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► WEATHER Carolina*: Partly cloudy to wght and Tuesday. Warmer. The Vilkvelkmd SEND 8 Pages Today . Member of Associated Press VOL. XLII, No. 24 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, FEB. 24, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By II .U. Mr pit, (la advaoeai _ *a.M Carrier, oar year, (to alruml _ UN 161 MILLIONS APPROPRIATION BILL GIVEN HOUSE Gardner Denies Big Fee Was Paid Him For Political Influence Was Counsel And Not Lobbyist For Aviation Group Paid Income Tax With Half of Fee Former Governor O. Max Gardner denies emphatically that he was paid a $75,000 fee for whatever "in fluence” he could exert on Con gress by the aviation' industry, but that he received a $74,500 fee as at torney and advisor in the complete reorganization of the aircraft in dustry. The following statement was is sued Saturday upon his return to Shelby from Sea Island, Ga„ where he had been spending a weelt with friends. “I read in the press while visit ing in Georgia the letter introduced before the Nye committee mention ing my name and written by James P Murray to C. L. Egtvedt. I do not know Mr. Murray, who portrayed in in glowing terms my capacity, nor Mr. Egtvedt, to whom he wrote. Neither person had anything to do with my employment nor was pres ent when I accepted service. "I was employed as attorney by the board of directors in 1934 to represent the Aeronautical Cham } ber of Commerce of America, an or ganization of large membership, in cluding over 90 per cent of all phas ps of aviation in the United States. My clients represented investments , of more than one hundred million dollars. Millions Involved. "At that time, air mail contracts (Continued on page eight) Mike Sepaugh, 49 Buried At Earl; Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2:30 for Mike Sepaugh, 49 year old fanner of the Earl community. Services were in charge of Rev. J. L. Jenkins and Rev J. N. Wise. Interment was in -the New Hope Baptist church ceme tery. Mr. Sepaugh died late Friday > ‘?ht at his home fololwing a ten k day illness with pneumonia, com plicated with heart trouble. He was twice married, first to Mks Carrie Runyans who died sev eral years ago, leaving the follow hiS children: Neatchery Sepaugh, o Winston-Salem; Jackson, of Jacksonville, Fla,; William of Vir ginia, and T. J. Sepaugh at home. •A daughter, Mrs. Mike Earl lives at Greer, S. C. Also at home are his second wife and three small chil dren. Mr. Sepaugh was, well known and a respected farmer in his commun ity A large crowd was present and drought unusually large numbers of flowers as tokens of esteem. N'i.w yoRK, Feb. 24.—Hedging h.t "cr® more noticeable Friday ' the selling was absorbed rather mprc& wely mainly by trade in ,.,r u ,,:iales of goods during the '! p,rt of last week are said to Was Briefly D1 anting Cotton letter Testifies Jacob P&ley (above), self describee “junk dealer” of New York, tolc Senate Munitions Committee a< Washington, D. a, he paid as littli as 12 cents each for old army ma chine guns. Committee voted bill U drastically curb all ff Training School Of Methodists To Begin Next Weel Prominent Teachers Will Instruc Shelby And Rural Church Leaders. The annual Cleveland count: training school, sponsored annuall: by the Central Methodist churct here for its own members and foi workers and leaders in 15 or mori rural Methodist churches will ge under way next week. A roster of teachers and Um courses of study were announcer today by Miss Nettie Rayle, direc tor of music and of young peopli at the Central church. Meet Sunday The week of special training foi leaders of young people, childrei and adults will begin with a gen eral session next Sunday aftemoor at 2:30 and classes will be helc each evening at 7:30 the followinf week. Those who expect to attend an asked to enroll in advance. Willian Lineberger is in charge of enlist ment, and Reeves Fomey will be ii charge of tests. An imposing array of outside tal ent has been secured as teacher: for the school. Mrs. H. D. Guerran of Atlanta, Ga., will instruct chil dren and their leaders, using a bool on “Missionary Education of Pri mary Children,” by Stooker. Rev. Fletcher Nelson of Ruther fordton will teach young peopli using the “General Board Booklet" Rev. C. P. Bowles of Belmont wil teach adults, using “Toward Under standing Adults” by Zeigler as i text. More than 100 am expected to at tend the school. Fear$90,000PWA Work May Be Lost At Kings Mountain Projects In Balance Of Uncertainty All Money Gone And New Appro priation Would Be Necessary. Loss of a $90,000 PWA project it Kings Mountain which would In clude the building of a new eitj hall, street improvements and sew er lines, was thought almost certair today after a letter has been receiv ed from Herman G. Baity at Chapel Hill. All hope has not yet been giver up by officials at Kings Mountain but a recent ruling from the Wash ington office which stated that pro jects not decided on and started bj the 25th of the month would be can celled indicate there was little hope Still Have Hope. However, Haywood Robbins, Char lotte attorney has made sevcra trips to Washington and feels pari of the original work may be doni Congress may earmark a new ap propriation this spring. We are advised by our Washing ton office that, in compliance witfr 1 a Presidential order effective Febru ary 10, 1936, no further allotment can be made to PWA projects, eith er from the National Industrial Re covery Act appropriation of 1933 oi from the Emergency Relief Appro priatlon Act of 1935. All funds here after becoming available through the rescission of fbrmw allotment to PWA projects cannot be used foi reallocation to eligible PWA appli cants, but will be transferred to oth er emergency agencies of the Fed i eral government. lb view of thte MfcuaWtm we a« , writing to advise you that only ap i parent way In which Federal fundi may be made available for assist , ing in Hie financing of your projeci —and approximately 200 others tr this state which, like yours, are or the waiting list is through a neu - appropriation by the present Con , gress specifically earmarked foi non-Federal PWA work. I Renovation Plans Made By College I In Spring Months Plans are under way for a com 1 plete renovation of dormitory rooms class rooms and society halls at the , junior college at Bolling Springs, ac cording to word from (he president 1 A. C. Lovelace. During the spring and summer classes and individuals, Sunday , school groups and missionary socie ties will join in refinishing and re , painting walls and fixtures, which ’ has been much needed for some , time. A number of rooms have al ready been pledged. Mr. Lovelace said the spirit of co operation is better now than it has i ever been before and he feels there ; will be at least 200 enrolled by next . year in the college department alone. A 32-volume set of World History was recently donated the college by . Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Barber of Forest i City, and is said to be a taluable asset to the growing library and his tory department. A quantity of sil verware was given by the Elizabeth , Ayers circle. The date of the p^stors-laymen banquet was anonunced today te meet March 20. “Be A Good Neighbor” Invites Roosevelt In “Fireside Chat” MVTW PARK, N. Y.. Peb. 34 — President Roosevelt)- from hi* home here last night suggested to the na tion that "the good neighbor idea— as we are trying to practice it in in ternational relationship—needs to be pat into practice in our commun ity relationships.” Mr. Roosevelt spoke from the study room of the home on the banks of the Hudson river where he arrived early today after visits to Temple and Harvard universities. "I like to think of our country," he said, “as one home in which the interests of each member are bound up with the happiness of all. We ought to know by now that the wel fare or your family or mine cannot be bought at the sacrifice of our neighbors family; that our well-be ing depends, in the long run, upon the well-being of our neighbors. "The good neighbor idea—as we are trying to practice it in interna tional relationship needs to be pul into practice in our community re lationships. When it is, we may discover that the roads to understanding and fel lowship is also the road to spiritual awakening. At our neighbor’s fire side we may find new fuel for the fires of faith at our own firesides.” ! The address was delivered on the occasion of observance day of th (Continued on page eignti Old Maverick Sam Meveriek A* original "maverick” is Sam Maverick, above, who oelebrates hie 100th birthday this year along with the centennial of his native state of Toms. Maverick, whose fatter gave the family name to wtbranded or strayed cattle, i« grandfather of Congressman Matwy Maverick, whose bloc of~ *oMoweM in congress have often been labeled “mavericks” because «# tbehr independence of pasty Processing Taxes Muddle Clarified By C.T. Murchison A statement designed to clarify the actual situation of the textile industry in relation to the process taxes invalidated by the supreme court has just been issued by Claud ius T. Murchison, president of the Cotton Textile Institute: It is: “Transmitting to Senator Nbrris the department of agriculture’s study of the processing tax refund situation, Secretary Wallace is re ported to have referred to the pro cessing tax refunds as being an ‘outright gift of public money to a group that is not entitled to it.’ Although this is somewhat milder language than that formerly used by the secretary in which he refer red to the same moneys as the ‘greatest legalized steal in Ameri can history,’ it is apparent that the department is still laboring under a misapprehension of the facts as they exist in the cotton textile in dustry. liable To Customers “When the procesisng tax was in validated on January 6th, the cot ton mills of the country automati cally became liable to their custom ers for an amount approximating $40,000,000. “In evaluating the present pro cessing tax situation this offset of approximately $40,000,000 is only the first of several which must be tak en into account. “Another takes the form of in ventory losses. “The third offset, and one of sim ilar character, was the automatic and immediate decline in value of all goods in process at the time of the supreme court decision. “A fourth offset is in the case of the many mills making colored goods. “Another offset is the protection against loss guaranteed customers' Inventories. “If the full allowance is made for these offsets, it is unlikely that the majority of mills will show a profit from the tax refunds made avail able to them by the supreme court decision.” SMALL ROOF FIRE AT LEONARD RESIDENCE A small roof fire was extinguished at noon today at the home of Clar ence Leonard on North Washington. A negligible amount of damage was ‘ inflicted. Iron Differences Out Of Main Bill In Senate Meeting See Quick Action On Following Work F. C. A. To Get 4 Millions; Other Details Are Enum erated. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 24.—A $161,863,147 agricul ture appropriations bill for the 1937 fiscal year was laid before the house today as the nfew $500,000,000 soil conser vation farm program headed for a conference on house and senate differences. Although from the viewpoint of actual new money appropriations the aupply Mil was $28,536,887 under budget estimates, there were reap propriations of unexpended bal ances totaling $18,000,000. At the same time the measures was $21, 635,663 above current aproprlatlons, not counting reapproprlattons. The bill allowed $4,000,000 for the Farm Credit Administration—the same as this year. Refused Shelter The appropriations committee re fused to allow $1,000,000 requested for the Shelter-belt program of tree planting down the great plaina belt. The principal provision for using unspent balances, which otherwise would revert to the treasury, was $17,500,000 lor elimination of dis eased cattle work—the amount re quested In the budget. Chiefly acountlng for the meas ure's total increase over this year's funds, was Inclusion of soil conaer Vutteu service for the first time as a regular item under the agriculture department. The committee cut the $87,900,000 budget estimate to $82,469,206. The committee wrote In an au thorization for making $125,000,000 worth of road contracts In the 1837 fiscal year, pursuant to the Hayden Cartwright act after the budget had recommended that this be postpon ed a year. For federal aid roads outright the Mil carried the $80, 000,000 recommended by the budget. J. B. Carpenter Of Waco Dies ; Bury Tuesday Funeral services for J. B. Carpen ter of Waco will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock by the pas tor, Rev. H. M. Robinson at Saint Paul Methodist church. Mr. Carpenter 'died at hi? home at Waco Sunday evening at 9:30 o’clock after an illness of a week. He had been desperately ill for two days with pneumonia and a heart ailment. Deceased was a good Christian and upright citizen, held in high esteem by his host of friends. He was bom January 37, 1858 and was 78 years and 25 days old ^the time of his death. He was married to Clara Louvenia Grigg October 10, 1880 and she sur vives with the following children: Emmett of Lincoln county, Clifton, Forrest, Charles, William, Koven and John, all of this county, Mrs. Nellie Harmon of Smyrna, S. C., Mrs. Essie Eaker, Mrs. Lillie Haw kins and Miss Annie Carpenter of this county. Three sisters also survive: Mrs. John Glover, Mrs. D. M. Harrelson, Miss Katie. Carpenter, together with 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Ritchie Is Dead; Victim Of Stroke BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. 24 — (fP)—Former Governor Albert C. Ritchie, 59, vigorous advocate of state rights and pioneer in the movement that led to prohibi tion repeal, died suddenly at his apartment here today. A stroke apparently caused the death of the noted Mary lander, contender for the Demo cratic presidential nomination at the 1932 convention in Chi cago. Death ended speculation over the possibility of his taking a leading role in opposition to the renomination of President Roosevelt at this year’s Demo cratic convention in Philadel phia. Farmers Finances Good Senate Told By Expert Bettis Home Is Burned At Earl With Estimated Loss Of $8,000 Roaring flames, fanned by a brisk February wind wrought de struction at noon today for the old A. E. Bettis home at Earl, and with the home, nearly all the furnishings and family properties. An exact estimate was not made by the present owners of the house but was set tentative ly at at least $8,000. The fire was started on the windward side o< the roof and was discov ered while the Bettis’ were eat ing dinner. Most of the valuable papers and records were thought to have been recovered. Only smouldering ashes and charred timbers were left at 1:30. Those living in the house wees Baxter Bettis, Miss Sally Bet Us and Mrs. Katherine Bettis White. The Moss residence about 180 feet away was saved by a buck et brigade which kept pouring water on the walls and roof to protect It from the heat. A detachment of Shelby fire men answered the call and drove to Earl in one of the city trucks, but the house was burned be fore they arrived. The house was built nearly SO years ago by the late A. E. Bet tis and was a ten room struc ture. Mr. Bettis was the father of Hugh Bettis, Mrs. George Washburn and Mrs. Gary Ham rick of this city. The house was partially cov ered by Insurance. Rules Are Given Governing Music Contest April 17 OmmbMm Outlines General Fit eedare; Plan Giant Festival. I A «et of roles and regulations for tWa ; aan»t«» ««»l Ja SI. —1«« , , I ««•' wiaivjf imuu MTjniu * i wvivm which will be held at Polkville, Ap i# 17 "and in which glee dubs, quar tets, trios and other music groups will compete, was released by the general committee today. The committee is composed of J." 0. Jordan of No. 3; J. D. Huggins of PoHcville; R. O. Wiggins of Pied mont and were appointed by the Schoolmasters club of the county. 14 High Schools AH the rural schools in the coun ty will compete for prises In the various contests. Shelby and Kings Mountain schools have been invited to sing on a non competitive basis. It will be a giant festival with pos sibly 14 high schools having 30 or more entrants each. The contest will be a basis for en trance in the district and state music contests later in the spring. Rules In detail* are being sent all principals. A brief outline is pre sented here: Number To Sing The number in the glee club shall be not less than 17 or more than 29, including the piano ac companist and the director; there shall be no accompanying instru ment other than the piano. Each club will sing "Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” four parts ar langement for mixed voices, also a song of Its own choosing in three part arrangement. Each school may present one boys quartet and a girl’s trio. Only bona fide students will be eligible In the contests. Winners will be given trophies and all money left after all expenses are paid will be apportioned by a plan decided on by the committee. Following is the system of Judg ing to be used on the group sing ing: Prize song: First place, 10 points; (Continued on page eight) District Meeting Of Three-County Teachers Planned Cleveland, Outw, Rutherford Lead era Study Health And Reereatior/. Health and recreation will be glv wvwrous, conawemtten in this city when teachers and school admin-' istrators of Gaston, Cleveland and! Rutherford counties come to Shelby Friday, March 38 for the annual third regional conference^ on these subjects. The local committee was named today and full details of the pro gram which will be given at that time were submitted. Gaston President. Mrs. Charles Whisnant of Gaston ia Is president of the three county body and will be in charge of the proceedings of the day. > Features of the program will be m address by Miss Juanita McDou gald, specialist from the‘State De partment of Public Instruction, fol lowed by actual play day demon strations by a number of teachers and their children. Miss McDougald will speak on “The Health and Physical Educational Courses of 3tudy.” The Program. Following are the members of the local committee who will be in 'barge, with the program which will be given: C. E. Rankin, chairman, Miss Lu :lllc Blanton, Miss Lalene Grtgg, Mrs. Madge Baker, Miss Alpha Get ty s, Miss Esdaie Ramseur, Mfss Slara Edwards, Mrs. Mfal Tiddy, Miss Laura Cornwell, Miss Ettalie Moses, Miss Bess Freeman, Mrs. Florence Doggett. Presiding, Mrs. Charles Whisnant, 3astonia. 8:30—Registration. 9:415— Welcome—Supt. B. L. Smith, pres, Clastonla high schools girls Athletic Association. Alice Smith. 10:00— rhe program of the N. C. high school girls’ athletic association— Mrs. Charles D. Whisnant. 10:20— Discussion led by Miss Margaret Moore, Charlotte. 10:30—The health (Continued on page eight.) Hoffman Accuses State Witness Of “Lying” Against Hauptmann TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 24—(#>)— Governor Harold G. Hoffman today accused Millard Whited, Sourland Mountains lumberjack and one of the state’s chief witnesses against Bruno Richard Hauptman, of “ly ing,” a charge which might be the basis of perjury action against him.' The governor, who questioned j Whited at length, Saturday, said “the printed and written record shows he was lying.” “On April 26, 1932 Whited gave to the state police a signed state ment in which he said he had never seen any cars or suspicious persons in the woods or in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home," the gover nor .said. “His next signed statement was Sated October 26, 1934, when after having been repeatedly shown the photograph of Hauptman and hav ing been promised payment and a part of the reward, he went to the Bronx jail and Identified Hauptman as the man he had seen twice in :he vicinity of the Lindbergh home prior to March 1, 1932.” Prosecutor A. M. Hauck, jr„ of Hunterdon county, explained that Whited had purposely lied to de tectives who questioned him in 1932 cx1 cause he did not know them and, oeing of a suspicious nature moved him to tell untruths. " Points To Erosion Policy As Method For More Advance Show* Big Throat Of Farm Mortgage Head Of Farm Credit Adnata* iteration Reveals Pinnae! Opinion. (By Associated Preen) WASHINGTON, D. C., FeB. 22.—Declaration* that the far mem financial statue had shown vast improvement and that the nation is threatened with billions of dollars loss by soil erosion, was placed bn. fore congress today by gov ernment agencies. Governor w. I. Myer* of the farm credit administration, which holds about 40 per oent of the farm mort gage debt of the country, said thera had been such a vast improvement in the farm status that need for government credit ia decreasing. * Made Public His testimony, given in hearings on the annual agriculture depart* meat appropriations bill, were made public today. . „ A warning that billions Invested in enormous dams is jeapordised by silt piling up behind them and fill ing up reservoirs wAs voioed by H. H. Bennett, chief of the Federal Soil Erosion service, who said the (Continued on page eight.) Forestry Meetings Begin Wednesday; Experts To Attend A series of forestry meetings pur poaed to stimulate preservation of the few ruMiatai acres of timbered land to Cleveland county are planned here tty* week, with instruction to be given by a, W. Oraeber, expert from the exten sion service headquarters at Ra leigh. WAif of the meetings) will be a special demonstration on how to es timate saw timber and a special ", lecture on harvesting and market- | ing of lumber economically. It will be held at the old Lattimore estate t near-Polk ville, with fkrmers and visitors meeting first at the C. C. Whlsnant home. Bring An Axe The meetings are announced by John S. Wilkins, county agent and he asks that all the visitors bring an axe with them and actual thin ning and caring for small amounts wlh be done. He said the move la to preserve the approximately 30 percent timbered land to the coun ty. The first meeting will be at the farm of C. C. Palls of Bel wood at 9:30 Wednesday morning. The sec ond will be teh forestry lessons it the Lattimore estate at 1:30 Wed nesday. The third meeting will be at the farm* of Gilbert Jones in No. 1 township at 9:30 Thursday inarm ing and the series will be closed Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the farm of Thomas McEntyre on the Shelby road. Vocational students of the coun ty have been invited. Pneumonia Takes Little Moss Child Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at 2 o’clock for Donald Eugene Moss, 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moss of 54 Walnut street who died early today after a brief illness of pneu monia. Interment will be at Bessemer City. He is survived by his parents and a brother. J. H. Moss, Jr., and two sisters, Marlyn and Puahla Mass.