SHELBY DAILY STAR Published By St*r Publishing Company, Inc. No. V East Marion St Shelby, N C. Leo a Weathers, Pres.-Treas. S. E. Hoey, Secy. Published Afternoons Except Saturdays and Sundays Business Telephone No. 11. News Telephone No. 4-J Entered as second class matter January 1. 1*06. at the poatoffice in Shelby, N. C.. under an Act of Congress, March 8. 1897. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Bryant Griffith and Brunson. 9 East 41st 8t. New York City member op the associated press The Associated Press it exclusively entitled to the use for publication of ell news dispatches In this paper, end also the locel news published herein. All rights of re-publlcation of epeclel dispatches published herein are •iso reserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE By Mail Irt Carolina* One Ye*f .........$4.50 BIX Months.3.35 Threa’Vonths_1.35 By Mail Outside The CaroHnai One Year.$5.50 Six Months.3.75 TTiree Months .... 1.50 Delivery By Carrier At Your Door In Cities, 8ubnrban And Rural Districts One Year.$5.00 Six Months .2 50 Three Months_1 35 Pour Weeks _ .45 Weekly Rate_ .13 TUESDAY, DEC.-29, 1936 ARMY OPERATED SCHOOLS Army operated schools proposed in Cuba cannot be Understood in America. Undoubtedly the proposal paves the way for domination of the entire nation by army men. This, of course, means dictatorship, because army rule is predicated upon obed ience, total and complete, of ranking officers. Therefore _Jthe ranking army officer would be the boss. We have never been able to get unduly excited over militarism in this country. Americans will not stand for it. The part the organized armed forces of the United States play in the life of the nation is known and respected. But so far as dominating the nation, ijts schools and its ideas, the Ameri can army has had but little ambition. True, there have been some generals, notably Gen eral: Bowley, stationed at Fort Bragg for awhile, who took some part in public discus sion but even in his most inspired appeals about the bad bogey man of communism, he never attempted to do any ruling away from his post. In Cuba, it appears that the army has won; that the schools are to be dominated by army officials, which means Batista is to be the real boss. It also means that trouble is •till ahead of that unhappy island; that peace and security is yet to be reached. TRAILER PROBLEMS New problems caused by the growth of the trailer industry are arising every day. In some cities, even, authorities are fearing everybody will quit living in houses and take to trailers and where, they ask, “will we get our taxes?” In resort sections sanitary problems have been found important enough that va rious regulations have been put in effect. In Florida, the old tin can tourist camps have been taken over by trailer villages with com plete accommodations. Probably the people most helped by trail ers, next to carnival and other itinerant show people, are the migratory workers. Harvest of a number of crops depend upon this type of labor which, heretofore, has been forced to live in the worst sort of makeshift quar ters because the short time they were needed for work justified no one in providing any thirjg like permanent quarters. Trailers have made their lives much more pleasant and have given these people a chance at comfort able homes, regardless of where or how oft en they travel. For trailers do make com- ' fortable homes, even though they are a bit crowded. Even the government has recognized i the expanding use of trailers and through i the Resettlement Administration, is now op erating two camps and proposes eight more. So far those operated and planned are in Cal- i ifornia in centers where migratory workers ■ are needed for gathering various seasonable < crops. i These camps are to be self-supporting, 1 each family paying a small fee weekly. All i will be governed by the dwellers, who are i supposed to name a council. A representa tive of the government, however, will be the general manager. t That business leaders think the indus- i try is one of value and promise is shown by s the number of companies entering the manu- £ facturing field. Some of the larger automo- i bile companies are expected to put on the market shortly complete housekeeping cars at mass production prices. j While it is now a far fetched idea as to j what will happen to property taxes if people t quit living in houses, this industry is entire- * ly likely to cause widespread change in Am- a erican life in the very near future. t A HARDSHIP ON ECONOMY The recently adopted constitutional t amendment limiting the indebtedness of f counties, cities and towns to two-thirds of the ti amount of debts discharged during the pre- t vious year, is working a hardship on Cleve- i land county which has been economical all these years and today has a debt ratio of c only 1.1 per cent of its assessed valuation, s The school project for Shelby and Kings l Mountain has been finally approved, yet it i appears that the county will have to hold a t bond election before we can obtain our 45 per : cent of the necessary funds with which to match the 55 per cent grant from the Feder al |MMUM^r Our people are certain to ! approve an issue, but itinvolves delay in build ing and makes it necessary to wage a cam paign to sell the proposition to a group of voters who are not financially concerned in the matter. Shelby school district No. 33 has already voted authority to the county commissioners to levy the necessary tax. School buildings must be provided by counties, according to law, hence Shelby and Kings Mountain are forced to get permission i from the county as a whole to pay for their j buildings. The county’s name and credit would be used, but the levy would be only on the property within the school districts benefitted. If the legal authorities are right in their opinion that a county-wide election must be held on the Shelby and Kings Mountain pro jects, we feel, however, that the citizens of the county will be fair enough to sanction the procedure through which we are forced to go because of legal technicalities. Cleveland county’s rural schools have recently undergone extensive improvements by means of Federal grants. Shelby and Kings Mountain graciously waited until the county projects were approved and executed before pressing their applications. In view of this consideration, and no tax levy be made outside the two districts, we believe the rural people will join the towns in their endeavors to get better school buildings. We hope some avenue will be found whereby the grant can be matched without having to go to the expense and trouble of a oond election. This, however, is a matter yet o be determined. What Other Papers Say AN OPTIMIST TO THE END (Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel) In the last words he wrote, Arthur Brisbane, fa nous American journalist, was the same buoyant op timist at 72 as he was when he began his career 53 (ears ago. Early In life he was such an optimist that he lult a $15,000-a-year Job on one New York newspaper o accept a Job on another that paid him only $8,000 mt provided what Brisbane thought was a greater op jortunity for use of his talents. Arthur Brisbane believed In his own future and n the future of the world. His last editorial, written when he knew he was dangerously ill and must have lave known that the end of his work as a journalist was near, voiced the same unfaltering faith In the fu ture that 43 years ago impelled him to pay $7,000 a (ear for an opportunity. "Another. Christmas has come,” wrote Brisbane >nly a few hours before his death, "a birthday that neans kindness and hope for so many millions of hu nan beings. "Nineteen hundred and thirty-six years ago a beautiful child came into the world; a few sad years ater, the three crosses were erected on the bare hill :alled Golgotha, meaning. •The Skull.’ “From the divine smile on the face of that child ind from the sacred life sacrificed on that hill a bet ter world his come. “It is still a world of war, crualty and sorrow, but irogress has been steady, ‘peace on earth and good will toward men,’ will surely come. "Happy he who, today, can bring smiles to the ' faces of other children, and to the faces of Are- 1 worn mothers.” 1 i Nobody’s Business — By GEE McGEE __ LATE HOLIDAY NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK leer mr. edditor:— plese correct the peace In yore paper which crept nto yore corry spondents collum last friday where It laid that holsum moore had lost hie ford by re-pos >esslon. he says he give It back to them hlsself ou ter count of It run too fast and stopped too quick, he s mad, but Is riding In a new secont-hand car Just >ought. the health of our community Is verry sattisfac ory, mr. art equare has the newmony, but Is resting 'erry well considering no one has attended him but Ir. hubbert green, mrs. izzie talker, the town gossip, s down with the roomy-tism and gout; she mought >e in for sevveral weeks, so maddam roomer says, his will give flat rock time to get her breath anso orth. that's all of our illness at pressent. a rail estate boom has picked up in our little citty. he 4 corner lots on main and broad streets have ben old for filling stations, and cemmlterry lota In the raveyard behind rehober church have advanced from $ to 6$ since the dimmercrats agreed to remain In ower. other trades are In the nearby offing. the recent cold snap wound up the hog killing rogram In our midst till the last frost In martch. ore corry spondent, hon. mike Clark, rfd. killed a fine orker that netted nearly 75 pound, he will fetch you mess of sausage the next time he happens to make vlssit to the oounty-seat. that la—If It ain’t all et up y then. -*■ the brownlow family of 10 children, a pa and a a la, allso a cupple of grandpa's, have moved back to * lat rock after trying to live a year at cedar lane, he v » In the shoe-shop blzness, but so manny folks goes a are-footed down there, he dldden’t make enough to r ve on, hence his return back home. the hollidays passed off with only 4 deaths from 1 rlwing while drunk and 3 from being shot, this Is * persons less to get killed this year as compared with 0 wt year, it speaks mighty well for our people, and c re hope within the next few years to see only 3 or 3 o llled at Christmas time, aw re voir! (that's what miss P ennie veeve smith says now when she gets up to go i s iome> a ' b yores truhe. i mike Clark, rfd. u 1937 Feature Race -VtsV Washington |H Davhook By PRESTON QROVER (Associated Press Staff Writer! WASHINGTON.—Anyone led to Jelleve that the effort of John L. >wl8 and his C. I. O. to unionize steel Is dea should be remind* sd that the pa dent Is not rat perhaps sleep 5th. Proffers of fat her pay envelopes » were a lynamlc Lewis ef forts but both he snd the steel op srators know that s partial show town is Inevitable fMSTON L. CtOVff ibout next AprU. That Is when the jresent wage agreements In the tftumlnous coal fields expire. • • • • East Side Has Weapons So closely are steel and coal allied hat when the hour comes for ne gotiating new coal wages, labor ob servers predict each side will try to urn the screws tightest on the ither. Each has a screw or two to urn. For coal wage concession, steel: iwners, who operate many coal nines, may Insist that Lewis desist inlonizing. As the price of peace In he coal Industry, Lewis may ask tnlonlzatlon of steel. If the trend In coal follows other aajor industries, an Increase In pay i in prospect. Mine owners are on the paying nd and that Is an advantage. They lave leverage to apply from anoth x direction. Any extraordinary in tense In cost of coal, the miners loubtless will be told, would increase he cost of producing steel and pos ibily narrow the range of steel rage Increases. That would not oake Lewis popular in the steel amps, where he especially wishes o be popular. But the miners have their "argu nents.” They still have the Guffy ill, although In its original form t was held unconstitutional by the upreme court. This measure was leaigned to stabilize coal prices by sgulatlng output but had a corres onding purpose of requiring wage nd hour betterments. The bill was ilibustered to death in the closing ours of the last session but is cer stn to be started afresh this sea m. Lewis May Thumb Ride The miners also have the ever vailable threat to strike. A coal like might play havoc with thej islng steel output right now. Like-; Ise It would throw a bolt Into many1 nother Industry whose prosperity j Ise depends upon steel. A strike threat dangled over the I idustry last spring for several' reeks while efforts were made to et the revised Guffy bill In ac eptable form The strike order was mcelled by Lewis In anticipation f enactment of the bill Dlsap olnted labor may insist this ses on upon a bill before agreeing to nother year of peace in the coal! idustry. Lewis undoubtedly will expect the 1 ministration to push the Guffey j Belgium Knight Mr. B. P. Newton, vice president of the Gulf Oil corporation, has Just been honored by King Leopold III of Belgium who conferred upon1 him the decoration “Chevalier de l’ordre de Leopold.” Mr. Newton is one of the few Americans so hon ored since the order was founded by Leopold I in 1832. The honor of being knighted into the order is possible only by nom ination of the reigning monarch, or upon the recommendation of high governmental officials. This dis tinction is extended only to those men who have been of valuable military or civic service to the Bel gium government. Hold Woman For Try At Extortion TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29. — (>T») — United States Commissioner Paul Pinkerton said he will hold a pre- i liminary hearing today for a wom an booked as Mrs. Maxine Chad wick White on charges of attempt ed extortion. A warrant issued by Pinkerton accused Mrs. White of demanding $3,000 of Mrs. E. W. C. Arnold un der threat of harming her son,1 Billy Knight, student at the Porter | Military Academy of Charleston, S. j c- i R. B. Nathan, head of the Jack- j sonville office of the Federal Bu- j reau of Investigation, said Mrs. White was arrested Christmas night when she picked up a dummy bundle left on the lawn of a Punta Gorda home. ; Instructions to leave the money there were received in a letter by Mrs. Arnold. Arnold. Billy's foster father, is a retired business man who formerly lived at New York and Boston. Woman Dies In Leap From Train In Ga. i WAYCROBS, Ga., Dec. 28.—f/P>— ] Authorities sought today to con-, j tact Illinois relatives of a woman ! 1 tentatively identified as Miss Ann < Kiskunas, of Cicero, 111., who leap- < ed to her death from a Chlcago Jacksonville train near here early i 1 today. -----f ; ' ■ j bill when he wants its meet He1 gave President. Roosevelt a lift in - the campaign. It may enter the c Lewis head to thumb a ride with \ the president over the coal road t into the steel camps. L MOWSi/am HEALTH ft Sited in At Ntt Yak Q*. Ugt Qaidtloa Won j a VUicm Treating Bunions Bunions may be prevented by wearing suitable footgear, for this condition is essentially due to us ing stockings and socks which are; too short and tight, or shoes which have excessively high heels, or wich are too short or too narrow. Te development of bunions is so gradual that the condition may make marked progress before the sufferer notices the inward bent of his big toe and the enlargement of the bony and soft tissue structures at its “root.” Therefore it is wise to be vigilant. Parents should make a point of inspecting their children’s feet for evidences of this and other defor mities. if the big toe is beginning to turn inward, all the footgear should be discarded. Corrective measures should be started at once. In the early stages of the condi tion, this simple exercise may prove very helpful: Grasp the four small toes with one hand. Hold the big toe with the other hand and carefully rotate it 20 or 30 times. Repeat once or twice daily. This exercise should loosen any adhesions that may have formed and stretch any contracted mus cles which might tend to keep the toe turned inward. Other attempts can be made to “straighten the big toe” by strap ping and by using a variety of pads and rubber cushions. These should i be chosen and applied by physi cians expert in treating this con dition. Unskilled attempts are more I likely to do some damage to the I other toes than to straighten the big one. One clever mechanism for keeping the toe in proper position is the ‘toe-post.” it consists of a special little compartment for the big toe. The toe-post may be fitted into or dinary shoes, or, better yet, the shoes can be made with built-in ‘posts.” Of course, the patient must *'ear divided socks if he is under ling this type of treatment. In the more advanced forms, ^unions can be corrected only by ■urgical treatment. This is indicat ed when the toe is bent very much >ut of line and when there is a narked bone growth and excessive hickening of the surrounding soft issues. In such an operation, the • effected Joint is reconstructed by 1 •utting away the excess tissues. SOY FATALLY HURT IN HUNTING ACCIDENT HERTFORD, Dec. 29 — (JP) — a loliday hunting party ended In ragedy Saturday afternoon when larold Chappell, 16, of near Chap el! Hill, died in the Albemarle iospital a few hours after an ac idental shotgun discharge shatter d his right leg at the knee. pIND FARMER’S DEATH RESULT OF SUICIDE WINSTON SALEM, Dec. 29 — -Sheriff John Taylor reported to ay the death of Harvey Clifton Ed ards, 22 year-old farmer found fa ally shot in a wood, waa from a elf-inflicted wound, EVERYDAY LIVING The Eighty Club *1 am going to ask a favor," says a letter written In a slightly shaky hand, but singularly fine and firm when we know that the writer Is ninety -one years of age. "We have an Eighty Year Club In our town, of which I am act ing president. We find your pieces very interesting to read at our meet ings, and some of them fit US exact- Joseph Fort Newton iy. "But I would ask you to write one especially for our group of men. It would apply to men of our age else where, too. here is the closing stanza of a poem I gave the club recently,— "They count our years and call us old, But remember tho,’ dear brother; It is not In years, but in deeds you live, Not In What you get, but In what you give1” My greetings to the Eighty club— but what can a mere freshman tell the members of the senior class! They have forgotten more about life than he will ever know. How one would love to listen-in on the meetings of the Eighty club, hear the stories they swap, the var ied experience they relate, and the wisdom they have winnowed from the years. To walk over so long a span of years, watching the whirl of events, the doings and undoings of men and things, Is a rare adventure—the net result ought to be serenity, free dom and kindness! Age knows now life fluctuates, yet some thing abide and may be trust ed-old, sweet, simple things. It knows that most of our troubles do not happen, and that many prob-j lems work themselves out. ! Age Is a matter of feeding, not the! number of our years but the num ber of our fears—gray looks, not gray! looks. My reader said it all in his poifem—life Is giving not getitngl Faith Is for youth; trust Is for old age—a wise confidence in the goodness of life and the veiled kind ness of God. Edmund Lowe will create a new j super-sleuth named Chris Cross In his next picture. Used Cars BARGAINS - ALL MAKES NORRIS LACKEY MOTORS Haylas Moore Hot A Hunter Results •Show Haylus Q. Moore, member of the state revenue department at Win. ston-Salem and a native of ciev*. Umd county, the Sharon cotnmu. nity, It disgusted with bird hunt Ins- His stories to friends on re. turning home for Christmas pitiful to the extreme. Mr. Moore had a good gun so he borrowed one of the best point ers in the state from his brother here. He was all fixed for ths slaughter of the innocents. Now after he has taken ofT four days 0f vacation and fared forth in quest of birds, he has not brought home a single feather. The birds are friendly enough Tn fact, to hear him tell it, they al most follow him around for safe ty. With his friend, George Hem ingway, he had a good hunt last week. George got 10 good shots and H. a. got five. But the partridge* kept right on flying. On the last hunt, H. G. decided he would get at least one bird n* faithful pointer located one and ths undaunted hunter spied it on the ground. He withdrew sufficiently so he wouldn't "blow the bird to pieces" and let drive at the feath ered target on the ground. But he hit nary a feather. To complete the Ignominy of the situation. George missed the bird as it sped away across the landscape. Even the dog is reported disgust ed. He hasn't smelled killed game in so long he’s about to lose his in terest in the sport. At least, that is the tone of the stories H. G. is telling. It may be that his luck has been so good he is scared of the game warden and his yams are just camouflage. More than 15,000 students are enrolled in Kentucky colleges and universities. i _ LET - Rogers Motors - REFINANCE YOUR CAR — CASH WAITING — PAINTING & PAPERING J. B. MEETZE Phone 121, Shelby — 715-W, Gaffney. “Better Be Safe Than Sorry” ORDER BEAM’S Coal High—Heat—Low-Ash Stovewood PHONE 130 Winter Terms Begins January 4, 1937 Write for Catalog — Information SALISBURY BUSINESS COLLEGE Efird Building Box 236, Shelby, N. C. Miss Margaret Linney, Instructor Are YOU a “Home-Town Patriot”? It Is easier for you to succeed In a growing community than in one that Is going backward. This bank, with its service and its loans to local enter prises, 4s working to keep our community going forward in wealth and prosperity. The deposits which you and your friends make hers, furnish us with the financial strength to carry out this program. We invite you to Join us in putting home interests first. You not only help us, but you help yourself and your com munity when you do your banking here. FIRST NATIONAL BANK INSURED DEPOSITS SHELBY, N. C. A P®cord And Receipt When you pay by check you have: An accurate record of all your mont transactions. A legal receipt for every payment made. It’s the modern, businesslike way of do ing things. UNION TRUST CO. INSURED DEPOSITS Shelby — Falls ton — Lawndale — Forest City Rkrtherfordton