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[Fourteen Die As Cold And Floods Strike Eastern Am erica WEATHER North Carolina: Slightly warm pr m southwest tonight. Satur increasing cloudiness, warm er. TM Mkvmmd Staf 12 Pages Today I VOL. XLII, No. 32 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, MARCH, 13, 1936 Published Monday, .Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■j II U, Mf mt, Un Mnmi e»rrt«r. par nir, ftn tdTuun) 11 _ M SI Rental, Parity Checks Here And Adjustment Cash Due In 90 Days Propst Informed That There Should Be No Delay In Adjustment Payments In Full; Estimate $250,000 For County Cotton adjustment payments on 38,000 bales of cotton owned and sold by Cleveland county farmers from last year’s crop and totalling close to $250,000 were said today to be a rorfnintv. “ 1 ■' Alvin Propst, Bankhead adminls-| trator said information he has from .state and national officials assure^ payment of the adjustment pay ment within 90 days. The payment is the government's i guarantee of the difference in the average price of the 10 spot mar kets of the south on the day it was sold. Expects More News Mr, Propst is expecting informa tion momentarily which will in struct him in detail about making applications. He has in his office records concerning 38,000 bales of Cleveland cotton ana a table which shows the average price of cotton since last August. He says it will range from about one-half cent to one cent per pound. The calcula tion of the amount due Cleveland was made on three-fourthi cents per pound. The delay, explained Mr. Propst has not been in that no money was available—it has been available all the time. But it was whether the government could pay nn something which the supreme court ruled un constitutional. Adjustments made in congress last week allows the C. A. P. work to go forward. Mr Propst asks, however that all growers wait until they are noti fied about making applications. Joe Wesson’s March Snow Came But Was Just A Few Flakes Joe Wesson predcited a big snow •bout the "middle of March.” It hasn't materialized as yet, but we are not through the “middle of March”. Yet, a few flakes were seen to fall during the shower rain Thursday morning The flakes "ere hardly noticeable, but a num ber of people declare they fell. n the “ten years ago” column of today's Star a snow is reported as having fallen in this section and it was a real Joe Wesson snow, four inches deep. Mr. Wesson, a farmer living west of Shelby predicted the big snow that fell on Thursday night February 6, the night Clyde Hoey delivered his opening campaign speech in Charlotte. And what a night that was—almost a blizzard that will be long remembered. I Morning Cotton LETTER -NEW YORK, March IS.—With e exception of some far eastern 3nti modest hedging sales there was important selling. The foreign '■u ral situation and lower stock Pr!r‘ had little effect. Domestic spinner purchases to fix prices ac counted for the main support. Ideas ,n mmediate trend of prices are considerably mixed at the present ■me. Supply of contracts depends a large degree on the actions *of P°°1- The far western areas of ► Coti«n seed, seed, Revive Memories Of The Late AAA As $10,000 Comes Second Rental And Parity Pay ments For 254 Growers To Be Given Out. Memories of a discarded AAA were revived in the county today as It was learned that delayed cotton rental and parity checks totalling 110,657.12 have arrived at the of fice of the county agent and will be distributed in the next few days. "We are asking that all growers io not come to the office far checks until you have been notified,” said Agent Wilkins Oils morning. "It will be impossible for us to give hem all out at once, and we will send cards as quickly as we can.” Written January _ The checks had been written on January 6 and would have come to he county two months ago, but for he adverse decision of the supreme :ourt. They had been held in abey ance until officials knew the path o pursue. The money was represented by 214 checks, 246 of them being par ity checks and eight second rental payments. There were no first rent si checks. There are still lacking in this county 68 first rental checks, 200 second rental and 100 parity pay ments. "I feel sure that now that it bas begun to move, the others will be here soon,” Mr. Wilkins said, but he did not know how long it will take. The payments are among the last groups of checks to come in the nearly half million dollars which Cleveland will receive from the AAA, recently declared unconstitu tional by the supreme court. Barnett Successor To Robt. Crowder at Cotton Oil Company Robert C. Barnett has been pro noted to active manager of the Southern Cotton Oil company’s Shelby plant, succeeding Robert D. Browder who died in February. Mr. Barnett has been assistant manager for eight years, coming to Shelby 'rom Clover, S. C., of which place he s a native. Willie Doggett steps up to the position of cashier at the plant. Seek Recorder’s Judgeship Weathers And Powell Seek Recorder’s Court Judgeship Another Major Political Race Assured; Brief Platform Of Two Candidates Are Stated; Will Be Clean Cleveland candidates areetaiing out in pairs and the tw< ■indidates to announce today are Judge Bynum E. Weathers id Attorney A. A. Powell, seeking the judgeship of the Re ■order’s Court. Judge Weathers is seeking reflection aftei Federal Session Opens on Monday The spring term of federal dis trict court will convene here Mon day with Judge E. Y. Webb pre siding. Shelby and Cleveland county is preparing to entertain three weeks of court as two weeks of superior court will follow directly on the heels of the federal session. Jurors have already been selected and notified for both terms, and courthouse attaches are preparing a calendar for the superior grind. It is understood the federal at tendants will arrive Sunday after noon. The clerk and district attor ney at Asheville have the docket and it is not known if the session will be crowded. A. V. Nolan Named To High Position A. V. Nolan, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nolan of Shelby has been appointed associate director of the educational survey of North Caro lina. Mr. Nolan has been principal of Mars Hill high school but last week resigned bis position to take up new duties. He went to Mars Hill from1 Marion where he had been superin-j tendent of schools in McDowell! county. His work in both counties is said to have been unusually suc cessful. City, County Officials Will Be Guests A t Legion House- Warming County commissioners and city officials will be guests of honor at ;he Joint meeting of the American legion and the Legion Auxiliary to je held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the lew Community building at War den street and Jones place. Light -efreshments will be served during he evening by the auxiliary. There will be no set program, it s announced. The building is not xunpleted and will not be for a nonth or so but this meeting, in the lature of a housewarming, has been irranged so that members of the ;wo organizations and of the city ind county governing boards may ;ee the building prior to its finish md formulate plans as to how best ise the available space. Practically all exterior work, in luding stone, is completed; inter lor work is yet largely to be done. The building, sponsored by the Le gion and Auxiliary, is a WPA proj ect, the county, city and the Le gion and Auxiliary combining to furnish $5,000 or more in cash and materials and the federal govern ment furnishing about $1,000 worth of material and the labor. In addition to an auditorium which will seat about 350 people there has been provided a dining room, a kitchen, ladies’ lounge, men's lounge and an office, together with a semi-basement space which will be utilized for Boy Scout head quarters. Attention is called that all doors are barred except that one on the Warren street side, near the rear of the building, which is to be used as an entrance tonight. wv * v 111^ UIIC VC1 111. The announcements assure at least one more major race for hon ors In the Democratic primary to be held June 6, although the can didate sheet is still comparatively blank, as there is no announced op position to the county treasurer, register of deeds, county commis sioners and board of education. Mr. Powell Mr. Powell is a native of the Polkville section, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Powell, attended school at Boiling Springs, Wake Forest college and the University of North Carolina. He is 36 years of age, mar ried, and has been practising law here for three years. Before enter ing his profession he taught school for a few years.. This is his first venture into poli tics and with reference to his can didacy he says: “I feel that the office of the county recorder is a very importan* and responsible position, since the decisions made there affect directly (Continued on page twelve) $63,000 Added To County Funds A check for $63,000 from the fed eral government to the county board of education was deposited ir. a bank here to the credit of the PWA school building program as the first part of the government’s 1113,000. The other $50,000 will be forth coming later ,in the summer when the buildings are completed and ac cepted by the authorities. J. H. Grigg, superintendent of schools, said today that the favor able weather is allowing work to progress rapidly on the rural units. All the brick work is complete and inside construction is advancing. Republicans Meet In City Saturday Precinct meetings are being held in the county today at which elec tion of delegates to the Republican convention in Cleveland will be elected, the general meeting to be held in the courthouse here Satur day at 2:30 in the afternoon. W. R. Casstevens is chairman of the county O. O. P. and will preside here tomorrow. State convention delegates will be chosen. So far as has been learned there will be no main keynote speech other than made by local Republicans in the county. Jn the precincts each group is asked to elect three delegates. 14 Die In Floods Along East Coast; Damage Is Great Temperatures Drop In U. S., Canada Melting Ice And Snow Cause Riven To Overflow At Many Point* By The Amociated Prea* Dropping temperatures in several flood stricken sections of northeast ern United States and Canada helped bridle rampaging rivers and their tributaries today while offi cials counted at least 14 deaths and millions of dollars damage as the toll of the flood. Colder weather increased the fflts ery of refugees and torrents in creased in fury in parts of Penn sylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England. ~ Hundreds of families were made homeless by the swirling waters, bridges and dams gave way, high ways and railways were Inundated and fertile farmsteads were scored of their topsoil. Two died in New Hampshire and one each In Massachusetts, Ver mont, Maine, New York, New Jer sey, Ontario and Quebec. Most of the .threatened middle west was saved temporarily from flood danger by colder weather and falling snow, but\100 families were forced from their homes in western Iowa. . mow or more min fell during Uu night in mltty puts of the east (Continued on page twelve) Late Bulletins Declare Dividend COLUMBIA. S. C, March ll.—VP) —Trustees of the reorganised South Carolina notional bonk today de clared a 15 percent dividend to de positors and creditors. 4 Die In Cave-In AUGUSTA, March 13.—(AV-The cave-in of the roof of a drying kiln today killed four employees of the Merry Bros. Brick and Tile Co. The dead were H. G. Parrish and three negroes. Deadline Passed TRENTON. N. J., March 13.—(JP) —Brnno Richard Hauptman, his last reprieve deadline passed at mid night last night, paced his cell to day still convinced he would not die for the kidnap slaying of the Lind bergh baby. Governor Hoffman, who stayed Hauptman’s execution on January 17, announced yesterday he did not intend to grant a new reprieve but he continued his investigate n of the crime; Hoey Pays Filing Fee To Enter Race RALEIGH, March 13.—(A>)— Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, today paid $105 to the state board of elections, qualifying as a can didate for the Democratic gub ernatorial nomination. He is the first of the four Democratic as pirants'to file. Used Water Pail As A Dispensary Using a water bucket as a dispensary, Elzie Grigg, 35 year old man was practicing a growing trade. But he didn't have water in the bucket and the little "thirst quenchers” were not free of charge. At least police say different ly, and Mr. Grigg wi'l face Fed eral charges next week under Judge E. Y. Webb. “Moving and concealing” is the charge and Ccmmlsrioner John P. Mull placed him under a $300 bond. Officers reported” he was hard to catch, as each time they went about, the contents j of the bucket would in some , way be poured into the sink. Smith Reynolds* $28,000,000 Estate Divided In Final Act BALTIMORE, March IS.—UPy— The long litigation over the Smith Reynolds tobacco fortune was end ed yesterday as far as the rights of 'he heirs are concerned and two new names were added to the ros ter of the world's "rich children." A final decree In the disposition i of the approximately $28,000,000 es tate of the deceased youngest son | of the late R. J. Reynolds was hand led down by Circuit Court Judge Eli Frank. The Baltimore Jurist ratl ! fled a "family settlement” the courts of North Carolina had approved. A federal government estate tax claim of $8,500,000 appeared likely, however, to further extend the three-year-old litigation and delay distribution of the fortunes bestow ed upon the two young children of Smith Reynolds under the settle ment. Three-year-old Christopher Smith Reynolds, bom to Mrs, Libby Hol man Reynolds. former Broadway “torch" singer, seven months after his father was fatally shot, was al lowed approximately $7,000,000 un der the settlement. His mother was j i (Continued on page twelve.) Gain Confession To Larceny With Finger-Printing The need for a more complete finger printing department foe Shel by and Cleveland county was ac centuated here today when a rob bery was ferreted out and guilt con fessed by a very small amount of equipment. The grocery store of C. H. Rein hardt was robbed Wednesday night ; after a back window pane had been smashed and a bar removed. George Dedmon took all the fin gerprint*. he OQuldJlid and Chief Willis and his police force went to work on the case. Hughlen, alias Dick Blanton was suspected and arrested, but firmly denied any connection. Dedmon took his prints, compared them with the ones on a piece of glass. They coincided and Blanton con fessed. He then led officers to a cache where he had hidden S16 worth of tobacco and cigarettes. He had already sold a quantity. He was bound over in recorder’s court today under 11,000 bond. Other police activities today are efforts to locate two bicycles, stol en the past few days. County Council 4H Clubs In Meet Twenty-four officers of Cleveland county 4-H clubs attended the coun ty council meeting held Saturday afternoon in the court house. After the president, Miss Eliza beth Randle, of the Bethware club, called the meeting to order and songs were sung. Miss MacGregor introduced all the officers of the council to the members. Alice Falls of the club at Fallston was elected historian, since this office was not filled at the last meeting. Robert Morgan, vice president, discussed the topic which is to be used in the programs at the var ious clubs this month: “Why Choose Farming As a Life Work?" After Miss MacQregor agd Mr. Reitzel had talked of plans for the year’s work, Jack Falls, a recrea | tional leader, had charge of a “get | acquainted” game. Inspector Finds No Violation Of Labor Laws Here | After a thorough investigation ex* tending over several days, F. H. Shuford, chief Inspector, and W. F. Gaffney, district inspector, from the state department of labor, report that they find no violations of the state labor laws with regard to the working of women in three Shelby textile plants. “The Investigation is closed, so far as we are concerned. We are un able to substantiate any complaints that have been made," said Chiei Inspector Bhuford before leaving Bheibg today. Misunderstanding He states that there might have 'been some discrepancies in the past with reference to the matter of working women over the pre scribed 58 hours a week in textile plants, but he thinks this was due to a misunderstanding and that none exists today. A current issue of The Bulletin of the department of labor gives a ruling from the attorney general, clarifying a mooted question with reference to working women. Quite often, women employees ask to work more than 11 hours a day or 66 hours a week in order to in crease their Income, and employers allow those anxious for longer hours to work, but the attorney gen eral rules that they are not permit ted to exceed the hour limit, even if they wish to do so. Terracing Outfit Is Ready To Start March winds have begun to dry h...a land sufficient to allow the county terracing outfit under the direction of assistant county agent John Reitsel to begin operations. Mr. Reitzell put modern, soil and water conservation terraces on 22 acres Monday and says if the weather holds will be ready to start again in earnest by next Mondayj He expects to terrace several hun dred acres of land in various town I ships in the county before spring is over, the work to be as demonstra tion projects. County farmers have signed nearly 4,000 acres to be ter raced. Friday The Thirteenth Holds No Horrors For Deputy Jolley Friday the thirteenth! Holy hor rors what a day! But it is here and before the day Is half gone everyone is seeking to1 dodge standing ladders, broken win-1 dow panes, black cats and new! moons. • Most business men will recall that Friday 13 was the date of a certain stock market crash, called! Black Friday, although it was not in March. Cooks are being very careful about their baking today—nothing Is sup posed to turn out right. And the diners betters be sure it is not flavored with bichloride of mer cury instead of cinnamon. Of all days it would pick today to happen. All over Shelby this morning clerks were tying thread in hard knots, so no packages might come unwrapped, business men were tak ing one $tep at a time instead of the usual three, and all the policemen look out every shell In their guns— rou can’t tease fate. Colored peo ple were hugging rabbit feet and the dime stores have special good ;UCk novel.les for sale . Everyone In the city was Jittery rod as particular about things as a ;on vent ion of old maids—except Ous Jolley. Deputy Gas was the most com placent man in>the county. And to lay of all days, he Is supremely :appy. This Is his birthday, and he was born on Frida ythe 13th and las not had a birthday on that date since, to his recollection. He also pad a hospital operation on the thirteenth and got well. How old Is Pe? His friends say one thing and le another. But all that matters is ue feels perfectly safe, carries his jun loaded, doesn’t believe in signs, and is looking sharp for birthday greetings. Question Placed In Lap 01 Leagfie In London Parley Hitler Win Hold “Watch on Rhine" Sabre Ratting Nations Sur round Germany With “Iron Ring." (By Associated Press) Soviet Russia, the vast na tion which Adolph Hitler says is internatinoal enemy No. 1 was reported at London to have thrown her full support behind France for both mili tary and economic sanctions against the Na*i Reich today. LONDON. March ir~A high authority stated today that Italy had flatly refilled to Im pose sanctions against .Germany * shortly after the British for eig noffice announced the "door is stUl open for Germany to make any kind of offer it wish I es.*' . . . •. Authoritative sources said ! they believed Germany waa about to be given her last chance to remove troops from the Rhineland before signator ies of the Locarno pact and j other members of the League of I Nations took action. What that might mean with Hit ler vowing anew *» hnld.hie aipari sovereignty in the Rhineland was an open question. Another dictator, Benito Mussolini, of Italy warned the world not long ago—that mili tary sanctions meant war. 1 France bolstered by the four-pow i er indictment darnutny as f a breaker of both the Locarno and (Continued on page twelve) Can A Man Come Back, Asks Allen In Forma) Note Can a man come back? is the question asked in a brief statement made today by Candidate I. M. Al len who is running for sheriff of Cleveland county in the ooming Democratic primary. June «. Mr. Cline made only a brief announce ment last week, promising the vot ers a statement later. Mr. Alien says: “I wish to announce that I am a candidate for the office of aheriff, and will appreciate your support in the primary of June 6th. In this connection, I want to say that it you elect me I will co-operate with your commissioners in their efforts .o economize and save the tax pay ers as much as possible in admin istering the law. and I will enforce same without tear or favor, "Can a man come back? “You trusted me to serve you in . this capacity once for four years and my record stands far itself. 1 now seek this office without any obligations to any man or groun of men, and furthermore, I propose to make the race as a free man and without a pledge to any one. If elected, I will give to the office my entire time and faithfully perform every duty thereof as provided by law. "I have no money to conduct a strenuous campaign, therefore, I am 'relying on the fact that you know jme and my past record.*' 'Bob Shoffners Move To Raleigh Monday Mr and Mrs. R. W. Shoffner move from Shelby to Raleigh on \ Mpnday to which place Mr. Shoff ner has been transferred by the ag ricultural division of the Tennessee Valley Authority with which ha has been connected since he resigned aa | county farm agent for Cleveland county. | Mr. Shoffner was farm agent here for about six years. Since his reeig 1 nation, he has been in charge of a | group of Western Carolina counties under the TVA but recently the entire state has been put under his ' control, hence the transfer of head quarters to Raleigh. Mrs. Shoffner Miss Kathleen Herd
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