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[weather Carolina*: Pair, probably light ^ tonight. Tuesday fair and rarmer. The Tllkvkl sind Zwk 8 Pages Today VOL. XLI» No. 138 Member of Associated Press ■'■JJ_LL SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 18, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. »» M it Mr m>. iui Mitmi _ Kr^.i carrier. Mr rear, its advanrai . ISH MILLION DOLLAR GALE BADERS ATLANTIC COASTLINE Liquor And Guns Must Be Brought To Court Says Recorder Judge Weathers Charges Laxity In Law Enforce ment, Hints Bribery, And Declares He’ll Clean House If Necessary Phrased in language not meant to be misunderstood, fudge of Recorders Cpurt Bynum E. Weathers on Saturday warned city and county officers and attaches of the court that there has been too much laxity in law enforcement in at least two types of cases coming to his court. The Iirsi IS ure piuuuunuu aui 'destruction of guns and liquor or assault and V. P. L. charges. The second is that suspectec criminals have been being held ir jail without bond on .mere suspicior and without chance of bail or t speedy trial as the law requires. Keep Standard High Declaring to the court Saturday that he was there to enforce th< law Judge Weathers said: “I wai elected to run the recorder’s courl on a high standard and I will con i tin ue to do-so. T was approached by a defend ant, who had been convicted of as sault who wanted his gun back anc who sa'd the officers promised It t< to him, if it was all right with me My answer was “no” and will con tinue to be “no”. All guns and liquoi taken in an arrest are to be broughi here to be seen by the open couri u evidence, and I will either de stroy them personally or turn then over to the high sheriff who wil ether destroy them or impounc then in case the action is moved tc I higher court. No Compromise There will be no compromise ir actions on these violations 01 the law. The law says such evident* Wist be exhibited and destroyed. Ir gard to prisoners who have beer teined, l think the court ,in the (Continued on page eight) OVERlOOlEAR DR. H.T. HUNTER ON EDUCATION Education Week Protrun Condud »d With Speech By Dr. H. T. Hunter of Cnllowhee. Education week program conclud ed Pnday night with a gathering of teachers, parent-teachers and civic dub members at the Hotel Charles. Over too guests were present and the meeting was presided over by Everett Houser, commander of the Warren Hoyle Post of the American Legion. Or H T. Hunter, president of Cullowhee State Teachers college *as the principal speaker and de l*'*r*t> a masterful address, stress es the importance of education as ®'ilisation. He pointed with pride to means of building a greater Utilization. He pointed with pride . the progress that has been made Efcc the days of Governor Aycock. Invocation was delivered by Rev. F H. Price. Greetings to educators *ere made by C. R. Hoey for the Ewanis club, C. B. McBrayer for *ne Rotary club, Wm. Osborne for O'on’s club and Mrs. Harry Woodson on behalf of the FTA as •neiations of the city. Miss Minnie Eddins Roberts sang *° delightful solo numbers. Morning Cotton . LETTER NEW YORK, Nov. 1A—Price ad P ’1‘=re made again last week -sumpttoa of cotton by domestK , vf *nd exports are maintained ai r,t?' while the spot situatior h-8hten in the southern of 5 Whlle anticipating period/ 6ri '?eS8, we believe the trend ol Co ls uPward—E. A. Pierce and Cottot, C*(ton "1-UX »° 1 C ‘ " wd- wagon, ton-%i “on car lot, ton .... fj n? ,InOFk,1c2!ton « 2;30; , 1175. Mar. 11.65. 1 * ,ul^ IM7, Oct. 11.27, Babe Pinched policeman escorting him into Now York coust. Bat Babe was only in volved in minor auto accident and was picked up by radio patrol. Everything was settled O. K. PWA Program In Two Carolina* b Third Completed WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—(AP)— The first Public Works program in North Carolina is just a little more than a third completed. A compila tion today disclosed that of $9,302, 704 alloted to the state from the original PWA appropriation voted in 1933, only $3,947,504 had been ex pended on the 49 completed proj ects. An additional 34 projects, for which $4,584,200 was allotted, were reported in various stages of con struction, while four projects cost ing $771,000. are not yet under way but ready for allotments. The first Public Works program in South Carolina, financed from the 1933 appropriation, was reported j today by the PWA to be about a third completed with all other proj lects in stages of construction. Will Rogers Memorial Will Be Of Humanitarian Purpose Millions now have an opportunity to contribute to the memory of Will Rogers. Famous friends have organ* ised the Will Rogers Memorial Com* mission. It is hoped every one who smiled with Rogers will come for ward with a subscription. Take it or send it to your bank—or any bank —or use the accompanying coupon to send your subscription to this of fice. Every cent subscribed will b? used for memorials to be selected by Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, Al fred B. Smith, Will H. Hays, Jesse H. Jones, Owen D. Young, Vice President John N. Gamer and other men and women of national prestige and respect. The memorials will depend on the number ol friends who contribute—but they will be used for charitable, educa tional and humanitarian purposes, i There will be no cold shaft of mar jble to honor the memory of this jwarm. friendly man. They will be living, continuing memorials. Red Cross Drive Begins Today In Cleveland County Set GoefOf $2,400 At Minimum Statements Given By City And County Leaders; Plans Are Complete. Bold strokes for the elimi nation of suffering and the reduction of disease in the county were made today as machinery for the county wide annual Red Cross drive was set in motion. In Shelby, O. M. Mull headed a large group of workers who on Mon day and Tuesday will make the ini tial canvass, and out in the county a large number erf workers wiU use the entire week in soliciting mem berships in the Red Cross movement. Beginning Wednesday the Junior Civic league along with others un der the personal direction of Mrs. Dan Frazier will canvass the city from house to house, getting new members and private donations. Goals Named Goals announced a short time ago by Henry Edwards, chairman of the county chapter are for at least 2,000 new members, with the minimum goal as $2,400 to support the local work for the year. Out in the county representatives from nearly every community will call on farmers, merchants, business and professional men to make a contribution to a fund which will continue the broad public health program of the Red Cross. Nation As Whole , In the nation as a whole, Presi dent Roosevelt is leading the drive which will be carried Into nearly every nook and earner of the unit ed States. President Edwards—"I feel high ly Optimistic about our campaign this year, and feel it will reach the goal easily, if our people will only realize the good our nursing pro gram has been doing this year. We appreciate the co-operation shown in previous years and am sure the movement will be of permanent benefit to the city and county.” Mrs. Dan Frazier—“The Junior Civic League and others who are helping in this are glad of the op portunity. We will have about 50 persons who will visit you and ask you to join Red Cross.' We will be gin Wednesday morning, working all uptown residential sections.” O. M. Mjill—“The work of the Red Cross in Cleveland county de pends largely on what we do this week. As chairman of the initial canvass, I want to urge that every person do his best for this cause." Mayor Harry 8. Woodson—“As mayor of the city of Shelby I would like to express appreciation for what the Red Cross program has done for us in the way of public health, land hope that in this drive every i person will co-operate thoroughly and whole-heartedly. Personally, I think it is one of the best moves the city can support.” Golf Club To Meet The golf club will meet Tuesday at 3:30 with the hostesses being Mrs. Charles L. Eskridge, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and Mrs. Graham Dellinger. WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND Date... To The Editor of The Star: I Wishing to have a part in per petuating the memory of one of our most beloved and useful citi zens, I enclose herewith my con tribution of __ to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund. I understand that this gift will be added to others from Shelby and will go without any deductions whatsoever to the National Fund to be expended, also without any deduction, as the Memorial committee may determine. Name ____ i Address . -__ \ Ninety Million Chinamen May Declare Independence To Aid Japanese Superiority In East From Tokio and Shanghai came simultaneous Indications today that 90 million people would soon find themselves citizens of a new state, virtually independent of China. The new state would consist of the five province of China contiguous to Manchukuo, the Manchurian em pire which Japan created In a mili tary campaign three years ago. Japanese newspaper men In the area reported in Tokio that the declaration of lndepndence would be made by next Saturday. The five provinces are Hopeh, 8hantung, Shansi, Chahahar and Suiyuan. Japanese sources contended thati the indicated development is a re-1 suit of dissatisfaction among the Chinese with the national govern-j ment at Nanking and is a popular manifestation of the people's will, but Chinese government officials claim the autonomy movement is a, result of Japanese machinations, aimed at increasing Japan's sphere of Influence in the Par East. A spokesman for the Japanese embassy at Shanghai said that for their part the continuance of pres (Contlnued on page eight.) County Bonds Go On Sale; Financial Statement Helps A financial statement of Cleve- j land county which may make the'l current bond issue of $139,000 sell c for the best price ever registered in i the state, will be taken to Raleigh < today by county auditor, Troy Me- ' Kinney. 3 The bonds will be sold Tuesday 1 and sealed bids will be accepted for 1 them, along with those from several t other counties until 11 o'clock on-! that day. Notice of sale was prepared by (< W. E. Easterling, secretary of theli local government commission. r The statement .shows that Gleve »nd has a bonded indebtedness of nly $253,000 with an assessed valu tion of $28,703,049 and an estimat d property valuation of $50,000,000. Tie tax levy of $191,004.89 for next ear has already been reduced con* iderably, and only $10,000 of the 933-34 taxes are uncollected. The ax rate is the lowest in the state, 6 cents per $100 valuation. There are some large remounts of listrict notes and bonds, none of trhlc.h is assumed by the county. [Tie statement is as of November 1. Give Out AAA Money Here; 600 Late Checks Due Soon 5 Crescent Can Do-ailed Today Near Reids ville REIDSVILLE, Nov. 18.—(AF)— Five cars of the Southern railway’s all-Pullman express, the Crescent Limited, were derailed by a broken track near here today. No one' was reported Injured. The part of the Limited derailed was its first section, eh route from New Orleans to New York. Officials said the. accident was apparently caused by a split rail, which had been split by a sudden drop in .tem perature. Hie cars did not overturn, but some of the passengers were considerably shaken. Passengers in the wrecked coaches resumed their journey on the Limit ed’s second section which passed a few minutes after the wreck. Distribution of the $136,000 in ad justment and rental payment to cotton farmer* in Cleveland coun ty began today and will be rushed as fast as possible during the next week, attaches of the county agents office said this morning. Hugh Bettis was the first grower to get his check from the group of more than 3,000. Cards are being sent daily to growers in all parts of the county. They are asked to come at the specified time and bring the card which will enable secretaries to hasten the distribution. . Late Checks. In regard to the 600 growers whose first and second payments have been delayed Mr. Wilkins, county agent has a personal mes sage from J. F. Criswell, state su pervisor which states that all the checks are in the disbursing office and indications are that they will be forthcoming. They are expected (Continued on page eight! Colorful Gathering Of 46,880 To Witness Football Gassic By a Star Staff Reporter. FOOTBALL STATISTICS: The game is in the air, discussed for weeks before the Duke-CaroUna drenching and will be discussed for weeks longer . . . 46,880 people look ing on . .. and they came from a score of states to see the real classic of the season .. . Carolina trying to qualify for an invitation to the "Rose Bowl and yet see those Blue Devils in a colorful attack, dash a rival’s hppes to piece ... get revenge for that game one year ago when Caro lina blasted Duke's Rose Bowl as pirations . . . the largest crowd that ever gathered in the south for an athletic contest of any sort ... 100 or more people motoring 185 miles from the Shelby area at the big horseshoe stadium . . . fully 6,000 automobiles, representing an invest ment of well over four million dol lars . . . and society's most fashion able dressed women wearing fur coats and chic felt hats sitting in a drisale of cold rain. unconcerned about their million dollars worth of personal finery. TWO UNIFORMED bands playing militant march music and a group of students being initiated into an athletic fraternity . . . these boys wearing black faces and pajamas out on the wet field cutting all kinds of capers for the amusement of the spectators . . the ram frotn Carolina and the “Blue Devil” from Duke, noticeable because of the ab sence of hia trident which was dis carded ft year ago following an ac cident which plunged the sharp points into the neck of a fellow student . . . news reels pointing down Into the huge bowl, shooting pictures of a mass of humanity at play, these pictures to be shown throughout the nation In picture show houses . . . cameramen pranc ing up and down the sidelines set to snap a tense moment of the game j . . , parasols and rain capes of vary- ! ing hue . . . cheer leaders working | frantically to inspire the boys on to victory .... peanut and drink ven ders moving through the crowd to! sell their wares ... yes, some drink- j (Continued on page eight) New License Law Penalizes Four RALEIGH. Nov. 18.—Four men j have lost their state driving licens es for a period of 12 months under the new drivers' license law which automatically revokes the licenses or those convicted of driving while drunk. Commissioner of Revenue A. J Maxwell reports the names and charges, as follows: James Mozell Reid. Salisbury, convicted November 12 of operating automobile while under the influence of intoxicants; W. A. Thomas, Greenville; Mause Gorham. Fountain; and Jesse Wain r right. Greenville, all of drunken driving. 51 Nations Clamp Sanctions Heavily On Duce’s Trade Italian Drive On To' Harar Italy Braces Self To Fight Against Trade Impositions Of Entire World. Mussolini’s undeclared war in Ethiopia met world oppo sition today as economic sanc tions were applied against Italy. At midnight the program whereby II league members agreed to pre vent the Importation of Italian goods and stop exporting certain raw materials to Italy, went to ef fect. Italy promises to treat other nations as they treated her. The Fascist Grand Council, which on Saturday denounced sanctions, was to meet again today to study details of Italy’s fight against them and, it was said, in informed quar ter!, to consider peace proposals raised in diplomatic contacts. Criticise England Italian troops guarded the Brit ish embassy in Hoxt\f and head quarters of other sanctlonlst coun tries as youths began denouncing the aancttonlsts. They shouted ‘•Down with England.” Delay in application of sanctions by certain countries is expected to cause legal difficulties. On the war front Italian troop* continued their successes, an offi cial communique said, reporting that Haile Selassie’s warriors were pushed beyond the Takfcase river by the second Italian army corps, with the Ethiopians suffering several causalties . Ethiopian armies in the south wert reported to have withdrawn to the region of the city of Harar. im portant and strategic city toward which the Italians In the south were pointing. Still Hope For New High School Building Here There to still some hope that the Shelby High school building project will be approved, according to a letter received by Miss Jo Shaw, secretary of the PTA from Harry Blatterly of the Federal Emergency Administrator’s office In Washing* ton. The letter says in part: "It is regretted that this project could not have been included in the >300,000,000 PWA grant program which was recently announced. Fail lire of inclusion, however, should not be construed to indicate that the project Is not desirable and sound, or that it has been reject ed. "Applications for eligible projects Involving grants amounting to over >700.000,000 have been received, whereas only $200,000,000 was avail able for allocation. Therefore, in se lecting projects for the program, i the Administration realized that i many w6rthy projects could not be ] Included because of the limited i amount of funds. ] “Action is being deferred on the l appplicatlons not included on the approval list so that they may be I given future consideration should < administration funds become avail- i able.” , Harvest Day For Junior College Nets $500 In Gifts Last Week More man sow in cash contribu tions and produce was registered as i gifts to Bolling Springs college dur- l ing the past week-end, gifts com- i Ing from nearly two down churches in the Kings Mountain and Sandy , Run associations. Approximately 1,300 Individuals made the gifts which were carried i IB cars and trucks to the college where each was receipted and reg- i tstered. The Kings Mountain Association with 17 churches making donations i In the Harvest Day drive led with 17 churches giving materials valued i »t $448. turned in by 931 individuals, i Churches from this association con- i Iributing were Pleasant Ridge, : Pleasant Grove. Zion. Elizabeth . \ Freighters Crippled Property Damaged By Terrific North Easter Worst Storm In 20 Years Strikes With Fury Leaving Wreckage, Eight Inches Snow In Winter Heralding Wake A million dollar gale* roared north-east today after bat tering the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Maine. New Jersey and the southern shore of Long Island suffered most as waves and flood tide, described as the worst in 20 years, hammered the coast south and east of New York. Pershing Home ttwfrd Jwh* J. FwraMag iork from Frgiwawfcamha spent summer in connection with Battle Monument* Commission work. Five Acquitted on Murder Charge In Slaying Of Negro ASHLAND CITY, Tenn., Nov. Kvo white nien on trial on charges of murder in connection with the killing of a negro near here 14 (lays ago. were acquitted today by a Jury of Cheatham county farmers. Immediately after the verdict. Circuit Judge Wirt Courtney, who presided, issued warrants charging Conspiracy to inflict corporal punishment against the five—Luther, Jesse, Jimmy and Clyde Dotson, brothers, and their cousin, Allle Brother. “I sen astounded at your ver dict," the judge told the jurors who had been out since late Saturday. iV. C. Kirkpatrick Injured In Wreck W. C. Kirkpatrick, Shelby business nan was able to return to his home »ere yesterday after sustaining paln ul head injuries and body bruises tear Walnut Oap on the Hot Springs road Friday. Mr. Kirkpatrick was on his way o Knoxville when he met another iar taking the inside of a dangerous urve. Both cars were seriously dam ped. ^ltnt Hill, Mt. Sinai. Poplar Springs -asar, Roes Grove, New Hope, Dou ble Springs, Boiling Springs, East side. and Union. Many other churches in the two issociations have definite plans to nake substantial gifts to the col ege this week, according to Fred lent A. C. Lovelace. “We are ^rati ied at the response the churches ire making to this Harvest Day ttovemenl. and feel that it is one vay to ease the financial strain of he college.” Store rooms at the college are be ng piled high with canned goods jantry supplies, wheat, oats, corn otatoes. beans, vegetables, meats, md many other useful articles of ood. two rreignters wore crippled ana sent out call* for help; numerous smaller craft* were cast mground, while one tup and Its tow were un reported; pleasure boat* were wrecked by the hundred*, k eea- • man was swept to hi* death Horn a freighter and air least eight1 high way fatalities were charged against slippery roads and windshield* cov ered with snow and pelting tain. Two Massachusetts duck hunter* were missing. Hunters Missing < Entire towns were flooded or iso lated on the barrier beaches which form much of New Jersey and Long Island coastlines. Various communi ties reported buildings toppled, highways undermined and board walks cut. . ....{ .. An official estimate of the dam age was impossible due to the wreck age wrought by another high tide during the night. Newspaper esti mates, however, ranged from one million to 15 million dollar*. The northeast winds swung to the northwest today basting baS*t the fury erf the sea, put as a re minder. the gale left the north At lantic states them fleet real taste cf winter. Inland areas reported freez ing weather and as much at • 1-3 Inches of snow. REV. H. E. WALDROP TO BE NEW PAS’ CALVARY CHOI Rev. H. E. Waldrop, well known Shelby minister. has been celled to accept the pastorate of the new church formed In West Shelby, del* vary Baptlat, which waa constituted a week ago. i > • Rev. Mr. Waldrop said today that he will accept the cell andwtll be gin work at once. T*T Deacons for the new ebttfCtl were elected yesterday and ate . Clyde Singleton, Thurman Smith, and Grover C. Hamrick. Paul Blanton is to be the new superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Smith will take charge qf music in the church. A building committee of eight members headed by O. C. Hamrick as ohairm&n will consider the pur- „ chase of a lot for a building, al though the church will not build in the near future. , Much enthusiasm la being devel oped in the new church. Promises to paint, wire, plump and equip the church have already been made, ac cording to the new pastor. Rev. Mr. Waldrop came to this county from Rutherford, and was the pastor of Hiastside church for ten years. He did occasional preach ing at the West Graham mission during the past two years. Shoffner’* Brother Seriously Injured Luke Shoffner of 41« West Wash ington street, Greensboro, an em ploye of the American Optical Com pany, and brother of R. W. 8hoff ner of this place, was seriously in jured Friday afternoon when struck by an automobile while crossing West Market street tn front of tha county court house. He was return ing to work after the lunch hour. He was knocked forward and fell with his forehead striking the curb; he suffered a fractured skull which necessitated an operation Friday night to remove a small piece at the skull from the brain. He is undergoing treatment at 8t. Leo’s hospital. James Donnell, negro driver of the ear tliul IwL Mr. Shoifuer, .Is being held pending the outcome of his injuries. «'C Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Shoffner left Saturday morning to be at the be .lured man's bedside.