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, WEATHER N,,th Carolina: Wanner, oc rll.Mpnal rain in west tonight Thursday occasional rain and roldrr in north and west. Øllend SEND 10 Pages TODAY Member of Associated Press VOL. XLII, No. 28 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 4, 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Bj U .11. Mr rni, (in m&tnnm> _ |i n Carrier, mi jranr. (la Uruni _ UN — -*■' TAX PROGRAM THREATENS CORPORATION SURPLUSES I Will Let $75,000 School Contracts Monday, Mar. 28 2nd Half Of Big Program Ready Latlimorr. Bethware And Other Projects To Be Launched In Few Days. Building contracts for the remain ing $78,000 of the county's huge rural PWA school building program ,5,11 be let on March 23 at 2 o’clock m the afternoon it was announced today by J. H. Grigg, county super intendent. A representative from the office of Dr. H. G. Baity, state director of PWA. state director of PWA will be present to receive the bids. The Buildings Immediate construction on the projects which yet remain is ex- j prcttd to begin in a few days after j the contracts are announced. The ; main buildings which are yet to be , constructed in the $139,000 program are: A new, eight to 10 room high school building at Lattimore, $45, POfl or more. A new auditorium and four class rooms at Bethware, which will be a separate unit from the present building, to cost $20,000. A one-room brick veneered build ing for elementary school at Lawn dale, to cost $3,000. An adequate county garage, plan ned to be built below the county jail, containing a large workshop and storage space for all the busses used by the rural schools, to cost J1C.000. Plumbing contract for the Casar ichool which Is already under con ic ruction will be let at the same > time. It is expected that most of the brick work being done on the seven projects already started In the county will be completed in time for workmen to get jobs on the new buildings. Contractors and officials have found masons hard to find, but the ones they have now have been putting in fun time the past few days with the clear weather. Liquor Found In Baby’s Cradle Pur and a half gallons of liquor nestled quietly in a baby’s cradle In the home of Pate Willis in No. 10 township last Sunday until Officers 1 Tom Sweezy, R. B. Kendrick and Jim Hester bore down on the house hold and made a vigilant search of the premises. The baby was in the arms of its mother at the time the officers ar rived. They had cause to believe a quantity of liquor was in the house for a negro was caught shortly be fore that time, leaving the house *ith liquor supposed to have been bought from the baby’s father, Pate Willis. Willis was placed under arrest, the liquor was removed from the cradle and both were brought to Shelby. Willis was bound over to the next term of federal court by U. S. Com ouxm r. iMuii unaer a $300 bond. Switch Purchases WASHINGTON. March 4.—(/P)— Tho treasury today centralized its purchases of Canadian silver by au thorizing the federal reserve bank 01 New York to purchase through he Bank of Canada newly mined metal in amounts "specified by the treasury.” Morning Cotton letter NEW YORK. March 4—Selhng m°re active yesterday, largely .. entTd by the announcement of he rcstimption of pool sales. The Jdl - attracted some broadening Drirc' f. CTOp purchases and more milk mablly by domestic i—The immediate trend depen di zi:?e extent °f p°°> months1 cfmand for the new crop 'h" Wl11 ttkely be found on the setbacks.—e. a. Pierce & Co. Con THE MA»KETS Cotton sZh - U* *® Coti dl wa*°n, ton_$31.00 °n scet1' ear lot, ton_$34.00 j 3r' Vork eocton at 2:30: Jan. JO 1 110e- May 10.61. July 10 31 Oct 9.96. Dec. 9.96. 4 Russia Is Ready To War Japan j If Necessary Declares Stalin !**y Associated Press) NKW YORK, Mar. 4.—Russia un ler Joseph Stalin is ready to war with Japan if necessary to preserve 3uter Mpngolia’s independence the soviet dictator said in an interview ; ?iven Roy W. Howard, chairman of ;he board of Scripp6 Howard nev, papers and published today under a world Copyright by the New World Telegram. “If Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian republic and seeks to de- I stroy its independence, we have to 1 be able to help that republic" How ard quoted Stalin as saying in re ply to a direct questfbn. “It is impossible to say when the next war will come,’’ Stalin said, adding, "Wars are no longer de clared, they simply start.” He said Japan and Germany were -he focal points of war danger. ‘Where are the war cl uds more nenacing, In the east or the w Howard asked. "It is difficult to lay,” was the answer, "they both sxlst and both are smouldering. "Compared to either of these the ttalo-Ethiopian conflict is an epi sode. For the moment perhaps the situation, in the far east Is more menacing but the center of danger may shift to Europe. It Is symto matic that, even when Herr Hitler speaks peace, he cannot dispense with threats.” Merchants Plan Dollar Days; Stop Unworthy Advertising Unemployment Drops 200 As Weather Warms With the advent of spring and warmer weather the unemployment rolls of the Federal employment ser vice in the county under the direc tion of C. M. Baber have dropped about 200. He is sending out notices now that may in a few days take close to 500 more off the lists. They are list ed as farmers or farm laborers and are exjected to gain employment as soon as farm work begins in earnest. Twenty-five placements were made on jobs last week. There are now in the active file at the office some 2,086 persons, of which 692 are listed as women and the remainder as men who have no work to do. The peak during the winter months was close to 2,500 unem ployed persons In the city and Bounty, and there are more unem ployed registered with the local of fice this year than last year, al hough this may be partly credited ;o the fact that more people know aow where to register, if unemploy ;d. Negro Is Killed By Falling Under Big Stone Truck Charles Hopper, 16 year old ne iro youth was instantly killed about 1:30 Monday afternoon near Stice 3hoals rock quarry when he fell rnder a heavy truck carrying a oad of stone from the rock quar •y to the scene of road construc ;ion. Gus Hardin, driver of the truck vas not being held responsible for he accident today, as the youth wap reported to have attempted to spring the moving truck and fell rnder the wheels when his foot dipped. The driver did not know of he accident until a short time lat !T. Hopper was employed by the E. IV. Grannis construction company is water bo$, but was not on duty it the time of his death, his work ng hours having ended at noon. His parents live near Patterson Springs. First Commandment Is Cast For j Showing Here March 10-11 i Alton Kirkpatrick is to play tn< »rt of Joseph in "Hie First Com nandment” to be presented here 01 Harch 10th and 11th under thi tuspices of the Junior Civic Lea [ue. The committee and Mis& Albrigh vho have been selecting member or the cast, say that the scenes an :rammed fulled of action, suspena ind drama and a great amount o sostuming and very beautifu ighting effects. There are a number of very prom nent and well known people sup >orting Mr. Kirkpatrick in this par icular play. Marion Champion has the rol< if the grasping Judah whose artfu > and scheming ways led the broth- < ■ ers to actually sell Joseph into slav 1 ery. JudahSs behavior was his own ! undoing. The part of Simeon will ' be done by Joe Wright, and Levi will be played by A. W. Benoy. These ; men are playing the parts of the ’ old patriarchs who lived over 4,000 : years ago. They will be dressed in ; the costumes of the times, with long - flowing beards and long flowing 1 gowns and carrying shepherd’s crooks. Other characters in this produc tion are Harry Cohen, playing the part of Zebulum, Fred Baber playing the part of Dan, and Jim 6 1 (Continued on page eight.) t At a meeting of the Merchants association Monday evening, plans were made for two dollar sale days to be held the latter part of March at which all merchants in every line will be expected to offer exceptional bargains in a city-wide sales event. The sale days will be extensively advertised within a radium of 35 miles. H. G. Clark was elected vice pres ident to succeed Vance Beck who has been transferred to the man agement of a store at Burlington. A thorough canvass is being made to obtain 100 per cent membership in the association and pledge cards are being signed by the members. I agreeing to abide by the rules and j regulations of the association. J Especially will the association (Continued on page eight) Mrs. Stroup Made One Of Directors In Corporation | Mrs. Rush Stroup has just been made a member of the board of di- i rectors of the newly formed Eagle 1 Chain Stores. Incorporated, which ■ stores she sold this week to C. J. Ferguson and C. R. Delk and other l parties, for approximately $200,000. i The Shelby business woman I bought an unnamed amount of pre ferred stock in the new corporation and will continue to serve the or- 1 ganization in an advisory capacity, < but will not put her entire time to < it. < She said today that there will be 1 no change whatever in the person nel of the stores. The head business office will be moved however to ^ Charlotte from Morganton. 1 _ i Republicans Call | County Convention j Republicans of Cleveland county * through their officers, W. R. Casr * stevens, chairman and Dr. W. J. ' Lackey, have called a county con- 1 vention to be held in Shelby at the ( court house at 2:30 o’clock Satur- ( day afternoon, March 14th. 1 Precinct meetings are called for * Friday, March 13th at 3 o’clock to ' appoint delegates to the county convention which meets the follow ing day. At that time, precinct com mittees with three members, one of 1 whom will serve as chairman and * one as secretary, will be selected in ‘ th various precincts of the county. J . ^ Can Bake A Pie After men see this picture, Miss Cornells Llnhardt of Lohmsn. Mo., may be deluged with mar riage proposals, for not every young lady can both smile so nicely and bake a prise pie. Judges in a national cherry pis baking contest In Chicago de cided her pastry was tastiest Jurors Are Draw For Court Terms ClemmentsPresidi rwo Weeks Term Of Superior Cou Begins On March 23rd. Jurors have been drawn by tl »unty commissioners for the tv reeks of superior court for Clev and county, beginning cm Man !3 and running for two weeks. Judge J. H. Clements of Wlnstoi Salem will be on the bench for tl :oming session. He was in Shell or a term five years ago. No Calendar The calendar for the two wee! las not been made up as yet, but xpected to have a large numb if cases, although there are fe apital cases. There will be ot nurder case. The jurors follow: No. 1, J. D. Ellis; No. 3. J. 1 lamrick, P. Z. Harrill, J. K. Ha: ill; No. 3, A. L. Neal, Lester Cam ihaw Surratt; No. 4, Charlie Bit ock, R. M. Dover, G. C. McClur *. P. Dilling, C. J. Borders, J. 1 Jridges; No. 5, W. C. Whitwort! V. M. Elliott; No. 6, Jessie E. Brit es, Herschel Blanton, Will J ackson, R. H. Ledford, John 1 Jampbell; No. 7, R. G. Adams, j Valton Greene, D. J. Allen, G. < Jreene; No. 8, Guy Lattimore, L. 1 irayson, L. R. Elliott, Paul Glbtx Jo. 9, Noah Hubbard, Earl H. Lut ames Cornwell, Claude Palls; N 0. J. M. Carpenter; No. 11, Millt lewton. • Second Week Jurors for the second week wi e; No. 1, Guy Humphries; No. ohn Hamrick; No. 3, Hicks M< twain; No. 4, J. H. Anthony, Ea V. Davidson; No. 5, T. P. Sellers, < ’. Wilson; No. 6, J. Draper Wooi Vill Griffin, D. E. Grigg; No. 7, ( >. Crawley, L. C. Rollins; No. ohnny Hester, Carl Hester; No. Jharlie Hester, Robert Lutz; No. 1 IcOoy Cook; No. 11, McKesso T-uett. Anthony Attends Democratic Mee Oliver Anthony expects to go 1 taleigh Friday to attend the stat leeting of the county chairmen < he Democratic committee. Mr. Anthony is chairman 1 Cleveland and will have some def ilte announcements to make cor eming the campaign in this cour y when the state body has ar ounced its policies and plans. His coming announcements ai xpected to have a definite bearin n the primary to be held here Jur and political battles prior to tht ime. . Launch New AAA And$500,000,000 In Regional Meet Cornwell Attends Conference Farm Leaden And Expert* Gather In Memphis To Begin Thursday. Tom Cornwell of Shelby and one of the three members of the state agriculture committee, relative to the AAA, left last night for Mem phis, Tenn., where he will be pres ent at the launching of the new $600,000,000 ctAiservatlon-suh&idy program. Several thousand regional lead ers from every state and county in the south will be present when farm executives, representatives of the soU conservation service, the agri culture department, economists and politicians (wen the three day con ference. First sessions will be Thursday. In Washington A report of the AAA comptroller made public before the delegations entrained showed that $680,821,074 was paid to approximately 3,000,000 farmers in 1935 under the invalidat ed agricultural adjustment act. There are about 6.000,000 fanners in the nation. All are eligible to share in subsidies under the new farm relief plan, but officials fore cast individual payments would be smaller. (At the regional meetings, AKJ officials are expected to dlselosi administrative details whereto; - »60M0»i000 will be paid in federa subsidies to farmers for divertint land to soil conservation and othe: economic uses.) Secretary Wallace, who will leavi rt le ro ! h buiugui/ iui mernpins ana go to Chicago Saturday, halted prepara tions tor the trip for a brief ad dress in which he said: "I believe that finder this new program we can do a more con structive job of putting a firm phy sical base under our civilisation than has ever been done by any great nation with a continental cli mate.” i ie »y IS is sr w ie ). ?. s, r. i, i f. >. i. >■ i; 8, •r •1 }. 1, >. I, >, ), n Stolen Liquor Causes Death OfS.C. Youth BLACKSBURG, 8. C„ Mar. 4. —VP)—Robert Bishop was killed and Leonard Smith slightly in jured* early today when a stolen auto they were driving, loaded with $600 worth of stolen liquor, crashed through a bridge rail and dropped 60 feet to the rail way tracks below. Officers said the liquor had been stolen a short time before • from the liquor store of Zeb Church at Chester and the auto had been stolen from E. B. Jor dan also of Chester. Bishop originally was from Chester but had been living re cently In Gaffney. Smith, who suffered a leg injury, was from from Gaffney. Bishop’s body was being held here pending word from relatives while Sher iff J. G. Howes of Chester came here for Smith and took him back. Aged Minister Kicked By Mule In Lincolnton ; LINCOLNTON, March 3.—Rev. John L. Deaton. 73, retired Luth eran minister and widely known l over the state, is in a serious con L dition in a local hospital as the re J suit of injuries he received yester o day afternoon, supposedly from a e kick in the head by a mule. Be f cause of his condition, doctors have | been unable to make a complete ex n animation and the full extent of his - injuries has not been determined. A maid in the home found Mr - Deaton about 3 o’clock lying uncon - scious at the entrance to a small pasture near the house, his head e badly cut and bruised. The presence g cf the mule led to the belief that e the aged minister had attempted to t turn the animal in the pasture when it had turned on him. Accept WPATerms And New Building Is Deemed Certain City, County Refute Armory Group In Charlotte Today Study ing Final Plana; Coats 110,000. Taking the officials of the district WPA office at their word, the coun ty commissioners have decided to accept their offer made Monday which will assure Cleveland county an agriculture building which will cost approximately 010,000. Commissioner Chairman Lester Herndon, Troy McKinney, John Wilkins and John Hudson are In Charlotte today completing arrange ; ments. Begin Soon j The new building is scheduled to be started as soon as work is com pleted on the new community building In about three weeks. The new agriculture building Is planned to contain offices for the government forces now located in the basement of the Hotel Charles especially the county farm and home agents. There will also be lab oratory and library space, and ■ small auditorium for meetings. The building site Is now tenta tively on East Warren 8t., some where east of the present community building. The proposal for the county tc pay 30 percent of the coet of a $35, 000 armory and auditorium com bined was not considered by the commissioners, the body saying 11 Is Impracticable to do that, at least now. The WPA office In Charlotte hae offered to share with Shelby.In the erection of a $34,000 armory If the city will put up 18,000 of the cost, Mayor Harry Woodson stated this morning, after receiving a proposi tion from D. M. Rea, assistant dis trict director of the seventh dis trict. Two armories are to be erected in the seventh district and the proposition is open to any county, city or town. Mayor Woodson, how ever, stated this morning that at much as Shelby would like to have an armory, the city needs other things more and will pass It up. The city is not disposed to Invest $8,000 in a building of this nature when more worthy projects are under way and are to be had for the ask ing. Withdraws Appeal 8NOW HILL, Mar. 4.—MW. F. Owens. BO-year-old Green county farmer today withdrew his appeal from the conviction of manslaugh ter in the killing of Paul.Nethercutt, lieutenant, and officers prepared to take him to state’s prison to begin his seven to nine years term. March Borrowing Oversubscribed WASHINGTON. Mar. «.—</P) —Secretary Morgenthau said to day tbe treasury’s $1,250,000 March borrowing was over sub scribed from five to seven times. While final figures have not been compiled, he said, reports already received Indicate the cash offer of bonds will run over seven times the $650,000,000 asked. Subscriptions for the notes, of which $600,000,000 were offered, were well over five times that amount. Second Amateur Contest Slated To Be Given By Players Mar. 20 Entry blanks are being printed to day for a second amateur contest or variety hour which will enable the Community Players to canvass the field more fully than they were able to do in the program last week. Officers in the club said today they are arranging for the contest to be held Friday night, March 20 at which time the applicants which were left out In the former show because applications came in late, will have a chance to demonstrate their talents. The winners of the last contest will not be eligible to enter the new contest, but will be allowed to per form a second time for the benefit of the crowd. Major Bo-Bo, known to the city as Jack Hartig&n and master of ceremonies will be In charge again, | according to the president Miss Isabel- Hoey. All applications should be sent to him before March 15. The contest is open to all white persons in the county, either stu dent^ or those who have finished school and contestants will be allow ed to perform in any way they see fit, either with or without a micro phone. It is rumored that they may be one or two scouts from nearby radio stations to listen to the per (Continued oq page eight) Carrying On EH Ch«rU« Evan* Hugh** III Charles Evans Hughes III did honor to his namesake and grandfather, chief justice of the supreme court, when he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, chair manship of the junior prom and managing editor of the campus newspaper at Brown university, Providence, R. L, where his father and grandfather were also stu dents. Furman President Engaged To Spedc At Junior College Judge E. Y. Webb Will Preside At Meeting Expected To Draw 300. Dr. B. E. Geer, president of Pur man university will be the speaker at the annual pastors and laymen banquet to be neld at. the college Friday, March 39, according to an nouncement made today by A. C. Lovelace president of the Junior I college. I Judge E. Y. Webb of Shelby will be the toastmaster for the occasion which Is expected to draw more than 300 educational and religious leaders from Cleveland and Ruth erford and neighboring counties. Prominent Figure Dr. Geer Is one of the best known speakers In South Carolina and has for a number of years ben a rising figure at Furman. I A letter and incitatlons to th4 banquet is being issued this week from the college to all pastors and laymen and their wives, and other friends of the college who are ex pected to attend. The meeting will be for the most ! part Inspirational with special mus ical numbers being given by the de partment of music and some short speeches will be heard from repres entatives from the Kings Mountain and Sandy Rim associations. Declines Office TOKYO, March L—The aris tocratic Prince Komoye declined an opportunity today to become Ja pan’s youngest premier, sending Em peror Hirohlto and his advisers on a new search for a man who will be able to head the government in Its crisis. Ways,Means Body Sees Possibility As Only Way Out Levies Will Be Above *30 Percent Roonevelt Drawn Distinction Between Surplus And Reserves. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 4— A house ways and means sub committee and treasury fi nancial experts today can vassed possibilities of meeting President Roosevelt’s tax sug gestions, with a levy averag ing 33 1-3 per cent on undis tributed corporate surpluses as discussed behind closed doors, no portion of the sur pluses would be exempt. Pres ident Roosevelt draw a dis tinction between surpluses and reserves set up to cover depreciation and working cap ital. Chairman 8. B. HU1, Democrat, Washington, said after the com mittee meeting, however, It was the general understanding that banks and fiduciary corporations, such as life insurance oompanic*, would be exempt. He added that "It is contended such a program would not prevent corporations building up reserves. Pay 16 Percent “Since corporations ate now pay ing around 16 percent taxes on net income,” Hill said, they.could feold back about half of their net tam ings for surpluses and under the average of 33 1-3 percent still pay no more taxes than at present. "It is estimated that, on a basis of undistributed ne( profits te the taxable year, 1936, that the pro posed tax would yield $1,600,000,000, If profits are not distributed,” Hill told reporters. "If they are distrl (Continued on page eight) Building Strike Threatens To Be Wider In Scope NEW YORK, March threatened nation-wide strike of building service employees was said tonight to indicate that the walk out of building workers in New York might be extended farther afield. George Scallse, international vice president of the building service employees union, announced receipt from international headquarters of the organization of a telegram. Hie development came shortly after Mayor LaOuardia voiced be lief that the strike would be ter minated today and James J. Barn brick, local head of the union, .ex pressed a less optimistic view. “If the real estate board con tinues to show the same rotten ar rogance, I'm going to say ‘Let’* fight Its out in the etreeta’,’* Barn brick said. Organize County Federation Among Vocational Units Seeking to narrow the gap be tween the local and state units of the Young Tarheel Farmers of vocational agriculture students, rep resentatives of all such schools in Cleveland and Gaston counties met In the court house here yesterday and organized a County Federation. The meeting was in charge of T.' H. Stafford, regional supervisor from Asheville, who said he would like to bring the county organiza tions into meetings where they might work out adaptable programs of work during the year. Officers elected were Edwin Spur ting, of Piedmont, president; R. C. Doggett, of Lattimore, vice presi dent; Ray Rudasili, of Tryon, Gas ton county, secretary; James Tur ner, of Polkville, treasurer, and Conley Patterson, of No. 3, report er. P. M. Coley, vocational teacher at Lattimore was chosen advisor of the federation. The next regular meeting at the group will be April 7, but the pro gram of work committee will meet again on the afternoon of March 20. The committee is composed of the president of each local chapter, the county president and the advisor.
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