Call Phone 11 And Insert A Want Adv In The Star For Result* This MEVEIWSM VOL. XLL No. 49 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD'Y, APR. 24, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Hy Mall, par year, (in advance) _ txM Carrier, per year. (In advanoe) _ *joo Bailey Opposing Bill To Finance Tenant Farmers (SJ. C. Senator Hit* At Bankhead Act <,y, Billion Dollar Plan Is Move Toward Federal Socialization. f Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, April 24.—Sena tor Jostah Bailey of North Carolina yesterday delivered an attack against tht Bankhead farm tenant bill, »hic.h would provide a billion dol lars to purchase lands for tenants. He called t he measure a step toward .federal socialization” and tried tc eliminate the Dona aumorizauun. The vote against this was 45 to 29. .Editor’s note: what the tenant bill might mean In Cleveland can be estimated from these figures— there are more than five thousand (arms here, with 1,918 owners and 3.263 tenants. There are 243.507 acres of agricultural land, worth on an average of $70 an acre. The per- , centage of tenants to landlords is higher in more southern states.) Support Bankhead. Democratic leaders who are sup porting the measure of Senator Bankhead. Democrat of Alabama, to check the growth of farm ten ancy and decrease absentee land lordism heard it assailed from both sides rs "unconstitutional,” a threat to the nation’s credit, a step to ward “federal socialism” and “dan gerous." But for the second day in a row. supporters . of the measure beat j back attempts to kill it by recom mittal and by striking out the bil lion dollar bond authorization. Vote Is Delayed. The bill seemed ready to go to the house when Senator Robinson, the majority chief asked that a vote be postponed because of the lateness of the hour and the fact that many amendments remained for action. The real reason for the delay, however, was explained privately by southern senators as a desire to shorten the gap between passage of the Bankhead bill and considera tion of the bonus so as to squeeze out the anti-lynching measure. Senators Adams, Democrat of Col orado. and Glass. Democrat of Vir ginia. led a Democratic attack oni the Bankhead bill, both calling it unconstitutional. Adams also said it was just another threat to the na- ( tion's credit, that the government would be obligated for $40,000,000. 000 after thus congress if the bonus 1 was passed, and that $15,000,000,000 i really would be needed to take care , ot all the 3,000,000 farm tenants. Senator Robinson argued the bill was not unconstitutional because the proposed Farmers’ Home cor- 1 poratton would not have exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the lands >o be purchased and resold. ( Bankhead also argued, as far as , danger to the nation’s credit was ■ concerned, that the treasury would have to approve ,all bond issues by , the corporation. Fallston Honors Are Announced Mi*,s Nettie Bzelle Wright gave the valedictory address in the grad uauon exercises as rallston high school closed early this week. Salu tatory was given by Mias Annie Maxine Boggs. Reading honors this year go to Miss Mary Ann Scott and declama tion award was made to George Wilson. George Wilson and Mil hfed Wilson were elected "best cit i2ens'’ the school for the year. letters have been awarded the following in basketball: Willard Ledford and Dixon Hamrick, who *fe co-captains; Colon Wright. Wil „n Bl*gerstaff. W. A. Hoyle, Wayne Hovle. and Keslar Hamrick, four of he seven boys graduating. Among IT g:rla getting letters are Eliza «aniey, Margaret Stamey, Alene tsm. Fay Wright, Norma C&nipe, p Ve,a no^le, Nettie Wright and Esteile Greenway. W 0. W. OFFICIALS PLAN T° ATTEND CONVENTION and Mrs. Clarence Goforth -compenied by Mr. Lail of 8hel atfeo 80 K,J15ton Thursday to Wn~. t®e s,ate convention of the * the World. Mrs. Oo lyrtn ^% recently elected 3tate ,nattw a? the order. vw0Wer# Thursday oiina h" forecast for North Car Wednoc "air and sllghtly warmer ednesday; Thursday showers. '•»». -^‘“ETS <*£ z« — 0 *•** wagon, ton L Scout Leader Boy Scouts of the Piedmont coun cil of the Boy Scouts of America are to be signally honored by a visit of the Chief Scout Executive, Dr. James E. West and 2.000 or more scouts, scouters and parents and friends will greet the chief scout at exercises to be held at the Memorial building at Gastonia on Monday, April 29th at 4:30 o’clock. Several days ago the scouts of the Piedmont council united in in viting Chief West to visit the Pied mont council, sending what was perhaps the largest letter ever sent through the mail. The Invitation was three feet wide and twelve to fifteen feet long and was signed personally by more than 1,200 scouts of the Piedmont area. Royster To Run Hosiery Mill On Full Time Basis Appointed Permanent Trustee At t Creditors’ Meeting; Will Employ 150. D. W. Royster, who has been acting as temporary federal receiver in the operation of the Byrum Hos iery mill, was yestreday named per manent trustee at a meeting of creditors in Charlotte. These creditors, representing debts of $60,000, met at the offices of Marion Ross, referee in bankrupt cy. They voted to continue the trusteeship under Mr. Royster, whose father was one of the found ers of the mill years ago. It was brought out at this meet ing that Mi* Royster now has enough prders on hand to begin op erations on a full time basis, em ploying the capacity work-load of 150 persons. He will begin work on these orders late this week, or the first of next, he said. The mill is now employing about 50 workers. Music Contestants Go To Greensboro The following group of students leaves tomorrow for Greensboro to represent the local high school in the state music contest: Jack Baber, Anna Coble, Woodrow Wall, Maryln Smith, Buddie Young and Mike Borders, jr. All of them will enter vocal contests, either in solo or group numbers, and Miss Margaret Lee Liles goes with them to serve as accompanist. Mrs. W. E. Abemethy, sponsor of the high school music club, will ac company the group as chaperone and director. Miss Mildred Earl, of No. 3 school, also a winner of first place in the soprano solo will leave with her accompanist Miss Christine Honey cutt and music director, Prof. Karl Jordan. House Will Get Revenue Measure After Conference Committee Argues On It Over 3 Hours Substitute Liquor Bill Reported Favorably, Providing State Referendum. (Special to The Star.) RALEIGH. April 24.—A confer ence committee, after three and a half hours argument yesterday on the disputed revenue bill, said ef forts would be made tomorrow to shunt the measure back to the house. The senate passed $>he measure on Its third reading after three weeks of bitter debate and reversals of position. In its form as it went to conference. the act was esti mated to be from *4,141,000 to *5, 353,495 short of the appropriations measure which the senate is due to consider shortly. Committee Appointments Conferees appointed by Lieut. Gov. A. H. Graham for the senate are: Harriss Newman of New Han over, Carl Bailey of Washington, and Fred Folger of Surry. Appoint ed by Speaker R. G. Johnson to serve for the house are: Cherry of Gaston, Lumpkin of Franklin, Harris of Person, Bowie of Ashe, and Horton of Martin. Newman, chairman of senate fi nance, and Bailey have been con sistent supporters of administration recommendations, while Folger has held out for continuance of present exemptions to the sales tax. Oppose Sales Tax Cherry. chairman of house fi nance, Harris and Horton have fol lowed administration wishes while Lumpkin and Bowie have consist ently opposed to sale tax. Lump kin was a leader of an anti-sales tax bloc in the house which tem porarily upset the administration "apple cart” during consideration of the bill. The house finance committee re ported favorably a substitute liquor bill that would provide a state wide referendum on the question with the added provision that state' stores would be opened if as many as 12 counties voted wet. The new liquor bill was drafted to replace the Day measure, which had proposed a three-way referen dum with the voters expressing first and second choices on: reten tion of prohibition, a state store system for selling liquor, and a general licensing of liquor dealers. Provisions of the new bill were kept secret until its introduction today. The Hill liquor store bill, intro duced early in the session in the senate, remained shelved in that body pending completion of con sideration of the biennial revenue has been debated at length. Awards are Made To Students At Boiling Springs Medal winners and other student honors for Boiling Springs high school have just been announced by the principal, Prof. O. P. Ham rick, as the school closed its best year with a graduating address by Captain B. L. Smith. Miss Geraldine McCraw took the elementary readers award, and James O. Hamrick was best in dec lamation. Wilma Jones was the best reader in high-school. Elementary readers certificates were awarded. Fifty perfect at tendance citations given, 21 in high school and 29 in the elementary school. Thomas Hamrick and Amos Greene have the unusual record of having attended school six years straight without absence or tardy. Wilma Jones has a four year rec ord. Mr. Hamrick said today that three years ago the high school had 99 enrolled, picked up to 135 and now has 152. He thinks the school will get another teacher next year , to run the total to five in the high , school. , i Once Destitute on Relief Farms, 56Now Rank as Cotton Planters When 76 Cleveland relief families were set up as farmers last year in a back-to-the soil rehabilitation movement, they w’ere told to grow things they could eat They did grow It, in such an abundance that the surplus helped tide many another family over the chill winter months. This season, the relief farmers are in so much better shape that they’re not only growing their own foodstuff, but have entered the cot-| ton growing busines sas tenants un-1 der the landlord known as Uncle 1 Sam, | Fifty-six families, comprising ap- j proximafcely 400 persona, are now on 1 rented farms, all growing at least 6 bo 8 acres of cotton each. One remarkable family is com posed of 22 negroes, who have 80 acres, on which they will set out 23 in cotton, 12 to wheat and oats, and the remainder in truck stuff. < George Dedmon, county relief 1 igricultural supervisor, is in charge t >f the farm rehabilitation work. | Scene Where Ear thquake Hit f ■-.- --:-1 Railway station and thorofare in Taikoku, capital of the Jap anese island of Formosa where more than 3,000 were killed by an earthquake. Building Permits Total $120,265 In Three Months Postoffice And School Buildings Total $53, 000 Of This Amount; $10,000 Store Build ing And $19,200 In Homes Building permits issued in the City of Shelby for th« first three months of this year totaled $120,265, according to information secured from T. P. Jenks, building inspector. Lattimore School Gives Out Awards; Howington Gets 7 Report Made By Principal R. D. Arrowood; Athlete And Min ister High. Nolan Howington. youthful base sail pitcher, high school senior, and popular minister of the Lattimore immunity walked away with seven najor honors at the No. 7 township ilgh school this year, according to Prof. R. V. Arrowood, principal of he school. Commencement exercises will be ;losed there this week and nearly 10 seniors will be graduated. His Honors In addition to being No. 1 base sail pitcher on the school's team, md at the same time making near ly a straight line of A’s on his work Howington has won this year he debater’s medal, declalmer's nedal, is valedictorian, won $100 icholarahip on an essay on Boiling 3prings college, another $10 in an ;ssay on Nitrate of Soda, and a ►hort time ago was elected the ‘best citizen'’ of the entire student x>dy. Other awards made this year are x>: Prances Jone6, in music im provement; Maxine Cabaniss, $5.00 n B. and L. thrift essay and salu atorian; Wilbur Martin, $50 schol irship in Boiling Springs essay; viary Frances Davis, high school eader’s medal; Johnnie Bridges, >est agriculture student; Bill Har 111, best shop project; Olan Pad jett, a place on district judging earn to go to Raleigh in June; lulia Hunt, best girl citizen of chool. Hendrick Recovering From Auto Accident *. C. Hendrick, 67-year-old fili ng station proprietor, who lost his ight eye in an automobile acci lent last week, is rapidly recover ng in the Shelby hospital. “He said le was feeling good, and lots better oday’,” the hospital reported. Cash Writes Story Of Southern Cracker “The Genesis of the Southern tracker" is the title of an interest - ng article by W. J. Cash, Shelby mter, in the current issue of the American Mercury." • VI 1/1110 miiuuilt fOU,UUU WHA 1UI LUO 'addition to the postoffice and 618, ! 000 for school buildings within the city. The next largest amount in vested in buildings was 934,400 for one-family homes in January, Feb ruary and March, while 96,000 is being Invested in two and four family apartments. Inspector Jenks compiles his per jnlts issued under the following heads and amounts: New one-family homes_936,400 Repairs .___ 5,475 Oarages . .. 405 Service stations __ 11,500 School buildings __... 18,000 New store buildings _ 10,000 Postoffice addition _ 35,000 Apartments . _ 6,000 Funeral home . _ 335 Ball park. 1,500 Diner car service . __ 6,000 Belwood Finals Begin Friday Dr. Humphries, President Of High Point College To Speak; Pic nic Lunch To Be Served. The Belwood high school gradu ating exercises will be held Friday morning, April 36, at ten o’clock. At that time Dr. G. I. Humphries, president of High Point college, will deliver the baccalaureate address. Dr. Humphries is a brilliant speak er, and draws favorable comment where ever he goes. Following the address. Supt. J. H. Grigg will pre sent dlsplomas to 32 graduates, the largest class in any of the county schools. At the conclusidh of the exercises, a picnic lunch will be served on the grounds. All are asked to bring well filled baskets. A record crowd is anticipated for this program. The final program of commence ment will come Friday night at 8 o'clock with the presentation of the senior play, “Wild Ginger.” Salesman Is Held For Beating Board Deputy Sheriff Roger Laughridge went to Staunton, Va., Sunday, to arrest William Starr, clothing sales man, on a charge of having failed to pay his board bill at the Shelby hotel. Mr. Star ris now in the Cleve land county Jail, Cleveland Masons To Meet Friday Cleveland Masonic lodge No. 202 will hold its regular monthly com munication Friday night. All mem bers are asked to be present. Vis itors are welcome. Bankhead Leaders Meet In Charlotte To Discuss Plans Confer On Reduction Of Cotton Crop J. A. Prapat Represents Cleveland; Quotas Not Yet An nounced. J. A. Propat, Bankhead Bill Super vtaor for Cleveland county attended yesterday a meeting In Charlot te or supervisors from about 30 counties In this district to hear L. A. Rey noldaon, senior agricultural econo mist from the Department of Agri culture at Washington, and J. F. Oriswold, chairman of the state al lotment board, outline policies with regard to the administration of the Bankhead cotton reduction law In 1995. Allotments or county quotas were not announced at the meeting, ac cording to Mr. Propat, but full ex planations regarding Bankhead op erations, contracts, and forms were given. The meeting was ussd as a clearing house for problems now facing administrators. Begin June 1. June 1 was set tentative* as the date on which the drive for appli cations will be started and cotton growers can be lining up their acre age and five year production aver age of cotton so that the various county committeemen and township committeemen can fill out the ap plications with the least amount of trouble and inconvenience to both the farmer and the offlolal. The operation of the Bankhead bill is based upon a system of tax ation of all cotton grown In the United States. Every cotton grow er, however, Is furnished certificat es with which to pay this tax on a certalh amount of ootton. If he grows'more cotton than he hi allot ted then hs must pay the tax him self, or buy certificates from the government pool. ■Riere are three principal opera tions involved In administration of ' (Continued on page eight) Party of Scouts * Leave For UNC, Silver Jubilee A party of 16 Boy Scouts and leaders from Shelby will be joined by a like number from Kings Mountain Thursday and will go to Ohapel Hill to attend the Silver Jubilee celebration which Is being held In conjunction with the Dog wood Festival at the University this week-end. Captain B. L. Smith, scout com missioner. will join the group in Chapel Hill Friday. The group will go by bus and will be in charge of Russel Chalk, Kings Mountain scoutmaster and Edwin Spangler and C. B. Poston, prominent young Shelby scouts. Following are those who are go ing from Shelby: C. B. Poston, Jack Ramsey, of troop 3; Bill LeGrand, Bill Miller, Buck O'Shields, Henry Quinn, of troop 1; Roscoe Wright, of troop 1; Oerald Hamrick, John ny Johnson, Thorne Qllllam, Oscar Patterson, Benjamin Smith, jr., of troop 6; J. C. Newton, Jr., John Mull, jr.t Edwin Spangler, Tom Byers, Oeorge Morgan, of troop 3. They will leave Thursday at nine o’clock. .Approximately 1,600 Boy Scouts, celebrating the 25th anniversary of scouting, will begin a four-day en campment In the woods surrounding Kenan stadium Thursday, April 25, and participate in a series of events. The first event of the festival will take place Friday morning, April 26, at 10 o’clock when the exhibits of arts and crafts will be opened. Three different exhibits will begin at the same and con tinue throughout the week. Crafts will be shown In Graham Memorial building, Arts of Youth In the Pea body building, and oil paintings in Hill music hall. * Hits Alimony Pennsylvania’* only untMMtad woman legislator, Raprveenfcativa Anna Brancato, is author cur, Mrs. Archie Archer. South LaFayette street: Mrs. W. A. Pendleton, Mrs. A. P. Weathers. Belvedere: Mrs. Dennis Beam, Mrs. Julius Buttle, Mrs. Wm. Llne Serger, Mrs. Cline Hendrick. South DeKalb street: Mrs. Yates McSwaln, Mrs. Jim Spangler. Cleveland Springs Estate: Mrs. Frank Hoey, Mrs. Jack Dover, Mrs. Dari Thompson, Mrs. J. D. Line berger. passage. U. S. Notices Sent Of Park Purchase YORK, S. Ch'aptU S4^—Land ownera In the Kings Mountain recreational park area are be ing notified by letter from Washington of the acceptance of the offer made by them a year ago to sell their property to the government. They are advised not to cut any growing timber or make any other changes In the property not ex pressly reserved In the options. - The government plans to ac quire, it has been learned, 6,257 acres which are now covered by 45 options, at an average price of 914.84 an acre. CityMustAbandon Wooden Roofs On Houses or Pay More Insurance A warning that Shelby insurance rates will be Increased unless the erection of wooden-roofed houses is discontinued was issued today by D F. Duncan, engineer for the South Eastern Underwriters Association. Residents now save 10 per cent on fire insurance, he said, under the benefits of an ordinance passed during the Dorsey administration in 1928. This ordinance prohibits use of wooden roofs on houses within the city limits. Examining the fire department records since 1938, Mr. Duncan found that, excluding 1933 when no records were kept, there had been 183 dwelling fires to date. One hun dred and twenty-five of these, or 6» per cent, were roof fires. Tile danger of flying sparks to such houses, he said, Is so great that the association, which sets rates for all companies in this area, will withdraw the 10 per cent re duction if the ordinance is not en- j | forced. _ ■ Clyde Hoey Pays Tribute To Youth In Fallston Talk Crack. At"“ISMS” In Graduation Speeeh Audience Of 500 Hear* Orator \\ He Upholds Young People AM American Courage. "Our young people are proceed ing toward the task of helping to pore, prime and rebuild without yielding to demagoguery and atpo- • UonallamClyde R. Roeg told the graduating darn of M at Melon high school Monday night. He addressed an audience at too In an auditorium wtlh a seating capacity of 400. -America llaada Pint* “America stands firm baaau.s her youth has not Mtowad pat tenvi set in Rusala, Italy, Oermany and elsewhere,’' he said. Mr. Hoey was presented as north Carolina's best beloved oittaan riba has always ahoaen to asm with, out the emolument at oMtae and the material re wants of of^ioe.” “American courage wMl solve American problems," he declared Vital Problems “The problem of government has become vital. It is now afteotifog in- - dtvtduals and the amalleet unite at our aootal order. It w«a not so In the past, because our people were living in a land that wae growing up. and the average man was very little affected by government In his dally living. The aclenoe of govern ment must be the concern of all If we proceed successfully In the solu tion of our problems, which art, for the greater pert, financial." “I hava not lost faith in Amer ica." Turning to the graduating class, Mr. Hoey said, “Young peo ple. do not listen to the pessimist i who are abroad In the land every where. Constructive criticism L; needed, but nothing good comes (Mb Mslsrth* to those who offer none, and profess to see nothing but clouds and gloom. Courage, an open mind, the will to work, and American spirit found in American youth will provide what the na tion needs to chart a course to the successful solution of our problems. ’ And here Mr. Hoey paused to pay tribute to American youth. rrauee Youth "I am not one of those who rue to condemn our youth In America. There are thoee who spend their time In criticising oar young peo ple, and who say that they are hopeless. I say that it la not so. They are saying things, doing things, and acting Juat like we did when we were young. They merely have a more modtoh sitting. What they say, think, and do are fun damentally the same. And then there la another reason more Im portant than all others which con firms my faith In American youth. The Youth Movement has upset the established order in many countries throughout the world. It may he that established orders needed re vision In most of these. But Amer ican youth has found no need to turn to Isms, blood purges, and mailed fists. Our young people are proceeding toward the task of help ing to pare, prune and rebuild with out yielding to demagoguery and emotionalism. America stands firm because her youth has not followed the patterns set In Russia, Italy, | Germany and elsewhere.’* “My generation has solved the problem of production. Hie present and the rising generations must solve the problem of distribution ol goods and services. We do not want to find a way to live without work, because labor is the law of life. We wish to evolve a social order> that will provide security for' all, but at the same time we wish to preserve distinctions between those who want to work and those who do not. The will to labor must have its reward." In his closing remarks to mem bers of the class Mr. Hoey said. "Remember, young people, that tri umph will come as it always has— to those who are faithful to duty. Richness and fulness abound still for those who are willing to strive for them.” Dover Village Boy Hat Seven Year Attendance Record Jack Shull, !« year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Shull of the Dover mill village has not missed a day in school for seven years. He has an uninterrupted attendance record since he underwent an op eration in 1028. Jack was an honor roll pupil last month and will re ceive his diploma from the elemen tary school In May and be promot ed to high school. He Is also an ex cellent Bible student, having re ceived a certificate of award from the Dover church.