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Call Phone 11 Apd Insert A Want Adv In The Star f or Results r TM MWMMW Zij VOL. XLT, No. 23 | SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 22. 1925 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. i>v Mull, imr r*»r. (in «<lT»no«t _ n.M Cnrrlnr. p*r j»»r. (in *dv«no$k _ $3 00 Anti-Sales Taxers Continue Attacks |n Sad Forecasts Declare Millionaires Would Leave N: C. nr Corpora1*0™5 Would Dissolve, * Movie* ( lose. If McDonald l.nrtipkin Bill Passed. jlALEIOH. Feb. 21—Most of North Rina's millionaires will pick oth jtutss in which to die and pay Inheritance tax; corporations will jjjjolve faster than snow balls un der a July sun; the moving picture houses wul close and there won’t be envbodv much left to pay taxes if the McDonald-Lumpkin plan to re trace the sales tax is ad°Pted' Ule ^it finance committee of the gen ital assembly was told this after noon by a group of tax payers in jhiding the bankers, the telephone (ompames, the movie operators, the pullman and other companies. wa. tinpR the day that the pro posal was made by the members Irom Forsv; h and Franklin for this tupplementary plan of taxation has it undergone such an assault. •It won't raise the money that you »re now getting and it will work an untold hardship on those who are fixed in North Carolina so that they can t adjust the burden by leaving the state or in some other way,” said R C. Vaughn, corporation law yer and tax expert of Winston-Sa lem. First Time Heard. This was the first time that the committee had heard that. It had been told many things about the McDonald-Lumpkin plan including its several kinds of so-called per niciousness but among them was not that it would not raise the money. Mr. Vaughn, brought to the hear ing by the bankers, stood up stoutly under cross examination by the pro ponents of the plan; offered i nevi dence a number of his own clients, one of which is a corporation doing i mercantile business for which he said he had already received orders to dissolve the charter should the McDonald-Lumpkin plan, providing for Increased corporation taxes, be adopted. Mr. Vaughan took McDonalds own Illustration of the man with the nntaxed income of $1,310,777, a case that Is supposed actually to exist in one county of this state and proved that b.v moving his residence this multi-millionaire could avoid paying an additional tax of $78,646 a year. Late News THE MARKETS Coton, apot. 12*4 to 13*4c Cotton seed, ton _ 44.00 Possibly Rain Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Partly cloudy and warmer Friday; Saturday cloudy, possibly lain. Override F. D. R. DespU® the threat of a presiden tial veto, the senate yesterday forc *d through the McCarran prevailing **ge amendment by the narrow kargtn of 44 to 43. The amendment to the five billion dollar relief bill wore paying ‘ prevailing wages” In Whatever communities relief proj •ds are under- way. The vote came directly aft**r the president’s as aurance that wage scales in private industry would not be lowered be MU:'e of the $50 a month “security 'dge contemplated for relief work ux. P robe Mellon favored by a ruling that gave 'very iatitude" for investigation, government yesterday dug deep mo the records of Andrew W. sii-n I flnd adduced evidence de to Pfove the charge that the r*“cler «nd former secretary of *.\ eawiry never divested himself stock while holding his 'be government. "'omen Of Label League Serve An Oyster Supper Here pJIh Label league com an sbout 100 members, served on s Z, supper at the Union HaU afteru^ hhlgton street Saturday night from 5:30 to the unm, rilng 10 B- L- Lowrance of erai h,ltlri publ!city committee. Sev Mid " .ed gUBStS CallCd «* cn* Jooc Tt'5^ ar>d other delicious itringe macWitlon the supper, cal !aien aC ,WaS furnished by k> PMrofed^/e a few business men the supper tfetWed 10 serve'65 Seats were guests at a . Proposed Legion Building r1 -—-—._ The new American Legion Building and War Memorial Hall, to be erected on East Warren Street and Jones Place, is expected to look like the accompanying architect’s sketch. This sketch, however, will be re-designed to provide for a one story instead of a two-story building. Advantage is being taken of the type of lot to provide a basement under part of the building. Proposed dimensions of the structure are 40 by 60 feet, with a basement more than half that length and of the same width. It is planned to build a frame structure— rock-veneered in front. The other three sides will be left boarded until post finances justify veneering the entire building. Battleground Commission May Seize Acres For Park Body Of Fanner Found In Woods; Was Father Of 11 !8. B. Fitch Succumbs To Sudden Blood Pressure Attack; Hold Funeral Today. Apparently a sudden victim of high blood pressure, to which he had been subject for years, B. B. Fitch, 74-year-old Cleveland coun ty farmer, was found dead Wednes day night in a patch of Woods near highway 18, seven miles south of Shelby. The body was found by a Mr.*. Owens, who lives nearby, and who said she came across it when she left the house to look for a strayed calf. She reported immediately to Sheriff Cline. The body was found at about 9 o’clock. Mr. Fitch was the father of 11 children, all living, and 29 grand children. His wife also survives. He had for many years been a mem ber of the Buffalo Baptist church. He lived on the W. P. King farm, five miles of Shelby. Funeral services are being held today at 3 o’clock at the Elizabeth BaDtist church. YORK, S. C„ Feb. 21.—The Kings Mountain Battleground commission created by the South Carolina leg islature in 1934 to facilitate the carrying out of the Kings Mountain national park project, took steps yesterday evening to prevent the threatened collapse of park plans; resulting from the failure of the | government to obtain options on 761 acres of land in the contemplat ed park area. Meeting in the city hall with gov ernment representatives, the com mission pledged itself to secure for the government without delay title to the land in question, either by purchase or condemnation. By the act of the legislature cre ating the battleground commission, that body was given power to con demn land for inclusion in the pro posed park. Condemnation proceed ings against the Van Dyke lands of 160 acres and the Goforth lands of 601 acres now seems likely as the owners positively have refused to sell at the valuations fixed by ap praisers. JUDGE A. C. JONES SPEAKS TO KIWANIS CLUB HERE Judge A. C. Jones of Gastonia | municipal court, was the guest j speaker last night before the Ki wanis club, outlining the civic bene fits of the organization. ; ] i i ; 1 j ( I l t i s l ( I 1 Each District Would Get Chance To Vote on Issuing PWA Bonds £ 1 1 fi 1 Cleveland's chances of gettin PWA help for repairs and oonstruc tion of public schools depend upo: the success of the bill written b County Attorney Peyton McSwair which would allow districts an townships to Issue bonds. This bill, offered as a state-wld measure, will be offered as a loci measure If It fails to pass in th first test. It must first be approv ed by Superintendent Clyde A. Er win. If the bill is passed In either forn then special district elections mu: be held. The voters can, if the wish, defeat Issuance of the bond Slmilarily, none of the PWA sug gestions forwarded two weeks ag to Engineer Beatty at Chapel Hi by Shelby, by the county, King Mountain and Casar, can be c&i ried through without special elec tions. All of them are taged wit 5 a cryptic “GOB”, which means a - general obligation bond—which i isn’t general at ail. It is highly Ir specific, and means an obligation i, not t«i the county at large, but i upon the specific district. The coun ty has never assumed the dls e tricts’ school indebtedness, and is I not likely to assume it. e So—before any PWA money can - be obtained here, either for schools ! - or for playgrounds, water tanks or > the like, special elections must be i, held. Residents. in taxable dls t trict, therefore, need feel no Bp s' prehension, therefore, that there is i. a possibility of their being levied - against for new buildings, or other o improvements so far removed from II them that they would have no s chance to enjoy them. - If bonds are voted, you’ll have a - chance to vote on them, and in h your own district. Drivers’ License Bill Is Approved By Lower House Jonas Forecasts Cosi Of $100,000 Amrndmfnti Delay Measure Sen Down By Senate: See Bene fits As Tardy. RALEIGH, Feb. 22.—North Caro lina got a drivers’ license lav through the house on second read ing by a vote of 105 to 4, the quar tet that opposed taking the post tlon that bill does not achieve It purpose. The house session, running mon than two hard-worked hours, al but caught up with its calendar though it took on a lot of new stuff Among the introductions was tht recently revealed purpose to taki one cent from gasoline tax to ap ply to road indebtedness of thi counties. Representatives Jonas, Re publican, and Bowie, Democrat, ap pear with others as Introducers oi the bill. Mr. Bowie apprised Chair man Cherry, of the house flnanc* committee Monday night that thi chairman must look for this meas ure and prepare for battle. nCTJB nugc V/UBI The house had a long time get ting the senate drivers' bill passed but the delay was due to th amendments. It was the view c Mr. Jonas, who supported the bill that It Is almost useless, an expen sive measure which will cost $100, 000 a year to administer. Mr. Lump kin, of Franklin, adverting to th provision which liberates most cur rent drivers from the regulation otherwise imposed, said it woul take five years to get any benefi from the bill, but he went aloni with its supporters. Return Solicitor's Bill Hie house recommitted the soli citor's salary increase bill, sendim it to the appropriations committw Sports all over the state will rea with a thrill the passage by th house of the enabling bill whlcl gives State college $25,000 mor with which to complete its stadiuir Mr. Jonas, a university trustee, dii not object, but he said he heard i lot about this thing two years ag and he was going to watch it to th end. Assured by Mr. Thompson o Wake, that not a penny comes fron the revenues of the state, and tha the state does not assume a farth ng of financial obligation, Mr. Jonai accepted the passage but said hi would keep on watching the bill. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Sweezy; Passes Suddenly Funeral services were held todaj it 11 o'clock at the Friendship Methodist Protestant church, Fall ;ton, for Mrs. G. T. Sweezy of the toss Grove community who died iuddenly at the home of her son, r. C. Sweezy, Wednesday evening it 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Sweezy was 56 years of age ind had lived in Cleveland county J1 her life. Her husband preceded ler to the grave only since Chrlst aas, he being buried December 26 f last year. Fogleman Is Pastor The Rev. H. F. Fogleman, her astor, conducted the funeral rites. 1 large crowd of friends and rela tes from the upper part of the ounty was present. She was known mong them as a kind, devoted nother and church member. Surviving Mrs. Sweezy are three hildren, Mrs. Ernest Wright, Fall ton, F. C. Sweezy, Ross Grove, and y. Jr. owcm), ui ouiujr x'umt. x wu isters and two brothers also sur ive. They are Mrs. W. C. Bridges, learns Mill, Mrs. G. A. Wright, 'allston, John Norman, Polkville, nd Frank Norman, of Gastonia, ’here are nine grandchildren. Gilbert Falls Wins Honor At Boone Gilbert Falls, son of Mr. and Mrs 3. S. Falls of Kings Mountain, was ecently elected president of the oremost literary society on the ampue of Appalachian State Teach irs college at Boone. Mr. Falls who was nominated or the presidency of Rankin Wil »n Literary society in opposition » Robert Swann of Long Island V. Y. Mr.. Falls graduated from King: Mountain high school in the cla.v )f ’32. During the following tw< fears he was a student at the Uni yersity of North Carolina, where li< Had many true and loyal friends Now the young man is working for t degree which will admit him to th< educational profession in Nortf Carolina •j—i .ui.-. Nation Marks Washington’s Birthday Ml. Vtrnon from tlf lmd •id«]f mtSKtSm Martha Waihingto j S«l|n*« Manor j. Thousands will honor George Washington on the 203rd anniversary of his birthday, Friday, Feb. 22. Memorial rites will b« held at Mi. Vernon, the Washington estate on the Potomac, and other historical spots. Stuart's famous portrait of Martha Washington and the Iran familiar painting of Washington by Praia are shown above. Sul grave Manor waa the ancestral home of Washing ton's family in England before It moved to the Colonies. ; Plan To Use Unemployed Here In Making Furniture ' Miss Catlin Acquaints Advisory Committee With Relief Work And Future Plans; ! 500 Families In County i i i i V .4 ... .. A cheap grade of hand-made furniture may be manufac tured by relief labor in Cleveland county, if the plans of Miss Ruth Catlin, district relief administrator are carried nut uho »nnnnn/'od uoatorrlo%r I ______ . Miss Catlin called a meeting in r the court house of the local ad i mlnlstrator, Mrs. Ben Goforth, the ' welfare officer, Mrs. Holly Ledford . and male members of the advisory • committee, there being present three from Shelby and four from Kings Mountain. Would Barter It is Miss Catlln’s plan to use relief labor In the manufacture of baskets, chairs and other furniture that can be made without machin ery and encourage relief labor to barter their output with farmers for foodstuff. The furniture making idea is a pet hobby of Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt. Miss Catlin revealed that there are only four cows now in the coun ty, sent here from the drought stricken west to be fed and butcher ed for the relief pantry. She ex plained that a skin disease broke out among the cattle and it was sent elsewhere for dipping, feed and slaughter. It was revealed that there are approximately 500 families on re lief in the county. These families constitute 2,500 to 3,000 indlvldauls. Unemployables are worked on proj ects and paid a minimum of sixty cents per week. She asked that the advisory committee make sugges tions of work projects on which to uHltva fV*4r- I Plight Of Old Fort The most distressed place In the fifth district comprising the coun- 1 ties of Cleveland, Rutherford and McDowell is Old Fort, where nine ty percent of the population in on relief. The town was almost wholly dependent on the tannery, only in dustry which the town had. This was burned and never rebuilt. Busi ness houses have been forced to close. The tannery will be re-open ed as a relief project and thous ands of hides from slain drought : cattle will be sent there for tanning. The plan is to use the leather in malting Jackets for distribution among those on relief rolls. Women To Order Azaleas Next Week Lovers of beautiful flowers and ! "’owering shrubs and thoee who are ! rticularly Interested in azaleas are -sked to get in touch with Miss dances MacGregor, home demon stration agent. Her clubs are order ing these shrubs next week co-op eratively. She says plants ordered now will i bloom this spring. The variety sug gested for this area is Hinodgirl. Two Arc United After 64 Years One of the most unusual re unions of friends after a long separation occurred Wednesday In the Shelby hospital when two women saw each other for the first time since they were chums together 64 years ago. The meeting was that of Mrs. A. H. Cline, of Shelby and Mrs. Maggie Wall Trout, of Forest City. They were schoolmates to gether 64 years ago In the old Bridges academy near Bolling Springs, and after they had fin ished their courses Mrs. Cline was married In this county and became the mother of leading men and women in Cleveland. It was not learned where Mrs. Trout has lived all the time, but she Is In Forest City now. A short time ago when she heard that Mrs. Cline was In the hospital with a broken hip, she made arrangements to come and talk over girlhood events of three score and four years ago. Hoey To Address Rutherford Group Clyde R. Hoey will be the speak er Feb. 26 at a meeting of the Young Men's Fellowship group of •he Rutherfordton Methodist church. It Is hoped to have Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent of North Carolina schools, as master of ceremonies 'or the supper.. Cline And Jolly Pursue ’Shiners h Sky-Top Hills Cleveland Officer* In Wild Chan Ae S. C. Distiller* flee In MwiiI«1|mom Chaos. Efcck In the coves and valleys ol Hog Back and Glassy Rock,,when the sun Is only seen at noon, when the cows have shorter legs on one side to keep from toppling down the mountain—and where the moon shine comes from—Sheriff J. Ray mond Cline and Gus Jolly clam bered and puffed yesterday after noon to heights only equalled by a Swiss yodeler's high C. They went after stolen goods and came back with llkker, as gallons of hilltop dew, distilled in the cauldrons of the folk Walter Hines Page called "Our Contemporary Ancestors,” the Carolina Mountain eers. Bouncing Op Joined by South Carolina rural police, they went into the rugged hills of Green county, S. C., as cending by roads of Jagged ruts bouncing like the awkward squad of a cavalry troop at full trot. The roar of a ’shiner’s Ford 'warned them as they topped Ho* Back, and they gave chase, ovei tortured roads little more than buf falo paths. Finally, pursued by pis tol bullets, the ’shiner leaped fron: his steam car and fled into th< scenery, leaving spme five gallon! of mule in fruit jars. That was that On the way back, another llkkei salesman hopped out of the brush riding a bucking Ford. He too whiz zed away in practically all direc tions, and the officers chased him They ran him off a culvert, where he left his wrecked car, and aboul 20 gallons of firewater. Sheriffs Cline and Jolly returned to Shelby a little out of breath. The woods, they say. are full of ’em. Wonderful New Cotton Varieties Mostly Fakes, Agronomist Warns COLLEGE STATION, Raleigil, ’'fib. 21.—Beware of strange new varieties of cotton, warns P. H. time, plant breeding agronomist at State college. Before planting tim** each year, le says “wonderful”’ new, or sup posedly new, varieties are offered for sale with extravagant claims of their merits. Some of these cottons may be new developments, he adds, but many are old varieties with fancy names; certainly they are seldom worth the high price asked for the seed. Some unscrupulous dealers w'll offer Inferior seed under attractive names and with high-sounding guarantees that mean nothing, tCime points out, for there are usu ally large loopholes In the wording of these guarantees. However, he says, he Is not ad vising growesr against the adoption of a new seed type of a variety known to be good and suitable to their land. “It Is tlie seed of unknown ori gin and untested performance, of fered by unreliable dealers, which Is most dangerous.” Varieties thoroughly tested and | known to produce high yields ol good quality cotton and the staple' ength greatest In demand. Klme states, are as follows: ! Coker Cleveland 884-4, Meatica” strains 128-6, 67-8, and 8-14, Cok Cleveland 6-5, Humco Cleveland 5 Farm Relief and Carolina Foster, l the wilt resistant group: Dixie Tri j umph No. 25 Clevewilt Nos. 2 and 13, and Humco Dixie No. 14. Street Surfacing Project Approved For 18 Miles Here FERA Labor Raady To Begin On Job Unofficial Word Received Herat To Cover Unsurfaced CHf Thoroughfares. Official confirmation was lack* In* this morning, because of Mayor McMurry's sickness, but a report believed to be authentic was receiv ed here yesterday to the effect that the city of Shelby street building project had been approved by the FERA. This would mean that some It miles of unpaved streets within the city limits would be Immediately paved. Details Lacking Approval of the project, whioh was submitted many weeks ago, is believed to have been received by Mayor McMurry, who has been confined to his home all week, suf fering from lnfluensa. Other city hall officials said they hvl heard the street plan had been approved, but had no definite information. If this project is carried through. It will mean that a five-inch layer of crushed stone will be laid on alt streets in the city not already sur faced. Later, it la planned to typ this with a layer of asphalt. The project will be under the supervision of works director Wea ver of the district S FERA, with headquarters at Forest City. Campbell Named New Chairman of Merchant Group R. I. Campbell waa on Thursday named chairman of the Merchants department of the Shelby Cham* ber of Commerce and Merchants association and Joe Nash was nam ed Vice-chairman, election of both offloers being unanimous. Mr. Campbell succeeds Georgs Wray, who has served for the past year, and will serve until around March 1, 1036, Decision was made at Thursday’s meeting to establish the new office of vice chairman to which Mr. Nash was named. Merchants by unanimous vote au thorised Chairman Campbell to name a steering committee of not more than five merchants to act In an advisory capacity on matters of Interest to retail merchants. This committee will be In addition to the secret advertising oommlttee which passes on advertising schemes and whose membership Is known only to the merchants chairman and secretary. Sauline Players Go To Junior College BOILING SPRINGS, Feb. 22 — "Flaming Youth" a oomedy of youth and romance, which was a hit In New York City for two years, will be presented here In the college memorial building tomorrow night by Mr. and Mrs. Josef Sauline and their star players. The play Is being sponsored by the college. Mayor McMurry Is Improved Today Mayor S. A. McMurry who has been confined to his home since Sunday with an influenza attack Is reported to be slightly improved today. However, he Is not expected to be at the city hall until after the first of the week. Masonic Degree . Teams Will Meet The Union Masonic degree team will meet Wednesday. February 27 tor practise work in the second de gree. All brother Masons are asked to be present. Pay In Advance The Star has been forced to adopt the “cash in ad i vance” policy on subscrip tions. If you receive notice that your subscription has I expired and the paper will stop, don’t think the rule is applied to you alone. It is >eing applied to all as a ’latter of economy and bet er business. Be prompt in your re- ' ewal when you receive an ■xpiration notice so you will not miss a single copy of The Star. --—
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