Call Phone 11 And Insert A Want Adv In The Star For Re*ult» Thegcllkvewmd ZIW VOL. XLI> N®* ^ SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 5. 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mail, par yuf, (la Mnim) _ |Mi Carrier, par yaar. (la advance) _ an Farm Debt Committee Fo rmedFo r Cleveland; To Offer Arbitration fo Act A* Conciliator In Effort To Avert Mortgage Foreclosures Or Forced Sale For Any Reason A brighter day looms for honest farmers in Cleveland countv and the state and nation as a whole who are hounded by debt on their farms and homes and who have hardly enough money either to pay the debts or pay for bankruptcy proceedings, but instead want to keep the lands that have gUStainf’Cl Ulcin 1UI Evidence of this was seen yester day afternoon in the first meeting of the Cleveland County Farm Debt Adjustment committee, in conference with T. L. Guynn, sup ervisor of debt adjustment for forth Carolina. Committee Members Members of the committee, which will serve only as an arbitration board, are B. P. Dixon, of Kings Mountain, chairman; C. R. Span gler, of Double Shoals, vice chair man; S. S. Mauney, of Shelby, sec retary; Tom Cornwell, L. C. Palmer and C. S. Young. At the initial meeting were Coun ty Agent R. W. Shoffner, District Supervisor in Rural Rehabilitation Edgar B. Ward, and county super visor, George Dedmon. The purpose of the farm debt ad justment committee is to act in the position of an advisory, concilia tory. or arbitration board between an owner of farm lands whose lands are being threatened by mortgage foreclosure, or his being forced to sell for any reason. Consiliator To Act Applications may be filed with any of the above members of the committee and debtors and credit ors at some appointed time will be called to terms. If no decision Is reached, the matter will be referred to John P. Mull, conciliator of this county under the Frazier-Lemke Bankruptcy act. signed by President Roosevelt last June. Supervisor Guynn said yesterday that since the new farm bankruptcy law went, into effect last June more than t3.000.000 worth of debts in the state had been settled. These debts, he said, had been scaled down 22 and a-half percent. Regular Meetings Regular meetings of the commit tee will be held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month In the ERA office. The provisions of this new bank ruptcy act include the granting of extra amounts of time to distressed farmers for payments of their debts and mortgages, and at the same time permitting them to remain In possession of their property dur ing the period of the extension. The extension may be as much as five years and the farmer pays a rising scale of interest of from one fivp percent on a newly apprais ed value of the land. Or. on the other hand, the farm er may let the creditor take over (Continued on page eight.) Name Registrars Books Now Open For City Election; New Voters Required To Qualify At Court House; Judges Appointed For May 7 Balloting. Registrars for the city election to be held May 7 were announced this morning by the city council. They are Zemri Kistler, ward 1; J A. Ellis, ward 2; T. P. Jenks, »ard 3. and Mrs. Annie Smith Long, *ard t, and Marvin Blanton, South Shelby. Res ist ration books will be open tor the next four Saturdays, be nibg April 6, and every day T'Pn rtays before the election.. nese books are at the court house. No New Registration Pa„°.nf'w registration of vote: r <d f°r. but persons who Jrntvy moved into Shelby, whn fcecame of this year, ■( names are not already or ,, '' 3re rpduired to registei for the election have te?- have not been Me a the? will be j*ain S&turd oil- ?her forecast for N S£L Fair and warme °aturdnv rain. Coitan, Caiion Catuio THE markets 'put . 11 te Utte 'red. wagon, ton_*37.00 ra», too ..*40.00 sred, New Postoffice Appears Certain For Kings Mtn. Inspector In Visit To Town And Looks At Sites For Building. KINGS, MOUNTAIN, April 5 — Movement has been started to se cure a government building for Kings Mountain. Attorney J. R. Dav is has been very active in this con nection for the past several days. Mr. Davis has received a letter from the fourth assistant Postmaster stating that a post office inspector was being sent to Kings Mountain to make a personal examination of conditions and submit complete in-! formation and data to the Postof fice and Treasury Department of the United States Government. A bill has already been Introduced in the state legislature to give the mayor and town commissioners the authority to sell the city hall prop erty, subject to the approval of the clerk of the superior court. It has been rumored that the Presbyterian church is considering erecting a new building. The post office department always desires a corner lot for a local postoffice. It was thought by some of those in terested that the cj|ty hall and the Presbyterian property could be sold to the government for the new post office building here. The post office inspector arrived yesterday in Kings Mountain made his survey and departed. He made a thorough investigation and ac cording to what he told local men interested, he is completely sold on a post office building for Kings Mountain. He inspected several proposed sites, and conferred with the following men of Kings Moun tain: J. R. Davis, Tom Fulton, Joe Neisler. J. E. Herndon and J. S. Ware. The inspector assured those Interested that he was going to recommend to his departments this week that a government postoffice building be erected here Associational Meet Planned At " Easts'de April 6 Ttie regular monthly meeting of the Baptist associational Sunday school will be held with the East Bide Baptist, church Sunday, April 7, beginning at 2:30 in the after noon. • Theme for the meeting has been announced by J. W. Costner, sup erintendent as being the "Exten sion Department.” Forty - two churches are expected to send rep resentatives to the meeting. Following is the program which will be held during the afternoon. 2:30 song service led by East side: 2:40 scripture lesson by Mrs. John Wacaster, superintendent of woman's work: 2:50, The True Func tions of the Extension Department, by Prof. John A. Hallman; 3:10 special music, "It Pays to Serve Jesus,” by Ross Grove: 3:IS, busi ness, roll call, announcements; 3:30 “Laborers at Work,” by Rev. Law rence Roberts, pastor Ross Grove; 4:00 adjourn. ERAMakesSurvey In Rehabilitation Move In County State Chief Inspects Proposed Land Delighted With Situation Here. He Says; Plan To Lease With Option To Buy. Several thousand acres of land in Cleveland county were looked at this week and are being considered uy George M. Ross, state director of rural rehabilitation under the GRA, towards meeting possible needs in making this county an even bet ter model in the relief program. This investigation was completed Wednesday when Mr. Ross, J. P. Shaw, agriculture expert, R. E. j Nance, and Edgar B, Ward, of the district No. 5 rural rehabilitation forces, took a survey of work al- | ready being done here and in the other two counties Rutherford and McDowell which complete the dis- j trict. The state director was delighted J with the situation here, according to Mr. Ward. He will see that enough land is furnished to meet all the needs.If necessary, another farm supervisor will be added. Option To Buy Land used In the federal rural rehabilitation program would be leased with a noption to buy later should such action be justified. In regard to the present prog ress and outlook of ERA and the re establishing of families on farm land Mr. Ward is very optimistic. 272 Families The social service division, head ed by Miss Helen Reinhardt, has recommended 272 families, 100 of which are in Cleveland, and 194 of these are actually on the farm now. There they are making prepara tions daily to plant a fair crop and sufficient garden for 1935 needs. They have been furnished seed, fer tilizer, livestock and tools for cul tivation. Pay for these materials will be taken from, the first . returns of the crop. 75 Mules Arrive Mr. Ward said today that 75 head of mules arrived in Rutherford county this week and that part of this consignment would be sent to Cleveland and part to McDowell. Being the biggest farming county, Cleveland has already had quite a share of livestock. George Dedmon is farm supervisor in this county. To better carry out the work of the ERA in the district a county advisory committee has been nam ed. This committee meets to con sider rehabilitation problems each third Thursday of the month. It is composed of Mrs. Ben Goforth, Mrs. L. H. Ledford, S. A. McMurry, J. H. Grigg, W. M. Boyce, B. N. Barnes, and J. L. Herndon. Watson Coming District No. 5 is expecting a visit soon from R. B. Watson, field ex aminer of the ERA and R. C. Car ter, chief auditor of emergency re lief. A recent switch in the district set-up placed E. W. Cole as divi sion engineer who took the position held by John P. Brady, who has been transferred to another dis trict. Wall Return* From Greensboro Meet Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church has just re turned from Greensboro where he and a number of laymen from Cleveland county were in attend ance on the statewide laymen’s con ference. Dr. Wall delivered the in spirational address on the opening day. The conference voted to make the meeting an annual affair. Other speakers of importance were Drs. J. C. Turner, of Greensboro, W. L Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest college, and J. L. Kraft ol Chicago. GardnerBlamesCottonLoanDelay For “Paralysis” In The Industry WASHINGTON, April 5.—O. Max Gardner, former governor of North Carolina, yesterday blamed the government’s delay in announcing the 1935 loan value of cotton for what he described as the “state of complete paralysis” in the cotton industry. He said buyers were not going into the market for fear present prices, based upon the 1934 loan value of 12 cents a pound on cotton, may be lower later in the season. “The trade does not want to buy cotton goods based on a 12 cent value, it would have the effect of this value may not be continued," Gardner declared. "If the govern ment would make a definite an nouncement regarding the 1935 loan value, it woul dhave the effect of stabilizing the confidence of the public and the trade that cotton will not sell for less in the fall than it is now.” "At present the trade is in a state of complete paralysis.” Gardner, who is a textile manu facturer himself and who has been mentioned as possible head of the cotton textile institute, also said the George amendment for elimination ; of the cotton proc- i;i« tax would ibe “'cry agreeable' to the industry Vast Reservoir Filling The new “lake" at Rotjlder Dam, created by the dam mine at Colorado River waters, la steadily rising and filling a great natwsal reservoir. This scene shows the upstream face of the dam, and Km intake towers through whieb water will soon pour to be converted Into energy for surrounding States. Tax Collections And listing Show Eagerness To fay [Forty Shelby Folk List Property On I First Day; Receipts Ahead Of Last Year’* Period. J .' Forty residents of No. 0 township [—that’s Shelby—listed their taxes :on the first day of the month, which [looked like a record to Mrs. Lillian [Newton, county treasurer. R. G. I McSwain was the first lister this | year, she said. As a matter of fact, tax collec tions, always good in Cleveland, are ja little more on the upswing than usual, records showed. At this time I last year the balance of uncollected I taxes stood at $42,706.64, out of a total levy of $179,415.56. This year the uncollected bal ance is $42,102.87—but the levy is much larger, $189,825.44. With school bonds bringing a premium and paying the lowest yield in state history, Cleveland’s financial situation seems to be happy. Oh. yes, there’s $127,799 in the general fund today, cash in the bank, after paying the recent $13, 000 on bonds that fell due the first of the month. Final Rites For Mrs. Perry Dye, 91 Mrs. Elizabeth Ware Dye, wife of the late Perry Dye, who has been an invalid for more than nine years died at the home of her son, T. T. Dye, Wednesday evening. She was born February 14, 1844, having lived more than 91 year. She joined El Bethel M. E. church when a young girl and for more than three quarters of a century lyas a faithful member. She was married to Mr. Dye De cember 3, 1872. To this union was born six children, three boys and three girls. Those living are; T. T. Dye, Kings Mountain route No. 3; W. W. Dye, Kings Mountain route 2; and Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, Moores boro. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at Elizabeth by her pastor, the Rev. J. N. Wise and interment was made in the cemetery there. Wilson To Address Georgia Optometrists Dr. Robert L. Wilson, Shelby op tometrist, will conduct the educa tional program at the Georgia State Association of Optometrists meeting May 26. He returned yesterday from a graduate clinic sponsored by the state society at Winston-Salem. BULLETIN R. W. Shoffner, Cleveland coun ty agent, at 1 o’clock today, re signed his position here to be come head of the agricultural dive ion of the Tennessee Val ley Authority in North Carolina. Hearing Sat For Monday In Mill Strike Assaults Situation At Eton Quieter, Picket Lines Are Smaller; Tacki Strewn In Roadway, Rubber Billies In Evidence The number of picketers, sympathizers and spectators has been growing smaller at the Eton mill for the last several lays and the number of workers in the mill has grown stead ~ — I ily each morning. One day light shift is on the Job and the mill management says suf ficient help has reported for work. Warrants were issued for four men and three women in connec tion with disorders, charging assault A hearing was scheduled for tonight before Recorder Bynum Weathers but the hearing has been postponed until Monday night since several state witnesses expect to be out oi City. - -v . Warrants For Women. Three women have been served with warrants for an alleged as sault on Dovle Daves and Hasel Wortman, two girls who applied fot work at the mill while the strike was on. It is alleged that they ap proached the girls after they ap plied for jobs, followed them dowr the road and perpetrated what th« girls say was an assault upon theh person until the girls were forced to seek refuge in a boarding house H. D. Quinn who was arrested charged with throwing a rock lntc a car loaded with men going tc work at the mill and Durham Grigg charged with assault in attemptlni to prevent a worker from going tc his job, have been released or bonds. Reuben Jones and Arthui Huskey gave bonds this morning. Each morning, large bill postei tacks or rooffhg nails have beer found strewn along the road at th< mill gates. In one drive-way lead ing into the mill property, 300 tacki were picked up. Men and women around the mill have been carrying short lengths oi garden hose and sticks for “protec tion,” but there has been no serioui injury to the person or persons ol those on either side of the conflict Judge Phillips Hiti Highway Deaths And Racketeering Co-operation of citizens and oi civic clubs was urged by Judge Dor Phillips to put down what he called the two greatest current evils in the state, the automobile death rate and the rise of racketeering, in hi! address to the Shelby Kiwanis Clut at Fallston last night. The club met at the High Schoo Tin Can and enjoyed a dinner serv ed by the ladies of the Methodisl Protestant church. Judge Phillips cited the million! of dollars spent for roads in. thi state, and the 1,100 persons killec on them last year. "Eighty to ninety per cent oi these accidents were due to reckles: driving,” he said. He urged thal every citizen regard himself as re sponsible, and swear out a warranl every time he saw a careless driver In the drive against racketeer and kidnaping, he promised the ful co-operation of the Superior couri bench. “The courts of North Caro lina are ready and willing to d< their part. Always feel fre to call "n us, and to Lnow that the couri is the friend of humanity.” He was introduced by Clyde R Hoey. Dean Floyd of State College spoke briefly, and the Rev. H. F Fogelman, pestor of the Fallstor "liurch, welcomed the Kiwaniam ,md their guests. McKinney Enters Race For Mayor; Webb To Stay Out Jarrett Announces for City Council McKinney Favor* Federal Project* And Planning Board To Assist CHy Council. a F. McKinney, formerly prop rietor of one of the biggest store* in the eounty, this morning an nounced his candidacy for mayor of Shelby, while at the same time Paul Webb, druggist, announced that he would not hie a candidate. Mr. McKinney, who owns one or the largest farms in Cleveland, made a brief statement on his plat form. Asks Planning Board He proposes to Issue no more $ty bonds without a vote of the people. He is In favor of obtaining federal aid for Shelby Improvements, but says he would recommend to the board appointment of a plan ning commission of five outstand ing cltliens, three men and two women, to study and to advise with ! members of the council on proposed projects. He promises to make every effort to refinance bonds at the lowest possible Interest rate. Webb Cites Business Mr. Webb, who served as mayor of Shelby during the war years, said that he greatly appreciated the interest of the many friends who urged him to run, but that press ing business Interests had con vinced him that he would not be able to devote the time to the job. Another announcement for al derman was made this morning, that of Dr. B. M. Jarrett. chiro practor. He Is running In ward 4, and made the following statement: “A good town is known for its good churches and good schools. Shelby has churches for which any town three times Its sloe should be proud. Each church has a mission. Each town has a home mission to take can of those In need. Shelby city fathers should strive to main tain a standard high school from *lich our sons and daughters could graduate and enter college without having to take a special entrance examination. “All city expenses to be kept to a minimum until the depression has passed around the comer. Better schools; better morals, and low city expenses.” Whitehouse Quick Lunch Opens Here John and Andrew Kalas have rented and remodeled one of the store rooms in the Dr. Ellis build ing on West Marlon street where they will open on Saturday the Whitehouse Quick Lunch. Private booths are provided for ladles and the entire front of the building has been painted white. Smokes, soft drinks and fruits will also be han dled. John Kalas formerly operated in Charlotte. Kings Mountain P. O. Receipts Up KINGS MOUNTAIN, April 5 — The local postoffice receipts for the first quarter ending March 30. 1936, were $3,706.13 compared with $3. 077.93 for the first quarter of 1934, an Increase of about $639.00, accord ing to figures released by Postmast er J. S. Ware. The receipts for March, 1935, were $1,293.33 compared with $1,209.68, a gain of about $82.00. Recovers From Bite Of Vicious Spider Monroe Smith, an employee of the Lily Mill, returned to work yes terday after three days in the hos pital as the result of the bite of a black spider. He suffered extreme ly for the first two days. Service To Six At Star Office Office service will be contin ued to 6 o'clock each evening at The Star office with Mr. Jen kins. circulation manager, m charge. Subscribers who experience any ootnplainl in the delivery at their papers In Shelby, Kings Mountain. Orover and Lawndale, where house-to-house delivery is made, should telephone their complaints before a o'clock and a paper will be sent out. Spurljng Praises Sheriff For Valor In Burning Cases Noiiciter Lauds Cline, Who Single Handed Broke Up Gangsterism And Fire Terror Ring. Highest praise for Sheriff Ray mond Cline, who virtually single handed brought to justice seven culprits In the sensational bam burning cases tried here this weak and last, was expressed this morn ing by Solicitor L. 8. Spurting. | “These cases were exceptionally | difficult, and their solution re quired not only a high order of analytical detective ability, but endless patience, endurance and courage. “I can hardly recall,an instance in which an officer of the law has performed more zealously or effi ciently than Sheriff Cline. In the Swlnk. Canlffp and York cases he was thorough, efficient and fast. In the Vic Lee case, which Involved the county’s most notorious whole sale bootlegger and his negro henchmen, the sheriff labored late I at night and was able by his pre serverence to present a clear-cut case against the mauraders. “Like Chicago Gangs” "I believe that his steady hand and good brain have broken up the two biggest crime rings in the coun ty-crime rings comparable in their vlclousness to those of Chicago gangsters. A county that has seen the horror of burning bams In the night will appreciate the work he has done.” While the solicitor was making this statement, members of the bar congratulated him on his vigorous prosecution. Working against a mass of contradictory testimony. Spurt ing slashed through witness after witness to pierce nearer and nearer to the heart of the truth In two complicated bam burning oases. No. 3 Students See Shelby Wheels Spir Members of the first year home economics class of No. 3 school vis ited seven Shelby manufacturing plants today, and the city water works. Under the charge of their teacher. Miss Lyda Poston, the) were escorted through the Eagle Roller mill, the Dover mill, the Coca Cola Bottling plant, the Ideal let plant, the Boat Bakery, the Star Publishing company, the Lily mill and the city water plant. To third year students, Miss Bessie Moore and Miss Ophelia Borders accom panied them. I Shelby Post Office Sets Up New Records As First Quarter Closes Every succeeding month this yeai brings a new record to the Shelbj poet office. February was an all-time recorc 1 month for receipts, but March—ac cording to assistant postmaster Russell Laughridge—tops every thing else and doubles the amounl of business done In the same per iod lust year. Here are the figures: For March 1934 the total was »3, 734.44. For March 1935 the total i was S6.269.81 an increase of $2, 535.37 for the month. For the quarter, ending March 30, the following figures show how business Is leaping: For 1934, the total was (11.938.38. For the first quarter of 1935, re ceipts were $16,792.21. Both the month and the quarter set records never surpassed in his 23 years in the postofftce, Mr. I.HUghrldge said. Business has zoomed upward in I ’all lines, first, second, third hikI ; fourth class be said. Vic Lee Sentenced To Serve 20 Years For Barn Burning Negro Henchmen Get Lighter Sentences At Judge Holds They Were Merely Tools In Hands Of Big Bootlegger Vic Lee, notorious Cleveland county bootlegger, was sen tenced to serve from 20 to 25 years in State prison, at hard labor, and with stripes, in Superior Court at 2:80 this after His negro henchmen, whom Judge Phillips Mid he firmly believed were nothing “but tods In the hands of the white men were sen* tenced to serve tram three to five years. They ere: R. L. Mllnt (Slim) Dawson, end RseU Wood. The case against Claude Durden wee nolle proseed for lack at evidence. A slim, nervous, smbamessing frank negro, R. L. Mints, took lbs stand against Lee and declared that “Now I been attested end ’cause x know X burned the barn, I'm gonna tall all X know" He had eonfeesed previouely to Sheriff GMna to the bumtng at g harn. two mules, three sows, one hog, and a quantity of feed end farm maohlnery. reseed «r Lee The negro declared that he did It only because he wee forced to do so at the point at Lee’s gun who said that “niggers that work for ins do what I tall them or else— In dear language and unhalUng manner, Mints told how on Decern* bar 30 one Flay Smith, resident of the community and an alleged go between for Lee, had told him of threats made by citisens at the community to pass around • peti tion to have him removed from the community for carrying on such a liquor bootlegging business. Mr. McSwain’s name was mentioned, and Lee told Mints that “tonigl* we're going to raise h— Plead Per Animals About dark he forced Slim to gat gasoline, go with him around the back way to the barn about two miles distant and set firs to it Slim said he asked about the mules and cows and tried to be allowed to turn them out, but was refused. After the firs was discovered, Lee carried the negro back to the scene of the crime, when both stood around and watched It bum. Lee's reason for going back, he said, was that “if they trace us with bloodhounds, we can say we came to the fire.” Burned Webb Crib Mints also said he was guilty of pouring gasoline on the side of a crib owned by Toy Webb, promin ent fanner in the Beaver Dam com munity, only because Lee was standing behind him with a gun. After setting the building Lee drove, with lights off, back to the highway and on to his filling station where he washed the mud from his car and from the shoes of both of them. Trouble with Mr. Webb was as signed as being “some kind of trouble or falling out about Mr. Lee's wife." “I told him this was white folks trouble and I wanted to be left out. I didn’t know Mr. McSwaln; I didn’t know Mr. Webb, and I didn't know nuthin* about the houses 'cept where I had seen (Continued on Page Eight) I Banquet Planned For Employees In P0 County Service The quarterly meeting of the Cleveland County Service council of the post office department will meet at the Belwood high school |on April 9 at 7:00 in the evening. The occasion will be the quarter ly banquet, report meeting and 1 round table discussion. The chief speaker for the evening will be David P. Dellinger, of Lincolnton. 100 Employees To be present at the meeting will i be all members of the post office < department In Cleveland county who are connected in any way with county service. There are more than 100 such employees. Following Is a program released by Shelby Postmaster J. H. Quinn: Invocation, Rev. W. L. Scott, pastor Belwood charge; address of welcome. Prof. H. M. Young. Prin cipal Belwood school; response, X W. Lee, rural letter carrier, Lawn dale: music by string band, supper, music by string band: Introduction of speaker. W. L. Brown, postmas ter, Waco; address, David P. Del ! linger. Cherryville; reading, Mrs. J. R. Peeler; music, reading. Miss Nellie Blond Bess; Question bos and shop talk. 1

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