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VOL- XU. No. 40
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, APRIL 3. 1935
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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County Bond Sale
I Sets New Record;
Premium Is $468
|lntere»t Rate Loweal
In State Annals
Imam Vhoot Certificate* Go To
1 Ubarrn^ Bank. After Bid By
Commissioners.
sRif «f $26,000 of Cleveland
unty bonds in Raleigh yesterday
Ik believed to have sct R new state
|* rd for low yield—a tribute to
IjJJe financial condition of the
I Th/bonds. issued to finance the
Ihifh school arcade, the Dover school
I'd the new negro school, were
I Id to the Cabarrus Bank and
■Trust company of Concord, through
Ithe Local Government commission.
The interest rate is four per cent.
But the premium paid by the
»mpanv which outbid all others,
mounted to $468. which reduces
.* interest to between 3.55 and
|j60 yield, beating a former record
|for county bonds of 3.65.
Cleveland county itself bid on
. bonds, being represented at the
meeting by Commissioner Lester
Herndon and Auditor Troy Mc
mey. The county bid was $390.
,tber bidder, the R. S. Dickson
npany of Charlotte, offered
W. t. Easterling, secretary of the
*1 Government commission,
retary of State Stacy Wade and
Treasurer Johnson presided
_ the bids were opened.
Kr Herndon and Mr. McKinney
ned to Shelby last night,
expected the money for the
| sale to arrive here Friday.
Release Program
For Fathers-Sons
Banquet Saturday
A. Erwin To Speak To 300
Vocational Boy* And Their
Dads. ?•
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Final plans for the vocational ag
ilture students banquet Satur
lay night at which Clyde Erwin
be the principal speaker were
need complete today by E. L.
ling ham, toastmaster and chair
on of the program committee.
The meal will be served in the
dining room at the junior
illege and special guests who have
invited are the fathers of all
nti taking vocational agricul
i in the four departments in the
anty The schools are Polkville,
to i, Lattimore and Piedmont.
Other Gnests
Other guests will include the
nty board of education, the
nissioners, school principals,
nal and state supervisors in
ational work, and education
den in the county.
This te the first gathering of its
Bd ever attempted in the coun
, although each department has
father-son banquets before,
will be approximately 300
nt.
The Program
Following is the program worked
; by the committee. It will begin
|wf:J0 in the evening,
fciture Farmers ritual, Piedmont
Invocation, Lawton Blanton.
Welcome, Rev. J. L. Jenkins.
D’Jmer, prepared by the college.
Greetings from officials.
Susie. Polkville quartet.
Toast to dads and response, Nc
|« chapter.
>Wng music, Lattimore.
Contest winners announced.
Introduction of speaker, 4. K
^rea*. Clyde A. Erwin.
®°Wng, Piedmont chapter.
Rush Troops
li* IS' Apri1 2.—Premier Pierre
Wadin tonight revealed that
l*rut^nal thousands of crack troops
I- rushed to tlfe German
** dance’s answer to ae
|■lament, of the Reich.
Session
lh *8*™GTON, April 3.-A move
E.** President Roosevelt to with
La*"* controversial
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Itav^T05 8T!d re-submlt tt at
I^T ®8s*mWj m November to
I • *W started in eongreK.
Slightly Colder
Ifca ri r,forecast tor North Caro
fctaJ"* and slightly colder.
lwe<ine^a"h0~rS ta 801,111 Portion
east portion.
Thursday fair, colder
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t*«on
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All Beautiful On Potomac
In the spring a public’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts pf cherry
blossom time in Washington. And the reason is evident in this
scene, heightened by the beauty of the Japanese foliage lining the
Potomac river bank. The Washington monument rises in the back
ground.
Negro Gets 20 to 25 Years
For Murder of J. R. Downs
Jack Parks, 19-Year-Old Georgia Boy, Is
Found Guilty On Second Degree Count
After Jury Argues 2 Hours
Jack Parks, 19-year-old Georgia negro, this morning was
sentenced to serve from 20 to 25 years in State prison, wear
ing stripes and at hard labor, for the killing of James Robert
Downs in No. 10 Township.
The jury brought in a verdict of
guilty of murder in the second de
gree after two hours and a half of
deliberation Tuesday afternoon fol
lowing impressive arguments by
Sdlicitor L. a. Spurling and defense
counsel B. T. Falls.
There being no question in view
of eye-witness testimony that Parks
had shot Downs, the question be
fore the jury was whether to con
vict of first or second degree. From
the evidence, it did not appear that
Parks had had time to ‘premeditate’
the killing, and Judge Phillips said
the court had no fault to find with
the jury. He paid high compliments
to Mr. Palls for his defense of a
difficult case.
Before the sentence was passed
this morning, it was brought out
by residents of No. 10 that the ne
gro had been a good worker, but
was of extremely low mentality.
The character of the deceased
James Robert Downs was upheld
in high praise.
I Tense Situation at Eton;
Warrants Issued for Four
The strike situation at the Eton
mill is tense at shifting time in
the mornings when workers go to
their jobs and in the afternoons
when they quit. Four assault war
rants have been issued.
Picket lines are formed and lihere
is much noise. but the gates are
kept clear for ingress and egress
while officers stand by to prevent
any violent outbreak. Paul Christo
pher, state president of the United
Textile workers says "only peace
ful persuasion is used to keep
workers from going to their jobs.”
Both the cotton and rayon de
partments are running on the day
shift and the mill management
states that a sufficient number of
workers are on the job for the day
shift with others applying daily
for work.
Four Warrants Issued
Four warrants charging assault
have been sworn out by workers at
the mill against strikers charging
assault. Durham Grigg and Ar
thur Huskey are charged in war
rants signed by Horace McKee that
they assaulted him by holding him
and tried to prevent him from go
ing to work. Grigg is also charged
with a "threat to kill” McKee.
Reuben Jones is charged by C. H.
Oaks with assault in interfering
with his going to work, while H. D.
Guinn is charged by F. R. Aber
combie with assault with a deadly
weapon, a rock, which Guinn is al
leged to have thrown and struck a
car carrying the mill superintend
ent and five other passengers.
Two have been arrested and plac
ed in jail. Officers were unable to
locate two for whom they had war
rants, but sympathisers assured the
officers they would be brought up
and would give bond. Grigg and
Guinn who were placed in jail, will
likely be released on bond today.
No time l#s been set for a hear
ing of the four men charged under
warrants.
Quarterly Dividend
Checks Are Mailed
The M. and J. Finance corpora
tion has mailed out dividend checks
for its 19th consecutive quarterly
dividend of two per cent. Interest
and dividend checks amounted to
approximately $5,000. Total assets
of the M. and J. are now nearly
$360,000.
Rev. Mr. Williams
Preaches At Beulah
The Rev. Mr. Williams will preach
at Beulah church at 3 o’clock Sun
day, supplying for the Rev. H. M.
Robinson who is undergoing treat
ment at a Charlotte hospital.
Bid Of $27,817 Is Received
On West Marion Street Paving
Gliding work is expected to be
gin within ten days on West Mar
lon street to highway No. 30 at the
river bridge, a distance at 82 of a
mile.
A low bid of $27,817 was received
yesterday in Raleigh by the state
highway commission from the
Brown Paving Co., the bid includ
ing the grading and concrete sur
facing of a stretch les sthana mile
in length extending through what
is commonly known as “Lovers’
Lane.”
The bids are being canvassed to
dav in Raleigh by the state highway
and public works commission which
on yesterday received bids on 19
road and street projects Involving
an expenditure of $499,361.25. The
Brown Paving Co. offered the low
bid for the Shelby street project
and will no doubt be awarded the I
contract at today's session of the'
board.
Money for this project comes
from the federal government which
allocated nearly ten millions to
North Carolina road program last
year, one-fourth of the amount to
be expended on city streets which
serve as a part of federal highways.
N. C. Legislature
O. K’s Lethal Gas
For Executions
Peterson Bill Passed
On 2nd Reading
Effort* To Restore Public Hang
ings Fail, But Electric Chair
Seems On Way Out,
RALEIGH, April 3.—North Caro
lina's house of representatives yes
terday thought well enough of Rep
resentative Peterson's bill, chang
ing the method of capital execu
tions from electricity to gas. to pass
it on second reading and almost
well enough of Representative
Pages amendment fixing the situs
of those suff-rogatlons in whatever
county the crimes occurred to adopt
the rotary plan.
Mr. Page's first effort to restore I
public hanging failed badly before |
a house which saw little in the Page I
plan of salvation picked up from
savages who discarded it ages ago
because for every barbarian that it
jerked out it threw 50 into circula
tion. Mr. Page levied tremendously
on the world for horror in execu
tions. Prance guillotines. Germany
hangs. Britain hangs. Canada
hangs. And they have little hang
ing to do, Mr. Page contended. The
house let him get by with the be
lief that these countries still make
hoodlum TSjlldays of their execu
tions.
I.lkp Gas Chamber
The house fell heavily for the ro
tary gas chamber. Skeptical citizens
don’t believe the criminals sent
down to Raleigh from the several
counties to die for crime actually
die. The electric chair Is a myth.
The fear of God must be thrown
into the back homers. Representa
tive Cherry evidently did not like
that feature but he could not pa»
the bill under suspension of the
rules. And Mr. Page may have his
amendment so well doctored that
he can make the house take It. The
town pride idea seemed to domi
nate.
The house session took up so
much time on the Peterson bill
that it almost quit everything else
and its congested calendar was
still crowded when the house
knocked off for the day. It was
patent from the outset that there
was no work in the big body. There
was not a scrap In the 120.
At the morning session the house
ran the bills total to 966, a good
batch for a session still so young.
No new ones sent In yesterday
would appear to have any license to
hold the members here for any
extra time. Mr. Cone, of Guilford,
announced that there will be a
public hearing Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock on the bill introduc
ed by him as to adoption of minor
children. Greensboro’s North Caro
lina Children's Home society prob
ably has a special interest in this
measure and there may be other*.
Beyond these new introductions
there was hardly any other activ
ity in the house and the whole
morning revolved about the Peter
son bill which had a unanimous re
port when it came from commit
.tee.
Mr. Page was the only champion
,of the public hanging amendment
to the Peterson bill.
Negro Murderer
Is Captured After
Shooting Woman
After lurking in the woods all
night, Walter Leaks, young Albe
marle negro. gave himself up to
deputies in New House Tuesday
noon and was jailed on a charge of
murdering Beatrice Johnson, young
colored woman, who died in the
Shelby hospital at 3 a. m. yester
day from gunshot wounds in her
head.
From scanty reports, hard to
get from negro witnesses, the offi
cers deduced that the pair had a
quarrel in Beatrice’s house, on the
Hubert Gold place. Leaks, It was
said, accused her of stealing from
him, and swore that he would “fix
her so that it would never happen
again.”
A single-barrelled shot gun was
used, the charge entering her head
above the left temple. The shot
was probably fired at 9 Monday
night.
Leaks was reported to have hid
den out around the community
calling sometimes to friends. He
appeared once yesterday morning
and surrendered his pistol. Later,
Officers Kendrick, Cordell, Guinn
and Parker tracked him across a
field, where he surrendered with
out struggle.
He was reported to have told his
negro friends after the shooting, “I
expect I’ll get burned for this, so
stay youh distance. I aint got no j
friends now.”
Bam Burning
Case Against
Vic Lee Opens
Protests by defense attorneys that
Indictments for bam burning
against Vic Lee had been Improp
erly presented were overruled late
this morning and the case will pro
ceed this afternoon with selection
of jurors.
Lee was brought from Charlotte
last night under the custody o<
Deputy United States Marshal
Mack Poston. The prisoner was re
leased by Federal Judge E. Yates
Webb, who recently sentenced him
to two years In prison for prohibi
tion violation, and who last night
said that he would permit the state
to take precedence over the feder
al government In the more serious
charge.
Solicitor Spurltng and Sheriff
Cline said they had an air-tight
case against Lee and the four
other defendants, Ezell Wood, John
(Slim) Dawson, R. L. Woods and
Claude Durden. They are charged
with barn burnings In the Double
Springs community.
Gilliatt Buys Out
Patterson’s Retail
Flower Business
Deal Consummated Yesterday; tat
ter To Continue Whole Plant
On Cleveland Road.
With the sale yesterday morning
of his florist business In Shelby to
Cecil Gilliatt. U. L. Patterson, whole
sale grower, announced retirement
from that end of the business to
the city and devotion of full time to
promotion of his wholesale buslnese,
centered at hie greenhouse on the
Cleveland Springs Road.
Mr. Gilliatt. who opened a floral
shop here last fan, gets the exclus
ive rights to sell Patterson’s flowers
in Shelby and vicinity, although Mr.
Patterson will continue to retail
plants at the greenhouse except on
holidays.
Both places of business in the city
will continue open for the next Sev
eral weeks, under his charge, Mr.
Gilliattt said. Associated with him
is C. H. Walters, a designer of 18
years experience.
Patterson Statement.
Mr. Patterson made the following
statement;
"The reason for selling la that
our wholesale business has become
so large, we had to dispose of part
of the trade In order to handle the
business. We expect to make extens
ive Improvements and grow for the
wholesale trade. The company will
specialize In blooming plants and
will also grow potted plants under
contract for several eastern con
cerns.
“All funeral work, cut flowess,
corsages and holiday plants has been
turned over to Mr. Gilliatt. We will
continue to retail plants at the
greenhouses except on holidays.
"We have given to Mr. Gilliatt
the exclusive right to sell Patter
son’s flowers In Shelby and vicin
ity.”
Two String Baiids
* Go To Fallston
There will be two string bands
performances in F&llston in the near
future, the first on Saturday night,
April 6, sponsored by the PTA, and
the second next Thursday nght, be
ing sponsored by the Woman’s club
for the school. The Thursday night
performance will be J. E. Mainer's
Crazy Water players.
Plan Stunt Night
At South Shelhy
A stunt night for fun and whole
some enjoyment Is being planned
by the South Shelby school, PTA,
and Home Demonstration club to
be given Thursday night at 7:30 in
the school building.
There will be a small admission
charge and proceeds will go to the
PTA.
CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
SPONSORS SINGING MEET
The Cleveland high school ia
sponsoring a singing contest to be
held at the court house Monday
evening, April 8, at 8 o’clock. All
county and local singing groups are
invited to be present and compete
for the prizes which are being of
fered.
The proceeds from the evening
will go to the Cleveland high School
colored glee club.
Applications Are
Being Taken For
1935 Crop Loans
Work Begins Today
In Lending
Emergency Loam For Crop Pro
duction Under Way: Made By
Government.
Applications were being taken for
the first time today for the 193.1
need and crop production loans at
the Emergency Crop Loan office Jn
the Llneberger building.
Farmers and growers had been
looking for weeks to the time when
they would have a chance to bor
row small and large amounts with
which to purchase seed, fertiliser,
feed for livestock or to do anything
toward making another crop.
Wagoner In Charge
The office Is In charge of F. T.
Wagoner and this Is the third year
that loans have been made through
his office. He said today that col
lections thus far have been almost
100 per cent, with the only guaran
tee being a first lein on the crop.
The federal government makes
the loans through a $00,000,000 ap
propriation passed by Congress some
time ago and approved by President
Roosevelt and his various farm
aides.
Amounts
A grower can borrow as small
amounts as he wants to and reach
the maximum of $500. "Anyone
wishing to apply for $100 or more,
must first apply through the Oher
ryvlUe Production Credit Associa
tion,” said Mr. Wagoner. "If their
application is not accepted there, we
will handle It here.”
His office is strictly an emergency
loan office and will meet only the
necessary needs of growers.
He said that the office is taking
quite a number of applications, but
it is not expected that 1935 will ap
proach the first year when $100,000
was loaned here.
Propose Measure
ToRaiseMaximum
Tax On Incomes
RALEIGH. April 3 — Proposed
amendments to the North Carolina
constitution that would raise the
maximum rate of Incomes, exempt
a “reasonable” home fropn taxation,
permit the supreme court to alt in
divisions, and increase the pay of
members of the general assembly
were favorably reported this after*
noon by a house legislative com
mittee on constitutional amend
ments.
A committee substitute bill for s
measure introduced by Representa
tive Douglass of Wake would in
crease the maximum levy on in
comes to 12 per cent.
Under a committee substitute for
a bill by Representative Funder
burke of Union, a “reasonable”
horps would be exempted from tax
ation and the number of associate
justices of the supreme court coukj
be increased by the general assem
bly to six, with power to sit in div
isions.
Pay For Lawmakers.
Members of the general assembly
would receive 1000 a session and
presiding officers 01,000 by the
measure of Representative Barnes
of Wilson. Pay for extra sessions
would be $10 and $12 a day not to
exceed 20 days.
Reported unfavorably by the com
mittee were almost identical bills
by Representative Carr of Duplin
and Barnes of Wilson to raise to 10
per cent the maximum tax rates on
incomes with exemptions up to $2,
000 for a man living with wife and
for a widow or widower with minor
children.
McMurry Withdraws
From Mayor's Race
Citing III Health
“Because Of The Present Condition Of My
Health/* Says He Will Not Make
The Race Again
Mayor 8. A. McMurry who la completing his sixth year
(third term) as mayor and who announced his candidacy for
re-election a few weeks ago, is withdrawing today from the
W. N. Dorsey Enters
Race For Mayor
W. H. Dorsey, one time mayor
of Shelby, this morning an*
nounced his candidacy for the
May election.
In hie platform, he declared
himself in favor of parks and
playgrounds, reduction In oost
of water and lights, a clean city,
and employment of home people
In city offices.
"I recommended to the board
during my administration, at
the last meeting before I vat
voted out of office, that we rp
duoe taxes 28 cent per $100, that
the minimum for water be $1 In
stead of 11.20 and that lights be
set at $1.20 instead of $1 26," Mr.
Dorsey said.
He promised to make these
recommendations *t the first
meeting. If elected.
Prizes Offered
By Several Firms
In Clean-19 Work
Mi*. R. U Rybam WU) Give VMm
Tt Colored People for
Work.
Work. In Jtbo cloan-up drive bring
■ponmro* bp Mm Shelby Wopank
club was rannlng along, smoothly
this morning, and officials stated
that they were reoelvlng quite a lit
tle co-operation from residents and
property owners.
An arm of the campaign'was di
rected toward the colored residents
of the city when prises were offer
ed by Mrs. R. L. Ryburn for the
most effective "clean-up'' worlc done
by the colored people.
Flower Garden
Mrs. Ryburn will give a dollar
for the best flower garden, a dol
lar for the best cleaned premises
and 60 cents for the biggest pile of
rubbish.
Other firms which are aiding In
the purchase of a set of record
books for scout troops which do the
most satisfactory work in the cam
paign are as follows: Shelby Sup
ply Co., Campbell’s, Cohen, Rogers
Motors, Cleveland drug, Belk
Stevens, Clark Hardware, Sugar
Bowl, Sterchi, D. A. Beam, J. O.
Propst, Woman's club, American
Legion auxiliary, chamber of com
merce, R, T. LeOrand.
The club will continue the drive
the rest of the week and perhaps
next week, until places of filth and
disease breeding have been remov
ed.
Last Meeting Junior
Red Cross Friday
Miss Selma C. Webb announces
that the last Junior Red Crass
meeting for this school session, will
be held in all elementary schools
on Friday evening, April 5th at 8:46
o'clock.
Family of Negroes Set Record
For Children and Grandchildren
In direct opposition to all pro
grams of reduction or control the
colored family of Griffins who live
east of Bhelby on the Lawrence
Spake farm think they have the
record for children, grandchildren,
and great grandchildren.
Vinnle Griffin is 65 and has only
nine children, because his “wife
died 17 years ago,” but his mother,
Frances Griffin, who lives in Greene
county, Georgia, at the age of 87
has 15 living children and 193 grand
children and great grandchildren.
Each of her 15 children have an
average o( at least a dozen children
apiece, a son named Herbert hav
ing 18 and a daughter, Sarah, hav
ing 17—all of which are living.
Vlnnie Is an old-fashioned negro,
brought up in Georgia just after
the war where about the only thing
he learned to do was chop wood,
pick cotton and make baskets.
"Noesuh, I can’t write or read
mah name, but I been keeptn' all
my chilluns In school.” It’s good to’
MU.'*
Since coming to North Carolina
to live the old darkle has made
quite a record tor growing water
melons, and says he expects to
make some money from his "patch"
this year.
Asked If he knew all his broth
ers and sisters he replied in the af
firmative, but did not know all
their ages, and could not even be
gin on the grandchildren. He won
ders if there are other records equal
to the prolific record of the Grif
fins. They are scattered, he says,
in nearly every state, -in the union.
race because of ill htotfife.
Thta leave* Merry Woottoon and
P. Cleveland Oardner kl tile race
(or mayor. Dm iwnnemumd of
the withdrawal of Mayor KoMwrry
ooroee aa a empties to Mi many
friends. It to known, however, that
he waa took tor ten dayo wtoh In
fluenea and hto wife to now to the
hospital. following an ryTraltnii
Mayer* ate tun It
Mayor Moltaifk stawement to a*
follows!
“At the expiration of the teem of
my offloe I will have aaryed the
city of Shelby ae mayor for all
years. During that time X have
endeavored to administer toe af
fair* of the city In a way I thought
was for the beet lnterestof the
city, and which met with the ap
proval of the majority of the ottl
sena of Shelby. In doing this, 1
have sacrificed time, and aome
tlmes my own personal interart, but
at all times I have tried to keep the
welfare of the city at heart and
protect lta future. Many perplexing
problems and worries have eon
fronted me but I have atoll It all
without complaint. But in view of
the present condition of my health,
I do not feel It >tse to ask the
people to vote for my re-election
So this Is to make a statement to
the public that I shall not be In th?
race for r«-sls«tlon for mayor.
“I appreciate the cooperation ui
the people in the past as well as
the requests of my friends that 1
make the race aeain. I also pledge
the elty and the future officers of
the city to do anything in my pow
er to help promote the best interest
of the city, and will cooperate In
every way possible to make our city
one of the best In the whole rtete'
Processing Tax
Opposition Gams
Ground Quickly
WASHINGTON, April 3—The tex
tile Industry'* drive against the cot*
ton processing tax gained moment
um yesterday as members of con
gress from outside the textile agdas
indicated their support House foe*
of the tax disclosed that no fewer
than seven Democratic senators
from the south were likely to urge
its abolition.
Meanwhile the battle lines were
definitely laid between Secretary
Wallace and members of congress,
from New England and the south
who are urging elimination of the *
levy. The secretary said at a press
conferene last week there was
more likelihood the tax would be
raised than lowered. While bis of
fice reported today there was “noth
ing in the works" to indicate an
Increase, it was made clear elimi
nation of the tax would be resisted.
To Seek Inguiry.
While the house and senate mem
bers from mill communities con
tinued to lay their plans tor an as
sault on the processing tax. a reso
lution calling tor a congressional in
vestigation of the cotton industry
was drafted by Representative Heal
ey. Democrat of Massachusetts who
said it would be introduced in the
house tomorrow.
This resolution would provide for
appointment by the speaker of a
special committee of seven to study
the present condition of the indus
try with a view to ascertain the
causes in the decline in the domes
tic and foreign markets for Ameri
can textiles, and to devise meahs by
which those markets could be re
stored.
McKinney Expected
In Mayor** Race
E. F. McKinney is being beeeiged
to enter the race for mayor and
was on the verge of making his
announcement today, but decided to
await a definite decision until Fri
day. Mr. McKinney has been ad
vocated for several weeks and stat
ed today that he still has scores
'of people coming to him, insisting
that he enter the race. He is one
of the largest farmers in the coun
ity