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SHELBY DAILY STAR Published By Star Publishing Company, Inc. No. 1 But Marlon St. Shelby, N. C. Ln & Weather*, Pres.-Treas. S. & Hoey, Secy. PSMUhed Afternoon* Except Saturday* and Sundays Telephone Ha 11. Hews Telephone No. 4-J ■Disced as second class matter January l. ISOS, at tbs postoffice In Shelby, N. C.. under an Act of Congress. March 8. 1867. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Bryant, Griffith and Brunson. 6 East 41st St. New York City lntMHDt OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tee Amoiatad Prtis Is exclusively entitled to tut ilia nr paMtsstton at all ncwi dispatches ln tbit paper aad AIM tha local newt published herein All rt«ht* ot Twpoblleatlon ot special dispatches published herein are a)M reserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE By Mail M Carolina* Om Year.$4.50 «X Months.2.25 Three Months_1.25 By MaU Outside The Carotin as One Tear .._„$5 50 Six Months.2.75 Three Months_1.50 Delivery By Carrier At Your Door In Cities, Suburban And Rural District* One Year_$5.00 Six Months__ 2.50 Three Months_1.35 Bout Weeks __ .45 Weekly Rato.. .12 THURSDAY, DEC. SI, 1936 . I TIMELY WARNING Timely indeed is the warning of Fire Chief McDowell to remove Christmas trees from homes. The trees are a definite fire hazard since they become dry as tinder and are easily ig nited after being in the house few* a long per iod. Their value is now gone. They have added their part to the jobs of the holiday aeaaon and those who have enjoyed them ■hould get them out of the house before they have a chance to turn the joy they have giv en to tragedy. GOOD NEWS Good newg, indeed, k that in fche atate rn ent of Mr. Maxwell that state tax receipts are running high; that there will be enough money in state coffers to take care of ne cessary expenses. Unquestionably, however, all collected will be spent. The legislature in its early meeting will be importuned, as a matter of fact the budget commission has already heard the tales, for much more money than even Mr. Maxwell in his most sanguine mo ments expects to see the state receive. But it is an omen of happier times. De creasing revenues, salary reductions, lessen ed state services, these are the sort of things we have been hearing the past few years and it is indeed pleasant to know the tide is changing so rapidly and that state finances are not only sound but abundant. OFF TO A GOOD START The people of Kings Mountain are to be congratulated on their move to handle their own social service problems by setting up a Red Gross unit for home and community service. To raise the sum of $1,500 in a town of some 6,000 inhabitants is no mean accom plishment and their plans to maintain a half time case worker and to bring a special in structor in case work to the city for a week in Januaiy are, to say the least, ambitious for a town just initiating its social service program. Kings Mountain looks hopefully toward having a full time worker on the job next year, “if the success of the work justifies,” and, knowing that the need for such work is urgent in every town and community, and full-time social worker for Kings Mountain judging the probable success of the venture from its propitious beginnings, we predict a within another year or so. EASILY UNDERSTOOD While there is a dangerous precedent in shooting defendants while they are being tried it is easy to understand the aot of the Kentucky mother who shot the man oharged with the death of her son as he sat in a Courtroom. Delays in court procedure, possibility of hght punishment or none at all, these all combine to make people affected directly by arutta think of taking the law in their own hawk. There is, we believe, in the mind of the average person, little desire to take the law fate his own hands so long as he thinks the law is operating as it should. It is only when ha thinks a travesty of justice is about to be perpetrated that he gets sueh an idea. We have been hearing lots about neces eity of respect for law and order during the last few years. Somehow or other this sort of request leaves us cold. We have never seen it necessary for a man or an institution worthy of respect to demand it. It natural ly comes to those who justify it. It is apparent that respect has increased in the last few years, due to a great extent to the activities of federal officers in hand ling the better publicised criminals. Speed in courts today, possibly, is the greatest need in regaining the type of re epect desired by judge*. By this we do not mean that hurried trials should be held with no opportunity of an accused man preparing for trial. But it does seem that six months would be long enough in every- case, or even three. DESERVE OUR THANKS The new high school building for Shelby and improvement to school buildings at Kings Mountain are now assured; Final ap proval for the $95,700 grant has been made by Washington authorities. It is true that we must go through the legal technicality of issuing bonds with which to match the Fed eral grant, but we anticipate no trouble in that respect. The citizens of both Shelby and Kings Mountain as well as the county are deeply grateful to Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle and Senator J. W. Bailey for their personal interest and influence in seeing that project No. 1098 secured the final approval of Secre tary Ickes office. These men were called on often to help and were always ready and willing to urge the final approval of the ap plication. Some 10,000 projects were in the same status as our own. They had passed all stages but the final and the question arose as to which of the 10,000 would be given pref erence. Shelby had been allocated a $132,000 grant for a power project which she was not keen to receive. Mayor Woodson went per sonally to Washington and told Col. Hackett that the city would be willing to cancel the power project allotment if the high school project could be approved. It was this con cession that speeded up the school allocation for it was only a few days ago that news came out <tf Washington that no more pub lic works projects would be sent up for the President’s final signature until Congress had met and made funds available. Our will ingness to surrender the power project and take in its stead the school project, made it possible to get favorable action at this time. That appears to be the explanation si to why our project came through singly while oth ers are being held in abeyance. Therefore, we feel most grateful for the assistance rendered by Messrs. Bulwinkle and Bailey. What Other Papert Say _i_ NO TOLLS, FLEAM ( (Asheville Timm) North Carolina, Tennessee, tha other MM and their millions of motor travelers will welcome tha op position of Arno B. Crammerer, director of national park service, to any toll or other charge for automo biles traveling tha eross-divlde highway between Cherokee and Oatlinburg. The way seems to be left open for an annual li cense of $1 for cars that visit tha park. That is an other matter. We may all heartily agree with Sena tor Bachman that the park ought “to be free as air," but a small annual fee would be bearable, if neces sary, while the toll system for the direct cross-part highway would arouse opposition and criticism. COMPLICATED i Raleigh News and Observer) This striking business is getting complicated. Glass workers by striking put assembly line employes in automobile factories out of work. And now employes tn the office of the Goodrich local union of the Unit* ed Rubber Workers of America to Akron have as members of the Bookkeepers, Typists and Assistants j union staged a successful sit down strike against thatj union that employs them. Apparently to this age of I industrial unions, sit down strikes, and other new items in industrial relations, the old truth stands: Big bugs have little bugs to bite 'em, And so on ad infinitum Nobody’s Business — By GEE McGEE __ EVERYTHING IS CHEAPER IN PLAT ROCK deer mr. edditor:— the big-harted copper-rations and publio-aperrit ed btzness firms have cut and slashed their rates and prices so much enduring the past year or so, it looks like yore corry apondent, hon. mike Clark, rfd, is go tog to get ritch in spite of high taxes anaoforth. onner count of the big reductions to tatty-foam rates, we bought a fine otter-mobeel with our savings, out rate before the cut was 3.40 per month, but after the slash we had to pay only 3.30$ per month, this did not cower the reductions on long-distance charg es beyond 240 miles from home, we newer use ame, as we don't know anny furriners. our electric light bills show our most momentous sewings, where we ester have to pay 3.48$ per month we now have to chip in only 2.34$ par month, we have started*a nice bank account with these funds, and hope to have nearly 3$ saved by IMS. when the old-age pensions will take charge of us. by using the best gaasollne at only c2 par gallon higher, we have laid away close to c30 enduring only 7 months, we have allso saved oS on our oil, aa we use nothing but tee "knock-knock" kind which we have to change only ever other month, times were pretty hard till big bizness rescued us from powerty by trimming down their incomes. my grocer told us if we would buy a high grade flour that we would save about two-thirds of our lard bill, so we took his advice, as we had no monney left to buy lard with, we saved the difference be twixt and between, but the bread tasted verry dry onner count of its absence, we allso saved cS when our local taxes were cut mill, all tolled, we are la a verry handsome position and mought soon be called a tycoon or something the railroads have also corns to the relief ct the suffering public, coal that once carried a freight rate of 3.08$ per ton, is now hauled for only 3.05$ per ton. we sawe cl2 a yr. on that item; we use nearly 2 tons, when the procestlng tax went off, we saved cl on a pair of overhalls, the loaf of bread which cost clO while this tax was on can now be ought for a dime. yep. folks: the bizness world is certainly look ing out lor us citizens ansoforth. yores tnilie. mike Clark, rfri « oorty spondent. Washington Daybook ms nucsTON grover <Associated Preee Staff Writer? WASHINGTON.—People who re member Senator Copeland of New York mainly because he writes a health column and wears a red car nation in hia la pel may be sur prised to learn that he also is the : most prolific blll ! plugger in the senate. During the past congress he intro duced 420 bills, almost double the 240 of his near est competitor, Senator Sheppard of Texas. Copeland's bills, HESTON L. CtOVIf like those of other, senators, are made up mostly of "private” bills concerned with minor claims, small bridges and harbor repairs. Aside from those, however, he probably has more big irons in the fire at one time than any senator. All during the last congress he labored with an heir to the famed "Tugwell food and drugs bill” pub lishers disliked it. It failed of pas sage but doubtless he will bring it up again. Gets Heavyweight Soft With equal persistence he mor ried his commerce committee and congress with a ship subsidy bill. That passed, finally, but will be up for revision this session. Many ship men will have none of it. The big flood /ontrol bill that ranged in atnount at different times from $250,000,000 to $70,000,000 was another of his pets. The commerce committee, of which he is chairman, had still others, including the chain store tax. When pluggings one of his bills, Copeland talks in a conversational monotone, almost devoid of spright ly lines. He holds an audience in the senate, however, because his bills usually are loaded with legis lative pins and needles for fellow members. Almost every senator had a letter or telegram from somebody important at home demanding changes in the food and drug bill. Same with ship subsidy. Even more so with flood control His legislative virtuosity amazes newspapermen who can't under stand bow so much heavyweight legislation drops into his hands. He has a rounded family-physi cian face (he is a physician, and likes to be called doctor) and a head of hair washed to an unrivaled blu ish whiteness. He could be talked; into running for mayor of New York | City If conditions were right Holt Had Fewest While we were looking up Cope land’s bills we found also that! ' Baby" Senator Holt introduced few-1 est bills last congress. There was Just one. seeking to investigate WPA in West Virginia which Holt charges has been converted Into ai political machine by his colleague. Senator Neely. Neely Introduced 145. The late Senator Long Introduced nine bills, and Mrs. long, who fin ished out for him. three more. Senator Robinson, majorit* lead HOW'S e/am HEALTH U*M K Of. U$» ijmUxm Hoarseness tm tki Ntw V«t KuJmytC Mata— Hoarseness may be due to any one of a wife variety of causes. The difficulty may be .in some abnormal 1 condition involving the vocal cords or other structures of the voice box (the muscles and cartilages of the larynx). Comon as a symptom of laryn gitis, hoarseness is a frequent com plication of inflammatory process es affecting other parts of the throat and nose. When an exces sive amount of mucus, or mucus and pus. is secreted in the nose and descends to the larynx, hoarseness may result. Again, the vocal cords may become Involved in bronchitis when excessive secretions ascend fro the lower air passages. An ulcer, nodule or tumor may affect the vocal cords. They may be inflamed and thickened, dried or encrusted. Under each circumstance, the voice will be altered and made hoarse. A change in the voice resembling hoarseness may be caused by na sal obstruction, or by altered con ditions in the soft palate and pharynx (the back portion of the throat. Obstruction of the wind-) pipe may also make the voice hoarse. eucn constitutional diseases as tuberculosis and syphilis may affect the vocal cords and other struc tures of the voice box. Hoarseness is also an early symptom of cancer of the larynx, originating in the vocal cords. Anyone who is 40 or Alder, and who has suffered hoarseness for more than two or three weeks, should have his larynx examined by an expert. He should not dabble along and try to relieve his hoarse ness with gargles and inhalations, for if his condition is due to a can cerous growth, his best hope lies in early operation. Cancer of the vocal cords, when diagnosed early and operated promptly, yields permanent cures in 70 or 80 er cent of the cases. It is more common in men than in women. Hoarseness is sometimes of psy chic origin. Highly nervous and in tensely emotional persons may sud denly lose their voices or ‘‘be ren dered speechless by surprise." The ordinary case of hoarseness —that due to laryngitis or a cold— is benefited by rest, when the voice is not used, and by steam inhala tions. The hoarseness that does not yield in a day or two. and which is not to be accounted for by laryn gitis or a cold, should be carefully studied by a competent physician. Lily Pons' original ambition was. to be a pianist. She studied piano; at the Paris conservatory before j she took up singing. er, put in 100. Tope among the sen ate freshmen was Senator Schwel lenbach of Washington with 110. Senator Bilbo of Mississippi had 15, the last one of which proposed in stalling loud speakers in the senate chamber. Thp senate, content with the loud speakers it, has, dtdn t In tail any. 35 STATES NOW IN SOCIAL LAW Another Expected To Join Before The Deadline WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—(>P>— Thirty-five states have enacted un employment Insurance laws, the so cial security board reported today, with the possibility Delaware would join the procession before the year end deadline. i The Delaware legislature was deadlocked over a measure to com ply with the federal security act, but the board planned to stand by until late tomorrow. Kentucky | A Kentucky law was enacted late yesterday and rushed here for ap proval. Employers of eight or more per i sons in states which lack the in i surance tomorrow must pay a fed ! eral tax of one per cent of their l 1936 payrools before January 31. ! Employers in state with laws ap 1 proved by the security board can deduct from the assessment, up to 90 per cent of its amount, what they pay in #tate unemployment taxes. 17,000,000 Workers It was estimated that almost 17, 000,000 workers are covered under the state and District of Columbia laws. John G. Winant, chairman of the security board, said this meant about 80 per cent of those “that may be included are to be protected against the temporary hazards of involuntary idleness.” The 12 states certain to miss the deadline are Arkansas, Florida, ; Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevade, North , Katota, Washington and Wyoming. Expectations are that several will enact the Insurance in regular leg islative sessions to begin next month. Although Katharine Hepburn gave her birth date as November 8 when she came to Hollywood, she recently revealed that the correct date is May 12. irnmmmmmmmm PAINTING & PAPERING J. B. MEETZE Phone 121, Shelby — 715-W, Gaffney. "Better Be Safe Than Sorry” NOTICE OF MEETING The Farmer’s Mu tual Fire Insurance Association will hold its annual meeting on Satur day the 2nd day of January, 1937, at twelve o’clock in the Court House. W. R. NEWTON, Sec. & Treat. EVERYDAY LIVING Btrangen “There is something that sepa rates people, curiously, persistently, in America. Are we not strangers, to each other? 8 o Sherwood Anderson writes in his new story Of "Kit Brandon, ’ in his brooding, indecisive y, mystified by life, frustrated but fascinated, like a puzzled child in a bewildering world. r.rt NVwtor | Strangers? Of course, but it is not in America, it is in ourselves; a basic fact in our human lot which we must face and understand. Until j we meet and master it we are babies in the woods. A girl in the story rebels against ; the situation. “She thought of peo- j pie at last finding each otheri through universal participation. She' wanted something wiped out,’’ swept away. Not in America alone are people separate, strangers to each other.) In all age* and lands men have felt the fact, feared it, fought against it, sought to escape from it—but all in vain. It is a part of everyday living, i We can get just so near to our best friends or loved one—then a door ( closes and we hear it click. We can not open it from the outside, nor can he from within. A reader sends me a little poem dealing with this fact, and how to handle it. Maybe she wrote the lines herself; she does not tell me. Anyway they are worth reading and pondering: "I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know; I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself in the eye. I don’t want to stand in the setting sun And hate myself for things I’ve done— I want to go out with my head erect; I want to deserve my own respect." Strangers we are to others, but we need not be strangers to our selves—if we face the fact of- our life as it is. Railroads To Show Why Rates Are Highj — RALEIGH, Dec. 31.— (jP)—Every! railroad operating in North Caro-' Una has been ordered to shov.- cause j why Intrastate freight rates should not be reduced. The State Utilities commission yesterday ordered the railroad spokesmen to appear at a hearing here February 3. Commission Chairman Stanley Winbome said a preliminary study of all rail rates in the state indicat- I ed that the Intrastate charge are much lower than the Intrastate schedule. The planet Jupiter is accompan ied by nine sateUUites. Sundown Stories For The Kiddies How It Ended By MARY GRAHAM BONnid “But”, Rip continued, “i wm revenge on the wicked villain X caused you this fright and trouble -this faint from which I f °ar* you'd never recover.” "I* too, shall see that he is ban ished from these parts,” cawd Christopher Columbus Crow waMn. his stick. I must keep order 1 “Oh, do not seek revenge for mv sake. I’m ready to forgive.” quack ed Mrs. Quacko. “Revenge would only bring more trouble. Let us for give and forget.” "The noble duck lady!” slKhp(1 Rip. “Then if it is your wish dear duck, it shall be so.” “And,” shouted Willy Niliy, thankful am I to be forgiven, so repentant am I of my bad deeda that I shall live to be quite a enod citiaen and—" “Beloved by all!” shouted the other Puddle Muddlers. “So,” continued Willy Niliy, "ths play is over and we’ll all live hap pily ever afterward .... What dm I hear? listen!” The clock was striking , . One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eeven! Twelve. There was a pause. Then with one shout they eric and cackled and bleated and quacked and caw ed and barker “A Happy New Year!” They, tinkled bells, they blew horns that were In the Big Box That Held Things Just'For Fun, and they gave each other affection ate smacks. "Let It be the best year Puddle Muddle and the world has ever, ever known—that is my deep, deep wish,” said Willy Niliy. Mlscha Auer, who plays eomedv musicians on the screen, is t grandson of Leopold Auer, famous violinist. MIGHT COUGH l do* to a cold (paedily relieved by this | ^ pw preacription medicine. Only J THOXINE CLEVELAND DRUG CO. LET - Rogers Motors - REFINANCE YOUR CAR — CASH WAITING - 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, is working to keep our community going forward in wealth and prosperity. The deposits which you and your friends make here, furnish us with the financial strength to carry out this program. We invite you to J6in 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 Pecord And Receipt When you p«y by check you hive! An accurate record of all your money transaction*. A legal receipt for every payment made It’s the modern, businesslike way of do ing things. UNION TRUST CO. INSURED DEPOSITS Shelby — Falls! on — Lawndale — Forest Oily Rntherfordton
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