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[ fcall Phone 11 And In'crt A ^*nt /^dv 1° The Star For Result* The MWMMO Hle 8 Pages Today VOL. XL1. NO. <2 ■=— SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, APRIL 8. 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. nr Mull. i>*r year, (la advanca) _ P.M Vocational Work In County Lauded By Clyde A. Erwin Speak* At Father-Son Banquet For Work In Stale; r H. of Flans IcW 3„n Present At Boiling Springs. •'no nation has ppclartrtK l*iat , faiipp when its citizenship re 1m wedded to thc soi1’” Clyde A wa* superintendent of pub rUrucuon, told a gathering of S, farm boys and their fathers at Sim Springs Saturday night of H and plans for vocational agriculture m the state system of ^The" occasion was the annual father-son banquet of the four vocational departments In Cleve •nd county schools, including No. Utumore. Polkville and Pied mont. their teacher, principals, and , number of invited guests. Welcome Given £ l. Dillingham, of Polkville, sas toastmaster at the banquet; iclcomr was made by J. L. Jenkins, Mrident of the college, and re Lon* given by Prof. Lawton Blan w who saluted the young Fu ture Farmers as a "dynamic, poten tial and powerful pioneering force in rural Cleveland county life.” Thr Piedmont department per formed the ritual for the opening (Continued on page six.) Juniors In Lead For Scholarship At Shelby High Maintain 16 Per Cent Average as Roll of Honor for Past Month In City Schools is Issued. The high school maintained its tverage of 15 per cent on the hon or roll last month, with the juniors or tenth grade, still in the lead witn 16 per cent. Grammar grade honor rolls were also issued. The standings are as follows: High School 15 Percent. Eighth grade 16 percent—Willie K. Bailey. Marjorie Eskridge, Joan na Ftnklestein, Mildred McArthur, Ann Smart, Katherine Spake, Vir ginia Toms, Ruth Wilson, Nell Webb. Sims Blanton, Grady Dover, Avery McMurry, Billy Smart, Bruce Morgan, Helen Davis, Margaret Elliott, Martha Eskridge, Mary Glenn, Rachel Roberts, Margaret White. Mildred Whitener, Eva Baldwin. Mary Prances Davis, Ruth Hamrick, Edith Holton, Sara Wil liams, Louis Mauney, Addie Lee Hambright, Margaret Trammell. Ninth grade, 12 percent—Floyd Bost, Lloyd Bost, Margaret Bowers, Millicent Hicks, Eva Lane Jones, Sara Esther Dover, Dorothy Greene Catherine Dellinger, Helen Ewing, Ruth Lewis, Catherine Roberts. Tenth grade, 16 percent—N. C. Blanton, John Dorsey, Earl Ham* hck. Richard Jones, Eugene Poston, Gladys Bland, Ruth Byers, Gwyn Davis, Juanita Eskridge, Germaine Gold, Mildred Greenway, Eleanor Boev. Dovie Logan, Ruby Morgan, Jeanette Post, Bobby Lutz, J. W. Newton. Eleventh grade, 15 percent—Ma rian Bass, Helen Sue Kendrick, unuse Lybrand, Nancy McGowan, Mary Rachel Parks, Marlyn Smith, Ruth Toms, Helen Wilson, Roy Lee onnor, Prances Blanton, Gaynell Duncan. Marion School. th * grade: Herbert Toms, Mar p1 f Mauney, Richard, Greer wolyn Hawkins, Patsy Manous, **tty McNeely. First Scbo°l On** Aim BiUy Brown, Velma * Audrey k-„n„ . I First Photo Of Moscow Parley ~j Captain Anthony Eden * Maxim Litvinov Ru-ssia pledged its co-operation to England in preserving the peace of Europe when .Captain Anthony Eden, left, Rritish lord privy seal, conferred with Maxim Litvinov, right, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs at Moscow. Plans are being completed for an international peace parley at Stresa, where Germany is expected to make an offer to accept its present boundaries for the next 10 years. Silver Communion Service Stolen From Shelby Church A thief or thieves entered the Episcopal church of the Redeemer, at LaFayette and Graham street, sometime Saturday and stole the silver communion service, the Rev. J. B, Sill,’ reported to the police Sunday morning. The service consisted of two sil ver pieces, the chalice, a small stem med cup, and the little plate from which the wafers are served. They are used in celebration of the Lord's Supper. Police investigated immediately, but found no clues. The Rev. Mr. Sill, who is staying at the Cleveland Hotel, offers a reward for the re turn of the precious silver. Eton Starts Two Shifts; Strike Cases In Court Two Women Given Fifteen Days; Mrs. Senter Found Not Guilty. The recorder's court had a full day and a packed court house of spectators growing out of seven or more assault cases as a result of the labor strike at the Eton mill. Court will reconvene at 2 o’clock to hear four assault cases against Reuben Jones, H. D. Guinn, Dur ham Grigg and Arthur Huskey, growing out of the state. This morning Coley Freeman, taxi driver, charged with reckless driving at the mill gate where picket lines were formed, was given one month under a verdict for vio lating the traffic laws. Sentence was suspended upon payment of cost and appeal was noted to the superior court by Freeman. Mabel Gibson and Mrs. L. P. Davis (Continued on page six.) Paul Bullington Is Reported Better Paul Bullington, who is suffering from spinel meningitis, was improv ing yesterday and last night. He is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bullington of South La Fayette street. Cotton Men Rally to Meet Price, Import Emergency Action on the impending crisis in cotton and in Southern textiles came from three fronts over the week-end. Chairman Smith of the Senate Agricultural committee said he would confer today (Monday) with Secretary Wallace to find out "Just what, if anything, he intends to do In this emergency that has been created by the drop in cotton.” Bulwinkle Acts Representative A. L. Bulwinkle, acting on protests coming to sena tors and house members from the cotton states against increased im portation of Japanese cotton goods, offered suggestions to meet the situation in the textile industry. His key-note was co-operation. In the meantime, northern mill (Continued on page six) Five Are Unhurt As Car Overturns Quickly applied brakes and a slippery pavement were responsible yesterday for an accident on the Cleveland Springs road in which a car driven by Miss Jane Washburn turned over twice. No one was seriously Injured, al though Allen, young brother of Miss Washburn, sustained a slight leg injury which was treated at the hospital. The car was damaged considerably. Other occupants of the car were Earl Hamrick, Jr., Os car Palmer, jr„ and Miss Virginia Washburn. The Washburns are daughters and son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Washburn. All were able to go to school today. Byrum Hosiery Mill Open Under D. IV. Royster, Employing Sixty The Byrum Hosiery mill re-open ed this morning, after approximate ly a month’s idleness during bank ruptcy and receivership disputes. It is now being operated by D. W. Royster, federal receiver under in appointment by Judge E. Yates Webb. Mr. Royster’s father. Dr. S. 5. Royster, built this plant and op erated as a hosiery mill for a num ber of years. The ladies' hosiery department was in operation today, employing aetween fifty and sixty workers, the mill reported. Several orders are on land, enough to run for about two weeks. and more are expected, it was said. It Is hoped to have the mill in full operation soon. Harlan Jamison, superintendent >f the mill under Earl Byrum leftj on Sunday for Belmont, Gaston county, where he has been appoint ed superintendent of the Belmont hosiery mill, a much larger plant than the one here. Negro Bound Over On Charge of Murder Walter leaks, negro, charged with the murder at Beatrice Johnson, young colored woman who lived on the Hubert Gold place in New House, waived a preliminary hear ing in Recorders court Friday night and has been bound over for Su perior court trial without bond. Catawba County Man Is Appointed New Agent Here J. S. Wilkins Succeeds Robert W. Shoffner Latter Gets Outstanding Promotion As State Director For TV A Agricultural Work. J. S. Wilkins, assistant agent in Catawba county for the past- four years, will succeed Robert W Shoff ner, who resigned on Saturday to become state agricultural director for the Tennessee Valley authority as county agent here, the board of commissioners announced this morn ing. He will undertake his new duties immediately, it' was said. Bob Shoffner’s resignation at mid day Saturday came unexpectedly and was received with deep regret by Cleveland county farmers, whose guiding spirit he became during six crucial years in agriculture. When he came to this county, after serv ing three months as assistant agent in Madison county, the task of the average county agent was not com plicated by cotton reduction, nor was it a No. 1 post in county affairs, as it soon became. Reduction Program. Through the depression Rnd on into the recovery program, however the county agents assumed gigantic ally important duties, culminating in the vast cotton reduction pro gram. Shoffner handled this program so effectively for Cleveland that only a few months ago a large group of farmers chipped in to buy him a new automobile. Outstanding Promotion. Appointment of the Cleveland agent to the TVA post is one of the outstanding promotions in the state. He will become farm management supervisor for all TV A projects throughout North Carolina. In these projects, fertilizer will be furnished from Muscle Shoals and numerous experiments will be conducted. He will work through the assistant county agents in 15 counties at the outset. Headquarters for the TV A are In Knoxville, but for several weeks, Mr. Shoffner said, he wiy remain here, and will probably establish a tem porary office. TVA projects are be inV carried out in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Miss issippi, Georgia and Kentucky. 230 Prison Years Set In 4 Cases In the four major cases tried here during the two weeks criminal term, which was completed at the cost of almost all the civil docket, Judge Don Phillips sentenced offenders to a maximum total of 230 years in state prison. The highway robbers. Prank Bradley, Broadus Mauney, T. B. Po teat, Raymond Puckett, c. D. Thorton and M. B. Thorton, receiv ed a total of 130 years. Henry Swink, Charles Canipe and Raymond York got a total of 36 years. Jack Parks, convicted of second degree murder, will serve 25 years. Vic Lee, Ezell Wood, L. L. Mlntz and Slim Daw son, 40 years total—If they serve the maximum number of years, which they won’t, if they get credit for good behavior—is 230 years. $24,200 Case Won By Mrs. Ebeltooft Mrs. Lila 8prings Ebeltoftt won a $24,200 Judgment against A. Burwell, president of the Butwell-Walker company, of Charlotte, in Superior court last week. She was suing to recover on an investment of *20,000, made by the purchase of four cer tificates of 50 shares each, par val ue *100, dated Jari. l, 1920, and maturing, according to the certifi cates, Jan. 1, 1930. On April 17, 1930, according to the bill of complaint, Mr. Burwell ob tained an extension of time, but again failed to pay principal and interest. Ryburn and Hoey are attorneys for Mrs. Ebeltoft. Appeals Hold Up Arson Sentences Appeals have been taken in the barn burning cases, in which seven men were sentenced to serve long terms in state prison This mearW that the men will not go lmmed 'ately to Raleigh, but will be held in the Cleveland county Jail for ap proximately 90 more days. The men are Vic Lee. Raymond York, Henry Swink. Charles Canipe. R. L. Mint®, Slim Dawson and Ezell Wood. Promoted Robert W Shormer, county Farm Agent, who has feslgned to beoome state director tor TVA agricultural projects. K.&S.Driver Dies As 2 Trucks Hit Near Baltimore W. T. Brent, 28, Killed In Night As Vehicles Crash On Curve Near Baltimore. A crash in the night as two huge inter-state trucks met on a bottle neck curve section of the Philadel phia road near Baltimore city line early Saturday proved fatal for W. T. Brent. 28 year old relief driver for the K. and S. Trucking company of Shelby. Brent was asleep in a bunk in the trailer of the vehicle, driven by Earl Robertson, 25, Kannapolis, which crashed into a tree after sideswip lng a van owned by a Baltimore firm, and driven by Valentine BcheU, 26. Essex police held both Robertson and Schell pending action of the coroner. Home In Virginia Funeral services for young Brent were held today at his home in Arrington, Va. He had been em ployed here about six months. Both trucks, which are badly damaged, although neither turned over, are being held in Baltimore for Investigation. M. M. Stuart, K. & S. manager, said that this Incident was the firet serious accident his company has had in ten million miles of travel in inter-state commerce. Brent was covered, he said, by both compensation and insurance taken out by the company. Twelve Divorces Are Granted Here Twelve divorces were granted dur ing the term of Superior court Ind ing here Saturday under Judge Don Phillips. They were: Lytle Finch Bobo from W. F. Bobo. Williard Brackett Champion from Delmar Champion. Lewis Charles Eaker from Ger trude R. Eaker. Eula Wesson Flack from Verlan Flack. John H. Bates from Ruby N. Bates. Vernon Randall from Oert'e Bruce Randall. Nellie Allen Hampton from Paul Lee Hampton. Mary Leming from J. H. Lentlng. Stella Holcombe from Grover Holcombe. Mary Brown from Boyd Brown. J. B. McCarter from Susan A. Carter. W. W. Huffsticker from Dovie Huff sticker. Phillips Presides As Prison Probe Is Opened Today Will Hear Witnesses On Cruelty Charge Jurist Who Held Court Here On Bench A* Froirn Feet Scandal In Heard. Judge Don Phillip* of Rocking ham. whose business-like conduct of a two weeks' term of Superior oourt here was widely praised by members of the Shelby bar. this morning opened the prison camp hearing in Charlotte. Captain Henry Little, J. A. Rape, “Doc” Eudy and T. M. Gordon are charged with improper handling of convicts In their charge at the Mecklenburg prison camp. All four are accused of having been Involved In placing Woodrow Wilson Shrop shire and Robert Barnes In solitary confinement last winter, during which, the men testify, their feet froze. Amputations were necessary, and the scandal broke. Still In Hospital. The chief witness at the hearing which gets underway this morning will be Shropshire who will be brought to Charlotte from the pris on hospital at Raleigh to give his story of the confinement of hlinself and Barnes in the little dark house where they are said to have suffer ed the frozen feet which it was later found necessary to amputate. Barnes who Is still In the hospital at Raleigh has been pronounced by prison physicians as too ill to make the trip to Charlotte. The men said to have been beaten are also ex pected to be onhand to give such evidence as may be required. Mass Of "Findings." In addition to oral evidence there will be a mass of findings by va rious officials who have investigat ed the affair of the “frozen” feet available to the hearing presided over by Judge Phillips. A special legislative committee conductM~«lI exhaustive investiga tion Into the Mecklenburg prison camp situation and the findings of this group will be in the hands of Solicitor Carpenter and his associ ates, Arthur Goodwin and Charles W. Bundy, for use in conducting the hearing. Judge Phillips will hear all evi dence presented in the matter and then determine whether or not the defendants are subject to prosecu tion. If he finds that they are, then the grand jury will take up the bills presented by Solicitor Carpenter and undertake to decide If they should be found true or not true. Cloth Mill Plans Big Warehouse , A two-story brick warehouse will be erected by the Cleveland Cloth Mill, it was learned today from O. M. Mull, manager. The building will be located next to the Cloth Mill boarding house and be connected with a tramway across the road to the second floor of the main mill. The building will be 40x80 feet and will be used for the storage of sup plies and machinery parts. Roland Holland Will Not Be A Candidate Roland Holland, alderman from Ward 1 asks The Star to say that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself. Mr. Holland has a lucra tive Job with a mill at Laurinburg and Is away from the city except on week-ends. He was here Saturday and Sunday with his family and stated that he appreciates the sup port his friends gave him the last election, but his absence from the city precludes his running again. Kid Dempsey That sba inherited the physi cal condition which be)pod make her dad tbe topnoteh heavy w eight ot tbe world, la eeideaeed by the pink cbubblneee ot Uttle Joan Hannah Dempsey, shown here with her mother. And Jack Dempsey's pride end )oy seemed to enjoy her camera debut. W. B. Greene, 80 Passes Quietly; Funeral Tuesday Veteran Millwright Dies At South Shelby Home After Short Illness. William Benjamin Greene. 80, and familiarly known as “Uncle Ben” died quietly at his home In South Shelby this morning after a short Illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock Tuesday at the home and interment will be at Double Springs Baptist church cemetery. The Rev. C. V. Martin, pastor of the Shelby Second Baptist church will be In charge. Mr. Green the son of the late (Continued on page six.) Casar Child Dies Of Cancer In Eye Little Clarence Wortman, two year old son of Leroy Wortman, died Wednesday night after an illness of several weeks with can cer. His eye had been removed some time ago, and his face swell ed till it bursted before he died. He had suffered intense pain for sev eral days. He was burled at Cor inth Baptist church Thursday. He leaves a father, mother and two brothers. Would Include Soil Erosion And Reforestation Projects In PWA Allotments Says R. W. Shoffner concerted action should be taken at once by Cleveland county to In clude'soil erosion and reforestation projects In the list recently submit ted to the Federal government In Its four billion public works program, according to a statement issued to day by Director-elect R. W. Shoff ner, of the TV A agricultural divis ion. Mr. Shoffner emphasizes the Im portance of forests, soil erosion, and conservation methods In the state ment. The message follows: “The natural resources of our county form the basis for our wealth. As our resources diminish, cur we; 1th also diminishes Natural! resources, such as the soil of Cleve- i land county, give the basis for the wealth of this county. If It were not for our productive soil in this coun ty, the basis for taxation would be very, much limited. The history of any county or community in its pro gress depends upon the productivity of that soli; just as soon as the soli becomes inefficient to grow food and feed, the people begin to move away, the community begins to go down, the buildings begin to decay and it soon becomes a deserted place.” ‘‘The farmers of Cleveland coun ty have boasted and are now boast ing of their outstanding county from an agricultural standpoint; and this is true. But if the farmers do not soon realize the huge amount of soil that they are losing through erosion, the Income from their farms will not pay their taxes. Sheet eros ion, not necessarily seen—oy gully washing across the field, is gradual ly moving away tons of top soil to clean cultivation of crops. It haa been found at the D. S. Soil Eros ion Experiment Station at States ville that land that was clean, cul tivated without any humus added '.o the soil, lost 64 tons of soil per acre while land that was seeded to grass lost only a small amount ot soil per acre and that that of wood land lest only two pour.is per acre. This is enough evid ire to .show us (Continued on page ox.i *.»rnrr, per year, (in Advance) _ 13.00 City Planning Board Will Be Appointed By Six Civic Groups Representatives Appear Before Mayor And Aldermen; To Select Three Or Five Members For Commission Creation of a City Planning Commission of three or five members to he appointed by Shelby civic organizations will follow as the result of a conference Saturday betweon the mayor and board of aldermen and representatves of eight i —. i Shelby civic orrouns. Representatives of the Lions, Rotary, Kiwanls. Woman* club, American legion, Legion auxiliary, chamber of commerce and mer chants association, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of their organization* in * Joint meet ing March IB. appeared before the board. To Act Aa Advisor* They recommended appointment of tiie planning commission. whose duties would be to "investigate, de vise, advise and create projects of worth-while nature to be submitted to the mayor and board of aider men for their approval.” They also asked that the plan ning commission be empowered to prepare sketches, plans and speci fications for the projects, and that the expenses of an engineer, not exceeding WOO, be born* be the city, A11 of these recommendation (Continued on page ria.) Mrs. C. Hamrick Dies From Stroke; Funeral Tuesday Paaeed At Hos'pUaf This Morning After Arrival There; Husband And Two Children. Mr*. Daisy-Green Hamrlok, wile of Clyde Hamrick, died thle morn ing at 8:10 o'clock at the Shelby hospital shortly after her arrival there, following a stroke of paralysis Saturday night at her home on West Warren street. She never re gained consciousness. Mrs. Hamrick was 46 years of age and was. born at Bolling Springs, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Green. At the age of 14 years she Joined the Baptist church and remained a faithful and de voted member. She was married to Clyde Hamrick in 1904 and he sur vives with two Children. Josdph E. Hamrick and Ruby Louise Hamrick. Seven years ago the family moved to Shelby and Mm. Hamrick trans ferred her membership to the First Baptist church where she Was a faithful and loyal member. Also surviving am four brothers and one sister: L. C. Green of Washington, D. C., K. O. Green of Chesterfield. 8. C„ A. T. Green ol Drayton,' S. O., D. B. Green and Mrs. C. W. Pearson of- Pacodel Mills, 8. C. Funeral services wgl be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Boiling Springs by Dr. Zeno Wall, her pastor, assisted by th» Rev. L, R. Pruett of Charlotte and Rev. J. L. Jenkins, of that - church. Inter ment will be in the cemetery there. Hester Addison Found Dead In Road, Is Buried Funeral services were held yes terday at two o’clock at Eskridge Grove, colored Baptist church for Hester Addison, 88, whose body was found Friday night on the Shelby Polkville highway Just west of the Little River bridge. Suspicions of death by accident or suicide were dismissed when no bruises were found on the body and when a physician pronounced it heart failure. Too, the colored wom an was not so far from her home, having been living near the abat toir. Some small boys found the body about 10 p. m. and It Is thought she had succumbed on her way up to the Dover mill village. She was a widow and Is survived by seven children. Estelle Sweeten burg lives in Shelby and Jerome Addison lives in York, 8. C. Other children are scattered over several states. Cloudy Tuesday Weather forecast for Worth Car lins: Rain Monday; Tuesday part ly cloudy and slightly wanner. THE MARKETS < ■> *~t ii io U'-c Tolfr' "'ll. car, ton S46.ee [Cotton seed, wagon, too .... S37.ee
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