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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
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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
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<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.
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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
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Winter Terms Begins January 4, 1937
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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.
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