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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 _
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