t£J» Clmlaud ftar TUESDAY AXD FRIDAY Subscriptioa Price. fly mail, pnr year _$2.00 By carrier, per year _$2.60 The Star Publishing Company, lac. LEE B. WEATHERS.Praaidant KENN DRUM_Local Editpr Entered as second class matter January 1, ls>05, at the postoff.ee at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3, li"9. We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is, and has bean out custom to charge five eenta per line for resolutions of respect, cards of thanks ap.J obituary notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhere! to. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 132-1. Might not Muscle Shoal* have beer a Teapot Dome? What has become of th<#movemcnt for a national park at the Kings Mountain battle ground? .Shelby and Cleveland countp people should see that the few remaining Veterans in gray are royally enter tained here on May 10. An optimist is the man who hopes he will see something on the detour that is not on the regular route—and usually he is not disappointed. Well, if the government gives Mus cle Shoals to Henry ford there can he no srandal as to [who received the money. And Easter was without rain to the delight of those who sported new rpring bonnets and Ito the chagrin of those who did not. 1 Cleveland county political fans may have to depend on state and national races for their political fervor this season in view of tho lack of opposi tion to the majority of the present county officers. The state “stop law" as regards railrpajl ^asyjng* cost the people of Ntfrthi < 4i n«1 $riO£»,i)Qf> yearly, says Mr. Hailey, who thinks it is an un necessary expense, SurtJy, the lives of the voters of North Carolina are worth that mWh, especially in elec tion, year. state !_ RVEKKIT’S KEYNOTE. TV. N. Everett, sweretkry of delivered the keynote .speech at the Pepiocratic state convention which ■mpt ^ lldeigh last week *’ and his «eech was a most able recitation of e "aeKieVenients of the party in both sifto and nation, one that ia enlculat ‘rif to stimulate pride in the heart* of 1 true North Carolinians. We ad ire it mor “ for its fairneas than any k|r,;'fveraU tjid »\ot try to al anything-about the state’s fi» ial eon«ti«h. Ills honest state-5 ment of facts shows that the party ia willing to wage the coming fight on plain, unvarnished facts. While some may think the State is hopelessly bur dened with debt from which she vOill never be able to emerge and that bankruptcy is just around the corner, Mr. Everett points out that the func tion of government is n* longer the simple matter of passing and enforc ing laws, but that it is a public serv ice corporation whose duty is to do its best for the education of the bovs and girls of our state, the care of the feeble-minded and insane, the protec tion of health, the building of better roads and the social well being of our citizens. He Is willing for the people of the state to have the facts, confident that they want the things that are being done and are willing to pay the price, Speaking of the state’s progress and her ability to pay for the things which the Deo^’e demand. Mr. Everett noin* ed out thit the estimated wealth of all properties on January 1st 1923 was four and a half billion dollars which is an increase of three billion dollars in the last ten years. North f'ar-'lina is not only a millionaire sta** in the possession of wealth, but she is a billionaire in the annual creation of wealth. The state created in two and r half year* as much wealth as she has been nble to accumulate on her tax hooks in two and a half centuries of struggle with poverty. Speaking of the state’s indebtedness which have given some people con cern. Mr. Everett says It averages $93 per inhabitant and that the average bond burden for all purposes in state, county and municipality is seven cents per day per family on one and a half cents a day per household mem ber which he figures is less than a motor car owner pays for automobile tires alone. Of course some people nat urally kick against taxes because they do not appreciate all that they get for their money, while thousands of them pay more for the pleasure of owning an automobile than they pav for taxes to our state government. He admits that oi June 3Qth, 1925 th« sta*e’s revenue* will lack three million dol lars paying the bill, but. he has full ‘coniden'-e that.thf people of the state will rise to the ocasion with the fervor that patriotism prompts and loyalty demands— not loyalty to pa-tv but loyalty to a state." Higher taxes may come hut are you one who believes that the state can function as it should on a paltry sum ? Has there ever been a candidate who represented before election that he would reduce taxes and at the same time continue the state’s progress! The people usually demand what the state does in the way of ^tep* for ! ward as lonjj as there Is no waste or i extra variance and on this record of ! the Democratic party in N'orth Caro ■ lina, another victory will sweep Car olina next fall for the party in pow •r. ! GARDNER MAN OF THE HOI R. Max Gardner was the man of the 1 hear in the Democratic State Convert 'tion which met Thursday of last week j .n Raieirh and th? du ly papers are j telling of the enthasia m h ; very preaenee provoked. I? w not a Mc ) Lean. a Bailey, a Rlmr.rrw, a Morri j :on, or any other one man’s eo iven j tion bat when Mrr G d ter appear 1 he was the out.- ta nFng f g re. The ‘News and "Observer says “v.h n hi: | tame was mentioned or wltt n -|>a tool: he floor, the convent co seiz' d it a •n opportune y for a Garda r ■ 10 >e strength, even such a (show s , w:i 1 sad »n the convention four year: ago.'’ He went there - n humble delegate,’ xprting to keep quiet let when he narched down the aisle, there was r. | umttltuous nnpttt'Jse ;• I'l d • v.u ;dx f I • a speech. It revealed th:x fact that Max Gardner, although d ->r<•• ted f»-i ! rears ego, has by hi ; spot t/mar'IL'i manner vron the confidence and e t 'z> ■ >f even Ids bitterest oppon on . No other mar. in the stnt" is held- in -a.h popular lavor. When the vo e -./a, taken for delegates at large to th •'! natonal convent ion, Gardner lead th 1 balloting, running rhead of men who; have been in public l fe and nnt > a, pwrmnience lo g bo‘ore hr- made that f memorable race for Governor. Whin the qne-tion as to the num ber of women that should be named as delega'ess' at large came up, G..'-d ner bitterly fought a “slate” mode in some hotel room and contended tha the mamas should be vot'd on by th convention as a whole. He stood opt for four wr men and four nrn dete gates and in this he won not only hh po nt of argument but the favor of • he women voters over the state for whom he stood so T /.ally four y.,ara j ago whop woman'suffrage was a dangerous issue for .a political < a d date to publicly declare himself for. But women suffrage won and p . Mr Gardner is quoted as saying “their participation in polities ho developed a safer, sounder and more sanitary party.” Tha Asheville Times xnys Gardner;, popularity toc man who defeated him in l'»20. Gd.(Voth?r. leaving sur viving. hyr. husband, C..,Jyn<^ and seyeri children. . The liu.-Jiainl, S. C. Julies was Vis'fting sonic" fifty miles distant when Mrs. Jones died. Mrs Jones had suffered sogha -^} J>uk ho’-e her ills with Christian forti tude! grid netr ejwntaincd; Khe has lieen a member of the Primitive Bap tCt cltiijrab. for ;id yearsialiji was de voted to ^lpChristinn undertakings. Services, were held1 in ghelhy iHi Friday afternoon at ?. o’clock at the home of her koW. Hall .Jones Elder D. M. Heath of Kings Mountain,, North .Carolina, in charge, Her favorite hymns were sung ami only the simple i sendees of the ■ Primitive Baptist church were conducted. Her five sons acted as pall bearers and gently and lovingly interred her remains in the Shelby cemetery as was her wish. Headwork Gets Negro In Recorder’s Court Ordinarily “indue your head” is n means of increasing the family bank roll, but using the head of somebody else i - another matter. Using the oth er fellow’s head subtracts from the hank roll instead of adding—that’s ■ludge Palis’ idea about the matter. The amount of subtraction being bas ed on the amount of hoadwork done. In the case of John Poston, colored using the head or Harry Neal, color ed’ the total subtraction was $75 and the costs according to the bill ren dered in recorder's court Monday morning. Saturday evening at Lawndale one of the two "fellows of color” was said to have made an insulting remark in regard to the other’s sister, and then ! the colored man’s admission card into society—a knife—came into play. When t he “social” reached the re- j freshment period Neal had a head j carved in a manner that would have been a credit to a Thanksgiving tur- ! key. In fact, his bandaged head in the i court room Monday gave that austere j setting the atmosphere of a Turkish harem. Judgment was suspended as to Neal. Mabe Watts, colored, for attempt ing to pilot an automobile while under the influence of liquor, will be the guest of the county for six months, his dajilight hours to be spent in re pairing and building county roads. Summey Haynes, Allen ‘ Ballard, Harry Hayes, Gary Biddix, Henry ! Lewis and S. L. Smith, all of Kings Mountain, charged with being drunk i and disorderly, receiving and possess- j ing, were fined $50 and the costs each | I v.’o eases of f. and a. were also disposed of by the court Monday. In one instance the charge being dis missed owing to the lack of evidence, and in the o'her the jury rendering a verdict of net guilty. It is just possible Mr. Bryan would luive agreed if Darwin had said that man is descended from the donkey._ Columbia Ilecord. Another demand for a little con structive legislation und Bill Borah; will find himself listed as an inflam-1 matory radical.—Detroit News, Democratic Candidate For Governor V\ ill Deliver l iterary Address At Ugh School. .1. W. Bailey, d iatic ca, dJtlau or gr vernor, delivers thediterarynd |dress at Piedmont High School at 11 I o’clock today. Th.~re will be no n.en | cion of politics of course in bis ad | dress, so s nee he wt;s prevented from making a political speech in the Court House Tuesday night be<-;:u e of the revival meeting at the l ir-1 Baptist' church, the following announcement as to bis position on public stands for what I stend for. must om Grapes Is Big Mistake “Crapes are seldom pruned too se verely," says F. M. It'dfs, professor ol horticulture at Oklahoma A. and M. college. “The only mistake that may he made will be the removing of all last year's wood which gives rise to the current year’s fruiting wood. “There are many systems of grape pruning. However, hear in mind that last year's wood gives rise to the cur rent year's wood upon which grape! are home. Therefore, it Is essential to leave some of last year's wood whore the vines are trained to twc wires. “A good system is to leave a last year's cane extending In each direction for each wire and cut these canes hack in proportion to the strength of the same. For the average strength pan* leave from six to eight buds on each Thus four canes of eight buds each will give rise to 32 fruiting shoots. At average of two good bundles to each of the above 32 shoots would produce a good average yield. Another systeir is cutting back all of the last year’! canes to two or three buds each. Ho.v ever, this system does not distribute the fruiting area over the vine as well “Where grapes are properly pruned the hunches will be larger, more com pact and the berries wlil be larger." Packing Soil Firmly Is Important in Planting The most Important thing In plant ing a ireo is to puck the soil firmly around tlie roots. Tills should h< tamped down very hard, putting the top soil nex( to the roots and the other soil on top. One should be un able to pull up a young tree when it i is properly planted. It Is not necessary to use dynamite1 in digging lades to set trees in most1 ■oils. Never dynamite w lien Soilii war m. j, f. weathers W; I! Known Baptist Preacher Passes Away at His Home at Casar. Funeral at Zion. Lev. ..J. Frank Weathers, weil known Baptist minister of this cour, ty, died at 2:15 Friday morning at his home near Casar, death resulting from pneumonia which set in during an a.tar'k of measles. The funeral service* were conducted at Zion Bap ti-t church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock and attended by an immense throng of relatives and friends from every section of Cleveland county. Four ministers took part in the serv ice, and interment was in the Zion cemetery. rs who were so kind and consider ate during the illness and death of husband and father W. J. Carter. We shall never forget the many acts of kindness and tender expressions of sympathy, and affection. Mrs. W. J. Carter and Family. Mrs. James'.Archer and children, of Charlotte, were vi itors h-g-e Monday, SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW The Penn Mutual Life Insurance C mipany was or ganised in 1813. It has assets of $275,000,001. The home office of the company is in Philadelphia hut t> all practical intents and pin poses it is a southern institution and has st: png Southern sympathies. It d >es more busi ness in Georgia than all the other companies combined. At the close of the Civil War, it sent its representatives all over the South arid when they found a widow of a Confederate soldier holding a policy which was kept in force under t.ne extension feature, it was promptly paid. No other company did this. , I has for its president one of the finest business men and financiers that the state of South Carolina has ever produced and who practices what he preaches by carrying $250,000 on his own life. W. P. Law is the m m and he is a personal friend of Mr. C. C. Blanton of tb.e: First National Bank of Shelby, Consider all of these things then report to me. C. J. WOODSON, Agent Shelby, N. C. Standard clocks are the painstaking handiwork o£ the oldest and most experienced workmen in the oldest watchmak ing firms. Almost any watchmaker can make clocks but it takes a master craftsman to make a standard clock. The refining of “Stand ard” Gasoline is also a matter of long years of experience. Any clock is a wonderful piece of workmanship, but how about a standard clock?—the clock against which other clocks are checked for accuracy? * ♦ Fifty-four years’ experience in' oil refining, and millions of dol lars spent in discovering new processes have made Standard” gasoline the standard of com parison among gasolines. “As good as Standard” is a claim one often hears. • ♦ \ Yet here is a standard which costs no more than the prod ucts which aim to equal it. It is available at thousands of pumps. Take the simple precau tion of asking for it by name. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) “SIAN DARD" A definition “Standard—that which is aet up as a unit oi reference’’—The Cen tury Dictionary and Cyclopedia. Glhe Batanced Gasoline7