North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER Trw'i-aawino rlnilfli r,iis: increasing cloudi n^romwht. probably rain Sat nrd^y. not much change in tem perature. The guwemnd ZM 10 Pages TODAY Member of Associated Press SHELBY. N. a FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By M -U. »r yaat. (to idnaai) _ ca.tu Carrlet. par year, (to aaraaeei _ nn Hoey Portrays Virile Democratic Party In Jackson Day A ddress Above 250 Representative Democratic Lead ers Surround Him at Gala Dinner; Sc9res Republicans, Praises Roosevelt Vibrations which may be felt all the way to Raleigh and to the executive’s mansion were set in motion here Wednes day night at the huge Jacksq* Day dinner when Clyde Hoey _ more than 250 representative Democrats from all parts of the county. Cobby Bom, president of the Young Democrats of Cleveland eoumv presided at the dinner held at the Hotel Charles and declared flint to his knowledge it was the first of its kind ever held here. It was one oi the jolliest and most en thusiastic political gatherings held to Shelby in recent years. Representatives from every town, township and precinct were report •d to' Oliver Anthony, county exe cutive. and the entire meeting be ing taken as a gesture toward un animous support of Mr. Hoey for glvernor and to back him 100 per cent when hr opens his campaign within the next few weeks. Two hundred paid for plates and others came for the speeches. O. M. Mull Speaks 0. M. Mull, former head of the state Democratic committee intro duced Shelby's mast popular law yer and No. 1 citizen, naming him as a life-long Democrat and as a man who has fought the "twin brothers of the Republican party,’ five-ceru cotton and 11-hour work ing days. A tremendous ovation was giver Mr. Hoev who opened his speech by paying that he has been a young Democrat for 40 years. Issue* Challenge Challenging his listeners to en vision a virile, optimistic and mili tant democracy, the speaker quick ly paid tributes to Andrew ^ckson the founder, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the preserver of the Dem ocratic party. He asked a fair ap praisal of all that has happened in (Continued on page eight) Miss Burt Gettys Is Ticket’ Chairman For Birthday Ball At a regular meeting of the Ju boir Civic league, held at the Worn ans club Wednesday afternoon Mis Burt Gettys was appointed chair man of the ticket sale committe for the President’s Birthday bal Others appointed to work with he on rhe committee are Mrs. R. I Woods, Mrs. Clyde Short, Mrs. I C- Stamey, Mrs. Harry Cohen an Mrs. A. D. Brabble; the sale o tickets will be pushed from now un ul January 30. The ball, to be. staged on Januar; 30, has become an annual affair ii the years since Mr. Roosevelt ha been president, and the proceed from the thousands of balls heli over the country are donated to th Warm Springs endowment fund b promote, t^ fight against infantll Paralysis. At the meeting Wednesday after boon Mrs. F. o. Smith was electe. president of the organization, sue feeding Mrs. Dan Frazier who ha iTf*1 Mrs. c. B. McBrayer wa c ,„vic* Presldent to succeei » Smith, and Mrs. J. s. Dortoi wa* appointed publicity chairman. Morning Cotton LETTER fctedMnr °^K' JatL 10‘~So®e be* *elliDs hS 'lquidatlon but matnlj rrm7 S. bv. tlle 50114,1 which met s «iKi0*,fiemand’ w*5 respon durin* , e*v>10n- Near positions due ^V,’ly firmcr toan distant? icg S 04 4he fixing be wjihh. b,,, January and March month tMrt_lng goes in the forward the 1J8 by 4,10 character ol ox the jrt J®st*rday. there is more ^ nn m0Vlng- 1116 ,oweI to i„J P?^L'undoubtedly discounts meuT'i ,,^6 the recent djfelop nenrt .nl the hnmediate trend de amount of& LT ex4on4 to the Pierce * c t ade 5UPPort—E. A r.,, the markets £“:rn*tei! c-“"” -2;;;; ” Us-\fY0rk cotton at 2:30: . 10®' 10'96' May 10.67; , ’ ^ H 99. Dec. 8.08. I . Grand Jury Cites Sabbath Breaking) As Serious Matter j Suggests Repair Of Roads, School Buildings; Court Nearing Close. _ Recommendations of the grand jury of the current term of Superior court were made known today through Forrest S. Crowder, fore man and include some definite sug gestions for law enforcement in general and for improvement in county roads, and buildings. A stricter enforcement of laws protecting the Sabbath were enjoin ed and officers were complimented on the work against gambling and gambling devices. Repair of roads, school buildings and all busses in which children ride were ordered inspected and re paired and repair, was suggested for several buildings at the county home with the installation of electric lights suggested for bams and out buildings there. Praises Government Words of praise to county govern ment officials were passed for the low tax rate now in effect, and after visiting all the county insti tutions, the state prison road camp,' the body reported all in excellent condition. ’The court neared the completion of the docket with a number of more important judgments being made known as follows: Bomer Walker was found guilty of violating the motor vehicle law and judgment of the lower court remained, revulsion of license and fine. Sentenced Curley Dale, George Holland, Lloyd McCraw, Ernest Newton, Cot ton Newton and Dggid Mace all got sentences for larceny, Dale getting two years on the roads, Holland three years on two counts; McCraw and Mace six months each; Ernest Newton 12 months, and Cotton New (Oontinued on page eight) Crow Killing Meet Is Held; 68 Are Taken Crow killing parties are the latest activities of a group of Double Shoals fanners and resi dents who are seeking to offset the attack the feathered deni zens which have been so num erous there recently. A party went out last night and found the hiding place of the birds and before they return ed had accounted for 68 enemies of small grain and fall and win ter gardens. C. M. Spangler said this morn ing that the group of hunters will meet again tonight at 8 o’clock. Long barreled guns, , powerful flashlights will be the chief speakers at the meeting. House Passes Bonus Measure 355-58 To Give 3,500,000 War Vets 2 BiUion Dollars WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(/P) j —A crushing house majority to day passed and sent to the sen ate a bill authorizing cash pay ment of the bonus to nearly 3, 500,000 World war veterans. ! The immediate' cost of payment was estimated variously at from one to two billion dollars. The vote on passage was an nounced by Speaker Byrnes as 365 to 68, more than the two thirds majority required to pass legislation over the president's veto. The ballot was taken before packed galleries. Prompt consideration of the issue by the senate finance com mittee was promised by Chair man Harrison, Democrat, Mis sissippi. Unless pressure for the house bill is too great the committee was considered likely to amend the measure or vote out a less liberal one of its own. Realizing President Roosevelt is opposed to full payment at this time. Democratic leader Robinson has conferred with the president and believed to have conveyed the executive’s attitude to all bonus camps whose representatives have been conferring in secret for several days. Robinson was hopeful a bill will be passed that will meet executive approval. Just before final passage the house defeated, 319 to 89, a mo tion by Representative Tread way, Republican, Massachusetts, to return the bill to the com mittee under instructions to re (Continued on page eight.) Place Double Shift Of WPA Workers At Rock Quarry Rural Units Open On Next Monday After Long Delay All rural schools in the county which did not run this week will begin for certain on Monday, ac cording to J. H. Grigg, school super intendent today. This will include Fallston, Bel wood, Piedmont and No. S units. Others in the county have been at tempting to remain open all the week and part of the week, although attendance has been hampered by the failure of busses to make the regular rounds. Roads are expected to be in much better condition by Monday as the sunshine and highway department co-operate to dry and draf the thoroughfares, Some et the schools have had as much as three weeks mid term holiday, with a week for Christmas and two weeks for clearing weather. Dozen Wounded As Prelude To Cuban Election HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 10.—(JP)—A dozen persons were wounded in a series of Santiago bomb explosions today, a noisy prelude to the elec tion of a president and other con stitutional officers by Cuba’s two million voters. Ten bombs exploded before the polls opened in Santi ago. A political agent was brought to Havana, suffering grave bullet wounds, from Bauta, in the nearby province of Vinar Del Rio. Police seized a package containing 4 bombs in a downtown cafe and promptly cloeed all such places. Rex Remedy Co. Receives A Charter A charter has been granted by the Secretary of State to the Rex Remedy Co., of Shelby which has an authorized capital of $10,000 with $1,000 paid in by J. P., L. H„ Flay and Corinne Ledford. This firm has been established for a number of years and manufactures Rex-Lex, a headache powder which is now selling well in six states. The company plans to extend its territory and sales, now that it has been incorporated. Chemists Inspect Water Supply; Is 100% Pure Despite Bad Taste All the resources of the city ad ministration and the aid ot two state chemists and other help if needed will be used this week and next to quell the complaints which have been made recently about the unpleasant taste in the city water. “One hundred per cent pure” was the report made this week by chemists from the state department of public health and it was further reported that many other cities in North Carolina are troubled with the same nuisance at this time of the year, which may be attributed to many causes. Mayor Woodson said this morn ing that he is making a complete personal investigation of the trou ble and has authorized the water • officials to disregard cost and ef I 1 fort in getting the water taste back to normal. Two specialists will be here in a day or two to make a survey of conditions, both at the water plant and up the river, the water source, in an effort to locate any possible ibnormal or unnatural cause. The weather* the unprecedented cloudiness and lack of sunshine for he past three weeks was said to lave a possible bearing op the taste of the water. Sunshine oxi lizes many odors from the water vhile in the river and water plant. Also, more than (5,000 will be ■pent in the near future for the elimination of “dead ends” in the vater mains, giving complete cir culation of the water supply, said Mr Woodson. Decision to practically double the production of crushed stone from the rock quarry by using more WPA laborers and the city paying foi auxiliary men, trucks, and equip ment was announced today by Johr Hudson, Works Progress supervisoi for this county. In making the announcement Mr Hudson added that he could use every available man who is eligible for a job on the WPA work now ir operation in the county. He addet that there is no reason why anj man who is eligible for relief shoulc not be employed. Bringing cheer to the severs hundred men and women who are employed, Mr. Hudson said that hi! trip to Charlotte two days ago re sulted In the Information that paj days for Cleveland county will be the first and 16th of every montl from now on. No additional proj ects are now in sight, as the quote tor the county for the present ii full. ...... Rain In unusual amounts ha: been harrying the activities of the WPA workers for the past severs days and the supervisor said it wai his intention to let the men make up as much time as possible during a pay period. The double shift at the roci quarry will begin Monday morning ai^ city trucks and employees wil be able to repair and surface streets almost twice as fast. The newly located WPA head quarters is in the office formerlj occupied by relief agencies. Late Bulletins Last Hope Fades TRENTON, N. J„ Jan. l#._yp)— The last hope of Bruno Richard Hauptman to make a personal ap pearance before the court of pardoni faded today when Governor Hoff man's office announced the court would not meet at the state prison. Congressman Dies WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(#“>— Representative Wesley Lloyd, Demo crat, of Tacoma, Washington, died early today at his home here. Off On Mass Flight QUANTICO, Va., Jan. 10.—OP)— Fifty marine corps combat planet took off from the marine base her* today for Miami, Florida, the first stop on a 2,MO mile mass flight tc San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pleads Guilty CONCORD, Jan. 10.—</P>—Odii Rogers, 17, pleaded guilty of second degree murder today for the Christ mas night murder of A. A. Widen house, Cabarrus county farmer, and was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in state’s prison. Proclamation WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—</P> President Roosevelt today signed a proclamation extending the section of the gold reserve act, establishing the two billion dollar stabilization find for one year. In announcing the proclamation he said his pri mary purpose was to maintain the fund for another year. Carolina Bonuses WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—OP)— Representative Patman, Democrat, Texas, estimated today there were 63,926 World war veterans in North Carolina, holding bonus certificates amegatlng $34,622,162, and 35,747 in South Carolina with certificates valued at $19,316,831 which would be paid under the house cash plan. 6 Million Dollar Income Reported In County In ’35 — - ... Cotton Leads Parade With 3 Millions Cash Income For 5,300 Farm ers Approaches Totals For Banner Years A nearly six million dollar ifarm income for farmers of .Cleveland county during the year 1935 has been summariz ed and was reported today 'from the office of the county agent, which shows that this county is gradually climbing back towards the banner years of 1928 and 1929 when the faifn income totalled nearly oi'trhf millinne of rlnllonu The summaries are not entirely accurate, but are calculations based on the figures of John S. Wilkins and the co-operative crop reporting service of the state and U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Cotton still leads the majestic fi nancial parade in amounts of mon ey brought to farmers, aggregating a total of $3,713,500. This income jwas derived directly from approxi mately 48,000 acres of land which jproduced 45,000 bales of cotton. The lint was worth $2,587,500 and the seed worth $630,000. Indirectly the cotton brought $496,000 in rental payments, adjustments still due not being counted. Corn Is Second. Corn planted to. close to 52.000 acres yielded 1.040.000 bushels which I has an estimated value of $923,094.80 The yield this year was better than last. Wheat grown on 15,550 acres brought $198,000 and oats amounted ' to $194,000. Rye and barley was worth $18,000; sweet potatoes, with the yield cut 20 percent from last year approximated $105,000; Irish potatoes saw their best year with more than $40,000. More Hay. More hay than ever in the his tory of Cleveland county, some ' 500 acres and possibly more with e yield of near 2,000 pounds per acre, accounted for $165,000 of the income few hay used, with an unestimated amount being used for land bene fits. Lespedeza and cowpeas were the main crops. Many lespedeza sfeed will be for sale this year. Orchards brought $30,000; Livestock profited $100,000; swine $100,000; poultry $55,000; berries, truck and garden crops, poultry, and miscel laneous. $165,000. The sum total estimate reached was $5,806,594.90, to be appropriated between approximately “ 5,300 farm ers, both white and colored. Many of the miscellaneous totals may be awry as it was hard to check on the number of acres plant ed to varied crops, rented to the government Instead of being plant ed to cotton. Appoint Trustees For Eton Mills Creditors Restrained While Corpora* tion Is Being: Reorganised; Six Owners. CHARLOTTE, Jan. 10.—(JP)—'The Eton mill of Shelby has been placed jin charge of trustees for corpora tion reorganisation under order of Judge E. Yates Webb, filed in the United States district court here to day. J. R. Dover. Jr. and E. A. Ham rick were named as Joint trustees. The petition listed indebtedness of the mill in current liabilities at $294,044.58 and total assets at $560, 780. The paper also asked that cred itors be restrained from issuing executions against the mill pending reorganization. The Eton Mill was formerly known as the Eastside mill. At present, It is owned by R. E. Campbell, J. R. Dover estate, Fred R. Morgan es tate, C. C. Blanton and Earl A. Ham rick of Shelb;* and Chas. D. Thoms of New York. Cline New Carrier On Lawndale Route John H. Cline has been recom mended for appointment as rural letter carrier out of the Lawndale office by Congressman A. L. Bul wlnkle, according to a telegram re ceived this morning from Washing ton by The Star. Mr. Cline will succeed Charlie Yel ton who has retired after the al lotted length of service. Mr. Cline is a brother of Huss Cline, auto dealer of Shelby. Improved Farm Program To Be Better Than AAA Bankers Face Munitions Probe J. P. Morgan (right) and hi* partner Thomaa W. Lamont appear before the Senate munitions committee in Washington to tell of Morgan A Co. s dealing.; in world war credits to the Allies. Mr. Morgan stated his com pany acted as financial agents for the Allies with the consent of President Wilson. Egypt Joins Ethiopia, Sweden In Protest Against Bombing By Associated Press Egypt decided to Join Ethiopia and Sweden today tn a protest against Italian bombings of cities and ambulance units on the east African battle fronts. The Egyptian government announced at Cairo it would protest to Italy the bombing of an Egyptian Red Crosoent am bulance unit near Daggah Bur on the southern front. Unofficial sources reported nearly 200 native troops had been killed in an Oguden province engagement,. Six tanks, nine machine guns and radio equipment were seized by the defending forces Rome reported continuance of aerial maneuvers along the north ern front, dispersing a wing of the adversary group. The Ethiopian government an nounced that one Italian officer and several hundred Somali had been slain in the first Important clash along the Web river in the south. See Strong County Court With Politics Eliminated I___A_ _. Seef eldts Leave Today For Work In Brinkley, Ark. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Seefeldt and their two children. Harold, Jr. and Vemelle. will leave the city tonight as the first move toward talcing up their new work in Brinkley. Ark ansas, where Rev. Mr. Seefeldt will be pastor or the First Baptist church. * They will go to Morgan ton to spend the week-end with Rev. Perry Crouch, seminary classmate, and will also spend about a week with the parents of Mrs. 8eefeldt in Hen derson, Tennessee. They will then proceed to Brinkley to take up the new work. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church here said today no move has been made to obtain a successor except the heads of all the departments of the church have been appointed as a committee to survey the field. In the meantime Mrs. Ben Buttle will direct the choir until an educational director can be named. STOCKTON HOUSE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN LOOTED An alleged robbery of the T. C. Stockton house in Lattimore was reported yesterday. A cash register and household furnishings were said to be missing. Sheriff Cline said this morning that no arrests have been made. * Possibility of a county court which could be removed from poli tics and which would have the au thority to try divorce cases and civil action involving over $1,000 was being talked m legal circles to day. Inquiries made to Attorney D. K. Newton, president of the Cleveland Bar association revealed that the proposal has not actually been passed on in regular session, but has been talked by a number of the lawyers for some time. Similar To Present The court would be similar to the present recorder’s court, except the Judge and possibly the solicitor would be appointed by the county commissioners or even the governor. Their salaries would be higher than present salaries, and most of the cases would be tried by a regular Jury. Any such court would have to be created by a special act of the leg islature from a bill Introduced by the representative from this county. An act last gear by the legislature (Continued on page eight) First and Last Twins Of Old and New Year The last set of twihs bom in the county in 1935 came to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tuggle of Howell St. One Is a boy. the other a girl. The first set of twins born in 1936 are a boy and girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fisher at 220 Earl road on S. Washington street ex tension. Agreement Reached By Britain, United States On Jap Equality LONDON, Jan. 10.—</Pi—Reliable sources reported today that Great | Britain and the United States had , reached an agreement to return to , the consideration of Japan's de mand for equality at the interna tional naval conference. i The British arranged to com municate with the French and i Italian delegations later in the day i but authoritative quarters Indicated i Mi agreement of all delegations al- i ready was assured. I It was learned on good authority I that the -Japanese are presenting 1 new details of their parity propos- i als. which other delegations had i i previously demanded but were un ible to obtain. All the occidental lelegations want to know specif! - ;ally how the proposed Japanese quality will work out In practice md whether Japan Intends actual y to build a fleet equal to those of 3reat Britain and America. Earlier informed Japanese sourc es said the chief Tokio delegate was sonvlnced the die was cast against .he Japanese and the parley would non collapse. The Japanese said hey understood the delegations of he other great sea powers virtual!: lad reached a decision to vote Mon lay on the demand for fleet equal - by with no doubt, as to the result. So Says Wallace To Group Today; Details Lacking ItHvc No Hint At Plan He Ap proved, Hut Will Uo So Soon. Chucks at the office of the county uncut, were reported as going rapidly as possible, al though the force has been cut to the regular number of em ployees, the AAA having ordered no extra expense. Farmers were cashing their checks as soon as possible, ft was reported at local banks. Tlie schedule of meetings planned for the 1936 voluntary reduction program was still un certain as Agent Wilkins Is wait ing for specific reports from Dean I. O. Schaub at Raleigh, shite head. Too, lie feels it will be better to wait until the at mosphere of uncertainty has somewhat cleared. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 10.—An opportunity to draft a new farm aid plan as decis ively in the farm interast as the AAA and which will make an even stronger appeal to consumers of the nation was presented to farm leaders to day by Secretary Wallace. He told approximately 100 farm leaders at the New Deal's post-AAA j conference that the smashed ad justment act had been "steadily di rected to the general welfare.” He gave no bint of what new farm program he approved. Laying emphasis on the Import ance of the meeting be said; "The time has come for those who believe that the wel fare of agriculture Is essential to the general welfare to speak' plain ly about obstructionists. Business Friendly "I am sure that most business i men and consumers are friendly to ! the farmer but there are certain [small, but powerful cliques which have steadily fought all effort^ on t the part of this government and preceding governments to extend even a modest aid to agriculture This seeetns a suitable occasion tc throw the .spotlight of challenge on the obstructionists In the name of agricultural welfare and the general ' WDUHIC. Other developments hi the confu sion which still surrounded prob lems created by Monday’s supreme court decision Included: 1. Ah open letter from Ceorga N Peek, former AAA administrator, at tacking reciprocal trade agreement; 2. A farm organization spokes (Continued on page eight.) Farmers’ Mutual Has$100,000G$in In 1936 Business Insures Farm Property In Counlj Valued At Two And Quar ter Million. Announcement of a $100,000 In crease in business last year anc the election of officers for the com ing year for the Farmers Mut&l Firt Insurance company of this counts was m%de today by W. R. Newton secretary and treasurer. The mutual company which wa: organized in this county In 189: now has a membership of nearlj 1,400 members In Cleveland countj and iasures property valued ai $2,277,871.00, and on January 1 hat a cash balance of $12,815.06. Being o mutual company the as sociation carries one of the lowest protection rates of any in the state 45 cents per hundred dollar valua tion. Lew Rate Officers for the new year are K C. Borders, president; Decatur El more, vice-president; W. R. New ton, secretary-treasurer, and ha; been for 28 years; Joe E. Blanton general agent. There is a director from eact township In the county who are: J A McCraw, W. C. Hamrick, S. H Austell. J. B. Patterson, M. P. Har relson. Max Wilson. J. G. Lattimore Andrew Elliott, P. L Peeler, •. A Sain and R. L. Carpenter.