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WEATHER Carolina*: Fair except cloudy in mountains, colder In southeast, frost with freezing in interior. Saturday fair, not so cold in west. I- mu n—^— The Ejlpvekmdstmi 12 Paget Today i VOL. XLH, No. 41 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Bt M u. per nu, (la BdraMBi _ not Carrier mt ytar. (la adraoeai _ UK Delegates Arriving For Youth Conference And Two-Day Meeting Program Begins At 3 O’Clock Today With Conference Series; Congo Missionary Speaks Tonight; 1,000 Expected Delegates were arriving in large numbers at the First Baptist church here at 3 o’clock today to begin the first ses sion of the two day conference of the West Central Baptist Training Union, expected to be attended by nearly 1,000 leaders and workers from 26 associations in this part of the state. A large number of the young peo ple will be entertained in the homes ,f the city during their stay here ,vhile many others will attend only ,art of the session. Leaders thought he sudden cold and storms might ■ut today's attendance. The program this afternoon will >e opened by Rommie Pearce of •Vingate, president and the main ;art of the program will be “prob pins conferences” conducted by if van Washburn, seniors; Naomi Braswell, Gastonia, intermediates; •jois Pearce, Wingate, juniors; Win lie Rickett, Raleigh, general offi 'ers and leaders; and Mabel Star nes, Raleigh, associational officers. Martin Speaks J. Alfred Martin, newly elected president of Wake Forest student body and N. C. student union leader Continued on page 12) Hoey Encourages Home Ownership At B. and L. Meet Home ownership should be en couraged by levying no land tax for state purposes, declared Clyde R. Hoey, speaking last night at the Hotel Charles before group 9 of the Building and Loan League, com prising 23 associations in the coun ties of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba and IredelL One hundred and twenty-five were present at the meeting which was presided over by John P. Mull, group presidfnt. Music was fur nished by Mrs. Ben Buttle, Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Plaster and a male quar tet. Officials Present Joe Whisnant welcomed the vis itors and Wiley McGinnis of Kings Mountain gave the response. Short alks were made by O. K. LaRoque, president of the Federal Home Loan bank at Winston-Salem, Ccorge Crone of the State Insur ance department, W. A. Biggs, pres ident and Jack Stevens, secretary of the State Building and Loan League and George Wootten of Hickory, who reported on the na tional convention. I Jessie Erwin of Catawba county was adjudged the winner in this (Continued on page 12) Morning Cotton LETTER new YORK, April 3.—The re covery in prices yesterday was on much smaller volume of trading and market gave appearance of being Wr” liquidated. Announcement of ’ninimum price limitation placed 'he Smith bill on the side of government held cotton and the an nouncement that a maximum of 0 nn° bales be- released up to Aug ! f ?! had a steadying influence on near months. The Smith measure also provides that during the mar Keting season for new crop the gov ernment holding will not be re pase<3 in competition with the new crop. buying In new crops was prob influenced by this provision. • o immediate trend appears likely Pending outcome of Smith bill, but ^me narrowing of differences be 'veen old and new crop months may be seen. E. A. Pierce & Oo. r THE markets ton. spot . 11% to li%t potion seed, wagon, ton .... $29.0* lton seed, car lot, ton __*32.M , York cotton at 2:30: Jan Mar 10.30. May 11.22, Julj 10 92 Oct. 10.24. Dec. 10.30. Dr. McDonald Would repeal sales tax and mak wealth pay more of burdens of stab government. McDonald Head: For New Deal By Tax On Wealth i WINSTON-SAJjEM, April 3 j "The time has come for the Demo | crats of North Carolina to throv off the yoke of a political machine which has served special interest: at co6t of the masses of the peo ple,” Dr. Ralph McDonald, candi uate for governor of North Caro lina told an enthusiastic audienct in the court house here last nighi as he launched into a major offense of his campaign. Dr. McDonald, who until thi! time has advocated removal of th< sales tax, larger appropriations foi schools without resort to ad valor em levies, old age pensions anc state participation in the federa (Continued on page twelve.) Lack Only $44,839 Of $200,000 Levy Only $*4,839.60 today remain ed to be collected of the nearly $200,000 Cleveland tax levy as the three percent penalty was announced for April. A total of $4,390.75 was tak en in during the month of March. Tax officials said a four per cent penalty will be added for taxes uncollected by May and if they are hot paid by June the land will be advertised for sale. Hauptmann Death Is Almost Certain, At 8:00 Tonight) Grand Jury Fails To Act Further Last Minute Efforts Being Made By Counsel To Save Bruno. (By Associated Press) TRENTON. N. J., April 8. —Bruno Richard Hauptman’s counsel lashed out today in a last desperate effort to save from the electric chair after the Mercer county grand jury had given notice it would not again seek to interfere with his execution. WILL GO THROUGH TRENTON, N. J„ April 3.—<AV-! Col. Mark O. , Kimberling, warden of the New Jersey state prison said today “As It stands now, it looks as if the execution will go through.” NO COMMENT TRENTON, N. J., April 3.—W—1 A close associate of Governor Har old G. Hoffman said today the gov- | ! ernor is prepared to grant Bruno Hauptmann another reprieve but the governor’s secretary said the governor will not comment on the report. C. Lloyd Fisher, chief defense j counsel, demanded that the Hunter don county grand jury be convened to consider charges that Paul H. Wendell and not Bruno Hauptmann kidnapped the famous baby. He directed his demand to Anthony . M. Hauck, Jr„ the Hunterdon coun , ty prosecutor who has not been most vigorous hi his efforts to see the death sentence carried out. If Hauck refuses to act Fisher indl-1 cated he might call on Justice I Thomas W. Treachard, the trial attorney, to order Hauck to con-| vene the grand jury and to join! him in an effort to stay the ex6cu- j lion. Hauck said he would confer with the district attorney, David T. Wtlents. Drawing Near Mark O. Kimberling, warden of the prison, where final prepara tions have been made for the execu (Continued on page twelve.) Shelby To Have 5 Music Entries In Lincoln Meet Shelby high school will have five main entries in the district music contest to be held at Lincoln ton to morrow, as preliminary eliminations for the state contest to be held in Greensboro. The Lincoln ton district is com posed of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba and Rutherford counties. The winners at Lincolnton will go to Greensboro for the state contest to be held April 22, 23 and 24. Shel by entries are as follows: Plano solo, represented by Rush Hamrick, jr.; Junior high school piano solo, Virginia Palls; boys’ un changed voice, Mike Borders, pupils of Mrs. Charles Austell; soprano solo, Evelyn Elam; and girls’ glee club, under the direction of Miss Bertha Bostick. Miss Bostick has had the glee club work since Mrs. Abemethy resigned the first of February. Ruby Morgan, a pupil of Miss Bostick has been accompanist for the glee dub for the last two years. Mrs. Clyde Hoey Takes Up Role Of Orator As Clyde Stays Home Dimmed not a whit by the fact that her husband has wide fame as a speaker and orator. Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey toe* up the orators torch and gave the main address on Wed nesday night at a mother-daughter banquet given by the PolkvlUe home economics department. Mr. Hoey remained at home for the only evening he will have to himself for several weeks. More than 100 mothers ’and daughters and invited guests were feted with an elaborate banquet prepared by members of the de partment and served by members of the seventh grade. “If you want to be a lady, you have got to always be a lady," Mrs. Hoey told the large class of girls.; "And don’t be afraid your mother will ever tell you to do anything she knows is wrong.” "Young people of today have op portunity to do thing the young people of my day could not do. They go more and see more. What they need now is Ideals and aspera tions to be somebody and do some thing. You can do anything you want to do,” she counseled and fur ther warned that “having a good time” may be had without doing a lot of foolish things which will cause many heartaches on the part of mothers. The mothers were told that a beautiful, obedient and well train ed daughter is worth more than pay {Continued on page twelve) Grand Jury Which Gave Extra Hours To Hauptmann 4H Organizations Outline Extensive Program For 1936 County Council Will Convene Sat urday; Goals Are Sug gested. An extensive program of work for a full year for the entire organ ization of 4-H club work in Cleve land county has just been prepared at the office of the oounty agent and win be given out at g'dWMJ council meeting of general officers here Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The complete bulletin includes goals for the eleven clubs enrolling nearly 500 boys and girls In rural Cleveland and an outline of the numerous things they will do this year.' Leaders of the clubs are County Agent J, S. Wilkins, assist ant agent, J. L. Reitzel, and home agent Miss Frances MacGregor. The Clubs Hie nine clubs listed with new charters are in Casar, Belwood, Fallston, Waco, Patterson Grove, Beth-Ware, Grover, South Shelby. Sharon, Boiling Springs, and Mt. Pleasant communities. County officers who are in charge of the general organization are: President, Elizabeth Randall; vice president, Robert Morgan; secre tary-treasurer, Goldie Dixon; his torian, Alice Falls; song leader, Helen Harrllson; recreation lead ers, Jack Falls and Boyd Dixon. “To Make the Best Better” is the slogan adopted for the year, with particular reference to farms, homes, health, art, play, education, individuals, religion, clubs, -com munities, county and state. Aims now are that all the young sters will have numerous projects of all types in sewing, gardening, animal and crop projects, and hun dreds of exhibits will be prepared for next year’s fair. A camping trip in the summer months for all the clubs is in pros pect, and many will attend the (Continued on page twelve) Attack Is Fatal Early Today To Crayton Ledford Crayton Ledford, 30 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ledford, died suddenly today about five o’clock at the home ol his parents, apparently the victim of a heart attack. The young man who has been working in South Carolina for some time came to his father’s home yesteray about 2 o’clock and said he was ill. The father was not greatly alarmed as he did mot seem serious. A noise awakened him this morning and when he reached his bedside, his son was already dead. Mr. Ledford is survived by his wife and six children. She was for merly Miss Wilma Camp, of the Patterson Springs community. The children are Marjorie, Tillie. twins Gene and Dan, Dorothy Ann and Betty Joy. Funeral services will be on Sat urday at 11 o’clock at the Pleasant Hill Baptist church of which he was a member. Rev. W. E. Lowe will be in charge. There are also two sister. Mrs. Clyde Wallace and Mrs. Major Holl ingsworth and two brothers. Wil bur and Thomas, all of this county 150,000 Tulips Are Due To Open In Price And McSwain Guldens Matchless beauty at 150,000 multi colored tulip* and myriads of oth er flowers will be unfolded in two Cleveland county gardens within the next two weeks, both of which will-draw thousands of visitors from many counties and states, Hie gardens are those of Gideon Price, retired mall carrier and Luther Mcflwaln, florist ef near ^SS&WKftve 100,000 of the nodding cups Of color and Mr. Mo Swain will have 40,000. The Lattimore gardener said to day his stems are about six Inches high and are beginning to bud and the weather for the next two weeks will determine the best time to see them. It appears now that either the second or third Sunday in April will be the best. In addition to the landscape of tulips he also has about 6,000 pans ies and 2,000 or more hyacinths, but the latter are expected to fade very soon. He also has a profusion of Jonquils, narcissi, and wall flowers. The gardens which will in the next few days become a veritable paradise of color were begun sev eral years ago by the modest and j unassuming rural mail carrier. He1 has enlarged his plots and cared for them so diligently that last year on the peak day about 700 autos (Continued on page twelve) Rev. J. M. Kester Former Pastor In Shelby Is Dead News was received In Shelby yes terday of the death of Dr. J. Mar cus Kester, age 48, who died in a Wilmington hospital after an ill ness of six weeks with pneumonia. He was pastor of the First Baptist church there and served the First church in Shelby about 14 years ago. Funeral services were held from his church in Wilmington Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The son of the late Margaret Byrd and John Kester, Dr. Kester was born at Kings Mountain on April 28. 1887. After completing his rcparatory education at Mars Hill college, he entered Wake Forest college and was graduated from there. Later he attended Newton Theological seminary at Newton Center. Mass., and studied at Ox ford, England. His doctor of divin-1 ity degree was awared by Wake! Forest. Before he assumed the pastorate of the First Baptist church in Wil mington he had served as educa tional secretary of the foreign mis sions board of the Southern Bap tist convention at Richmond, Va. t A few years ago a series of his sermons was published in book form under the title "Life Beyond Death.” He also was the author of several | religious booklets. ! Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Anna Elizabeth Jones; 10 I children, three brothers. Clarence |h„ G. S. and G. W. Kester, all of Columbia, 8. C., and a sister. Mrs 1 |G. A Maoltsby of Chattanooga. ! ,Tenn. Seamstresses Use 1,600,000 Yards Of TW A aurvty of the aetWitla* at the ■even sewing room* in Cleveland comity showf today tfmt’tha ITS WPA employees since lest Novem ber hate made tor the county and. for theihselves same 5,000 garments end home furnishings, .using ap proximately 15,000 yards of doth end the amusing totar of 1,600,000 yards of thread. The sewing rooms are under the general supervision at Mrs. L. W. Gardner and the garments are turned over to Mrs. L. H. Ledford to be used at county institutions, and for welfare work. Towels, sheets, sleeping garments, overalls, shirts, pajamas and num erous other articles are made by the women, many of whom had never sewed a stitch until the WPA pro gram began. A well balanced program of in struction is arranged by Mrs. Gard ner for all the rooms which aver age .about 35 persons. They are taught the technique of seamstress work and In their spare time are given classes in adult education, recreation, and Mrs. M. M. O’Shielda gives courses In first aid and gen eral health. A quilting contest and a dress making contest has been started among the nearly 200 workers and awards will be made to the winners. Miss Mary Dameron has lately been added to the office staff under Mrs. Gardner. $25,000 Blaze MEBANE, April 3.—(A*)—Fire bore rarly today destroyed the Mebane theatre and ,tb« Mebane Motor Sales company with damage esti mated by fire chief G. L. Jeffys at 125.000. The fire broke out in the auto mobile company's second floor. Civil Court Ends But Law Activities Is Not Subsided Recorder Hu Buff Day . Actions Of Both Court* Are Given. dosed late Wednesday without a ripple of excitement, hut Recorder’s court got into action Immediately •Md" suspended a pair of drivers li censee, tried two couples on larceny charges and continued, the case of Ren Bridges, white truck driver, on a very serious charge with a girl under 16 years of age. Otto Caldwell and Elijah Wilson had their licenses revoked on pro hibition charges, with Caldwell pay ing $50 and costs and the latter paying $60 and costs as fines Other Cases. Tom Y arboro and Roy McSwatn were fined $35 each on VPL charg es; John Ross got two months aft er pleading guilty to forcible tres pass; Willie Barnes and John Sad ler got four months after being convicted of stealing chickens from A. D. Spangler In No. 9 township. J. B. Goolsby and Harvey Rob erts also got four months for con victed stealing of cottonseed meal (Continued on page twelve) $4,500 Job Open In Civil Service Applications for a $4,500 a year job with the civil service are being accepted In Washington and will be uhtll April 27. The Job is that of Farm Loan Registrar under the Farm Credit Administration and specifications of the Job are In a release at the office of C. M. Baber, of the U. S. Employment bureau. Mr. Baber said the exams will be unassembled and may be taken at home. Qualifications include a col lege degree and six years experience as an accountant or deputy farm loan registrar. The applicant must be under 53 years of age, In good health, and his territory will covei the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Almost Sammerless Year Seen; 20 Inches Rain Upholds Wesson A summer less year is virtually the prediction ot Joe Wesson, weather prophet whose predictions of snows this winter have mads him well nigh impeachable. "I don’t expect much waflh weather much before Jun$,” he has been telling his friends all about the county, who may not remain his friends, if something is not done to clear up the weather, and give farmers a chance to break a little land, at least to sow enough les pedeza to apply for government payments. The fact that 20 inches of rain has fallen in the county in the past three months bears out Mr. Wes son's prophecy of much rain for the spring. Nearly ten inches fell in January, nearly four inches in February and 6.13 inches in March. h Nearly two Inches fell on April 1 and the morning of April 2 which runs the total still higher. Just a few days ago Mr. Wesson : predicted that April 1 to 5 would be filled with storms and disturb ances. followed by cold, and that Is Just what Happened. The Georgia. South Carolina, and Central Car olina storms were part of the pre ; dictions. i Cold, bad weather for Easter about the 12th to the 15th are in 'store for this area, i Asked how he was able to predict the events, Mr. Wesson’s reply Is “the stars -that Is the sun and moon and planets.” He said he ■ would go more Into detail later about the data he has kept on .the | weather for more than a score of j years. Eleven Are Killed In Greensboro By Terrific Blast Property Damage Untold Millions Cold In The Wake Of 9mm Spreads Over 8outh And West. (By Associated Press) Tornadic winds, cutting across five southern states, left at least 41 dead today, Property damage in the Caro lines, Georgia, Alabama and Florida yesterday and last night ran into the millions. Greatest destruction Wan wrought at Cordele, Ga., and Greensboro. Cordele repartad 18 fatalities, nearly 600 in juries, and $1,250,000 in prop erty loss; 26 wen dead in Georgia, 12 in North Carolina and 1 each in Florida, Ala bama and South Carolina. Unaeasonal cold spread over the middle west in the wake of enow. Crop damage was reported in the south and southwest. Lowlands in the Ohio river valley, Tennessee, Tornado Damages Mill At Grover i Damaged estimated at mooo f -- 11 y • TJ-. • . ^wsr ‘^^■earerw was dona to the Mlnette mill at Grover yesterday morning by a young tornado that swooped down and unroofed half of the mill building. Water damaged 35 looms and stock in prooesa of manufacture. Mr. Harry says the storm broke suddenly and the damage was done In the space of a minute's time. Repair of the roof will be Completed today. Other damage by the heavy rain, wind and hall was done throughout the oountjv Alabama and northern Georgia were flooded. , A hasty survey by the Greens boro Red Cross officials Showed! Fifteen stone demolished. M others partly destroyed. M ipid« ences demolished, 336 partly demol ished, nine industrial plants wreck ed, n others partly destroyed, lotts churches eithet- wholly «t partly damaged, 11 dead and man thaw (Continued on page III Italy Promises British Areas Complete Safety By The Associated Free* Reports reaching Soma said strategic Lake Tana, center of Brit ish Interests In Ethiopia, had been reached by Italian troops after a drive down the western section of She northern front. Italian officials, however, reiterated Premier Mus solini’s guarantee that British in terests around the lake would not be harmed. Informer sources in London saw direct peace negotiations between Italy and Ethiopia altar depart ure from Addis Ababa of Emperor Haile Selassie’s favorite advisor, Evertette Colson, for Egypt on sick leave. P. M Rickett, British oil promoter, however, had said ear lier be hoped to bring Colson to Egypt for a talk with an Italian representative. Further sanctions against Italy : were asked by Ethiopia in a note to the League of* Nations, while In formed source said France may ask lor financial sanction against Ger many. The French government is said to believe that if Germany is i allowed to go unpunished a danger ous precedent will be established. A point blank German refusal not to fortify the Rhineland, even tem porarily, was delivered to the Brit* i ish government shortly before An | thony Eden, foreign secretary, went to the House of Commons to an nounce to the house that France, Britain and Belgium were ready to tight as alies against Germany in case was is inevitable but that Britain is anxious to negotiate tm j peace proposals.
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