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B. WEATHERS,_President
INK DRUM-Local Editor
jnsd as ,-ccotnl class matte
ify 1, 1906. at the postoftice a'
jy, North Carolina; uml.-/ tin
of Congress. March 3. lHTti
ri wish to cat! your attention u
«fca fact that it is ana has been ou
Wtom Vo charge five cent.-s per list
raaol’ittons of respect, c:lr«is of
Atnas ano ooituarv iioues, alter on*
Math notice has be*-r! pul 't-hea ”,n
Mila will be strictly auheruf a,
TUESDAY JAN. 22, 11.21.
””,The method of ra:s'.my the money
Jfor the county fair is a fair pro;o. i
tfon.
It might bo said Henry Ford put a
"Silent Cal’ muffler on the campaign
flivvers of the other candidates.
! ! “It’s alius leap year vvid me,” said
Ike of Cesar Saturday ns h«‘ tea' ( 1
from in front of a flivver while Jay
walking across the court square.
* McCormack will sing in Russia.
-Perhaps seme of those Soviets can in
terpret some of the songs garbled by.
the noted tenor.
A ghost is said to haunt the Colds-!
horo-Wilmington highway. There
should be one rf every dun,rero''s!
curve, and probably there is but a fel
low never sees it until he “gives' up
Uie gnost.”
If everyone of the ! ,502 students in
the Shelby schools would each nave
10 cents per week the total savings
of all the children in one year would
ba $7,810.40.
t
It is to bo hoped that the proposed
t*x reduction is in or in evidence than
the weight lost by the stout people
Vho fall for the get-thin-by. mail
propaganda.
THE LAST TO COME*
Not so long after the armistice wus
signed the boys that were healthy and
well or not suffering from anything
more than “cootie” infection started
coming homo. Their coming covered a
considerable period of time. There
Were others who suffered far more se
rious mishaps than just the “cootie
crawl”—these came later from the
hospitals -some: unknowingly ;md o'h- j
ors as well ns they would ever be. The
last to come did not (Jo so by any ex
pressed wish of their own, but because
‘‘back 'home” a father and a mother or
other relative desired that the re
trains of the boy who gave his all
rest under a familiar sod. Some par
ents who had their boys brought
back were criticised.
These critcisnis were in several dif
ferent forms and were hard to ans
wer. The mother that didn’t wear a
Polden star or the father that hadn’t
lost a lad could hardly understand.
The following touching story appear,
ing in the Philadelphia Public Ledger
is no douot the best explanation a«
to why the last did come:
A high-powered army automobile
chugged around a sharp curve of a
dusty road in Pennsylvania, carrying
a general and his aid. Sudden'y they
looked down upon the sad scene of a
funeral pasty assembled at a hum'ilq
farmhouse.
“He was a soldier, sir,’’ replied an
old man at the gate in response to
an inquiry from the general, who had
topped his car. And he added, “Kill
d :>i Frailer, sir.’’
■ ho general stepped from Ivs ea
"ollovpd iv Ivs ad. The plaintive
on" in th ■ <>M man’s voice gripped
the g-neral's heartstrings. Entering
'he parlor of tile house the general
lias met by a little woman. The
hades were drawn and the case’.it
rested upon two wooden homes. It
was a metal casket, such as are pro.
tided for the shipment home of the
soldier deal from France. A small
cushion was upon the floor, anti its
condition told of its use by a succes
sion of kneeling relatives and" friends.
Holding his hat in one hand the gen
eral knelt beside the little woman on
the cushion in silent prayer.
“He was my hoy,” whispered the
woman, who then asked, “I wonder if
lie served under you?”
“He did, madam,” said the general,
wiping away a tear from his cheek.'
‘:‘I am Central Pershing, and l am
to glad I was able to come to your
on’s funeral.’”
‘“t now understand,' lie later re
marked to 1'i.s aid, Colonel George j
Marshall, gi'-:ng one last look at the i
funeral party starting upon its march ,
*o the cemetery, ‘“what it means to
our American parents to have even
‘he bodies of their sons sent home]
'rom Franco,"
TAX REDUCTION.
There is goine on in Washington,!
considerable talk about low taxes
shall be reduced. Bot'i parties are of
course in favor of tax reduction, be
cause this is a political year and a tax
reduction program is a fine bail to
hold out to the voters. Secretary
Mellon has proposed a plan which
meets the opposition of ^Senator Sim
mons, one of the leading Democrats
of the House. On this subject the
Yorkville Enquirer has this to say:
"Secretary Mellon’s plan is to pet
rid of the socelled nuisance takes,
which incLude taxes on telegraph and
telephone messages taxes on admiss
ions and miscellaneous taxes. From
the first two sources the revenue ta
about $100,000,000 and th'* miscellan
eous tuxes raise $30,000,000 or $4(V,
000,000 more a good part of which cab
be cut out. Hut the main thinjr Mr.
Mellon thinks is to cut the taxes on
incomes, both large and small incom
ts. He is after the surtaxes nnd the
excess profits taxes. He considers
that the taxes discourage the activity
of capital urid force it into non-taxable
securities. He thinks that if there is a
.■■ubsantial reduction in these taxes on
the rich people, there will be more
business and industrial activity and
thus will be added more to the benefit
of the country generally than will be
lost by cutting out the taxes. The
Democrats would take part of the
burden off both large and small in
comes; but it wants mo He off the lit
tle fellow than off the big fellow.
Also the Democrats would raise from
$60,000,000 to $100 000,000 from stock
dividends about $100,000,000 from ex
cess profits and another $100,000,000
from inheritances. They argue that by
this means they can give large relief
to the individual tax payer and at the
same time go on with the payment of
' he bonus. There are Republicans who
ippose the Mellon plan and Democrats
who favor it. There are scores of oth
■is who have still other plans. The
prospect is for much talk, talk, talk;
but whether or not there will be any
real relief remains to be seen.”
THE RATE FOR POWER.
Wo have been inclined to {aver .he
action of the corporation commission
in allowing an increase in the rate to
1.40 per hundred kilowatt, because the
development of hydro-electric power
m the Piedmont Carolina® is responsi
ble in a large measure for our indus
trial growth and the pr.alucers of
power should he allowed a reasonable
return on their investment. However,
we have learned there is a clause in
the new contracts which the Southern
Power Comnany offers the consumers
of power, which requires an addition 1
iate when the power is generated by
steam rather than hv water. This
works a great hardship on the manu
facturing plunts, some of the local en
terprises having to pay $500 more per
month for steam-generated power.
And the. worse feature about it is, that
Hie consuming plant has no way of
knowing whether it is consuming
steam or water generated power until
the invoice is received at the end o"
the month. During th> dry spells of
weather through which we passed last
ball, the water stations are unable to
produce sufficient power to supply
the customers and the steam plants
ere called into service. But this makes
a big difference in the cost of power
and naturally the big difference in
the cost of manufacturing, leaving the
textile managers abso’utely in the
dark r.S to costs until the statcmcni
comes. •
Prize Night Held
At Lattimorc School
Interesting Contest*, Held in Which
Prizes Were Given to the
Winners.
Sp*e:M to The Star.
Lattimore, Jan. 19—-On P’riday
n'ght Januaiy ISth the, Lattimore
school obsoved what may fittingly
fanning ’ s
Sale of
MANHATTAN and ECLIPSE SHIRTS
JANUARY 22 to 31st.
CHOICE OF ANY
V
$2.00 Shirt......$1.45
$2.50 Shirt...$j-95
$3.00 Shirt.... $2 15 ?
$3.50 Shirt.•...$2.85 f
$4.00 Shift...;. $3.15
$4.50 Shirt. $3.45 l
$5.00 Shirts ..$3.95
$7.50 Shirt.$5.95
This is our Semi-Annual Shirt Sale.
Buy now and save. *
W. L. FANNING & COMPANY
be called '“prize night” a readers and
declarers contest, in which pupils
from the several departments of the
school took part, was held in the
school auditorium. Four prizes were
given. A piece of gold money offered
to the best reader in the high school
by the Union Trust company was
awarded to Bleaka Blanton. Marion
Champion was the winner of a pair
of shoes given 'by the Farmers Mer
cantile company to the best higli
school declainier.
The other prizes were a gold trophy
pin given by Prof. Lawton Blanton
and a pair of shoes .given by R. R.
Hewitt and company to be awarded
to the best reader and declaimer in
the elementary grades. Margaret
Stockton was awarded the trophy pin
and Lyman Martin the shoes.
During the past several weeks the
pupils nave r.nown much enthusiasm
over the contest. Fifty or more ent
ered the preliminary contests which
were held January 14. Of this number
nine from the elementary grades and
12 from the high school were re-elect
ed to enter the final contest.
The program Friray night was as
follows:
Song, Gu?c club. The Flag Goes by,
F yman Martin: Jack’s Big Sister,
Maryaret Stockton. Song of Marion’?
’fen, Paul Blanton.W hat a Friend We
Have Jesus, Mary Elizabeth Willis.
Darby and Joan, Florine Wilson. Tom
the Drummer Boy, Maxine Philbeck.
The Birth of Our Nation, Howard
Horn. Im Bad I Guess I Am, Genevier
Blanton. Psalm of Life, Arlon Mc
Swain. Back in Squashville, Agnes
Lattimore. The Duty of an Educated
Man to His Country, Wilbur Wilson.
The Crisis, Lula Martin. Education or
Women, Gladys Horn. Environment
Necessay for Character Building
Florence Hamrick. Life, John Craw
ley. Towscr Shall be Tied, Maude
Crowder, The Farmers Home, Marion
( Immpion, Angelina Johnson, Bleaka
Blanton. America First, Max Gardner.
Address on Armistic Day by Woodrow
Wilson, Charles Wilson. The Future
of America, James Raburn.
The school was indeed fortunate in
securing the following men as judges
in the contest, Prof. 0. P. Hamrick,
of Boiling Springs; Prof. G. M. Love*
liace of the South Shelby schools, and
( ounty Supt. J. C. Newton.
The girl with cotton stockings can't
see a mouse.
Any man who thinks he has no
chanca is correct.
The optimist reads “no” from left
to right.
Most of those who swore off swear
ing are swearing on.
A girl isn’t a jewel just because
she has a rich setting.
Muscle Shoals was a white ele
phant until Vord asked, for it, and
that started the circus.
When eveiy dog has his day he
wants to make a night of it.
If you haven’t a new auto tag you
are it.
Too many people think the Liberty
Bell is a dumb-bell.
It is interesting to learn that a
congressional bloc is formed by put
ting heads together.
W. <:. FEIMSTER CANDIDATE
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Hon. W. C. Feimster of Newton au
thorizes Ihe announcement that h1 ha
definitely decided to enter the race
for lieutenant governor in the demo
cratic primary of next June. He has
made this decision after much solici
tation of frnends from all parts of
North Carolina, which has been ir
creasing steadily since an item was
sent out from Raleigh a few weeks
ago that under certain circumstances
he would become a candidate.
NEW SOUTHERN SCHEDULE
CHARLESTON DIVISION
No. 113
No. 36
No. 35
No. 114
Marion to Rock Hill
Rock Hill to Marion
Marion to Rock Kill
Rock Hill to Marion
7:16 a. m.
9:57 a. m.
6:36 p. m.
8:08 p. m.
No. 35 makes connection at Blacksburg with No. 38 for
north.
L. E. LIGON, Agent,
SHELBY, N. C.
STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS.
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at
Shelby, N. C.
Lv.
No.
Between
No.
Ar.
7:40a
5:47p
4=50p
11:02a
34
31
13
16
Rutherfordton-Raleigh
and Wilmington
Wilmington-Raleigh
and Rutherfordton
Monroe-Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton-Monroe
34
31
15
16
7:40a
5:47p
4:50p
11:02a
Schedules published as information and are not
guaranteed.
E. W. LONG, D. P. A.,*Charlotte, N. C.
or G. SM VRT, Local Ticket Agent
STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS.
The Cost of a Car
s.
is no measure of its value
These are the things to consider
THE cost of a car depends in large
part on volume and efficiency.
It is no criterion of value.
J Studebaker builds 150,000 fine cars
yearly. All of them are Sixes. The
■main coats.are divided by that enor
, mo us output. Thus at prices bfS>975
and up we offer the utrrtost in quality.
We offer maximum values.
Don’t judge these cars by prices.
Under other conditions they might
cost twice as much, yet offer less than
these.
Some major costs
Quality cars require costly facili
gineers, with our wealth of ex
perience, we probably know what is
best.
We use 35 formulas for steels.
Each is best suited to certain parts,
as proved by years of tests.
On some steels we pay the makers
a bonus of 15% to get them exactly
right. There is no room to excel us
there.
♦ # *
We machine the entire surface of
each crank shaft, as was done on
Liberty Airplane Motors. That ex
tra cost is heavy. But thus we get
ations, including 15 coats of paint
and varnish.
Open cars have real leather
cushions. They cost, over imitation
leather, about $25 per car.
No closed cars could be more luxu
rious. That lining of Chase Mohair
is made from the soft fleece of An
gora goats. A velour lining would
save about two-thirds that cost—up
to $100 per car.
Note how every detail denotes in
finite care. That, as you know, is
expensive.
ties. atuaeDaKer nas
$50,000,000 invested in r
modern plants and equip
ment. $8,000,000 in drop
forge plants alone. $10,
000,000 in body plants,
to carry out the Stude
baker standards.
There are 12,500 up
to-date machines em
ployed to build these
cars. Some are enor
mously expensive.
Few outputs justify
such facilities. Then
parts must be bought out
side, and profits paid to
others.
* * *
Studebaker engineer
ing costs $500,000 per
year. That to us is $3.33
per car.
Our Department of Re
search and Experiment Li
employs 125 skilled men.
Just Go and See
StHdebaker is today the leader in the
fine-car field.
Studebelrer builds more quality cars than
any other "concern in the world.
Buyers of fine cars last year spent over
$200,000,000 for Studebaker models.
The demand for Studebakers has almost
trebled in three years — as people found
them out.
Then go see them. Compare them with
any car you will. Don’t spend $1,000 or
over without knowing what Studebaker
offers. You owe that to«yourself.
Note the completeness
of our larger models. The
nickel - plated bumpers,
extra disc wheels with
cord tires, a steel trunk,
a courtesy light. These
are rare extras, even on
the costliest cars.
Nothing is stinted
Compare part by part
with any rival cars.
Studebaker will show
you some scores of ad
vantages.
Then consider'Stude
baker history. For 72
years this name has stood
for quality. When peo
ple rode in carriages,
Studebaker built the
best. Now those same
traditions are applied to
motor cars alone.
it makes iuU.OOU tests per year to
maintain our standards..
Our Bureau of Methods and
Standards fixes the requirements for
every part and detail. 12,000 inspec
tions are necessary for each car to -
insure against flaws and mistakes.
We employ 1,000 men to make them.
Cars like the Studebakers cannot
be built without such facilities, such
research, such care. Yet enormous
output alone makes them possible at
Studebaker prices.
The best we know
Studebakers represent the best we
know. And with our army of en- .
mat pertect balance, that absence of
vibration.
We use rnora Timken bearings
than any other car which costs un
der $5,600. They cost considerably
more than ball bearings.
These facts apply to all Stude
bakers, of all styles and sizes. The
materials used in all chasses are
alike.
Beauty—Luxury—Finish
The Studebaker coach work has
been famous for decades. No one
can excel it.
The finish is produced by 26 oper
Consider Studebaker records. Mark
how these cars in service have mul
tiplied demand, until people last year
paid $200,000,000 for Studebaker
cars.
* * *
Consider their service records.
One Studebaker car, built in 1918,
has run 475,000 miles. It is still in
active service. It lately made a mid
winter trip from Los Angeles to New
York. That means 80 years of aver
age service, of 6,000 miles per year.
What more can you dream of in
a motor car than the Studebaker*
offer?.
L I G H T - S I X
5-Pass. 112" W. B
Touring -
Roadster (3-Pass.) -
Coupe-Roadster (2-Pass.) -
Coupe (5-Pass.)
Sedan -
40 H. P.
- I 995.00
975.00
- 1195.00
■ 1395.00
- 1485.00
SPECIAL-SIX
> 5-Pass. 119" W. B. 50 H. P.
Touring.$1350.00
Roadster (2-Pass.) - 1325.00
Coupe (5-Pass.) - . . 1895.00
Sedan - - - - i - 1985.00
B I G - S I X
7-Pass. 126" W. B. 60 H.
Touring - . .
Speedster (5-Pass.) ...
Coupe (5-Pass.) ...
Sedan ....
P.
$1750.00
1G35.00
2195.00
2685.00
'*»' M
v prices j. o. factory. Terms to meet your convenience.)
DOGGETT BROS.
Shelby, N. C.
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