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WEATHER Jp^jay! Continued cold tonight, Tuestay. Fair tonight and Mk Vlievcllacnd ka VOL. XLII, No. 9 Member of* Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoona. ay M ik Mr MM. Uu Mnmt _ MM Carrtn. Mr MM. (la adranrM _ um French Premier Resigns As League Diplomats Convene To Submit Formal Notes Wednesday For Self, Cabinet Ethiopian* Regain Much of Territory Britain Concentrates Forces fn Egypt; Italy's Duce Silent.. (B> Associated Press) PARIS. Jan. 20.—Friends of Premier Laval said today the government leader would submit the resignation of himself and his cabinet to President Lebrun Wednesday, hut meanwhile France’s lead ers strove to keep the collapse of the Premier’s government from causing a financial crisis nr internal disorder. The break between radical minis ters and Laval was attributed to dis agreement, over the premier’s han dling of France’s foreign policy in the Italian-Ethiopian conflict. GENEVA, Jan. 30.—(ffV-1The world’s diplomats gathered around the league of Nations council tables to discuss the east African war to day as Ethiopian government sources predicted a drive to repossess the titles of Makale and Aksum. Predict No Sanctions Predictions were freely circulated (Continued on page eight) Late Bulletins King Sinking SANDRINGHAM, England. Jmn. Oxygen was administered to linking King George Fifth today tnd physicians announced that his strength is diminishing. Big Surplus RALEIGH, Jan. 90.—(JP)—The state of North Carolina had a cash balance of J21.49U22.75 In its treas ury on December 31st, the combined report of the auditor and treasurer Aowed today. The general fund bal •*** of $1,952,066.58 and the high way balance was $18,032,132.78 with other funds and outstanding war rants making up the difference. Clear For Bonus WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—</P)— ■V last major obstacle to passage of the bond payment bonus bin was cleared today with the senate rejec . n of the King amendment to pro vide for payment of only present mrrender value of adjusted service certificates. The amendment, ac cording tn Hs author of Senator R*nr of L'tah, would have cost the rov eminent more than one billion ,han the coalition biffs estt "1at® cost of $2,490,000,000. He con tended over nine billion dollars had T’" ™ World war veterans to date. YO|*K> 20.—The S] urn, arkets showed slight i 1 went in demand last week 55? ln streTb^ £ ';iP;,0Vement- One of the ft Inc ni , he m8rket has been s« Durrh milary ar°und 11.75 agaij 01 May by broken Most *f v,r^I°dUCerS 1)001 accou Wiredn'S?t**3**, are 661 befe, uly' transfer of sh Srsm, n,n!: neaf.te later mont f desirable free cotton, Jnd«t i*v.es and May a price' level'CVf? ^ demand higi Bierce * Co 1 mo6t bkely,—E, *«+ ZT MARKE1S Zul w»Von,"ton . ton M‘ed: car lot, ton .. Uri ,York ^on at 2:3( May „ !017> D«v. 10 15 These Cars Hit He ad-on Saturday Meeting over the crest of a hill on Highway No. 18 South of Shelby, these cars hit head-on Saturday, injuring Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wellon and Marion Moore of Blacksburg, occupants of one car and Mrs. L. E. Sanders and Clyde Strickland of Shelby riding in the other car. Mrs. Wellon and Marion Moore are still in the hospital from injuries. This picture was made by a Star photographer under adverse weather conditions. High Court Fails To Rule On TV A, Or Again On AAA Government File* Brief Asking Clarification Of Rice Miller Act; Move Dismissal Of Talmadge Suit (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The Supreme Court adjourn ed today for two weeks without passing cm the validity of the Tennessee Valley Authority act 'Phi* Sfwsrmwswt aclrod tha i-■— ... - — ■ -.. ■■ .. prone court today lor a re-hearlng on Its decision, giving to process tax ‘ payers the 200 million dollars im pounded by injunction suits against ' AAA taxes. In the case of the Louisiana rice \ millers, ruled on last Monday, the ' impounded taxes were ordered re- ' turned because they were unconsti tutional. Rejects Hearing The request for a new hearing vas based on the “pay firsthand liti-1 fate later” principle which the court lad apparently rejected in its de cision. The taxes in question had lever reached the treasury. The rovemment brief did not attack the iupreme court decision but asked for clarification. Dismissfd of a suit filed by Gov ernor Talmadge of Georgia, chal enging the constitutionality of the (Continued on page eight.) TVA Extended To Cleveland Explanation Meet Thursday Expansion of the Tennessee Valley Authority better known as the TV A is definitely assuerd for Cleveland county and possibility that Cleve land may get a number of the dem onstrations under the project was voiced today. A meeting of all farmers and faitn leaders in the county who are in terested in learning more of the giant project has been called for Thursday morning at 10 o’clock in the county court house. h. B. Auten, district agent for the N. C. Extension department will be the principal speaker and will go Into detail about the general farm supervision program of the TVA. Some 30 other meetings are planned for North Carolina in the near fu ture, with some counties being com bined for the hearings. Cleveland sentiments will be crystallized in the Shelby meeting. The announcement of the meet ing was made by J. S. Wilkins, county agent, who said lawn owners will learn of applications, specifi cations and other things Thursday. Mr. Wilkins said he felt that the pending ruling of the supreme court on the TVA will have no effect on Uie agricultural supervision part of the work, as only the power end is involved. R. W. Shoffner, former county agent and now field man for the TVA would be present except for Illness in Asheville. Truckers Protest Pick-Up Delivery GREENVILLE, S. C., Jan. 20.— A5)—A protest against the proposal of various railways to deliver and pick up small freight shipments will be made by the South Carolina Mot or Truck association it was announo sd today by F. M. Burnett, secre tary. Burnett said, “as we see it the railways are entirely out of their sphere in offering to deliver and pick up less than car shipments of freight.” He did not indicate what form Joe protect would take or when it would be made. “Chicken In The Pot” Is Taken To Court As Proof Of Crime Booker T. 8ims took the epigram credited to former President Hoover seriously and was caught with a “chicken in the pot" and was brought to court with grease on his mouth along with other evidence. While Booker T. saw the slowly simmering stew getting cold and the members of the -court sniffing at the aroma, he also heard the evi dence against him and heard Judge Bynum E. Weathers say “nine months on the roads.’’ It happene dlike this: Dock Jones who works for the city had some fine chickens, not so many. but about a half dozen. One night dur ing last, week-end, he missed the [owls and called Bob Kendrick, No. 5 constable. Bob chewed on his cigar and squlnched his eyes at some tracks ;!ose by and figured he would have the right man in no time. He climbed over one fence, then aver another, and another, In a low place and through some bushes, rhere the officer found a cap which .he thief had dropped, and was un able to pick it up on account of his load. The cap had a pressing club (Continued on page eight) Four Persons Hurt In Head-On Crash On Highway 18 Two Still In Hospital Here Marion Moore Of BUcksborg And Mr*. L. E. Sander* Of Shelby Have Serion* Injuries. Four people were hurt, two ser iously, Saturday afternoon when two cars struck head-on four miles South of Shelby on Highway No. 18. Mrs. J. A. Wellmon of Blacksburg and Charlotte has bad bruises and lacerations about the head and body and Marion Moore of Blacks burg has a dislocated hip and other Injuries. In the Plymouth car coming In the direction of Shelby were Mrs. L. X. Sanders of the Eton Mill vil lage, riding with her cousin Clyde Strickland, also of Shelby. In the Chevrolet car, driven by J. A. Wellon, an employee of the Duke Power Co., were his wife and Mar ion Moore. This car was going j south in the direction of Blacqsburg and just as the two ears passei; over the crest of the hill, they] struck head-on. The impact of the. cars demolished the radiators, fend ers. motors and entire front ends. All four Injured were rushed to! the Shelby hospital and after re ceiving first a)d treatment, J. a.; Wellon and Clyde Strickland were j dlsnrtsgwf.— ; ^ u ... School Men Meet To Decide Date Of Forensic Tilt The Cleveland county schoolmas- i ters Club will meet tonight for the first meeting of the new year and in addition to a program on “Teach ing as a Profession” will consider the annual oration, declamation, reading and essay contests for high school boys and girls. General speakers at the meeting will be Prof. O. W. Morris, of Waco school on “Class Room Problems" and Prof. W. R. Gary, principal of the Fallston school on “The Intrin sic Values of Teaching.” A number of teachers from the Rutherford county school system is expected to be with the body to night. The athletic committee is also expected to come to a definite de-1 cision on what to do with the extra games on the county league basket-1 ball schedule which accumulated; during the three weeks of weather In which no games could be played. Miss Edna Davis Dies Here Today Miss Hattie Kendrick of Oseola, 3. C. died yesterday, according to i message received by Paul Webb of Shelby and her remains will be brought to Shelby Tuesday after noon at S o’clock for interment in Sunset. Older people of Shelby will re member Miss Kendrick who lived here at one time and was a sister Df Mrs. J. I. Webb, Druggists Tom Kendrick and Mrs. Lula Conley. Dixon's Lespedeza Gets High Rating i — ■ Butler Dixon, Bethlehem farmer i Is helping bring Cleveland county' one step nearer the top as an ideal county and is conforming to the prpposed substitute for the AAA in, soil conservation by growing some of the best lespedeza In the state An announcement today from fhe state extension department shows that Mr. Dixon is one out of six men in the entire state who will j have certified lespedeza seed of the highest quality this year. A test by the department indicat- j sd that his Korean lespedeza Is 99.76 percent pure, that they germ inated 97 percent, and is some of the best ever grown in the state Mr. Dixon harvested about 5,000 tvwnds this year. Will Rotate Cases Of Patrol ExceptWithJusticeDepriest; Finds No Fee Splitting Here Lieut. Fisher Investigate* Irregular Practice* And Order* Changes; Patrolmen To Follow Up Own Cases Lieutenant L. R. Fisher was dispatched to Shelby Sat urday by'Capt. Chas. D. Farmer, head of the State Highway Patrol to investigate alleged irregularities so far as salaried officers allowing warrants to be returned in the name of deputies on the fee system and after the investigation, ord ered several changes in methods with reference to the high way patrolmen. "I can understand,” said Lieut. Fisher, ‘‘how a bad practice has arisen. To illustrate what I mean, I will refer to the time during the county fair. About 34 were given citations by highway patrolmen for parking on the highway or other minor infractions. Out of this num ber 18 of those cited failed to ap pear before the trial Justice. Natur ally 'the patrol did not have time to look up these violators and bring them in. Deputy Bob Kendrick who knew defendants was allowed to make arrest and return the warrant in his name. I think this was a far better practice than to allow those defendants not to answer the charge. "As a result of this affair, patrol men who made arrests have no doubt allowed warrants to be re turned in the name of deputies on fees, but I cannot believe there was any crookedness or 'fee-splitting.' "If I knew that any patrolman (Continued on page eight) Cleveland Makes Financial Report With Big Balance Bof—t Om To Government Com cm Balance. *A statement of the county’* finan cial condition, given semi-annually to the local government commission In Raleigh was being sent today by the county, and there has never that the county rates one of the best balance sheets In its history. The statement was made on an estimated basis of 57,000 persons now residing in the county, who pay taxes on an assessed property val uation Of $28,703,049. The tax levy for the current fiscal year Is set at $191,004.89. Collecting Fast Of the total levy less than $80, 000 remains to be collected, and the payments are coming in fast now, with several days to go before the penalties begin. The tax rate, the lowest in the state has been at 38 cents per hun dred dollars valuation since 1933, dropping from 43 cents. There are no debts assumed by the county which were not made by the sounty, and there has never been any default in either principal or interest, the report indicates. One Dark Spot The only dark spot on the record is about $50,000 in uncollected back taxes which accumulated during de ijicwiuu jrraio Mia previou&iy. Outstanding debts on county wide bonds amount to *236,500 and bonds for special districts within the coun ty reach *508,000. Combined with school notes and other items the indebtedness totals *901,950. The county now has a cash bal ance of *127,000, not including the PWA balance of about *135,000, which runs it to one of the highest figures ever recorded in financial history. King George Signs Document Creating Council Of State SANDRINGHAM, England, Jan 20.—(IP)—King George V, propped up In bed today, signed a document setting up a council of state to as sume most of his duties during his grave illness of a heart weakness The sovereign’s privy council, sum moned from London, met in an apartment adjoining the royal sick room and appointed members of the council of state while the 70 year old king entered a possibly decisive stage of his sickness. It was officially stated the coun cil consists of Queen Mary and her four royal sons, the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of York. Gloucester and Kent. Bankhead Bill Is Not Killed Says Local Head .1. A. Pro put in r liarfr of the Bankhead Administration in this county announced today that his part af the farm pro dram Is not dead at all, but i* still a law, so far as his work Is concerned. He has received a wire from headquarters authorizing him to proceed with selling tax ex emption certificates, and stat ing that all cotton most be tagged, according to regular Bankhead procedure. There are still several hun dred bales of cotton In this county which have not been tagged, and ginners and own i ers are being informed that to conform to the law now in I effect, they must be tagged. I Mi.* Hattie Kendrick To Be Buried Here Miss Edna Davis, age 32 years, idled at 6 o'clock Sunday morning jin the 8helby hospital where she j had been a patient for the past four > weeks. ! She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Davis, 324 McBrayer | street, who survive with two broth iers. Dean and Claude Davis. Miss Davis was a faithful member of the First Baptist church and there the funeral will be hel dthls afternoon at 3 o’clock, in charge of i the pastor. Dr. Zeno Wall, j Interment will be In the cemc i tery at Beaver Dam church. Celebrate Sixtieth j Wedding Day Today Mr. and Mrs. A. J. R. Hoyle at celebrating their sixtieth weddi anniversary today at their home <r the Double Shoals communitv Many friends and members of the: family called today to rejoice with them in their long and useful life Heads Navy Shakeupa In personnel of the United States fleet high command between now end June 16 will : place Vice Admiral Arthur J. 1 Hepburn, above, aa commander* In-chlef of the fleet. He will suc ceed AdmtqpJ Joseph M. Reeves. Hepburn now is commanding the scouting forces. . — “ ——— Property Damage In Cleveland Is $10,000 Or Above Houses Unroofed. Windows Broken, Rural Power Lin es Greatly Damaged.^ Out of the South came a 45 mile gale Sunday morning and did a property damage estimated at $10,000 in Cleve land founty. No one was in jured in this locality, but 17 lives were lost in Florida, Georgia and Alabama where the storm seemed the fiercest. It began with a rain Saturday night during whlc htheer was thun der and lightning. All night long It rained and about nine o'clock Sun day morning a fierce cloud appear ed, bringing strong wind and a heavy rain. Houses Unroofed Roofs were damaged, trees were uprooted,' billboards and signs were blown down, fences were laid low, garages were overturned, awnings were ripped Into shreds, telephone and electric poles were blown down, plate glass show windows were smashed. Parts of the roofs on the Belmont Mill. Weathers apartment, Kendall Medicine Co., J. E. Webb building were blown off. Roofs on numerous houses were damaged. Plate glass windows were broken In the Reinhardt store on 8. La Fayette street. Basil Goode store Hnd Shelby Beauty Shop on 8 Wash ington street. Garages Move d A two or three car garage on the rear of Mrs. Kate North's residence on East Marion street was tumbled over into the yard of Mr#;. Fred Morgan. The cars were unmolested. City electric power was off all 'Continued cn page eight.) Black Freed In Greene’s Death; Recorder’s Court Has Busy Day The busiest week Of the year was reported in Recorders Court on Sat- J: urday, both in 8helby and Kings i Mountain where the periodical ses- < sions were held. The Saturday docket here was i unusually heavy with sentences : ranging from 18 months down, and ;ten persons being found guilty of I gambling, all of whom were given a one month sentence with payment i of costs. All appealed and were i placed under a $50 bond. The alleged gamblers were Henry ] Black. Claude Eskridge. George Kil KO Emmett Hardy. King Long. J. i it>. Toms. Bird Wray, Dick Hardy i jand Sam Vinson. Ben Stubbs was given 1# months or giving a worthless check; H. R. Svans was convicted on a drunken irtvtng charge and was given four nonths. fined $90 and the costs and tad his driving license suspended or 12 months. P. P. Black was dismissed on an nvoluntary manslaughter charge hat he was responsible for the leath two weeks ago of Willie 3reene, Kings Mountain textile corker. Defense showed lack of jrobable cause. Grady Peeler was given six months :uspended on payment of costs aft er officers found him in posses ion of a quantity of liquor Snow, Sleet, Rain Hamper Schedules Of Trains, Busses Carolina Damages Above $1,000,000 Ships Founder Off Atlantic Coast; 58 Die In Traffic Accidents. * (By Associated Press) ' CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Tor nadoes swept three southeas tern states while a blizzard lashed the northern tier of states from the Rocky Moun tains to the Atlantic coast. The nation today counted at least 109 dead, including 58 in traffic accidents. Snow, ice, and .sleet blanketed mast of the upper hall ol the na tion and the weather report called for more snow and colder weathei Many schools were ordered closed; traffic generally was seriously Im peded; many airports were closed Rnd planes grounded; and railway trains ran far behind schedule. Heavy snows and rain Ip some jsouthern states brought new men ace ol floods. Ship Aground The S, S. City of Camden went a ground off the New Jersey coast but its 70 passengers were brought ashore safely. The F. 8. Ipswltch, reported agrVtnd near Panama City. Florida, was reported In no Imme diate danger. Property damage was reported at more than $1,000,000 from tornado, freezing and Una. Tornadoes claim ed 1B lives In Florida, Qeorgla and Alabama; six persons were frozen to death; seven died from over ex ertion; three were burned to death and a number died from other causes. Rising Streams Rising streams brought tijgjpen aco of extensive floods to tho*Caro jllmus today in the wake of a wind land rain storm which swirled over i the two states yesterday causing an estimated *1,000,000 property dam age. Wind damage was not large In any one place but hardly a com munity went untouched. Power lines went down, trees were uprooted, the more flimsy building > were destroyed and many windows were smashed. Tlie coast was whipped by a 30 i mile gale but damage to shipping was relatively small. The Hungarian freighter, Gsikos, went aground In uthe Cape Fear river but was ex pected to be refloated Boon. The coastguard cutter, Modoc, re (Continucd on page eight) Spangler To Lead Scout Work Here; Yearly Meet Held Cleveland Well Represented At Gu tonla; To Observe Anni versary. M A. Spangler has been elected president of Boy Scout work In j Cleveland county for the coming | year, which office makes him vice I president in the Piedmont Council | which embraces 14 counties in this area. His election was announced fol lowing a meeting last week in Ges tonia of representatives from all the counties for the annual confere: end luncheon. Judge .Misnjark Capps, of Gastonia was re-elected president. Capt. B. L. Smith was re-electod Scout Commissioner by the body. Tills county was represented at the meeting by‘some 26 or more leaders tn Scouting and reports made from Cleveland were submit ted by all the scoutmasters and in addition by H. B. Miller, an organ ization and enrollment; R. W Shoffner, on rural scouting; and B N. Barnes of Kings Mountain on school relations. About 380 attend ed. The date for the celebration of the beginning of the 26th year tn Scouting was announced as Febru ary 8 and the entire council will be gin its roll call or financial program in the early spring. President Spang ler will call a meeting of leadaes here at an early data.
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