•• — . p 111 Weather North Carolina: Partly Cloudy with local thundershowers in north and west portions, Mon day and Tuesday. III WWF h e End c g n d [ VOLb XLI, No. 78 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Bj Mill, pm inr, (la Mvum) Carriar. Mr yaar. (la adaana*) Woodson Takes Oath As Mayor of Shelby, Succeeding McMurry tfe(w Mayor Sworn In By A. M. Hamrick, Clerk Of Court; Board To Hold First Meeting Tomorrow Evening Harry S. Woodson, former county relief administrator, became mayor of Shelby this morning as the hands of the city hall clock were poised at nine minutes after nine. ^ T _ ' nra c flHmini.S- I - tfrPd by Clerk of the Superior Court I A m. Hamrick in the presence of i former Mayor S. A. McMurry, three members of the new board of aider men, members of the city hall staff and a few friends, who gathered in the mayor’s office. Mr. McMurry was first to offer his congratulations to the new mayor. Felicitations. Shaking Mr. Woodson's hand, he said, “Harry. I want you to know I wish you all the luck in the world, and I want you to call on me any time, for anything, if I can be of any help to you.” Then he turned over the city keys. "This,’’ he said, “Is the key to the car, this Is for the post office, and here’s a couple of keys I never found out what they were for." “Maybe there’s some hidden treasure,” said the new mayor. Aldermen Take Oath. , Immediately after Mr. Woodson [ took the oath, R. Z. Riviere, W. C. ! Harris and Coleman Doggett were * sworn In as aldermen. Charles Coble, J absent, will be sworn in later today. The new administration will hold its first meeting tomorrow—Tues day—night. “No, I guess I haven’t any state ment to make,” Mr. Woodson said. “Except what I’ve always said. Just put it In the paper that I’ll try to make a good mayor.” Asked If any changes were con templated In city jobs, Mr. Wood sen said there were none, at least far the Immediate future. Members of the city hall staff ,« made their official farewell to Mr. McMurry, with whom many of them have worked for the past six years, and expressed their pleasure for the happy association they had enjoyed. Charles Coble took the oath of office as ah&rman in Clerk of the Court Hamrick’s office at 1:30 thi! afternoon. Negro Boy Drowns In Diving Prank As Friends Watch Mooresboro Youth Tests Lung Pow er faf Mill Pond And Falls To Come Up. MOORJ88BORO, July 1.—“Bee how lour X can stay under,” Simon Young, young Mooresboro negro, called to three white boys sitting on the bank of Burras’ mill pond three miles south of here Saturday afternoon. A moment later he stuck his head lust above the level of the water’s surface, saying: “See how long X stay under this time.” He stayed under more than an hour and g half, and the water had to be drawn from the pond before his body could be found. Young had gone to the pond with three white boys, one of them his employer. One of the boys had been in the pond but was sitting on the said late yesterday after noon, when Young leaped off the dam, swam ten or fifteen feet up the creek, playing in the water as he had been doing all the afternoon. When he went down, therefore, the boys thought it only one of his an tics. The boys say he didn’t yell or anything—just went down to »e how long he could stay and didn’t come hack up. Morning Cotton LETTER HEW YORK, July 1.—Sentimen is mixed. Supply of July contract is limited and discourages sellinj *hlle the present slack demand fo: k°°ds defers and broadening in gen eral demand. Recent weather in thi belt ha* been more favorable bu the crop is apparently late in ms jority of states and a spell of idea growing conditions needed to brim the crop to normal. Better weathe should result in larger offerings. _ ^ markets Seed, wagon, ton .... 32.0 Sed, tan. ear let_ Retiring Mayor S. A. McMurry, who this morn ing retired as mayor of Shelby alt er a popular administration oi six years. CommitteesN amed To Measure Land Under Farm Plan Will MwwiWf Huge Cotton Acre age of Rented Land. Major part of Measuring and Checking Of Huge Acreage Is Yet To Be Done. Names of committeemen and sup ervisors for measuring and check ing the banner cotton county's huge acreage were released today by County Agent John S Wilkins. The men named will work by townships and will make official reports to the county office as part of the reduction program under the AAA. Begin This Week Actual measuring was begun on a small scale last week, but the major part of the land to be rented to the government will be checked this week and following. Following are the men who will be in charge this year and the township they will work in: No. 1 Township Gilbert Jones, Chairman; J. A. McCraw. T. P. WOOD. Quay Mosteller. No. 2. Township C. E. Hamrick, Chairman; B. B. Harris, E. B. Ham rick, J. A. Lattimore, Dan W. Moore, B. R. Moore, H. W. McKinney. E. B. Lovelace, F. B. Hamrick, Chas. J. Hamrick. No. 3 Township C. F. McSwain, Chairman; B O. Randall, J. R. De Loatch, W. G. Graham, Knox Sur ratt. Roscoe D. Hopper, H. Q. Kend rick, A. L. Neal. No. 4 Township B. P. Dixon, Chair man; E. B. Herndon, Wayne L. Ware, Chas. p. Weir. D. B. Blalock, B. F. Bird, W. A. Williams, W. C. Beam. no. 5 Township J. B. Smith, Chairman; G. p. Lackey, C. N. Por ter, Yates Sperling, L. W. Sellers, H. B. Rhyne. No. 6 Township Geo. P. Magness, Chairman Mike L. Borders. D. E. Qrigg, H. L. Roberts, Grover Mc Clure. Leander Hamrick, T. C. Gardner, R. McEntire. E. L. Beam, W. L. Sutherland. No. 7 Township R. L. Hunt. Chair man; G. p. Irvin, J. P. McSwain, P. Bate Blanton. Toy B. Webb. Walter Davis. F,obt Falls, Fay Mc Swain. No 8 Township H. H. Gold, Chair man; R. A. White, E. M. Baker, Ivey Whisnant. George M. Gold, 1. C. Gold, John R Lee, H. L. Ifauney. No. 9 Township w. E. Cornwell, Chairman; C. M. Spangler, R. W. Wilson, C. R. Spt ngler, V. A. Gard ner, Thomas Wilson, Carme N. Elam, A. K. Harris. _ No. 10 Township J. G. Carpenter, Chairman; C. C. Falls, E. L. Propst, B. T. Warlick, Peter Mooney, 8. A. Sain. Ambrose Hoyle, Lee Willis. No. 11 Township P. M. Whisnant, Chairman; Ruffin 8. Short, W. J. Dimer, Arthur L. Turner, L. C. Walker, O. T. Carpenter. Wets Take Lead In Liquor Fight; Vote This Week 11 Counties To Ballot Within Few Days Devin Holds Pasquotank Act Con stitutional, Orders Election Go Ahead. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH. July 1.—North Caro lina’s 18-county-two-township coun ty liquor control act, still the sub ject of extended conversation and extensive voting, now have reached about a 50-50 legal status, with prob ably an edge for “wets.” Judge J. Paul Frizzelle held the New Hanover act and the Pasquo tank act, as the latter applies tc Greene county, unconstitutional, but did not restrain the two coun ties of New Hanover and Greene from holding scheduled elections. Judge Clawson L. Williams held the Pasquotank act, as It applies tc Franklin county, unconstitutional and issued an order preventing the election. Beaufort and Vance counties dropped into the wet column behind Wilson and Edgecombe Saturday by better than three to-one and nearly five-to-one majorities, respectively. Wilson and Edgecombe majorities were approximately 10 to 1 over a week ago. This wreek the wets and drys will meet tests at the polls in 11 counties permitted to hold elec tions under the so-called "Pas quotank act” and the New Han over act of the 1935 general as sembly. ConstituUor&l. Judge W. A. Devin, held the Pas quotank act, as it applies to War ren, Vance and Halifax counties, constitutional aftid dissolved the temporary order restraining these counties from holding elections. Judge Walter L. Small Issued an order restraining “drys" from inter fering with the election scheduled for Beaufort county. Judge Jt h Crahmer had previously issued « temporary order preventing the elec tion and, finding he could not gel back for a hearing on a permanent order, shifted it to Judge Small Whereupon, the drys took a non suit. It was then that the “wets’ asked Judge Small for and received an order preventing interference Judge Small did not go into the constitutionality of the act. City Loses Three i Teachers, Gains 1 Capt. B. L. Smith, superinten dent of the city school system, here for the week-end from Duke Uni versity,' explains why Shelby lost three elementary teachers and gained one high school teacher un der the recent state allotment. One of the major reasons is that'the attendance was low last year be cause of the prevalence of influenza and other epidemls, which kept pupils In the lower grades out of school. Both enrollment and at tendance In the high school has in creased. Capt. Smith is here to attend a meeting of the school board, make out the city’s school budget and make requisition for coal and oth er supplies for the school system. He finds that the petitions ask ing for election on a tax levy for a new high school building, have beet; signed by more than twenty pet cent of the voters and that senti ment seems strong for the new building. It is expected that the election will be called by the new city council at its first official meet ting Tuesday night. Cleveland Sends Largest Delegation To Convention Of N. C. Young Democrats By CAMERON SHIPP While some 350 earnest young men and pretty young women from the hills and shores of North Caro lina eddied and fumed in the throes of ideas on state liquor control, the election of new officers, and the possibilities of getting federal pa tronage for themselves, the largest delegation to the Young Democrats convention in Raleigh ignored all these interesting issues, spoke po litely to everybody, made its man ners, and deported before the vot ing. The largest delegation was from Cleveland. It went to the conven tion uninstructed save on one j thing—-and that was to make as 'good an impression as possible for Clyde R. Hoey. If our Young Democrats failed In any of the small courtesies by Clyde R. himself made up for It way of making that Impression, with the charm and poise of hla personal apperance In the lobby of the 81r Walter Hotel. There, for hours, he greeted and called by name hundreds of Democrats, young and old, from the crags of the Smokies to the tides of the Atlantic. The slim, grey figure In the longtailed coat (and yes, be wore the new panama,) was the center of many a gathering In that famed lobby, where Just about as many Issues are set as In the floors (Continued rat Page Eight) Three Per Cent Sales Tax On Food Effective Today A three per cent sales tax on every food commodity purchased in North Carolina, with the single exception of milk, became effective this morn ing. With this one exception, the gen eral assembly removed all exemp tions under the 1933 act. effective today. Department of Revenue officials predict a much simpler task for their collectors and say the chances of evasion of the tax will fewer. The State Revenue department today will officially report the tax yielded a total of $14,000,000 during the 23 months the levy has been in effect. Since the collec tions reach the State at the end of the month in which the tax is col lected from the public, It will be September before the yield of the first month of the revised sales tax will be known. As the State closed Its books for the fiscal year last night, revenue officials estimated that a surplus of from <200,000 to <3000,000 would be shown for the 1034-35 period after everything is straightened out. A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue, extended the time for pay through tomorrow at midnight, since the end of the month came on Sunday. Dedicate Patterson Grove’s $8,000 Building On Sunday Mrs. Ward Dies, Funeral Tuesday Mrs. Amanda Ward, age 83, died suddenly at the home of her daugh ter Mrs. Addle Morehead at the Lily Mily at 9:30 Saturday night. She had been suffering for several mon this with heart trouble. Funeral arrangements were unset tled today, pending the arrival of a son Yates Ward who is off the coast of Washington state in the United State naval service. Mrs. Ward was a native of Lincoln county and had lived there until about a year ago when she came to Shelby to be with her daughter. She was a member of the South La Fayette Street Methodist church. It is expected that services will be held late Tuesday at Asbury church in J^ncoln county with Rev. F. H. Price of Shelby in charge. Surviving are her husband and the following children: Lee Ward, Mrs. Addie Morehead, Clint, Essie, all of Shelby, Hugh and Marshall Ward of Iron Station, Rush Ward, of Lincoln County; Kenneth and Homer Ward of Malden, and Yates Ward of the U. S. Navy. One sis ter, Miss Cora Williams lives here. There are 27 grandchildren. Angel To Teach At Patterson Springs W. L. Angel, teacher of the new ton Bible Class at the First Baptist church will teach the Sunday :;chool lesson at the Patterson Springs church Wednesday night of this week. All officers and teachers and others in the com munity are invited to be present. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rankin and Miss Amelia Stephenson spent the iday yesterday at Lake Lure. By AILEEN SCIBM An unusually large erowd «u present Sunday at Patterson Grove Baptist church when dedication ser vices were held for the handsome, brick-veneered, $8,000 church build ing and Sunday school plant. Services were charge of Rev. J. W. i Suttle, pastor of the church. J. O. jPulbrlght, of Carensvllle, Ga., 'preached the 'dedication sermon at the morning service. He was pas tor of the church when it was built. Rev. A. G. Sargeant, pastor of the Kings Mountain First church preached in the afternoon on the “Power of Unity”. Special mtsfc was furnished by the Shelby quar tet composed of J. M. Greene, Syl (Continued on page eight) Rogers Buys Lot; Will Erect New Auto Building R. H. Rogers has purchased from B. T. Falls a vacant lot facing 67 feet on East Marion street and ex tending to a depth of 230 feet. This lot is located near the Ideal Service Station. Mr. Rogers plans to erect this summer or In early fall a fireproof one story building with large base ment where he will maintain show rooms and offices for his finance company and the sale of recon ditioned used cars. A service and storage department will be main tained In the basement. Mr. Rogers says the Ford agency will be maintained at his present location in the Eskridge building on West Marion street, thus giving'him two business places on the west route of Highway No. 30. School Districts Request Elections For 11 Projects Would Issue Bonds On $300,000 Plans DKy and County Board* Meet To day; Htfh School Petition Goea Over Top. Kievan Cleveland school units. In cluding Shelby and King* Mountain x>dsy filed petitions with county uid city school boards asking spe cial bond elections for improvements ind additions totalling more than 1300.000. The city school board met at noon. Superintendent Smith presented the petition for the Shelby High school, which would cost 9190,000, with 48 per cent contributed by the works administration. Hundreds of names swelled this petition far sbove the required ten per cent. County Board Moots. Petitions were also In from nine county communities as the county school board met at 2 o'clock. These Included Bethware, which requests an election on a bond tax issue not to exceed 15 cents on the hundred dollars; Mooresboro, Trinity and Mount Pleasant, all under the Moresboro district, which ssks a four room addition and sets 1 cent ag the maximum Ux; Casar, with a 10 cent tax; Waco, which aaka a four-room addition with a tax rate not to exceed four cents; and No, 1 Township, Sharon, Shanghai and Beaver Dam consolidated schools; Lattlmore, Palls ton and Belwood. When these petitions are approv ed by the school board, they will be presented to the county commission ers with a request to call the elec tions. and a date for public hearings will be set. Following tills, the tax elections must be advertised for 30 days. To hold the elections required, voters In all the special districts must re-reglster If they wish to cast their ballots. A majority In favor ol he bond taxes must be recorded 11 thq proposal is to be carried. In oth er words, if one community regis ters 1,000 votes, |Qi votes in favor ol the takes are required to carry. Registered voters who do not vote, therefore, are voting against the proposal. PIEDMONT SENIORS TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT All members of the ’34 Senior class at Piedmont High school are urged to be present at a class meet ing at the home of Miss Bertie Lee Hord Tuesday night, July 3 at 8 o’clock to discuss a class reunion. July Fourth Will Be Holiday Here Both banks and the three build ing and loan associations, as well as all stores, will be closed on Thurs day July 4th, Independence Day. R. E. Campbell, head of the mer chants association, when asked this morning whether the merchants will close their doors on the Fourth, stated: “They will close as usual.” “As usual” means that the closing will not be unanimous. Some of the smaller stores In the outlying sec tions will do business as usual, drug stores will be open and some of the grocery stores will remain open In the morning so that housewives can do their last minute shopping. No celebration Is planned in Cleveland oounty, but many local people will go over to Rutherford county where Hon. Cole Blease will speak at Forest City and where there will be horse racing, etc. Other vacationists will go to the mountains and to the seacoast. Woodlands Offer Challenge to Cleveland Farmers, Both in Cash and Protection, Says R. W. Graeber By R. W. GRAEBER Extension Forester North Carolina. State College “Can the more than 5,175 farmers of Cleveland county make an abun dant living on the 135,826 acres of crop land and ignore the opportun ity offered by us on the 69,236 acres of land which we now control?” is ihe challenge of the farm woods to I che Cleveland farmers, j These farm woodland acres have in tiie past given you your homes, barns, and other buildings, now val ued at $4,619,351 as reported by 4,923 farmers. If a reasonable standa-.-d of living is to be maintained, these buildings must be kept in repair and be replaced occasionally. To do this requires material equal to 5 percent of the value of the build ings, each year, or approximately $230,968, which equals to more than $3 per acre for every acre of farm woods. The farm woods can supply these building requirements, if given a chance to grow timber. Other wise the so-called cash crop6 must supply funds with which to pur chase the necessary building needs. Sale of Wood. Again the farm woods give Clev eland farmers 58,545 cords of fire wood each year for home use, an average of 112 cords per larni. Many farmers make wood products a cash crop. As an example, 232 Cleveland farmers report sales of forest products to the amount ol $51,187 while all farmers report cutting $124,566 worth of wood pro ducts for home use and for sale. This is an average of $34.04 per farm, an amount equivalent to the average tax bill of the farmer on all his holdings, both real and per sonal. The woods make use of the poor er, rocky soil types, and steep, rolling lands not suitable far an nual crops. They protect your lands from erosion, aid in control of wa ter run-off and regulate stream flow, give your open fields protec tion from wind and aid in prevent ing drought. Reasonable Protection. If you as a farmer, concede the above facts to be true, then, is it not reasonable to give these wood L land acres reasonable protection and management, cm the same basis as you handle other (arm crops? You can’t grow a crop of corn by cutting down the good stalks and leaving the cripples and the weeds, neither can you expect a future crop of good timber by cutting all the better trees, leaving only the culls, cripple* and weeds to carry on. In Cleveland county you will find many types and conditions ot forests. Some areas have old growth of mature or virgin timber which should be cut when market conditions are right. This may call for a clear-cutting operation. If so. all crippled and otherwise poor (Continued on page eight, i ■ ---■-—,, I Frank L Hoyle Made Shelby Postmaster; J. H. Quinn Resigns Change It Effective Today. Forty Applicants For The Position. Mr. Quinn Served Nearly Thirteen Years Frank L. Hoyle has been appointed temporary postmast er at Shelby, succeeding J. H. Quinn who has resigned after serving nearly 13 years. The change was made today at the beginning of the postoffice department’s fiscal year. New P. O. Head P*r&nk L. Moyle, who becomes Shelby postmaster today, J. H. Quinn, who resigned. Building and Loan Associations Pay $16,600Dividends Three Shelby Firms Give Out Checks Today; Interest Cat To 4 Per Cent The crisp flutter of new green backs and the tinkle of silver coins —cash money In the pocket—made sweet music in Cleveland this morning. The three building and loan asso ciations paid their semiannual dividends on full-paid stock this morning, a total of $16,600, which, with the $6,000 paid out last week by the M.