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TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1924.
The administration’s tax bill has
given away to an oil account.
People termed lucky have m.-tvl./j
made th.* best of bad breaks.
If some ordinary bruiser could take!
pun shmrnt like Daugherty, Jack I
Dempsey would be minus a crown. .1
Pig oaks from little acorns gro v. .
but don’t try to spread oat lying inert!
unde r a shade tree.
; ’I ke *mule bus been outdo ip as a |
ki r. Friday a mule *|iti I on ;»j
‘It.• wire at a High Point cotton mill..
Ivie mule is dead.
T! o Father of His County had a !
good time in the icy - water, of the i
Delaware compared with the time •
some of the country's sons arc having
in the oil of Teapot Dome.
All North Carolina is this week
watching Cleveland county stage the
first county-wide “Milk-fop-llealth”
campaign in the state. If the parents
take as much interest as the children
are already taking, the campaign may
te labelled a success.
ELIMINATING DEATH TRAPS.
North Carolina roads have neen th *
subject of much talk, not only within
the state but all over the nation.!
•State highway officials have received
-many plaudits for their road system,
r l,ut one item of highway construction
jdans, for which they should be con
gratulated, has almost been overlook
ed. Nearly three hundred deuth trap;,
have been eliminated by the highway
system.
Once there were 468 grade crossings
in the 6,063 miles of the state road
system. Today there are only 180,1
twenty-one of which will be eliminat
ed. Through realignment of roads or!
directly through the construction of
underpasses or overhead crossings,
£88 grade crossings have been elimin
ated, according to State Highway En
gineer Charles M. Upham. There are
some roads in North Carolina that
were apparently constructed from the
fear of a dearth in the undertaking
business, there being a dangerous
grade crossing every few. miles. In
the majority of cases it is almost as
easy and inexpensive to play shy of
the railroad tracks, but apparently
heretofore no systematic effort has
been made to do so. The highway com
mission is to be congratulated in tak
ing into consideration the lives of
people while planning the state roa 1
system.
CHARLOTTE AND ADVERTISING.
.The way of a salesman has changed
during the process of time and the
events that go to make up time.. Once
.was a salesman stalked into a store,
cornered his victim, talked him into
insensibility and secured the desired
signature on the dotted line by ex
treme persuasive loquaciousness. Now
adays, there are two classes of sales
men. One sells a well-advertsied pro
duct and is kept busy taking orders
from a people that want a product of
known quality. The other se.ls th
non-advertised article and about bal
anccs his expense account by selling
his unknown product as a .second
choice to the advertised goods. Adver
fi ing sells the goods and the salos
afan takes the orders.
*, A South American recently flashed
la to the limelight by his Article on
gum-chewing Americans. It is a won
der he did1 not call us Wrigley chew
Crs and it is more than likely some |
one had to inform him all gum
Was not Wrigleys, for the street car
where he noticed so many working j
tws must have had a little paste-!
ard dangling in the*corner telling of
the delicious qualities of that par- j
titular gum. Webster says a phono-1
graph is an instrument that mechanic
ally reproduces articulate sound, tm
nine people out of ten ca'l that re
producer Victrola and it is not be
cause the maker of that instrument
kept the qualities of the machine
secret. We Carolina people keep hear
ing advertising exploited through gum
and talking machines, when we Have a
neat example right' at home in the city
of Charlotte. .
Not so far back in the memory of a
lot of us, there "uster be” a little but
ton “Watch Charlotte Grow.” The
Qiast head of the Queen City papers
carried the little slogan or a similar
one as papers are wont to do in tell- j
ing the world of the old home town.
The idea kept spreading, the Queen
City was really the queen of North
Carolina, and nearly every conceiv
able manner of telling the state so
was brought into play. Fact was sur
rounding towns began to consider
Charlotte slightly egotistical, more
han slightly. Charlotte kept telling
t. Finally it dawned on someone that
hj> city was the logical textile center,
naybe more, of the two Caro'bias.
rhey told the world about it.. Such
deas kept dawning and were setttered
ibroad as they dawned. Perhaps a
survey of Charlotte today ill reveal
he fact that advertising 'oes not pay
yes, perhaps. The Charlotte Chamb
■r of Commerce has decided to spend
,000 during 102-4 for advertising
'harlotte in a national way. Ten years
"roni now it will be proven the best
’vestment made by the city during
'024. Charlotte has the goods. Korth
1’arolina lies the goods, all of us have
.he goods in one way or another, but
iust having the goods is no gilt edge
investment unless others know what
ive have.
I hr' sale of the Masonic building
for $10,000 and the Central Metho
list church property for $,'{5,000
makes $75,000 worth of taxable prop
erty to go on the books the first of
May which was tart there before,
he n two v/ero known as elemosinary
’nf-titutionj and non-t&xuble under
former control. Verily our taxable
wealth increases - without building.
MORE IMH STR1ES NEEDED.
I he building of more homes anc'
business houses is a fine thing with
ill this building program under way
we are having a lopsided development
unlcrr we put some of this money we
:uo spending in industries which give
employment to more people. Therf
eems to 1? ample capital here look
ng for profitable investment and w*
do not believe itwould be a hard tasl
to raise money for Industry if th"
right sort f>f men can be secured to
head such institutions. Our textile
plants hav been profitable and more
could be built without any interfer
cnee whatever tfith our present mills,
hut a few small diversified industries
employing high-class skilled labor
would serve to support the increasing
number of business houses and fill th
increasing number of homes.
We think this suggestion is a goo'
one t.o enemge th" attention of th
K'wanis club not that w» want to dis
courage in the least the erection or
m"”" business bous"s, 1 ut that w"
want, to encourage more manufaetur
ing in or-ler that our town m'<gh
"•row in th" right proportion and t.hsJ
there might he no va"ant houses to
show a stagnant condition of affairs
VICTORY AC A INST WEALTH
It was a grand sight that argue'
well for the future of th? county:’
when 205 Democrats and 17 Progress
ive Republicans lined up like a stom
■•'all in the House and defected th<
Mellon plan, which was a bold unt’
bare-faced attempt to load still mo>-y
rf the burdens of the rich on the
shoulders of the middle classes. P
should be borne in niind that every
man of the 222 Representatives had
been subjected for two months to e
continual barrage of heavy artillerv
fire directed front the bomb-proofs c*1
the entrenched wealth of Wall Street
with its intricat" and innumerable pv
'ors ops. From the headuarters of J.
P. Morgan & Co., out to the allied and
associate * banks of the great cities,
through them to their correspondent
banks, through these to their custom
ers, more than a million persons were
induced to write or w>re or talk to
‘heir Representatives in favor of the
Mcdron plan, urging , even bullying
them to vote for a measure which
would bring great benefits to Mo’-gan
Rockefeller, Mellon and a few thous
ands of the richest men in thy country,
md very small good to the remainder
of the people. A lover of his country
can take heart and hone from the fact
that 222 Representatives resisted the
concentrated attack of great wealth
ind it s duped auxiliaries and gave the
Pborle (so far ns one House could
give) a tax reduction measure that
will give a great and real relief to all
taxpayers who pay on a few thousands
of income, a good saving to those who
might be termed wealthy, and a rood
•rato saving to the rich and very rich.
Under the Democratic plan ,(patriot
ic ally supported by 17 Progressive Re
publicans) single men are relieved of
dl tax on net income of $2,000 and
married men without children on net
income of $2,000, with additional ex
mption of $400 for each child under
1<2 years, with reduction in percentage
of all taxes.
Here is the greatest victory for the
i cople against the special interests of
great wealth since the original enact
ment of the income tax law. It is even
more; it marks the first instance in
which the Democrats and Progressives
•'used completely. The issue was basic,
fundamental: it makes a great breach
in the Republican party walls. It mak
es it practically impossible for the two
wings of that party to ever again act
>n unison. It brings the Democrats and
Progressives so close together as to
mean more such joint actions in the
future, leading inevitably toward co
hesion and perhaps coalescence into
one party. Thus would be united the
two forces which are working for
the interests of the many as against
the greed of the few.
HERNDON-Y ARBORt) YY EDDING
AT REV. W. G. CAMP’S HOME
Mr. William Yarboro, son of Mr. N.
J. Yarboro of the Elizabeth section j
and Miss Emmett Herndon, daughter
of Mrs. Matt Herndon of Near Kings I
Mountain were happily married last
Wednesday at the home of Rev. W. G.
Camp at Eastside, Mr. Camp perform- j
ing the ceremony. A few friends and
relatives were present to witness the ]
ceremony, immediately after which
they left on a short honeymoon trip.
Be sure and see O. E. Ford Co., be
fore you buy your spring fertilizers.
F
VIr. Willis Thinks Too Much Stress Is
Put Cn Athletics To The Neglect
Of Studies.
ro Editor of The Star:
Are we advancing in education or
ire we falling behind? Twenty years
ago we had several young orators on
the stump which have made great
;tatesnien as our county has pro
iuced. Now they are getting up in
years. Who is to take their places?
Will a professional football player
take it or will a professional baseba 1
player take it ? I dont think sb! Out
of all the thousands of athletics we
have one great evangelistic’ preacher,
Billy Sunday, but he don’t claim base
bul! caused it. I can remember twenty
years ago if the teacher of the great
datesmen I just spoke about had
•aught them on a swing or playing an
rough a game as football, they would
have gotten a withing.. In th elast two
years I have heard of five school
children getting their arms amMeg;
broken on the school ground... I think
we are side tracked a little on our
literary subjects. School hoys and
iris of school age can get enough ex*
•rcise around the house before and
fter school hours cutting stove wood,
getting up their water, coal, helping
their mother dean up the house, etc.
1 would like for some one to teach my
Idreti to not play so much. I have
bought each one three pairs of shoes
ind could not begin to tell the times
hey have beep mended.
Now l am no critic and have Tic rag
to chew with anybody, but would like
or these few facts to rest on the
ni.ids of the public. I am not onne o'
oso great statesmen I spoke about
didnt have the chance boys and girls
ave these days. I had to work my
vny through high school then borrow
ed the money to take a business course
vhich took me some two years after
‘,o pay hack. I may Jye wrong in my
opinion, but it is well to discuss opin
ions and review any kind of business
once in, a while. If Kaiser Bill had
’aken time to discuss a little with
Unde Sam he might have still beer.
Kaiser Bill.
H. T. WII LIS,
Eastside, Shelby, N. C.
WANTS-A BRIDGE AT THE
OLD ELLIS FERRY 1‘I.ACE
S. A. Ellis of Shelby is reflecting
the sentiment of many farmers in the
lower end of No. 1 township by ad
vocating a Steel 'bridge -at the old
EWis Ferry place which would shorten
1 he distance several miles between
Shelby and Gaffney. He says it is 14
miles from the bridge at Dravo pow
-r dam to the Boiling Springs bridge,,
thus leaving 14 miles of territory in
which it is ewfficult for the people on
the lower side of the river to get to
Shelby and on the upper side of tbfr
iver to get tg Gaffney. The Ellis old
ferry in years gone by was a much
travelled place, but since no ferry is
operated there now, it is working a
great inconvenience to those living in
that section. Mr, Ellis says the farms
are fertile and the men who own them
are willing to help the county bear the
expense of a new bridge. He says this
bridge would shorten the distance by
several miles between Shelby and
Gaffney and should by all means be
built.
Southern Will Install
Signals and Telephone
To .ncreure the capacity of its \t
anta-lV. .-iingham line to provide for
growing traffic the Southern Railway
System iv.ll immediately install the
automatic electric block signal system
(.ver this entire line and also will con
struct two telephone circuits so as to
substitute the telephone for the tele,
•graph for dispatching trains between
Atlanta and Birmingham.
The s gnat system will consist of
202 masts, carrying signals of the ne w
color-light type, located at intervals
cf 1 1-2 miles. The signals will he op
'-rated by alternating current of 4.4<m
volts, furnished by su >-stations at At
lanta. Birmingham, and Oxanna Jui c
'ion and carried ever c special t-ans
mUaitn line to he ci ec»id on the ri'11
,r w. v ‘he 1 -• will be -ue.-.
> t ligh • 4 iations.
The signals wjll protect trains
against the possibility of collissiors
and will also warn engineers of a
broken rail, an open switch, or any
other break in the line ahead of them.
The telephone is quicker and safer
than the telegraph for use in dispatch
ing trains and is being adopted by the
Southern on its lines of heaviest traf
fic.
During 1923, the Southern extended
two passing tracks and Constructed
new ones at “pinch” points, this being
part of the program for increasing the
capacity of the Atianta-Birrningham
( HILI)OF MR. AM) MF?S. LEMONS
DIES OF WHOOPING COUGH
Annie Louise, the three months old
chdd of Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Lemons
died h riday of whooping cough fol
lowing an illness of about a week The
parents live on Fast Warren- street,
-lr. Lemons being a popular brick
mason They have the sympathy of.
their host of friends in the loss of
^ eir hole one. The body was taken
Saturday to Gaffney. S. C. for inter
ment.
See “Smilin’ Through” Wednesday
evening at the central school audito
rium.
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They Can Us* The Pavement T'v|
Hours A Day When Its Roped {]
Off—Making A Playground..
Lincoln County News.
The school children of this city
joy the two hour a day skating rinl
being used each day from 4 to 6.' l|
is the pavement on South Academyi
beginning at Congress, and extending
one block to foot of Academy, the
block being adjacent to the high srh
i-uilding. City officials granted it
for 2 hours each day.
Workmen are this week blasting out
stumps and leveling off the p'ay
ground between the two high school
buildings, preparing to make room for
the children to romp over the ground
used by Cyclone Macks tent. This
spot will make one ideal play ground
when in good shape. A football ground
is being put between the two build
ings. •
A new way of flooring bridges is
noted on the LincoInton highway at
Mt. Holly. The URUal heavy planks are
put down, and these covered over with
an inch or so of rsphalt,»the same
used on the black top road. There
o.ight to be no jar getting on and off
'he bridge with a continuous naven«nt
But how long will the plank last. Gas
ton is evidently going to find out.
Since poultry raising is becoming
as important in Lincoln as almost Any
thing else, the day will perhaps come
when the Lincoln poultrvmen will own
and operate their special poultry cars
for shipping chickens and eggs to thy
tig cities. .A colinty in Tennessee is
doing that very tiling already and
and Lincoln can and hiay.
Mr. Pave Beam, a prominent farm
er and business man of North Brook,
was a business visitor in Lincolntonn
Wednesday. This has been one winter,
tnus far, said Ml-. Beam when the
"cads have been in pfe‘ty good shape.
Mr. Beam said he had observed that
dry weather damaged dirt roads as
much or more than wet weather.
A committee representing maple
lodge No. 45, Woodmen of the World,
is soliciting funds the amount <j>f
around $100, for tl**i purpose of fur
nishing a room in tnd Woodmen hos
pital at ■ 5»n Antonio, Texas. Eadfi
local mefnber is asked to contribute ah
amount not exceeding 1.00. The com
mittee js composed pf f\ P. Barkley,
B. A. Seagle, and W. M. Yoder, and
they are. having deserved success, t
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Second WecsJfcjQtp, life
Meredith BondSale
Meredith College Bond Commission
has just completed its second week of
conferences in the $750,000 bond cam
paign, for the rebuilding of Meredith
College on the new Site just ovrts’lde of
Raleigh. Tl '
Successful and enthusiastic .confer
ences are reported by the manager of
the campaign, Rev. Lee McB,White,
in Lumberton, Wadgs.boro, iMfonroe,
Shelby and Hickory..
During the coming week conferenc
es will be held at Elizabeth City, High
Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem,
Asheville and Salisbury. Dr. Charles
E. Brewer, president of Meredith, Mr.
J. M. Broughton, Mr. Gilbert T.
Stephenson and Rev. Lee McB. White
j w?H be present at these conferences
1 and present the Greater Meredith Pro
| gram to the Baptist constituency in
| these different cities.
! Tl10 special purposes for the hold
i ing of these conferences, as announc
i cd by the bond commission, is to ac
quaint the Baptist people of tW<?sWte,
'and others who would like ta?invest
j 'n the 750,000 bond issue, with the
•needs of Meredith college and the de
: tails of the bonds itself. These bonds
; will pay 0 per cent semi-annually,
January first and July first and arc
issued in $50, $100, $500 and $1,000
i denominations. These bonds are secur
ed by a deed of trust on all of the
I properties of Meredith college except
: endowment, and by the good name of
over .‘137,000 Baptists in the State of
North Carolina.
Be stingy with the seed planted
and have a smaller Irish potato yield
is the result secured by recent tests
at the North Carolina extension sta
tion.
If you want to know ask the man
who uses the J. Q. Nissen wedge
spoke wagon. O. E. Ford Co. Adv
PRICES
Are Not Always Proof
of Quality. j.
RESULTS ■„>!,
Are What Tell.
Ask the folks who*fus
ed Read Fertilizers
last year then place
ycur orders with
JOE E. BLANTON
Headquarters Shelby
Hardware Store.
Lives And Limbs Saved
By Carolina Stop Law
Deaths raid injuries from grade
crossing accidents showed a marked
decline following the enactment of the
North Carolina law requiring drivers
of motor vehicles to stop before cross
iog railroad tracks, according to fig
uics just made public by the safety
department of the Southern Railway
System.
The law became effective on Ju*y
1 191$, and in the ensuing six months
injured in eleven accidents at cross
four pe-sons were killed and elever
nips of i he Southerns tracks in North
Carolina, as against six killed and
eidents during the first six months o#
twenty-four injured in twenty-one nc
1923, eleven killed and twenty-five^ in
jured in eighteen accidents during the
twenty two injured in fifteen acci
last half of 1922, and eight killed and
dents during the first thalf of 1922.
This decrease in casualties was in
the face of an increasi g volume of
automobile a.:d truck travel, 247,612
motor vehicles having been registered
in the office odf the secretary of state
of North Carolina during 1923 as
| against lv.\060 in 1922.
See O. E. Ford Co., for cotton seed
cleaners and pea huMers. Adv
20 YEARS HENCE
The man who thoughtlessly
Devotes his hours and money
To having a “good time,”
Sooner or later finds
Himself shipwrecked on the
Rocks of want and poverty,
Minus both friends and money.
Where will you be
Twenty years from today?
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