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THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1936
THE VOTE IS TO CIRCULATION—
Dupont to right of him, Hearst to left
of him -. But does it worry President
Roosevelt? Our guess would be, not in the
least. We’re willing to wager he can take a
Dupont for a daughter-in-law, a Hearst pub
lisher for a son-in-law—even a Hearst Wom
an’s editor for a daughter—-in his stride
without even losing a beat on the famous
smile.
The Dupont’* and Hearst did a good bit
of knapping at the presidential heels prior to
election without making any apparent im
pression on Mr. Roosevelt. Now that pleas
anter relations with the two appear probable,
due to the engagement of young Franklin
Roosevelt to Miss Ethel Dupont and the ap
pointment of John Boettiger, son-in-law of
the president, to a Hearst post as publisher
of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, the public
pricks up its ears and looks on with interest.
But, whatever significance may attach
to the two relationships, the appointment of
Boettiger as a Hearst publisher has the ear
marks of a smart move on the part of the
foiiy Mr. Hearst. A popular vote of near
twfnty^eight million for Mr. Roosevelt might
be interpreted in terms of circulation figures.
TAX COLLECTIONS SOAR
As business conditions improve, tax col
lections improve and so it goes. When peo
pltMure prosperous they pay taxes more will
i ngtjrtwaussrthey can afford it, but let hard
times come and many evasive methods are
resorted to to escape the burden.
Auditors from the 'State Department of
Revenue have entered the office of the U.
S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Greens
boi|> to check individual returns made by
residents of this state to the Federal govern
ment. An income tax payer no longer gets
by with different reports: Usually he is
careful to be accurate with Uncle Sam be
cause Uncle Sam is no respector of persons.
It is different in the state where political
pull and privilege are sought in the event of
trouble. ^ -
The time is coming not only in North
Carolina but in every state when tax evaders
can’t get by. Such vast public sums are be
ing expended by state and nation and ef
forts will be put forth to reach those who
heretofore have been allowed to get by. The
last Congress makes available for the first
time to state auditors the individual income
tax returns and a thorough checking has
started. This will bring in more revenue.
Our last session of the General Assem
bly reduced auto license plates. It was fear
ed by the highway commission that its reve
nues would be severely reduced, but instead,
the registration of motor vehicles boosted
the highway revenues 12.26 per cent; a gain
of over a million dollars. Old model cars
that were forced off the highway for lack of
operating funds, received new license plates
and resumed service. New cars and trucks
have been bought -and in spite of the lower
priced plates, the revenue has soared. The
result of this experiment may , bring on an
other cut in auto license tagd to place us on
about the same price basis as adjoining
states.
PRISON BREAKS DECLINE
We find ourselves wondering what is re
sponsible for the decrease in prison breaks
and escapes in North Carolina during the
past year. A year or so ago the state rank
ed high in prison escapes and hardly a month
passed but what some man or group of men
who had been sent to prison in punishment
for more or less serious crimes, made a joke
of prison guards and prison walls and forced
their way to freedom, at least for a time.
Frequently these prison breaks cost a life.
Then last year, in the face of an aver
age-per-day increase of 1,000 prisoners over
the number cared for in prisons of the state
the previous year, the number of escapes
dropped from 720 to 325 during the period
from January 1 to December 1.
Oscar T. Pitts, acting director of the
penal division, attributes the decrease in es
capes to better morale among the prisoners.
The next question, then, is: “What accounts
for the improved morale? Is prison life be
ing made more pleasant or is life outside
prisons becoming more difficult? Could it
b# that we’re filling our prisons with honest
men, too conscientious to attempt escape?
The improved morale theory seems a
little hard to accept and so we ask: Are pris
on guards and wardens taking their jobs
more seriously and concentrating on making
prison bars real barriers. We have no an
swer for that question either, which leaves
us exactly where we started, merely curious
as to what is responsible for the decline.
What Other Papert Say
!
SENSIBLE NENGHBOB
(New* and Ohsarm)
A sensible Japanese Colonel K. Matsumoto, mili
tary attache at Washington, said this week In Singa
pore:
The possibility of war between the United
States and Japan Is more remote than too fre
quently imagined. Then are no hostile feelings
among the Amerloan people against Japan. In
fact, the intelligent section of people In the unit
ed States do not think than Is any cause for wav.
This talk of a clash in the Pacific between the
United States and Japan is merely the week af
agitators on both aides.
“Agitators on both sides.” That is a phrase worth
remembering. Worth remembering, too, Is the fact
that Japan Is the single largest consumer af Ameri
can cotton in the world. Its purchases of American
cotton are far and away more Important to American
economic happiness than its industrial competition.
Certainly, while America la not called upon to ap
prove every Japanese act, Americans an wist not to
be incited by agitators into hostility against the Jap
anese people. At worse the sins of Japan In Man
churia are no greater than our own past sinning in
Mexico. Having grown piously peaceful, we may dis
approve Japanese aggression. Havfag grown Indus
triously rich and great, we may resent the competi
tion of what may seem to acme angry men their up
start industrialism. But it ought never to fee forgot
ten that America forced Japan into communication
and competition with the world. Its amaslng pro
gress since Perry’s visit should be the basis for neigh
borliness and not hostility in the Pacific. "Agitators
on both sides” may make a great deal of noise tout
two sensible peoples will recognise that they have
nothing to gain from enmity but every reason to
profit from friendship.
NOTES ON BELIEF
(Harper’s Magazine)
Will relief be permanent? State-and-town care
of unemployables will certainly be widened; whether
this burden will be too much for such loeal units
and require some Federal cooperation is to be semi.
Business forecasts indicate that the bulk of the I,
500,000 employables will be privately re-employed
within the next two years; and the 5,000,000 non-re
lief unemployed along with them. Hie deliberate re
lief leeches will not be many.
Has Federal relief paid? Well, It was cheaper—
in money, to those who still had any—than another
French Revolution. Socially it has certainly done an
Immense amount of educational work which will re
sult hi more intelligent Bring on the past ef the "eth-,
er half."
The theory that politics and religion will not mix,
hasn’t been properly tested. In all experiments to date,
politics rose to the top because an Inferior grade of
religion was used.—Washington Post.
, ... ..
Holding a silver-tongued orator to the facts Is an
affront to the artist. It Is asking Beethoven where
he got the statistics in his Fifth Symphony —Portland
Oregonian.
Nobody's Business
„ By GEE McGEE „
ANOTHER SINNER HAS REPENTED
deer mr. edditor:—
hon. holsum moore hM asked me to rite a peace
(or him to be put in yon paper and tell the world
that he was borned a dimmercrat, raised a dimmer
crat and hcpee to die a dimmercrat.
H seems that he fought the new deal by word of
mouth and with articklea sent to the newspapers and
hissed at the new deal oandydatee on the radio and
enjoyed al smith and coughling and smelt and looked
like annything except a dimmercrat. that is—till
after the elecktlon.
now mr. moon is getting tired of folks pinking at
him and guying of him about his jeffersoni*n-issn
and his libberty league-ism and andrew Jackson dem
ocracy. he states that he waa only trying to saw the
country against everything, and has benn a dimmer
crat at hart from start to finnish.
he do not aome down town verry much hen of
late, he had give gov. Ian don all of the statee east
and west of the mlssy-sippy river; including a. c., ga..
and floridy. be counted on roseyvelt carrying only
about 33 lector*! votes; he went by the litterary di
gest straw pole nearly altogether, ao he eays, and that
Is why he seemed to be versus the preesent addmlnis
t ration.
so. mr. edditor, E you hear anyboddy
mr. moon, please Inform them that they are wrong
about his poultice, be now says that ha had 4$ bet
on roseyvelt with his son: that ought to prove bis
sincerrity in the sperrit. art squan eays holsum is
packing a gun and will shoot the tint teller at sight
who accuses him of being what cverboddy is saying
he is to his face.
be got verry mad at his radio about midnight
while election news was on and stomped it to peaces
on the floor, he says it insulted him fetching in the
wrong news, but his wife says that lie dlddnt know
what he was doing, and she, too, thinks he is now
verry strong for the new deal and that If he done
annything to mislead the public. It wae caused by
someboddy misleading him ansoforth. he has not
benn to church or Sunday acholl since the votes were
counted. I
* yores trulie,
mike Clark, rid.
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USUALLY THEY JUST SAY “NO”
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Washington
flDaybook
By rU8ION GROVZR
(As*related Trmm Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON—When the navy
take* the president for a cruise on
Buenos Aires, it supplies him Just
what a high rank- “-*
ing navy officer
gets — and little
else. And that is
not much, on
cruiser.
On the Indiana
polis, which is a
flagship, with ac
commodations for
an admiral, the
president oocupies
the admiral’s
quartan. They
are forward, one
floor above the MBTON L GROW
main deck. He has a bath, a bed
room, and one fairly large room to
serve as combination office and
dining room. The furnishings are
like those in a two-room and bath
at $60 a month in an inexpensive
apartment house.
His oflioe-dining room has a desk
table, radio, lounging chair, sofa
and such little odds and ends as a
small silver cabinet, a cigar cabinet,
and two or three straight chairs.
More chain can be brought in when
ywnpany comes. The rugs is middle
grade, no deep plush. There
curtains, and navy china.
Ramps lead from the president’s
deck up to the communications
deck, and down to the main deck.
Meals (the navy, of oourse, calls it
mess) are served to the president
in his quarters.
Methodical and thorough, officers
detailed to provide for the presi
dent’s welfare on the Indianapolis
had a list of 154 things to do. They
began doing them last July, very
secretly, of course, as that was long
before the president announced his
trip. The 154 items ranged all the
way from putting motion picture
films on board to arranging dock
facilities at South American ports.
Next trip the president takas, the
officers probably will list 156 things
to do. The extra will be to provide
the ship with a brow. It is a sort
of swinging gangplank to transfer
paassnifiTs from one ship to anoth
er at sea. The Indianapolis did not
have one when it sailed and fran
tic efforts to have one built in the
last few hours were fruitless. It was
found the Chester had one, and as
it was going along everybody felt
better.
• • * •
Chatter's A Spare
Nominally the Ohsster went
along to take press correspondents
and certain aides. But that was not
the basic reason, which was not
published. It was for safety and ex
pediency. The navy’s Job is to get
the president to his destination.’
The extra cruiser goes along as a
spare, to carry on if the president’s
ship is disabled. Thus the worry
about a brow.
When the navy takes the presi
dent over, it cuts him off from the
EVERYDAY
LIVING
Pwr Europe
“Do not bo fooled by what Amer
ican tourists tall about prosperity
in England," a friend writes. "It is
largely a fake prosperity, like that
of other countries that need not be
panted.
‘The British
unemployed will
not stand it much
longer, and the
only way out for
them Is the way
of revolution —
either by ballot or
by bullet; let us
hope it will not
be violence.
"Let us pray to the highest heaven
the the utter futility and stupidity
of Tory statesmanship will not
■weep the present generation into
chaos—it is so inept, so pathetic in
policy.
"If Europe esoapes another gen
eral war for another six months, it
will be a sheer miracle. England
may bo able to kep out of it, leav
ing the Reds and the Blacks to
batter each other to bits.
"Italy and Germany are con
verging upon Russia and Trance via
Spain, while England feebly clucks
like an old hen calling bade a brood
of hawks. If Franoe goes Fascist,
what then?
"Yet England hates and fears
Russia, preferring to let Hitler and
Mussolina have their way rather
than to risk Socialism. It is a state
mate, and our destiny lies in pal
sied hands.
"Fascism is a fever and win pass
away; it is a tragic effort to build
society upon decay. But Commun
ism is fresh, vital, incredibly self
sure, a gigantic, rising force to be
reckoned with.
"Anyway, at the present rate of
events there is, or soon wUl be,
nothing left n Europe but a choice
between Fascism and Communism
—for my part, a plague on both
their blouses!
"Both deny liberty and defy force,
and both are based upon an esti
mate of human nature which de
stroys religion. It is a black picture,
but there is it—take it or leave it.'
Such a reading of events weU
Right gives one the jitters. What if
the rich and varied culture of Eu
rope should go down, crushed by
wild forces which we can neither
resist nor control.
'Bom Builds New Roa*
OZARK, Ala. — UP) — Motorists,
through gasoline tax payments,
largely win finance the most ex
pansive road improvedlent program
ever undertaken by Dale county, In
Alabama. Rank O. Deese, of the
court of commissioners, says the
program calls for paving 27 miles
of roads and Involves expenditure
Of *145,200.
White House to a degree. Personal
secretaries are left behind and
Charles K. Claunch, brown haired
brown eyed, thin cheeked naval
chief yeoman, takes the job. He
held it when Hoover went to sea.
Now he Is Roosevelt’s seagoing sec
retary. The Democratic purge did
not reach him, in the navy
Sundown Stories
For The Kiddies
The Celebration
By MABY GRAHAM BONNES
Not only did Willy Nilly gather
sticks and old leaves for the bon
fire, but all the rest of the Puddle
Muddlers helped, with the excep
tion of Sweet Pace.
"It’s Just your luck," Christopher
laid, "not to have to do anything.”
"Yon wouldn’t want to have your
lag In a plaster cast,” bleated Sweet
Pace.
“With me it would be different,
eaw, caw."
"Why? Baa, baa, baa?" '
"I only have two legs and not
very big ones at that In fact you’d
hardly call them legs, whereas you
have four and only one is injured,”
Christopher answered. "I’ll admit
you were a good sport but I don’t
believe you mind being lazy now.”
"Im tired of having to keep my
leg in a stiff position” bleated
Sweet Pace, "and I’ll thank you not
to make light of my trouble.”
“Pretty hoity-toity, aren’t you!”
replied Christopher. But now they
were all so Interested in the enor
mous pile of sticks and leaves that
they did not bother about any
thing else.
"It’s going to be the biggest and
most wonderful bonfire we ever
had,” exclaimed Willy Nilly. "Now,
Bears,” he continued, “you’ll for
give me if I whisper something to
the other Puddle Muddlers. It’s Just
a little secret.”
So Willy Nilly in turn whispered
something to every one of the Pud
dle Muddlers except the bears.
Evidently they liked the secret for
they all nodded and excitedly hur
ried away.
The bears wondered what sur
prise was in store tor them.
Half of tba pecan supply of the
world la produced la Texas.
TBDSTU’S SALS
By virtue of the power of sale oontalned
In a deed of trust executed by C. X. Cobb
and wife, Nellie Cobb, on September 33,
UM, to me as trustee for the Shelby Build
Ins and Loan association, said deed of
trust recorded In book 1M page US, of
the resistor’s office of Cleveland county,
N. C, and default having been nude In
the payment of the indebtedness thereby
secured, L as trustee, will seU foe cash
to the highest bidder at public auction at
the court house door In the town of Shel
by. M. C., os
Saturday. January t, UgT
at U o’clock M„ the following described
real estate:
Lying on the south side of the S. A. L.
railroad, and being the southwest portion
of leu «. «, M and It of block A at
shown In plat book No. I. at page 30. of
the register's offtee of Cleveland county,
N. C.. and being a portion of those lots
conveyed to O N CaddeU. by deed of rec
ord In the aforesaid office In book 3-T
t>»§* »1. and being described as follow!
Bytonlnk at an iron stake, seat edge
of Oakland Drive and corner efTot No.
«. and runs thenaa north si-W west lto
feet to a stake In line of Cleveland Cloth
Mil property; thence north l-U east to
feet to a stake; thence south tl-it east
lit ISM to a stake in the edge of Oak
land Drive; thence south M3 west M
feet to the place of beginning.
The foregoing property will be sold
subject to any unpaid taxes or street
paving assessments existing against same.
This November 30. 1S3S
4t dec 3c CL TDK B. HOBT. Trustee.
OKDBB
BEAM’
Coal
High— Heat—Law—Aeh
roomt m
Just Ten Years
A*o '
(Taken From The CMud Star
Of Wednesday December 1, 1928.)
Thirty-four thousand bales of
cotton had been ginned In the coun
ty when the last report on Novem
ber 14 was given out and the total
now should already be near the 40.
000 bale mark. A trip over the coun
ty reveals a lot of cotton still In
the fields to be picked.
In preparation for onristmas dis
play windows and rooms have al
ready taken on their varied array
Of Christmas decorations.
Most of the members of the Shel
by Klwaais club will go to Forest
City Thursday evening for a joint
meeting with the Forest City club
will be held to celebrate the com
pletion of the link in highway No.
30 from Shelby to Forest City.
A party of Rock Rill business
men will open a furniture store In
the Lineberger building next to the
Shelby Electric company the last
of this week or the first of next,
the new store win be known as the
Shelby Furniture company.
The Cleveland" Ciotn mill, man
ufacturers of fine dress fabrics, now
maintains Its own New York selling
office, which was opened there r»
cently. B. T. Swltser, treasurer hu
just returned from a burins**’ trto
to New York on which he was «?
gaged in opening the office
Mr and Mrs. Charlie Robe rt.. *
moving this week Into their preu.
new two-story brick home which
has Just been completed on West
Marion street. Mr. Roberts hold* .
position In the office at the Dove,
mill.
Among the firms receiving char
ters of incorporation recently WM
the Cleveland Oil company of Shei
by, to operate filling stations Au
thorised capital *100,000; *8 000
subscribed by J. Rlem Johnson of
Gastonia and 8. A. Washburn and
Charles W. Washburn of Shelby.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS '
Haring this day qualified as
£*h£e£ £,krtn*"!' e"ute
ia hereby given to all persons hoidiru
clalmi against laid estate to nresm
earn* properly proven to the underr
an or before November 2a, 1*37 or
notice will be pleaded in bar ol
covery thereon. All persons indebted to
the said citato will please make Ymmi
dlate payment to the undersigned
of November. 193,
KATHERINE ESKRIDGE Admim..
. ^ x?' C1<*r° gakrldge'i E,u«
*• Y. Fall.. Atty. for administrate
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