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WEATHER Carolines: Warmer, occasional powers Tuesday and in north and west tonight. l - H- - Mk « « d Z » I « Eh L VMzU U E . 1 ■» 8 Pages Today VOL. AL.il, xxo. £.% juciuuci ui nssuuawu rrCSS anniMX, in. u. MONDAY, MAKCH 2, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Br M U par rear. (la idnoMi _ w.M Carrier, an Tear, (la adeaaee) . WOO EAGLE CHAIN STORES SOLD FOR NEARLY $200,000 1400 Buildings Already Closed; Others Will Join Strike To Extend To Financial Row J J. Bambrick, Leader Says This Is Only Beginning Of Organization. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 2.— The paralyzing sweep of the New York building employees strike spread through most of the city today although J. J Bambrick, strike leader, an nounced an agreement was rapidly being signed with Luilrlirtrr nurnora fnr PoBfnro_ tion of workers. Elevator men, janitors and other employees were ordered out of all buildings north of 14th street by Bambrick, president of the building service employees’ union. But shortly afterward he an nounced that the Metropolitan As sociation of Building Owners, rep resenting 110 apartment houses on Park avenue and the upper west ► side, had agreed to the union terms. Men in those buildings went back to work at once, promised a $2 weekly increase, a closed shop and a 48-hour week. More Later Bambrick said that by night the •trike would be extended to the Wall Street financial district, the only portion untouched by the morning walkout. There was sharp disagreement over the number of men who ac tually had left their jobs. Bam brick asserted that before the end of the day 6,000 buildings would be affected with 75,000 men idle. He said department stores as well as apartments and office buildings would be without service. W. D. Rawlings, secretary of the realty advisory board, said a police estimate of 270 buildings affected on the upper west side was “tre mendously exaggerated” and that (Continued on page eight.) Candidate Files For No. 9 Office Y«, the »un U hatching them and there is prospect for sev «al more,” said John P. Mull Sat ®d.ayui84 another candidate filed wit* him for the coming Democra tic primary. It was Clyde A. Peeler, of Lawn le who planked down his fee to b«ome eligible for the race for con ^lVn.N°' 9 townshlP- He Is the £«®d of the year to file, the other a candidate for the legisla r Morning Cotton LETTER J®* J°WC. March S.-The nrnr Jrt wnimviee mainly a trade affair. 2*2? aa the pool is Sta if £ and until these sales SVtL*- 8UPPty of contracts hkely be limited. General trad. f°r 4116 moet Part favor thTm V ”ew cr°P months below „vf J ^vel «* apparently attrac 25£ Sf1®* broadens in those po aZ when prices dip. The tax h 8^h ^ likely be settled short at S '"1™* J8 considerably mixed •iwsMarsK Cotton THE “AWOETS Cot!^ .- *« 12%c Cotum J* wa»W1’ t«“-$31.00 'eed. car lot, ton_$34.00 loos'" J°rk Cotton at 2:‘30: Jan. IO45 nr!r I.11'22' Ma>' 10-78. July °ct. 10.09. Dec. 10.09. May Get Agricultural Building And Armory, IfCounty Pays 30% A long distance telephone call from WPA headquarters in Charlotte at 1 o’clock today promised an agricultural build ing for the county and an ar mory lor both the city and county in the next few months if the county will pay 30 percent of the cost, instead of following the former agreements in the regular WPA contract. The proposition is being pre-. sented to the county board of commissioners in session this afternoon. F. H. Cunningham, supervisor of labor management for the seventh district of the WPA in this state said the proposition remains open until Thursday and will be “definitely out after that period." The original plans for the ar mory were for an expenditure of $25,000 and for the agricul ture building to cost $9,368. Under the new plan or prop osition the county or county and city or some source would be asked to pay $7,500 towards the building of the armory and $2, 800 for the agriculture building which would house tJhe county agents and their equipment. Reason for the increase of the county’s part was given as the skilled labor which must be used. WPA pays for ordinary labor, but a certain amount must be skilled. Board To Set Date ForAwardOfFour County Buildings The date for four buildings system will be the county b< monthly sessi It is proba: be asked for s Supt. Grigg s and will indue ware, Lawndale schools as well as wherein the fleet of school trucks will be stored and repaired. The board was not in session this morning but was taking up business matters this afternoon. .Other than the setting of a date for receiving bids on buildings, only routine mat ters are scheduled to come up. ceiving bids on e county school s afternoon by education in the bids will . March 19th, t noon today ions to Beth nd Lattimore a county garage Germany Is Ready For Negotiations LONDON, Mar. 2.—(4V-The for eign office announced today that Germany has informed Great Brit ain that she is prepared to nego tiate an Anglo-Germany bi-lateral treaty on the basis of any agree ment at the present four-power naval conference. The question of German partici pation in the proposed treaty, sought by the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy, has been the main bone of contention in the conference. France consistently has opposed German participation while Great Britain has contended that for a naval treaty to be international in character, Germany must be rep resented. Reject Move To End Goodyear’s Trouble AKRON, Ohio, Mar. 2.—(/P)— Goodyear Tire and Rubber company spokesmen said today union leaders had rejected the management’s first move toward negotiation to end a two weeks strike which has kept more than 14,000 persons idle. E. F. McGrady, assistant secre tary of labor hastened back by plane to Washington, determined co "start in all over again on a new tack” to bring peace. Report Loss Of 10,000 Troops As Italians Rout Ethiopians By Associated Press Fascist soldiers have driven a spearhead deep into the body of Ethiopia today and Fascist diplo mats in Geneva sought to supple ment Italy’s armed success with victory at the conference table. Specifically they sought to prevent application of more sanctions against Italy. A spokesman for the Little En tente of Jugoslavia, Roumania, and Czechoslakia, said he was informed the domestic situation in Italy was serious from an econmic stand point and he believed Premier Mus solini would soon be willing to ne gotiate for peace in Ethiopia. A possible additional incentive tc such negotiation was seen in th< feat of the northern column whicl smashed through resistance of *r< Ethiopian armies in the Tembier sector and at Amba Alaji with a re ported loss of $10,000 in the Ethio pian forces. An Associated Press correspond ent estimated that only 5,000 Ethio pians were left in the Tembien sec (.Continued on page eight) County Farmers Grow Cotton Seed At Premium Price Cleveland county cotton farmer not only grow the largest crop o any other North Carolina count; but specialize in certified seec This year they have sold to othe growers in the belt no less thai 10,0000 bushels of'certified seed fo planting at a premium of $10,00 over the price of ordinary seed fo crushing purposes. Morgan and Co., of this plao has shipped 6,000 bushels, most o which was grown by Blanton Brotl ers and Toy B. Webb. Mr. Webl has also sold a quantity individu ally, while the Spangler brother and Tom Cornwell of the Doubli Shoals section have sold from threi to five thousand bushels. Severs Car load shipments have beer made to dealers. For the past several years then has been a concentrated effort oi the part of the larger farmers q the county to specialize in ow particular strain and variety o of seed. The pure-bred seed idei tarted in the county in 1929 ant the production has graually in creased year after year. Farmer are demanding pure bred pedigree< seed more and more an dthis yea; the supply has about run short o the big demand. "Good seed ari scarce,” says O. Z. Morgan, one o the largest shippers. The pedigreed seed most com monly grown in Cleveland are o the Farm Relief variety, Strain No 2 which bring a premium of $440 i ton over the crushers’ prices. Merchants Meet At 7:30 Tonighl The Shelby Merchants associa tion will meet tonight at 7:30 it Wray’s store for the purpose of dls cussing spring business problems They will also elect a vice-president necessitated by the absence of A V. Beck who has moved away. Joe Nash, president, and othe officers are asking that all mer chants, whether members of the as sociation or not, come to the meet ing. Owner And Newest Store Of The Eagle Chain Above is Mrs. Rush Stroup who has just sold her chain of retail stores for a little lesi than $200,000. The building is the home of the Shelby unit of the Eagle stores and fchi real estate is owned by Mrs. Stroup. Buyers of the chain are four men who have formed a corporation, to continue operations. if Valuable Papers From Morrow Jr. [■; TRENTON, N. J., Mar. 2.—(A>i {The reported theft of cejtain paper: .’from the rooms erf Dwight Morrow. F jr., brother of Mrs. Chales A. Lind , bergh, reliable sources said was a , possible topic for discussion today a • a scheduled meeting of three New > Jersey officials. : 1 Whether there was any import ; ance attached to the paper author , ities did not say but Morrow told i police one of the papers contained 1 the Itinerary of his mother, who is [ traveling in Europe. [| H. Norman Swartzkoff, superin tendent of New Jersey state police i was scheduled to confer with At- j 1 torney General David P. Wilentz j and Prosecutor A. M. Hauck, jr.. * concerning the status of the case of 1 Bruno Richard Hauptmann, con ' vlcted slayer of Colonel Lindbergh's first born son. Pickett Will* Aid Income Tax Filing W. C. Pickett, Jr., deputy commis- | sioner of revenue announced today | that he will be in his office In the Lineberger building all this w: and will assist In filing state in come tax returns. He called attention to the fact that returns are due from "an un married person, or a married worn* i and whose income was above $1,000 in 1935, or from married men who had incomes of $2,000 or more in 1935.’’ He said all returns should bt filed before March 15. Two Lose Lives In Hotel Fire WARREN, Ohio, March Z.—UP) —Two persons plunged to their death today and the fate of possibly ten others was un known as fire of undetermined origin raged in the three-story Warren hotel. Seven others, overcome by smoke, were taken to a hospi tal. M. T. Smith, hotel manager, said ten others might be trap ' ped in their rooms. The two dead were unidentified, i The blase of undetermined origin broke out shortly before noon. The dead man and wom an, trapped i ntheir quarters, were seen by crowds to lean far out as smoke poured from the window. Suddenly the woman screamed, the body fell to the pavement. it was followed by that of the man. Firemen said death resulted from injuries. Mayor Launches Sanitation Drive, Asking Co-operation A drive for increased sanitation .eclally In the up-town district of alby was begun today with the icing of 40 new garbage cans at ervals along the streets and with statement issued by Mayor Harry j. Woodson. The city has gone to the ex cuse of placing these cans where -hey will be conveniently placed toi dispose of waste paper, fruit peels, drinking cups' and other articles. "We are asking particularly that the soda shops and drug stores co .perate in the proper disposal of garbage, and in asking their curb iervice customers to do likewise.” The mayor said many times on 3unday morning the streets are fairly littered with waste materials which in addition to making the .own look unsightly also carry dis ease and dirt. "We have placed four times as many cams for the disposal of gar-' t>age as we had before. They will sc taken up twice a day. We are. asking that merchants and resi dents of the city take enough civic pride to keep Shelby clean and Beautiful.” The mayor said that this spring it was likely that as an expansion 3t the cleanliness drive the Boy Scouts will conduct a clean-up campaign as they have done in for mer years. -- \ Restoration Of Hagood Demanded By Senator Smith WASHINGTON, March 2.—<JP> Restoration to duty of Major Gen eral Johnson Hagood was demand ed #in the senate today by Senator Smith, Democrat, South > Carolina, who said the army action In send ing Hagood home for criticizing government spending was perhaps the “greatest ingratitutde ever per petrated on a servant of the govern ment.” “He comes from the proper breed in South Carolina," Smith said. “He discharged his duty on the battle field and he discharged his duty in lhe committee room, now he is I stripped of his command.” Hagood told a house committee he regarded WPA funds as “stage money.” With Safety Council GREENVILLE. S. C.. Mar. Z.—iJP) —B. R. Stroup, chief engineer of the state highway department, westerif division here, has tendered his resignation, effective next Mon day, it was learned today from Co lumbia. Stroup has accepted a position with the national safety council and will proceed to safety council head quarters in Chl-aga next week to take up his duties. Chicago Mother Gives Birth To 12 Ounce Bab) CHICAGO, Mar. 1.—Birth of i baby which Dr. Edward P. Klni said he believed was the. world' smallest was reported today, 45 day after the event. The child was too tiny to welgl on its arrival In St. Anne’s hospi tal of Chicago on January 14, th physician said, but he estimated th birth weight at 12 ounces. The In fant now weighs two pounds am two ounces. A printer’s daughter, the chili was christened Jacqueline Jeai Benson, and Is now getting aloni "very fine,” the doctor, who deliv ered the babe, declared. The par ents are Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ben son. ' • Near-Victims Meet To Discuss Plain TOKYO, March 2.—UPh-'Threi distinguished near victims of assas si nation In Tokyo’s short lived arm insurrection, met at the ttnperia palace today with other leaders c the empire seeking a man brave am powerful enough to head the gov ernment. Their principal task, with Okadi remaining premier until his succes sort may be chosen, was to restor national unity, courage and confi dence, shaken by the tragedies o last week. Countess Rallies LONDON, Mar. 2.—(IP)—Counted Haugwitz-Reverftlow, the forme Barbara Hutton, who fell gravely i after the birth of her first chll last week, rallied today and emerg ed from danger. Grady Family Wins First Place In Shelby’s First Amateur Hour Amateurs who entertained like professionals were features on the program Friday night sponsored by the Community Players in which more than 15 novelty numbers were submitted to a board of judges. The amateur hour followed a pre Uminary program of music and dance numbers by local talent. In cluding a chorus under the direc tion of Miss Nettie Royle and sev eral children's dances directed by the Cline sisters. Winner of Shelby's first ‘’variety hour' was Grady Family music tans from Dover Mill who got tre mendous applause from the aud ience. The string band consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Grady and their two sons, 11 and 13 years of age, all ac complished musicians. The second award went to little Roscoe Turner, midnight tinted col ored boy, who had a new version of “truckin’’, as the slender-hipped, light footed lad tap-danced over the floor. Ed (Happy) Sweet with a dance and recitation number and Alton Kirkpatrick who did imita (Continued on page eight) 10-Store Retail Unit Owned ByMrs.Stroup Changes Hands Today Biggest Mercantile Deal In Years Being Con summated In Charlotte; Former McClel lan Men Are Buyers Announcement of the sale of the Eagle Chain Stores for approximately $200,000 was made today by Mrs. Rush Stroup, principal owner, the sale being consummated in Char .JTrr r" "l"rin . lntf A irulntr Tax Listers Named ByCommissioners; McKinney Is Head One Man From Each Township Will Begin Work April Fint. Appointment ot tax haters and general supervisor for the new year was among the more Important things considered in the regular meeting of the county commisslon 1 era today. George L. Cornwell was ! meeting with the board the first i time since his appointment. • Troy McKinney was again named general supervisor and the follow* Ing were named for each township to work with him: No. 1. J. A. Mc Craw; No. a, B. B. Harris; No. 3, Austell Bettis; No. 4, E. L. Camp bell; No. 5. Stough Miller; No. 8. |MW* W. R. Newton; No. 7, R. W McBrayer; No. 8. W. J. Bridges; No. 9, Stough Beam; No. 10, M. N. Gantt; No. 11, Charles Wortman. To Raleigh The general supervisor, possibly ’ the county attorney and one or two of the commissioners will attend next Monday and Tuesday a st&te 1 wide meeting of tax supervisors and [ nnnnt.v nffirlulx fcn hf>ld in Rft i lelgh. The meeting Is called the . pre-listings session of the tax supy jervlsion division of the Institute of (Government. Main speakers will be 1 Governor Ehringhaus and Attorney • General A. A. F. Seawall. , The commissioners also examines , some repofts today given by a num ' ber of T. B. sanatoria In other coun I ties, relative to operating costs and the price they charge patients I coming to- them from out the coun i ty , Prices ranged from $1 per day In . a private sanatorium to $2.50 per . day in an up-to-date county instt . tutlon. BOY KILLED WHEN HIT BY CAR NEAR MT. AIRY j MT. AIRY. Feb. 29.—Osier Har rell. 13, was struck and killed by an , automobile near his home late last ’ Friday a few moments after he step f ped from a school bus. R. W. Walt (! ers, of Mt. Airy, the driver, said the f boy ran Into the side of the vehicle. Shelby Hat 2 New Leap Year Babies Two youngsters, a boy and a girt, were born In Shelby Sat f urday, who will have to wait four years to celebrate another birthday, having come into the world on February 29. They are Barbara Ann, daugh s ter born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur r Ledbetter; and a son bom to Mr. 1 and Mrs. B. W. Dickson at the 1 Shelby hospital. The latter is - the third son in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Dickson. Buyers of the ten-Moi* chain o' five, ten and twenty-five cent re tail units are four men who have formed a corporation in which G. J. Ferguson of Boston and Charlotte Is president and C. R. Delk of High Point Is vice president The other two members of the corporation are in New York and were not named. Terms Are "Cash" This Is the biggest mercantile deal to occur in this county U> several years. It has been known for sev eral weeks that the purchase was pending, but no actual'transfer was made. Mrs. Stroup said last night that the terms were "cash." Stores which will be Involved will be the ten units at Kings Mountain, the original store, begun In 1924 by the late Rush Stroup; Morganton, location of the general office; Ltn colnton, Belmont, Newton, Sylva, Canton, Waynesvllle, Forest City and Shelby. No real estate was Involved In the trade. Mrs. Stroup owns the store locations in Shelby and Lincoln ton. Profit For Good Will Th» qHm .MSASikai tbiU" for the Inventories, plus a little less than 910,000 profit for each atore, for the trading name, the patron age. good-will and loyalty of the public to the stores. ■ , Attorney B. T. Falls of Shelby Is representing Mrs. Stroup and her general business manager part own er and buyer, 8. R. Wallace of Mor ganton. Paul C. Whitlock of Char lotte and a New York attorney are representing the new corporation which will be known as the Epgle Five, Ten and Twenty-five Cents Company. Incorporated. Immediate expansion Of *too»etores and establishment In other cities and small towns was voiced by the buyers. They will continue the Shel by business woman’s policy of con fining their trade to small towns. The general office will be moved to Charlotte today; President Ferguson and Mr. Delk are both experienced In retailing low-priced merchandise, having been connected with the McClellan five and ten cent stores, the former being a personnel man and Mr. Delk being a buyer. The sale of the Eagle Stores brings to a climax one of the most suc cessful business projects Involving a resident of Shelby. The Eagle (Continued on page eight) Meningitis Cates In County Total Five For Month Something close akin to an epi demic of meningitis has been strik ing Cleveland county during the past month as five actual cases are being treated, and there is at least one which has not been reported. The disease is in contagious form and all persons who are known to have it are placed under a very strict quarantine. The case which have been taken to the local hos pital have been placed In an iso lated ward, and there is absolutely no chance of contagion being spread there, according to medical author ities. Five cases in a month is unusual for this county, and Dr. H- C. Thompson, county physician could make no explanation. He added however that there is no cause Set general alarm. j In Raleigh six new cases of men ingitis have been reoorted to the State board of health fhls week, running the cases for February up to 15 and for the year to 31. Janu ary having haad 16. j These figures compare with 22 cases the first two months of 1933, nine in January and 13 in Febru ary. The years 1918 and 1930 with j 153 cases each were high -ecords i in North Carolina for meningitis, while 1928 with only 21 was the leer, health records show.
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