Three Gaines Loom For Cage
Teams Of Local High School
__ -arnWl loom in the next few
jw the Shelby high school
teams, all to be played
tb( local tm can
Mch ooooson said this mom
hia charges are ready for the
L tonight with Cherryvllle in
^-conference game, beginning
115.
Ljville will ceme here for a dou
i heaae' on Tuesday evening and
Kolnton w ill be here Thursday.
There will be no conference gunes
played before Christmas
Coaches will meet next Thursday
afternoon to work out the sche
dules.
Players who will begin the game
tonight will be: Boys. Rfauney and
Martin, forwards; Kenneth Parris,
center; Weathers and Parker, guards.
Girls: Mull. Blanton and Gardner,
forwards; Williams, Hartgrove and
Leonhardt, guards.
Meeting Of Conference Is
Expected To Cause Storm
RICHMOND, va., Dec. u.—(*•)—
from sixteen southern
nference schools gathered herein
, itmosphore charged with uncer
jity today for a session which
mused to be the warmest since
t Knox' ile session of southeas
m members in 1932. •
Hie one big bone of contention
K the Graham plan for elimlnat
, subsidization, tested for the
st time during the past football
Oppose Regulation*
Opposition to these regulations
Mining eligibility had flared to
ict i beat that there was serious
ilk of the possible withdrawal of
stain institutions should chang
not be forthcoming.
These reports were discounted by
me conference leaders, however.
I the basis of a section of the by
ks which forbids a conference
utitution from competing with
U non-conference Institution of
jailsr athletic rank and located
t the conference area unless the
itside adversary operates under
uthern conference rules.
Ibis means, it was pointed out,
« should any member resign and
tt up Its own standards, confer
Kt schools would be forced to
rah off athletic relationship with
be former member entirely. It was
Inbtfnl whether any dissatisfied
stttution would be willing to risk
his isolation in the conference
M.
The southern conference now
rohibits financial assistance to
tees as such. So stringently was
clause worded that It had to
iWnded as an after thought to
troll the colleges to furnish play
li with athletic uniforms and pay
heir expenses while on tripe.
Faculty Control
Scholarships, job* and all other
etns of aid are administered by
kilty committees. These groups
I charged with the duty of trans
iting to Forest Fletcher, presi
te of the conference, the names
hi amounts each athlete has been
Med. Athletes and non-athletes
wst compete on an equal basis for
to assitance, the rules provide.
Dr. Frank P. Graham, author of
he plan and president of the Uni
Bity of North Carolina, has pro
ceed that it be "amplified” to
»p up "loopholes.”
Duke Against It
William H. Harth, athletic direc
« at the University of South Car
tea, seeks to have it junked en
My and recognize athletic ability
»assignments of financial assis
ted.
Ihe other members appeared to
k to be lined in stair-step fash
ih between these two proposals,
te school apparently was satisfied
ih the present system.
Duke. V. M. I. and Clemaonwere
to with South Carolina for the
tarnation of the plan entirely,
te only ciemson has proposed a
institute — * uniform scholastic
to
Fletcher, the conference head,
torged that, nl] member® have vio
W *he Graham plan In "spirit”
W has expressed his disapproval
1 it* provisions. The violation a»
Woti’,\as challenged by Dr. John
h'd Nf 'i comb, of the University
1 Virginia, and by Dr. Graham.
c p Miles, Virginia Tech’s dele*
,te armed uninstructed giving
*speculation whether the
hcksburg institution, one of the
faham plan's staunchest support
t4t the January adoption meet
's; had forsaken the ship.
University of Richmond,
tt-'idem f w. Boatwright said,
“aid not like to see the plan
'ta*n over altogether but would
Wer a simplified” version.
Win* reports and other busi
headed the docket for the
Smp session late today. Indtca
°dj ''"err that it will be well Into
k night hefore the real warfare
gins
8?rKFK CHAMFIONSHTP
vears fateful clore
'll8T FALM BEACH, Fla.. Dec.,
p* -Ash Long of Toledo need-'
,tc ‘tsnd off the challenge of
"® H'«t of Nashville, Term., for
* *'ra» today to retain his
checkers championship.
n£p prelected his margin of
r* vie-ories to one through the
inf Same vesterday and two
L?e- 'his afternoon and two to
jp Til! complete the first world's
‘match played in this country
I 38 years
I •
j NEW YORK. Dec. li.-OFH-Base
j ball sidelights: General Manager
Slapnlcka of the Indians whistling
j “You Belong To Me" as he wires
the glad news to Bob Feller . . ,
, Will Harrldge, president of the
| American League, revealing his loop
! has gone Into the umpire farming
business ... It had five In the
minors last season and two of them
j —Ed Rommel and Ed Gharrity—will
be advanced . . . Also, Eddie Ain
smith, the old catcher who worked
In the Southern Association last
year, will Join the American's staff
Post Mortem*: Connie Mack
think- the depression is on
again ... Re actually came ont
of a mid-winter meeting with
out a cent (unless the Red Sox
slipped him some on the side
in the Hlggins-Werbsr trade)
.... Lee Keyser, Des Moines
owner, the saddest man in town
.... He thought Landis was
going to send Feller to Des
Moines and Leo was all set to
cash in ... He aimed to eall
the boys together and stage an
old fashioned auction ... He
would have got himself 9200,
000.
Aboard the Bremen: Max Schmel
ing demanding of newspaper men,
"Vot las vot?” ... Max gets his Eng
lish twisted a bit and when he tells
newsmen, "I demand Brad dock fit
mo—dammit, fight me — first,"
Trainer Max Machon comments:
"That feller always gets his Eng
lish upside down, aim it?”
At the Hippodrome: “Johnnie"
Walker, star of the old silent
screen days sitting in row A
and rooting her pretty head off
for Harry Jeffra to "Sock” Es
cobar . . . P. S.: Harry obliged
.... Champion Jimmy Braddock
being introduced from the ring
in bright gray spats . . . Tony
Cansoneri sitting well np front
with his pretty Mia . . .
Odds and Ends: They’re still talk
ing about the party Horace Stone
ham pitched for the National Lea
gue club owners .'.. Those who were
present say it set a new high
Horace spent $10,000 and one New
York gazette says the last course
consisted of orange juice and the
morning papers .. . Ralph Ouldahl,
hottest of the hot golfers, has two
Pekingese dogs named “out” and
“In”.
Million People
In Southeastern
Loop See Games
ATLANTA, Dec. 11.—(^—South
east cm conference teams played be
fore approximately 1,095.000 specta
tors in 91 football games this year,
an Associated Press survey shoved
today.
An estimated 540.000 at 36 incer
conference contests and 649,000 for
56 engagements outside the circuit
gave the 13 members an average of
12.000 for each game.
Louisiank State’s two-time cham
pions led with approximately 199,»
000 in 10 appearances, including the
south's record turnout of 48,000 for
the Tulane tussle. Tulane was sec
ond with 183.000 for 10 showings.
Games with outside opposition
drew the second and third largest
single crowds. About 35.000 saw
Georgia tie Fordham and 31,000
witnessed the Georgia Tech-Duke
battle. Fifteen other contests, in
cluding five Intersecttonals. attract
ed TO,000 or more to each
SdTJTH CAROLINA. MIAMI
END SEASON TONIGHT
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 11.—(#5—Tha
University of Miami and the Uni
versity of South Carolina end their
football seasons here tonight in a
game expected to be filled with
fireworks.
Again the little band of hurri
canes will be the underdogs al
though they’ve beaten Bucknell and
Georgetown and lost only to Ole
Miss.
LEAGUE CAGERS
WILL RACE FOR .
CHAMPIONSHIP
24 Teams go on Floor
Tonight In First
Contests
Hard playing for the first win* in
the race for the championship of
the county will begin tonight in the
13 rural schools, with 24 of the best
boys and girls teams ever seen in
this area.
Most of the games are slated to
begin at 7:30.
Play will be in two sones, north
and south.
In the south sone: Lattimore will
go to Orover. Both have strong
teams this year, with the possible
exception of the Lattimore girls,
but this team Is better than last
year's from early reports. Both boys
teams were top ranking In the
championship race last year.
Beth-Ware, an untried team and
newcomer In the league, will go to
Bolling Springs, a team which start
ed slowly last year, but which by the
end of the season was showing
power.
No. 1 will take a pair of teams to
Mooresbore for a test against the
Simmons machines which beat
Shelby in a double header last
week.
In the north sone: Belwodd whose
girls have shown up better than
the boys, will go to Casar, where
two potential champions will en
tertain.
Falls ton, whose teams are always
In the top brackets will test Pied
mont’s strength at Piedmont, and
Waoo, for the past two years near
the top with two teams, will go to
Polkvllle. From reports, both Polk
ville teams may "show ’em.”
Schmeling Seeking
Showdown On Fight
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—(Jp)—Max
Schmeling, the German heavy
weight, sought a showdown today
before the New York State Athletic
commission on a title fight with
James J. Braddock.
Mein Herr Max was prepared to
tell the fistic fathers he was ready
to sign to meet Braddock any time
the promotorers can arrange the
fight. Max didn't care whether It la
staged here, In Miami or In Atlantic
City.
Also, Der Moxie was set to tell
one and all he is prepared to squawk
if Braddock falls to go through with
his promise to give Joe Louis’ con
queror first shot at the heavyweight
crown.
"And when I say first shot, that's
Just what I mean,” said Max.
Announce Services
At First Baptist
“Seeing Better Things." will be
the subject of Dr. Zeno Wall, In the
service at the First Baptist church,
on next Sunday morning at 11:00
o’clock.
The day's activities opens with
Sunday school at 8:30 o’clock. An
Increase in attendance is expected
as a result of much special work.
The organisation is working towards
a climax cm December 30th with a
thousand present, sehen White
Christmas will be observed.
hi the evening at 0:30 o’clock, all
members of the church families are
urged to be present in the training
union. This training organization is
composed of 32 unions for all ages.
At 7:30 o’clock. Dr. Wall will use
as his subject. "Accused of Drunk
enness” The choir will meet this
evening at 7:30 to rehearse special
appropriate musical numbers tar all
services during the day. The Mes
siam will be presented on Sunday
evening. December 30th at 7:30
o’clock.
4-H Club Leaders
Want Fair Weather
Club leaders of the 4-H organiza
tions in the county were hoping for
fair weather as they made final
plans here today for the county
wide meeting beginning at 3 o'clock
Saturday.
The meeting will be held at the
county community building. Miss
Ruth Current, district leader, will
speak. The afternoon program will
be followed in the evening by ,a
picnic supper and recreational ex
ercises.
“Emanuel” U Topic
Of H. N. McDiarmid
The subject of Rev. H- N McDiar
mid'* sermon Sunday morning at
U o’clock at Shelby Presbyterian
church will be “tcmanuel.” In the
vesper service at 8 o’clock the theme
will be “Qodls Works ’’ The Sunday
school meets at 9:48 am.; and the
young people at 4:30 p. m. The Boy
Scout troop No. 1 will mast at the
church Monday 7 p. m. The public
! is invited to all eendoea of this
church.
Only three patents were granted
during the first year after the pat
ent act became effective in the
I United States.
BASEBALL CLUBS
REPAIR OUTFITS
WITH SWAPPING
Feller To Cleveland,
Dean Still With
St. Louis
By PAUL MI (KELSON
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.—(**>—Bob
Feller was aefely In the Cleveland
wigwam, the rabbit ball waa set for
another riding spree over distant
fences and the incomparable Dtiay
Dean still received orders from
Branch Rickey today.
After major league club ownvs
and managers, worn to a fraasle
after ten days of bartering, headed
for home, all was peaceful and
serene In the baseball world.
Since the Mg player mart opened
In Montreal last week, this Is what
each major league club did to re
pair Its baseball fences.
American League:
Yankees—The champs released
relief pitcher Ted Kletnhans to
<UU1W
Tigers—Released outfielder Ches
ter Morgan to Toledo; recalled first
baseman Rudy York, outfielder Chet
Laabe, pitcher Clyde Hatter and
shortstop Wimp Wilburn from Mil
waukee; sent cash and catcher Clar
ence Phillips to Indianapolis for
Pitcher Paul Trout.
White Sox—Traded pitcher Jaek
Balveson and got pitcher Thornton
Lee from Cleveland.
Senator*—Obtained Sal vest on and
sent pitcher Earl Whitehall to Cleve
land; ahipped pitcher George Bias
holder to MUwauke and outfielder
Jimmy fleaoen to Kansas City.
Indians—Won elear right to
pitcher Bob Feller, picked up White
hill, losing lee.
Red Sox—Bent pitcher Mike
Meola and outfielder Dusty Cooke
to Minneapolis; swapped lnfleldsr
Bill Werber to Athletics for Infleld
er Pinky Higgins; signed catcher
John Peacock, free agent.
Browns—Bought outfielder Ethan
Alien from Chicago Cubs, released
outfielder Ray Pepper to Buffalo.
Athletics—Got Werber for Hig
gins.
National League:
Giants—Bought infielder Lou
Chioase from Phillies; picked up
four minor league pitchers; swap
ped third baseman Eddie Mayo to
Bees for Infielder httckey Hasltn;
released Mark Koenig.
Cardinals—Bold inftelder Charlie
Gelbert and catcher VirgU Davis to
Cincinnati. •
Dodgers—Picked up outfielder
HSinle Manuah, free agent; traded
pitcher Dutch Brandt to Pittsburgh
for pitcher Ralph Blrkofer and in
fielder Cookie Lavagetto; swapped
shortstop Lius Frey to Cube for tn
flelder Woody English and pitcher
Roy Henshaw; sold outfield Prencky
Bordagaray, Infielder Jim Jordan
and pitcher Emil Leonard to Cardi
nals.
Cube—Oot Frey for English and
Hdhshaw; purchased outfield Joe
Marty from Ban Francisco for cash
and outfielder Johnny GUI, first
baseman Gene LlUard and inftelder
Joe VJtter; sold Allan to Browns;
bought pitcher Newell Kimball from
Lo6 Angeles for *33 delivery.
Pirates—Swapped Blrkofer and
Lavagetto to Brooklyn for Brandt;
signed inftelder Lee Handley, free
agent.
Bees—Swapped Haalln to Giants
for Mayo; purchased outfielder Vin
vent Mlmaggio from Ban XMago for
cash, outfielder Rupert Thompson
and Jim Chaplin.
Cincinnati—Lost control of Pea
cock and Handley by free agency
division; bought Gelbert and Davis
from Cards; released Inftelder Tom
my Thevenow.
Phlllie—Sold Chioeza to Giants;
sold pitcher Ray Benge to St Paul.
BILL GUCKEYSON .
VERSATILE BACK
COLLEGE PARK. Md.. Dec. 11.
—W>—BUI Guckeyson. Maryland*
all-Southern conference back for
the past two season, is one of the
most versatile college athletes In
the country.
He Is a four-letter man, the only
one at the university here. Mono*
grains for football, basketball,
track and baseball are in his col
lection and the Old Lina coaches
say he would also make the tennis
and lacrossee teams If he had the
time.
Before coming to Maryland from
Bethesda, Md.. he had. never played
football but concentrated on soecer
at high school during the faU
months. He quickly became profi
cient at the game hare and was
named in the all-Southern backfleld
in 1PM as the result of sensational
kicking and broken field running.
A strange muscle strain received
before the start of football season
this year prevented Ouekeyson from
playing iq the Terrapins’ first three
games, one of which was a 14-0 less
to North Carolina
Hs weighs 188 pounds and stands
sin feet. The senior class has named
him as their president end he
stands high In Ms classes.
___
Sir Jagadis Bose, Indian scientist,
has shown that metals’ qualities
may be damaged by poison and re
stored by antidotes.
l'r WV • *
Police Find Youth Centers
Turn Children From Crime
' _____
NSW YORK. Dec. 11—Youth con-)
teri for boy* and girls who other
wise nilght get Into trouble with the
authorities are part of the program;
devised by the Juvenile aid bureau
of New York city’s police depart
ment to counteract antt-soclel ten-!
dencles peculiar to a large and
crowded metropolitan community, a
survey revealed today.
One such recreation center al
ready has been opened In Manhat
tan. the city’s oldest borough, and
another operates In Brooklyn. Two
additional center* are to open In
Brooklyn within the next few
monthe. according to authorities,
who said they hoped ultimately to
have a dosen establishments oper
ating throughout poorer districts Of
the five large boroughs.
In serving the population of more
than 7.000.000. recreation centers
depend largely upon co-operation
with the Works Progress Adminis
tration. which has been active In
furnishing personnel to supervise
activities and provide needed serv
ices. Aid also Is reported from the
board of education.
Fundamental In the recreation
program la assistance with the home
work of pupils who need such help
and supervised games or crafts for
other children. The supervision la
designed to attraot those boys and
girls who might get Into trouble If
left unattegded On the streets.
Because of this tendency, active
sports form a large ehare of the
project.
New York city, although having
a large public reoreatlon and park
program, does not include funds for
the youth centers In its budget, so
the Juvenile bureau hae sought sup
port from the public through the
Police Athletic League. Registration
fees of 10 cents each have been
obtained from children using the
facilities.
At the Flanagan Youth Center In
Vast Harlem, tor example, 1000 boys
and girls from several nationalities,
but principally Italian. Irish and
Polish, are accomodated in a
building leased from the Children's
Aid Society.
- Pass In Review
Notee And News From Here And There About
Cleveland County People Too Know
“WHEN CLYDE HOEY abdicate*
Shelby for Raleigh, who will tench
hi* big Sunday school class of men?”
This question is being aslced an the
streets. Governor-elect Hoey resign
ed from congress 16 years ago and
cam* home to begin teaching the
following Sunday. He hasn’t missed
that class over a half down times.
When he was in the two primary
oampalgns, tired after speaking a
dawn or more times a week, he
would drive a hundred mile* or
more to get home. And when he
rose to teaoh, he was always pre
pared. Words would flow like water.
Now the state has called him to be
its chief executive and he will soon
abandon his class but before he
goes, both the Mull and the Newton
Bible classes of the First Baptist
church will hear him Sunday morn
ing at Central Methodist. And D.
Z. Newton, now teaching a class of
ladles, is talked as hta successor.
ALVIN PROPST Is either a bad
shot and color blind. Bass Suttle
decided to kill a heifer this week.
Basa was hungry for some beef
Propet volunteaerd to shoot the heif
er that had become somewhat wild
In the pasture. Bass drove Alvin out
and eat in the car while Alvin, gun
In hand, went forth to slaughter.
He was instructed to shoot the red
heifer. Bang, and down fall the
wrong one. That waa a small matter,
however, for Bass had it corrected
by having the proper one shot. Up
town they are saying Alvin la a
bad shot—he aimed at one and bit
the other.
C. p. grigg who lives In the
Rebobeth section is 68 years old,
never bought a bushel of com, a
pound of flour or meat or a bale of
hay In his Ufa. As a matter of fact
he grows what? family and livestock
require and usually has a surplus
left for market.
TOP HATS are coming in style
for men's dress wear. Yes, and coats
with tails, the full-dress kind, are
supplanting tuxedos. That's because
present day dancing Is smoother
and more rhythmic. Tailed coats
don't float under the present style
of dancing. And top-hats, the col
lapsible kind that Englishmen wear,
are offered locally for the first
time. Harry Cohen bought a lot to
sell Shelby men who plan to attend
the Inaugurations in Raleigh and
Washington.
THIS SHARK STORY is brought
her* by Henry Kendajl. Just in from
Shanghai, China. It was told him
by a seaman as he crossed the Pac
ific, went through the Panama
Canal and came up the Atlantic
seaboard to. New York city. An oil
tanker dropped anchor In tropical
waters near the canal and the men
aboard decided they would paaa the
time fishing for shark which
abounded there. A big shark was
soon landed, measuring 16 to 16
feet. The eeamen decided to cut off
the head and mount it on the side
of the tanker as a souvenir. In dii
secting the sea monster, It la al
ways a custom to open a shark’s
stomach—they eat such curious
things. Inside they found a gold
bracelet, necklace, ring and other
Jewelry. Sharks have a double row
of monstrous teeth that recline
backward so it is difficult for them
to disgorge anything that Is taken
into their mouths. Since the Jew
elry bore the same initials, the sea
man became curious. The gold
Pisces were put away and taken to
the head office weeks later when
the tanker reached New York. Rec
ords were searched and an investi
gation revealed that months ago a
woman, taking a sea voyage was
misetng and new turned up. Her
family was notified of the Jewelry
find in the shark and they identi
fied the Jewelry as her property.
The shipping company sent it to
the parents who were confident that
her body had been eaten by the
shark. The seaman vouches for the
story for he was aboardship when
the shark was caught
Bethlehem Section
Personal Mention
» Special to the Star.)
BETHUEHKM, Deo. 11. — Mr.
Oreen and Mr. Burnett of Bolling
Spring* were vultor* at Sunday
School Sunday morning. Mr Oreen
made a very Interesting talk In
Sunday School. Mr. Burnett *ub
stltuted for Dr. Black.
Mr. and Mr*. Floyd Herndon
and daughter Lexle and eon, La
mar, were the Sunday dinner
gueste of Mr. and Mr*. Theodor*
Herndon.
Mr. end Mrs. Alvin Hord and
children of Shelby and Mrs. Lovl*
Bookout of Gastonia, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Blalock.
Mr*. Floyd McDaniel and chil
dren returned to their home in
Rock HU! Sunday after spending
.some time with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. R. Harmon.
Mr. and Mr*. Homer Harmon
had aa their dinner gueit* Sunday
Mr. and Mr*. J. D. Wattereon. Mr.
and Mr*. Charlie Martin, all of
Orover, Mr. aria Mr*. J. F. McDan
iel and daughters, Leona and Oat*
Mr. Willie ana Mile Burlington
of High Point spent the week end
at home and had aa their guest
Miss Carla McKinsy. also of High
Point. Willie and Curtis Burling
ton took a trip to Newport, Tenn.
over the weekend and uncle and
grandfather Hensley, returned to
spend the winter.
Rufus Hambright
Celebrates Birthday
(Special to the Star.)
GROVER. Dec. 11.—Rufus Ham
bright celebrated his twelfth birth
day Tuesday evening from seven
until nine o’clock by entertaining
eleven friends at a party. Miss Eli
sabeth Dandy directed the camei
and contests. A telegram made
from the words Santa Claus was
written by each guest and read
aloud. In an sutontobUe contest
Rosa Lee La 11 won the prise offered
the girls and James Hardin won the
prise offered to the boys. Pretty
refreshment plates in keeping with
the Christmas season and bearing a
sweet course were passed by the
host’s mother. Mrs. T. B. Ham
bright. A favor was given to each
guest. Those enjoying the occa
sion were: Rufus Hambrlght. Jack
Herndon, James and William Har
din, M. B. Crisp. Clayton Baum
gardner, Genevieve Tate. Margaret
Crocker, Rom Lee Lail, Beulah
Prances Mom and Alweda Rollins.
Carl Wray Webb
Qualified For Trip
Carl Ray Webb. Special Agent
for Pilot life Insurance Company,
of Greensboro. N. C.. has qualified
for a trip to the pilot life Conven
tion in Hew Orleans from January
28. 29, S, 1937, it was learned here
today.
Mr. Webb has long been one of
the company's outstanding produc
ers and his performance this year
has been especially comemndeble
He was the second man in deliv
eries in October has qualified sb
months for the Pilot Ace Club —
Honor Club for monthly produc
tion. His net deliveries for the year
to date rank him among the first
twenty in the company's entire
field force.
New Orleans’ fashionable Roose
velt Hotel will be the some of the
Pilot Club Convention which will
be attended by the executives of the
Pilot Life Insurance Company and
quallflng agent*.
Named foiwilsslmier
NEW TORE, Dec. 11.—(JF)—Ra
election of Honus Wagner, the old
time Pittsburgh shortstop and one
of baseball’s most famous players,
as commissioner of semi-pro base
ball by the national semi-pro base
ball congress was announced today.
Toda
oaay » -
SMALL
TALK
By MRS. RENN DRUM
WHEREVER ONE TURNS THIS WEEK THE CONVER
Ration is the same, the king and Wally, whether it’s over
the bridge table or the dinner table, whether the speaker*
are old or young, men or women (but mostly women), white
or black, it’s all the same. One black boy, who \^orks for
the Luther McGinty’s, got his ideas about kings and cars a
little mixed, but the interest was there just the same, when
he said,
"Look* lak dat King V-l go mu
i have a hard time marryln’ hU lady."
• • •
And indeed It does look thAt way.
Mo onr has ever paid a higher
J price for a lady. Outride the fact
• that he haa given up hi* throne,
the public actually know* almost
nothing There have been plenty
of rumor* but who really know*
how much David Windsor has suf
fered In these last trying week*
and the worst of It 1* that, so far
aa he’s concerned. It will never be
settled. He’ll probebly be torment
ed the rest of his life over whether
or not he did the right and wise
thing, regardless of the fact there
was little else left for him to do.
newspaper publishers compare
Interest In the crisis with that in
the signing of the Aristloe In 1918
but i» my opinion the Armistice
was a piker. In comparison. Mo one
even professes to think or talk about
anything alee, and that has one
advantage. Mo matter what groin
you attach yourself to you can fal
right into step with the conversa
tion. without having to ask what
It's all about, because you’ve al
ready read, thought, heard or sale
what’s being discussed many tlmei
before.
• e •
The past week would have beer
an Ideal time for: President Roose
velt to have gotten a Reno divorce,
for Oovemor-Rlect Hoey to hsvi
murdered Santa Claus: for Pop*
Plus to have gotten arrested foi
driving drunk; or for Mussolini M
have entertained Halle Selassie at
a pink tea—for. If they had, th«
newspapers would have ignortrt
j anything so trivial and. in cast
| suoh things had gotten Into print
: no one would have read them, at
great was the interest In Mrs
Simpson and Kdward VTTT
j When women lose consclousnesi
' over the paper at the breakfast ta
W*. when they so far forget them -
selves ss to lose track of what*
trumps and smile dreamily when
partners make Jump bids on one
honor trick, and when I forget to
read the comics—as has been the
case this week—that indicates
something not to be compared in
Interest with the mere signing ol
an armistice
• • •
Regardless of the fact the drama
reached It's climax yesterday, It's
far from over. Interest will continue
for many a day and a otoo will de
velopments, and perhepa the most
momentous are yet to come.
• • *
| Those who will may dismiss Ed
ward as “a fool," „a middle-aged
boy." or a "selfish, spoils^ child"
To me, looking at the thing from
this distance and trying to decide
what la and isn’t truth among all t
read and hear, he’l about the sad
deat and most touching figure I can
imagine. He has made the most
tremendous decision any man has
been celled upon to make In mod
ern times and, hag been forced to
make It without being given the
chance to communicate his position
or his feelings direct to his people,
j or determine their will about It.
; Of couree, I fiavent tried 'being
king, but neither have those who
Judge him harshly. •© we’re all
about tied on the value of our opin
ions on the matter.
KORY TO SPEAK AT
RlTHERPORDfOK JWOWDAY
Hon. Olyde K. Hoey of fhelby
who will be inaugurated Governor
of North Carolina on Jan. 7 will
address the dounty club at the
Blanton Hotal, Foraet City next
Monday night, Dec. 14 at 7:38.
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