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Published Every Wednesday in the interest of Cherryville and surrounding Community l_____T Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 10th, 1906, in the Post Office >1 Cherryville, W. C., under the Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1879. _ Editor and Publisher MRS. CARYE BROWNE—Job Priattaf — Residence, 2501 CHERRYVILLE, N. C. freb k. houses linn. CRJSOLA HOUSER—AdrertkU* Director - TELEPHONES: Office. 2101 118 WEST MAIN STREET__ One Tear .. SU Month* SUBSCRIPTION RATES _ $2.50 Four Moatha___ _1.26 Three Months . T6 1.00 NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE American Press Association NEW YORK. CHICAGO. DETROIT. PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954 WATER SUPPLY TROUBLE Word has come to us that our town officials have run into a peck of trouble about a proposed change of water rates for customers living outside the city limits of Cherryville. It seems there hafl been an ordinance proposed whereby all water cus tomers living outside would be charged double the rate charged for those inside. However, before the ordinance was finally passed a number of the out siders appeared before the board and presented such a reasonable plea that final action was defer red by tabling the matter for the time being. As we understand, the claims of the outsiders had considerable merit in them. For we are ad vised that most, if not all the outsiders were re quired to buy and furnish the pipe and the town at its expense placed the pipe with town labor and the customers were to get water at the same ia,e as those inside and have been doing just that for many, many years. The argument being that it never has cost the town any more to furnish water under such circumstances than to furnish it to in siders. Then again it is our understanding or recol lection that the water was furnished to the Houser Pines section and elsewhere in the western part of town by the town furnishing the pipe and the C. C. G\, boys doing the labor, digging the ditch, laying the pipe, etc. If we are correct in these statements then it would appear that the town would be justified in furnishing water to all people at the same rate, as has been done in the past, as it cost no more to furnish them than it does citi zens inside the city limits. We also learn the town is in the best financial conditions it has been in, in many years. And we certainly don’t want to over charge our outside friends who do all their trading in Cherryville with our live awake merchants and practically all of them use city light-. There are many ways in cut ting the expense of the town, if need be. But tne water rate in Cherryville is as high as it should be frr many years to come. Let ur all strive to make Cherryville and her people far and near feel welcome at ail times to come here and trade. Let us also strive to bring new industries a..d businesses to Cherryville. The gentlemen who are at the head of out city government, or better known as “City Fath ers”, at the present time are: Kzra Yi-rhpn Moss, Mayor; Commissioners J. L. (Fuzzi Armstrong. Ward 1; T. Carlyle Summer, Ward d; Lawrence Webb McGinnis, Ward H; and William l). Browne, Ward 4. These men were ail born and reared in Cherryville, some as far back as 64 years and cer tainly they will be for the masses of the people. See them are call them up and discuss your view point with these men. They will be glad to di-c'i-s your problems with you. HOW TO KEEP THE CUSTOMERS It’s no mystery why people keep on patroniz ing certain stores. They trade with them be cause they believe they can get lower prices, or some other appealing inducement. What may not be so well known is why people stop patronizing certain stores and take their bus iness elsewhere. Kentucky Grocers News recently touched on this. It said that a recent survey showed that of all customers lost by stores, one per cent died, three per cent moved away, five per cent changed because of friendship, 14 per cent had grievances, and nine per cent were not accounted for. That leaves 68 per cent. And this big majority took their trade elsewhere because of indifference on the part of the store. In other words, they had been made to feel that their patronage was not needed. Nowadays merchants of all kinds and sizes, in dependents and chains, are concentrating on im proving their contacts with customers. The fact that we are in a strong buyers’ market has made that inevitable. A rude or inefficient or bored sal es person can drive squads of potential customers away, and for keeps. So successful retail stores are seeing to it that customers are warmly and courteously greeted and made to feel wanted and at home. This is good for the stores. It is good for the buying public too. FARMING CAN BE SAFE This year’s formal observance of Farm Safety Week is over—it was held July 25-31. Now it re mains to be seen if the work done during the Week will bear fruit, in the form of a real reduction in the farm accident rate. ^ President Eisenhower picked the Week’s slo gan_“Farm to Live and Live to Farm.’’ He chose well. For that is a memorable phrase and it clear ly expresses the general problem. Farming is highly mechanized today—and there will be more and more mechanization in the future. Surveys indicate that machines cause a considerable proportion of total farm accidents. It would be more accurate to say that careless or im proper use of these machines is the real cause. As an example, power take-off drives on tractors were once a major hazard. The farm equipment indus try developed simple and convenient shields for the drive shafts, which are standard on most recent tractors and can be attached tb most older models. These shields have solved that particular safety problem. But the manufacturers can't do anything about farmers who fail to u«e the shields—or about home-made additions and innovations which often create grave hazards. Plain common sense is a key factor in the I safety movement. A farm authority has cited a nerwspaper story telling of an 11 year old boy driving a tractor from five in the morning until nine that night. Such practices, obviously, are in vitations to injury and death. It’s up to the farmer. If he wills it. he can •‘Farm to Live and Live to Farm." THE RIGHT TO WORK On July 2. Louisiana became the 17th state to protect its citizens’ Right to Work. That day Governor Kennon signed a bill which guarantees that anyone can join or refuse to join a union, as he chooses. Tn a letter to the legislature the Governor said: "I have always been a believer in the value of organized labor ... 1 believe that to.o many rights of the individual have been infringed upon by the modern trend toward governmental regi mentation and that it is good for our American system of government to have a maximum of indi vidual liberty. The bill which I have approved se cure* to every man and woman in Louisiana a free dom of choice.” Louisiana is to be congratulated “SLOW DOWN AND LIVE” It can be said without reservation that no traffic safety program has ever caught public ap proval like "Slow Down and LIVE!” Likewise, no traffic program has ever won such complete and generous support front state and local officials. Vuu will be interested to know: 1. That "Slow Down and LIVE!" operated successfully in 11 Northeastern states in 11*53 and he Safety Coordinators of these States, in No vember of' 19-73, voted continuation. 2. That Safety Coordinators of 13 Southern stales voted, to join the program in 1954. By their action, •Slow Down and LIVE!’’ was brought into direct contact with: HALF THE STATES 56 vo OF THE NATION'S POPULATJON 50% Of the Nation’* Licensed Driver* — To this potential must be added the trernen iiuus number of drivers and passengers from the remainder of the United States who constitute va cation and business travelers in the 2-1 states of the campaign. There are other significant "firsts" in "Slow ;>jwn aid LIVE!”: • The joint Declaration ssigned by 2-1 Gover nor. inaugurating the program represent a new •hipn" i practical, unified action for highway safety by state Chief Executives. 2. The signing of the Joint Declarations at a special breakfast in Washington, D. C-, on April 2h brought together 10 Governors—<by far more than the number ever attending a session of the President’s Highway Safety Conference. (Note: Copies available from Public Relations Office, N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles upon request — BO Promotionally, “Slow Down and LIVE!” has already set new records. For example: 1. The basic promotional leafier has been purchased in quantities exceeding 12 million co pie*. Some 8 million of these leaflets have been bought out of state fund* — and unprecedented support for a traffic safety project. The balance of the purchases have been from private sources, but 2 million of these leaflets have been given to states for distribution. Private purchasers have in cluded: cities, counties, towns, safety councils, in surance companies, motor clubs, state insurance agent associations, local insurance boards, public utilities, magistrates associations, garages, auto mobile dealers, and dealer associations and a host of other groups. The di»tribution of thi* leaflet mark* it a* the greatest circulation of any piece of traffic *afety literature ever produced. 2. Promotoional materials offered are the most extensive ever prepared for a traffic safety campaign. They include: bumper strips, A-frame posters for filling stations, window posters, out door advertising posters, stickers, stamps, trunk sisrns and leaflets. 3. Fact Sheets regarding the program have been placed in the hands of mayors, police chiefs, traffic court judges and justices of the peace thru out the 24 states. The quantity - 38,330 copies. 4. Press, Radio and Television Fact Sheets, radio spot announcements and television slides have been provided for every daily and weekly newspaper, radio and television station in the 24 state area. The quantity — 10,785 items. 5. Weather Report matrixes for daily news paper use have been provided to every daily news paper in the 24 states. “Slow Down and LIVE!” will not end m 1954. Governor Theodore McKeldin of Maryland intro duced a resolution at the Governor’s Conference only July 19 at Lake George. New York, request ing the Safety Coordinators of the 48 states to conduct the program on a nationwide basis ffom Memorial Day* to Labor Day in 1955. Governors Frank Clement of Tennessee and Hugh Gregg of New Hampshire seconded this resolution. In the summer of 1954 the Watchwords of the Highways from Maine to Txeas—or, as someone has said, from “Passamaquoddy to El Paso” are: “Slow Down and LIVE!” This phrase will be a national by-word in 1955. BEHIND THE SCENES New York, Aug. 9—Anyone who has been wondering just how the U. S. economy is doing can sit back with the comforting assur ance that its state of health is “as good as can be expected.” After last year’s “slump,” "dip,” “recession” or “readjust ment” - whichever you prefer - 1954’s first six months did much to brighten the business picture. While no boom is in the offing, the makings of a gradual rise are apparent. First reports reveal that, while sales of many companies still were heading downward, net profits weer up, thanks to the ending of the excess profits tax last Decem ber 31 and cuts in operating costs. In many instances, companies that I lost ground in the first three | months regained it in the second ■ quarter. j Steel production, as reliable a i barometer as any of business I health, is down to 64.5 per cent j of rated capacity, hut early model changes ir. the automobile indus try are expected to give this in dustry a needed stimulant in Sep tember. Metals and machinery making are down. too. Textiles are still weak, and building supplies are spotty des pite a near-record housing boom, but aircrafts, chemicals, and foods are doing well. And department stores sales in recent weeks have been topping those of a year ago. I STATUS' RIGHTS WIN — In | the tangle of approaches toward solving the pnroblems of making interstate highway freight pay its , <h'! ■ o’" on; construction and i nt r •. .r: *■ costs. one thing | Individual *tates will continue | to cxerci-c rncir right to tax in* iterstatc trucking as they see fit, without interference from Wash ington. This recently became clear from two directions. In one instance, the House Rules Committee decisively tabled a resolution calling for a House investigation of state taxes im posed on interstate roads. The resolution was sponsored by Ohio Republican William H. Ayres, who charged that Ohio's refusal to exemptp out-of-state trucks from its newly enacted axle-mile tax threatened a “breakdown of the voluntary system of (truck! tax reciprocity." In the other instance, the an nual Governors Conference, meet ing at Bolton Landing, X. Y., up held by resolution ‘the right of each state to devise its own tax system to meet its highway finance needs.’’ Support for the right of the states to levy special highway use taxes on interstate trucks was spearheaded by Governors Laus che of Ohio and Dewey of New York. THINGS TO COME — Plastic collars and cuffs for milady that look like linen yet can he cleaned easily by sponging with soap and water . . . Lightweight building blocks of shale aggregate that use adhesive instead of sand-cement i mortar . . A detergent that dis j solves readily in eithter hot or I cold water ... A harmless repei } lent to -ton birds front roosting on ! window -ills, spouting or roof tops . Dyed-in-the-wool fishermen I can now get a portable automatic I power kit that has gadgets to scale i fish in a jilTy. sharpen hooks, pol | i.-h tackle and clean reels . . . An applicator for painting sash, moulding and tight corners with out contacting adjoining surfaces, i DING, DONG BELL—Merchan I dising frontiers at e few and far 1 between, hut there’s one that's | just around the corner. It’s the 1 school market, says the merchan dise manager of the country’s j largest pen maker. : Enrollment increases of 1,000, (000 this year and 10,000.000 in ! the next 10 years mean new mar 1 kets for every Main Street retaii i er, in t.he opinion of .lack Asthal tor of Sheaffer Pen Company. But he. warns, the kiddies will have to j be “sold.”1 And that means pro ! ducts designed with school-age ap peal and sales techniques geared 1 to the school market. ! As for handwriting, Asthalter I credits functional improvements I in writing tools with enabling ; children in the early grades to use j fountain pens, ballpoints and mechanical pencils. “The result is - and a majority of school prinei ! pals agree - that students not only , write better than those of a gen j eratibn ago. but they learn hand ! writing more easily with fountain . pens and ballpoints,” he says, j GLUTTED MARKET—What to I do with the oil that will soon be I flowing again from wells in far-off ! Iran is puzzling the industry’s I market experts. Production now i is running well ahead of demand in all of the world’s major produc ing areas and dunking another J <>50,000 barrels of oil daily into . the global supply by 1957 is cer tain to have price repercussions. ! But settlement of the long and bitter dispute that began when Iran nationalized its foreign-con trolled oil industry has a brighter j side. Resumption of production is expected to give the Middle East j kingdom the economic stimulation; it badly needs and relieve Uncle I Sam from doling out millions of I dollars in aid. And it should strengthen Iran’s hand against Communist encroachment. BITS O’ BUSINESS—The first cargo of iron ore from the huge j Ungava Bay deposits of the I Quebee-Labrador border has been | shipped to the U- S. . • . Furniture 1 orders for the first half of this year were 13 per cent below 1953’s corresponding period .... Uncle Sam’s tax collectors are lowering the boom on taxpayers who claim weddings, honeymoons, society debuts, jewelry and yachts as business expenses . . . Paper and pulp companies will plant more than a billion trees in the next 10 years . . . Instalment buy ing is returning to normal, says the Federal Reserve System. It went up $178 million in June to a total of $21.1 billion. Articles from bananas to mon keys have been imported through thp North Carolina State Port at Wilmington HAYSEED BY UNCLE SAM BOYS AND JUNE BUGS Mechanized farming has about abolished horses and mules from the farms. That change may not be obserrved by the younger gen eration but it is quite noticeable in the eyes.of the oldsters. There is another change which might be noticeable to the older people, and that is the diminish ing of June bugs. Maybe that is just another economy of nature. Why should nature produce June bugs when there is no longer a demand for June .bugs. Instead of flying June bugs little boys are interested in flying toy air planes. A little older they go all out build ing model planes. 1 j There was a time when as little boys we watched the garvlsn and orchard for the coming of the June bugs. If they were numer jous enough we not only selected a nice specimen for our first test but we'would store away in our pockets a number of reserves. We would beg our mother for sewing thread and with this we would tie our bug and let it fly. Our sport was to let a bug fly over a ; hen with chicks and keep it just | high enough so she could not ! catch it. If the bug decided to i dive bomb while over her it meant I catching a new recruit. | It has been a long time since ! we have seen a boy playing with | a June bug. We wonder why the little fellows try to fly a paper plane without a motor when they could find one that has a live, de pendable motor in it. Years ago Wilmington was one of the leading cotton expert cen ters of the country; now the N. C. State Ports Authority is planning to once again develop the port at Wilmington as the import cotton center of the South. Getting Along With Others Is A Skill That You Learn “Everyone needs friends,’’ says Corinne Justice Grimsley, State College extension family relations specialist. There is a gind of un derstanding that exists among friends that is different from the understanding you’ll get from parents dr teachers. If you’re beginning to wonder just what sort of person you really are, check these questions: What you don’t win - in games, debates, or other competitions - do you congratulate your oppon ents? Do your often offer to help with the dirty work? Can you take criticism without getting angry When your friends win honors or get invitations that you would like to have gotten yourself, do you like them iust as well and own tributes and honors - do you show it? How do you receive your brag about them? Do you make sure everyone knows your good fortune? Are you always glad to take part in activities even though you know your part is only a minor one? Do you stick at a job until you have finished what you start ed out to do? Do you enter into what a group wants to do even though you don't particularly want to? When you are disap pointed or discouraged, because things do not go your way, do you make the best of it anyhow. Are you careful not to take more than your share of credit for things done? How did you rate? What kind of a person are you - selfish? con siderate? understanding? If you are beginning to dislike yourself, Mrs. Grimsley says it’s not too late to work on your personality. Getting along with other people is an acquired skill; you must prac tice it every day. _ The first president of Wake For est College received a salary of $1,000, in addition to a house and board. TOUMttni YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING or THE BEAUTIFUL S. & H. Green Stamp MERCHANDISE STORE SHELBY, N. C NEXT DOOR TO BUS STATION FRIDAY, AUG. 13, - 9 A. M. Store Will Be Open Opening Day Until 8:30 PJW. FREE GIFT TO EVERY ADULT VISITING OUR STORE ON OPENING DAY Redeem Your Filled Books Of S. & H. Green Stamps For Distinguished Merc handise At Our Store. Ask For Your Free Catalogue THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS IN CHERRYVILLE AND VICINITY GIVE S & H GREEN STAMPS WITH EACH 10 CENT PURCHASE. IT’S YOUR EXTRA SAVINGS AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. CHERRYVILLE, N. C. Farmers Union Supply Co. Main Street Esso Station New Goldiner’s Dept. Store Cherryville Dry Cleaners Dellinger 8 Jewel Shop The Remnant Shop Dayberry Paint Store SHELBY, N. C„ ROUTE 1 B. E. Bess Service Station SHELBY, N. C. Dixie Home Super-Market A. V. Wray & 6 Sons Dept. Store Cleveland Hardware Smith’s Drug Store Gambles Esso Service Station McCoy’s Service Station Arky’s Amoco Brown & Hopper Gulf Service Garage and Tires Shelby Oil Co. Crown Service Western Auto Associate Store Shelby Jewelry Co. C. & S. Furniture Store Mayhew’s Electrical Appliances Shelby Floor Covering: Young’s Garage City Laundry and Cleaners Whiteway Cleaners Gilleatt Florist Blandoni’s Variety Stores United TV and Radio Service
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