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VOL XLI, fio.154
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SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, DEC. 27, 1935
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Carnet.
Der year.
»»r rear.
On advance) _ tl.ee
(in advancei _ woe
fiewAAAContract
Provisions Given
As Copy Arrives
county may
see on the “inside” of the new
AAA contract today for the
first time, as the first copy of
the sheet has arrived at the
office of the county agent.
This contract may be changed in
i few small details," but it la final
K far as the major provisions are
concerned.
With the New Deal hanging in
Bid-air before the Supreme court,
epeclaUy the Bankhead and AAA
lets, every person in the county
fho la interested in cotton will be
anxious to know If Cleveland will
M 99 percent for the measure again,
ind will rent cotton acres to Uncle
Sam.
Most important changes in the;
triple A contract is that it is en-‘!
Sidy voluntary,.is a four-year con-;
tract but may be terminated at the
end of any year by either the farm
er cr the secretary of agriculture.
(Continued on page eight.)
S. J.McCluney, 60
Dies At Trinity;
Was Civic Leader
a. J. McClunney. a highly re
spected citizen of the Trinity com
mon) ;y, was claimed by death on
Tuesday morning, Dec. 34th, after
a serious illness of several weeks.
Mr. McClunney who was 60 years
ot age united with the Camps Creek
Baptist church in 1923. At the time
ot bis death he was a member of
tin board of deacons in the Trinity
Baptist church, a Justice of the
peace and a member of the school
board.
Mr, McClunney is survived by his
*ifa who before marriage was Miss
Docia Humphries and six children:
Bniest, Ania, Marjorie, Evelyn,
hck and Louise, all at home; and
t»o listers, Mrs. Z. T. Brackett of
>bi» community and Mrs. S. A:
H*®hck of Bessemer City. He was
Preceded to the grave by a tiny in
fant several years ago.
funeral services were held at the
Jaaps Creek church on Christmas
at 11 o’clock with his pastor,
**v- M- M. Huntley of Spindale in
charge.
The pan bearers were B. V.
Jreene, B. B. Harris, P. Z. Harrill,
Bridges, H. W. McKinney and
*,eiT Gillespie. Flower girls were
**> Romeo Bostic and Misses Re
*cca, Mary ahd Ray Bridges, Betty
“* B°s«e, Ruby Lovelace, Mildred
and Mrs. Eugene Dobbins,
interment followed in the church
Wnetery.
Morning Cotton
LETTER
YORK, Dee. 37.—Trading
restricted yesterday owing to
to Liverpool and Alexan
Blight price advances were
Jeered but gains were lost to the
transactions under a moderate
n° ut1*; hedging sales. The new
r®f®her opened at 10.61 about
h ^ith October. The close thow
« declines of 6 to 8 points. Spot
m southern markets were 12,
average of 11.61 <a; 10 points
*. w Reports including yester
brought season’s total to
^o^imately 973,000 bales to excess
*** to same date,
hssv*f?eeI ooottaued strong
^-or spots must eventually bring
L “ upward adjustment to fu
®-c* l*veS and therefore
^ --mend buying on any easy per
(w„ the markets
-u* *•
Cot,’ ***** w»fon, ton_$35.00
seed, car lot, ton_$38.00
U5n^x7ork 00,14011 at 2:30: Jan
iCQ ' r*rch 11-22, May 11.12, July
9°- °eL 10 83, Dec. 10.60. —
Reason Lindbergh Moved Away
Threats to kidnap S-year-old Jon Lindbergh, shown in recent picture, fa
■aid by friends to have been reason for Col. Lindbergh's decision to
his family to England to live.
Subsidy Payments Slated
For Jan. 15 In Lint Work
ROGERS BUYS MORE
PROPERTY FRONT;
MAY BUILD SHOW
R. H. Rogers, Ford automobile
dealer has purchased 60 additional
feet of business property fronting
on East Marion street from B. T.
Falls and plans the erection next
year of a handsome theatre build
ing.
In July of this year, Mr. Rogers
bought from Judge Falls a frontage
of 66 feet adjoining this same prop
erty. This gives him a frontage of
126 feet on which he plans the er
ection next year of an automobile
agency building and a modem
theatre. The property extends to a
depth of 220 feet.
Plans have not matured for the
theatre building but Mr. Rogers
says he has three threatre operators
as prospects who are negotiating
for the lease of a modem theatre
building.
Rev. R. M. Courtney
To Address Laity
Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of the
Central Methodist church here will
be the principal speaker of a pro
gram Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at
Sulphur Springs Methodist church.
AH the churched in the Shelby
charge are asked to send representa
tives. Lawton Blanton, lay leader,
will be in charge of the program.
Rev. «T. N. Wise is pastor of the
church.
A large number of Cleveland
county Methodists are expected to
hear the address by Rev. Mr. Court
ney who was formerly a presiding
elder of this district.
Report 27 Christmas Arrests;
Six Men Held For Fist Fights
Christmas arrests for the city
and county numbered 27 cases, ac
cording to a report from the office
of the clerk this morning. Most of
the arrests were for drunkeness ana
fighting and petty larceny. i
Six young men, two from Shelby
and four from Lawndale were ar
rested Christmas night for engaging
in what seemed to be a free for all
to Jim’s Place in front of the court
house. The men are Doan Hulick,
Furman Husky, Jean Lee, E. M.
Water, John Waters and Clayton
White.
Details of the rough and tumble
fight have not been revealed and
will be aired in a continuation of
Hie ease January 4. ’
. AAA officials In Washington
promised the initial checks for the
1935 cotton subsidr payments by
January 15.
Although there was no set date,
the original plans for release of the
first checks was to make the first
payment in the middle of Decem
ber. Delay was credited to clerical
and technical reasons.
In This County.
In Cleveland county the money
will go to growers of 30.800 bales of
cotton, certificates for which are
filed in the office of the county
agent, and is expected to bring from
one half to one and a half cents per
pound to make up for the difference
In the spot market price at the time
of the sale and the 13 cent guaran
tee made by the government.
Local agents said only one draw
back will prevent growers here from
receiving the adjustment payment.
That is the fact that full instruc
tions for the cotton contract for
1936 have not been given and a
printed form for the sales certificat
es has not come to this office. Pay
ments will be made as soon as the
application is sent in to the Raleigh
office.
Payments will lie made only on
cotton sold under producers’ indi
vidual Bankhead allotments, and
may not be more than 3 cents a
pound. The subsidy will be paid
from the 30 per cent of the gross
customs receipts set aside from the
AAA. Officials estimated a maxi
mum of $55,000,000 would be needed.
One official said payments now
due might be $30,000,000 to $40,000,
000.
Officials estimated that from 85
to 90 per cent of the 1935 crop would
be moved to market by December
31. Hie price has averaged between
11 and 13 cents.
Beatrice Willis, colored, was given
nine months this morning in re
corder’s court for shoplifting in
Kings Mountain.
County officers reported only five
or six arrests during the whole
Christmas period, and information
from the sheriff's office said this
was one of the lightest round-ups
in a number of years.
MASONIC LODGE WILL
MEET THIS EVENING
A regular meeting of the Masonic
lodge 132 will be held this evening
at 7:30 at the temple. This is an
important business meeting and all
members are urged to be present.
Organizations In City Give
Above $1000 To Needy Objects
A hurried and moat likely Incom
plete survey of the Christmas activi
ties of various civic dubs, churches,
and other organisations reveals that
fully $1,000 In gifts of food, money,
and clothing were given to the poor
of the city the past few days.
The Kiwanis dub in 13 groups of
four men each delivered Santa
Claus to 38 families at Stubbs, Buf
falo Mill and 35 families at the JEUa
Mill, playing the role of Santa
Claus.
City firemen loaded a truck with
bright toys which have been repair
ed over a period of several weeks
“ Bert This Y ear ”
SaidOfWPAWork
As Crisis Passed
Last Dollar Of Wages Due Went
Out Before Christmas Te 4M
Workers.
“The best condition we have been
in all year,” was the reply made to
day by John Hudson, field worker
for the approximately 400 men and
women now employed in the coun
ty’s WPA projects, who last week
faced the crisis of unpaid wages
and moneyless Christmases.
Mr. Hudson said the last dollar of
wages due all the workers was paid
before Christmas Day and many of
them who had worked unpaid for five
weeks were able to pay up some
back debts, see Santa Claus and
have a small amount left to greet
the new year. Another payment is
due in about two weeks.
Begin Monday.
Week will begin on all the gea*
tions of the various projects Mon
day the leader said, “*nd X think
the present program has enough
outlined to keep them all busy at
least until spring'*
There are six main projects under
the WPA which are using the near
ly 400 workers. They are:
| The community center, otherwise
known as the legion building,
which to rapidly taking shkpe now
that the founds lofts, part of the
walls and flttt floor «t . taking
shape. Supervisor to Kart bowman.
Other Projects.
Sewing projects, three 1ft Shelby
and two in Kings Mountain under
the direction of MTS. LOUfe. Gardner
making garments and bSdCloths for
county dependents aad other poor.
Hundreds'of yards of sewer lines
in all parts of the city, being laid
by different groups under the super
vision of Zeb Mauney.
Street improvements, both as to
the sidewalks and with gravel from
the rock quarry on much needed
sections of the streets, directed by
S. S. Summey.
A series of record summaries and
the production of a number of val
uable files In court house archives,
this project In charge of Troy Mc
Kinney.
Finally, the 13 units of adult edu
cation under Mrs. Ben Goforth of
Kings Mountain and former head
case worker of the Emergency Re
lief Administration In this county.
Late Bulletins
Students Halted
SHANGHAI. Dec. 17.—Two
thousand Chinese students halted
their “advance on Nankins” in a
conunandered train when they
were 70 miles from their foal today.
Threatened by the government with
stern measures, they gave up the
attempt to reach the capital, plan
ned as a protest against “Japanese
aggression” and the movement for
north China autonomy.
Their decision ended a 5-day rail
way tie up which the government
had attempted to terminate by
sending 5M soldiers to Mock the
train.
Road Work Resumed
COLUMBIA, S. C., pee. fL—<#>—
Resumption of federal aid road work
on a normal scale was the aim of
the temporary state highway admin
istration today as the department
went to work with Its personnel
practically restored.
Comptroller General Beatty, chair
man of the ex-officio road board,
said. "We want to get this road work
going or there may be many people
without employment.
m
Mid carried them to destitute
homes.
A White Chmtnja.s offering of the
basis necessities of life, flour, meat,
meal, sugar, lard, salt, and varieties
of canned goods, was made Sunday
morning at the First Baptist church
which amounted to more than
S340. Miich of the produce was stor
ed and will be supplemented later
with other supplies and clothing for
reMgf purposes all winter. Dr. Zeno
Wall said his church has already
helped more than 60 families, ap
(Continued on page eight)
Seefeldt Accepts
Full Pastorate In
Brinkley,Arkansas
'AnUUDt Pwior Of Pint Bppibt
Cbarch Leaves
February L
Rev. H. C. Seefeldt, associate pas
tap of the First Baptist church here
said that he has definitely accepted
a call to become pastor of the First
Baptist church in Brinkley, Arkan
sas and will take up his new work
there on February 1.
The popular choir director and
minister has had charge of the edu
cational work of the church here
since September 1934, coming here
from Fort Worth, Texas, to fill the
I position of Horace Easom, now in
Dallas.
To Replace Dr. Rippy.
Rev. Mr. Seefeldt will succeed as
pastor of the Brinkley church Dr.
John L. Rippy, recently sent as a
missionary to Rio 4* Janerio, Bra
in,
His new field win be in a city of
some 3,800 people, is midway be
tween Memphis, Tenn., and Little
Rock, Ark. It is the only Baptist
church in the city and has some
thing above 300 members, and is
well equipped as to building and
other facilities.
Since graduation from South
western seminary, Rev. Mr. see
feldt has felt that his field is in the
ministry, rather than the educa
tional field. “My experiences and
relationships here have been most
gratifying,” he said.
He will tender his resignation to
the church Sunday and will move
his family to Brinkley the latter
part of January.
Tag Sales Are 600
Ahead Of Last Year
Tag sales to date are 800 or more
ahead of the sales made up to the
same date last year, according to a
report from the Carolina Motor
Club Bureau on South Washington
street this morning.
Licenses for vehicles sold Thurs
day numbered 102.
Carlos Hopper, manager, said
they are going unusually fast, as
the office has been open only since
December 14 and it opened Decem
ber 1 last year.
Miss Emily Miller
Escapes Tragedy
Miss Emily Miller, of Raleigh,
formerly of Shelby, was sche
duled to be a passenger on the
ill-fated bus, which plunged
a drawbridge into the Appo
mattox river near Hopewell,
Virginia last Sunday, and es
caped being a victim of the
tragedy only because die took
the friendly advice of a strang
er.
Miss Miller , a student at
Smith college, was on the way
home last Sunday by bus. Due
to take the tragedy bus out of
Washington, she changed her
plans and came by train because
a travel agent called her at
tention to the danger of icy
roads and advised the change.
She arrived in Raleigh shortly
after the bus was due, but for
tunately her family did not hear
of the disaster which took 14
lives until about 18 minutes aft
er her arrival.
Miss Miller Is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Miller of
Raleigh and a sister of H. G.
Miller, Jr., of this place. She
lived in Shelby with her fam
ily until about seven years ago
when they moved to Raleigh.
Andrew Jackson - F. D. Roosevelt
Above are Andrew Jack non and Franklin Delano Roose.
velt, the founder of the modem Democratic party and its
head. President Jackson will be honored by a nation-wide
series on the evening of January 8 and President Roosevelt
will speak to the American people over a nationwide radio
hook-up. ,
To Remodel Pleasant Grove
Church At Cost Of $4,000
PLANNING FATHERS
FUNERAL CAUSES
FATAL PNEUMONIA
_____
Funeral services were held on
Christmas day at 11 o’clock lor
Clarence Ledford, 49 year old Clover
| Hill farmer, who died at his home
in that community Tuesday morn
ing at 3 o’clock. The cause of his
death was a violent attack of
pneumonia.
Mr. Ledford's death came a little
less than a week after the death of
his 87 year old father, Amos Led
ford, and the cold wnich later de
veloped into pneumonia was first
noticed after he had driven in the
raw weather attending some,of the
details of his father's funeral.
Rites were in charge of Rev. B.
Van Harrison, pastor of the Clover
Hill Methodist church and a large
crowd vms present. The Junior or-'
der of Casa r of which he was a
leading member furnished pall
bearers. Mr. Ledford has been a
member c# the Clover Hill church
since early boyhood and was active
in its organisations.
Surviving are si* children and his
wife who was Miss Lona Norman;
two brothers, Dobie Ledford of
Grady, Ala^ and Enoch of Clover
Hill; two sisters. Mrs. L. L. Norman
of Morgknton and Mrs. D. M. Free
man of Shelby.
Mr. I^dford was one of the lead
ing fanners and citizens of upper
Cleveland.
City To Sell Bond*
In Raleigh Jan. 7th
The City of Shelby will offer for
sale in Raleigh on Jan. 7th, 140.000
In bonds at the lowest interest rate
obtainable. The purpose of the is
sue is to meet PWA grants being
made to the city on certain projects
by the Federal government.
A total issue of $92,000 was au
thorized by the city council, but
only $40,000 will be offered for sale
at present. Sale will be conducted
by the Local Government Commis
sion.
Firemen’s Valor Cited At Meal;
Shelby Fire Loss Low In 1935
The valor and bravery ot any
city fire department and a consid
erable amount of praise for the lo
cal fire laddies were the main
topics of discussion by Mayor Harry
8. Woodson Monday night when the
annual fireman’s banquet was held.
The meeting was hfld at the
Cleveland hotel and was attended
by the 47 regular and volunteer fire
men, the board of aldermen and
their wives, the city office force an
city patrolman.
While no actual figures were
given, it was revealed that the fie
tual loss from fire in Shelby durthg
1935 will run considerably less than
the $90,000 total damage of last
year. Trwre was one period of near
- "
[ Stimulated by promise of better
times and following out the pro
gressive traditions of their com
munity the Pleasant Grove Baptist
church decided this week to reno
vate its present building, with Im
provements to cost an estimated
$4,000.
This information was learned to
day from the chairman of the
building committee. Will Hamrick
and the pastor Rev. D. O. Wash
bum. Pleasant Grove is the Baptist
church in Beams Mill community.
A special meeting of the church
will be held Sunday December 39
when the committee will make
recommendations and announce de
tails of the building plans. The
main part of the service will be de
voted to actual plans for an early
beginning of the structure and oth
er committees will be named.
The building .will be a brick ve
neered type, wtth 12 modern and
well equipped Sunday school rooms,
a heating plant, and other fixtures
installed. ,
The building committee named a
short time ago is composed of Will
Hamrick, chairman, V. A. Gardner,
Lloyd Hamrick. Sloan Elliott, By
num Mauney, Clem Hendrick and
Gusta Hoyle.
Pleasant Grove is 57 years old and
has about 250 members, and is one
of the most progressive communi
ties in the county.
Lawmaking Lessons
Is Newest Feature
All eyes on Washington!
And will be on the capital city
for months now until Congress has
met, gone through the expected his
tory-making session and has ad
journed.
Rich, poor, high and low alike
will be Interested in what the city
and its residents, the “law-makers"
are doing. *
A new feature beginning today in
The Star, a special service by the
Associated Press and prepared by
Herbert Plummer will tell from
time to time the meaning of cer
tain terms, customs and procedures
used by the legislators. Both the
average reader and the student of
political affairs will be vitally in
terested in these newsy informing
items about law-making in our
country.
ly three mouth* during the summer
in which no call was registered.
Chief A. L. McDowell was toast
master at the program which for
the most part was entirely informal.
The chief spoke briefly on the value
of the volunteer force to the city
of Shelby and pointed out that their
services In the past eight years have
been equal to the cost of two full
time workers.
Mayor Woodson In his address
compared the energy and willingness
of firemen to serve and protect
lives to the Christmas attitudes
which abound at this season of the
year. A number of impromptu re
marks were made by guests and
membens.
Traffic Accidents
Take Largest Toll
Among Calamities
Weather Here Coldest
In 15 Years
Wvrr Krcrtrn Over Solid; Water
Mystenw CauM Ac
cidenta.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31—<AV-Death,
resulting directly or otherwise from
the widespread record cold wave,
struck down residents of at least 38
states today, the total approximat
ing 300. Traffic accidents accounted
for the greatest number but the
lives of 55 were snuffed out by ex
posure. Seventeen died in fires, in
directly attributed to the weather,
seven succumbed to carbon mono
xide fumes, five were drowned and
34 others died from miscellaneous or
other un re ported causes.
Moderating temperatures were
predicted for the great north cen
tral plains states, Texas, Oklahoma.
Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and the far south.
The Pacific ooast region general
ly has not suffered from the Current
cold wave, nor were the Rocky
Mountain states hard hit. New Sng
land and the north Atlantio states,
however, dug in, expecting more and
colder weather as did some of the
Ohio river states. Many sections re
ported the current oold snap the
severest in years.
In Shelby residents were sitting
up all night with candles, amalt
stoves, and electric heaters under
the water pipes to prevent fraesing.
Little River froae over solid it
was reported this morning and tem
peratures below freestng have been
reported almost constant In the
Shade for the past IgO hours. The
river hsd not been fraapn ?ver in
the past 18 yean.
Out of order signs tens pissed on
numerous stoves and hot water sys
tems id elty homes, and plumbers
were reported busiest In years.
Mrs. Wiseman,Age
88 Passes Here At
Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Willie A. Wiseman, passed
here last night at 10:80 o'clodt at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee
B. Weathers on West Marlon street
where she had been spending her
winters. She had suffered several
strokes of paralysis within the last
two years and her condition had
been critical since Saturday night.
Mrs. Wiseman was born in Orange
county, Virginia. December 80th.
1847, daughter of W. B. Yager and
Elizabeth Columbia Whltelaw. She
was educated by private tutor# and
was graduated at Roanoke Female
college, now Averett college, Dan
ville, Va. On October 13th, 1870 she
was married to Henry A. Wiseman,
prominent Danville druggist who
died 33 years ego today.
Surviving are two sons and two
daughters, Dr. H. A. Wiseman, Jr.
and Flumer Wiseman of Danville,
Mrs. Henry E. Kendall and Mrs.
Lee B. Weathers of Shelby, ten
grandsons and two granddaughters.
Mrs. Wiseman was a typical lady
of the Old South, cultured, refined
and ambitious for her family. She
was a cloee student at the Bible,
systematic housewife and authority
on the culture of flowers and
shrubs. In her younger days die was
active In the religious and social
life of Danville.
She was one of the oldest mem
bers of the First Presbyterian
church In Danville where her hus
band served as elder and the fu
neral will take place from the
church there Saturday morning at
10:30 o’clock.
Services will be In charge of the
pastor. Dr. Dunglesoa.
Lutherans To Give
Pageant 2nd Time
A repeated rendition at a special
Christmas pageant, “The tight ox
the World” win be given Sunday
night at 7 o'clock at the Lutheran
church by the member* of the
young peoples organisations. The
program will have added features
in addition to the Initial showing. 1
The pastor, Rev. S. O. Cooper
will preach at the morning service
on “Why We Were Bom," a sequel
sermon to one last Sunday on f|g