SHELBY DAILY STAR
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MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1936
LETS TRADE PROJECTS
Now that the sentiment of Shelby citi
zens is ascertained to favor the new high
school building above the proposed electric
power plant, let’s trade projects with the
government.
The power project has already been ap
proved and Federal money is earmarked for
this particular use—$132,300 of it. Lodged
in the FWA office in Washington is our ap
plication for a $95,757 grant for a new High
School building. This has had every approv
al and endorsement except the final ok of
the administrator.
Local sentiment seems to favor the high
school rather than the power plant and we
believe the officials in Washington would be
only too glad to trade with us, especially
since it will save the government $26,500.
Certainly a new high school building would
be of greater benefit to the future manhood
and womanhood of our community in afford
ing an adequate power house for building
character and mentality. These are worth
inestimably more than the dollars we might
save in electric bills. And there is quitt
some doubt that we would be saving any
thing on the cost of power after we have in
vested $145,000 of our own money and $132,
600 grant from the government.
It is a trade that looks good, both for
us and the government and we should be in
agreement on the proposal.
NOVEMBER 3. DECISION DAY
Tomorrow is decision day. The elector
torate of this great nation will choose their
chief executive for the next four years.
That is an important step in the lives of
every man. woman and child and it behooves
every eligible voter to go to the polls and ex
ercise their best judgment.
There are no particular Issues in this
campaign. The great Roosevelt, with a heart
bleeding for a suffering people, took drastic
steps to remedy a bad situation. And he did.
Who will say that political power does not
directly touch the lives of every individual?
Under Hoover, nothing was done. Under
Roosevelt, hungry bodies were fed, mortgag
ed homes were saved from the auctioneer’s
hammer, suffering farmers saw their pro
ducts restored to living prices, public educa
tion. public health, public works were en
couraged.
From a state of misery, despondency
and hopelessness, we have emerged to a hap
py state. The employment list has been re
duced, mills and factories are running full
speed, farm prices are up and everybody is
happy. Yes, it is important that the man
and men who guide the destinies of this na
tion, politically and economically, have sym
pathy for mankind and a desire to serve the
masses rather than the classes or favored
few.
Here in North Carolina, we have exper
ienced phenomenal progress during the 30
years of Democratic rule. Today we are en
joying more of the privileges and blessings
of government than ever before and the par
ty offers Clyde R. Hoey to guide out future
destinies. He is a man whom we here in
Cleveland know and love for his fine attrib
utes of character, his superb mental attain
ments and matchless leadership. His heart is
attuned to that of the great Roosevelt and
under his direction this state will continue to
march ahead.
Don’t stay away from the polls because
you know that Mr. Hoey will win. A sweep
ing victory at your hands will indicate that
you approve of his program of progress and
serve to strengthen him in his endeavors for
a “more abundant life.”
THE ERICSON INCIDENT
Prof. Ericson, teacher of English at the
University of North Carolina had a right to
dine with a negro at a Durham hotel if he
chooses, but his apparent sympathy for com
munistic preachments is inexcusable. While
he was acting within his rights as a private
citizen-to place himself on social parity with
a negro candidate for vice-president, he act
ed most unwisely and indiscreetly. Such
manifest sympathy for Communism in this
and past acts on th« part of Prof Ericson is
contrary to the very principles upon which
this government is founded, and the citizens
of the state resent it.
A man who has sense enough to hold j
Ph D. degree and draw his liviwg from th<
' tax payers of North Carolina should have
sense enough to adhere to common purposes
and ideals of our people. The doctor lays he
I is a Socialist sympathizer. That isn't so bad,
but when he shows a manifest sympathy for
Communism, a Russian ism that tears down
churches and dismembers homes, he is lend
ing aid as a public official to things which
undermine our form of government.
What Other Papers Say
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DESERVING OF SUCCESS
i By Herbert Peele, Editor of Elizabeth Oily
pally Advance.)
I am happy to hear that you are gotnc dally on
October 24.
I believe you will find the dally will yield you
larger dividend* In satisfaction and In profits.
Success to you.
You have done a good Job In bringing your pa
per up to where K stands today and you deserve ail
the success and all the rewards that may ootne to
you.
SURE OF NECESSARY SUPPORT
(By Oalt Braxton, Editor of Kinston Daily
Free Press.)
I have Just noted that you plan to so to the aft
ernoon dally field the first of November and I write
to congratulate you. I think you are doing the light
thing and I am sure your constituency win give yon
the necessary support.
I am enclosing clipping from the editorial pose
today and will be glad to have copy of your Initial
issue of the dally for further comment.
MOKE ABOUT TRUANTS
(Gastonia Gazette)
Since so many folks had been talking about Mm
number of truant school boys on the streets of the
city. The Gazette decided to do a bit of sleuthing on
its own account around the streets of Gastonia. It
has found that there are a number of small boys
loafing around who ought to be in school, and giving
no excuse for not being there. Furthermore, 'this
item from yesterday’s paper tells what the truant boys
are doing, in the majority of cases:
“Three small boys were apprehended by local po
lice yesterday and charged with breaking and enter
ing the Piedmont Iron Works, and stealing from this
plant several aluminum castings and patterns, valued
by company officials at $180.
“The three boys were confined to the city Jail to
await trial, possibly at Wednesday morning's session
of city court. They will come under the Juvenile Jur
isdiction since the oldest one is only 18 years old and
the youngest 11. The age of the third la not known,
however he appears to be about the same as the other
two.”
We are again asking the question and expecting
school authorities to answer; whose duty Is it to see
that these truant boys are Ik school. There is a
compulsory school attendance law in North Carolina
Whose duty is it to enforce it?
Nobody's Business
~ By GEE McGEE
MI-LADY’S FALL BEAD-GEAR
..The women are wearing their new Fell hats, and,
believe me they are a scream. There seems to be •
different and distinct styles'this season, as foHows:
(the few tea-cup styles are not included in this set
up.)
1—The pan-cake type to the Mto impressive. Thto
■hape look* exactly like a pan-oaka with a artopy
piece of breakfast bacon lying on top of M. •oma at
them appear to have a bite or two nibbled off the
front and bade edges. Priced: Cash, MM Install
ment price. $6,000. balance at $(. per month to 6
; months.
1—The waffle deaign hat kwhs slightly Mhe a hat.
its trimming consists of something that reoemblss a
dough-nut plastered on the flat orown with a tooth
pick and a tail-feather poking east and west to hold
it down. The brim and the crown ate the same
height. Thto kat looked better if hung upright on the
' back of the head. Down payment, $7.96. balance on
easy terms. Cash price $6.49.
3—Saucer model to the same stoe as a earner, but
i it is worn upside down. It fits ths bead exactly like
a postage stamp fits an orange. The trimming to
unique and appears to be a cross betwixt a butterfly
wing and a doodle hole which is perched immediate
ly above the left ear. It seeaos that this pattern has
a few nitches chipped off as if the man had been
drinking coffee out of it and bit it occasionally. Pric
ed, cash—$8.79, no terms.
4—The dish-rag ensomble is the most stunning It
is made by mashing a dirty dish-rag straight down
to the thickness of a custard plate: all of the fraxded
edges are left on. This is the largest hat of the sea
son and is intended for women over 50 who claim
that they are under 35. It comes on]f in brown, and
sells for around $15.57. cash. « know >
5—Type of hat number 5 is exactly like one-half of
the pan-cake and one-half of the waffle model, eut
in two and stitched together Its trimming is t beads
■ on one side and 1 bead on the other side, with a ea
! nary wing-feather stuck in top of it.
C—This hat is worn by rich folks only. It looks Uka
a coffee cake that had been sat upon. Its gaudy trim
ming is a back bow of ribbon about the sise of a dirt
dauber's wings affixed to the right side near the large
ear-bobs that must be worn with this pattern, ac
cording to Paris. AH the women wearing these hats
so far. according to my eyesight, are about *5 per
njcent bare-headed. What will they not wear if its
el stylish? (Ans: Nothing).
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“CEASE FIRING!
Today’s
m
SMALL TALK
1 "' By MRS. RENN DRUM
w.w.v.
MISS JO SHAW, COMMERCIAL TEACHER IN THE Lo
cal high school, in going through some old files, has found
some school papers which date back about twenty-five years
and among them are two sheets, which were apparently sent
uo tot parents, proposing a system of "home work” and
school credits to be given therefor.
On* of the sheets present* the
object end expected value of the
plan and the other lists the home
work which pupils are to report am
and the credits which the school
will give. Both are highly Interest
ing and, despite the fact that they
were proposed for the 1911 model
youngster, sound like hot stuff for
i9se.
• • • •
Here's how the school heads ap
proached the parents * with the
plan:
"The object of adding this de
partment to our public schools is to
secure a closer co-operation be
tween the home and the school.
The plan Is not new. BOr several
years many of the progressive
schools of the country have been
using it, and, without an exception,
good results have always followed
its use. M is just as Important to
train a child to work as It Is to
teach him algebra and Latin. (IU
sag it Is.) Slavery placed its stigma
upon labor, and it i t ~
every trainer et children to help
erase this stigma.
school, by giving credit for home
woek, ean dignify labor. ‘Habit is
second nature.* Some bright chil
dren with alert minds can get
through school without forming the
habit of industry. (Tes, Lawd).
Thus we find many failures in life
among thoae who make high grades
in sobool and ooHege. They have
failed because they did not learn
to dig (Dae right.) Most occupations
demand morg than an inquiring
attitude of mind. (You're tellin’
mat)
“Again, neatness end personal
oars are habits that mean much to
anyone. Some grown people cannot
help being neat; others cannot be
neat, no matter how much they
try. Why? Habits formed when
young
“It is earnestly requested that all
parents co-operate with the school
in this effort. It will be necessary
for the success of the plan to have
parents report daily In the lower
grades and weekly in the upper
grades the quantity and quality of
work done. The following list's will |
expplatn themselves''
. . . .
iMMtkn from the imrn corner
WVM thrown in by me
tfow, you youngsters in school
tighten your belts and get ready to
take It on the chin. Here's the listj
of home work your mothers andj
daddies got credit for:
Building fire In morning. 1
Milking a cow - . . 1!
Cleaning out a barn once a
week . ......i. 2
Splitting and carrying in wood. 1
12 hours supply .*.!„■. 2
Carrying in kindling, 12 hours
supply . .. 1|
Bringing coal, per bucket . 1
Feeding and watering chickens
daily . _ i
I Feeding pigs . l
Feeding horses 2 times daily ... 1
Feeding cattle 2 tunes daily_ 1
Polishing stove once a week ... 3
Making bread . .. 10
Preparing breakfast tor family . 10
Preparing supper for family .. 10
Washing and wipping dishes.
per meal . . &
Sweeping one room. 3
Dusting one room . .. 3
Making one bed. 1
Scrubbing one floor .. 5
Making a cake _ . 30
Washing and ironing own school
clothes per week. 90
Bathing, each bath. 5
Cleaning teeth . . 1
Combing hair.. 1
Bathing and dressing baby_10
Bathing and dressing baby_ 10
Sleeping with window open,
each night _ . 3
Caring for younger children,
per hour . . B
Dressing a chicken . . 10
Getting home within 30 min
utes from time of dismissal .. IS
MOTOR STORE IS
TO MOVE JAN. 1
To Occupy Reinhardt
Stand. Splendid
Growth
The Economy Motor Store will
about January l move It* location
to the apace In the Royster build
in* now occupied by C. H. Rein
hardt’s Grocery store, it was learn
ed today. The store is being mov
ed, says J. F. Buff, manager, on
account of necessity of Increased
space due to good business.
From now until the motor store
is moved to the Reinhardt location
it will be used by the Honeycutt
Reavis Furniture store. About Jan
uary 1, the furniture store will be
moved into the space in the Roys
ter building occupied by the Clark
Hardware company. The hardware
company, about January 1, is to be
moved across the street into the J.
D. Lineberger building now occu
pied by C. H. Shull. Mr. Shull has
as yet announced no decisions to
1 where he will move.
Business has almost doubled with
the Economy Motor store, Mr. Buff
says, and he is adding three de
partments, which will, in his opln
1 ion even further increase the buai
! ness. The three departments to be
added include a complete radio de
partment, a replacement parts de
partment for automobiles and a
complete bicycle depot.
Mr. Buff, a native of Cleveland
county, was with the Goodrich
company for 18 years prior to
starting the store here not quite
two years ago. He is aided in the
store by Hugh Arrowood, O’Grady
Francis, and Charles Callahan, all
of whom are Cleveland men.
London's artistic quarter is called
Soho.
Washington
H Daybook
By PUS TON GROVER
(taHiaM Tnm Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON.—When President
Roosevelt told a New England aud
ience that his administration had
cut income taxes
of the little man
below 1932 levels
lie shared laurels
irom by another
famous in
years —
Depres
Baid Roosevelt:
'Any family head
earns less
$26,000 a
a small
income tax in
L C90VIT1938 than In 1932.
That means that . . . more than 99
per cent of American families are
paying less than they did.” ,
Just how much less the 99
per centers are paying the president
did not say. But the department of
agriculture gives definite facts and
figures on how much farm real es
tate taxes were cut by the depres
sion.
• • • •
Farm Taxes Cat
Victims may ask: Can anything
good come out of a depression?
Usually, yes. For instance, a tax
cut on farm real estate, forced
upon state and local taxing bodies
by irate farmers who can stir up
righteous anger if tax bills fail to
shrink when wheat hits 40 cents a
bushel.
■Hie war period saw farm real es
tate taxes almost double, depart
ment of agriculture reports show.
By 1939 another rise of 36 per cent
brought taxes to 58 cents an acre
average, highest in the nation’s
history.
After the crash farm taxes be
gan to slide. By 1934 average farm
real estate taxes were 37 cento an
acre, a 36 per cent cut. The depart
ment did not say that was the bot
tom, but did say there was no fur
ther drop ]n 1935.
President Roosevelt said no new
j federal taxes would be needed next
session, that present revenue seem
| ed to assure an early balance of the
budget.
• • • *
Prospect*
What is the prospect for farm
real estate taxes? The department
or agriculture commented that when |
the federal government, through i
relief and other agencies, began tak
tag over the job of road building,
one of the heaviest local burdens
was eased, if, and when, the fed
eral government unloads more road
costs back upon state and local
governments, somebody will have
to put up the money.
The water of Great Salt lake,
Utah, is a 32 per cent solution of
salt.
LET
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McCloskey Will
Be The Speaker
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Nov. 2.—General Manus B. Mc
doekey, commandant at Fort
Bragg, will be the principal speaker
at Armistice day exercises to be
held at North Carolina State col
lege, officials of the institution an
nounced today.
Dr. T. P. Harrison, chairman of
the faculty committer on public
occasions, said others included in
the annual open-air ceremony
would be announced later.
More than 1,100-strong, the col
lege ROTC regiment will partici
pate with other organisations
city In a parade down PavetteT
atreet, return to the college tot t
noon-day ceremony honoring Mlm
who were casualties in the »ar
SOUTHPORT COMTES
OT WITH fish Yarn|
SOUTHPORT, Nov. 2_l*,,_c a
H. T. Bowmer and Willie Fa*"
finding shrimp trawling brou
little result; decided to try
few trout Just for fun. Dropnir
their lines over a wrecked ve« ■
they tugged for two hours-and J
turned to port with 400 pound* (
trout, claiming a record for th
time spent.
“Boy! I can
breathe now!”
Just a few drops of Vicks Vs-tro-nol up
each nostril reduces swollen membranes,
clears stuffiness, brings prompt relief.
Used in time, helps prevent many colds.
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ADVANTAGES of a CHECKING
ACCOUNT at our BANK
When you have a CHECKING ACCOUNT at any of
our banks you receive a Monthly Statement, show
ing your deposits made during the month, and the
checks paid out.
This enables you to see at a glance how much you
have been spending; and you qan easily regulate
the amount you wish to spend in the future.
With this Statement are sent cancelled checks,
showing that they were endorsed and paid, and
become your legal receipt.
UNION TRUST CO.
SHELBY, N. C.
Faliston, Lawndale, Forest City, Rutherfordton
BLACK CATS and WILDCATS
Black cats do not bring bad luck, not even on
Halloween. That’s mere superstition.
But years and years of bad luck, poverty, and
misery, may follow if a “wildcat” salesman crosses
your path.
Money that it took you half your life to save, may
be gone overnight in exchange for worthless “in
vestments.”
Don’t worry about black cats, but be supersititious
all your life about "wildcats.” Never invest a eent
with a stranger without first making a thorough
investigation. Your banker will be glad to help
you get unbiased information on any proposed in
vestment.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SHELBY, N. C.
SALE AT AUCTION
Real Estate, Machinery and Equipment
Of The
DILLING MILLS COMPANY
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
ON THE PREMISES
Monday, November 23, 1936, at 12 o’clock, Noon
By order of the stockholders, sale of the entire prop
erties belonging to this corporation will be made as a
whole to the highest bidder, at auction, on the above
date and time.
The property consists of approximately 83 acres of
land, located in the city of Kings Mountain, Cleveland
county, North Carolina, on which is situated two mill
buildings, two warehouses, one hundred and three tene
ment houses, together with all machinery located in the
two mill buildings.
One building houses a complete spinning unit of H
112 spinning spindles, 6,048 twisters, 56 cards and 20
combers, with other auxiliary machinery, for the pro
duction of combed and carded yarn, either in ply
single.
Building No. 2 houses a complete weaving equipment
in which there are 322 Crompton & Knowles Dobhy
Dress Goods Looms and 18 Atwood Silk throwing Twist
ers, together with other throwing and weaving equip
ment complete for the production of rayon silk dress
goods or other fabrics.
The highest bidder will be required to deposit a chet
for 6% of the amount bid, which will be held until aster
the stockholders’ meeting on November 24th for the
purpose of considering and confirming such bid.
For further information, write the undersigned.
J. B. REEVES, Secretary.
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