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VOL. XLI» No. 80
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Shelby City Hall
May Be Enlarged
In Works Program
Need More Space,
Says Woodson
K.„ fire Department, Larger Of
fices Seen Possible Under
WPA Set Up.
Plans for remodeling city hall are
being prepared for consideration of
the mayor and board of aldermen
and wll likely be submitted soon to
WPA of PWA authorities. Mayor
Woodson said this morning.
W. B. Breeze, Shelby architect,
who has had experience with PWA
project plans, is preparing the draw
ings. They do not include an ex
tensive remodeling, and would cost
In the neighborhood of $15,000, it is
estimated, only half of which would
be borne by the city under the new
share-the-project plan of the fed
eral government. t
Need More Space.
More space for the fire depart
ment is needed, Major Woodson
said, more space for storage, and
more space for offices.
At the present, hundreds of dol
lars hi equipment and supplies is
without space for storage. There is
the possibility of a separate build
ing for the fire department, Mr.
Woodson said.
This is not one of the plans that
will be submitted when the mayor
and engineer Dan Frazier go to
Raleigh Monday to confer with fed
eral officials. Plans for the new
city hall have not fully matured.
But they will ask for help to in
crease sewer and water facilities.
These come first on the program of
the new administration, the mayor
said.
55 Persons Killed
As U.S. Celebrates
Independence Day
Motoring Takas 27, Drowning Id.
Only One Fireworks Death ’
Reported.
The nation gave up 55 lives yes
terday as it celebrated its 159th In
dependence day, a preliminary sur
vey disclosed last night.
Only one death directly traceable
to fireworks—widely outlawed In the
wake of recent “sane fourth” cam
paigns—was Included in the tabula
tion. A youth was killed in Chicago
an exploding “cannon cracker.”
Motoring mishaps caused 27
.deaths; drowning 16, and other ac
cidents 11.
Hundreds Sustain Barns.
Hundreds of children, men and
women were burned or maimed by
carelessly handled fireworks and at
Evansville, Ind., a small boy died
Wednesday of burns received in a
fire started by a firecracker.
In Washington where the sale of
fireworks was forbidden by law, 14
persons were Injured by them, in
Rock Island, 111., eight youths suf
fered wounds; and in scores of oth
er cities and towns there were one
or more casualties.
Auto Racers Die.
Three automobile racers were kill
ed in Pennsylvania; another died
in Georgia, a passenger crashed to
his death in a plane at Belmont,
HI.; a Utah train wreck cost three
Mves and two person died from heat
in Minnesota as the nation cele
brated.
In California autoing accidents
caused seven deaths. Some 250 holi
day passengers were shaken up and
more than a dozen slightly injured
In New York when a ferry rammed
her pier.
Morning Cotton
LETTER
NEW YORK, July 6.—The Liver
pool Market Is sharply lower today
which cables state Is due to sell
ing induced by the Italian situation
*nd the lower wheat prices there.
Mo6t of the private estimators have
Mvised their indicated yield figures
downward and recent purchases to
some extent have been influenced
!y these changes. The small supply
of free contracts undoubtedly checks
selling.
*. A. PIERCE & CO.
the markets
Cotton, spot.11% to 12%c
Cotton Seed, wagon, ton_32.00
°*tten Bed, ten, car lot-26.00
Gardner Sees
Business Gain
AheadforMills
O Max Gardner, former Governor
of North Carolina, now counsel for
the Cotton Textile Institute and the
rayon association, said at his home
here today that he was “tremend
ously hopeful that the textile in
terests of the nation would show
signs of improvement under normal
conditions from now on."
Mr. Gardner will return to Wash
ington Sunday, but said he would
be back to Shelby later in the month
for a regular vacation.
“The normal increase of business
during Jnly, September and August,
when we are making winter mater
ials, should be expected,” he said,
“And I think we will get it. There’s
no question but that the textiles
had a mighty bad six months, prev
ious to July 1, but we should be
over that now.”
He had no comment to make on
issues now before the federal gov
ernment in Washington.
Postal Receipts
In 34% Increase
In Kings Mountain
Figures Received From i. S. Ware
Show Gain of More Than
Three Thousand Dollars
KINGS MOUNTAIN, July 5.—
The postal receipts of the local
post office for the fiscal year Ending
June 30th, was $15,742.91, compared
with $11,754. 8# for the previous
year according to J. S. Ware, Post
master. This being an increase of
$3,988.03 or almost 34 percent.
The receipts for the first half of
the year, 1934, were $6,296.89 and
for the first half of the year, 1935,
the receipts were $7,622.67, or an In
crease of $1,325.78. As a rule ttfe
receipts for the last half of the
years are much larger than the first
half.
All post offices that have receipts
totaling during the calendar year
as much as $16,000.00 rate an active
assistant postmaster and it
if the Kings Mounttnh Post OTflce
will succeed this year in securing
the necessary amount of business to
get an active assistant postmaster.
Besides the postal receipts already
mentioned, the local postoffice, has
sold $4,031.25 worth of bonds. This
is the cash amount received by the
local post office, the maturity value
of these bonds would be a little over
$5,000.00. The sale of these bonds
did not start until March 1, 1935.
The local post office had On Pos
tal Saving Deposit June 3Pth, 1935
the sum of $19,645.00. The following
are the amounts of deposits for
each of the years of June 30th.
1932, $5,748.00; 1933, $10,780.0$;
1934, $13,489.00; 1935, $19,645.00.
Driver Is Uninjured
As Truck Turns Over
Carl Blanton, driver for the Shel
by Supply Company, was only
slightly bruised when the big truck
he was driving overturned on the
Cleveland Springs Road Wednes
day. The truck was struck by a
car operated by a colored man, he
said.
Lutheran Church
Announces Meeting
Regular services for the Third
Sunday After Trinity will be held
at the Ascension Lutheran church
at 11:00 with Robert Shelby of Gas
tonia speaking. Sunday school will
be at 10:00 and the Luther League
at 6:30 in the evening. There will
be no regular evening service.
Licenses Issued
For Slot Machines
In Kings Mountain
City Council Moves
Monday Night
City Council Moves To CoUet Re
venue From Machines; Rates
Scale Given
Slot machines, so far as the town
government of Kings Mountain goes
will be legal and subject to license
according to an action taken Mon
day night by the city Council. Only
three had been issued this morn
ing, according to the City Hall at
taches.
Joe Neisler, mayor pro-tem, pre
sided over the meeting in the ab
sence bf Mayor J. E. Herndon, anti
the board prepared a scale of licen
ses for slot machine operation,
which is to be double that of the
previous year.
License Rates
Owners of 1 cent machines will
pay $10 per year, 5 cent machines
$20 per year, 10 cent machines $4(
per year and more than 20 cenl
machines $80 per year.
The machines are licensed to b<
operated in a lawful manner, bin
should the machines be found at a
latter date to be operated in an un
lawful manner, no part of the li
cense paid shall be refunded. The
license tax for theatres was raised
from $20.00 per year to $50.00 pei
year.
The tax on motor shows was
changed so that the licenses now
range from $3.75 for a two vehicle
show to $27.50 for a 30 to 50 vehicle
show.
The tax was also changed on Rail
road shows or circuses. 8he license
now ranging from $15.00 for two
car show to $150.00 for more that a
50 car show. All schedule B. licens
es are regulated by the state.
Drivers License
Machinery Bong
Set Up For State
New Act To Be KafotMt Sonu
Time In August By New High
way Division.
RALEIGH, July 5—The new
division of highway safety bo be
set up to enforce the drivers' li
cense law enacted by the last gen
eral assembly will begin within SO
to 60 days, probably some time in
August, to lsue the driver’s licens
es required under the law, Arthur
D. Fulk, recently named as director
Df the division, announces.
Machinery for addressing and
numbering the permanent licenses
had been ordered and will be set
up and in operation in a month or
two. Licenses are not required un
der the law until November 1, and
persons who have driven cars for
is much as one year will receive
them without Charge up to that
date. Later those applying will be
charged $1. Badges will be used by
chauffeurs, and these will cost (2
each.
Nearly 150 men are now being
trained under direction of Captain
Charles D. Fanner at the State
Fair grounds, from which a suffic
ient number will be selected to in
crease the present State Highway
Patrol 121 members, and these of
ficers and men will enforce the
drivers’ license law.
John P. Mull Made
District President
John P. Mull, secretary-treasurer
of the Shelby and Cleveland Coun
ty Building and Loan Association
has been notified of his appoint
ment as president of the ninth dis
trict, comprising the counties of
Cleveland, Lincoln, Catawba, Ire
dell and Gaston.
Cole Blease Attacks Roosevelt
Policies In Forest City Speech
FOREST CITY, July 5.—Cole L.
Blease, former United States sena
tor and twice governor of South
Carolina, denounced the national
administration in a Fourth of July
address here yesterday for what he
termed its encroachment upon stag
es’ rights.
The veteran South Carolina cam
paigner said he bad retired from
politics but might re-enter “to fight
for states’ rights if the occasion de
mands,” on Wednesday before at
Columbia, he said he might oppose
Senator James F. Byrnes, of South
Carolina, for renomination.
Blease attacked the Wagner labor
bill, now up for the President’s sig
nature as a "curse to the south.”
and denounced the administration
for its refusal to pay the soldiers’
bonus.
“I cant see how they can stand
there and say the United States is
not atale to pay the bonus and yet
vote $5,000,000,000 to give job6 to
people who are too damned lazy to
work,’’ Blease said.
“There are too many cowards in
Congress. Every lawyer in Congress
knew the NRA was unconstitutional
when it was up for consideration.”
Urging that the country "return
to constitutional government,”
Blease praised Abraham Lincoln.
Calvin Coolidge and the late Sena
tor Lee S. Overman, of North Caro
lina, as champions of this form of
government.
Reunion After Record Flight
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Mr. and Mr». Fred' Key
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After making the longest continuous airplane flight on record, SMI
hours 33 minutes, the Key brothers, Fred and Al, of Meridian, Miss.,
had a happy reunion with their wives who had managed the com
missary department on the, ground. The brothers are planning a
vaudeville tour.
Farmers Reaping Silver
In Golden Sheaves of Wheat
Extra Dollars Harvested In Thousands Of
Bushels Of Grain, At Least A Third
Above Average Production
Cleveland farmers are harvesting extra dollars this year
in the form of thousands of bushels of golden wheat—a
crop conservatively estimated by farm leaders to be at least
a third bigger than any recorded production.
i\n esumate oi last year s wiieai
crop, prepared In the office of the
county agent, showed that the coun
ty raised 107,761 bushels of wheat
on 9,326 acres of land, or approxi
mately 13 bushels per acre.
More Than $150,000.
A third additional acreage allow
ed by rental of land to the govern
ment through the AAA. with the
same average yield, would put the
yield at 181,642 bushels, which at
the current price will bring cotlpty
farmers “'#011 Over
from cotton lands.
At the present there are approxi
mately 60 threshing outfits in the
county threshing from two to three
thousand bushels of oats, wheat and
rye per week, each using crews
varying from eight to twenty men,
and all using every moment of spare
daylight time to harvest the huge
grain crop. w
Mills Are Bur.
Flour mills in the county are
crowded with "custom” and "toll”
wheat, from daylight until far into
the night aa farmers bring grain
for fwur, or to eelL Attaches at
thsag mills say Mfeiers whs have
^offered no wheat (or IB years are
JJftw bringing -to quantities at the
finest in the county. ’ ;i, '
The Eagle Roller MU. urtd to be
the biggest custom grinding mill In
the Carolina* u now at the peak of
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Virulence of Black Widow
Doubted by Clevelanders
Quiet Fourth With
No Accidents Here
July 4th was quiet in Shelby.
Mercantile establishments suspend
ed business for the day and the
postoffice, banks, court house and
offices closed shop to observe the
holiday.
The streets were almost deserted
with people and motor vehicles.
Those who did not remain at home
for the day, motored to the moun
tains or the seacoast or enjoyed
some form of recreation, such as
attending baseball games, golfing
and celebrating in Rutherford coun
ty where Hon. Cole Blease spoke
and entertainment features were
provided at the Rutherford Pair j
Grounds.
There were no major accidents in ,
this vicinity. At least, no injured
patients were admitied to the Shel- :
by Hospital and Highway Patrol- ,
man H. A. Greenway who patrolled ]
No. 20 between Shelby and Asheville
j stated this morning that he did not <
see a single accident on the road. ,
i All of the textile mills that have i
(been running, continued operation (
i in this area yesterday. Some of
them, however, expect to shut down ;
jfor a week during the summer to s
I overhaul machinery or curtail be- j
i cause of lack of sufficient business, j
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New Feature Begins
In The Star Today
Today The Star begins a new I
feature—hyraiis for the ages—
fifteen in number, immortal |
deathless because they have
been used throughout the Chris
tian world arid breathe forth
the individual heart-cry of the
human race.
These articles toll of the
circumstances under which
these immortal hymns were
written, when and by whom and
a short biographical sketch of
the author. You sing or hear
them sung often. Follow this ser
ies and better acquaint yourself
with these hymns
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Whether the “Black Widow" spid
er is a deadly poisonous insect or
not is a question that a tentative
experiment by reporters on The
Cleveland Star probably will never
letermine. .
Five of the Black Widows, prison
'd in glass jars, are now on exhi
Jltion at the office. They have dis
>osed of roaches and flys in short
ist order, bpt no one—let alone
nembers of the staff—has offered
o submit an arm to be chewed by
. spider.
The question of the deadliness of
Mack Widows has been raised by
lewspapers throughout the United
States, and one reporter on a west
ern paper offered to submit to a
)iting. But the spider declined to
‘hew. Is the Black Widow really
drulent?
Not if the printer’s devil, J. D.
bright knows a Black Widow when
le sees one, and he says he does,
ie says that he was bitten by one
tbout a year ago, that it made him
violently ill, gave him chills and
ever, but that the spasm lasted
>nly about five hours. He’s a pretty
lealthy boy now, under his ink.
Other instances of persons who
laim to have been bitten by the in
ects are reported, but It could not
•e determined that they were at
acked bv a vermin* ribxu
The-spider is about a quarter of
n inch In diameter, with eight leg.
nd red markings underneath
Jeadly or not, he is to be avoided,
or his bite is dangerous. Cleveland
ounty residents who want to be
ure what one looks like are Invited
o see the exhibition.
But this is by no means to be
onstrued as an Invitation to be
dtten.
Picnicker Injured
In Fall From Truck
A man whose name was thought
> be Walker and who lives near
iherryvtlle fell from a big truck
taded with M other people yes
;rday at Moo res boro and suffer- i
d painful if not serious injuries.
The truck was said to be returning ,
bout 4 o’clock In the afternoon
urn a picnic trip to the mountains. -
he injured person was said to be
bout 50 years of age.
Spectators Calm
As Fire Destroys
Huge Grandstand
Forest City Structure
It Total Lott
t,MO Irf Audience March Out To
gaftt? A* Announcer* Cry
"No Danger."
Forest City's county fair grand
stand was destroyed by fire yester
day afternoon during the Fourth of
July celebration, but 3.500 specta
tors walked quietly to safety while
two radio announcers told them
there was no danger.
To their presence of mind Is cred
ited the fact that there were no In
juries while the $6,500 structure
went up In flames. The announcers
were F. F. Black and Ralph Putnam.
They spoke calmly from the Judges'
stand, the crowd followed their In
structions, and a stampede was
averted.
The fire started at 5:30, and at
one time the entire grandstand eras
ablaze. It spread to nearby struc
tures. setting fire to nearby conces
sions. Six of these were destroyed,
and the tenia wheel was damaged.
A number of Shelby and Cleve
land county people attended the
Forest City celebration, where Cole
Blease was the principal speaker.
Roland Mayse, Splndale police
man. said he had been told the fire
was deliberately started by some
small boys. An Investigation will be
made.
Oswald'Davis, 40
Buried Monday;
111 Since April
PuoenU service* wen held Mon
day afternoon at 4:00 at the Nor
man’* Grave Baptist church tor
jOswall Davis, 40 year old resident
at Rockdale-Davld's Chapel com
munity. Hit death earns Sunday
after a lingering illness of several
months.
Confined to his bed since April
1. Mrs. Davis had been suffering
with pneumonia, pleurisy, spinal
meningitis, and other troubles.
Surviving Mr. Davis are his wife
Mrs. Ada Willis Davis, his father
B. A. Davis, three brothers and three
sisters. They are B. D. Davta of
Lincoln ton, O. H. and Roland Davis
of Rockdale; Annie, Essie, and Pear
lie Mae Davis at home.
Mr. Davis joined Norman’s Grove
church early in manhood and has
been a faithful member until the
time of his death. His mother pre
ceded him to the grave 11 years ago.
He was the first of the family, aside
from her, to die. A large crowd was
present to pay respects to the quiet
humble peace-loving resident of that
community.
Don’t Slap Sheriff—
He Is Much Too Hot
Court, house attaches usually
enjoy a slap on the back. It’s
a gesture of friendship that
sometimes means political sup
port.
But don’t go slapping She
riff Raymond Cline or County
Auditor Troy V. McKinney on
on the back this week. These
two gentlemen, since their re
turn from Rainbow Lake, have
been cringing expertly from the
hands of friends who decline to
take their burning predicament
seriously.
Yes, it’s sunburn, the hot and
stinging, red and blistering kind.
Mr. Cline and Mr. McKinney
doefully said this morning that
they Just didn’t see how they
could keep their shirts on any
longer.
Relief Head
Hugh S. Johnson
With plenty to do in transferring
New York’* great army of unem
ployed from relief rolea to pay
rolls, Hugh S. Johnson, above,
former NRA chief, found his new
job at New York’s federal works
progress administrator rather
warm,,
Lee Dover Loses
Livestock in Fire
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Four Mules. Two Hogs. ltt Buaheli
Of Wheat and Other personal
Effects Are Loot
A ttre of unknown origin destroy
ed the bam on the Inna Puttian
farm lust south of Shelby, Wetttee
day night at 10 O'clock, destroy!ru
the bam, the property of Mrs. Bu
ren Yarboro. daughter of the laU
Lane Putnam, and causing heavj
loss to the renter Lee Dover. 1
Mr. Dover lost four mules, iwc
| hogs, 12S bushels of wheat, a line
I crop of oats, farming tools, har
ness, etc. It is understood that he
had no Insurance protection, but
Mrs. Yarboro carried some insur
ance 011 the building.
The Dovers had retired for the
night when a passing motorist saw
the flame and gave the alarm. The
city’s fire truck responded to the
call but was powerless to save the
building.
Mr. Dover Is a- very Industrious
fanner and has his barn filled \,ith
valuable property. A cow had o be
pulled from the burning building,
and those who gathered at the
scene managed to save the warjon
from the shed.
Favor Bond Issue
F6r $30,000 PWA
Building At K. M.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, July 5 —
The Town Council In their regular
meeting last Monday night adopted
a resolution for the purpose of is
suing bonds in the amount of about
$30,000.00 to built a new city hall for
Kings Mountain.
It has not been decided yet the
exact cost of erecting, the new city
hall but it will be in the neighbor
hood of $30,000.00. The city hall Is
to be erected under the P. W. A.
Plan, whereby the Government will
furnish 45 per cent of the cost free
and loan the balance of 55 per-cent
at 4 percent interest.
If present plans are followed the
building will be of brick construc
tion. The location of the new city
hall has not been definitely decided.
Farmers Rush to Pre-Pay Taxes,
And County Finds It Loses Money
Cleveland residents are paying
their taxes so fast that the county
!s losing money by it in what is
probably a unique tax-collection
situation.
More than $0,000 has been paid
In 1885 taxes during the past few
seeks, the commissioners said this
naming. These are paid-in-advance
;axes, money that goes into the
1198,730 budget for the fiscal year
lust begun, and the taxpayers get
i premium for paying in advance.
That’s the trouble. The count)
ioesnt’ need the money now. In
■act, Cleveland has a cool $100,000
sash in the bank today. Moreover.
even If the county didn’t have that
sum, it could borrow money at call
rates cheaper than paying the
bonus.
It’s like this: for pre-paid taxes
Ln June, the bonus was three per
cent. It drops off a half of one per
cent each month until December,
when the rate will be flat. But call
money can now be borrowed for
less than two per cent—ln some In
stances, it has been borrowed for
one and a half.
Since the arrival of the cotton re
duction money, $103,000 for county
farmers, there has been a decided
increase in tax paying.
300 Applications
Made In Carolina
In PWA Program
State Engineer Telit
Of Progrett Made
Organisation* Are Told. T« j
Go Full Speed Ahead On Work
Project*
CHAPEL HILL. July S.—“Ap
proximately 300 PWA application!
are now In progress of preparattor f
In North Carolina Involving request! .
estimated at more than $30,000,000,'
H. a. Baity, acting director of th<
State Federal Emergency Adminis
tration said today following th«
State Directors’ Conference with
PWA officials in Washington recent
ly. Nineteen states wen represent
ed.
"Examinations of a number of ap
plications are now being oompletad
by the legal engineering, and Soanes
divisions of the state and ara raady
for forwarding to Washington” 1m
Full tfeMd Mmd
With the signing by the Pretedsnt
of in executive order jimeriilMin
rules end regulations relating to me
thods of prosecuting project* PWA
State organisations have been order
ed to go ahead full speed with their
pert of the new #4,000,00(1,000 work- '
relief program.
The State Directors were told to *
continue to encourage and accept
applications for the types of socially
desirable and useful construction
projects such as were approved un
der the original PWA program
where the grant was 30 percent of
the cost of labor and material in
volved in a project.
Liberal Terms
In view of the more liberal grant
terms under the new PDA program
4# percent of the total coat of the
proJecU-the state directors were
advised to notify applications into
the various PWA State offices with
out delay.
Projects will continue to be ex
amined on their merits, as was the
practice under the original PWA
program, but cities, towns, schools
districts and other public bodice
which file applications for loans
and grants, p* grants only, now
will stand a better chance of getting
consideration than those communit
ies which may hold back in hope
of receiving even tnore liberal con
ditions.
The state directors were told, Mr.
Baity said, that allocation of the #4,
000,000,000 fund has already begun
and that speed Is getting men to
work on useful projects Is one of
the prime considerations guUUng.4h*
Advisory Committee on Allotments
in Its recommendations to rrwMint
Roosevelt. -A
Directors were also Informed by
PWA headquarters In Washington
that In qualifying projects for con
sideration the estimated cost - per
man is to be computed on the basis
of the 46 percent grant. The com
mittee on allotments, of which Pub
blls Works Administrator Harold L.
Ickes Is chairman, haa already re
commended and President Roosevelt
has approved a group of non-Fed
eral projects which were qualified
under the new program by com
puting the cost per year per man
to the Government on the basis of
the 46 percent grant. In other words
Mr. Batty said, neither the 56 per
cent loan made by PWA nor the
56 percent raised by the applicant,
as the case may be. Is to be taken
into consideration In figuring the
cost ui une project to cue uoveru
ment.
Good PWA projects are not to be
excluded from consideration, inas
much as the President alreadf has
made clear that the cost per man
year of $1140 is an average and ap
plies to money from the new fund
only. In this connection the PWA
Division of Economics and Statis
tics recently made a study of 4,
081 PWA projedt* actually com
pleted and in use which showed,
that on the exiting basis of a 48
percent grant, the average cost to
the Federal Government on keeping
a man at work a year on the con
struction site would be $980. or well
within the limit set under the new
program.
Dover-Ora Prayer
Services Saturday
Prayer services will be hsM at
the Dover Mill at 7:10 Saturday
night with Ben Morgan ta charge.
At the Ora village Els Lemmons will
be in charge of a similar matting.
Everyone is invited to one at these
meetings. ' ,
I. L. Sciber, of Knoxville, Term.,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lane of Chica
go. Miss Ruth Lane of Norville,
Indiana, spent Tuesday with Mr
and Mrs. C. D. Henderson and Miss
Grace Lane