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r~ Weather North Carolina: Partly cloudy, bowers in west and north por pons Friday: Saturday probably .bowers, slightly cooler in north portion. The Mienemnd ZM 12 Paget Today VOL. XLI, No. 68 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 193ft Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon*. ■» **»“• «»r »*»r. <"» •*»«“•> _ o.m Carrier. par T*»r. (In ad vane*) — $300 Henderson Named Mortgage Referee To Help Farmers Appointed By Webb To Act On Loans former Commissioner To Act In Kmerrency Created By Su preme Court Rule. yprleral Judge E. Yates Webb of Shelby yesterday appointed D. E. Henderson special referee In bank ruptcy to handle farm-debt prob lems In this territory created by junking of the Frasier-Lemke farm moratorium bill. Judge Webb’s appointment was made to avoid working a hardship rm farmers who took advantage of the farm mortgage act. Relief Extended Mr. Henderson was conciliation commissioner under the provisions of the Frasier-Lemke act, and will have substantially the same posi tion as special referee. He will ac* under the provisions of section V of the general bankruptcy law. Thi act was not ruled unconstitutional but remains in force and under i much the same type of relief can be given the distressed farmer a was extended under section 75 of the Frazier-Lemke bill. Mr. Henderson last night for warded to the Asheville office of the federal clerk of court his oath and other documents Incident to ac ceptance of the new post. Prevents Foreclosures The chief feature of section 74 is that it allows the farmer and his creditor to go before the court, through the referee, and set an ex tension of time for payments of any debts which may be involved in a particular case. The provisions of section 74 are not so specific as those of the Frazier-Lemke act, but they still offer a method by which the whole sale dumping of farm holdings through foreclosure can be prevent ed. Mr. Henderson pointed out. Under his supervision at present are some $250,000 of farm Indebted ness Mr. Henderson stated, and the action of Judge Webb in making the provisions of section 74 avail able through a referee probably will mean saving of much of this land for the owners. Attorney Newton Fxnlfliins Dec^’on Of Court on P A Attorney D. Z. Newton explained and analysed last night before the Kiwanis club the U. S. Supreme Court’* unanimous decision, holding the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. Mr. Newton pbinted out that gov ernment is divided into three branches, legislative, judicial and executive and that their duties and limitations are prescribed by the constitution. Neither can usurp and delegate its authority. Under the TOA. Congress had delegated legis lative authority to the executive branch to regulate prices, wages and hours of labor which it had no right to do. The opinion was expressed that ihe U. S. Court would also hold un constitutional the AAA hi which Federal control is assumed over crops and prices. Under the consti tution intrastate control is left to the respective states and is beyond the authority of the federal govem men. new YORK. June 7.—The tone *»* quite feverish again yesterday 't’t* to the limited supply of con tMc.te, The advance from the opening lows appeared to be mainly to covering operations led by K>’r Orleans interests. Spot houses bought, moderately during the final bs!f hour evidently for fixing pur Poses. Press reports this morning tof-firm yesterday’s rumors that Wer 25,000 bales of certified stocks Fere taken by the pool to prevent July position getting too far out of line with the other months, u is said that the pool is raedy to iaiie another 30,000 bales the same if necessary. The supply of oontracts continues limited. The Feather will play a more import jut part from now on. We feel that “>e advances will attre/t more sell A. Pierce & Co. the markets jetton, spot.UK to \Z%c J*tton Seed, wagon, ton_ .12.00 wiring Cotton LETTER Sed, ton, car lot_35.00 Foreign Threaf Sid Bimi ' Sid Brews, champion golfer of South Africa, third favorite in the U. S. National Open tournament at the Oakmont course, Pitts burgh, Pa., is considered the only foreign threat to the U. S. title. Textile Leaders Are Determined To Up-Hold Code _ Report At 99.9 Of Active Spindles Maintain Wages And Hours; Meeting Today. Reports to the Cotton-Textile In stitute Wednesday indicated that more than 99.9 per cent of the cot ton textile Industry, by spindles, is adhering to former code wage, hour and machine operating schedules. The only small mill known definite ly to have departed from code standards represents 12,000 spindles, or less than one-twentieth of 1 per cent of 31.000,000 spindles in fclace in the industry. A second mill op erating this week on a lengthened work week with additional pay for the additional hours has announc ed it will return to the code maxi mum of 40 hours a week next Mon day, while a third, rumored Tues day to have abandoned code sche dules, was found yesterday to have reduced the work week while still maintaining code wages. Leading mill executives—both north and south—emphasized the fact that the industry is maintain ing voluntarily the record which it had established under the code and with which it was credited official ly by the federal bureau of labor statistics last winter. Constant checks are being made by the field staff of the Institute as well as by the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers at Bos ton, Mass., and by the American Cotton Manufacturers association at Charlotte. A special meeting of the latter organization has been called for today at Charlotte, to study the present situation and it is anticipated that the New England mill men will meet sometime next week for similar discussion. Meanwhile the Industry’s atten tion centered on the action of the Association of Cotton Textile Mer chants of New York. Executives representing 95 per cent of the as sociation’s member houses, deter mined unanimously not only to con tinue code wages and hours In that important division but to endorse “strongly” the joint recommenda tion of the Cotton Textile Industry committee and the institue’s exe cuive committee to mills against change in the conduct of their business—the merchants urging all producing units represented to con form to the recommendation “in their own best interest and the welfare of their customers and the general public.” Irving Appointed To Check Control In AAA Program 2 County Agents At Charlotte Meeting High School Teacher Names Com pliance Supervisor For Cleve land County. County Agent John S. Wilkins, assistant agent H. B. James and members of the county committee attended the cotton-production-con trol meeting in Charlotte yesterday, in which 25 counties of western North Carolina. J. F. Griswoltf of Raleigh, head of the state allotment board, out lined methods to be used in the state-wide administration of crop control under provisions of the Bankhead act. Irvin Appointed Mr. Wilkins announced this morn ing appointment of J. Y. Irvin, I Shelby high school teacher and farmer, as county superintendent for compliance. He will act as a kind of "committee-man-at-large," Mr. Wilkins said, and compliance checking will begin within a week or ten days. Approximately 50 county agents attended the Charlotte meeting. Various features of the Bankhead act and the best methods of putting these features into effect in any particular locality were discussed by the county agents and the Ra leigh officials who accompanied Mr. Griswold. It was pointed out that the coun ties in this section of the state have, with only a few exceptions, already begun operations in ap pointing the county committees and the subordinate township commit tees and that many applications for tax-exemption certificates have been made. These applications must be made by every farmer planning to grow cotton this year. The Inauguration of the program for this the second season has disclosed numerous problems, which came up for dis cussion and solution by the various officials present. Nephritis Takes Vemie Price, 31; Is Buried Today Funeral services were held today at 2:00 at Hickory Grove Baptist church in Polk county for Miss Vemie Price, who died at the home of her brother-in-law near the Shelby mill Thursday at 6:30. At the time of her death Miss Price was 31 years of age and had been suffering for more than four months with nephritis or kidney trouBTF. She had lived In Shelby a little more than seven years. Funeral services will be in charge of Rev. Reid Sisk and the pastor of Hickory Grove church where Miss Price was a member since early childhood. Surviving are one brother. Clay ton Price, of Polk county, and four sisters. Mrs. Stella Bailey, Cliffside; Mrs. Ray Martin, Chesnee, S. C.; Mrs. Emma Brackett and Mrs. Darcus Tesseneer of Shelby. Miss Price lived with Mr. and Mrs. Tesseneer. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Price died several years ago. Vocational Studies Vote Not Required Although the decision on wheth er or not to employ home vocational teachers in special school districts has been left up to the district themselves, under an interpretation of the Machinery Act, it will not be necessary for them to hold spe cial elections. County Tax Supervi sor Troy V, McKinney said this morning. CorrespondentsGiveitLancheon, ■ Inspect Printing Plant Today Nearly half a hundred represen tatives from as many communities in Cleveland county and the upper edge of South Carolina were guests of The Star today at a luncheon and an inspection of the editorial and printing departments of the paper. The representatives were the of ficial correspondents for The Star in the various communities where they gather spot county news, per sonals and local Items of interest. Clyde R. Hoey, former editor of the paper and pioneer in the field in the county was principal speak er at a luncheon held at the Cleve land hotel. Mr. Hoey spoke briefly of the old days in the newspaper business and told of some of his experiences as an editor. Lee B. Weathers, present editor, was toastmaster at the dinner and conducted the tour through the plant, showing the various processes news must go through before it appears on a printed page. Cameron Shipp, news editor, spoke briefly on the value of news. Wyan Washburn, in charge of county correspondence emphasized correct methods of re porting. Correspondents who received in vitations and most of whom were (Continued on page twelve) She Goes Dionnes 2 Better Mrs. White Swan, who makes her home on a chain of lakes near Lorain, O., went the Dionnes two better when ehe became the mother of septupleta. Shortly after they were hatched the babjr swans waddled down to the water and paddled off gracefully. Electrification Program Excites County Interest In a survey of more than 14 miles of proposed rural electrification lines in Cleveland, 152 prospects were found who could be served at an estimated total cost of $22,336, according to a report Just made public by Clarence Poe, chairman of the state rural electrification committee. The figures for Cleveland county are contained In a statewide sur vey. New Prospects Mr. Poe's report shows that there are 152 Interested prospects on four proposed lines in this county. The estimated connected load In kilo watts is 677, the estimated line cost in dollars per mile $1,550 and the estimated annual revenue $6,105. The line cost per mile Is lower than the state average, which is shown as $1,666. In the state, the estimated num ber of ah surveyed tinea tn miles was 4,486. These proposals for new lines in the county are apparently intend ed for widely scattered farms. With the recent completion of electrifi cation programs at Belwood, Toluca and Casar. there is hardly even a small community in Cleveland that does not enjoy the benefits of elec tricity. Twenty-five to 30 miles of new poles were set up, according to W. H. Brown, manager of the Duke Power company unit here. These serve approximately 300 new cus tomers. The lines, he said, are of alumi num and 1100-6800 volt Y construc tion, the most modem type for ru ral service. Many other short ex tensions have recently been made, he said. Cohens To Be Passengers On Speed Boat Normandie 50,000 To Get Jobs In State Program WIN8TON-8ALKM, June 7.— Putting 80,000 men to work on projects of permanent construe* Uve value in North Carolina was announced today by George W. Coan, Jr., newly-appointed works progress administrator, as the objective of the Federal Works administration. Coan said he would seek to, ascertain as soon as possible the type of works that would furnish the maximum amount of work for the greatest num ber of employables, and expected to make a detailed study of projects under way and being considered. In a brief statement, the ad ministrator promised a vigorous effort to promote a program that will absorb thousands now on relief rolls. Dr. J. L. Jenkins Gives Present T«> Junior C^lle ,e As a gesture of his loyalty to the college, Dr. J. L. Jenkins, retiring president of Boiling Springs junior college, is having the Boys Cottage painted this week. It will be a gift to the college. A. M. Lovelace, new president of the college has been in the county each week-end since his election and is getting work for the summer well in line. The complete faculty will be announced at an early date. Students are already enrolling for next year. Mr. Lovelace will move his fam ily to Boiling Springs about July 1. Plymouth-DeSotb Agency Opens Here With shining new models dis played In their re-decorated show room, J. Allen Hines of Spartan burg was ready his week to open the new DeSoto-Plymouth sales agency on South Washington street. Associated with Mr. Hines as salesmen are Joseph J. Plowden and J. M. Pollock, also of Spartanburg. Mr. Plowden and his family have liken Mrs. Marne Wray Webb’s house on highway 20 east. Sam DePriest of New House will be in charge of the mechanical de partment. The company will han dle International trucks, and wil' make a specialty of used cars. When the luxury Mner the Nor mandie, fastest and largest ship afloat, speeds out of New York har bor June 32 on her aeoond return trip aoroea the Atlantic, Kerry Cohen of Shelby will wave food bye to the giant statue of Liberty he saw for the first time in 1B18, when he came to the United States from England. Mr. Cohen, accompanied by Mrs. Cohen, will make their first visit home, returning to Manchester, cen ter of the textile industry of Great Britain. Seventeen years ago, when the grXHt liner Vaterland had not yet become the pride of the American fleet under the name of the Levia than, holder of records, seven days was a fast trip across the Atlantic. Now, the fleet Normandie will make it in less than four days averaging almost 30 knots, and the Leviathan has been scrapped. Mr. Cohen was born In Solford, a suburb of Manchester. He was too yoiung for the World war, and got his excitement from selling papers describing the battles on the west ern front. He was 17 when the great Lord Kitchener, who was later drowned at sea, came to Manches ter to review troops, and crowded up front to see the general. He was surprised a short time ago when the Manchester Guardian, which he reads regularly, re-printed a num ber of war pictures—and there, In the front row of the Kitchener re view was his own 17-year-old face. He went to school in Manchester (Continued on page twelve) Two Liquor Raids In South Carolina DILLON. 8 C, June 7 —Two of South Carolina’s new liquor con stables yesterday raided the estab lishment of Stonewall Jackson, li censed wholesale dealer, and seised 208 esses of whiskey. The officers, Frank D. Meyer, and Harvey C. Bethea, said they dug up eight cases of whiskey under a part of Jackson's brick building that was not used or licensed for wholesale distribution, and that their find made the remaining stock "contra band.” LAW OFFICES TO BE CLOSED EVEBY THURSDAY AFTERNOON All Shelby attorneys have agreed to close their offices every Thurs day afternoon during the months of June. July and August. Hie of lices were closed yesterday for the first time this summer. Cleveland's Share In AAA Reduction Tops Half Million Farmers Got $602,106 Up To May 1st County Stand* Rth In SUI« In Benefits Rffflvdd Throtwh Adjustment. Cleveland cotton growers had re ceived a total of *002,106 81 from thr Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration up to May 1, placing this county eighth In the state In bene fit# received, it was announced In Raleigh yesterday. North Carolina received a total of *22.893.388 78. of which $21,804,474.22 went to farmers as rental and bene fit ^payments for oo-operattng with crop reduction programs. Tobacco Gets Moat Tobacco growers received the largest ahare. *12,484.469, cotton growers (8.328.024, oom-hng pro ducers *838,064 and wheat farmers *83.926. Robeson oounty recelvsd the largest share, *1,276,846, followed by Pitt with *1.036.872. Neighbor Counties Gaston county’s share was *190, 176, Lincoln's *190.847. Rutherford *264.080, Burke *3,708 and Mecklen burg *236,140. Cleveland, formerly the banner cotton producing county In the state, was second on the lists last year, due to the Bankhead reduc tions. Records Smashed By Post Office Hie Shelby poet office went Into its final month m a second clans office with another record-shat tering report. Since January, every succeeding month has better the same period last year, and the first five months of thie year show a total of $87,871 against $M,1B0 tor the eajme period in u$4. The gain k NJil Usee*pts fee Mir. UK. were $4. 684, and for Msg UN, $8,788, a gain at $6*8 this veer. Having already compiled with specifications to regain Its first class rating, the onioe win make this official change on July. The salaries of the postmaster and as sistant postmaster will be raised. Cotton Pool Buy* Certified Bales WASHINGTON, June 7—Oscar Johnson, manager of the cotton pool, announced yesterday that 26, 400 bales of certified stock cotton had been purchased from owners. By reason of this certification, he said, the cotton Is eligible for tender against future contracts. "Ths pool." he said, "pays the owners the July price as quoted on the New York exchange, the pur chase being on contract terms less carrying charges. There are approxi mately 20,000 additional bales of certified cotton in America. Rural Liquor Stores Are Denied License COLUMBIA, S. C„ June 7.—The State Tax commission took a stand yesterday practically declining to license rural liquor dealers unless sheriffs of their counties guarantee sufficient protection for the locali ties of the proposed stores. The commission assumed its posi tion after Gov. OUn D. Johnston told It at a conference not to con sider the 21 State constables "am ple” police protection for rural areas where it had been requested to li cense stores. The Governor said his force of 21 constables was insufficient to supervise adequately individual stor es scattered along the highways. Civic Clubs Indorse High School Proposal Under Works Program Rotary Club Act* In Support Of Plan To Erect $150,000 Structure; Coat To City $82,000 The Rotary Club at noon today indorsed the proposed erection of a new hiffh achool building through the Federal Relief program at. a total coat of $150,000. Forms Cabinet n*n« UmI In mi uttempt to save France from economic and financial chaos, Plerra Laval, former prem ier, wan drafted by President Albert Lebrun, to organise an emergency preormnent. Three Proposals Made To Continue Recovery Set-Up Taxation, Voluntary Agreements And Inter-State Compacts Considered By House. Washington, Juna 7.—Qulok house approval for President Roosevelt’s sharply abridged NRA was arranged last night by party leaders while three of many proposals for main taining NRA principles In a oode less business world emerged ax sub jects of official comment. Taxation, voluntary agreements and Interstate compacts were dis closed to be under consideration as methods through which some offic ials hope to keep the nation headed toward the social goals of the Blue Eagle. Meantime, two hours of to morrow’s debate were set aside for the temporary legislation requested by the Chief Executive. Action Approved. This legislation was shaped during the day by the House ways and means committee, and approved 10 to 5. It would continue a portion of (Continued on page twelve) Boy Held Innocent On Robbery Charge Recorder’s court records show that Wiley McSwain, Shelby boy, on whom suspicion was thrown last week in the breaking and entering of Burt Wright home, had no con nection in any way with this rob bery. Friends of Wiley's were im plicated, but police did not charge Wiley with guilt. Civil War Vets, Widows Slated To Get $7,572.50 In Pensions Thirteen clast A Civil war veter ans remain on the register of Cleve land county and will be eligible receive a semi-annual payment $182.50 sometime after June 15. According to deputy clerk of Su perior court, BUI Osborne, checks amounting to $2,372.50 wlU arrive on that date for the boys who saw service In the War of Secession. Veterans remaining in various parts of the county, some growing more and more feeble and others re taining much of the vitality of younger days. Include A. F. Connor, Emanual Crotts, J. C. Elliott, J Z. Falls, 8. M. Hamrick. D. B. Mc Brayer, Rueben McBwain. J. M. ft S’ Morris, T. G Philbeok, Labon Queen, Charles Riecards, J. A Sims and W. W. White Class A widows, or surviving wives of soldiers who actually saw service In the war, will receive checks amounting to $3,760, or 25 will get $150 apiece. Twenty-nine class B widows will get $1,450 or checks of $50 each. Total amount expected to be re ceived at the clerks office Is $7. 572.50. Four veterans have died since the last payment in December. They are S. R. P. Glenn, of Fallston; J. W. Weir, Kings Mountain: C. B Lattimore, Lawndale: B F. Jolley, j Bolling Springs. X n«5 IUW mivnify approval of the school board, the city planning board, the directors of the chamber of eommene Mid the Nlwanla olub. $87,500 From V. ». Under the new work* program, the federal government would do nate $07,500, and the $150,000 build ing would coat the city only $03, 500, to he financed through county bonds. It would require, It la eetimated, a district tax raise of not. more than 10 cents per hundred dollars to fi nance the bond issue. Junior High School The present high school building would be turned over to the upper grammar schools, or be used aa a Junior high school, thereby reliev ing the lower grades of the increas ing enrollment. This Increase, amounts to more than 100 students a year. By this program of school build ing here, proponents of the plan es timate that all building needs would be taken care of for eight to tan years. Unanimous endorsement was given last night by the Shelby Kiwanls club for a new high school building in Shelby under liberal terms of the Public Works administration. The plan was presented by O. M. Mull who pointed out that the need is apparent because of the crowded condition at the city schools and the Inadequacy of the present high school build ing, built 98 yearn ago for grade school usee. The city's school enrollment Is now 3,600. Grant. Of 48 Percent "I am opposed to an elabor ate. ornate building, but favor a plain and substantial structure that will meet our needs, The government will grant us 4$ par oent of the cast and the remain ing 55 per oent will be loaned us at three per cent Interest. The Shelby school district would not have to issue bonds but simply vote a special tax of about eight cents to pay principal and in terest on. bonds Issued by the county In Its county-wide school program. "Another reason I favor building now is that building material Is cheap and later costs would be in line with pre vailing wages on private build ing in the community, said Mr. Mull, Hupt. B. L. Smith pointed out the need and expressed the feel ing that the present high school building should be retained to rare for the overflow of pupils from the elementary grades and that an entirely new site should be selected for the new high school building. Endorsement of the new school building was also given by R. T. LeOrand and Lee B. Weathers Hen Warns AAA Downfall, T ‘jn War or Something Grave fears that evil Is on the way for some person in the Toluca community were brought to light here this morning In a pair of strangely marked eggs laid under the bed of 8. H. Sain. The letters rather plainly marked on the two eggs appeared to be U and AW. And the eggs were not laid In the dirt an dthe stains will not come off. According to reports the old hen had been acting rather queerly and finally slipped into the house, un der the bed and deposited the mes sage bearing eggs. Mr. 8aln thinks the letters may mean that Europe will soon go to war, that the boll weevil may be worse this year, or that the AAA program will follow the NBA, DOVER-OBA YOUNG FOLK GIVE FLAY AT CHESNEE “He’s My Pal" a three act comedy, which his been prepared a»d pre sented several times by a group of Dover-Ora young people win be rriven tonight at Chesnee, 8. C dembcr.s of the cast are ake notice asked
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