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I fcall Phone 11 And Insert A Want Adv In The Star For Results « RIEMANN-W Itka VOL. XLI, No. 50 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 1935 *» Mali, par y«ar. (ta advanoa) Oarrlar, par year, (in advanaa) •Ida Gardner Opposes New Liquor Bill Passed By House Againat Measure For Referendum u provide* tor State Sale Of Whis ky If 51 Counties Vote Wet Ticket. especial to The Star.) RALEIGH. April 26.—Represen tative Rue*1 Gardner of Cleveland la.st night voted against the amend ed liquor bill, which passed 52 to M and has been sent to the sen Atf ■ Attar passage of this bill. the house rejected the conference re nori. on the biennial revenue meas iitr and referred It to the same committee of five representatives and three senators. t'pholds Constituent* Mr. Gardner, in opposing the li quor bill, upheld the mandate of his constituents, who in the repeal flection gave prohibition a major ity of more than seven thousand. The liquor bill calls for a refer endum June 8, and provides for the stale sale of whiskey if as many as 51 counties vote approval. It* final passage by the house with a legislative clincher to prevent re consideration came only aftei1 a bit ter last-ditch fight by drys. Efforts are already under way in the senate to reduce the number of counties required to legalize liquor lo 2ft. while some more ardent wets hope to cut the number to 12 coun ties. as provided by the house bill before it was amended today. Approve Bagley Measures The senate passed and sent to the house the Bagley bill, backed by Governor Ehringhaus, to create a state rural electrification author ity and appropriate $10,000 yearly tor its expenses. The senate also voted on second reading. 32 to 0, in favor of a com panion Bagley measure to create non-profit membership corpora tions to encourage rural electrifica tion. The corporations would be empowered to issue bonds, and the bill must pass on separate days, be cause of its taxation provisions. Two From Shelby On UNC Honor Roll A total of 390 students at the Uni versity of North Carolina made the scholastic roll of honor for the win ter quarter. 275 of them being from this state, it was announced today by Dr G. K. G. Henry, assistant registrar. R. E. Brown, son of Rev. W. T. Brown and Miss Hessentine Bor ders. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Borders, of Shelby, are among the number who received honors this quarter. This represents an increase of 83 over the number who made the honor roll for the same quarter last year and an increase of 48 over that of the fall quarter. 'To be placed on the honor roll a ituden* must make an average grade of B (90-95 percent) in all studies. Beaver Dam School Ha* 7 To Graduate Seventh grade graduates from Beaver Dam school who were pre sented certificates last night at losing exercises include Beatrice Blanton, Fay Glascoe, Margaret Moore, Robert Morgan, Dan Mc Ctirry, Carson Hamrick, and Mill er Jones. Tl*'-school presented a black ‘ace comedy under the supervision * Principal F. B. McGinnis and Miss Gwendolyn Doggett. A large crovd was present for the exer cises. Are Greatly Cut Motorists are taking advantage of ?.e draattc reduction, in automo p ores prices, reported to be about rd of ’•« Price. For some unex wied reason. auto tires have en err atly reduced temporarily, ngm on the eve of the summer sea "n *hen r’res sell better and mot ' arr FTlipping their cars for Wratber driving. Wofford College Glee Club Tonight 12 to 13c _$40.00 _$37.00 Battar kouiii| Road improvamanU Grada crowing alimination Machinery Set Up For Spending $4.8 00,000 Fund [ntroig icfcc» | """ ■ ■ ■ Appointment of Frank C. Walker, New York at torney, as head of the division of applications for grants under the ?4,880,000,000 relief-work pro gram, actively launched the huge project. Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, and Harry Hopkins, ---1 Marry Hopfctn»|~— federal relief administrator, will also figure in spending the relief-work fund which will include highway improvements, grade-crossing elimination, power development for rural districts, anti-erosion work and better housing. Motorcade Coming Here On HighwayNo. 150 On May 22 Pneumonia Takes E. C. Melton, 50; Funeral Saturday Former .Supervisor Of Blanton Farms Succumbs; Leaves 10 Children. Funeral services will be held Sat urday at 11:00 at the Union Bap tist church for E. C. Melton, ' 50 year old well known farmer of the county, who died at his home on Blanton street yesterday at 5:00 after a ten day illness with pneu monia. Mr. Melton lived for 11 years on the big Blanton farm on highway 20 west of Shelby and was mana ger and supervisor of farm opera tions and the Blanton dairy. Later he lived two years at Boiling Springs. For the past few months he has been employed in Shelby as a car penter. Services will be in charge of Rev. D. G. Washburn, pastor of Union church of which Mr. Melton was a member. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Cellie Melton and ten children eight of them at home. The chil dren are Mrs. Darcus Pearson, and Mrs. Blanch Phillips of this coun ty; Lucille, Pinky, Ray Ruth, Mary Sue, Betty Lou, Madge, all girls, and Billy Gene, the only boy. One brother. Byrd Melton of the Union community survives, and three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Heavener, Mrs. Hester Campbell and Mrs. i Bell McNeely. | A motorcade will pass through j Shelby on Wednesday, May 22nd 'from Salisbury to Hendersonville, with all intermediate towns and cities represented, the purpose ol the trip being to advertise the short route from the East to the West over N. C. highway No. 150. which shortens the distance some 25 milet and traverses a very beautiful sec tion of Piedmont Carolina. A letter to The Star from O. O. Bain, chairman of the arrange ments committee of the Salisbury chamber of commerce, asks that people of Shelby join in the motor cade to Hendersonville where a part of the afternoon will be spent be fore the travelers return to their homes. / The motorcade starts from Salis bury at 7:30, May 22nd, passes Mooresville, Lincolnton, Cherry ville. Waco, Shelby, Forest City, Rutherfordton and Chimney Rock, making short stop6 at each place. During these stops, the bands will play. The party will arrive in Shel by at 10:15 and spend 15 minutes here for a program. The important new highway shortens the distance between Shel by and Salisbury by fifteen miles. The last link in the route between Lincolnton and the Catawba river was completed a few months ago. Vein Mountain Man Is Killed By Axe MARION, April 26.—Bob Connor, 40-year-old farmer of the Vein Mountain section, 12 miles south of here, was slain with an axe last night, and his son. Clarence, 19, wras arrested and charged with the crime. The son told officers the killing was accidental. Basic Foodstuffs Here Up 110% OverLastYear, ComparisonShows The economical housewife, who sets her table with the cheapest foods she can buy. with no frills, extras and desserts, must write down an Increased cost of 110 per cent in her little budget book That figure represents the rise In the cost of basic necessity foods over one year ago. Here are the figures: flour, $1.10 for 24 pounds, was 89 cents; corn meal, 27 cents, was 17 cents; lard, $1.12 for an eight pound carton, was 53 cents; fatback, approximately 20 cents, was eight cents; dried pinto beans, ten cents a pound, was five cents. Sugar and coffee are about the same. The preceding list, any one must admit, includes only the simplest, most necessary foods. In the upper brackets of culinary requirements, prices are proportionately higher. The greatest rise in prices came before the first of the year, accord ing to a canvass of Cleveland groc ery dealers, but there has been a steady advance, during the past four months. Beef that sold for twelve and a half cents a pound is now fifteen cents. Pork, selling at about seven teen cents is now 25 centf^ Eggs ar* now thirty cents a dozen, where they sold only three weeks ago for seventeen and one-half cents. Fresh vegetables, appearing In greater quantity as the summer ad vances, show a small decline in price—the only food commodity that the North Carolina housewife can buy cheaper than she could in Jan uary. Storekeepers had a lot to say about the processing tax when ask ed why the sharp rises in price. There’s a tax, for instance, on flour, cornmeal, lard, fatback and rice. Rice sold for three pounds for ten cents a year ago. and now fetches five to six and a half cents a pound J. D. Eskridge Dies Suddenly; Funeral Sunday Prominent Cltlsen Succumb# Age 78; Married Miu Judith Bos tic Hem In ISM. J. D. Eskridge, prominent citizen living on East Graham street died this morning at the hospital at 11:30 o’clock. He was 78 years of age. Mr. Eskridge had an attack two weeks ago, but had improved and was able to be out Sunday and Monday. Another attack seized him Monday evening and he was taken this morning to the hospital where he died within a brief time. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Lattimore Baptist church and Interment will take place in the cemetery there. He was a large farmer, a successful school teacher for nearly a half century and was active in religious work at Latti more and in Shelby after he moved here to live. He was an excellent Bible student, a kind and devoted friend and neighbor. His first marriage was to Ellen Williamson, who died many years ago, leaving two children, Mrs. ftoy Garrison, teacher of near Roxporo and Seth Eskridge of New York. His second marriage was in 1927 to Miss Judith Bostic of Shelby who also survives. Car From Grover Overturns Monday The Shelby-Grover road continues in a rough, dangerous condition and is said to be responsible for the turning over of a new Ford V-8 when it hit the shoulder on the bad curve near Ernest Hemdon’s Mon day afternoon. The caK driven by Harold Herndon and full of high school pupils and their teacher, Miss Sarah Jane Robinson, were on their way to Shelby to secure a class gift for the graduation exercises. Miss Robinson suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the Shelby hospital. Miss Ada Mae Moss, member of the graduating class sustained broken bones in her foot and was taken to a Charlotte foot specialist Wednesday. President Speaks Over Radio Sunday Resuming his “fireside chats,” the president Sunday night will explain the four billion dol lar work relief undertaking and give another account of his stewardship. Accompanying this word were renewed reports that Harry L. Hopkins, the relief administra tor, and Frank C. Walker, re appointed director of the Na tional Emergency council, prob ably would share with the presi dent the most direct responsi bility in the attempt to make .1,500,000 Jobs. WashingtonO.K.’s Proposed Addition For Post Office Adds Two Rooms For County Agent SuprrvWni Architect Inform* B*r noidi Plan* Are Now Being Prepared. Approval of addition to two base ment rooms of approximately 900 square feet to the Shelby poet of fice, for use of the oounty farm agent's offices, Is Indicated In a let ter from P. I. B&lch, acting super vising architect of the treasury de partment, to Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina. Senator Reynolds forwarded the Balch letter to Everett Houser, sec retary of the chamber of com merce, this morning. Asked In Petition The projected extension goes be yond the present work of remodel ing and enlarging the poet office building, and was approved at the suggestion of Shelby petitioners, who pointed out that the Morri son-Falls bid of $35,000 left a re mainder of some $18,000, which might be used for this purpose. Blue prints were prepared by the Shelby contractors. In his letter to Senator Reynolds, Mr. Balch said in part: “In view of your Interest In this project, and particularly as it af fects space for the extension de partment, I am pleased to advise you at this time#that drawings have been prepared for the necessary re visions and these drawings show two rooms, of approximately 900 square feet, toilet rooms, etc., pro vided for the use of the extension service. WIU Request Bids “As soon as some minor changes can be made In the revised draw ings. and specifications an prepar ed, proper action will be taken to solicit proposals- from the general contractor for the changes involv ed.” The current work on the post of fice and on the new federal build ing, Is far behind schedule, due largely to bad weather. The re modeling and enlarging was to have been completed by June 1, but according to engineers’ estimates now it will require until at least July 30. E. H. Somers is the supervising engineer In charge. Garden Tours Include Sunday Tickets May Be Had At GUllatt’s Florist And Cleveland Drag Stars. Sunday afternoon has been In cluded in the three days set apart by the Darden club for visitation and Inspection of pretty yards and flower gardens in Shelby and sub urbs. The tour of the city is being sponsored by the Darden .dub in order to encourage the beautifica tion of yards and premises and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday aft ernoons. Those who are interested In seeing the prettiest yards in Shelby are invited to make the tour. Tickets may be had at Ollllatt’s Florist shop and the Cleveland drug store. The price is only 15c, pro ceeds from which will be used by the Darden club on some public project. Through an error, The Star in advertently omitted two places in cluded in the tour—Mrs. A. * Pitt Beam’s residence and the Shelby hospital. -T Truck Corporation In Receivership K. And S. Enters Voluntary Re ceivership To Straighten Out Finances. The K. and 8. Trucking corpora tion of Shelby which operates a fleet of large trucks between Shel by .and New York City has enter ed voluntary receivership in the federal court with M. M. Stuart of Shelby and R. W. Barnwell of Burlington as receivers. This action was deemed advisable for the equitable and Just benefit of all creditors. Petition for receiv ership will be finally heard before R. Marion Ross, referee In bank ruptcy in Charlotte on Friday, May 10th, when creditors will appear and file claims and show any rea son they may have as to why the order Issued by Judge Webb should not be made permanent. The trucking firm, however, will continue operation without Inter ruption In Its motor transportation business. Creditors are enjoined from suing the corporation, or is suing execution on any Judgment or foreclosing until some adjust ment of its affairs is made. Drop To Five Cent Cotton Certain If Processing Tax Goes, Says Dean Schaub ■ Machines Will End Tenant System, Dean Schaub Says The cotton picking machine in vented by the Rust brothers in Texas, or a machine like it, will eventually wipe out the tenant fanner system in the south. I. O. Schaub, State college dean and head of the extension service in this state, said here last night "I haven’t been able to study this particular machine," he said. “But they say It will work. Anyway, it's inevitable that arm* da? soon, such a machine will work. That will mean little or no employment for the 70.000 cotton farm tenants in this state. "What's to become of these peo ple? Well. I don't know. That's a problem that has been faced and met every time a new machine was ever Invented, from the cotton gin on up.” Bailey Snatches At Coughlm Halo In Senate Tirade IS. C. Senator (Mmim Prietrtljr Power, Would Hurl Crown Into The Gutter. WASHINGTON. April 36 - Ap parently projecting the church-ln polttlcs Issue squarely into the 1030 campaign. Senator Bailey, Demo crat of North Carolina, yesterday bitterly assailed Father Charles E. Coughlin and challenged the "priest ly power" of the cleric to “promise a harp and halo to the American people by political action." ,HI honor the ministry because It Is the ministry,” ssjd Bailey, “but when a minister of the gospel or a minister of the church comes down Into the political arena, or goes out with his incendiarism to ftir up the fountains of bate In a distress ed land amongst a suffering people I take it nothing amiss, and I make no apologies; but I will snatch the halo from his brow and throw it Into the nearest spittoon and then throw the spittoon Into the gutter.” Set Grading Stakes For Paving Project Surveyors for the Brown Con struction Co., low bidder on the Lovers Lane paving project, were here this week setting grading stakes. This project, to eonsfet of grad ing and oonorete paving, has been awarded by Raleigh, but final ap proval has not come from Wash ington, which will delay actual con struction. Shelby Residents At B. & L. Meeting Shelby residents who attended the district building and loan ban quet at Belmont last night Includ ed J. L. Buttle, Jr., Mai Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Max Washburn, John P. Mull, Frank Hoyle, Jr., George A. Hoyle, Capt. and Mrs. J. F. Rob erts, Mrs. Roy Newman, Miss Eliza beth Roberts, Mrs. Charles Wash bum and Miss Jane Washburn. Work Begins On Hospital Annex Construction work has begun on the addition to the Shelby hospital by Barger Brothers, contractors ol Mooresvllle. The east end sun par lor has been tom away for the ex tension and material placed so that actual work will begin in a few days. Regard Doughton Certain To Run For Governorship Contreeeman Says Hs’U Mahe for mal Announcement on Monday Afternoon. WASHINGTON, April 35.—It , Hi now regarded as practically _ certain that Representative Robert U Doughton will become a candidate for governor of North Carolina In the Democratic primary tat June lose. The 71-year-old congreasman however, declined to make any statement on hla return her* laat night after a atay of several days at hla home In North Carolina. Uhort Statement. Mr. Doughton said that ha will make a formal statement nf hla in tentions next Monday afternoon "If Z run, the statement will be only three lines long," he said. "I have not yet made any defi nite statement to anyone and every thing I have aald so far has had conditions attached to It," he aald. "but I shall make a definite state ment next Monday." Mr. Doughton also indicated that If he enters the race he will ex pect to win In the first primary. 'T should not ask for a second primary if I was one vote behind, he aald. Eleanor Hoey Also Receives Citation In naming high school students Wednesday who received national citations for writing ability as por trayed in high school journalism the name of Eleanor Hoey wasa un intentionally ommltted. Miss Hoey wrote a feature article on the giant movie making machinery which came through Shelby some time ago. Report On Textiles To Be Ready May 1 WASHINGTON, April 18.— Senator Byrnes of Sooth Caro lina yesterday was informed by the textile assignment work board, named last fall by the president to etudy the stretch out system In cotton mills, that its report would be ready for the public by May 1. The South Carolina senator, pioneer In the move to have the stretchout abolished In southern mills, has kept in close touch with W. A. Mitchell, chairman of the as signment board, since It wee named. Saturday Last Day To Register; New Voters Must QualifyBy Oath Saturday Is the last day the reg istration books will be open In the five Shelby precincts for voters to get their names on the poll books for the city election on Tuesday, May 7th. No new registration is called for, but new voters, those who have be come of age, moved Into the pre cinct or whose names are not on the poll books, are entitled to reg ister. Registrars are required by law to administer an oath to those who present themselves for registration as to their age, length of residence ! in the state and precinct, etc. City I Attorney Newton says voters must have lived within the state for one year and in their precinct for at leant four months, otherwise they are not entitled to register. Saturday is also challenge day. Any one who knows of a name on the registration books that should not be there for any cause may notify the election officials of the cause for challenge and the Judges will pass upon the qualifications. Quite a few young people are not registering because they fear they will be required to pay a poll or property tax. Voting does not In volve taxes. However, all males over 21. are required to list for poll and for property with the tax lister, if they have any. Says Levy Is Fair To Textile Mills ^ * In Interview Here Extension Head Talks To Kiwanis Club _ m Forscuts Unlmttsd Pntfuc tion If AAA In Dontnyed By Lam of Tuan. While aooree at Magnais from Cleveland county farm* ire yenterday urged legislators to uphold the proceeding tsx, Dean I. O. Scnaub of State College, head of the agrloul- * tural extension department, declared In an interview here that, to remove the tax would tie to return io fTve-cant not ion and ruination of the farm Dean Schaub made a tour of the proposed rehabilitation homestead near Kina* Mountain In the after noon. and addressed the Kiwanis club in ths evening. He touched briefly on the pro cessing tax in hie speech, but am plified his ideas in the eubeequent Interview. ■ess Tax As Pair “It would simply mean the pro duction next year of 18,000,000 bales, and eventually the destruction of the entire AAA program. As I see It—of course, from the farmer's viewpoint—the processing tax as fair. Ho mills pays more tax than another. And Japanese Unports: I cant see the threat in that. They pay the tax too at the port of en try. "And answer me this: Did you ever hear of anyone refusing to purchase goods because of the tax? On the contrary, the tax, by boost ing the fanner's Income, has made It possible for him to buy mors. The farmer always doss purchase more cotton goods than anyone etas any way. Upholds Control a nan predict, wnat would nap pea tf the processing tax wen re moved, and production control ware abandoned, for nine out of ten In quiries at my office now ask that they be allowed to plant more acreage. With no restraint, they'd plant every available foot of ground. "I believe controlled production, of some kind. Is here to stay. "Apparently, the fight against the tax originated and is being led by disgruntled New England manufac turers. who are Jealous of the Southern wage differential. But with their advantage In freight rates and with the oost of living so much lower here, I cant see that argument either.” Approves Homestead Later, he told the farm agent and the county commissioners that he highly approved the homestead plan, as to quality of land and lo cation, but suggested that they try to create some kind of Industry there. The pursuit of agriculture alone, he thought, would not be enough to support the many fam ilies Intended to be quartered there Mill At Buffalo To Start Again Notice has been issued that effec tive at the close of business April 22nd, the lease on tl|; Esther Yarn mill at Buffalo, four miles east of Shelby has been cancelled and that its officers Luther B. Hoard as president and John Eck of Gas tonia as secretary and treasurer, are no longer connected with the operation of the plant. I. D. Blumenthal and his asso ciate Sam Kraft are arranging to operate the Buffalo plant , com mencing at an early date and Kraft will be resident manager. Lake Stroup Takes Post In Saluda GAFFNEY, 8. C., April to.—Lake W. Stroup, former Cherokee coun ty probate Judge, went to Saluda today to assume his duties as Sa luda county emergency reliaf ad ! ministrator. He was appointed to ,ihe post by Col. J. D. Fulp. state administrator.
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