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Ifcail P^one 11 I And ln*crt A ^ant ;| A^v In The ^tar II For Results 3 The Lllwkwmd SEND 8 Pages Today VOL. XL!, No. 27 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MARCH, 4, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mull, par year. (In advisee) _ D.l> Carrier, per year. (In advance) _ »)00 \AA Cotton Reduction fork Begins Thursday In Cleveland County Grower* Who Did Not Sign Last Year To Be Offered Contracts First; To Be Handled By Township Committee TV AAA cotton reduction and control campagn for 1935 •.I |-l(,K;n Thursday and Friday of thi's week when growers who did not sign up last year will be invited to begin the pn bv indicating their base average for five years and tertving to the 40 percent reduction shared by other county farmer- last year for which they were paid nearly one half million dollars in rental and parity checks. ^ miormKtlon was revealed this morning by county agent R. W. Shoffner who met with the county agriculture committee, official or n of the AAA in this county. The new contracts for 1935 cot ton grower- are already here and ^ according to Agent Shoffner, alm0t the -ame as those signed l,j. y : r by more than 90 percent of' the farmers in the county. More Next Week Hi i: icaTd that the full cam paign will get under W'ay early next week but that all farmers will be notified when and where they would sign 'heir contract. The work will be handled alto gemer by the agriculture commit teemen in each township and not at the county agent's office as was done last year. Where To Go Grower who wish to sign the 1935 contracts this year are asked to do so Thursday and Friday of thi. week. There are less than 500 of these and only these two days will be allotted for them. Commit teemen will be at the following places• Township— Place. No. 1—Holly Springs. No. 2—Hamrick’s Store. No. 3—No. 3 school. No. 4—Bethlehem school. No. 5—Waco school. « No. 6—County agent’s office. No, 7—Lattimore school. No. S—PolkrHIe school. No. 9—Fallston school. No. 10—Belwood school. No. 11—Casar school. Base acres and yields for all the new signers will be posted at each (Continued on Page Eight) j L Late News ■ - ■ '■ ; THE MARKETS Cotton, spot 12 H to 13 He Cotton seed «afon, ton _47.00 Cotton seed, car, ton _50.00 Cloudy, Colder Weather forecast for North Caro lira: Mostly cloudy, colder in north portion Monday; Tuesday occasion al rain in north portion. Fish To Run The hat of Representative Hamil ton Fish, jr.. of New York, rested kst night in the Presidential ring, tossed there by Representative Har old Knutsen. 'R>. Minn. Fish is one of the New Deal's most persistent critics, and holds that the salvation of the country lies in electing a Re- I publican in 1936. Revolt In Greece A rev°lt against the Greek gov ernment spread last night in Thrace and Macedonia, with the island of ret? already in the hands of revo lutionist' As the harassed govern ment ca'led out naval reserves, re ports of other insurrections in im Portan- cities were received. Athens 5 Quiet but under martial law. „ Double Killing Pi k.ilmg his friend in a scuf tie over a pistol. Julius Gamer, 34. ‘®*d his two small children and # mother goodbye and fired a pis uito his own head. He lived near rrnr° Thp friend he killed C\iJ^ 8 Broken WHen Struck By Car ■Carver BBnf S' SOn °f Mr and Mrs' muni.'. htt° h the Z°ar com* driven h t by ah automobile Sori4b J°rda« of Boiling glee cl„h vho is the leader of the Mdav afternSeruNO' 3 **** fcr to the Shelb5 exam n was Biven a thorough he had ?nd n was f°und that broken sku11 and a the both ~ other bruises about about e' r, , e accWent occurred ^htghwav isand half fr°m Z0ar first grade of the I Dargan E. Grigg Buy* 1st Baby Bond Dargan E. Grigg of Shelby route 2. proprietor of the West View Nursery, bought the first Baby Bond when these new United States bonds ik'£i)t on sale at the Shelby post office. Up to noon Saturday, Post master J. H. Quinn said, $300 worth of bonds had been sold. These bonds are sold in five denominations, each bearing the picture of a different president. They mature in ten years. Edgar Horn Dies, PneumoniaVictim; Is Buried Today Son Of Late Mr. And Mrs. Cobb Horn Leaves Wife And Four Children. Funeral services were held this rooming at 11 o’clock at Zion Bap tist church for Ed Horn who died Saturday night in the Shelby pub lic hospital of pneumonia, after an llness of a week with influenza and pneumonia. His death was a great shock to a lost of friends and relatives. Al hough strong, robust and in ex cellent physical condition, he went lown with influenza a week before lis death. Pneumonia developed on ruesday and he was brought to the lospital on Friday. Mr. Horn was >ne of the most prominent young armers in the county, industrious tnd of a very jovial disposition. He vas comfortably fixed to rear, his amily, having a modern home and , >00 acres of land at the John Har alson plantation in the Polkville | iection. Mr. Horn’s father, Cobb Horn, lied Oct. 29th and his mother | juickly followed him on Nov. 16th. 'bout 15 years ago, Ed joined Zion Baptist church and was a faithful roember. He was married to Miss yangie Warlick, granddaughter of Squire J. Z. Falls of Shelby. She survives with four children, J. D„ Lou Ella, Buren and Floyd Horn. Funeral services were conducted his morning by the pastor, the Rev. D. G. Washburn, assisted by he Revs. John W. Suttle, W. A. Elam and Zeno Wall with music in charge of H. C. Seefeldt. Serving as )all bearers were Horace Covington, r. C. Stamey. V. A. Powell, Ivy Whisnant, Grady Wilson, Wilbur Simmons, J. R. Cline and Wm. Os pome. There was a large crowd present >nd a beautiful display of flowers showing in a measure the esteem in vhich he was held. Street Sweeper Make* It* Appearance Again The tracks of the city’s street sweeper were seen again on the streets of Shelby Sunday morning for the first time in three or four roonths. The sweeper had been aroken down but has been repaired »nd put in condition again. It is ased each Sunday morning to clean | jp the Saturday collection of trash. Casar-Lawndale Roadlmprovement Project Requested Commissioners Act on Petition Today Hal Schenck, Prof. Burns Head Delegation Presenting Request Before County Board. Lester Herndon, Joe E. Blanton and the Rev. J. D. Morris, members of the board of county commission ers, went to Casar and Lawndale this afternoon at the request of a committee of more than 20 resi dents who appeared this morning with a petition for improving the Casar-Lawndale road. Hal Schenck and Prof. W. D Burns presented the petition, which was as follows: “Resolved that the Cleveland county board of county commis sioners do hereby request the North Carolina state highway commission to adopt the road from Casar to Lawndale, and through the Double Shoals section connecting with Shelby and Polkville highway near the Metcalf place, as a road project for immediate improvement by the regrading and hard surfacing of same. We represent to the highway commission that this is an import ant public highway and should be improved by making it a hard sur face highway of tar and gravel construction. and we urge that it should be given immediate consid eration.” Among those who appeared be fore the commissioners were Hal Schenck, Prof. Bums, Will and George Cornwell, Laurel Hoyle, Sam Eskridge, Decatur Warlick, J. T. Warlick. Velus Ivester, A. E. and James Elmore, O. V. Warlick, Lem Elmore. P. P. Richard, A. A. Horton, L. T. Turner, Will Walker. L. C. Walker, Prank Walker, M. C. Ives ter and J. C. Walker. The commissioners expressed thems^Jves as in favor of adopting the resolution, but wished to make a personal inspection of the pro posed project. Associational Training Work Gets Under Way The annual two-associational training school and conference got under way at Boiling Springs yes terday afternoon at 2:30 with the opening address given by Dr. eZno Wall. The meeting will be each day this week from 9:30 until 3:30 o'clock. Both the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run Baptist churches are sending delegates to the meeting. Phases of work in Sunday school. B. Y. P. U., woman’s work an dthe auxiliaries will be studied. Dr. Wall will speak each day on “Evange lism” and the Rev. C. I. Hardin of Lincolnton will speak on "Steward ship.” Other ministers and laymen from the 88 churches will conduct conferences an ddiscussions. On Thursday night the feature address will be by Miss Winnie Rickett, state leader of young peo ple for Baptist churches. It will be observed as young peoples’ night and this group is particularly in vited. Tuesday is Deacon's day and will be in charge of the Revs. C. V. Martin and J. W. Suttle. J. A. Hun nfcutt of Cliffside is dean of the school. College students have shortened classes an dare attending sessions each day. Assembly Ratifies 225 Of 800 Bills RALEIGH, March 3.—The legis lature has ratified 225 bills, out ol the slightly more than 800 intro duced this session. Most of them are resolutions and local measures, have been ratified. One prevent'' justices of the peace from soliciting official business or patronage; an other prevents obscene literature, indecent exposure and lewd dances, and the third permits counties, sev eral excepted, to contract with hospitals to care for indigent sic’-:. Postoffice Near All-Time Record As First Two Months Show Gains An all-time record for the quar ,er seems possible at the Shelby jostoffice as the volume of business ;ontinues to zoom upward daily. Receipts for the first two months >f the year top ten thousand dol ars. Receipts for February were 15,175, a gain of $1,051 over the same month in '34, Russell Laugh ridge. assistant postmaster. said his morning. There was a similar ?ain for January, when the increase «vas $1,266, making a total increase for the year so far of $2,318. If the office does a business of $15,000 for the quarter, as is logi cally expected, an all-time record will have been set. And if business for the year con tinues on the same scope, the office will do more than $60,000—which will mean another raise for the postmaster and his assistant. On last year’s record, which put the office in the $50,000 class, a first-class rating is as. ured. The rhangc will be made July l. Their Film Voted 1934’s Best The production, "it Happened One Nieiit," won top honors for itself and three people connected with it, awards aiven by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed. Clark liable, left, and Claudette CqJ bert, shown above with Rosroe Kerns in a scene from the pic ture, and Director Frank Kapra, left, below, captured awards for best work in 1934. Inflation, Work-Relief Discussed By Senator Bailey-Carolina Asks For Share of 66 Million Dollars Government Plans To Buy Back Prosperity, The Cost To Be Taxed When Prosperity Returns; Senator Follows President Will the five billion dollar work-relief appropriation be paid back by inflation or taxes? Will communities be re quired to match funds for relief projects, or will the money be given without strings ! These questions were put to Sen tor J. W. Bailey in Washington by Ttie Cleveland Star. Senator Bailey replies and consents to the publi cation of his letter discussing these grave problems that concern the nation at this time. Says he: “There is no intention to dis charge any appropriation by means of inflation. However, the difficulty is that, the more we pay out, the greater the necessity will be for in flation. Inflation will come as a consequent of actions, rather than by purposeful Intent. Once we get the debt of the government to the point where ft threatens the finan cial structure of the government, In flation will ensue, No Inflation Yet ‘ We have now the conditions of inflation, but we do not have infla tion. However, these conditions would be regarded as inflation If the flight from the dollar should begin. It may begin at any time. Certainly, if congress continues to appropriate great sums of money, and to borrow the money, Inflation <Continued on Page Eight) Colorful Rotary Basketball Tourney Will Begin Tonight Paul Neal Will Teach Directing Dramatics Here Announcement was made today of | the engagement of Paul Neal, well! ] known teacher of dramatics, to come 1 to Shelby for a month's work this summer in which he will teach a course in directing and make-up. i Mr. Neal was here last summer and directed two plays which were well received by Shelby patrons, He is a teacher in the Belmont high school and studied dramatics in Kentucky and has had several years experience in this work. He will come to Shelby sometime at the latter part of June under the auspices of the Community Players, Miss Reeves Forney, president. Miss Forney says his courses will be open to high school students interested in dramatics as well as to members of the organization. Classes will last four weeks. Methodist Teacher Has Appendectomy Miss Corrine Little, of Greensboro, ^ one of the teachers of the Methodist training school was rushed to the Shelby hospital for an appendecto my on Friday, as the session came to an end. She is reported recov ering rapidly! Cleveland county’s most color ful sports event of the year will be gin tonight In the Shelby high school gymnasium for the first two games of the annual Rotary club tournament of which the winner will be awarded a handsome loving cup. Schools entered in the tourna ment this year number a round dozen and include some of the fast est teams ever developed in the roanty and have just concluded a 20-game series of play for each team which gave the county cham pionship to Lattimore boys and a co-championship to Grover and Fallston girls. Entering the tour nament will be boys teams from Polkville, Lattimore, Grover. Waco, Belwood, Shelby, Mooresboro, Kings Mountain, Piedmont, Fallston, Boll 3 Springs and No. 3. Two games per night for five ■ights will be played with the two finalists meeting Saturday night. Tonight will see Piedmont and Boiling Springs In the first game and Mooresboro and No. 3 In the second tilt. Tuesday night Shelby will en gage Belwood and Waco will take on Grover and on Wednesday night Lattimore will meet Polkville and Fallston will vie with Kings Moun tain. Games will be called at 7:30 each 'vening. Llcvd Little and Dick heehar, i'l i - - vl Henry Sheehan will be tunc keeper. — Momentous Week Looms in Raleigh; Hill Bill Up Tues. Finance Committee Resumes Today Rm Mrnnurr. f,ower Ou Tax, Tax ISmaiM An Up Aa Solon* Begin Today's Soalon. RALEIGH, March 4.— Momentovw decisions are before the House and the Senate, opening at noon today The most Important week of the legislature looms aa the Hill liquor bill, revenues, a move to lower the gasoline tax, measures to change the alcoholic oontent of beer, the vaccination at dogs, tax Increases and school machinery bills are thrust forward for consideration and decision. The Joint finance committee will resume dosing deliberations on the biennial revenue bill at > p. m. and the senate will meet at S p. m. Ad ministration forces won a victory over opponents as the revenue group adopted the three-per cent general sales tax, with conditional exemp tions removed, at a meeting Friday. Now the chairmen of the money groups think It necessary to go back over the franchise schedules and boost them to produce an addition al $500,000 annually. A like amount is expected to be produced by In crease of taxes on chain stores and filling stations. These schedules al ready have committee approval. Would Lower Gas Tax. Another administration hope of revenue lies In diverting three per cent of money collected from gas oline taxes Into the general funds. This would be done by applying the general sales tax to money collect ed by a aix-cent-per gallon sales tax on gasoline. The plan Is esti mated to provide a diversion of $1, 500,000. The finance committee has not acted on this proposition. The appropriations group hopes to complete the supply bill early in the week and chairman of both mon (OonMnued an page eight) Mrs. Stroup Buys Business Front On S. LaFayette Mrs. Rush Stroup has purchased from Blanton Bros, and Eskridge, a piece of business property fronting 35 feet on 8. LaFayette street and extending to a depth of 53 feet on which Is located a two story brick building now occupied by the Sani tary Lunch. Early this year Mrs. Stroup pur chased a part pf the old Miller Mock facing Warren street from these owners and Is having the building tom down preparatory to the erection of a two story brick building which will be the head quarters for the Eagle, five, ten and twenty-five cent stores, mak ing the ninth in a chain of stores owned and operated by her. The newly acquired property fac ing S. LaFayette street extends to the rear of her property she is now developing on Warren, thus afford ing an entrance from the two streets. However, she does not In tend to develop the LaFayette street property for the present, but will later If business justifies. Spangler Won’t Build Now, He Buys Home Mai Spangler who sold his Bel vedere residence to R. H. Rogers last week and had planned to build a ten room residence on the Minnie Spangler farm which he owns, has bought the M. P. Coley home on N. Morgan street from the Union Trust Co. Consequently he will not build the residence on his farm two miles north of Shelby but will move shortly to the Coley home. 32 Streets in Shelby Listed for Paving In New FERA Program Work Ready To Start, Says Work Supervisor, As Soon As City Supplies Equipment; To Lay Five Inches Of Stone Thirty-two Shelby streets will be paved, first, with a lay er of crushed stone upon which asphalt will be spread later, in the FERA project approved more than a week ago. it was learned this morning in the first official announcement speci fying the thoroughfares to receive attention. Near Death Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holme* at the United State# Su preme court, whoee death ia expect ed mrmentarily. He was famous for his liberal views and dissenting opinions, and Is the son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, “the Autocrat (X the Breakfast Table." Death Penalty Is Given Three Boys Taken In Shelby Madison County Youtha Sentenced To Chair For KlUing Aged Merchant, Within a short two weeks time relentless Madison oounty law has pursue^ three youths of that ooun ty, tried them, and found them guilty of murder In the first degree and has pinned on them the fear ful fate of death In the electric chair. The three youth s are Robert Thomas, 32, Oris Gunter, 19 and (Continued on page eight.) PickettTo Assist Income Tax Filers If yon are an unmarried per son and had an income of $1, 000 during 1934, or If you are married and had an Income of $2,000, you should file a reutrn with the state revenue depart ment on or before March 15. W. C. Pickett, Jr., deputy commissioner, will be In the of fice of the Chamber of Com merce on March S. 9, 11 and 15 to assist taxpayer:, in filing their return. March Trips in Like a Lambkin, And That Means Oat Like a Lion The usually blustery month of March, appropriately named for the Roman god of war, slipped In with gentle promise and bright sun | shine, bringing relief after Febru ary came to a stormy demise with some of the coldest weather of the entire winter season. If traditions popular in this coun try are borne out, March will go out 'ike a Hon, roaring. When March comes In like a lamb —which it did—It goes out In anger. If It rides In on strong winds, it will end tamely, so say the soothsayers i and almanacs. According to the . .op" . this in a prediction which never fails. |l Last week, on Wednesday and Thursday, Cleveland shivered under about the coldest blow winter has yet delivered. How low the temper ature really did go is hard to say, for no official Recordings are kept aere. But it swooped close to the '.ero mark this time —possibly 13 or 14 above, and colder than that on he creek banks. Friday saw a rising temperature, »nd Saturday was positively spring ike, even with the damp bite in tbe ilr. No spring crops were hurt, be ■f.'i'se there were few to be hurt. A water pipes snapped in the . but little damage was rc >01 ted. The project will be under PERA Supervisor Weaver ae soon as equipment Is supplied by the ctty. Approximately M men are avail able for the project, which com prises streets which have hCMto fore not been paved. The list follows: Buffalo from North taPayottc to the Falls ton road. DeKalb from drover etreet Id Bast Avenue. Lincoln avenue tram MMi to Llneberger. Htllcrest Drive complete. Ford street from the Southern railroad to North Washington. Airline avenue from Carolina ave nue to Palmer street. Wilson street from Buttle to Sea board avenue. Carolina avenue from Southern street to Buffalo. Oakland Drive from Southern street to Airline avenue. Bay street, one block. West Boo street, one blook. Buttle etreet from North Wash ington to Marion. West Bumter street., four Mocks. Tryon street, one Mock. North DeKalb street, one block. Orescent street, one blook. Bast Warren ' street from Jones place to Bast Marion. Crescent street from Bast dra ham to Bast Marion. Bdgemont avenue complete. Miles street complete. West Oraham street from Oold to Martin. Gold street, two'Mocks. Blanton street from Thom peon to "* South Morgan. South Thompson, two Mocks. Lackey street from Blm street ex tension to Oraham street. Llgon street complete. Elm street between Washington and LaPayette. Elm street extension, one Mock. South Morgan from TmMIe to Gardner. Broad street from Hamrick to South Morgan. , Shannonhouse, throe Mocks. Dodd street, four Mocks. Nearly 300 Boob Added to Library Over 14.000 Won la ObMMto* Darin* Uat Twri lad % MOO Poopla. Nearly lfi.000 books from tbo Shelby Publto Library wars road last year by 1,300 registered bor rowers and 394 books worn added during the year, according to the annual report submitted bar Mrs. Hettye P. Beam, librarian, liar re port in detail follows: Total number of books to library .——_ I|a Total number of books la circulation __.......... 14,904 Total number of periodicals in circulation . _ 406 Number of registered borrow ers . .. 1,300 Books Bought— Fiction . .. 106 Reference or parallel _ • Children’s (bought by coun ty) . 89 Total . 200 Books Donated— Fiction . _......_ IS Children’s . ___ 35 Reference and parallel_ 33 Total .. 73 N. C, Booklets. 2 Total. 75 Books Replaced By Fines— Adults . . 9 Children’s . _ 10 Total . .. 19 Grand Total— Books added to library. 294 Table collections for the year .. -- $20355 Less paid out miscellaneous expenses . _ 21.90 Total deposited __9182.05 Trade Board Meets Tonight Tlie board of dir'ctors of the 'bv Ch-1'”1' -' Commerce and .vk-uis a i will meet ai the Charles hotel Tuesday night.
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