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SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 19.95 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Senators Decline
Dinner Table Tax
But Levy On Gas
Exempt Foods But Hit
Filling Stations
idjourn With Revenue Measure Up
jl .*00,000. hut Thrown Back to
First Reading.
(Special to The Star)
RALEIGH. April 19.—The Senate
yesterday refused to tax the dinner
table to support the government, but
did deride to levy on chain filling
stations and hotel rooms to increase
thf revenue bill by $1,800,000, there
by tossing that disputed measure
bar* on its first reading.
The upper house declined to
dtrike out the sales tax exemption
on any of the nine basic food items
and stopped work with the money
bill about $3,141,000 short of allot
ments made by the appropriations
measure.
Protest Hotel Tax
The new tax on chain filling sta
tions is estimated to raise about
$300,000 a year, and the levy on ho
tel room rentals is estimated to bring
in about $295,000 annually, accord
ing to Commissioner of Revenue A.
J Maxwell.
Senator Johnson of Buncombe,
No. 1 tourist county of the state,
fought the hotel room tax, declar
ing it would drive visitors away, but
his piea was Icwt by a vote of 22 t,o
17.
Cut Car Licenses.
During a seven-hour session, the
house of representatives yesterday
passed on second reading a bill to
reduce to 40 cents per hundred
weight the levy for auto licenses by
amending a senate measure, and
sent to the senate a • measure to
make more uniform the state’s traf
fic laws.
The lower chamber also sent to
the senate a bill calling for a pro
hibitory tax of 10 cents a pound on
oleomargarine containing imported
ingredients, and passed, 52 to 18, a
bill to rescind a recently adopted
resolution requesting congress to
eliminate the cotton processing tax.
An administration-sponsored bill
to validate PWA bonds issued by
municipalities to finance projects
entered into through the federal ad
ministrator of public works was also
passed and sent to the senate.
Pass Slot Machine BilL
Following the passage of the om
nibus justices-of-the-peace bill, the
house debated at length before
passing on second reading a meas
ure that would legalize “skill” slot
machines in the state and permit
North Carolina firms to re-assemble
»nd rebuild coin-taking machines
for distribution in other states.
The lower division amendment to
the auto license tag bill reduces the
levy five cents on the hundred
weight. from 45 to 40 cents, and
provides a minimum of $7 instead
uf $9. The present rate Is 55 cents
with s minimum of $12.50.
The uniform traffic law would
sllow vehicles up to 96 inches In
width, already a law in 46 of the
states, to use highways not desig
nated as "light traffic” roads by the
state highway commission. The pres
et legal width is 90 inches.
Hogpitaal Nurses
To See Free Show
ITie Webb theatre Is admitting the
nurses at the Shelby hospital, 25 or
In number, complimentary to
sh°w this afternoon and evening
“ an Raster treat. At the organiza
10n of the hospital auxiliary re
Wntlv Mrs. D. W. Royster was ap
pointed chairman of a social com
initter and has made arrangements
ith w. h. Webb, manager of the
“)eatre. for admissions to today’s
ow f-s its first offering in enter
tainment for the nurses,
th* management of the Carolina
j Patre has for sometime been giv
J eomphmentary admission to
e ho'A each month to the nurse
a ing the highest scholastic aver
?e curing the month. This cour
Mt i , befn PXtended to the hos
. * lor sometime prior to the or
Mtion ot the hospital auxil
T^ikes Over Reins
New County Agent
12 to 13c
... 540.00
... $37.00
Resigns
One hundred four names of high
school seniors in the Shelby and
Kings Mountain high schools have
just, been submitted by officials ol
the two schools. These young mer
and women are scheduled to be
graduated at commencement exer
cises in the two city school units
next month.
Shelby has 71 seniors and Kings
Mountain 33 aspirants for diplo
mas. Shelby school will close or
May 10 while the Kings Mountair
school will close a week later. Cap
tain B. L. Smith and B. N. Barne;
are superintendents respectively ol
the units. Walter Abernethy and S
F. Biggerstaff are principals.
Following are the submitted lists:
Shelby
Will Arey, jr.. Marion Bass, Jean
ette Beheler, Harold Bettis, Fran
ces Blanton, Kathryn Blanton, Rat
Blanton, Jean Bost, Ruby Bridges
Charles Broadway, Kathryn Buice
Everette Cabiness, DeWey Cabiness
J. D. Cash, Anna Coble, Lyle Col
lins, Jeff Connor. Roy Lee Connor
Maurine Davis, Mary Lou Dedmon
Paul H. Dover, Gaynelle Duncan
Howard Ervin, Martha Eubanks
Pansy Fetzer, Thomas Fetzer, James
Gallimore, Inez Gaskey, Clyde Ham
rick, Margaret Hamrick, O. V. Ham
rick. jr., Estelle Hicks, Marietta
Hoyle, Hill Hudson, Elizabeth Jack
son, Viola Jackson, Helen Sue
Kendrick, Marie King, Willis Lowe
Louise Lybrand, Nancy McGowan
Jack McKee, Ellie McKinney, Mary
McLarty, Kathleen Mauney, Virginia
Mintz, Mary Rachel Parks, Kathleen
Phillips, C. B. Putnam, Louise
Ramsaur, Dorothy Roberts, Ben
Hill Rushin, Curtis Sanders, John
Keith Shull, Elizabeth Shytle, Clar
ence Smith, Marlyn Smith, David
Spangler, Margaret TV'dder, Rob
ert Toms, Ruth Lee Toms, Gladys
Waddell, Woodrow Wilson Wall
Woodrow Wall, Rufus Weathers
Clyde Williams, Lydia Williams
Catherine Wilson, Helen Wilson
Robert Wilson, Walter Wilson.
Kings Mountain
J. R. Bridges, Vernon Crosby
Morton Elkin. Bryan Ellison, Free
Finger, Henry Ford, J. D. Hullender
J. W. Jenkins. Clyde McSwain
Theodore Thornburg, Billie Weir
James White, Hanscom Wilson
Frances Allen. Pauline Ballard
Louise Bell, Louise Bracket, Sara
Collins. Jeanette Crawford, Sara
Mae Falls, Martha Herndon, Dor
othy Hord, Lois Houser. Ruby Hugh
es, Virl Hull. Evelina Kennedy, Lula
Logan, Wilma Long, Ruth McGill
Ruth Miller, Juanita Putnam. Kath
leen Randall. Sadie Kennedy.
Dr. J. L. Jenkins
Resigns As Head
Of Junior College
Has Been In Office
Three Years
Gives Reason As Pressing Church
Work; Successor Not Vet
Named.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins, president of
the Boiling Springs junior college
for the last three years, announced
his resignation today naming as
the cause his heavy and pressing
church work.
President Jenkins declared that
he offered his resignation to the
board of trustees three months ago
but as yet it has not been accepted.
Dr, Jenkins went on to say that he
was not resigning due to any con
flict or weakening of the college
but because of his heavy pastorage,
which made the load too heavy and
which necessitated his giving up
one of the jobs.
Dr. Jenkins accepted the presi
dency of the college three years ago
when it was sinking deeply and
rapidly. During his term of office
the college has risen steadily; the
enrollment being more than double
its enrollment three years ago. En
rollment the first year of his presi
dency was 58 and this year it
reached 120. Also, students have
come from a wider territory.
When Dr. Jenkins accepted the
office it was with an understand
ing with the board of trustees that
the position would be more or less
temporary. Too, for the past few
months he has been acting in the
capacity of both president and dean
of the college.
J. H. Quinn, chairman of the
board of trustees, said this morn
ing that a successor has not been
named for Dr. Jenkins, but that
several would be considered at the
next meeting of the board.
Both he and Dr. Jenkins were
very optimistic about plans for next
year. It is understood that within
the last few weeks a substantial
amount has been added to the en
dowment of the college, although
the donor or the amount cannot be
revealed just now.
Dr. Jenkins is the third president
of the college since Boiling Spring!
high school was converted into s
junior college in the year 1928-29
Dr. J. B. Davis was president for a
year and was succeeded by Dr
Zeno Wall, he being followed by
Dr. Jenkins.
In addition to presidential duties
the well known minister has beer
serving three churches at the same
\time, Boiling Springs full time. New
I Hope and Mt. Sinai part time.
Alleged Assault
Brings 5 Months
And A $25 Fine
A jail sentence of five months,
which would be suspended upon
payment of costs and a fine of $25
j was imposed by Judge Bynum E.
IWeathers in recorder’s court this
| morning on H. D. Guinn who was
I charged with assault in the recent
Eton mill strike outbreak.
Guinn took an appeal for ap
pearance at the July term of su
perior court and his bond was set
at $300.
This was the last of the cases in
which violence was alleged to have
ocurred when several picketeers were
arrested last week.
Lowell Devinny and Odus Towery
of Polkville were charged with lar
ceny of the Stanley store at Polk
ville. Probable cause was shown
and found and the two bound over
under a $500 bond. They were al
leged to have been in the act of
forcing an entrance with bolt clip
Ipers, wire cutters or some devices
; when they were frightened away by
|c. T. Stamey, manager of the Polk
vi’le branch of the Stamey com
pany.
A few other minor cases were
quickly disposed of earlier in the
day.
Unique Way Of Killing Fryers
Introduced In Recorders Court
A, brand new method of killing,
dressing, and preparing chickens for
market was introduced to the gen
eral public in recorder's court this
morning in evidence brought out
against Olin Ysrboro who was
charged with stealing and killing
five frying sized chickens of Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Stroup of Waco.
The method introduced was to
take the young fryer, pierce its
brain through the roof of the mouth
with an ice pick or some such sharp
instrument which would kill the
chicken positively and satisfactor
ily, but at the same time would
keep the fowl from bleeding I hey
would then be dressed and deliver
ed to hotels or customers, weighing
more than they should.
Four chickens, said to be killed
in such a manner were found close
to a woodshed of Yarboro and
another live fryer was found on his
premises Hie two families live
about 150 yards apart. Some sus
picion was cast on some dogs own
ed by the Stroup’s sons, but no evi
dence was Introduced to prove that
they had ever killed any chickens.
Mr. Stroup showed three of the
chickens in court, the live one and
two of the dead ones, and showed
the sharp marks in their mouth.
(Continued on page ten.)
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‘^ke Spirit of ffast&ilide
"Join all ye bright celestial choirs, to sing our risen Lord." Lilies,
and rays of morning sunlight playing through stained glass windows
on the cherubic, upturned face of little Billie Lee, capture the.beauty
and symbolism of Easter as the lad’s voice rises in .the joyous "Christ
the Lord is risen today. Hallelujah!"
Shelby Choirs Will Sing
Joyful Anthems for Easter
To Raise Voices In Cantatas, Vesper Services
And Special Programs Marking Day
Of The Resurrection
Choiresters in Shelby churches will raise their voices
Sunday morning in the most joyful anthems of the church
year, music celebrating the Resurrection of the Christ.
Assembly Passes
Civil Docket Bill
For Special Term
Gardner Measure Provides Sessions
Here Late In May And Early
In September.
The general assembly has rati
fied two bills offered by Represen
tative Ernest Gardner dealing with
terms of Superior court in Cleve
land county.
One of them provides for an ad
ditional two Weeks’ term for civil
cases starting the second last two
Mondays in May. The oth|r pro
vides for one week for trial of civil
cases starting the second Monday
in September and Immediately pre
ceding a regular term starting the
third Monday of that month.
Criminal Calendar
Still another bill offered by Gard
ner has already become law. It pro
vided for a calendar for criminal
cases, a move designed to avoid de
lay and expense in these cases by
informing attorneys and witnesses
before hand on what day their case
is to be called.
"Dockets crowded” is a phrase so
over-worked with terms of Super
ior court here that it has virtually
lost its meaning, but the instance
of the civil cases show a docket
overcrowded since last September,
the last time a regular session was
devoted to them.
An unusual number of criminal
cases, involving murder and barn
burning, has shoved the civil docket
aside for five months.
Williams Mayes, 56,
Is Victim of Stroke
William Mayes, 56, a substantial
farther of route 2, Kings Mountain,
fell dead of a stroke at his home
yesterday morning. Funeral services
are being conducted this afternoon
at 3 o'clock at Mount Pleasant, with
Rev. Mr. Black of Bessemer City,
in charge.
He leaves three girls and one boy
at home, and has three sons who
are employed on the Mike Bor
ders place. His wife died about a
year ago.
ah oi u»e uptown cnurcnes an
| nounced special programs. Evening
1 programs devoted exclusively to
mulsic will be offered by the nrst
Baptist and the Methodist churches.
Baptist Program
The Baptist church will present
a cantata, "Victory Divine," by J.
Christopher Marks, beginning at
7:45. The program follows:
I Part 1: "In the Garden,” bass
solo, H. C. Seefeldt; male chorus,
"Sir, We Remember"; bass solo,
Dr. B. M. Jarrett; tenor solo, E. B.
Hill, with choir; chorus, "The Sky
Is Dark”; soprano solo, "He Was
Wounded,” Mrs. Grady Lovelace;
chorus, a capella, “God So Loved
jthe World.”
j Part 2: “The Earthquake,” bass
| recitative, "Behold There Was a
Great Earthquake,” Mr. Seefeldt;
soprana solo and chorus, “It Is the
Hour of Morning,” Mrs. Ben Suttle;
tenor solo, “My Heart in Terror
Throbs," E. B. Hill; Air, “The Sav
ior Doth Not Hear My Cry,” Miss
Minnie Eddins Roberts and choir.
Part 2: At the Tomb: organ, Mrs.
Hugh Plaster; soprano solo, “As It
Began at Dawn,” Mrs. Charles Aus
1 tell; duet, Mrs. Austell and Miss
'Roberts; solo and chorus, “And as
j They Went,” Dr. Jarrett and choir;
jduet, “By Gift of Love," Mrs. Love
and Mr. Hill; finale, “Death Is
Swallowed Up," choir.
Special Sunday School
Sunday school begins at 9:30, and
a special effort will be made to
have 1,100 childrep present on this
occasion. At the 11 o'clock service.
Dr. Wall will preach on “The Real
ity of Jesus.” The anthem will be
"Hosannah.” by Granler-Adams,
Miss Minnie Eddins Roberts will be
heard in a solo number.
Central Methodist
At the Methodist church, a spe
cial service will be held today (Fri
day) from 2 to 3 p. m. Church
school will be held Sunday morn
ing as usual at 9:45, and special
music will be furnished at the 11
o'clock service, at which an adult
class will be received into the
church. The choral service will be
held in the evening, at 7:30, with
the full choir under the direction
of Miss Nettie Rayle. There will be
no evening sermon.
Evening Program
The choirs of the Central Meth
odist will present their Easter pro
gram at 7:30 p. m., with Miss Nettie
I
(Continued on page unn
Pilot To Unleash
Millions In State
For FHA Building
Boom Possibility Seen
For Cleveland
Will Lend Up To SI6.00A for Now
Construction; Monthly Re
payment Basil.
The possibility o( a building boom
In Cleveland county during the
next 80 days was envisioned tills
morning by C. R. Webb, general
agent for the Pilot Life Insurance
company, with the announcement
that his company had been approv
ed by the Federal Housing admin
istration as mortgagee in Nortli
Carolina, to make loans immediately
for refinancing and new construc
tion.
Mr. Webb sees the probability of
35 new houses being built ip Shelby
during the next two months.
20 Yean To Pay
Through the Pilot company, there
will be placed in circulation through
out the state between ten and fif
teen million dollars. The company
will be permitted to make loans up
to 80 per cent of the appraised
value with a maximum limit of 30
years in which to repay. The maxi
mum for loans is $16,000.
These loans will be handled
through Dr. J. S. Dorton. chairman
of the Cleveland County Better
Housing campaign. Mr. Webb offers
the facilities of his company for
assistance and information to ap
plicants.
Encourage New Building
This plan is not intended to take
care of distress cases and does not
Include re-financing homes already
built. Its primary purpose is to en
courage construction of new homes.
An application for a loan for new
conatructoln is to be accompanied
by an architect's or contractor's
specifications, which will be exam
ined In the FHA offices in Ashe
ville. During the period of con
struction, FHA inspectors will make
several examinations.
Pay By The Month
Thu loans will be without brok
erage or life Insurance and will be
placed on a monthly basis, the pay
ments to Include Interest and
amortization charges, taxes, assess
ments and fire insurance premiums.
They are to be made at the rate
of five and one-half per cent, or
five per cent, depending upon the
classification.
Loans will be handled promptly,
Mr. Webb said, and money will be
placed in the hands of applicants
within two weeks.
Lucius Y. Randall
Succumbs At 66;
Funeral Saturday
Cleveland Man, Manufacturer And
Inventor, Operated Foundry
In Gaffney. S. C.
Lucius Y. Randall. 68. Inventor
and manufacturer of cotton mill
appliances at his foundry in Gaff
ney, S. C., died at his home in
Cleveland county, near Gaffney,
this morning at 12:10. His death
was caused by cancer.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday at his home, conducted by
Rev. J. N. Wise of Shelby and Rev.
Henry Stokes of Blacksburg, S. C.
Burial will be at Sulphur Springs.
Mr. Randall, who was born and
reared in this county, was widely
known here, and was a first cousin
of Capt. Frank Roberts of Shelby,
He leaves twin boys, nine years
old, two brothers and one sister.
Mrs. Randall died about four year*
ago. The sister Is Mrs. E. V. Surratt
of Blacksburg and the brothers, B.
O. and John A. Randall, both of
Cleveland county.
Barger Brothers Get
Hospital Contract;
Four Bids Submitted
Enlargement, Without Equipment, Will Cost
Approximately $30,000 When Completed;
Work To Start Soon
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Barker Brothers, contracting firm of Mooresville, re
ceived the contract yesterday for the addition to the Shelby
Hospital at a low bid of $22,630. Four bids were submitted
Easter Business
Is Reported Good
WIUi «lorn crowded yester
day and today aa a prelude to
Easter, Shelby merchants re
ported unusual business, and
were prepared to rare for many
more customers Saturday.
A notable spurt In Spring
buying has been noted, leading
merchants aald, In all depart
ments.
City Quarry Gives
Stone To Surface
Streets In Shelby
.10 Workers Resume Task Of
Spreading Hprfaee In Rrau
monde Terrace.
About 30 FERA laborers under
the direction of Robert Hord re
sumed work this morning on spread
ing crushed rock on streets in Beau
monde Terrace.
They arc working on the Ctly
FERA project which will ultimately
surface 18 miles of unpaved city
streets with stone supplied by the
city quarry.
Buys Equipment
To provide this stone, the city
1 has purchased between six and
seven thousand dollars worth of
equipment, Including a crusher, air
compressor, drills, and trucks. The
quarry provides about SO yards of
stone a day on the present schedule,
and has already yielded about 150,
000 yards.
This Is spread on the streets four
to five inches thick. It will be roll
ed smooth later.
Mayor McMurry said this morn
ing that no plans are ready yet for
paving these crushed stone streets
with asphalt, although this Is the
intention of the city when possible.
Receive Blanks
For C. M. T. Camp
* Dr. A. Pitt Beam who has served
for a number of years as chairman
of the Citizens Military Training
camp for Cleveland county, has
received application blanks for those
who wiRh to take the training this
year. The county's allotment is
i fourteen young men, preference to
be given to those who have had
! previous training. Enrolment is
from August 6th to Sept. 15th. Ap
plication blanks may now be had
r at Dr. Beam’s office.
Invite Legionnaires
i To Meet Commander
i Members of the American Legion
who wish to meet the national com
> mander, Prank Belgrano, are in
. vlted by Everett Houser, 8helby
i commander, to be at the post office
; Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Com
. mander Belgrano will pass through
’ Shelby between that time and 11:15,
stopping here for five minutes.
He Stole 20 Cents Worth of Gas,
Bat His Court Costs Came to $65
What a criminal court calendar
will mean here is illustrated In a
case cited this morning by William
Osborne, deputy clerk of the Super
ior Court.
A defendant was arrested on a
charge of stealing a gallon of gaso
line. He was released on bond. His
ease thus not being a "jail case,"
and with more important matters
on the last three dockets, It was
passed up by three terms of crimi
na’. court. Finally, It was disposed
of under Judge Don Phillips, the de
fendant being fined $25 and costs.
These costs included one witness
who turned In a bill of $26, having
sat through all the terms of court,
every day, not knowing when the
ease would be called. Another wit
ness cost #18. The arresting office
received $6, and the county $15 fo
various court costs. All told, exclud
ing the fine, the defendant had ti
pay $65— for that one gallon of ga:
When a criminal calendar Is pre
pared, all cases will be listed In thi
order they are to be called. Wit
nesses and defendants will appea
only on that day.
Some of the average costs li
court actions are: the county get
$3 for the court stenographer, $i
for the solicitor, $4 for the Jury, am
for filing. Indexing, etc., $6. Thi
cost of the average prohibition casi
is $12. For assault with a dead!’
weapon, $20, in addition to what
ev< r penalty the judge may deerrt
if the defendant Is found guilty.
to me trusteed.
The plumbing contract was award
ed to the Piedmont Plumbing Co.
of dtudonla at a low bid of $3,686.
Contract for heating and sprinkling
the building for fire protection was
not let at yesterday's meeting of
the trustees, but will be let on
Monday, April 39th,
It Is estimated that the building
contracts will approximate $30,000.
The hospital has available $36,000
received from three donations—
$10,000 from A. Hatcher Webb, $13,
500 from the Duke Foundation and
$3,500 from the A. O. Miller estate.
Additional money will be needed to
pay for the building contracts and
also to buy the necessary equipment
such as beds, furniture, linen, etc.
Barger Brothers have just com
pleted the building of the Dover
mill school building in Shelby and
an addition to the colored school
building. The work has been sup
erintended here by L. Y. White who
with his wife have rooms with Mrs.
A. P. Weathers on 8. La Fayette
street.
Work will begin as soon as ma
terial can be bought and placed on
the ground.
Shelby Win» Prize
At P.T.A. Meeting
Children from the Marlon street
school were awarded second prize
for their book stunt in the ^jiual
Pargnt-Teachers Association at
Asheville this week. They were
coached In their play by Miss Lucy
Hamrick. Miss Hattie Oidney and
Miss Alpha Oettys. teachers at Mar
lon, and were accompanied to Ashe
ville by Mrs. R. T. and Miss Min
na LeOrand.
Bryson City won the first prize.
The children taking part were
Beth McSwaln, Vida and Becky
Sue Byrum. Margaret Lou Oahtt,
Patsy Short. Anna Lou Toms, Mary
Lena Harmon,' Harry Woodson, Jr.,
and Walter Laugbridge.
Prizes Awarded
In Essay Contest
Prizes in the temperance eaaay and
poster contest offered to Shelby atu
dents by the Women’s Missionary
8octety of the Methodist Church
were announced this morning.
First prize in Shelby high school
$5, was won by Mary McLarty for
**><• ewsav on "The Problem of Tem
perance." There were eight contest
ants. In the grammar grades, Celes
i te Hamrick of the Oraham school
l was the winner of a $2.50 prize,
1 against thirty contestants.
The poster prize was won by Mar
1 tha Jean Poston of the Marion
school. Her poster was entitled "Pub
lic Enemy No. 1.”
James Oaks, of the colored school,
won the essay prize in his division.
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Dr. J. L. Jenkins of Boiling Springs,
who has just made known his resig
nation as president of Boiling
Springs junior college, to take ef
fect at the close of the school year,
To Graduate 104
Seniors From Two
City School Units
Shelby Has 71 And Kings Mountain
.73 Who Wish Cer
tificates.