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VOL. XLII, No. 8
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SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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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 <the warrant, but
inly as a witness in the case. This
vas in accordance with law. Mr.
Jtamey bears an excellent reputa
ion as an officer and as a citizen
md has never been charged with
my irregular practice.
Mayor Woodson states that none
if the city policemen are implicat
d in the broad charge made by the
ounty officials that salaried offic
ts turn cases over to officers on
he fee system in order to augment
heir fees. All arrest fees due city
>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,
<Continued on page tenJ
Where 17 Lost Lives In Air Liner Tragedy
/ ^ .
It was a plana afanilar to above
which crashed la swamp near Good*
win. Art, shown oo map, taking
• the lives o114 passengers and t In
the crew. Jerry Marshall (right),
veteran pilot, reported all was well
shortly before the crash. Investi
gators believe lost propeller stay
have caused the disaster.
Mrs*
Lincoln Ellsworth, Polar Aviator
Thought Dead, Found Alive And Well
$4,200 Paid Out
To WPX Workers;
Add Sewing Room
•
Payment of mora than $« ,300 tc
350 WPA workers and the aatab
lishmant of two more sewing room!
to run the Cleveland total to sevei
wen among the most important
things done by the Works Progren
Administration of this county yes
terday.
John Hudson, supervisor of the
county said the men were all paic
on time and that if there were anj
who are sick, their checks will be
delivered to them as soon as pos
sible.
Heat On February 1.
The next pay period will be Feb
ruary 1, as promised to be effected
on the 1st and 18th of each month.
Mr. Hudson said that there Is still
room on his rolls for persons eli
gible for relief, If they want tc
work. The projects now In oper
ation in Cleveland could use more
than a score of men and several
women. If anyone needs and wants
to work.
The two sewing rooms came as a
result of crowded conditions In the
five now In operation, and one will
be located In the South Shelby
school building under the supervis
ion o{ Mrs. T. W. Hamrick and the
other will be for colored seamstress
es under Bertha Price, to be In the
"hall” cm Buffalo street.
Tn mnVino- th* navimmi. nf 1 r
per person yesterday Mr. Hudson
pointed out an increase of $2.20 per
month in wages for unskilled labor
He also said he was instructed to
see that all back time within a giv
en day period will be made up by
the laborers. There are only a few
who seek to get “something for
nothing” but the government ex
pects each person to work the full
quota of time.
Rev. E. W. Dixon,
Native Minister
Of County Dies
Funeral services were held today
at 2 o^lock at Thomasville for Rev
E. W. Dixon, 68 year old Methodist
minister of Winston-Salem who died
at his home there Thursday of .can
cer.
Until 18 years ago Rev. Mr. Dixon
was active in the ministry, but a
physical ailment robbed him of his
voice and not being able to preach
he became associated with the Rey
nolds Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem
He was a native of Cleveland
county and was twice married, th«
first time to Miss Dessie Gantt oi
Belwood, and children from thi*
union who survive are Paul and
Nellie, who live in Texas. The sec
ond marriage was to Miss Simmons
Lambeth of Thomasville who sur
vives, with (Hie son, Marion, Dixon.
E. W. Dixon, of Shelby, a name
sake and nephew of Mr. Dixon m
attending the funeral in Thomas
ville today.
By AmocIiM Pi-mi
LONDON, Jan. 17.—Lincoln Ells
worth and his co-pilot, Herbert
Hollick-Kenyon, missing since they
started a daring aftitarctic flight
November 23, have been found alive
and well ih the frozen wastes of
Little America, the British colonial
office announced today. A seven
word message from ttfe master of
the rescue ship, Discovery II, ended
1 seven week* of anxiety for the saf
1 ety pi the two:
TEIlsworth and Kenyon both alive
and well."
Members \ of Hollick-Kenyon’s
family in London had given up hope
two weeks ago for his rescue.
H. R. MuH, London meteorologist,
commenting on the announcement,
said it is an extraordinary coinci
dence that exactly two years ago
the Discovery went to the rescue of
Admiral Byrd, getting a doctor to
him from New Zealand.
The Discovery carries two air
planes, fitted at the expense of the
Australian government, several
floats and a number of sledges,
which would be hauled by men Jf
necessary. The ship brought no dogs.
The vessel’s harjied trip to Little
America was made with the author
ization of the British government.
The explorers were last heard from
November 23 when they started a
hazardous airplane flight across
Antarctic from Dundee Island to the
Ross sea.
The British and Australia^ gov
ernments launched the rescue ex
pedition January 1.
Late Bulletins
Kipling Alive
..LONDON, Jan. 17,—</P)—Rudyard
Kipling's gallant will kept the spitri
of life flickering today bat attaches
at the hospital where he lay In a
coma said the end apparently was
a matter of hoars.
Dies In Chair
RALEIGH, Jan. 17.—<A>>—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*.