WEATHER Carolmas: Occasional rata and Saturday, warmer J#v rcldrr Saturday aftemoc P ?? Te Wedel-and Statt IN ' " .. s 10 Pages TODAY VOL. XLII, No. 8 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■j M .u. par »t»r, on idunMi _ H a Carrier, oar »aar. (la advance) _ HM Statements Give Clarity In “False Return ’’Probe Clinic May Com< For All Officer; To Study Methods Instruction Sheet Sent To Justice Wish To Incriminate No On< Hut To Insure Law Efficiency. Statements from the coun ty commissioners, county at torney, the sheriff, chief o police, patrolmen and othe officials today brought clear ing skies to the situatio brought to light Wednesda in which it was believed cour ty funds were being diverte from regular channels by “ii regularities,” in issue of wai rants, arrests and return o law processes. It was believed today by observe: that the attention called to th matter will result in a clinic c period of instruction for policemei deputies and magistrates^ to be gi\ en by the district solicitor before regular term of superior court. Use Commitment Blank A special meeting of the commit aioners yesterday resulted in deci sion to audit the books, warranl and other processes-issued by mat istrates and used by officers, an all officers will be required to pre sent the sheriff with a commitmer from a magistrate before jailing person, which is according to law. The governing body of the coun ty said it did not wish to incrimin ate anyone, but merely wishe things to be carried out accordin to law, and all officers to work t harmony. The move was made oi (Continued on page ten) Banking Group To Meet Wednesday Two hundred bankers from Grouj 9 comprising seven counties wil meet in Shelby at the Hotel Chari es next Wednesday evening. Group nine comprises the coun ties of Cleveland, Mecklenburg Gaston. Burke. Catawba, Ruther ford and Lincoln with B. S. Neal o Kings Mountain chairman. Mr. Nea will preside over the meeting am musical entertainment by a mail quartet from Charlotte will be pro tided. The principal speaker for thi meeting will be C. T. Lineback president of the North Carolins Bankers Association, Mr. Linebacl well and favorably known amon( 'he bankers of North Carolina anc ti'll no doubt draw a large crowc mom the seven counties in th< group. Morning Cotton ^LETTER New YORK, Jan. 17.—The mall P Tat inns consisted of switchin rH °ns- with January selling a w s Hntlal prprni|im over March in quantities of cotton are be tract' VflCated for tender on con ' '7°n as to* government' detin,, n program for 1936 i V, * ‘ and with more ska rotton S°«is market follow 'top i n!rTegU,arltleS dUe to abp» broad-'rPli0CeSSinB taXes’ we look fo Heve ,,,™nd to devel°P. we be m constructive side offer 6 t opportunities. E- A. Pierce & Co. f nM THE markets Cotton' Zf ~ - - foil,,n naaf“n; ton-W1.0 oar »ot, ton .... $34.0 *:ao: >0 70 fw .Jl37 May 11 °5- Jul - 1025. Dec lo ig. > Commissioners In Statement ii On False Return Violations The statement from the county commissioners on the “irregulari ties” situation is as follows: “It has been called to the atten tion of the governing body of this county that there has been on some occasions false returns made in the execution of criminal . processes whereby fees due J>y law to the Gen eral Fund of Cleveland county have been diverted to ohter channels While this practice has not reach ed any great proportions, we feel that those persons so violating this statute should have the matter call ed to their attention and In view of that fact we issue a statement. “It is not our present intention to indict anyone for what has al ready taken place; but sinpe we were elected by the people of Cleve land county and thereby required to take an oath to safeguard the funds of this county this practice should, mast and will be stopped. As the elected governing body of the coun ty we intend to see to it to the best of our ability that the funds requir Production Credit Association Opens Branch Unit Here * A branch office for the Cherry ‘ ville Production Credit association j was authorized opened here yester day in the annual meeting of the stockholders and officers at Cherry ville. J Mrs. Frank Abernathy will be in i {| charge and will be located in the j | jury room of the county court 1 house. C. M. Spangler of Double I Shoals and J.-B. Smith of Waco will be inspectors. Applications for farm loans on production "only will be take® here 'and passed on by the directors and > officers at Cherryville, and the loan jwill be authorised from the district office in Columbia, 8. C. The Cherryville office is one of 96 associations in the four states using , Columbia as a center. It has been ! in operation for two years under the Farm Credit Administration and the report made yesterday indicated that collections thus far have been 100 per cent. ’ In the meeting yesterday Wayne ’ L- Ware of Kings Mountain was re . elected to the board of directors. M. A. Stroup of Cherryville is secre tary-treasurer and general manager. Southern To Put On Pick-up Delivery Pick-up and door delivery of : freight in less than car load lots is : contemplated by the Southern rail way effective about February 1st. 1 This is in line with an improved 1 service by several of the larger rail- < roads of the nation and means that s freight in less than car lots would i be picked up from the shipper and 1 delivered to the consignee without 1 additional charge, regardless of ori gin or destination of freight. The improved service would be in t liqe with that offered by express i and trucking companies. 1 sd by law to come to the county ire properly accounted fot and plac id in the county treasury. This will ;erve as a warning to all concerned .hat the next case like the one ex posed by Mr. Palls Tuesday or any >ther similar case that Is tried by a nagistrate that is called to our at ;ion all persons involved will be wosecuted to the fullest extent ol he law. “We are happy to say that only a rery small minority have been sus >ected as being involved in this jractice and are glad to know and eel just Justly proud of the fact hat the deputies, city polisemen md the magistrates as a whole are nen with the very best character md reputation and believe in en orcing the laws of the State ol 'forth Carolina Vrtthout considera tion of the amount of money that hey will receive. Signed: t. Lester Herndon, Jbe E. Blanton.” Officer Stamey Is Absolved From Any Irregular, Practice In Wednesday’s Issue of The Star here appeared the name of Polict nan Paul Stamey hi a news storj laying tt wa* “suspicious” hi that lis name was on the warrant when Datrolman H. A. Greenway made he arrest of Ab Hamrick, charged vith carrying concealed weapon. The Star finds that It was misin ormed and In error In the state nent and not wanting to do anyone in injustice, wishes to make cor ■ectlon. Three officers, Greenway, itamey and Hardin were together vhen the negro was arrested and lisarmed and the name of Mr uamey appeared not as the one vho swore out f fleers are collected by the county ourt cleric and justices and turned >ver to the city, hence only witness ees in which the defendant pays iff goes to the city policemen. Subjects Are Named At First Baptist Subjects to be used Sunday by >r. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First laptist church have been announc d as follows: At the 11 o’clock wor hip service, "A Spiritual Awaken - ng” and at the evening servioe at :30 “Did Jesus Have A Program "or The World?” Sunday school will be at 0:30 and Training unions will meet at 8:30 in he evenings. A large chorus choir dll have special musical numbers at oth worship services. Cotton Mills In This Section Get Big Process Tax Refunds Cotton textile nulls to Cleveland and Rutherford counties aye being refunded $127,955.41 processing taxes impounded by the federal court, these processors having obtained In junctions to prevent the collection of processing taxes, pending the de cision of the U. 8. supreme court on the Agricultural Adjustment act. i North Carolina processors are ex i pected to ask the court for funds i amounting to nine million dollars, plus all the processing taxes paid since, as can other tax payers who 1 took the same steps. It will be recalled that when a test case on the validity of the pro cessing tax was approaching final decision by the V. S. supreme court, many North Carolina mills obtained injunctions to prevent the Internal Revenue department from collecting the tax. The tax was ordered Im pounded In banks, pending the de cision and now that the act has been held unconstitutional and the U. S. court has ordered a refund of $200, 000,000, nine millions will be recov ered by North Carolina mills, $127, >—Robert Dunlap, 27, divorced Buncombe county negro, was electrocuted here today for the poison murder of his sweetheart. Defends Action COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 17.—(^)— State Relief Administrator Falp de nied today that relief work had been discontinued at Greenwood because the city council refused to co-oper ate. He said the action was taken when they understood that the city had arranged a more satisfactory way of caring for its needy. His statement was issued in reply to I «•* made by Mayor Devore Andrews saying that the city had been dis criminated against. Jewels Stolen WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. 17—-Jew elry, valued at several thousand dollars, was stolen from Mrs. Thur mond Chatham, wife of a wealthy textllo manufacturer here last Wed nesday, police disclosed today. Mrs. Chatham reported the jewels were in a box at her home at noon and were missing at 10:3C p. m. when she returned from a vit to friends. Servants were In the house during the entire tlma Bruno Reprieve Starts Hunt For ' Later Evidence TRENTON, N, J„ Jan. 17.— (4>)—Bruno Hauptman’s 30-day reprieve stirred a defense search today for new evidence and raised the possibility that Gov ernor H. G. Hoffman might question Dr. John F. Condon about his often told story of the Lindbergh ransom negotiations. The governor has expressed a desire to question Condon on purported discrepancies between his court testimony and a series of articles on the crime. Condon and his daughter, Mrs. Myra Hacker, arrived today at Cristobal, Canal Zone, their first stop on a southern cruise. He was reported to have read accounts of the reprieve with out comment. The reprieve per iod and the additional four to eight weeks required for legal processes would make it possi ble for Condon to return here before the new date for Haupt man'8 execution. The governor divulged no details of his plan. “What I will do during the next 30 days, even I don’t know,” he said, and would not amplify his declaration that the reprieve was motivated by “divers rea sons, which I do not care to dis close at this time.” Convict 9 Of 20 In Paris Scandal PARIS, Jan. 17.—UP)—Prance’s great Stavisky scandal closed today with the conviction of only nine of the 20 defendants accused of com* plicity in the vast swandles which resulted in rioting In the streets of Parts and the overthrow of a French cabins*. The widow of Stavisky and ten others of the 20 defendants were acquitted of the charges of com plicity in the 10 million dollar frauds. Intimates New Taxes ToBecome Necessary; Lauds Erosion Ideas i County Fanners 98% For A.A.A. Or Substitute Cleveland farm leaders today ap proved 100 percent the soil erosion and conservation Ideas which are the main points in the Washington agriculture conference's outline for a substitute for the AAA. A letter framed and signed by 8. S. Mauney, B. B. 8uttle, and F. A. Boyles, county committee under the AAA was sent to Congressman Bul wlnkle and the conference In the capital stating that a poll since the suspension of activities here shows that this county la fully 98 percent in favor of some similar measure to replace the farm program declared unconstitutional a few days ago. All Agree Each member of the committee agreed that some form of control must be practiced, and that the Bankhead bill with Its baleage re strictions was the heart of the ef fectiveness of the AAA. 8. 8. MAUNEY, chairman: “We have got to cut production In some way, and at the same time keep up our Income. Forty cents per pound for cotton gave us too much sur plus." F. A. BOYLES: "We have got to build and conserve our soil* ton-gee the land, and grow more forests. Most of the six Inches of rain we have had this month Is gone.” B, B. BUTTLE: "Anything with money In It. We have got to have a program that will give some money. It has got to be so enticing farmers can't afford to stay out.” (Continued on page ten.) Fascist Command Claims Slaughter Of 4,000 Troops (By Associated Press.) The fascist command in Africa today claimed the slaughter Of 4, 000 Ethiopians in a great battle on the southern front, but official Ethiopian sources ridiculed the claim. In some sections Italy re ported armored cars advanced 75 miles from bases with Italian losses slight and many prisoners captured In Addis Ababa, however, offic ials said a major engagement was impossible because of the scatter ed position of the Ethiopian army in that area. French Troops Move If Rhine Threatened PARIS, Jan. 17 (/P)—Sources ; close to the French foreign office said today Premier Laval had told Great Britain that any marching of German soldiers into the demilitar ized Rhineland would mean immed iate reinforcement of French fron tier troops. The disclosure followed the pub lication of a Berlin dispatch which said the French ambassador to Ber lin had served notice on the Ger man government it must keep gar risons out of the Rhineland or face appropriate measures from France. Fall Of AAA Doesn V Matter, If Hens Pay Like Mr. Wright’s The story of how 600 hens on the farm of G. P, Wright of Earl are making nearly $4 per day for the owner and last month cackled their way to the best record of any super vised flock In the county was re vealed today at the office of the farm agent. Up at work before daylight, scratching for feed In well venti lated, modemly equipped .houses, and with an egg laid before most lazy hens are even up is the thing that caused the exactly 598 White Leghorns to lay 660 dozen or 7.920 saleable eggs during last month. Electric lights call the 400 pullets and 108 two year old layers off their perches befdre daylight, and they kept busy all day eating a layTng mash from self-feeding machines and a grain ration Just before go ing to bed. These happy, profitable birds are one of 14 flocks In Cleveland coun ty which have been selected by the extension department of North Car olina to have records kept on them all the year. A flock of Barred Rocks made the second best record last month for (Continued on page ten.) SmaUAmendments To Be Proposed; Cost 300 Millions Statement Given At Press Meeting Dead AAA Will Be Replaced By Permanent Policy For Entire Nation. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.— Confidence that the new farm plan proposed on the soil eros ion and conservation laws would carry out the purpose of the dead AAA and bring about what he considers a well-rounded agricultural de velopment of the. nation were expressed today by President Roosevelt. The chief executive disclosed the i agricultural program at his press conference after stipulating that he was not replying to the farm ad | dress last night by former President Hoover. He explained he had not had an opportunity yet to read the Hoover speech. Intimation that new might bq necessary to meet the program, as a substitute for the old processing levies, killed by the supreme court, was made by the I president, who said, however, that ihe was not ready to discuss that phase. Amendments Mr. Roosevelt said slight amend- 4 ments to existing soil erosion and soli conservation laws will be nec essary. He reserved any estimate on the amount of money to be requir ed by the govemnusnt to lease land from farmers under the proposed plan. Some congressional leaders who attended yesterday’s White House farm conference had mentioned 300 million to 400 million dollars as nec essary for carrying out the program In 1936. Mr. Roosevelt emphasised the fact that soil erosion constitutes not (Continueo on page ten.) Coon Hunter Falls From Tree And Is Fatally Injured (Special to The Star.) CASAR, Jan. n.—While coon hunting somewhere In the 8outh Mountains early Thursday morning, Mr. Clyde McNlelly tell from a rock cliff several feet, and was seriously f hurt. He was brought to Casar about 11 o’clock, and later In the day he was taken to the Shelby hospital where he died a short time before midnight. The accident happened about two o’clock in the morning. He was with several other men on the hunting trip. 0 He was 36 years old, and leaves a large number of children, several of which are small. He is survived by his wide who was Miss Dona Hoyle, and the following children: J. T., Mildred, Ganda, Genevieve, Jean ette, Wayne, Robert and Jene. He also has four sisters, and one broth er. His lather and mother preceded him to the grave several years ago. Funeral arrangements had not been made yet early this morning. Eagle Flour Mill Choose Officers | The annual meeting of stock holders of the Eagle Roller Mill was 'held Thursday afternoon and offi cers for the year were named as ! follows: President, George Blanton; | vice-president, R. T. LeGrand; sec retary-treasurer, W. W. G. Smart. The mill has just completed one of the most successful year’s work since its organization and has just made a substantial payment in di vidends to U& stockholder*.