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I "Call Phone 11 And Insert A Want Adv I" The Star For Result* S The MWMMO Ztak VOL. XU, No. 44 SIIELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 19155 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, per year, (in advance! _ ia.50 Carrier, per year, (in advance! _ |1 no County Youths Feted Jit Citizenship Meet; Erwin Chief Speaker ge«t Student Citizen* From 14 Schools Hon ied Bv Kiwanis; Education Director I. Speaker Launching one of the most significant moves for stress • tr good citizenship among students in schools of Cleveland 'untv, the Shelby Kiwanis Club last night entertained with •°Goo(i Citizenship program and dinner for boys and girls from the 14 high schools in lhf> county who have been voted the best citizens of their school. a pru-in KiinarirtLend- i ‘ ** — - eni of public instruction, was the speaker and declared that the move for stressing citizenship at this time was most significant. •In order to be of service in this complex and rapidly changing civ ilization of ours, the boys and girls of todat must be trained to adapt themselves quickly to the changes, and at the same time be firm enough to solve problems.” Mr. Er «;n declared himself “committed to the program of giving the children of North Carolina the kind of edu cation they need.” Must Train Men -Men must be trained in two ways ,as a specialist to meet the needs of one field, and broadly to include »11 social implications.” This was the first meeting of its kind ever held in the county and educational and civic leaders are ol the opinion that it will mean much to the 12,000 or more school children in Cleveland county schools today definitely shaping their am bitions towards being good citizens. Origin Of Idea County school leaders in the Schoolmasters club originated the idea of honoring in some way the leading citizens of each school unit in the county, and the Kiwanis club boys and girls committee decided to carry it out. Elections by popular vote have been held in all the schools and & boy and girl from each, along with the principal were invited to the meeting. The schools with their represrnta t ives follow: Representatives Boiling Springs: O. P. Hamrick, (Continued on page six.) Defeat Is Feared For Two P.C. Tax RALEIGH. April 12—Advocates c! a 2 per cent sales tax last night iea:eo they are slated to lose their fight by one vote or two if all 50( senators vote when the senate bal lots tomorrow on the Swaringen of Cabarrus amendment to cut the houie-voted sales tax rate from 3 to 3 ycr eenh “If Senators Johnson of Bun combe. Hamsey of Transylvania and Pawning of Swain, who won their fight 'o take the safes tax levy off Ivtelt rooms and boarding house rentalf, would stay with us, we *culd win with one or two votes to We, but it looks like a 26 to 24 vote against us,” sail a prominent •iiii-sales taxer tonignt. Carolina Celebrates Independence Vote Halifax Day, marking one of the Bost notable but largely forgotten 'vents in the history of North Car olina, is celebrated today. It commemorates the action of toe state congress on April 12, 1776, ® outhorizing delegates to the Continental Congress to occur in Mclaring independence from Eng ond. This was the first utterance or independence made by any of *e colonies. The date of April 12, 1776, is one w those on the state flag. Lio ns Give Dance For Playgrounds an aid to furthering the cau& “Public playgrounds in a materia " ■ Shelby Lions club will pui an informal public dance at th< Am! £harles next Friday night tjir ' f'lnds from which will b< eh r nVfr to the committee it fcSL.ofihte rivic Program. Sti.KK. -r u program, from - r,v!or and his orchestr cnoir w iii furnish the music Cloudy Saturday fc. forecast for North Ca nor,h»Rf“n' n°t quite so cold pan v D°rtt0n ****>'• Sftturi CinCl0Udy with rising tempe "est and central portioi fotton. Totton T* —-V—- 11 t# 11 Cf.o0 ^ rar ton . » seed, wagon, ton_$3' Nature Class Beautiful scenes like the above are common nowadays In certain parts of California, as Santa Maria botany students study flowers in the open fields. These fair botanists hope their efforts will aid in the nation wide move tor conservation of wild flowers. Soil Erosion Here To Be Combatted By CCC Projects Camp For Cleveland County Ap proved By Forestry Division; Site Not Yet Picked. A Civilian Conservation Corps camp for Cleveland county, with 200 young men to work on soil erosion projects, has been approved by the state forestry division, Robert W. Shoffner, former county farm agent, announced today. Two federal engineers were here last week and also put their stamp of approval on the project, he said. Look For Appropriation No word has been received, how ever, on when or where the camp will be started, this depending largely on what appropriation is available for this kind of work in the state. Cleveland farmers have received the idea enthusiastically, he said, and will co-operate. CCC workers will build out-lets and do terrac ing and ditching, as well. as refor estation work for farmers who .show, they are willing to co-operate with themselves. Location of the camp, Mr. Shoff ner pointed out, is not of extreme | importance to the county, since trucks w’ill be used to transport the boys to and from the scenes of their labors. Taxing Extention Provided in Bill Passed by House Measure By Gardner Gives Power Both City And Town Would Have Authority Of Extension On Foreclosures. (Special to The Star.) RALEIGH, April 12.—The house Of representatives on Wednesday passed under a suspension of the rules a bill introduced by Ernest Gardner on tax foreclosure suits In Cleveland county and extending the time of the sheriff’s sale for 1934 taxes. The bill was sent to the sen ate. The text of the bill is as follows: “Section 1. That in all tax fore closure suits in Cleveland county, If it shall appear to the court that It is necessary to make additional parties to said action, in order to include all lien holders and other parties interested in the property asked to be sold under said tax foreclosure suit, and if it shall ap pear to the court that said tax fore closure suit was orginally brought or filed Within the time allowed by law against the person in whose name said property was listed for taxation, then the court shall have full power and authority at any time prior to the final judgment in said action to order that any per son, firm, or corporation, who may be interested, as lien holder or otherwise, in the property about to be foreclosed, be made a party to said action, and upon the service of lawful summons upon said per son, firm or corporation, the final judgment of the court shall be as binding upon such person, firm, 'or corporation as if he or it had been a party at the time the action was originally filed. “Section 2. That none of the pro visions of chapter five hundred and sixty of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty three relating to or limiting the amount of cost and expenses to be charged against the taxpayer or the property foreclosed shall apply to Cleveland county or any municipal ity located therein. "Section 3. That the board of commissioners of Cleveland county or the governing board of any city or town in said county shall have the authority to extend the time for the foreclosure of tax certificates for the years one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two and one thousand nine hundred and thirty three to each time as they may see fit: Provided, the time for said foreclosure is not extended beyond December first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. “Section 4. That the board of commissioners of Cleveland county or the governing board of any city or town in said county may order the sale of land for delinquent taxes due for the year one thous and nine hundred and thirty-four, to be held on the first Monday of any month after the first Monday in June, one thousand nine hun dred and thirty-five: Provided, (Continued on page six.) Fallston Student Gets Fellowship Talmadge Hoyle Lee, of Fallston has just been notified of his elec tion for a teaching fellowship in mathematics at the University of North Carolina for next year. The fellowship carries payment of all tuition as well as a stipend of $500, and work done in that field will lead toward a doctors degree. Mr. Lee was graduated from Wake Forest two years ago, having made straight A marks all the way through, and one of the best rec ords ever made there in mathemat ics. His junior college work was done at Mars Hill. He has been teaching near Elizabeth City since graduation. State Has No Three Millions For FERA, Declares Governor RALEIGH. April 12—Governor Ehringhaus said yesterday that "Harry L. Hopkins, federal emerg ency relief director, can ask North Carolina for $3,000,000 for relief purposes during the fiscal year be ginning July 1. but getting it is go ing to be a different matter. “I have read Mr. Hopkins an nouncement,” the governor said. I do not believe that he has forgot ten my conversation with him in regard to this matter, but if he has, I am ready to meet him on those grounds again. I have told him that North Carolina has no reason to contribute any such amount for re lief purposes. The slate already is contributing far more than her share." The governor called attention to the fact that $1,500,000 has been in cluded in the appropriations bill for each year of the coming fiscal biennium, ear-marked for unem ployment relief work on the state and county highway systems. “I see no reason to increase that amount, and I will be glad to meet Mr. Hopkins and tell him so.” the chief executive asserted. "I do not | think there will be any difficulty about this. I think his demands will I be reduced." Lobbying Miners Sleep In Senate When 500 Saginaw valley miners came to Lansing, Michigan state capital, to lobby for passage of a bill compelling use of Michigan mined coal in state institutions, they slept on the floor and on divans in the state senate chamber. Sentell Death Sentence Sustained by High Court Shelby Man Get* 60 Day* Stay A* Governor Grant* Reprieve; Due To Die In Chair On July 12 The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday dis missed the appeal of Louis Sentell from, a death sentence mposed here, automatically seting the date of his execution it April 26. Governor Ehringhaus, however, has granted a 30-day reprieve in order to study the case, which now sets 118 death date at July iz. Sentell was sentenced to die In the electric chair for the murder of Mrs. William Drake—the girl known here as Florence Jones—-whom he fired at twice with a shotgun on Feb. 15, 1934. Grimly poetic justice had decreed'that he was to die on Feb. 15, 1935, on the anniversary of his deed, but notice of appeal by his attorney, William Breese, of Brevard, postponed his fate Chief Justice" W. P. Stacy wrote the opinion “without discovering any error on the face of the rec ord." The court held that the appeal had not been perfected, and It wai therefore dismissed on motion b; the attorney general. All that stands in the way of exe cution for Louis Sentell now is exe' cutive clemency. It is believed thai the Governor will be asked for t commutation to life imprisonment. Sontell’s murder of his allegec (Continued on page six.) Kings Mountain Postoffice Sale Ratified by Assembly Mrs. McSwain, Resident Of Zoar, Succumbs At 83 Funeral Services This Afternoon In Church She Attended For More Than Half A Century. Mrs. W. H. McSwain, 83, of the Zoar community, died in the Shel by hospital early Thursday morning, suffering from a broken leg injured in a fall about two weeks ago. She had been in failing health for the past eight years. Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 4* o'clock at the Zoar Baptist church, of which she had been a member for more than 50 years, with the Rev. J. W. Sut tle, the Rev. Rush Padgett, and the Rev. Gordon Watson officiating. Burial will be at the church. Attended Old School Mrs. McSwain, who was Miss Harriett Weaver before her mar riage in 1879, was the daughter of Joseph Weaver and Lucinda Saun ders. She was born at Zoar, near her present home, and attended the old log school conducted by the church. Her husband, lour children, 23 grandchildren and two great grand children survive. The children are Mrs. W. Y, Mc Murry of route 3, Kings Mountain; Mrs. John W. Gantt, route 3, Shel by; Mrs. M W, Owens of Shelby, and Burton McSw'ain, route 2, Shel by. Faithful Church Member Mrs. McSwain had been a faith ful member of her church for more than half century since she joined it, and was held in great affection not only by members of the com munity in which she passed a use ful life, but by a wide circle of friends throughout Cleveland coun ty. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, April 12.—The genera assembly Wednesday ratified th< bill to permit the mayor and com missioners of Kings Mountain t< sell the city hall and lot on whlct it is located. The object of this local legisla tion was to obtain a governmen’ building in Kings Mountain, It be ing the plan to sell the city hall and possibly the Presbyteriai church to the government for a pos office site. Post office Inspectors have al ready made surveys In Kings Moun tain. He said that he would rec ommend to his department that i government building be erected ir Kings Mountain. Star’s Caster Tabloid Appears In Monday Issue The Star’s first tabloid sectloi will appear in Monday’s issue, be ing a supplement to the regula edition of the paper and devotei to Easter fashions. Men’s and ladle* ready-to-wear, spring and summe styles of furniture and electric re frlgeration will be featured in th< section. One thousand or more extri ; copies of the Easter Fashion sup jplement will be printed and dis I tributed through the merchant | who have so generously co-operated A full complement of reading mat i ter will describe the fashions ii I wearing apparel and furniture Cleveland county merchants ar showing the latest in these lines am carry in stock many of the item illustrated. Work Is Renumed On FERA Projecti The eight FERA projects h Cleveland county, Including th Shelby paving and rock crushlni work, which were halted Wednes day when state headquarters failei to receive confirmation of fund ! frem Washington, were re-startei j Thursday. i Direct relief was ' also resumed. Clyde Hoey Will Announce Plans Within Fortnight To Say Ye* Or No At Legislature’s End Returns Prom Raleigh Followed By Reports That Candidacy hi Considered Certain. Clyde R. Hoey, returning from Raleigh thin morning, said that he would announce a* soon as the leg islature adjourned whether he was to be or not to be a oandldate for governor. Simultaneously, word came from Raleigh that the lmpressoln he made there t^as that he most emphatical ly would be a candidate. Mr. Hoey did not confirm this—but It Is fair enough to report that he looked happy and pleased with political prospects. Graham To Ran The candidacy of Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham Is now regarded as definite, although he has made no formal announce ment. John A. McRae, Charlotte attorney, announced his candidacy about ten days ago. And Congress man Robert L. Doughton, chair man of the house ways and means committee, completes the political picture. His candidacy Is In doubt. He Is expected to wait until at least the legislature adjourns, and may delay his announcement until congress ends Its session. No surprise, of course, attached to confirmation of the report that Mr. Hoey Is to announce his Inten tions at the close of the legislature. He has for months let It be known that this would be his move, but until today he never made a defi nite statement. Other Prospects Others known to be toying with the Idea of seeking the Democratic nomination for governor are T. Le roy Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, Judge Wilson Warllck, of Newton, Thomas L. Johnson, of Asheville, Senator John 8prunt Hill, of Durham, Jul ian Price of Greensboro, and sev eral others. But It Is regarded as i very doubtful If any of these will ’ actually make the race. Democrats Name Lincoln Ticket LINCOLNTON, April 13.—Demo crats of Llncolnton met In the court house here Wednesday night and nominated a ticket to be en tered In the town election May 7. Those nominated were: E. M. Brown for mayor, and Frank Arm strong. Plato Miller, David War Uck and H. W. RudlalU for aider men. B. J. Ramsaur was nominat ed as candidate for the school board. The Democratic ticket will be op posed by a Citizens' ticket which , was named at a mass meeting Sat urday night. The Citizens’ ticket is: B. C. Llneberger for mayor; Paul Rhodes, Floyd Corrihcr, Dew ey Hoyle and Ira Cline for alder ' men; M. 8. Beam for school board. Mrs. Hartigan Begins As Organist Again Jack Hartigan continues to show . great improvement at his home in i Charlotte, which Is reassuring ln t formation to his many friends here He and Mrs. Hartigan will move tc Shelby on Monday, April 16, and will be located at 925 North Wash ington street after that dale. The duties of organist at Central Meth odist church have been resumed bj Mrs. Hartigan, and she will be at ! her post of duty regularly hereaft er. Cliffside Principal Killed, Five Pupils Hurt In Car Wreck Funeral Of R. L. Leary Will Be Held Satur* day; Two Hendrick Children Have Grandmother Living Here Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at U o’clock at Cliffside Baptist church for R. L. Leary, Cliffside high school principal who was killed near Troy in Montgom ery county yesterday morning when five students he was carrying to Chapel Hill to participate in a debate, wete also • ———- in in f.wl Predicts Dole Rax ford G. Tug wall Declaring that the nation's indus tries could produce as much now as in 1920 with 20 per cent fewer workers, Roxford G. Tugwcll, above, assistant secretary of agri culture, asserted that teehnologi il unemployment is here to say hen he recently spoke at Roch ' ester, N. Y. Homestead Plans Pushed Forward; Surveys Are Made To Make Elaborate Report On Possibilities Of Two County Rehabilitation Project. Five hundred destitute families given another chance In the econ omic world with 15 to 20 acres of farm land apiece, a good house, and the backing of the federal government—that's the picture Cleveland county commissioners, civic and educational workers see In the proposed twin-county re habilitation center near Kings Mountain. Looking toward Inducing the government to purchase approxi mately 9,000 acres of land, lying partly In Gaston, partly in Cleve land, both counties are sponsoring elaborate and careful surveys at the request of the FERA. Educational agricultural and health experts are looking over the prospects, and will soon make their report. While they go about these large (Continued on page six.) ; Retiring County Agent Grateful For Co-operation Of Citizens R. W. Shoifner, who has Just resigned as county agent for Cleve land county and who is this week taking up his work as state direc tor of the agricultural division of the TV A has just released a state ment thanking the people of the county for their past co-operation. The statement follows: • ; “I regret very much that It be 5 comes necessary that I leave Cleve land county as county agent. I am not leaving the county for the fact that I am disinterested in work or j the people; I love the work of coun ty agent—and especially with the i people of Cleveland county—'more ) than anything I have ever done in E my life. This promotion that I ■ have Just received comes from the 1 extension service of North Carolina i in connection with the T. V. A. serv I Ice of this state of which I will stHl I be an employee of the extension (service as I am at this time. I am going in the capacity of farm man agement supervisor of the exten sion service of North Carolina in the T. V. /i area. "I want to express my sincere appreciation to each anti every cit izen of Cleveland county who has given me his fullest support and cooperation in these six years that I have been here. I have tried to do my very best in rendering a serv ice unbiased to everyone, regardless of color or wealth. 1 feel very much indebted to the people of Cleveland county for the great support they have given me which has been shown in sentiment and material ways; and at any time in the fu ture that my service can be of any assistance to the people of this county, I shall be more than glad to render this. “I want to ask your fullest sup port to the great work of agricul ture in the county to our new agent who is succeeding me.'* Mr. Leary a native of Oleve antl county but his parents now ive near Oreenwood, S. O. He was 13 yw*r« of age and was president >f the Men's Evangelistic club of tils town. Surviving are his par 5»>t* and his wife who before mar riage was Miss Gertrude Jones, u teacher, Hendrick Children Hart Elizabeth and Harry Hendrick, children of Maurice Hendrick, sup erintendent of the Cltffside Mills and grandchildren of Mrs. Frank V. Hendrick, Sumter street, Shelby were among the injured. Elisabeth has a broken pelvis bone and Harry sustained cuts in the head. Howard Talbert, Grace Scruggs and David Colvin were other students in the Cltffside car who were injured, but not seriously. Hold Beer Truck Driver Principal Leary was driving lin ear with his debating team of stu dents when It collided with a beer truck. Jesse Dun.son, of Winter Haven, Fla., driver of the truck, was detained for several hours while of ficers investigated the collision, but he was released last night without charges having been preferred against him. Leary was graduated from Fur man university with the class of 1929 and prior to becoming princi pal at Cltffside had held positions in Ward, 8. C. high school and with the Bplndale schools. Before going to Cliffslde last November, Mr. Leary had been principal of tins Splndale elementary school and had taught for three years in the Rutherford-Spindale high school. Judge Webb Heart Big Damage Suits CHARLOTTE, April la.—Two damage suite, each alleging $25,000 damages, are scheduled lor trial to day in United States district court, now in session at the Federal build ing, with Judge E. Y. Webb of Shelby presiding. Mrs. Bessie D. Partridge Is seek ing that amount In alleged damages from the Southern Public Utilities company. Her complaint declares she was injured November 18, 1933, at Hawthorne Lane and East Fifth street when she alighted from a street car owned and operated by the Utilities company. In the other lawsuit, B. A. Llngle seeks a similar amount In alleged damages from the Southern Rail way system and Thomas Ollmore, Southern railway engineer, as a re sult of Injuries his complaint de clares were suffered by him on April 8, 1934, near Harrisburg, be tween Charlotte and Concord Sterchi Bros. Lease Building In Gastonia GASTONIA, April 11.—Through a deal consummated here this aft ernoon, Sterchi Brothers’ Stores, Inc., one of the south's largest fur niture concerns, with headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn., acquired a lease for a term of years on a large building on Main street here, the property of W. W. Olenn of Lin colnton and Gastonia. The building, near the square, has a 55-foot frontage on Main street, and is 150 feet deep, with a basement 50x50. The building will be completely remodeled at once, and it Is planned to open the Sterchi store in OEs tonia by May 1. Goodson To Guide Carlton Mills Nine Bill Goodson. coach of Shelby high school athletics and manager last summer of the Textile league champions of the Carlton Mills at Cherryville, was yesterday unani mously re-elected and will direct the activities of the club again this year. Goodson handles his team from second base, and will devote his full time this summer to the team. Other players on the Cherryville team are Floyd Beal, Everette Car penter. John Houston. Quinn, Ralph Seism, Joe Sisk. Monroe Randle. Lloyd Crain and Frank Franklin.
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