Shelby County Reporter from Columbiana, Alabama • 1

State Capitol Dpt Arahives History SHELBY COUNTY REPORTER Subscription $1.50 a Year. COLUMBIANA. ALABAMA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 1934 (Beginning October 16, 1930) VOL. 91. NO.

48 DISTRICT CONVENTION IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN Democratic Rally Draws Big Crowd Graves Lauded In Chilton County Democratic Majorities In County Show Big Increase A study of the election figures in Shelby county for the past 12 years shows a rteady growth in the size of the Democratic majority, For the year 1922, the first Democratic victory in nearly 30 years, the average majority was 174. In 1926 the average majority for the five most important offices was 679. In 1928 the average majority for four important offices was 857. In 1930 the average majority for five important offices was 881. In 1932 Democratic candidates for Board of Education, the only county wide contest that year, was 1705.

Presidents Roosevelts majority in 1932 was 1499. Courthouse Is Crowded, Nearly Every Beat In County Represented Says Democratic Ticket Should Receive Unanimous Support FOR THE. RIGHT Democratic Party COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR THE ELECTION NOV. 6TH. For Representative R.

A. REID For Probate Judge L. C. WALKER For Tax Assessor LUTHER FOWLER Siluria The District Convention of the Improved Order of Red Men will be held at Siluria, Saturday night, November 3rd. Prominent speakers from several of the different orders will be present, and an interesting program will be 'rendered.

The Convention will be held in the hall of the Siluria Tribe No. 104, of which E. E. Caddell is Sachem. All Red Men in good standing are invited and urged to attend.

A barbecue supper will be served at the conclusion of the business meeting. A feature of the evenings program will be the competitive degree work staged between the Siluria Tribe and Bradford Tribe of Jefferson county. According to S. W. Huddleston, State organizer of this great American fraternity, efforts will be made to organize a tribe at Boothton and Marvel during the present week.

Mr. Huddleston also requests any other community which might be interested in the organization of a tribe to get in touch with him at Siluria. Mr. Huddleston is also Past Sachem and Great Junior Sagimaw of Alabama. Open meeting for all old Red Men is held at Siluria on the First and Third Saturday nights of each month.

Armistice Day Celebration In Montevallo The Kendrick-Hudson post of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary are sponsoring an elaborate celebration for Armistice day. There will be a big parade which will start between ten and eleven. In the parade various organizations will march, such as, the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, DAR, UDC, Boy Scouts, Gii'l Scouts, and other organizations. There will be two bands in the parade. The Buck Creek Cotton Mill in Siluria is sending their band and the Montevallo band.

There will also be floats which are sponsored by various business houses and organizations. The Buck Creek Cotton Mill is entering floats. Practically all of the business houses of Montevallo, as well as the various organizations, are entering a float. Private individuals are entering decorated cars in the parade. A prize will be given for the best float, and one for the best decorated car.

All of the people in the county are invited to attend this celebration which will be held at 10 A. M. Monday morning, November 12, 1934. After the parade there will be a program in the College Auditorium. Mr.

E. A. McBride will give the address. Col. Bibb Graves, next governor of Alabama spoke to a large crowd in Clanton Saturday.

The following account of his address is taken from the Alabama Journal. Col. Graves said in part: Colonel Graves address was not merely an appeal for the election of the democratic ticket in Chilton county. He urged every county to put into office the democratic nominees so it may have a part in Alabamas own new deal for the advancement of I human welfare. He showed that Roosevelt had put human welfare first and that the democratic party had become recognized as the political organization that is determined to advance the interests of human beings before rights of property are recognized.

He pointed out some of the accomplishments of the democratic administration which had been of direct benefit to the south. This is the first time the southern cotton farmers have got the benefit of something that northerners and easterners paid for, sad 'Colonel Graves amid applause. Referring to his own administration of the state beginning January 14, Colonel Graves said he is merely an overseer employed by the people with a job much like the overseer of a farm. Think about your state like you do your farm, he appealed. The overseer needs men who will work with him.

He cant do everything alone. He must have co-operation. Let us cut out prejudice and hate in Alabama. Let us have co-operation so all the I people can benefit. The gentlemen on the other ticket (republican) are honest and loyal, but they are op-j posed to your overseer the governor i of the state.

I urge you to give the state men who will work with the overseer, men who believe in the things advocated by the overseer ann who will help make them effective." For Tax Collector L. C. ABBOTT For Circuit Clerk C. T. WELDON For Sheriff C.

H. FORE Democrats from every section of Shelby county came to Columbiana Monday night in large numbers to attend the great Victory Rally called by Chairman Paul 0. Luck to make plans for the final week of the campaign that will come to an end next Tuesday, November 6. Roll call by the chairman showed practically every beat in the county to be represented. The meeting proved to be one of the most harmonious as well as one of the most enthusiastic that has been held in behalf of the Democratic party in Shelby county in many years.

Impromptu speeches and talks made up the program and from the opening address by the chairman to the close of the meeting, round after round of enthusiastic cheers swept the court room as the speakers recalled the struggles of past days and confidently predicted a complete victory at the polls on November 6. One of the outstanding events of the evening that will be remembered long by every one who attended the meeting was the presentation by the chairman of D. Lackey, Beat 16; W. H. Shrader, Beat 2 and E.

L. Ray, Beat 11, as the oldest members of the Executive Committee present. Each one stated that he had given more than forty years of his life to the service of his party as a member of the committee and each one expressed him self as still a Democrat and loyal. In this connection the long and faithful service of R. B.

Posey, Beat 10 and A. G. Hollis, Beat 15, was recalled. Reports given by representatives of the different beats indicated that prospects are exceedingly bright for an overwhelming Democratic victory for the whole ticket. J.

A. Harmon of Siluria expressed what seemed to be the sentiment of everyone present when he said, All I have to say for Beat 7 is, that we are ready. His story of the negro farmer who always met his boss at the warehouse, brought a generous round of applause and the sentence, meet us at the warehouse, was adopted as a sort of slogan for the meeting, and for election day as well. Delegates from beats that have usually gone Republican reported that prospects are most encouraging for the Democrats in those beats this year. In all but two boxes, it was reported that the Democratic (Contnued on page two) For Coroner ROLAND LEE For County Treasurer TENRY W.

NAISH For Superintendent of Education J. L. APPLETON For President, Board of Revenue J. M. LYON For Member Board of Revenue, Second District S.

M. TATUM For Member Board of Revenue, Fourth District SOLON E. McGRAW For Members Board of Education R. L. HOLCOMBE M.

P. JETER FORMER SHELBY COUNTY CITIZEN BURIED HERE WEDNESDAY STATE AND DISTRICT TICKET For Governor BIBB GRAVES TO OPEN CASH STORE AT UNDERWOOD AT EARLY DATE Letter From Senator Bankhead On Cotton Plan A letter from Senator Bankhead addressed to Mr. A. B. Baxley, Calera under date of October 23, will be of interest to many people in Shelby county.

The letter is given below: Dear Mr. Baxley: I have your letter signed by you as Secretary of the Meeting of farmers protesting against the allotments under the cotton control Act. I have been very much disappointed in the operation of the basis of allotment adopted by the Department of Agriculture, but have been powerless to change it. I hope that the 10 per cent reserve set aside under Section 8 of the Act, which will be available within the next few days, will give much relief to the small cotton farmers. I am inclosing you copy of the Act so that you may see the groups covered by the 10 per cent reserve.

If the Act is continued next year an entirely different basis of allotment must be made. I am urging the bringing of thei allotment basis down to current conditions instead of using ancient history and I am also insisting upon a minimum allotment to small farmers. There is no way to change the application of the tax for this year except by the President issuing a proclamation declaring that the economic emergency in cotton production and marketing has ceased to exist. Such proclamation would terminate all measures for raising the price of cotton, including the processing tax and the 12 cent loan plan. It seems to me that the only remedy left is to try to get the defects and inequalities eliminated from next years program.

Yours sincerely, J. H. BANKHEAD Farmers Who Want Land Terraced Should Act Now county farmer? who want their lands terraced with terraces that will be permanent and who are willing to pay at the rate of 81.50 to $2.00 an acre to have it done, should write to County Agent Lauderdale at once, giving the number of acres they have to be terraced Already the owners of about 1500 acres of land have indicated that they are interested in this new development, and some have said they are ready to sign terracing contracts. The order for a terracing outfit can be placed by the Board of Revenue but without expense to the county. Farmers who use the machine to terrace their lands will pay for it.

Those who do not use it will not pay. AH who are in any degree interested are urged to write to Mr. Lauderdale at once, or better, see him. The sooner Mr. Lauderdale can hear from those who want their lands terraced, the earlier the date at which the work can be started.

To the Voters of this County rom Luther Fowler, Editor of The Shelby County Reporter and Democratic Nominee For Tax Assessor Dear Friends: My campaign, for election to the office of Tax Assessor as the nominee of the Democratic party is drawing to a close. This will be my last opportunity to speak to you through the paper concerning my candidacy before the election which will come on Tuesday, November 6. NEXT TUESDAY. Let me say again, that I feel greatly honored to have a place on the ticket as a nominee of the Democratic Party. 1 like our Democratic way of having every nominee receive his commission direct from the people.

Because I received my commission in that way I feel all the more honored and I am all the more grateful. Most of the people I have seen in my rounds over -the county since the primary have said that they expect to see the entire Democratic ticket elected. I am glad to say that I share that confidence. I have not made many promises of any sort since I became a candidate, now nearly nine months ago. I felt that my record as the editor of this paper, my service to Shelby county and my loyalty to my party all were known to you.

The only promise have made is this, that if I am elected I will not forget that the office belongs to the people. I will work for the people as faithfully and as honestly as I have worked at my own business. I will endeavor to be fair to all men alike. I have had this question asked of me: What will you do about lowering taxes? My reply hus been thut as I understand it the Tax Assessor has no power either to lower taxes or to raise taxes. That is the work of the Board of Review.

I do believe, however, that to some of our people tuxes are burdensome and I have no hesitation in suying that regardless of my election to county office, I will do everything 1 can personally ns a county official and through my newspaper, to bring ubout an adjustment of taxes that will make them less burdensome. I am in thorough sympathy with the plan of Governor Graves to exempt smull homesteads from taxes. If can help in any wuy to bring thut about I shall certainly do it. I want to make an earnest appeal to every citizen to go to the polls on election day and vote. Let every man who has a car seei to it that his neighbor and the members of his neighbors family who ure voters have this opportunity also.

We shall all take more interest in our county government if we exercise the important duty of helping to make that government. And as one of the speakers so well said Monday night, Shelby county is one unit of the great government of the United States. It is as much our privilege then, as it is the privilege of any other group in the whole country, to use this coming election as an opportunity to register a vote of confidence in the matchless and devoted leadership of our great president, Franklin D. Rnoaqvelt. Faithfully and sincerely yours, LUTHER FOWLER (Paid political advertisement.) News reached Columbiana on Monday that Arthur M.

Elliott who was horn and reared here, had met a tragic jdeath in Detroit. Details of his death 1 were not given. The remains were brought to Columbiana on Wednesday for burial. Mr. Elliott was the only son of the Ite Mr.

and Mrs. A. M. Elliott and a nephew of Rev. TAK.

Roberts. He i had lived in Detroit for the past 18 years, having gone to that city soon after the death of his mother. Mr. i Elliott is survived by twin sisters, Mrs. Eugene Millin', Notasulga and Mrs.

G. F. Thompson, Niles Mill For Lieutenant Governor THOMAS E. KNIGHT, JR. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court No.

1 JNO. C. ANDERSON Associate Justice of the Supreme Court No. 1 LUCIEN D. GARDNER Associate Justice of (he Supreme Court No.

2 ARTHUR B. FOSTER F. F. A. SPONSORING FIDDLERS CONVENTION Judge of the Court of Appeals.

No. 1 CHARLES R. BRICKEN J. R. Edwards, manager of The Columbiana Cash Store, the Montevallo Cash Store, The Calera Cash Store, announces that they have purchased the business at Underwood, formerly conducted by Mrs, Gertrude Kirkley, and will remodel and hold their formal opening of the store there at an early date.

Mrs. Kirkley will continue to work in the store, with Jim Brasher as manager. A meat market will be added just as soog as equipment can be installed. This gives Mr. Edwards a string of four stores in the county to date, and he states that he is highly pleased with the business each one is enjoying.

He reports one of the best days at the local store last Saturday that they have hud since the opening. C.RADYS 5c 10c STORE CELEBRATES 1ST ANNIVERSARY DR. COOPER TO PREACH AT METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY Judge of (he Court of Appeals, No. 2 WILLIAM H. SAM FORD Judge of the Court of Appeals, No.

3 JAMES RICE The Columbiana Chapter of Future Farmers of America will sponsor a fiddlers convention, at the Shelby County High school auditorium, Saturday, November 3, 7:30 I. M. The program will consist of numbers given by string bands and instrumental duet. Also solos on various instruments. First and second prizes will be given for the following: best string band number, best instrumental duet.

Prizes will also be given for these numbers: best solo on fiddle, best solo on guitar, best solo on banjo, best solo on harp. Prizes will be awarded to the best buck dancer and the best tap dancer. All friends of the F. F. A.

members and people who enjoy this kind of music are cordially invited to come. Admission will be 15 and 20 cents. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD ATTRACTIVE BOOTH AT F.flR Attorney General A. A. CARMICHAEL State Auditor CIIAS.

E. McCALL Sunday is the closing Sunday of the I Conference year. The pastor will preach at the morning hour, and the i Presiding Elder, Dr. G. F.

Cooper will preach at 7 oclock, afterward hold-I ing the last Quarterly Conference. The stewards are working hard to have a complete report by that time, so there will be no extra work to do (luring the two remaining days. The pastor, is leaving Wednesday morning for the session of the Conference, which convenes at First I Church, Ensley, Greater Birmingham. Bishop Sam R. Hay is the presiding bishop.

STOCK LAW VOTED DOWN IN BEAT 17, 92 TO 76 Secretary of Stale HOWELL TURNER State Treasurer JOHN BRANDON Superintendent of Education J. A. KELLER Today, Thursday, Nov. 1, marks the first anniversary of Gradys 5c 10c' Store in Columbiana and your attention is called to their ad appearing elsewhere in this paper. This popular concern has built up a splendid trade in the short time they have been here and.

today they are carrying a much larger stock than in the past. Read their ad, and call on them when in need of articles carried in stock at this store. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries R. J. GOODE Associate Member of Public Service Commission No.

1 FITZHUGH LEE PelhamThe stock law election held in Beat 17 Tuesday resulted in the defeat of the proposed law to confine stock, the vote being 76 yes, to 92 no. Election officials were as follows: W. C. Butcr, Alton IJun-nnway. E.

L. Bentley, Robert Dennis, W. L. Coats, and T. J.

Cross. In giving an account of the Chelsea Fair last week, one of the important exhibits was omitted from the write up. This was the booth of the Shelby County Health Department, which attracted much attention. The booth was arranged by and was in charge of Miss Nolle Davidson, county nurse, and Fay Miles Benton, secretary of the county unit. They deserve much credit for the booth.

Associate Member of Public Service Commission No. 2 FRANK MORGAN NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SURPLUS GIN TICKETS C. O. ARANT OF WILTON STRUCK BY CAR SUNDAY NATIONAL AND STATE FARMERS UNION OFFICER TO SPEAK E. H.

Everson, national president; E. E. Kennedy, national secretary; the state president and the state secretary of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative of America will 1h in Columbiana Saturday November 3 and will speak in the court house at 10 o'clock on Farmers Organisations. All farmers in Shelby county are cordially invited to come and hear these speakers discuss the program of the National Farmers Union. H.

D. Edwards, County President. H. L. Brasher, County Sec-Treas.

Representative in the 74th Congress from Sixth District W. B. OLIVER Judge of Eighteenth Judicial Circuit W. W. WALLACE Circuit Solicitor, 18th Judicial Circuit A.

L. HARDEGREE State Senator, 13th Senatorial District EARLE THOMAS All who have surplus gin tickets ore requested to sign them and turn same into the County Agents office at Columbiana. We will assist you in every way posaible to dispose of the surplus tickets, but they must he recorded at this office before the transfer becomes legal. A. A.

LAUDERDALE. Wilton--C. O. Arant was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when struck by a passing automobile. Mr.

Arant had gotten out of his automobile to clean his windshield when he was struck. He was carried to a Selma hospital Monday. I.