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WEATHER oroimie: Fair tonight and colder tonight, wanner ■pupsrtpy afternoon. 8 Pages Today VOL. XLII, No. 6 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JAN. 13, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Ht K .u. par w (la advance* _ MM Carrier, per rear, (la adrsnaat _ U.oo Officers Spread Net For Bank Robbers 5 Desperate Men Seen In Polkville May Be In County Rob And Kill In Newcastle, Tenn. Identifying Checks Are Thrown Out In Ruther ford County. A net of police officers and armed deputies was being spread here at noon today for five desperate men who are alleged to have robbed a bank ni Newcastle, Tfenn., killed a sheriff and got away with several thousand dollars. Detailed descriptions were lacking, but officers reported that the five men were driv ing a Ford V-8 coach with a Georgia license and that four of the men were well-dressed. The fifth man was dressed in overalls and was suspected to be Iddnapped. Local officers got into the case yesterday when they were notified by Rutherford officers that the sus pected car with the desperadoes were in it and were headed for Cleveland county, The five men stopped at a Polkville filling station and iMKsed a S20 bill, inquiring the way to Lin colnton. The bank in Newcastle was rob bed some time Saturday night and the chase oy officers there the . beriff was killed. Evidence that the party seen here were the same ones was found in a large bundle of cash iers checks which the party threw out when Rutherford officers Speed and Honeycutt were following on motorcycles. Faint suggestions that the robbers may be from Rutherford county were admitted by police here, and that investigations of a family there •re being made. There is a $1,300 reward for the robbers in Newcas tle. Late Bulletins Start Road Work COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 13.—(JP)— The South Carolina supreme court authorized a temporary state high way hoard to proceed with a $9,761, 00,1 r°ad and grade crossing con •truelion program today. D?«rerado Arrested ATLANTA. Ga„ Jan. 13.—(AV Authorities here were notified that 1 man they believed to be Dwight teird. a anted in North Carolina, Mid Minnesota, was under ’rrert i, O.Taudo. florida. U »*at«d for a series of Aabivit.* a--.-» twr shooting of a uo lsrusn, s-^tidoo whan ha at '"B*?** >c <rr«» t?snri. Morning Cotton letter *Z*' YORK, Jan. 13—Them is emenuy fi growing belief that some oi-iri of indirect production control w tlte malting and that present ha- h*are quite reas°naWe. Europe to h.i fn showln* more disposition havt '^and domestlc trade fixations ther r r11 S0mewh*t broader. Pur head imgS respecting the Bank are exr>, n ^P0810011 of taxes court' vCted t0day by ^ supreme the c0l rappears to us that when been sern '!'SeS affectln& cotton have ties.- „ tt <'d 811(1 wlth general busi some hi»h°Vlng Prtces should work hl«h«-E. A. Pierco & Co. I'm, TH® MARKETS c«toH* J5 10 u%c t'stton **?n’ ton car lot, ton .... $34.00 «t *■•*»: Jan. In* - • , May 1032, July n' Dee 10.06. Faces Probe When the Senate Munitions Committee began hearings on a neutrality bill,*It trained Its guns on J. P. Morgan and his World War loans. Morgan de nied that the United States entered the war because at finan cial Interests. He blamed Her man insults and Injuries. Mrs. Eli Street, Gold Star Mother Is Buried At Zoar 1 Funeral Services Are Held Today At 2 O’clock With Many Present, Mrs. Eli Street, 75 year old Gold Star mother and noe qf the most respected and loved women of the Zoar community died at her home at 7:45 Sunday morning after an ill ness of about two weeks. Funeral services for Mrs. Street were held at the Zoar Baptist church this afternoon at 2:30 with her pastor, Rev. Rush Padgett in charge, being assisted by Rev. D, G. Washburn and Rev, J. W. Suttle. A large crowd was present with an unusually large floral contribution. Before marriage to Eli Street nearly a half century ago, Mrs. Street was Miss Sara Frances Mc Entyre of this county. She joined the Baptist church early in girl hood and was one of its most loyal and faithful members until the time of her death. Her husband preceded her to the grave two years l ago. A son was killed in the late World war. Surviving are four daughters and two eons. They are Mrs. J. S. Bell, Mrs. D. J. Giascoe, Mrs. C, P. Gard ner, and J. S. Street of this county; Will Street of Savannah, G&.; Mrs. Robert Oats of Bear Wallow. Also, a sister Mrs. Mary Jane Hughes, 28 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Farm-To-Market Roads, And Othei WPA Work In Line Commissioners Visit In Mecklenburg Farm-to-market roads, colored school buildings and the county agricultural building all are in line lor Cleveland county under WPA, but will be somewhat delayed on ac count of a labor shortage for the time being, it was learned toaay, A trip to WPA district office dur ing the week-end by Commissioners J. L. Herndon and Joe E. Blanton and County Auditor Troy McKinney certified this information. Get Releases. V W. Breeze went with the party to get a number of releases signed which will allow contractors to use more non-relief labor on the PWA work which will begin this week on the rural school projects. While in Charlotte the commis sioners made a special study of the tax listing system of Mecklenburg county and will this year adopt some of the more efficient but less expensive methods. Many compli ments were passed on the Mecklen burg system for the day it covers each township, city or town com pletely and maps each piece of prop erty. It is thought that there is much property in Cleveland which is not listed for taxes. However, Mecklenburg spends nearly $30,000 to collect $1,113,000 and Cleveland spends only $$,006 to r nllarfr fUMvIw ftOAO AAA Stay In 2 Weeks With Mumps Rules Board of Health Mumps have hit the city and county again and is making its reg ular rounds, causing some confusion in the schools because some of the parents don't want their children to have it, and other parents don’t J want their children to miss school, j Dr. H. O. Thompson, county phy-! siclan said this morning that mumps is not a reportable disease' and is not quarantinable according to the laws of the State Board of Health. However, the disease has been quarantined by the Cleveland county board of health and the ruling of this board is that “children with mumps shall not attend school un til two weeks after the first swell ing is noticed.” Members of the board include the mayor, chairman of the county board of commission ers, the superintendent of educa tion, two physicians appointed by the Medical society and Dr. Thomp son. Other children in the family may go on to sChool and to other places, as infection is not likely to be made from clothes. Dr. Thompson said mumps is not considered dangerous, but a patient should be quiet for the two weeks period. Captured LEXINGTON, Jan. IS.—UP)—Gil bert Ridenhoor of Concord was cap tured near Welcome today leaving only two of six prisoners who bat tered a hole in Davie coonty Jail to escape last night Ridenhoor had; Cotton Mills In For Grief And No Refunds On Processing Tax ! wm tne cotton mills in Cleveland county be benefited by refunds on the processing tax since the adverse decision by the U. S. supreme court cm the constitutionality of the Tri ple A is a question raised in the minds of many? Leading cqtton manufacturers of this section say they will not profit by refunds or if they do have any money coming back to them, the price adjustments that will have to be made all down the line from the government, through the mill which was the collecting agency, the con verter. jobber and retailer will be one long round ol troubles, mvolv ins arbitrations and perhaps litiga tion. Impounded Tax Money At the outset of the processing levy of $21 a bale, most of the mills paid the Internal Revenue Collector, certainly within the nine ty day grace period. By and by dif ferent mills started injunction pro ceedings testing the validity of the tax and in each case, the Federal judge ordered taxes impounded in banks, properly secured, pending the outcome of the decision. North Car olina mills have a million dollars or iContinued on page eight* j Bonus Leaders And Vets Confer When senators and war veterans meet In Washington theee days the i bonus Is a surefire topic. Above, discussing the bonus, are, seated j left to right. Senators Bennett Champ Clark (Dem., Mo.), James T. < Byrnes (Dem., 8. C.). and Frederick Steiwer (Rep., Ore.). Standing, left to right: Ray Morphy, commander of the American Legion: Janus Tan Zaadt, head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and M. A. Harlan, of the Disabled American Veterans. Conservation'See-Saw’Ends And CCCCamp Stays Here Supporters ware conWdent, that had finally come to a halt aM that Cleveland wtl havt a CCC camp after aH A. telegram Saturday from Con gressman A. L. Bui winkle assured farm leaders that on the failure of Huntersville to accept the colored unit from Shelby, It will be retained here. Work Is expected to go ahead ac cording to schedule. • Lieutenant Vestal had received no further instruction* from ft* army division under which he is working, but wee expected to do as before the moving date, Thursday ef this week. County agent John 8. Wilkins said today that he was delighted at the information. and said he will build* his farm program more definitely with conservation- work in mind. The county commissioner* said It will mean much to Cleveland lr terracing, forestry projects, and modem engineering In other eros ion work. Rehabilitation Description ShowsAidTo'Down andOut’ Drive Hampered By Desert Heat, Runs And Fever -. i Fascist* invaders of Ethiopia, their campaigns hampered by vary ing weather on two main frontiers, were reported pushing aerial attacks today on the southwest rivery val ley settlements. Troop movements in the north had been hindered by early rains which have turned Italian-con structed roads into mudholes or washed them away, while lack of water to the terrific heat of the desert to the south, together with malarial fevers have complicated the invaders drives. Four British ships steamed from Portsmouth to Mediterranean posts being vacated by four others but authorities emphasized that naval movements of both Great Britain and France are technical maneuv ers, entirely unrelated to the acts of the League of Nations council which meets at Geneva January 20 to con sider additional sanctions agalns' Italy. Three thousand, five hundred more troops embarked from Napier for East Africa. Mrs. Ross Alexander Dies In Charlotte Mrs. Ross Alexander, 38, of Char lotte, died at 11 o'clock Saturday night at St. Peters hospital in that city. Funeral services were held to day at 1:30 at Hovis Chapel. Inter ment will be in Statesville. She is survived by her husband, four children, her father, one sistei and two brothers. She was well known in this county, her grand mother, Mrs. Will Jones and an un cle. W. J, Jones, living, on North Washington street Description of resettlement and rehabilitation work in Region Four of which Cleveland county and North Carolina is a part, is the pur pose of a bulletin Just issued from the regional office in Raleigh. George B. Dedmon who is Reha bilitation Supervisor for the Reset tlement Administration In Cleve land county explained the details of the pamphlet today. Cleveland county will have a quota 'this year of 128 families and work toward enrolling and instructing that many has already begun. There were 61 last year. "Down and out” ifarmers are being enrolled, helped by the government which takes a lien on their cron, buys supplies and is their landlord until better days are seen. In addition to giving the origin, background and purpose of the Re settlement Administration, the book let gives a rather thorough explan ation and resettlement which are (Continued on page eight.) Learning To Play Latest WPA Work Learning how to play will be the purpose of a new WPA proj ect definitely scheduled to come | to Cleveland county within the next few weeks.’ This type of work has al ready been started in several of the neighboring counties and Mrs. Ronnie Sheffield was in the city Saturday conferring with several of the leaders and laying the ground work. Little was learned about the play and recreation project ex cept that it will be open to ] everyone to study arts, crafts manship, drama, outdoor games and other forms of recreation. Teachers will be paid through the WPA. Mrs. Sheffield It expected bark in the county in a few days to make complete arrangements. Flour And Meat Coming Down As Result Of Ruling No Cut In Meat Since Decision Flour Price b Cat <9 Cent* Per Hundred; Fat Back lc Per Pound. Flour and meat are cheaper by reaeon of the Supreme court's de cision on the AAA ruling it uncon stitutional to collect a tax from con RlimorR and snnlu thu ntvanua fra groups of producer*. A check-up this morning in Shel by reveals that flour immediately went down 69 cents per hundred when the tax was invalidated. Fat back was quoted one cent a pound lower today on the Shelby market and hams 4.95 cents per pound cheaper. From the peak price of last year, fat meat is said to be off six cents per pound. The processing tax on live hogs was $3.95 per hundred. Prices varied on the various cuts, the average* Increase by reason of the tax being approximately $.35 cents per pound. Millers have been selling flour to retailers since July, guaranteeing a refund of *1.25 per barrel on flour bought since that time if the act were held unconstitutional. In the matter of flour, millers and retailers are is a dilemma as to whether they will get any refund on the processing tax on wheat. As a matter of fact, the consumer paid the tax and any refunds on wheat products already sold rightly belongs to the consumer. But can and *111 ocasumsrs go to the retailers and (Continued, on page eightj William Jenkins Dies Last Night; Was First Illness ■igfety-Foor Tear Old Farmer Suc cumb# To Attack ef'Fneu After living 84 yean without hav ing a serious illness, William Jen kins, oldest resident and*, respected farmer of the Rehobeth-Sandy Plains area died at his home last night. The cause of his death was double pneumonia and a number ol other troubles. He had been 111 only a week and was in his normal state of health and was able to do small task* un til that time. Funeral services lor Mr. Jenkins wiD be held Tuesday at 2 o'clock at the Rehobeth Methodist church with Rev. J. Van Harrison, pastor in charge, assisted by others Mr. Jen kins was the oldest member of the Rehobeth church and has been a member of that denomination since early boyhood. Mr. Jenkins was a native of Lin coln county, but In young manhood moved to Cleveland county where 55 years ago he was married to Miss Jane Wolfe, who survives with eight children. The children are Mrs. Carton of Ollkey; Mrs. C T. Melton of Hopewell; Mrs. Hubert Wilson of Lawndale; George Jen kins of Ellenboro; Frank Jenkins of Shelby; Mrs. Will Jenkins and Mrs. Walter Crotts of Rehobeth; Lawtus Jenkins of Hopewell. There are 32 grandchildren and 21 great grand children. A sister. Mrs. T. J. Kendrick lives at Waco and a brother. Miller Jen kins, lives at Rutherfordton. State Leader i Polkville Youth New arheel Body Crowder, 16 senior Polkville high school reached uc-vollege career -•* announced (hat uned president Arinere, state-wide *vwuiwuAl organisation, for having the beet record of any lad In the state for four years work. This announcement and compli ment to the farm leadership of Cleveland students come sonly a few weeks after his teacher, E. L. Dill ingham, was named “master er“ of the state vocational ments. The award was made on of his record for the past four yean, all the records of leading students from nearly 100 counties being vot ed on by the hundreds of students and teachers In North Carolina. He will preside at the annual conven tion of the vocational students at State college next June and will rep lant North Carolina In the Future Farmers of America meeting next fall at Kansas City. Along with the presidential honor ynlH mnHul a nrt ranlr nf Loy Crowder, above of PolkvlUe, who has just been named president of j the Tarheel Farmers for having the beat record (n vocational agriculture 1 In the state. Carolina Fanner, going to student* who make a minimum of $300 profit on their vocational projects, aver age 85 per cent or more on all sub jects and are apt in other extra curricular activities. Young Crowder Is an honor roll student, has won the district con test in speaking two different times, (Continued on page eight) Rudyard Kipling It Seriously 111 LONDON, Jan. 13.—Rud yard Kipling, Britain’s famous bard, became seriously ill today and underwent an emergency operation for a gastric disor der. The poet observed his 70th birthday two weeks ago today. The first hospital announce ment said ‘‘An urgent operation was performed” and a later bulletin said, ‘‘Kipling is doing as aril as could be expected and his condition U satisfactory.” 0arcdioil *Chute Jump :r A Infost Electrocut d At Kirgi Mom tali wiuioui a aouoi, i am one or the luckiest hombres who ever liv ed,” and Irvin Davis or Detroit daredevil parachute jumper and •stunt flyer was thanking the fates this morning that only gentle winds were blowing Saturday afternoon. Davis narrowly escaped a hor rible death by fire and electricity when in making a jump over the city of Kings Mountain from the plane of D. L. Willis, jr., his ’chute became entagled in some high ten sion wires along the railroad irack. As it was his clothes were batliy , burned and his arms and one leg. {somewhat paralysed from the shock! i received. • A large crowd of Saturday shop pers and townspeople saw the bat wing jumper come sailing toward the earth and helcf their breath when they saw him fall to guide his sup port away from the wires because it a treacherous breeze. He sild be tween the high voltage wires, took the shock and thought he was out >f danger when the wind began to slow again The parachute began filling ana hen to lift him nearer the wires ind death No one knew where to j (Continued on page eight* 1 High Court Rules Impounded Money Is Due Taxpayers Refuse To Pass On TV A, Bankhead JnanlmoiM Decision Of Su* preme Court Jurists Settles Process Tax Fate. (By Associated Press) 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-* rhe Supreme Court ruled to* lay that $200,000,000 from >rocessing taxes Impounded >y the courts must be return id to the tax payers, refused o pass on the validity of the Sankhead cotton act at this ;ime and adjourned without •uling on the constitutional* tyofthsTVA. ' The tax division did sot go nto whether processor* had j> prove they had not pasted he tax on to consumers be* fore they could recover, a nain point at issue. It was landed down in the ease wrought by Louisiana rice n illers, the result had no im nediate bearing on the pros lects for suits by processors to recover the $1,200,000 tax is already collected under the iefunct AAA. This question remains to be fought out in ;he lower courts. The decision was unanimous. The 9 justic es agreed also that the review n» the Bankhead case, which was allowed only ft #*8 Vote had been "ifnprovidently granted.** Another oaae Involving this lew, 'lied by Governor Tslmedge of Seorgla, will give the court another jpportunity to rule on It. In the 1oe millers* opinion, read by Jus ice Roberts, the court held the manges made by the new AAA law, matted at the last session, did not 'cure the Infirmities of the original mt,” which It held unconstitutional ast week. Hie exaction still lacked (Continued on page eight) Seek To Avoid Date With Death In Bruno’s Case TRENTON, N. J., Jan. IS<*V Bruno Hauptmann's legal staff, sud denly augmented by two Washing ton attorney* and bolstered by pos sible new evidence, swung vigorous ly today Into a last pitched tight against his Friday night data with death. Retention of Attorneys Mugent D odds and Nell Burklnshaw was Accepted as an indication that a new move was contemplated in the (J. 8. Supreme Court- B. M. Fthne gan, a Chicago lawyer, flew here to tell Oovemor Hoffman a story of three men who, possessed $33,000 of Idle Lindbergh ransom money. He said he got the Information from a prisoner In a Chicago Jail who said he paid $2,000 toward pur chasing ransom bills at 40c on the dollar but did not get the money because he could not raise the rest of the price before his own arrest on a worthless check charge. New Feature By Mrs. Drum Begins In The Star Today A new feature begins In The C.ar today, entitled "Small Talk," written by Mrs. Renn Drum. It will concern women and children, what they are doing, saying and . wearing in and around Shelby, Mrs Drum, social editor of The . Star has much of that writing style and color whtch made the column entitled "Around Our Town” written by her late hus band so popular while city editor of The Star. Women and children will en joy what Mrs. Drum hears and sees. Yes. and the male readers of The Star will enjoy her col umn, too. look lor it today on page seven .— i in m
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