Cal! H-one 11 And Insert A Want Adv |n The Star For Result* QM MMMMO SEND VOl'* \i,l, No. 20 S1ILLB\, N. C. FRIDAY , MARCH 8, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. per mi. on m Inform Growers Of Impending: Campaign. Stricter compliance with terms of fte contract, and earlier acreage measurement, precise to the tenth p( an acre, will be exacted in the cotton reduction campaign in Cleveland this year, the county committee announced this morn ing This committee, composed of S. S. Mauney, chairman, Tom C. Mauney and B. B. Suttle, issued the following explanation for the benefit of cotton growers: Some. Suggestions "Considering your paper an ex cellent medium through which to reach the farmers of our county, we beg space to state a few facts concerning the cotton reduction contracts and offer a suggestion or two. •'Acting under an administrative ruling, we have posted in each township a list of every contract signer in that township, giving the basis allotted to each contract. This ruling provides that these contracts may be amended by revision, either upward or downward, provided facts justify such revision. This posted list should be carefully studied by each producer; and if any one Knows that injustices have been imposed upon any one, or that any one has been given ad vantages by these allotments, he should, in fairness to all, report such fact to his community com mitteeman or some member of the county committee. But remember that such report must be supported by evidence before the county com mittee will entertain the charge and investigate. The total upward adjustments of the contracts in the county cannot exceed the total of downward adjustment, under ad ministrative ruling No. 5. This means that before aru upward ad justment, can be made upon any contract,, a similar downward ad justment must be made on some other contract. So if you expect a raise, some one must be lowered first. Make Complaints Early “Owing do failure to get the sign up started earlier, we are forced to allow only a short time for the complaints to be made. Go to your township committeemen at once and give facts and figures upon which we may rely and investiga tion will be made. If you have grounds for complaint, speak up now or forever hereafter hold your peace. "Your committeeman will be only too glad to explain anything about your contract you may want to Know, so do not hesitate to inquire. Si rioter Compliance According to information re ceived at the office, the executives mean to force stricter compliance to the terms of the contract this year than last. Your acreage will I « measured earlier in the season and compliance will be required to •he tenth of an acre. The rented to-es will be measured this year and bo balancing of contracts will be allowed. Wp thank you for your whole carted sup|iort accorded us during the past year and appeal for a continuation of your good will to ward thr campaign this spring.” Late News TIIE MARKETS p )on' "P01 -. 12 'A to 1314c 0 ton seed, wagon, ton_845.00 "ttou seed, car, ton . ?48.00 w C°Wer, Cloudy ltn/1 a'T ;°recast for North Car colder ‘ '“n' rally fair and mm lower' "r'av’ Saturday cloudy, fc 8unrj'„e r8ln Saturday night Marjorie Hicks, 9, f^es Of Lukemia t!t-k Marjorie Kiel •« daughter of Mr Bmrdt»CS :‘f the Mt‘ F „ :,h' *n Moores boro t • Shelby hospita fc* of following a _ ’ome months, immediate cause eonciiMVen as a gene resulting fr lso had measle Dcf-.mw funeral fcctLfhaf teamed. Plea..an, c Services * Saturday in i I Mechanical Cotton Picker Called Practical at Last King cotton and his Southern regime face a new era if the new mechanical cotton picker will actually work. Scenes like those pictured above would vanish. But experienced cotton men, like County Agent Robert W. Shoffner, have their doubts about the new device, as the story below relates. Tractor Attachment Said To Do Season's Work In A Day; Shoffner Doubts It Will Revolutionize South Just as Eli Whiney’s cotton gin 140 years ago enthroned King Cotton in the South, so today does another invention— a mechanical cotton picker—threaten to affect the lives of three million persons annually employed in Southern fields. The new machine is said to pick more cotton in seven and a half hours than a good hand-picker in an entire season of three and one half months. Many Futile Attempts ' Patqnt office records show that attempts to develop a mechanical picker were made as early as 1857, and that more than 800 patents have been granted from that date. The International Harvester com pany alone spent more than $3,000, 000 in the past 40 years, and other organizations have spent hundreds of thousands in the attempt to man* ufacture a cotton picker that would work. R. W. Shoffner, Cleveland coun ty farm aggnt, studied a descrip tion of the new machine this morn ing, and shook his head. Would Affect Tenants “I just don't know,” he said, “If it will work, if it really will work, it would certainly mean a revolu tion. It would do things to the ten ant system, it would mean a great (Continued on page ten.) New England Textile Mills Faced By Ruin, Miller Says Pathetic conditions current in i New England textile mills were de scribed yesterday by H. B. Miller, manager of the Ella Mill, a unit of i the Consolidated Textile corpora- : tion, who has just returned from 1 Providence, Rhode Island, where he < purchased 36 cars of machinery i from a mill recently liquidated. i He saw three mills, aggregating 137,000 spindles, closing. The last : three mills of a group of 17 and : three mills of another group are ] closing. “I saw the last shuttle pass I through one mill, 50 years old, a i group .of 17 mills, with excellent i machinery. < Mills Are Liquidating "Mill owners are being forced to i liquidate because they can’t help r but lose money under the present I set-up, and the workers, thrown i out of work, will be in a pitable i condition. < “If only we could all see condi- i tions in New England, we would ap- i preciate the benefits of the south.” 1 In Providence he was told that i the downfall of the textile business 1 was due to the NRA, competition ( with foreign goods, labor troubles < which began in 1921 an dthe pro- t tcssing tax. Huge Losses Shown He learned that, the greater por ion of a group with four million pindles have been closed. In the ..awnsdale mills, he saw 2,000 work ■rs lose employment. The Amoskeag nills, he read from a recent report, row show a loss of $2,000,000. “New England is on the spot,’’ he laid, “with the balance of survival itrongest in the south. If only our >eople could see conditions up there! 3ome of the men in Providence tame to me and asked for jobs lown south. They'd rather move lown here now.” The south holds the advantage iow, he said, judging from his ob ervation, but is being hamstrung >y the herivy processing tax. The idministration must come to the elief of the mills,, he holds, or li [uidatlon, just as it is taking place n New England, will also occur in he south. New England, he said, las lost 11 of her 21 million spindles Iready, and three or four mills lave recently shipped their ma hinery to Soutn America to es ape NRA prices and processing axes. Lincoln s Jonas Says Rackets In Legislature Threaten State LINCOLNTON. March 8.—In at 'tatcment to a local newspaper yes-! ierday, Representative Charles A.; Jonas, minority leader In the lower Dranch of the general assembly,! ;harged that a legislrtive “racket” | it Raleigh, if allowed to continue sventually will bankrupt the state! ;hrough its favoritism, waste and extravagance. “Adjournment day is here and aone of the legislation for which ;he assembly convened has been en icted,” he said “In fact, no essen-. :ial legislation has yet been enact- j pel,” he added “For two months this legislation has been safely guarded In commit tees in which appointment the mem hers of the legislature have no ■oice,' the Lincoln county represen tive said. “The members have sat here ough the whole statutory period ,he session as helpless as babir trally, waiting for committee i c..-ok up a program which meet, he wishes of the influential pow < Continued on page ten) Budget Balanced With 32 Million; Hill Bill Delayed Appropriation Bill To Be Reduced Committees Hear Arguments On Reduction In Auto Tags And Sum For Streets. RALEIGH. March 8.—Chairmen of the Joint finance committee* of the general assembly yesterday an nounced that a $32,000,000 budget for each year of the next biennium has been balanced. Further consideration of the Hill bill to establish a state system of liquor stores was postponed by the senate until next Thursday, and It was voted to complete argument on the measure and vote on it that day. The finance committee voted to levy a flat three per cent tax on dividends from stocks in domestic corporations. It is estimated to raise in excess of $1,000,000 annual ly with constitutional Income tax exemptions allowed. The appropriations bill is now some $200,000 above the revenue measure, it is proposed to scale down allotments by that amount. Hear License Arguments The joint committee on roads heard proponents and opponent* of a subcommittee draft of bills to re duce the cost of automobile license tags and also discussed the meas ure to appropriate $500,000 for maintenance of city streets which are part of the state highway sys tem. Action will be taken at an ex ecutive session in the near future. With liquor and investigation of the allegations of mistreatment of prisoners overshadowing the rest of the midday sessions, some of the legislative action taken follows: The house passed and sent to the senate a bill to create a new tuber cular sanatorium in western North Carolina at a cost of $250,000. The house passed and enacted into law the “Harwood” bill of Sen ator Browning of Swain which gives the board of examiners of the state bar authority to consider any ap-. peal for reinstatement by a dis barred attorney, including former Judge H. Harwood of Bryson City. Memorialize Congress House ahd senate passed the Lee Rasberry-Spruill Joint resolution asking North Carolina congressmen to vote against the Flannagan bill to require growers of tobacco to have their weed graded by govern ment graders. The house sent to the senate a bill to allow ministers to get five instead of three gallons of sacra mental wine each 90 days. The senate enacted into law a measure to require insurance com panies to write compensation poli cies where :i risk is offered in good faith and refused by three com panies. The house passed and sent'to the senate the Andrews-Page bill to prohibit working of employes of state hospitals more than 84 hours a week. Mrs. H. T. Hudson Chosen 4th Time WomansClubHead Club Takes New Quarters; Plans Clean Up Drive Soon For Shelby. Mrs. H. T. Hudson was elected Wednesday afternoon for the fourth time as general president of the Shelby Woman’s club in a general j election of officers held in the new 1 club room over Wray’s department I store. > Other officers named at the an nual election were: Mrs. W. H. Jennings, vice president; Mrs. Z. J. Thompson, second vice president; Mrs. J. J. Owen, secretary; Mrs. Roy Newman, treasurer. Mrs. New man succeeded Miss Maude Latti more. The other officers succeed | themselves. Mrs. Chas. Wells was , chairman of the nominating com- , mittee, and commented on the work , if the officers. , The new club room was formally , presented the organization by Geo. ] Wray who commented on the value rtf the work of |he club to Shelby. , General meetings and divisional | meetings will be held there. ( The Woman’s club has some 350 | members with six divisions active in j iterary work, gardening? home j rtullding. music and art. The club1 ( ill initiate within the next few j < 'ays a “clean-up" drive for Shelby !• - nd will ask the co-operation of all!, vie organizations to help rid the ( vn of unsightly waste paper, gar- 11 '2?, and to emphasize making |j omes more attractive by planting1; :h rubbery, sowing grass, and o'her 1 arojects. j; 1,1 -1 _■■■■ ■iM.Mi.il i. Sweet Adeline1 Jule Folland Selected from amonit score** of beauties because of her demure ness and charm, Miss Jule Fol land, above, of Ogden, Utah, w;,s chosen as the modern "Sweet Adeline”, of. the Mormon state* Raleigh To Probe Alleged Cruelty Legislative Investigation Launched In Case Of Two Negroes With Frozen Feet. RALEIGH, March 8.—A legislative Investigation Into allegations that inhuman treatment in Mecklenburg county prison camps, caused the amputation here last night of the feet of two negro convicts was launched here last night. The joint general assembly com mittee on penal Institutions met with C. M. Waynick, chairman, and other members of the state highway and public works commission to hear all possible information on the mat ter. In the meantime Governor Ehr inghaus asked Solicitor John O. Carpenter, of the 14th Judicial dis trict, to wait until tomorrow for a formal response to his telegram asking the chief executive to desig nate a Superior court judge to sit In Mecklenburg county as a com mittee magistrate in an investiga tion of the case, The governor call ed attention to investigations under way by the highway commission and ather state agencies already. Waynick read a statement to the cgislators, assuring them the com nisslon welcomed a chance to pre sent all possible data to the com mittee and said that the superin tendents of the two prison camps under fire, H. C. Little and T. S. Brown, as well as the camp phy sician, C. S. McLaughlin, were pres et and wished to tell what they tnew. He told the committee the three men had been warned that vhat they said might be used against them In the Inquiry Solicitor Car penter contemplates conducting. College Choir To Sing Here Sunday At Central Church The Guilford college choir, under he direction of Max Noah, will ender a sacred concert at Central Methodist church Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock, it is announced >y Miss Nettie Rayle, director of nusic. The choir consists of over 60 'oices, all having received definite nusical training which makes it me of the finest musical organiza ions in the south and has already lad Its influence on church music. There will be no charge for ad nisslon for a free will offering will >e taken to help defray the tray ling expenses of the choir. The ; ifogram Includes, “Hail, Gladden ng Light,” “Methlnks I Hear the i'ull Celestial Choir,” “The Holly . ind the Ivy,” “I Wrestle and Pray,” >°ave Pia II Morir,” Ave Maria.” A Rafaello Divino,” “The Day of Judgment,” “It la Good Thing to i 3tve Thanks,” “O Lord, Support i Is,” “Hospodee Pomeelooy,” “O Cast j Ae Not Away Prom Thy Counten-1 -nee.” "The Song of Mary,” “Lost 1 n the Night.” “Glory and Honor h nd Laud." . In Prison Incendiary Case, One Murder Trial, To Feature Term Negro to Be Tried for Downs Killing Henry ftwlnk Accused Irf Firr Which Destroyed Building Of Asor Pruett. Two sensational cases will attract major attention In the special term of Superior court opening here Mon day morning, under Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of Qreensboro. One la a first degree murder trial, the other an Incendiary Indict- j ment. Jack Parks, young negro, Is i to be tried for his life on a charge I of murdering J. R. Downs, when the white man was assisting in the ar rest of the negro, and Henry Swink will be tried for burning a barn be longing to Asor Pruett, near Casar. The loss In the burning was heavy. Including Implements, two automo biles, and a great quantity of stor ed crops. To Clean ftp Docket. In the special term, only cases In which Indictments have already been returned, or which require no Indictment, will be tried. It Is ex pected to clean up a number of bond and jail cases now hanging fire. Another Interesting case will be that of W. R. Shaw, who has ap pealed confiscation, and subsequent destruction, of 15 table games and 24 slot machines seized by city of ficers from a storage house here. Mr. Shaw claims that the machines were not legally taken because they were merely stored here, for trans portation to another state, and were not Intended for use In North Caro lina. There will be no grand jury for the special term. The regular term begins March 25. Motor Accessory Store to Open In Hull Building ■n>e Economy Motor Store will open sometime this month In the Hull store room, opposite the First Baptist church on N. LaFayette street, the proprietor J. F. Buff having secured a lease on the building from the Shelby Real Es tate and Mortgage Co, Mr. Buff who will be In charge of the store, has been a salesman for the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co, for five years and a district man ager for this firm. He will handle Ooodrtch tires, radios for home and auto, a complete line of auto acces sories and household necessities. Mr. Buff who was in Shelby again this week, has had an eye on Shelby . as a logical location for several months and since securing the lease on the store room, is having extensive improvements made to the Interior and exterior. Farmer* To Attend Poultry Meeting A number of farmers, poultry men and club women from Cleve land county are planning to go to Newton next Tuesday to attend the one day short course on poultry be ing held there by poultry experts from State college. According to County Agent R. W. Shoffner instruction will be given there from 10 o'clock until 3:30 on various phases of poultry growing, breeding and marketing. Teachers will be C. F. Parrish of the extension service, Dr. R. 8. Dearstyne, head of the department »t the college, and H. C. Gauger. Instructor in poultry. Time will be taken for open for um and answering of practical luestlons. This is the first time a short course has come to poultry growers In this part of the state. Child Labor Bill Hearing Tuesday The resolution Introduced by Representative Gardner of Sbcl by proposing ratification of the federal child labor amendment whs shunted yesterday from a Judiciary committee to the com mittee on constitutional amend ments. This deals a blow to Mr. Gard ner’s bill. The constitutional committee Is headed by Repres entative Tam Bowie of Ashe, who Is bitterly opposed to rati fication. He said a hearing on the measure would probably be held Tuesday. E. A. Melton Freed From State Prison By Gill Parole Was Sentenced To Five Years Term For Death Of Oils McPherson In Auto Accident. E. A. Melton of Shelby, who was sentenced to three to five years in states prison for manslaughter by Judge Oglesby in the January, 1034 term of Superior court here, was sne of 31 prisoners granted a pa role yesterday by Edwin M Gill, parole commissioner. Mr. Melton was found guilty of manslaughter In the death of 10 year-old Otis McPherson, son of W. 8. McPherson. This child was killed In the fall of 1B33 when a car driven by Mr. Melton struck a truck owned by the P. M. Mauney grocery store, in which the child was riding. The accident occurred on the Fallston road. Parole Commissioner Gill, broth er of Miss Louise GUI, principal of the Graham street public school, returned to hts desk Monday after in absence of several weeks due to icvere Illness. He denied parole petitions from 69 prisoners. Supervised Play For Summertime Suggested Here Supervised play for school chll Iren during the summer was sug tested last night at the Klwanlt ■lub by Mr. Rankin, principal of ;he LaFayette street school. The program was In charge of a. T. LeOrand who Invited Mr. Hankln and Miss Margaret An Jiony to speak to the club. Miss tnthony reviewed work which she s dotng with classes of boys and jlrls In play, reading, story-tell ng, domestic science, etc., at the 3Helby mill where interest Is keen ind classes are crowded. Mr. Rankin who Is teaching "fair ] jlay” and "good sportsmanship” imong the children of his school said he had rather sec a boy be a rue sportsman at work and play ,han know all of the mathematics reachers have charge of children [60 days of the year. Now that they ire forbidden to work, It Is im portant to direct their leisure time, lence a movement is on foot among ■he three civic clubs to furnish supervisors at playgrounds during ;he summer. Jack Hartlgan Better Jack Hartlgan, popular salesman, )f Charlotte who has been seriously >lck at his home was reported to je Improved yesterday. All Unpaved Streets Will Be Stone-Treated Says McMarry “AH unpaved streets and side- j walks in Shelby will be treated witli! crushed atone,” aald Mayor Mc Hurry. The Hat of street* as pub ished Monday was incomplete, he ;ald. A meeting of the board was held his week at which time the mayor submitted prices on an aircom rressor, drill and a rock crusher to >e set up at the city’s quarry In ■he southeastern section of the :ity. At an investment of $3,300 the :ity has purchased an air compres or, drill and jack hammer to be hipped Immediately from Greens >oro. A rock crusher with a capa :ity of crushing from 60 to 100 tons ially, depending on the size of the stone, has been ordered to be ship ped from the factory. The relief administration has ap proved the street improvement1 roject and is ready to furnish 60 men, including foreman at the quarry, time keeper and all super-1 vision, according to Engineer Wea ver of the district relief office. Mayor McMurry says the plan is to channel the streets where nec essary, leaving a dirt shoulder on both sides, between which the crushed stone will be spread. Traf-1 fie will run over this stone for six or eight months, after which it is! !ioped some method of - financing :he application cf an asphalt binder will be worked out. Woodson Announces For Mayor; McMurry Not Decided Yet Two Candidates Out For Council In City Election Harry Woodson, former county relief administrator today announced his candi dacy for Mayor of the City of Shelby, while Charlie Coble and Will C. Harris announced for aldermen in Wards 2 and 4. Mayor McMurry who Is rounding out his third term has had many appeals to make the race again, but he stated this morning that be had made no decision as yet and had no statement to make as to his Intentions. Austell To Quit The Star was unable to contact Alderman Roland Holland who Is out ol the city. Alderman 3. P. Austell says his health will not per mit him to attend the meetings and on the advise ot physicians ha will not be a candidate. Alderman W. 0. Harris from ward 4 stated this morning over the tele phone from hts home where he has been sick with lnfluennsa, that he will be a candidate to succeed him self and that his platform Is for reduced electric rates to consum ers. Coble A Candidate Charlie Coble definitely Informed The Star last night that he Is a candidate from ward 2.- Alderman D. W. Royster was contacted this morning as to his Intention. He says he has not decided as yet, but will make a statement shortly. Mr. Royster Is now able to walk on crutches after confinement alnoe Thanksgiving with a broken leg. Mr. Coble says hi» platform is for reduced rates to consumers and that he favors the city taking ad vantage of all government aid on public projects. Others Talked The names of P. c. Oardner, J. 8. Dorton, E. P. McKinney, Paul Webb and others have been men tioned as possible candidates for mayor, while Zollle Riviere la ser iously considering the race for al derman In ward 1; James Webb Oardner in ward 3 and John Schenck, Jr.. who served many years on the board from ward 3 Is being urged by friends to run again. Woodson's Platform Harry Woodson handed The Star the following announcement and his platform: "I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of mayor of the town of Shelby, subject to the action of the voters in the next municipal election. “If elected I pledge you an ad ministration made up of the ele ments of fairness, economy, honesty and the embodiment of sound busi ness principles. "While I have always believed la a sound, economic administration Of civic government, I am llldkrise (Continued on page ten) 400 Deacons To Meet On March 31 At the spring meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist association to be held on the fifth Sunday In March at Double Springs, the pro gram will concern deacons mainly and all deacons of the forty odd churches will be invited to attend. It Is estimated by the Rev. John W. Suttle, moderator, that there are 400 deacons In the Kings Mountain association. Dr. J. P. Henderson, head of the laymen’s movement In the south will be present from Knoxville and speak. also Smith Hagaman, superintendent of the Baptist, hospital at Winston-Salem and Ike Grier, superintendent of the Mills Home at Thomasvtile. Basketball Sports thrills for the Shelby week-end: In the Rotary boys basketball tournament, tonight's games In the semi-finals are: Lattimore vs. No. 3, and Pallston vs. Gro ver. First game at 7:30, Shelby high gymnasium. The Schoolmaster’s club girls' basketball tournament begins Tuesday night, at Folkville high On the first night: Grover vs. Belwood, Lattimore vs. Bolling Springs, and Cassr vs. Fallston First game at 7:30.