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I Four Alleged Professional Shoplifters Are Jailed Here WEATHER North Carolina: Fair today partly ;loudy tonight and Thursday, no leaded change in temperature. U. " " The Ellevsekdmd Stak Member of Associated Press ■ vOL. XLL No. 151 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, DEC. 18, 1935 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon* ■j M IL rrr rear, tin Mhdmi _ IU1 Carrier, per year, I la adraneil _ MOO Vicious Shoplifting Ring Is Broken Here In Spectacular Coup Sheriff Lodges Four Who “Won’t Talk” In Jail After They Fiercely Resist Arrest; Had Moneymaking Racket A vicious ring of professional shoplifting was believed broken here today when two men and two women fought and clawed like cats to resist arrest, were lodged in the county jail and who then shut up like clams, except for giving what is believed to be fictitious names to conceal their identity. The nifty piece or sieuimng u> bring done by Sheriff Raymond Cline who figured centrally in the arrests and who got a bloody face and several deep scratches from the women for his efforts. Knox Har din, city officer and other officers also helped make the capture. Hear ing will be tomorrow. A medley of names and occupa tions given by the four is as con fusing as an income tax report, .but the present known facts seem to un ravel somewhat like this: Their “Racket” Wesley Frame and Sue Frame, his wife, allegedly from Asheville and B. P. Chestnut and his wife, either from Neosha or Chanute, Kansas, had developed a sweet, money-mak racket of ‘anting” valuable ar mies from several Shelby stores, and boldly preceding to take, the rrttcles back and ask for the pur chase pffce. They had been getting by, using •county nanfes. Chestnut declaring be was George Cline from Moores boro, but who got in hot water when a deputy happened to ask him the name of the postmaster at Moores boro and also the namq of the little town above Mooresboro. He also didn't happen to know that the Clines of the county don’t live in Mooresboro. Resist Arrest Arrest of three of the four was effected In front of the Central Methodist church after a fierce struggle. The alleged Mrs. Chestnut (Continued on page twelve) Presbyterian Men To Hear Dr. McSween The men of the Presbyterian church will hold a banquet in the basement of the church at 7 o’clock Friday evening of this week. The speaker of the evening will be Dr. John McSween, former president of Presbyterian college of South Carolina, and now pastor of the First church in Chester, S. C. In as much as Dr. McSween Is recog nized as one of the outstanding speakers in the Southern Presby terian church, all of the men are urged to be present. -- Morning Cotton LETTER NK\v YORK. Dec. 18.—The mar ket lirld steady yesterday and Maintained most of the early gains brought about by small but more i^TKral buying. The recent selling has undoubtedly aided the market 'actinically, more attention is be m? paid to the supply and demand '''nation occasioned by the larger experts which up to the present !,m* are some 866,000 bales ahead lp 1 year. Mill demand has flat Pr!no out some which is natural faring Inventory time. Stocks are '8l,t and the deferred buying due t0 feature and the pending court cases is undoubtedly buying '‘P a substantial demaiid which :1J PVentually have a telling ef iect on prices. E. A. Pierce dt Co. • the markets &!“• "»• .n to 11 on, on, too _ttt.1 ton seed- car lot, ton_138.1 1,',York cotton at 2:30: D« Uo, ^ u«. Mar. 1147. Mi Jul? MMW. Oct. 1086. Nash Is Elected Merchants’ Head; Store Hours Set ! _ Chamber Of Commerce Will Con tinue To* Function; Opening And Closing Hours. Joe E. Nash was named president of the Shelby Merchants association at a meeting held Tuesday night. A. V. Beck was named vice presi dent and George Wray was named secretary. Decision was made, prior to the election of officers, to handle .the organization next year on a basis of a one dollar per year member ship without a paid officer. All firms In the city are Invited to join the organization which will have regular meetings in order to handle things of interest and value to the city and county as a whole as well as to merchants. The chamber of commerce angle of the organization will likewise be continued on a basis similar to the merchants work. Lee B. Weathers, who is chairman of the public af fairs committee of the Shelby Kt wapls club and is thus often con tacted by people interested in pub lic matters, agreed to handle cor respondence received by the cham ber of commerce. Hours for opening and closing stores for 1936, to be effective Thursday morning, December 26, were agreed upon at the meeting. Grocery stores will continue their present hours, opening at 8 a. m. and closing at 6 p. m. on week days and remaining open until 9 p. m. on Saturday nights. Department stores and furniture stores agreed to open at 8:30 a. m. and close at 5:30 p. m. except on Saturdays when they will open at the same time but remain open until 7:30 p. m. i oung JL.aay raims And Hangs Paper In Her Overalls Following in the footsteps of her father, Miss Helen Queen, attrac tive daughter of W H Queen paint er and paper hanger has taken up the paint brush as a trade. She tried the work and found she likes it. Now she is wearing white over alls and goes right on jobs with her father, scaling ladders any painter would do. CCC Camp May| Be Abandoned By President’s Order Roosevelt Orders Reduction Official*. Farmer* And Business Men Protest To Balwinkle And Bailey. The CCC camp is scheduled to be abandoned in Cleveland county. President Roosevelt has ordered a reduction in the number of camps throughout the nation from 2,200 to 1,500 in a retrenchment program. LocW camp authorities say no or der to this effect has been received here, but John Wilkins, county farm agent, who is attending an agency school in Raleigh, notified Lester Herndon, chairman of the county board of commissioners, that the Shelby camp is slated for abandon ment, and the men transferred to other units. Immediately Congressman Bul winkle and Senator Bailey were no tified and they are interceding in behalf of the local camp with Wash ington authorities. It is pointed out that 100 farms, embracing nearly 12,000 acres have been signed up in the soil erosion program. County Agent Wilkins says ithat the farmers have shown finer j co-operation in this county than in I any other North Carolina county. I The county has purchased terrac jing machinery and Just now the camp to doing its most effective j work in soil erosion. | Whether the program, would be carried on by other camps outside the county, if the local camp were abandoned, has not been learned. Farmers, business men and 6ffi cials have entered a protest against j the abandonment or removal of the i camp. I - Hudson Is Made WPA Director | In This County John Hudson has been appointed director of all WPA projects in Cleveland county and has entered upon his duties. It is understood that he succeeds H. H. Poole who has been transferred to Charlotte where he will continue a similar work. Mr. Hudson will be personnel of ficer, check timekeepers and pay rolls, etc., for all projects carried on within the county. ! Mr. Hudson has held a position in Washington, D. C. for a number of years where he was with the Peo ples Drug Co. chain. He resigned a few weeks ago and returned to his home in Shelby, Stores Open Later Until Christmas Shelby merchants on Thursday night will begin remaining open in the evenings until 0 o’clock for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. They will be open each evening un til 9 until ChVistmas. The 9 o’clock hour will also be observed Christ mas Eve. Christmas shopping has already been brisk in Shelby and it is be lieved that stores will be very busy until business is suspended Tuesday 1 night for the holiday. Shepherd Scene Is Re-enacted Vividly At Lineberger Home A scene depicting the shepherds watching their sheep by night when the star appeared in the East her alding the birth of the Christ child in the manger at Bethlehem is re enacted on a hillside in front of the J. D. Lineberger home out on high way 20, east. Those who have looked on the beautiful sight at night, declare it to be the most elaborate and im pressive Christmas decoration ever provided In Shelby. A dozen life size sheep are grazing idly on the hillside and In their midst stands a shepherd with his crook or staff in hand. In a distant tree is the Star of Bethlehem, bright and radiant. Indirect electric lights placed un derground, illuminate the pastoral scene. To add to the solemnity of the de piction, Mr. Lineberger has provided a phonograph which plays all of the well known Christmas music as Come All Ye Faith, Holy Night, Nazareth, Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, Cfy-istmas Fantasy, Christmas Awake, God Rest Ye Merry Gentle men, Birth of a King, Star of the East. The music is amplified and can be heard for a long distance. Hundreds of people are being at tracted to the scene each evening, especially during the hour of music, 7:30 to S.30. Prints Handsomest Dollar Bill New dollar bills, shown being printed at the federal bureau of print ing and engraving, above, are described by Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau a? the “handsomest ever”. These new silver certificate* are the same size aa the present ones and carry a picture on both l sides of the Great Seal, inset, adopted in. 1832, together with Latin inscriptions rendered as "A new order of the ages” and “He favored our undertakings”. Jersey Governor Says Bruno Guilty And Must Give Life Late Bulletins Balance Production RALEIGH, Dec. 18.—(A1)—Balance production rather than too restrict ed output constitutes the real need, L. H. Beam, economic advisor with the AAA, said today at the annual conference of agriculture workers at N. C. State college. He said the goal is to have agriculture producing an adequate supply of things needed by people without piling up price ruining surpluses to glut the market. “The consumption of farm prod ucts is limited, he said. Man can eat only so much and there is a reasonable limit to the amount of clothing each person needs. N. C. Not Affected Raleigh, Dec. 18.—(A1)—State Rev enue Commissioner Maxwell and At torney General Seawell today infor mally expressed the opinion that the decision of the lilted States su preme court, invalidating part of Vermont’s income and franchise tax law, would not affect North Carolina. The Vermont law was declared in valid as it Imposed a larger tax in come from investments outside the state than on those within the state. Succeeds Massaryk PRAHA, Dec. 16.—(A”)—Eduard Benes was elected second president of the republic of Crechselakia by the national assembly today to suc ceed Dr. T. G. Massaryk, who re signed Saturday. Wash Is Stolen Off Line At Lawndale A wash pot, bed sheets, pillow cases and towels, men’s overalls when found in possession of the two Crotts of Lawndale recently and Clyde Hoyle of Burke county and a Jake Willis of. Alexander county, were arrested in eastern Burke and brought to Shelby by Deputy Cordell of Lawndale. Mr. Crotts, owner of the stolen property, identified It whe nfound in possession of the two men. Besides the clothes taken from the line, and the washpot, a tire and wheel were removed from the Ford car at the Crotts home. The men are in the Shelby jail. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 18.—</P> Govemor^ Harold G. Hoffman sale today he was satisfied the Lind bergh kidnap-murder case had no been fully solved but had never ex ; pressed any element of doubt as t< | Bruno Richard Hauptman's guilt j Questioned whether he meant h< : believed Hauptman guilty he re plied: “Hauptman stands guilty a 'convicted by the courts.” The governor said the ' doubts' about the case he mentioned a’ Allentown, Penasylvania, last nlghi were held by many persons In th< nation but were not necessarily his In the Interview the governor re called that some of the Llndbergf ransom money was turned In at th< Federal reserve bank by a persor recorded on a deposit slip as J. J Faulkner. He also cited the controversj over rail 16“ of the kidnap laddei and the fact that no finger * prlnti of Hauptman were found on th( ladder. Meanwhile, the New Yorl Evening Journal said six of the eighi members of the New Jersey court of pardons were opposed to grant ing clemency to Hauptman qn th( basis of evidence so far brought U light. Christmas Sales Up | NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—(JP)—K na lion-wide survey by the Nationa | Retail Drygoods association indicat ed today that retail Christmas sale* have expanded almost 10 percem over last year for the first half ol December. Franco-British Peace Plan Dead; States Big Power; Declaration Follows Eden's Talk Mussolini Aggressively Defies All Of Europe; His Armies Win. By Associated Press { The Franco-British formula for ; settling the Italo-Ethloplan was was ; described as dead today by a rep resentative of one of Europe's great sea powers at Geneva. The declaration followed a con ference by Anthony Eden. British jminister for league of nation af fairs with Russian, Spanish and Turkish members of the .league council, gathered to consider the | Franco-British plan among tta prob lems. The Italian delegation had announced It would not be repres ented at the session. Defies Europe At home Premier Mussolini, again aggressively belligerent, defied Eu rope to stop his campaign In Ethio pia. Other league delegates had al vuumiuucu uij twrivc; Fat Check Here For School Work In Rural Units A fat check for the sum of $139, 298.44 arrived at the First National bank this morning and represents the actual money for the bond is>i sue recently made by the county for the erection of PWA school buildings. I The money will be divided into i (wo deposits, $50,000 going to the I Union Trust company and the bal ance to the First National. Preliminary work on the school | projects will be done before Christ mas. but little actual construction J is expected before the first of the year. i Contracts have ndt yet been let on the Lattimore and BethWare . projects, and plans may have to be re-drawn to construct smaller buildings than formerly planned. ' The present figures are outside the PWA allotment. Construction work is expected to last at least six months. Cars Demolished In Crash Today; Two Are Injured Will O. Hord, Waco fanner ana D. H. Osborne of the U. S. Boll Ero sion Service here, were considering themselves extremely fortunate to be alive at noon today following an auto collision this morning at the | Intersection of South Washington and Graham streets. I Mr. Osborne was driving a new j 1936 Dodge coupe and Mr. Hord was driving a Chevrolet sedan. Both cars were overturned and were badly damaged, with nearly every glass in them broken. A preliminary examination by a physician revealed that Mr. Osborne had a slight cut on the forehead and that Mr. Hord had an affected hip 'and a number of minor abrasions. ! Patrolman H. A. Oreenway made ■ the Investigation and said no charges I have been preferred or arrests made. Mid-December Money Program Causes Rise; Deficit Tops Billion Latest Figures May Cause Heavier Scaling Of Public Works Program; South Carolina Project Is Safe / R v Aunnrinlarf PrawM \ WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. * 18.—The national debt reached $30,555,791,967 today, passing the 30 billion dollar mark for the first time in history. Service At Night At City Postoffice Is Inaugurated Begins Thursday And Office Will Be Open All Day Saturday; Closes Dec. 23th. The Shelby postofilce will be open each evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, beginning Thursday of this week , and continuing through Christmas eve, It la announced by Postmaster Frank L. Hoyle. Every effort is being made at the postoffice to accommodate the pa trons and the cooperation of the patrons Is urgently requested in or der that the. postal authorities may handTe the big Christmas moM with all possible dispatch. The office will, also be open all day Saturday, Dec. 21st, and not close at 1 o’clock as usual, Attention Is again callrd to the fact that there will be no service on Christmas day other than for the dispatch of outgoing mall and for the delivery of special delivery mat ter. Each day the quantity of Incom ing and outgoing mall Is Increasing and will reach Its peak on Saturday and Monday. Cleveland In Lead In Ginning Report According to a report, lsued by Thamer C. Beam, cotton statistic ian, Cleveland county again steps into first place in cotton produc tion in the state. Last year Cleve land fell Into second place. but prior to that had ranked at the top for several years. The ginning report as of Decern ber 1 gives Cleveland 43,862 bales this year, with Robeson county lag ging more than 6,000 bales behind her to take second place with a pro duction of 38.113 bales. Next high ranking counties weir Johnson, with 25.903 bales; Samson, kith 23.449 bales; and Halifax with 20.861 bales. Olvaney Dead NEW YORK. Dec. 16.—07V-George Olvaney, jr., 22, found shot in the head on the grounds of a Saranac Lake hotel, December 10, after leaV Ing a note indicating he planned suicide, died today. He was the sou of a former Tammany Hall politi cal chieftain. Wade Bostick, Missionary To China Tells Story Of Hardship In Pagan Land Now Beset By Japs tit' While hordes of Japanese and au tonomlst Chinamen swarm all ove: the northern provinces of the far ; flung Chinese empire, Wade D. Bos Stick, native of Shelby and recently arrived from the mission fields o the east, watches with eager eye events which are occurring in hi self-adopted country. Mr. Bostick is one of a family o missionary-minded persons fron ! Cleveland county who since 188! I have had members of the family ii | some form of Chinese foreign mis sion work to the extent of nearly . 200 years of actual service. This record is believed to be un . surpassed by any one family In the ■ south, although the Bosticks would ' be reluctant to have it advertised t from that angle. They went from > force of religious convictions. s The affable missionary spent nearly an hour answering the ques t tions directed at him by your writ i er and showed a keen interest, both > in modem denominational missions i as well as in the social, political and ■ economic welfare of China. Mr. Bostick’s present visit home is due to the extreme unfvt ir Northern China and to the condi tion of his health after undergoing a tremendous mental strain wher his wife died after a 39 months ill ness, and to the fact that he hat had to meet the rigorous hardship: of Chinese life since 1904 with onlj a few brief visits home to the lane of his fathers and ktnspeople. "The city we are now located ir is called Pochow (pronounced po-a cho) and it has a population ol (Continued on page twelve) mid-December financing operations which added >402,530,93? to the debt. The debt wu near the figure r» timated by President Roosevelt for the end of the necai year ending next June 30, $30,733,000,000. The deficit today stood at $1,600, 711.37ft, compared with a year-enct estimate of $3,281,000,000. {Expendi tures of $3,307,348,280 compared with full year estimates of $7,763,832,000, I These figures indicated to some the possibility that the public debt, when 4he 1030 fiscal year closes neat June, may exceed the president’s September estimate. Scale Relief Coming on the crest of the finan cial report Informed souroes hint led that the Roosevelt relief pro gram for ndbet year may include only one important new outlay—the "Wh ile Works program mentioned by the president yesterday. The presi dent said this program probably would total somewhat leas than five hundred million dollars. The chief executive disclosed he would, propose It to the session Of congress opening next month, but (Continued on page twelve) Teachers $15,000 Payment As Month Closes Pay Checks for nearly two thirds of the teachers in the schools of Cleveland county will be ready for distribution by the end of this week and will go to teachers, bus driven and Janitors before the units doss for Chrlstmss. According to 3. H. Origg, the nor mal payroll is approximately $23,000 but Fallston, No. 3. Waco and Boil ing Springs and possibly one or two others lack several days ending the current month of their work. There will be no statewide or even county-wide payment of a “Christ mas check” as was indicated several days ago by state dispatches. The payment Friday will be the normal time for disbursement. Shelby school mar me and masters received their pay last week and will not get another until early in the new year. ■ I 1 l* j •Hi t vi SHOPPING Auto Runt Down Shelby Youngster • In Washington, D. C. , Ralph W11116, 14 year old son of | Mr. and Mrs. June Willis, formerly i of Shelby, is recovering from crttl I cal injuries when struck by an au tomobile in Washington, D. 0. He is in Children’s hospital there suffering from fracture of the left shoulder and ribs, abdominal in juries and hemorrhages of the chest. Police said the car was driven by 'Harry D. Harradon who is being , held. I . .—
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