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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 10, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
VOL.
No. 43
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flew County Agent
To Begin Duties
Here On Monday
Succeed* Shoffner In
Cleveland Post
L,hn « Wilkins W« Secretary Of
^Common- Chamber In City
Of Hickory.
c Wilkins, successor to Rob
fw shoffner as Cleveland coun
f fluent came here today
li Hick, m v to spend several days
f®S,ar«iW himself with his work
Se Shelby office, and will under
his duties permanently on Mon
dav morning, a was announced
Mr Shoffner, who resigned last
when he was appointed state
^cultural director for the Tenn
Valley Authority, will have
^Quarters at Knoxville, but wall
!Lm in Shelby for several weeks,
and Will probably establish a tem
porary office here.
0. Of C. Secretary.
Mr Wilkins has been engaged in
agricultural extension work in Ca
tawba county for the past five years,
B0St of that time in the Hickory
area, where he served in the dual
capacity of assistant county agent
and secretary in charge of the
Chamber of Commerce program in
the city.
Defp rrprot was expressed Dy
members of the Hickory board last
week when Mr. Wilkins’ resignation
was announced, and resolutions were
adopted extolling the constructive
program he has carried out.
Agricultural Promotion.
He shares, it was revealed, the
same ambition that Bob Shoffner
had to increase the saleable pro
ducts of his farmers—giving them
other crops to replace cotton plowed
up or reduced through the AAA pro
gram.
He is credited with tne four hun
dred acre raspberry planting pro
ject, which will come into produc
lion within the next five weeks, and
was also largely responsible for the
start made in restoration of north
rrn markets for Catawba county
sweet potatoes of a well-cured, grad
«d and assured standard.
Hiatt To Speak
At Waco School
Preparations are now under way
lor the annual commencement ex
ercises for the Waco school. The
following program has been an
nounced :
Saturday. April 13, at 1:30 p. m.
the grammar grade and primary
grade operettas.
Sunday. April 21, at 2:30 p. m,
the baccalaureate sermon, delivered
by the Rev. A. G. Sargeant, pastor
First Baptist church, Kings Moun
tain.
April 26. at 8:00 p. m., gradua
tion exercises. Address: Rev. J. S.
Hiatt, presiding elder, Gastonia
district.
Saturday, April 27, 8:00 p. m.
#nior play, "The Lone Eagle.”
The public is cordially invited to
attend all of these programs.
Thrift Prize Goes
To Jane Washburn
Jane Washburn, Shelby high
whool student was first prize wln
npr ln 8 thrift essay contest spon
sored in Cleveland county by the
building and loan associations. She
the first award of $15 with her
composition on "Ways of Showing
Thrift.’
Second prize for an essay entitled
’Thrift’’ went to Ola Blanton of
Moores boro; third, $5, to Maxine
Cabaniss of Lattimore for her piece,
“ome Ownership.”
The first prize winner will enter
» a district competition, and a
«ate-w:de event will be held later,
e contests are sponsored all over
* state by the building and loan
association.
Havenaer Opens
Rifle Range Here
Z G Havenaer has opened a r
J/,r' something new to She
Portsmrn, in the Blanton bui]d
South UFayette street,
ttnie H wlu ope11 ■
aoH ?’VPS invitet‘°n *0
7nien to drop by and
bp eive, °P arP- Vanous prizes ’
tn h ' rom Gme to time for s
— 'noot’ng.
Showers Thursday
«lina ri !orecast tor North Car
and »• °t 'rty and wanner to nortl
T*wsiay showfi0” WedneSd8y
Cotton, ^ MARKET,S
C*Uo„ sin —*7—- 11 t0 u«
Citton car’ ton . g40.d
***• *af»n, ton .... $37.(1
County Agent
m
JOHN S. WILKINS
John S. Wilkins, formerly secretary
of the Hickory Chamber of Com
merce and assistant county agent,
who on Monday will succeed R. W.
Shoffner as Cleveland Farm Agent.
Scout Executives
From 11 Counties
Will Gather Here
Piedmont Leaders To Lay Plans
For Silver Jubilee And The
National Jamboree.
The executive board of the Pied
mont council of the Boy Scouts ol
America will meet at the Hotel
Charles on Tuesday night, April
16th at 7:15 o'clock and represen
tatives from the counties of Gas
ton, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford
Polk, Iredell, Alexander, Catawba
Caldwell, Burke and McDowell are
expected to De present. Plans foi
the participation of scouts of the
Piedmont area in the silver jubilee
celebration at Chapel Hill during
April and in the national jamboree
in Washington in August, togethei
with the completion of plans foi
the summer training camp of the
council will be the principal busi
ness of the meeting.
Expect 1,000 Scouts
Numerous scouts and leaders oi
the Piedmont council area are
expecting to take part in the silvei
jubilee celebration which will bring
1,000 or more scouts of the state
together at Chapel Hill in a gigan
tic camp and pageant on April 25
16, 27 and 28. Effort will be made
to have scouts from each district
of the Piedmont council to attenc
the silver jubilee celebration and tc
take part in the demonstration anc
exercises.
The national jamboree to be heir
in Washington next August wil
bring together more than 30,00(
selected Boy Scouts, one from ea<*
troop in America for a ten day en
campment in the nation’s capitol
Effort will be made in the Pied
mont council area to have everj
troop send a representative tc
Washington in connection with
this great youth movement.
Plan Encampment
Plans for the operation of the
1935 season of the Piedmont Boj
Scout camp which is located al
Lake Lanier in which nearly 1.00(
scouts of the Piedmont area par
ticipate each summer will be made
looking to the possibility of accom
modating a larger number of scouti
this coming summer.
Students To Enact
Play Friday Nighl
"Crashing Society,” a play spon
sored by the LaFayette Streel
Methodist Episcopal young peoples
society, will be presented by pupils
of No. 3 high school at the South
Shelby school Friday night.
Proceeds will be used for a spe
cial building fund.
Senate Hears New
Threat To Reduce
State Sales Levy
Food Exemption May
Be Continued
House Pauses Local Bill, Gets Sev
eral Measures Of State
Importance
RALEIGH, April 10.—The senate
yesterday heard of threats to re
duce the general sales levy and con
tinue exemptions of nine basic food
articles as it reached the contro
versial tax in the biennial revenue
bill while the house worked on lo
cal bills and received several new
ones of major importance.
Committe activity centered in the
! house appropriations group, which
(approved several important meas
ures, including the $500,000 senate
act for maintenance of state high
ways through cities and towns.
Senate subcommittees were ap
pointed to give further considera
tion to bills that would rewrite tax
foreclosure laws, set' up a new
plumbers’ examining board, and ex
empt hospitals conducting nurses’
training schools from local ad val
orem taxation.
Would Drop Sales Tax
The senate moved through sec
tions of the revenue bill with a
burst of speed to reach the sales
tax issue. One amendment to eli
minate the levy from the bill was
received, while another proposed to
continue present basic food exemp
tions.
The floor space tax on chain
stores was abandoned, and the up
per division of the general assem
bly went back to the house schedule
of unit taxes on chain stores, rang
ing from $50 to $225. Twenty-six
senators, or a majority, signed the
amendment to strike out the floor
space tax, an unusual procedure in
the North Carolina legislature.
Either of the tax proposals on
chain stores is estimated to raise
about $36,000 annually, but chains
with the greatest number of stores
will bear the heaviest burden under
the unit plan adopted.
Income Tax Laws Approved
Present income tax laws were ap
proved in the new money bill, but
action was deferred on the highly
controversial proposal to tax divi
dends from stocks in domestic cor
porations at the normal income
rate.
J. L. McGill Passes
Insurance Tests
J. L. McGill, of Kings Mountain
was among the 160 applicants who
were granted licenses to sell insur
ance in the state of North Caro
lina. Examinations covered most of
the month of March.
There were seven women in the
group. Miss Maggie Lawing of
Rutherford ton was one of them.
Forty-two failed to pass.
Kiwanians To Hear
Clyde Erwin Thurs.
Clyde A. Ervin, state superin
tendent of schools, will address
members of the Shelby Kiwanis
club Thursday night at the club’s
highlight in marking "Boys and
Girls Week.”
"Leading citizens boys and girls,”
with principals and superintend
, ents from the county schools will be
special guests.
Beautiful Orchards
Are In Full Bloom
One of the show places of the
county, Sunny Slope Orchards, at
Mooresboro was attractnig hun
dreds of visitors this week as the
trees burst into full and glorious
bloom. Visitors are welcome, says
Roy S. Smith, owner of the trees.
He expects a fine crop this fall.
BooksNotClosedlnMayor ’sRace;
And It Does TakeMajority To Win
Shelby’s mayoralty race, settling
down to a long hard pull after the
preliminary spurts, remained this
week a contest between the first
four contenders, with no new as
pirants on the track—but dark
horses were champing their bits.
Whether this will be a race ex
clusively between Harry Woodson,
Cleveland Gardner, W. N. Dorsey
and E. F. McKinney isn’t determin
ed, and can’t be until the last min
ute. For D. Z. Newton, city attorr#y,
was asked this morning to announce
the closing date for entries in the
city election, and Mr. Newton said
words to this effect: “There isn’t
any closing date, not by our char
ter. 1 mean, they can enter right up
to the last minute, up to the tunc
required for printing the ballots.
That announcement »vill settle
several current street arguments.
And here is another one: it does
talc* a majority vote to win. High
man doesn’t win, first time, In this
election. There has been consider
able discussion about that technical
ity, but again an appeal to Mr.
Newton settled the matter.
If any candidate obtains a ma
jority cn the first balloting, why he
wins, of course But if there is no
majority, then there’s a run off.
And there you are
Here’s another one for voters to
runci* tar- you , :'°ct aide from'
all wards voting for four men.
Solon Finds Own “Farm Relief’
m
■
When excessive Washington rents got his goat. Representative
Usher L. Burdick of North Dakota began to raise some. Operating
a 140-acre farm near Brandywine, Md.. which he finds a refreshing
relaxation from his legislative duties, Representative Burdick arises
at dawn, does his chores, then commutes to the capital to represent
the folks back home. He Is shown milking one of his herd of goats.
Weathers and Horn Make Up
After Stormy Court Session
Judge And Solicitor Forgive And Forget And
Agree To Re-open Cases Nolle Prossed
In Heat Of Argument
A dispute between Judgt
lieitor C. C. Horn that, led t
court with yells and disorder
the solicitor was patched up
opened and they agreed to fo
They also agreed to re-open the
cases nolle prossed during thd heat
of Monday afternoon's argument.
Bickering between the judge and
the solicitor began early Monday
morning, when Mr. Weathers from
the bench warned Mr. Horn at the
counsel table that he was talking
out of turn. The dispute flared up
after the noon recess during the
trial of Arthur Huskey, whom the
Judge found .lot guilty on a charge
of assault. Mr. Horn insisted that
the state had not completed its case
and had a right to be heal’d. The
Bynum E. Weathers and So
o adjournment of Recorder’s
and a fine of $10 imposed on
yesterday morning as court
'give and forget.
judge insisted the case was closed.
Judge Fines Solicitor.
As Mr. Horn continued to argue,
asking to be allowed to cite some
statutes, Judge Weathers fined him
five dollars for contempt of court.
"Make it ten,” snapped the so
licitor.
“I’ll make It ten,” said the Judge.
And he made it ten.
“I'll take a nolle prosse on every
thing else,” said the solicitor.
Amid yells and tamplngs, court
thereupon broke up in disorder.
( Continued on page five)
Omnibus Bills Name Board
Of Education And Justices
Covington Chosen
To Lead Teachers
H. B Covington, principal of the
Grover high school was Monday
night chosen head of the Cleveland
Schoolmasters Club for next year.
He succeeds Prof. O. P. Hamrick of
Boiling Springs.
The organization is composed of
the male members of hi gin school
faculties in the high schools of
Cleveland county and holds meet
ings once per month.
Sponsoring a countywide basket
ball contest this year, a sportsman
ship contest, and directing much
work in declamation and reading
endeavors, the club has met with
popular approval in education cir
cles in the county.
Unless there is a special meeting
for business, Monday's session was
the last of the school year.
Appeal Withdrawn
In Vic Lee Case
Vic Lee, convicted in life federal
court here on a liquor charge and
sentenced to serve two years at At
lanta, will go to Raleigh instead, to
serve a 20 to 35 year sentence for
bam burning, according to an or
der signed by Judge E. Yates Webb.
Judge Webb directed that the
federal sentence nm concurrently
with the state sentence.
In the meantime, Clerk of the
Court A. M. Hamrick said that
Lee’s lawyers had withdrawn the
appeal announced after sentence
was passed here last week by Judge
Don Phillips. Lee will therefore be
gin to serve his Raleigh sentence
immediately.
RALEIGH, April 10.—The two
omnibu.s bills, one naming the Jus
tices of the peace In the 100 North
Carolina counties, the other nam
ing the members of the county
boards of education for the *amt<
counties, were introduced in the
house of representatives Tuesday.
This is one of the most hotly
[contested pair of bills that the gen
eral assembly is required to con
sider, local fights in many com
munities on justices, as well as
county school board members, com
ing before the two committees, jus
tices of the peace and education,
and Often reaching the floors of
house and senate.
Terms of office of both are for
two years, unless otherwise speci
fied, and education boards that
have as many as five members
have their per diem and expenses
paid by the state school fund, while
any over that number have to be
paid from the county School fund.
In some counties the members serve
for longer than two years, and
members are staggered, only one o:
two being named each biennium.
Members of the Cleveland coun
ty board of education in the bill are
as follows: D. C. Forney, J. L. Hord,
O. F. Austell, A. L. Calton, Coy Mc
Swain.
Justices of the peace named for
Cleveland, by townships, follow:
No. 1, Robert N. Jolley, two years;
No. 2, C. M. McClimey, two years;
No. 4, George W. Allen; No. 6,
Zimri Kistler; No. 8, E. M. Baker;
No. 9, W. J. Bridges, Fields Toney,
V. A. Gardner; No. 10, Worth Gantt;
No. 11, A. C. Brackett.
Banka To Observed Halafax Day
All Shelby banks and the building
and loan associations have announc
ed that they will be closed Friday,
April 12 in observance of Halifax
Day, a day long to be remembered
for North Carolina’s steps for inde
pendence.
City Paving Work
Halted By Order
FromMrs.O’Berry
50 Workers Stopped
Temporarily
8 tone Crushing And Street ft rad
ln« la Delayed By Withdrawal
Of Neceeaary ran da
Work on Shelby’s road paving
project, In which 18 miles o( city
streets were to be laid with gravel,
followed later by asphalt, was
abruptly halted this morning when
Robert M. Hord, supervisor, receiv
ed a telegram from Mrs. Thomas
O'Berry, state relief administrator,
announcing that funds for this
project had been temporarily with
drawn.
More than fifty laborers, en
gaged In crushing rock at the city
quarry and In preparing roadways
were halted.
Temporary Halt
Mr. Hord. attending a meeting In
Hickory today, could not be reach
ed this morning, but said last
night that he thought the curtail
ment was only temporary, and that
work could be resumed with In a
few days.
The city has purchased a stone
cnisher, which has been operated
at the quarry for the past week,
furnishing approximately 15,000
yards of stone suitable for street
use. The quarry offers an appar
ently Inexhaustible source of sup
ply.
Rehabilitation and other relief
work In the county were not af
fected by the curtailment order.
Roadways Prepared
Workmen under Mr. Hord's direc
tion have prepared several miles of
roadway In the neighborhood of
Beaumont Terrace and the work
of spreading the crushed rock was
due to have begun this morning.
Present Contest
Winners Friday
In Chapel Event
The music department of Shel
by high school will have charge of
the rsgular Friday assembly pro
gram this week, at which time they
will present all the contest numbers
which they will use In Gastonia on
the following day, Saturday, April
13, In the district division of the
state music contest.
The local high school will have
12 entries. In addition to a mixed
chorus of 24 and a girls’ glee club of
twenty, there will be a boys’ quartet,
a mixed quartet and a girls' trio,
in the group numbers, while seven
pupils will enter solo contests.
The large groups were chosen
from the 75 students who have
done chorus work all year, while
Shelby judges picked the trio and
quartet members, and the music
faculty from Boiling Springs se
lected all soloists from a large group
of entrants.
The soloists who will represent
the school are: Soprano. Marlyn
Smith; alto, Anna Coble; tenor,
'.lack Baber; baritone, Woodrow
, Wall; bass, Lamar Young; boy's un
changed voice, Mike Borders;
piano, Jeanette Post.
To Present Heaven
Bound 1200th Time
The 1,200th performance of “Hea
ven Bound," negro pageant and
colorful dramatic production, will
be presented at the Shelby high
school auditorium Friday night al
8:00. It is being sponsored by the
Eastern Star division of the Ma
sonic order. The play has been re
vised since a former showing lr
Shelby.
There are 30 or more character*
in the play which is supervised by
Violet Thomas. A small admission
will be charged.
| F.D.R. Kin Dies |
Wsrran Delano Rabbin*
Warren Delano Robbins, cousin of
the President, and Minister to Can*
ada. who succumbed this week to
pneumonia.
Postal Employees
Banquet Attended
By 110 Carriers
Will Meet In July At Warn; Del
linker la Speaker; Quinn
Toastmauter.
More than 100 peroana were pres
ent at the quarterly meeting of the
Cleveland county nervine council ol
post«I employes In Belwood last
night. Shelby postmaster, J. H
Quinn was In charge of the meet
ing which was in the form of a
banquet. Registration was 110.
Officers for the new year were
elected and will take charge when
the council meets three month!
from now at Waco.
The officers are: J. H. Quinn
president: J. W. Lee,, vice president;
Fred E. Oreene, secretary. They
were all re-elected.
Feature addresses of the evening
were made to the gathering by W
L. Brown, postmaster at Waco and
David P. Dellinger of Llncolnton
Entertaining readings were giver
by Mrs. J. R. Peeler and Miss Nellie
Bess.
At the close of the meeting a
conference and open forum sesslor
was held for discussion of problem!
confronting service and delivery ol
mall by both rural and city car
riers.
Mooresboro Takes
On Number 3 Nine
Mooresboro's hard hitting team
and air-tight pitchers will tackle
the No; 3 baseball nine at Moores
boro Thursday afternoon when Pop
Simmon's team will be wanting re
venge for an earlier defeat.
Putnam will likely do the hurling
for Mooresboro.
Latttmore lost a second game t<
the Mooresboro lads yesterday bj
the count of 3-0, although Howlng
ton held the winners to a pair ol
hits. Lattimore got four hits ofl
Williams. Davis was good In thi
: outfield. McSwatn and Stock tor
were receivers.
Blanton Leads No. 3
To Beat Piedmonl
By a score of 2-1 the No. 3 hlgl
baseball players defeated the bat
ter^j and moundsmen from Pled
mont yesterday afternoon. Blantoi
and Sheehan were the hurlers. Bott
were touched for two hits each, bu
Blanton’s team was able on a cou
pie of miscues to garner an extri
run,
! Clyde R. Hoey Goes To Raleigh
And Predictions Are In Order
The No. 1 potential candidate for
governor of North Carolina, Shel
by’s Clyde R. Hoey, left for Raleigh
this morning on business—and
whether that business Included re
appraisal of the Mansion with a
view to occupancy Mr. Hoey de
clined to reveal.
But with the assembly drawing to
a close—maybe—the time is cer
tainly at hand when he will make
his announcement, one awy or the
other.
Adroit in parry and riposte with
newspaper fencers, who have for
months tried to pierce a chink in
his good-humored armor of eva
t:\pn. Clyde Ft. has been just, a
mum. so far as real informatioi
goes, with Shelby friends. Politic*
wise-acres pretend to know this ant
that, but their knowledge Is doubt
ful.
At any rate, word from Raleigh l
that his visit has significance, ant
that shortly afterward he may mak<
his announcement, possibly (no
probably) on his return to Shelby
One thing is certain: his visit tt
the capital will again stir a weltei
of interest in the coming race foi
the governorship, and many pre
dictions will be ready for week-enc
digestion.
Shelby Hospital
Will Get $7,407
In Duke Donation
New Record Is Set Up
For Charity Cases
543 P»tl<mte Received 7,407 Daya Of
Free Treatment Here At Coat
Of $3.17 For Each Day.
The Shelby hospital will receive
within a few days a check for $7.
407 from the Duke endowment, rep
rosen tin* a dollar a day for charity
caaea cared for here, and marking
a new record for this work.
Five hundred and forty-three pa
tients were treated, Idee Ula Mao
Nichols, superintendent, said.
The Duke endowment estimates
that it costs $3.27 each day for
charity patients, and reimburses the
hospital at the rat* ot on* dollar
a day for each case. The remaining
$2.17 must be borne locally,
Total Of $1MM
This donation brings to a total
of $ib,oso that the hospital has re*
calved from Duke In the past
twelvemonth. The dharlty ease do
nation represents work done tat 191$,
there whs a $850 gift fog equip
ment last summer, and this year, a
donation of $13,500 was made to
match the $10,000 Hatcher Webb
gift for a maternity ward.
Trustees of the Duke endowment
mot In Charlotte Tuesday and ap
propriated $966,894.06 to 108 hos
pitals and 46 orphans homes. The
hospitals received $858,180.
Others To Get Aid
It Is expected that 13 additional
hospitals will be assisted later,
which will bring the number of
hospitals aided with the care of
free patients at one dollar a day
during 1934 up to 118 and the total
contributions for this purpose when
made will be approximately $800,
000. This Is an average contribution
of more than $74100 a hospital.
More Free Patlente
In 1924, year before the Duke
endowment was created, this group
of non-profit hospitals numbered
48, and they averaged 500 free
patients a day. In 1934, the group
had increased 70 In number to
118. and they averaged more than
2,400 free patients per day, for
which the Duke endowment will
pay $2,400 a day, a gain of 1,900 In
the average number of free pa
tients.
School Finals
For Lattimore
Begin April 12
Finals for the Lattimore public
school have Just been released by
Prof. R. D. Arrowood, prinolpal.
Programs will begin April 13 and
graduation will be April 34.
Dr. J. E. Abernathy, of Forest
City, will preach the baccalaureate
sermon and Dr. R. W, Morrison of
the University of North Carolina
will make the closing address.
The program follows:
Friday, April 13th, elementary
program.
Tuesday, April 10, piano recital.
Thursday, April 18, declamation
and readers contest.
Sunday, April 31, baccalaureate
sermon, by Dr. J. JC- Abernathy of
Forest City.
Monday, April 33, class night.
Tuesday. April 23, senior play,
title, "The Whole Town’s Talking.**
Wednesday, April 24,- graduation
. exercises, address by Dr. Roy Mor
rison of University of N. C.
All events begin at 8 o’clock in
'the evening.
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Marshalls Chosen
At Shelby High
At a recent meeting of the Shelby
high school faculty the following
pupils were elected to serve as mar
shals for a year: Sophomores. Orady
Mauney. George Morgan, Edwin
Ford, Dorothy Greene, Dorothy
i Magness and Millicent Hicks; Jun
iors. Ralph Roberts. Richard Jones,
C. B. Poston, Jane Washburn, Ger
maine Gold and Ruby Morgan.
Marshals must have the following
1 qualifications: Average or above in
1 scholarship, neatness, attractiveness,
I good manners, good attitudes, de
. pendability, and pleasing personal
ity, according to Principal Aber
; nathy.
I The boys and girls Just elected
. succeed the following who have serv
, ed well during the past year: Sen
. lore, Robert Wilson, chief, Gaynell
i Duncan, Estelle Hicks, James Galll
■ more, Jeanette Beheler and Everett
• Cabines; Juniors. Ruth Byers. El
eanor Hoey, Louise Whitener, N. C.
Blanton, John Dorsey and James
Ervin.