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* . Weather North Carolina: Generally fair Wednesday and Thursday. Not much change in tempera ture. W_- ■ i » The Mkvkkmd SEND 10 PAGES TODAY ». - -j VOL. XLI, No. 76 . 3 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y, JUNE 26, 1985 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mill, par yaar, (la adyraaa) — B.M Carrlar. par yaar. (In adraopal _ IS.M P. T. A. Petitions For High School Met With Success Ask Bond Election To Get Works Grant Presidents Of Schools Units Say “Splendid” When Asked Re action In Shelby. Presidents of the various city Parent-Teacher organizations re ported today "splendid success” in their campaign to obtain names on a petition for erection of a new high school building. The proposed new building, for which plans have already been pre pared, would cost $150,000, but only part of this extense would be borne by the city. Under the new public works set up, it is possible to obtain a grant of 45 per cent, including cost of material, site, labor and pro fessional services. It would be nec essary, of course, to issue bonds. Ask Bond Election It is for this reason that the petitions are being presented. If ten per cent of the qualified voters in the city request it, the board of education will ask the county com missioners to call a bond election. l ne county, oi course, wm not Dear the expense of the school, but will act as agent for the school district in obtaining the loan from public works. Petitions were being circulated through president of the P. T. A’s, including Mrs. Clarence Morrison, South Shelby; Mrs. Ro6coe Mc Whirter, LaPayette street; Mrs. J. C. Whitaker, high school; Mrs. W. J. Jones, Washington; and Mrs. Harry Woodson, Marion street. Tax Break-Down As To Townships For Current Year _ Special Levies For Roads And Schools Shown; Little Change From Last Year. Figures released today show just what parts of the county tax levies must come from to afford the near $200,000 budget which allows Cleve land the lowest tax rate in the state —36 cents on the hundred dollars worth of property. There Is little change from dis trict figures of last year, with the exception of Lattimore, Boiling Springs, No. 8 and Piedmont, which schools have vocational units or have made other changes. Major Rates Rates given are for raising the major part of the levy, but there are a few miscellaneous items not included in roads and school taxes. The county' dog tax should bring in close to (1,800; No. 6 has a 10 cents hospital levy, and there is the poll tax and numbers of other minor taxes to be collected. Road Taxes Following are the separate tax rates for the several townships, col-1 lected for roads; Ho. 1 township__ .45 No. 2 township___.30 No. 3 township_ .17 No 4 (Kings Mtn. dist.)_o08 No. 4 (Grover Dist.) _ .10 No. 5 township_ .21 No. 6 township_ .08 No. 7 township_ .19 No. 8 township_ .27 No. 9 township_ .15 No, 10 township_.27 no. n townsnip __ jz Special levies for the various school districts are: Boiling Springs . .. .10 No. 3 . ..25 Lattimore _ _ .12 Mooresboro _ _ .20 Fallston - __ .16 Belwood __ .30 Piedmont . _ .12 Casar_ .30 No. 8..28 Park Grace . __ .10 Waco __ .10 Grover _ __ .08 Beth ware ___ .17 Moriah . „___ .20 Morning Cotton LETTER NEW YOR£, June 26.—Offerings “ere light yesterday. The limited supply of contracts tends to restrict sales. Textile advices show little en couragement. Washington develop ments will likely prove the dominat ing influence. We feel that sales on the advances will prove preferable. —E. A. Pierce & Co. THE MARKETS f’otton, spot __11% to 12'Ac rotton Seed, wagon, ton_32.00 '•otton Sed, ton, car lot __35.00 Cherry Queen Genevieve Pepera In competition with beauties from all parts of the state, Miss Gene vieve Pepera, above, of Mania tee, was selected as queen to reign at the annual festival, July 17-19, at Traverse City celebrating Mich igan’s $3,000,000 cherry crop. Memorial Service To J.F. Jenkins jr. To Be Held July 4 Will Dedicate New Scout Camp Gateway To Shelby Lad Who Died Last Year. A memorial to J. Franklin Jen kins, former Shelby Eagle scout, in the form of a new gate-way to the Piedmont Boy Scout camp at Lake Lanier, will be dedicated there July 1th. The dedication will be part of the annual July Fourth celebration and will be attended by hundreds of scouts, scouters and leaders from 11 counties who will spend the en tire day at the camp where they may eat picnic lunches, go swim ming, inspect the equipment or go sightseeing. Died Last Year Scout Jenkins was the son of Mrs. J. F. Jenkins and the late Cap tain Jenkins, of Shelby, and was for three years one of the most popular councilor^ in the Piedmont district. He died last year after a long illness of pneumonia and com plications while he was a student at Oak Ridge academy. Aside from being an Eagle Scout young Jenkins took an active part in all community and school activi ties. Several hundred youngsters were trained in scout activities un der him. To Be At 11:30 The. program will begin on Thursday morning July 4th, with demonstrations by scouts who are in camp and at 11:30 the memorial service will be held. At noon the inspirational address will be delivered by Rev. M. L. Stirewalt. Salisbury minister, and one of the most noted speakers to young people of the south. Must List Taxes Or Face Grand Jury “List your Cleveland county taxes or face grand jury indict ment.” That was the word that went out from the commissioners this morning as Troy V. Mc Kinney, tax supervisor, report ed that more than ten per cent of the county’s potentially large taxpayers had so far not listed. One instance was reported of a large Shelby firm that had never listed any taxes. Threat Of Polio Is Not Serious, Declares Doctor Health Service Head Hits State Rumors Report 217 Cases Of Paralysis In State, But Gilliam Sees “No Epidemic.” Despite the tact that up to yes terday there had been 217 cases of poliomyelitis, more commonly known as Infantile paralysis, reported in the state, it is of a doubtful epi demic stage, it was stated by Dr. A. G. Gilliam of the United States public health service, who is mak ing Greensboro his'headquarters for the present in studying the situa tion throughout the state. Dr. Gilliam cited*figures showing that in the city of New York dur ing 1916 at one time there were three cases of infantile paralysis per 1,000 inhabitants, or a ratio 48 times greater than that which prevails in North Carolina at present, which is one case per 16,000 inhabitants. Taking the statement of Dr. J. P. Leake, senior surgeon of the'Unit ed States public health service, a city of 100,000 inhabitants may ex pect a normal record of one case from December to June and nine cases from June through the au tumn months, or 10 cases per year. Applying this ratio to North Car olina as a whole with an estimated population of approximately 3,300, 300 a normal record would be about 330 cases per year, or 297 cases during the summer months, which is considerably greater than the number of cases reported so far. Injunction Bars | Liquor Election; Act Held Illegal Judge Clawson Williams Rules “Pasquotank Law” Not Con stitutional. RALEIGH, June 26.—Judge Claw son L. Williams last night enjoined the Franklin county board of com missioners from holding a liquor election scheduled for Saturday and also held the so-called “Pasquo jtank liquor control act” passed by the 1935 legislature unconstitu tional. Judge Williams based his deci sion that the local liquor law was unconstitutional on three major grounds: Unconstitutional 1. The act itself purports to be a tax measure, in that it pledges the faith and credit of the Frank lin taxpayers, but was not passed on three separate days in each branch of the legislature as the constitution requires for such leg islation. 2. The act violates article 1, sec tion 7 of the state constitution in that it gives the people of 18 coun ties a special privilege not applic able to the rest of the state. 3. The act is contrary to the state constitution and the 14th amend jment of the constitution of the United States as it denies to the people of the state the protection of equal laws ^nd the equal protec tion of all laws. Bars Election He therefore ordered the authori ties of Franklin county to hold no liquor election and to do nothing in the way of selling liquor which the act intended to authorize. “Ex nihilo nihil fit," (from noth ing can come nothing) was the con cluding statement of the opinion. After he had completed his deci sion just before midnight, Judge Williams said that although he had ruled the “Pasquotank bill”—liquor law which included the names of 17 counties and two townships— unconstitutional, his decision would have no legal effect on the action in any county but Franklin. Shelby’s First Plane In Crash; Pilot And Student Are Unhurt Ray Ervin and Roy wans, avia tion enthusiasts, were recovering today from severe shock and minor bruises alter having made a forced landing yesterday in Shelby’s first airplane. The crash occurred at the upper edge of the Cherryville airport after a loose connecting rod in the motor had been knocked out and Pilot Er vin had maneuvered the plane from the 2,000 feet altitude to almost make a safe landing, without the aid of the motor. One wing was almost demolished, one side of the landing gear smash ea, ana me wnoie snip mrown out of Joint. The plane was the proper ty of D. L. Willis jr., who bought it tjvo weeks ago. Roy is a younger brother and Ervin was teaching him the fundamentals of flying. The plane was being brought to Shelby today on a truck where the young men plan to repair it within the next two or three weeks. Willis had no insurance on the machine. Onlookers at the field said Ervin made a skilfull landing under the circumstances, and he and Willis were fortunate to escape with such slight injuries. , "Ready—Go”—T o Stratosphere Courtesy Rational Geographic Scientific equipment of the latest design wa3 installed in the gondola fis the Army-National Geographic expedition prepared for strato sphere flight from the expedition’s camp near Rapid City, S. D. John Morris, 89, Recalls Brave Days Of Pony Express Only Confederate Veteran Of Mooresboro Still In Good Health And Relates Vividly Ante-Civil War Experiences By WAKE BRIDGES MOORESBORO, June 25.—John Morris, 88-year-old Mooresboro Confederate veteran, cut his afternoon nap short yesterday to turn back the pages of time to become once more a 110 pound soldier in Company 4, Second North Caro lina Junior reserve and later a real soldier in the 71st North Carolina regiment under Captain Jim Wells, TKcn 4__ 1_I. . to the time he ran the mail from Camp Call near Union church to Rutherfordton, through Golden Valley and back in two days, and then on down to York, South Car olina. Hard of hearing since he had the flu last wifi ter, the only Son of the Gray this hamlet can claim, sat near tfle hearth, which he bespat tered with tobacco juice and talked of carrying the mail when only 14 years of age and of the Civil war. He said right off the bat that his memory was failing him. but it isn’t —only a childish notion of his.. Short in stature, with cold gray eyes, shaggy eye-brows that are a shade or two blacker than his long I mustache and thining hair, Mr. Morris Is in good health. His lace Is bronzed and strong, his hands hardened by the odd Jobs he is con tinually doing, no matter whether the sun Is shining or overcast by rain clouds. 45 Miles A Day The fourteen-year-old pony ex press rider made forty-five miles on his first relay and forty-one on his second going from Camp Call to Rutherfordton, through the Golden Valley, back to Amos Harrtll's at Sunshine, on to the First Broad ' (Continued on page ten.) Exemptions In Sales Tax Pointed Out By Pickett Important changes In the new sales tax laws, which become effec tive in North Carolina July 1, have been listed for Cleveland business men by W. C. Pickett, deputy com missioner of revenue, in charge of this territory. Exemptions listed by Mr. Pickett include gasoline, commercial fer tilizer on which the inspection tax has been paid, public school books on the adopted list, sales made to the state, fresh liquid milk, prod ucts of the farm, forests and waters when such sales are made by pro ducers, manufactures or fishermen. This does not apply to merchants. Sales made by merchant to mer chant arc exempt. Mr. Pickett calls attention to the following provi sions: Every merchant, selling merchan dise to other merchants for resale, shall deliver to the customer a bill of sale, for each sale of merchan dise, whether sold for cash or on credit, and shall make and retain a duplicate or carbon copy of each such bill of sale, and shall keep a file of all such duplicate bills of sale for at least two years from date of sale, or until inspected and audited by a representative of the department of revenue. Failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall subject the seller to liability for tax upon such sales at the rate of tax levied in this act upon retail sales. Upon every wholesale merchant an annual license tax levied may be levied. Such annual license shall be paid in advance within the first fif teen days of July in each year. There is also levied on each whole sale merchant an additional tax of 1-20 of one percent of the total gross sales of the business. The annual license tax ledied may be applied as a credit against the tax on gross sales. « The taxes levied under Bee. 408 (retail and wholesale) are due and payable In monthly Installments on or before the 15tii day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. Every merchant must file a return each month by the 15th day of the month, regard less of the volume of business done. If a delayed or delinquent return is received by the commissioner or his duly authorized agents, the tax payer shall be assessed with a five per cent penalty plus interest at one per cent per month from the date the tax was due. The penalty provided in this subsection shall not be less than one dollar. — Banished Man Gets Parole from Governor — Harvey Bridges, who was banish ed from Cleveland county in Nov ember, 1934. as part of his punish ment for vagrancy and running a disorderly house, has received a parole from Governor Ehringhaus upon recommendation of the trial judge, Joe M. Wright, and the sol icitor, C. C. Horn. i His 12 months sentence was sus pended upon the condition that he remain out of the county for two years. Now, it appears, he is offered gainful employment here. It is stip 'ulated in the parole, however, that he must live in "rural Cleveland' ,and not in the city of Shelby. Engineer Coining Here This Week On CCC Project Army io Send Officer From Fort Bragg rhrff UMj MU* Offered For Camp In Battle On (Ml K melon. Three likely sites for the Civilian Conservation oamp to be establish ed In Cleveland will be inspected late this week by an army engineer from Fort Bragg. When his approval * given, preparations will Imine {lately begin for establishing the amp. John 8. Wilkins conferred last week with W. L. Lee. of High Point, an executive of the state soil sroslon service, who came here to look over possible sites. Two farms near 8helby and tland owned by the county were suggested. Probably Near Shelby The camp must have electricity, sewers and water available, accord ing to state specifications, so it is nost likely that It will be establish ed near Shelby. Details of the plans for opening he camp here are conspicuously lacking. It has not bepn announced bow many men will be enrolled or lust when it is planned to open the eamp. The object of the camp here Is to attack the soil erosion problem In Cleveland, regarded as one of the gravest problems facing the farmer today. Bishop K. Parris Dies On Monday; Burial Yesterday WeM Known Technician Succumbs With Heart Trouble; Burled Ulc Afternoon. • Funeral service* were held Tues day at 7:16 for Bishop K. Parris. 64 year old technician and lumber plant worker, who died Monday at his home on Buttle street, after an Illness of several months with heart trouble. The service was held at the Lut* Austell funeral home and was In charge of Rev. H. C. Beefeldt. In terment was in Sunset cemetery. Born In Buncombe Mr. Parris was born in Buncombe county but moved here about 30 years ago where he has lived, with the exception of about 10 years spent in Alabama. He worked for the Thompson Lumber Co. and the Z. J. Thompson Co. a number of years. He was married to Miss Molly Roberts of Buncombe county who preceded him to the grave seven years ago. Surviving are Miss Eva Parris, Kenneth and Bobby Parris, at home; a daughter, Mrs. J. F. Hunt, Phoenix City, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Wade, Clayton. Oa.; and one brother, L. C. Parris, of Shelby. A large crowd of friends and beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem In which he was. held by all who knew him. M. And J. Finance To Pay Out $6,000 Dividend checks and quarterly interest checks to the amount ol $6,000 will be mailed out on Mon day, July 1st to stockholders and depositors of the M. and J. Finance Co. This Is the twentieth consecu tive quarterly dividend paid by this company. New Style Note; Clyde R. Hoey Wears Panama Clyde R Hoey, whose sartorial scheme of long-tailed coat, bat wtng collar. flaunting gHy four-In hand with stickpin, and sombre felt hat hasn't varied for more than 30 years, appeared on the streets of Shelby today wearing a panama hat with Jaunty flip-down brim. Moreover. Shelby's candidate for governor had a haircut. His flow ing stone-grey locks almost a trademark, haven't been shorn of their oratorical sweep, but they have very definitely been snipped. Mr. Hoey accepted congratula tions of many friends who admired hts new bonnet and Insisted that hta experiment In headgear had no political significance whatsoever. It seems that his son Charlas Hoey made him a present, and ha's wear ing It. Seek Donations For Furnishing Hospital Rooms Hospital Auxiliary Would Welcome Gifts To Furnish New Rooms As A Memorial. Now that the addition lo the Shelby hospital Is nearing comple tion, the Hospital Auxiliary, com posed of ladles In the city and coun ty who are friendly, to the Institu tion and the work It Is doing tor humanity, Is seeking donations for furnishing the rooms. All available money is being used for the addition, hence it Is neces sary to seek outside donations with which fcn furnish the nrlvate rooms and warda for patients. Two hun dred and fifty dollars will buy a regulation bed, springs, mattress, dresser, lamp, chairs, ate. Those who furnish a room may do so as a memorial to a deceased loved one and a suitable metal tablet will be placed on the door of the room. It will be recalled that many In dividuals. civic and social organisa tions, churches, etc., furnished rooms In the first unit of the hos pital built about twelve years ago. Each room is properly marked, In dicating the name of the donor and the person the donation memorial izes. Mrs. J. W. Harbtsork Is chairman and Mrs. C. A. Morgan Is secretary treasurer of the Hospital Auxiliary and if any Individual, family group or organization Is willing to con tribute toward the furnishing of a room in the maternity section, they are asked to notify either one of these officials. High School Project Endorsed By Lions Endorsement was given last, night, by the Lions club to the plan being submitted for a new high school building Lee B. Weathers presented the matter to the club, explaining that, under the plan, the local school district would he asked to vote a special tax of eight cents to pay Interest and retire bonds Issued by the county. The government will be asked to give 45 per cent of the cost of the building, while the coun ty would put up 55 per cent, the same to be met by a special levy to be voted on at an election to be called later. Petitions are already being circulated. asking for the election. National Park Service Approves State’s First Complete Project The National Park Service of the i Federal government yesterday gave i final approval to the Morrow Moun- i tain State park project In Stanly county, and as a result work will be started this week on developing a great 3,000-acre park in the Uwhar rie range of mountains seven miles from Albemarle. Announcement of the approval of the project by Federal authorities was made by L. A. Sharpe, region al Inspector of the National Park Service, who Is making his head quartets at the Charlotte offices of the Carolina Motor club. This is the first complete park project approved In North Caro lina, other state parks receiving only small allotments for minor de- ■ velopments piecemeal fashion. i Two hundred Civilian Conserva- < tlon corps workers will establish a i camp in the new big park and will;I spend at least a year and a half in t completing the pxt.eiT.sive program of ievelopment that has been mapped nit. Morrow Mountain State park which la in easy motoring distance rom Shelby, will be operated un ler the joint Jurisdiction of the National Park Service of the Unit ed States Interior department and he North Carolina department of conservation and development. An Initial detachment of 20 CCC workers will enter the park area his week and begin building camp itructuree to house the additional !00 workers who will arrive later. Is soon as the camp buildings are inished, the CCC boys will move here and begin the developmental vork of the park. Including a swim ning lake, picnic facilities, public amp grounds, and the building of oads. bridle paths, and hiking rails over the mountainous ex- j ianse of the park. j Young Democrats Plan To Send 50 To Raleigh Friday Mast Meeting Tonight At Court House I >rlf gallon May Charter Buaaeat Paramount Ofcjrcl 1# To Sup port Clyde Hoey. ProapecUi of a delegation of more than fifty Young Democrat# from Cleveland to the (date convention In Raleigh, opening tomorrow, were seen here today a» polltlcal-mlnded young men turned eye# toward the rtapttal and planned a maa# meet ing tonight, Cleveland’# delegation may hire it# own btia, hr bunaas, and make a grand entry, with flags flying. Or It may swoop down In motorcade formation. The method of looomo tlon depend# on how the young men decide at the meeting tonight They’ll gather at the court house at B o'clock, under the chairmanship of Cobby Horn, county solicitor. To Faae Up Motorcade Since very little 1# on the sche dule for Thursday night, It la likely I hut unetr foul i hd fltpvslsflri r row cl wlU join the motorcade from Asheville due to reach here Thurs day at 13:30. This may be disap pointing to Doyle Alley and his troopers, but Cleveland will get to Raleigh In time for the fireworks. Paramount In the minds of the Bounty delegates, of course, Is the nandldacy of Clyde R. Hoey for governor. Cleveland Is not likely to take part In the debates sure to ensue when the convention brings up the liquor question—on which it Is Just as certain bo vote wet. Cleve land Young Democrats are siding with the Implied viewpoint of theUr candidate, which la that the liquor quesTTbh Is one that must be settled by the entire state, and not to be made a political come hither by any one candidate. Hoey To Attend Mr. Hoey will attend the conven tion, but neither he nor any of the other three candidates for the gov ernorship will'apeak. Appropriately enough, the princi pal speaker of the convention will be Benator Rush D. Holt, of West Virginia, the young Democrat who was elected to the upper house at the' age of 39, and who had to wait until June 19, his birthday, to take his seat In the senate. Senator Holt is scheduled to speak at the ban quet Saturday night. Whether many of the Cleveland ers will stay over for this event Is rather doubtful. Most of them be lieve they had rather start early Friday morning and return the same night. The local delegates will probably be Instructed to oast their votes for Miss Bess B. Phoenix, of Wake county, for president of the state organisation. Miss Phoenix Is In line to succeed Doyle Alley, and Is not expected to receive any serious opposition. Mrs. Solon Ford Buried on Monday Mother Of Mrs. Ben Ellis Of Shel by And Former Resident Of Cleveland County. Mrs. Solon M. Ford, age 08, and mother of Mrt>. Ben Ellis of Shelby, was burled Monday In Qreenlawn cemetery, Kannapolis. She died Saturday morning after a lingering illness. Mrs. Ford formerly lived in Cleve land county and has a number of relatives and friends here. Her hus band who survives, Is a brother of the late O. E. Ford, for many years a member of the county board of commissioners. For the past 30 years they had lived at Kannapolis. Surviving besides her husband are one son. B. A. Ford of Kannapolis and the following daughters, Miss Hattie Ford, Mrs. L. O. Boat, Mrs. A. A. McCorkle of Kannapolis and Mrs. Ben H. Ellis of Shelby. First Cotton Bloom Found By Mr. Adams The first cotton bloom, red in color indicating that it was at least a day old when discovered, was found on the farm of R. Q. Adams of Shelby, route 4. This bloom was found Tuesday of this week and is much earlier than usual. Right on the heels of Mr. Adams early blooms came Lee Mayhue of No. 3 township with a couple of healthy looking specimens, one of which was a red one which he said was open Monday. They came from cotton cultivated by Bud Alexander, colored tenant on his farm. He said his whole crop was looking good and would all be blooming in a few days.
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