large number of
great grandchildren.
Mr. Ware had been a member of
the A. R. P. church for a great
number of years and was always
a faithful attendant. Hie funeral
services were held at the El Bethel
Xfofhivlict f»VmrrVi naaw Viora n f O • Ofl
o’clock Sunday afternoon. Dr. J.
M. Garrison, a former pastor of the
deceased,, conducted the services
and was assisted by the Rev. W.
M. Boyce, and other local pastors.
Interment was in the cemetery at
the El Bethel church beside the
grave of his wife who died several
years ago.
Mr. Ware was the grandfather of
Mrs. O. O. Baber and Mrs. Prank
Boyd, of Gastonia.
Sterchi Takes On The
Firestone Products
Sterchi Bros, furniture store has
taken on the Firestone line of tires
and accessories, opening a new de
partment In the store. The Tillman
Service station will also continue
to handle the Firestone line.
Judge Mull Will
Speak At Patterson
John John P. Mull will be at the
Patterson Springs Baptist church
Wednesday night and will discuss
the international Sunday School
lesson there before gathering of
teachers and officers of the church
Other residents of the community
are invited.
FHA Field Agent
Praises F armers
As Drive Begins
Conspicuous Example
Of American Faith
Surveys Reveal Hundreds Of
Homes In Cleveland Need
Plumbing.
By CORA ANETTE HARRIS
A total of more than one-halt
billioh dollars was needed at the
close of the year 1934 for repairing,
modernizing and replacing farm
houses alone throughout the U. S.
This aggregate, $576,687,000, in
cludes only the amount needed for
farm dwellings. No consideration
was taken as to the requirements of
bams, outbuildings, water supplies,
wells, windmills, fences or other
permanent farm equipment in ar
riving at this total.
It is estimated that approximate
for the recondition and construc
tion of these items, thus bringing
the grand total of farm building
and repair requirements to more
than one billion dollars. These fig
ures are the result of a survey con
ducted by the bureau of home
economics, department of agricul
ture, during which three hundred
and fifty counties in forty-six
states were canvassed.
South’s Need Greatest
The southeastern rural area shows
the greatest need. North Carolina,
South Carolina and seven other
southern states are included, and
the sum necessary for restoration
and building in this section amounts
to $186,300,000.
The small white and negro ten
ant farms, with meagre and some
times totally inadequate houses
prevailing in the above section, have
combined with the long period of
low prices for the staple crops of
cotton and tobacco to cause the
large total needed. In ability to lay
aside any surplus with which to
take care of farm repairs and make
desired additions has also contri
buted.
Money Is Available
However, improving conditions
due to restricted plantings, diversi
fication, restored markets and bene
fit payments have enabled the
farmers of the Southeast to begin
replacement and renovation. For
the first time in a number of years
there is, due to the Federal Hous
ing Administration plan, money
available for building and repairs
in farm communities, as well as in
urban centers. In the Southeast
paint was needed by 70 per cent of
the houses in five of the states.
An analysis of a survey showed
that farmers were usually in accord
with the canvasser as to the need
of replacement. The farmers have
shown their desire to borrow; fin
ancial institutions are in a position
to lend and the Federal Housing
administration is willing to Insure
such progressive investments. These
(Continued on page eight)
Smith To Preside
Over Conference
At Chapel Hill
Captain B. L. Smith has just ac
cepted the invitation of Dr. Edgar
W. Knight, director of consolidated
summer schools of the University
of North Carolina, to preside dur
ing the week of June 17 at a Con
ference on Public Educational Ad
ministration to be held at Chapel
Hill.
Among those who will speak are
such outstanding educators as
President Shelton Phelps of Win
throp college, Professor N. L. En
glehardt and Professor Carter Alex
ander of Teachers college, Colum
bia university. Dr. David Wlglein,
superintendent of the Baltimore
city schools, Superintendent Frank
Cody of the Detroit schools, Dr.
Sidney B. Hall, superintendent of
the Schools of Virginia, and Dr.
Albert S. Cook, superintendent of
the schools of Maryland.
Dr. Kennedy’s Thesis Explains
WhyGroundhogFearsHisShadow
The groundhog saw his shadow
Saturday morning, as he emerged
from bis hibernation, which means,
according to legend too hoary to
re-trace, that just six more weeks
of bad weather.
And the groundhog’s uncanny
Scotch ability to foretell the in
clemencies of hidden winder are
based on more than superstitious
theory, according to Tom Kennedy,
i'WA building supervisor for Shel
by, who holds a doctor’s degree
from State college for his notable
thesis, "The Marmota Monax and
Its Influence on Clime le.”
Mr. Kennedy, now resident at
the Hotel Charles, has the unique
distinction of possessing the only
real sheepskin ever awaredd by the
school. Degrees are usually made
on parchment. Mr. Kennedy’s is In
scribed on a genuine sheep’s skin,
taken from an animal klllled at the
school of agriculture.
“Maimu.a M !:ax” Is the rea;
name of the a im «• ■ Mr. or
Dr.—Kennedy. ‘ He is a relatives of
/urs. He poso^as five toes, simila.
to our five fingers; he has a ver
tribrated backbone, a lung system
of breathing, and a brain far more
(Continued on page eight)
Huey’s Troops Guard Capitol
Louisiana national guardsmen remained in Raton Rouge to guard
the $5,000,000 state capltol, center, after their tear-gas bombs had
routed a citisens' army calling itself the Square Deal Association,
which had mutinied against the iron-handed dictatorship of Senator
Huey Long, above right. While the anti-Long rebellion was being put
down. Ernest Bourgeois, left, 29, leader of the Square Dealers, dis
appeared.
Commissioners Act to Get
Special Court Term Here
Petition Governor For Two-Week* Session
Beginning February 25; Criminal
Docket Still Overcrowded
The board of county commissioners, in regular first
Monday meeting this morning, acted upon the recommenda
tion of the grand jury to obtain a special session of superior
court in an effort to dispose of the heavily overcrowded
Juniors In Lead
For Scholarship
At Shelby High
With Percentage of 19, They Hold
Lead; Ninth Oracle Is Second
With 17 Percent.
Shelby High school juniors drop
ped six points in scholarship lost
month but somehow maintained
their lead over the other three
classes. Seniors were 13 percent,
sophomores 17. and freshmen 15.
The high school and grammar
grade honor roll for mid-term fol
lows:
Eighth grade—Martha Arrowood,
Willie Catherine Bailey, Marjorie
Eskridge, Joanna Finklesteln, Edith
Fitch, Ann Smart, Kathryn Spake, j
Virginia Toms, Ruth Wilson. Sims•
Blanton, Grady Dover, Rush Ham-1
rick, Avery McMurry, Billy Smart,
Helen Davis, Margaret Elliott, Mar
tha Eskridge, Mary Glenn, Virginia
McNeely Nell Newton, Rachel Rob
erts, Margaret White, Mildred
Whitener, Louis Mauney, Elizabeth
Allen, Mary Davis, Edith Holton,
Betty Laughridge, Banks Cashion,
Margaret Trammell.
Vinih nrroHn_TTlnvA TJncf Pavl
Oallimore, George Morgan, Margar
et Bowers, Elizabeth Palls, Milli
cent Hicks, Eva Dane Jones, Sara
Esther Dover, Dorothy Greene, Ava
Washburn, Margaret Cabiness,'
Catherine Dellinger, Helen Ewing,
Justine Grigg, Lorene Hamrick,
Ruth Lewis, Dorothy Magness, Dora
McSwain, Geraldine Norman, Cath
erine Roberts, Ray Willis.
Tenth grade—N. C. Blanton, John
Dorsey, Richard Jones, C. B. Pos
ton, Eugene Poston, Gladys Bland,
Louise Brown, Ruth Byers, Gywn
Davis, Germaine Gold, Elizabeth
Harris, Eleanor Hoey, Dovie Logan,
Puby Morgan, Jeanette Post, lane
Wr* ’ burn Lr-*.V « whiten-r, Kn h
rm Wl-t', Mar ■ r!e Luc/,' J W
’ "ivton.
Eleventh grade—Margaret Ham
■k, Helen S :e H imrick, Mr.ri?
King, Louise Lybrand, Nancy Mc
Gowan, Mary Rachel Parks, Marylin
Smith, Helen Wilson, James Galli •
'Continued on Paa»
docket, both criminal and civil
County Attorney Peyton Mc
Swain was Instructed by resolution
to petition Governor Ehringhaus
for the special two-weeks term be
ginning Feb. 25. This date was be
lieved to be available, and it was
thought that Judge Frank Daniels,
retired, would be the presiding
judge.
Try To Reach Spurting
Mr. McSwain was trying to reach
Solicitor Spurgeon Spurting by tele
phone this morning to ask him to
try the docket. It was thought that
Mr. Spurting bould assign his other
cases to his law partner during the
•session.
The docket is overcrowded be
cause a whole term was skipped
here last year on account of the
sudden illness of Judge W. F. Hard
ing of Charlotte, who was to have
presided. The criminal docket in
cludes a first degree murder case,
against Jack Parks, a negro, charg
ed with killing J. R. Downs, and
the barn-burning charge against
Henry Swlnk. The civil docket Is
also long, but it may require the
full two weeks to dispose of the
criminal cases.
If Mr. Spurting finds he cannot
come to Shelby, it is possible that
a local attorney could be appoint
ed to prosecute.
COMMERCE DIRECTORS
TO MEET AT HOTEL
Directors of the Shelby chamber
of commerce will meet Tuesday
night at the Hotel Charles for the
transaction of routine business.
Geveland County
’33-’34 Sales Tax
Comes to $76,130
N. C. General Revue
Figures Released
County Income Tax Amounts To
ToUl Of $04,603; Beer Levy
ToUls Only $4,933 Here.
RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—North Caro
lina's general fund revenue for the
fiscal year 1933-34 were collected
under classifications, by amounts, at
follows; Inheritance, $431,394 69; li
cense, $2,386.702 72; franchise, $6,
454,791 59; Income, $5,878,014.82 (in
dividual, $817,310.43; domestic cor
poration $2,057,902.28 ;• foreign cor
porations, $2,582,645.00, plus small
amounts In back taxes etc.); sales
tax. $6,011,700.16; beer tax, $337,
607.33.
These figures have been supplied
by Commissioner of Revenue A. J.
Maxwell to members of the Oeneral
Assembly, and especially committee
chairmen.
County Figures.
Cleveland county figures shown In
the reports are ns rollows:
Inheritance tax paid, 1933-34, $3,
739.41; next six months, $2,439.12.
License tax. 1933-34. $31,743.76;
next six months, $6,926.44.
Franchise tax, 1933-34 not given;
next six months, $27,711.19.
Income tax. 1933-84, Individuals
and domestic corporations, $84,602
75; foreign corporations, not shown
by counties; next six months, In
come tax, nldlvlduals, domestic and
foreign corporations, $24,631.32.
Sales tax 1933-34, $76,130.18; nexl
six months, $35,108.22
Beer tax, 1933-34 $4,922.36; nexl
six months. $3944.20.
Revenue stamps for six month!
ending December 31, 1934, $200.00.
(All six months periods mentioned
above ended December 31, 1934.)
For Past $ Months.
For the last six month* of the cal
endar year, 1034, collections were ai
follows: Inheritance, $844,326.21; li
cense, $643,710.10; franchise, $8,436,
004.46; Income, $631,663.21 rtndtod
ual, $31,866.03; corporations, dome*
tic, $362,700.21, and foreign. $214,
216.00, plus small amounts); sale
tax, $3,710,118.87; beer tax, $104,
220.53; revenue stamps, $40,634.77
In Income and franchise taxes th
big payment periods are In differ
ent halves of the year.
In Inheritance tax the count)
average for the fiscal year 1933-3)
Is $4,213.05, and the next half year
ending December 31, 1034, Is $2,442.
26. For the full year Rockingham
paid the largest amount, $00,643.92
Mecklenburg. $32,807.30, then Bun
combe, Forsyth, Guilford and Dur
ham paid $28,000 to $26,000. For th
next six months Guilford paid $34,
614.05; then came Moore, Mecklen
burg, New Hanover and Scotland.
New Orchestra
Organized Here
By Young People
A new orchestra which will spe
cialise In playing popular and danct
music has Just been organized lr
Shelby by Louis Earle of Earl, ant
the Initial performance was Frida;
night at the Country Club dance.
At present the ocrhestra has sev
en pieces with members being hlgt
school students from Shelby, Pat
terson Springs and Earl. The lead
er, Mr. Earl, played In John Best’i
Carolina Troubadours, three yean
ago, and since that time has hac
quite a little experience in music tr
Georgia. He plays the saxaphone.
Following Is a list of the mem
bers: Raymond Lowery, vocalist
Lamar Young, trumpet; Bill Bailey
trumpet; Jane Washburn, piano;
Herbert Elam, drum; Will Arey, Jr.
sax.
The group will meet two time:
each week and will accept engage
ments to play.
Romance Seen
Persistant dental* by home
town friends of Mr* Grace Good
hue Coolldt*, above, wife of Uie
late prealdent. have failed to dls
pel rumors that ah* la to wed
•sain. Among names linked ro
mantically with that of the one
time "First Lady" is that of
Everett B. Sanders, below. St
year-old widower and former sec<
rotary of President Cool id ae
! Andrew N. Albers.
_ « _ _
Man Dies on Train
Had Traveled Shelby Territory For
41 Years; Made His Rons* At
Hotel Charles.
Andrew N. Albers, 07 year old
traveling .salesman who had been
traveling this territory for 43 years,
most of the time for Danlel-MUler
Co., of Baltimore, died last night
on a Southern railway sleeper.
Mr. Albers had made his home
here at the Hotel Charles for the
past four or five years. He boarded
the Southern train last night at
Kings Mountain to visit the house
for which he traveled and get his
spring samples of merchandise. Dur
ing the night he died In his berth
on a sleeper, Is body being found
as the train neared Alexandria, Va.
where it was taken off and retain
ed until hts sisters were notified.
For the past year Mr. Albers had
been In declining health and when
he left here Sunday, handed the
addresses of Is sisters to 8. O.
Hewitt at the hotel "in case any
thing happened.” Mr. Albers was
•; popular with the merchants
throughout this section and enjoy
I ed their confidence and esteem. He
’ was a great Shelby booster, was
widely acquainted* and possessed a
personality and attractiveness that
won friends and kept them. Five
years ago his wife died. Surviving
are two sisters and a brother in
Baltimore.
Commissioners Give
$2,500 To Hospital
- /■
The board of county commis
sioners this morning voted $2,
500 from the charity fond to
the Shelby hospital, to help de
fray expenses of charity pat
ients.
A number of bills were ap
proved for payment today.
Sinister Fate Stalks in Wake of Rate King Case;
Five Are Dead, While Convicted Murderer Lives On
I*y RKNEST JACKBON
YORK, 8. C„ Feb. 4.—Are the
persons who were connected with
the Rate King .nurder case, famous
n the criminal annals of South
'arollna, decreed by a sinister fate
to come soon to th~ir life's end? Is
there some reason not to be ac
counted for on natural grounds- Is
heu some Invisible pursuing force,
-i at is r pun ibie for the heavy
mortality in their ranks since the
curtain went down on the court
room drama at Chester, less than
sU years ego, when the Shelby man
ua* first convicted ot the murder of
his wife?
These questions have been asked
often by the superstitious as person
after person—some of them in the
nrime of life—who were connected
with the cts™ have been struck
• own by death.
People immune to superstition ‘
have been scoffed a; the !d a that
here 1? anything mvat rious con-1
peeled wiht. the sense of oeaUv
but they do not den.' that the* death
oil has been art.kingly heavy
It has been Just it little mo’e than
six years since that January day In
1939 when news k. ;d York from,
(he little village ol hnaroc that i
Faye Wilson Kina, wife of Rafe
King, had been found dead at her
home. In July following he was
Tied in Chester as the result of a
change of venue, convicted and sen
i Tftce'd to die In th» elrcivjo chair.
A new trial was' granted, and at l an
•‘inter in 1031 he was again con
victed but with recommendation to
mercy, and received a life sentence
in the penHenUrry.
Several rnori'i.. lai'T be. an th
death toll among South Carolinian:
onnected with the cvse which has
ooiea ed steadily Five, to be exact,
'.Conlinuea on Page fcagnO |
T. Cling Eskridge
Age 80 Yean h
Buried Here Today
Was Magistrate For
Many Years
Wife And Three Son* Surety*; Fu
neral I* Held At Eskridge Home
On West Marlon Stmt,
Funeral service* were held this
afternoon at 8 o'clock for Squirt T.
Clinic Eskridge, age 80, at hU home
on West Marlon street and Inter
ment took plaoe in Sunset osnse
tery, beside bis daughter, On, who
died August M, UM when ttie
building temporarily housing the
bank, crashed on West Warrsn St.
Mr. Eskridge became 1U three
weeks ago and was a pattsnt hi the
Bhclby hospital for two wssks
where the end came Sunday morn
ing at a:80 o'clook.
jwr, Manage DOTH m Hill
county, Nor. 17th, MM, no of EU
Jah and Margaret Waahburn Me
ridge. He «u married to Amalia
filanton October «Ui. Mil with
whom he lived happily and derot*
edly for B7 years. His wife and
three children eurvlre; Albert Esk
ridge, of LaFayette, Indiana. Tom
and Connelly Eskridge of Shelby,
together with eight grandchildren.
Most of hU life was devoted to
farming and the livery business.
For the past 35 years he was a
magistrate with an offioe In the
court house. He was noted for his
Justloe and fairness, kindness and
loyalty. Litigants were often
brought to peace and friendship as
a result of his arbitrations. At an
early age Mr. Eskridge Joined Bea
ver Dam Baptist church, but moved
his membership to the First church
of Shelby soon after coming to
Bhelby about 45 years ago.
He Is the last of the Elijah Esk
ridge family, two brothers, Richard
and Charles, and three sisters,
Mrs. Martha Cabaniss, Mrs. T. J.
Holland and Mrs. Oorrah McBrayer
having preceded him to the grave
as well as two half brothers who
died during the Civil war.
Active pall bearers were Paul
Webb. C. S. Young, Ralph Royster,
Charlie McBrayer, Oliver Anthony,
M. A. Spangler, Horace Orlgg,
John McBrayer.
Small Child Diet
From Painful Burn,
Funeral services were held yester
day afternoon at the Bandy Plains
Baptist church for little Rebecca
Humphries, two year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Humphries
of that community who died at the
Shelby hospital Saturday morning
after being burned early Friday.
It Is understood that the child’s
clothes caught fire from a heatei
early Friday while the mother wee
out at the house for a brief period
Services were conducted by the
Rev. W. A. Elam, assisted by the
Rev. J, S. Glbbe. The child la sur
vived by her parents, and one sis
ter, Martha Lee Humphries.
Shannon Hamrick
Leaves Hospital
Shannon Hamrick, who has boon
a patient at the Shelby hospital
since December 1, one of seven In*
lured In an automobile crash just
east of Shelby, was able to go to
his home In the Double Springs
community over the week-end. A
crushed knee Is still in a cast, but
young Hamrick Is able to walk a
little with the aid of crutches.
Vemo Wright who was also injured
was able this week to walk for the
first time since the accident.
Waco To Have FHA
Meeting Wednesday
A special meeting off all business
men, civic and professional men has
been called at Waco and will take
place at 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
A representative from the district
housing office will be present to ex
plain to those attending the meeting
the plan and general alms of the
program.
Oppose Wet Bill
Opposition to Senator John
Sprunt Hill's liquor control bill is
being expressed by voters at the
rrte of 50 protesting letters each to
wrfVrs of the General Assembly,
it, wns reported this morning.
t ' I KT HOUSE TO «E CLOSED
IN EFSUKCT FOR MR. ESKRIDOB
Th Court bouse will be closed
ween 2 and 4 p. n. in respect
for Squire T. C. Eskridge, justice
of the peace, who died yesterday
and whose funeral servleee are be
ing held this afienarou.