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£h? € In* cl and J'tar TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Subscription Price. By mail, per year_$2.00 By carrier, per year_$2.60 The Star Publishing; Company, Inc. LEE B. WEATHERS_President RENN DRUM _Local Editor Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the postoffice at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is, and has been our custom to charge five cents per line foe resolutions of respect, cards of thanks und obitunry notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. TUESDAY, FEB. 3, 1923. LET’S? HAVE NO ELECTION. There should be no election on the proposed extension of the city limits. Those who favor and those who oppose should pet together and agree on a settlement of the matter which should be presented to Representative Falls. An election would serve to prolong <hp fight and there is no reason why tlie leaders on both sides, nil of whom are mutual friends and whose inter est* in Shelby and its property are in terlinked should not be able to sit down around a table and reach an agreement satisfactory to both sides. fiTTlm life, we must give and take. Selfish interests must be sidetrack ed for the good of all. , The Star does not assume that it is wiser than all or has the right rem edy for the situation, but it believes i# extensionists would make it plain that there is no desire to confiscate* property on the outside, that Shelby means to take over the South Shelby pcrool property and operate it, build streets and sidewalks, provide water, lights and sewer lines in the propos ed new area on the same basis and on the same terms that these municipal advantages have been provided in the present Shelbv, the opponents of ex tension will be satisfied. We would further suggest that if extension is mgde without an election that it would not- take effect until say JJune 1st, 192T> which wolud relieve the outsiders from listing their property for taxes until May 1st 192fi, they would be sat isfied and nccept extension without a“> election. , Petitions have been signed for nnd Rgginst extension. The majority are no tloubt in favor of it and to make it necessary tA Vr/fe would only prolong and embitter the fight. All of us whether Ave live inside or outside, are n jlnrt of ¥thelbv in spirit. Let’s get ♦ 'Mtether ui—a_soj5er-minded, business like conference and settle the matter without an election. MR. McLEAN’S BUSINESS POLICY. Governor McLean hns startled many of the legislators who would run the state rampant in debt, by an nouncing that he will oppose an ad ditional bond issue of thirty-five mil lions for roads but will favor increas i"'* ♦lip end bui'd'ng fund to twenty millions. At first he was inclined to (wneeo n’iv road bend issue, put now he has gone more tp,,n hnlf wav nnd favors twentv millions in ord"- that the road program might be carried on gradually. Governor McLean has studied financial condition of the sta*" began a study of it before he toek 1 •> oath of office and finds the ■» runs above nine million dollars. Pn*’ dav is coming and he is determined not to let the good name of North Carolina drag in the dust. Every pa triotic citizen should commend him for his attitude nnd we are pleased to know that he is putting the brakes on. It would never do in the world to institute a sales tax, the greatest an npy.ance and nuisance ever conceived for raising revenue and it would nev er do toi place a tax on land for state nurposes. There is no sense or reason in appropriating money for any and all purposes, regardless of how meri torious thev may be, without giving some sonsiderntion to the manner and method of securing the funds with pdfffeh to pay the bills. Taxes are high enough and the state institutions which have been undergoing a great buying boom, should wait awhile. As for the road building program, it is now definitely known that if the pro posed 35 millions were issued, making the,total road fund 100 millions, we would still not have enough to pave all roads connecting county seat towns in North Carolina. Gasoline and auto lioonse revenue pay for roads and we ar<? inclined to favor Mr. McLean’s 20 millions additional for highways, btit'why go further if it is dangerous to the credit of the state and the men tal find financial comfort of the tax payers ? There is a reckless element in the general assembly and just where they wopld lead the state is staggering to conceive, but if they will listen to Governor McLean, a successful busi ness man who is determined to work oiS?;,out safely ,the state's proress will continue and no extra |heavy burdens will be imposed on anyone. Won’t European nations always be eager to fight if they can do so on a charge account?—Wall Street Jour nal. .Russia’s “red’ nicnt will end only with the rising of her sons.—Wall Street Journal. The trouble with the last word in fash;on is that it is not.—Arkansas G&z«tte. OPINIONS Cleveland and Robeson. (From News and Observer.) Max Gardner has a right to re joice, seeing Cleveland county has passed Robeson in the production- of cotton, making 40.5CU bales in 11)24. But Cleveland is aped the boll weevil and disastrous rains. Robeson will tome back! What Part? (From News and Observer.) Which county lias the least and the most hard-surtaced road? That ques tion is uppermost. The Shelby Star lays Cleveland . unity.. lias only 14 rn los, whereas GuiU'ord has 54.47; Pitt, 54.311; Pender, 51.10; Mecklen burg, 48.30. As to some of these counties above the a . to ape, county taxes contributed a part That Jo-Cam Debate. (From Asheville Times.) Of course, Josephus Daniels will not accept Cameron Morrison's chal lenge to a joint debate on the financial condition of the state. The Raleigh editor is tea wise and too cons d ‘late to be a pariy to any arrangement which would inflict a joint dlscu don on the people of North Carolina at this time. Joint debates are rarely if ever productive of any lasting good. They do not clarify .ssucs. They confuse .ruth. They usually introduce the cle ment of bitterness into discussions which should be kept on an elevated plane and divert attention from the real issues by focusing interest on personalities. Mr. Morrison explain. his chal lenge by assert ng: "1 have no paper .n which to debate the matters in volved with you. This is only a half truth. Mr. Morrison is not an editor. So far as the state has any reason or knowing, lie owns no stock in any newspaper. But he does not lack for journalistic defense. There are sever al newspapers in this state which act on the assumption that what' Mr. Morrison does is usually right and these faithful friends will, no doubt, allow him all the space which he may need in answering Mr. Daniels. Fur thermore, the combined circulation of .hese papers far exceeds that of the Raleigh News and Observer. The former governor has been placed in a rather uncomfortable po sition by the Auditor’s report show ing that the state has piled up a Inigo deficit during the past few years, ltis desire to explain why the state did not live within its means during his Ad ministration is quite natural. But u joidt debate is not the prop er vehicle for Mr. Morrison’s explan ations of the deficit. The papers of North Carolina, both friends and foes, are open to him and he should use them in showing why tin? deficit isn’t a deficit. Southern’s Good Health. (From Charlotte Observer.) The Southern Railway Company “serves the South," and its condition reflects the condition of the South. For that reason The Ob irver is al ways dispos d to hold it up as an in dicator of the cod health of th<' Sou thern States, financially speaking, i he . i olivet Gossip in The Wall Street Jou vial, in th • latest report, says t nit although, the Southern Rail wiy reported net mo ruling income of ■ a 143,ill) in-;,.- .war, against $28, 1-g . I i ( l it ir impossible to tow.* - <x iU i income owing to year . ... muting adjustments which (may increase or decrease other in uii-.c a. d fixed charges. It is estimat ed, ho vgve", that T)21 results were equal to approximately $11.50 a share on tiie $120000,000 common stock, against net. at earnings of $10.11 a common r.h.wj a 1923, Prince Or Pauper. (From N. ('. Natural Resources.y It is a common suying, true as life itself, that certain lines of effort will make a “prince or a pauper” of those who follow them. C ertain commodi ties are so much dynamite. Certain employments which are like a grant of unlimited power to the few are as a destroying flame to the generality. It is as if to command them there were some mysterious “master word” to be known only by special fortune. Familiar examples are lumber, steel oil, real estate, great fortune makers all, each with its distinctive aristo cracy. They make or break, are food or poison. Bad medicine for medio crities. In every section and com munity is the familiar enterprise which has endowed a few argosies and left a litter of tinman debris. Even in a fundamental like agricul ture are these mysterious contrasts for which explanation is sought in politics instead of in the men by whom they are illustrated. Who does not know the farmer who al ways makes money, bad year and good, despite the devil, and high water and the boll weevil? Why? In common parlance it is because the “princes” who seem to command the genel “know their stuff.” They know th.i rules, and when to vary them. They know their plant and ma terial, remember results and aoply experience. Costs thye calculate to the last penny and prospective profits they discount at the stiffest rate. To day's work is for tomorrow's sun, and they hope only us in caution they un derestimate returns in forecast. When they speculate, it is with an ace in the hole. When they bet, it is in nine cases out of ten when they have a “lock” oa conditions. WHY MODERN SCHOOL BUILDINGS SHOULD BE BUILT IN CLEVELAND (Written for The Star by W. Thom as Green, Cleveland county student in Carson-Newman college.) There has been quite a lot of agi tation pro and con relative to the er ection of modern school buildings in the rural sections of Cleveland coun ty. Some sections have already taken the forward step, while others have not, and it is for this reason that I pass these words to the public. Some of our conservative farmers are justified in being so, or at least, it would seem so on the surface. It is well to take a conservative attitude at times, because much trouble and expense ere often saved in this way; but it would seem that the only con servatism that is justified in the mat ter of erecting more up-to-date school buildings would be based on financial grounds. But with the existing condi tions of the county this would seem to he poor nrg iment in the mind of a ■•lose observer. With these remarks, T shall attempt to enumerate some of the reasons why I the rurtil sections of Cleveland county | should have more up-to-date school ' buildings. I Tn th<‘ first pla^e it saves expenses, which is the vital factor in the prob j lem. One way question this statement, ; tint its v -rarity can he shown by sta tistics. When we consider the expense of sending two, three, four or five boys and girls to a high school away from home for four years, with the other inconveniences that arc con nected with such an undertaking we can begin to realize something of the cost. - wiping from experience I would sav that it usually takes from $150 to $250 to send a hoy or girl to a board big school or to a school where they h-ve to board in the community for n:ne months, to say nothing of the east of trnnsnprt.nti.nti and the loss of time that is incurred bv the student I who is away from home. Because much time can he utilized that is valuable to the former in the proper time. Some tnijv sav tT,nt taxes are too high, and that the public is already getting too much money, this may he true in regard to some things, but I-never to schools. It, better to pav a little extra for a while and get what one wants and needs, thereby doubling the result. Manv people pay double school taxes, that is, they pay to keep tin the school in their own commun ity and then send their children to an other school. The m-<n who does this might he justified m doing so, due to the fact that he has t.hc advantage of a better school, but if he would just reason for a minute he would find that the money he spends and that others spend in the same way would make his comm Unit v school as good as atrv, thereby saving money and time by having a good school close home. Si—ond. good schools and up-to-date buildings add preslige and power to anv community. Tt has been said that any community can he judged by the kind of school buildings it has, which means that poor schools and inade. nunto buildings a*--- the synonyms for ■\o--r citizenship. Bo this true or not , true a community that has good schools and good buildings usuallV b"-p penstigp, r o-nopt. and a patriotic ! c-t izenshin not patriotic for the cause j of war, hut for community building. The prestige and power of a commun j ity are strengthened not for the ma terial value or for the artistic orna ment of a fine school, hut because pro gress in education means progress in other things, more economical meth ods of farming, better churches, bet ter homes, more respect for law, more happiness, more love, pride, and re spect for ones own community. In the third place, modern school buildings nnd equipment insure a high school education for practically all who want it. There are already a num her of high schools in the county, but these could have never been possible if there had not been proper building facilities. A high school or even a ju nior high school cannot progress and produce the host, results if it is im deded by inefficient and insufficient buildings; neither can a teacher do efficient work unless he or she has i the proper place and the necessary equipment. Then it is obvious that wc cannot expect the best results from our schools unless they are adequately equipped and manned which is a stim ; ulus and an encouragement to the i young to try to secure an education. It insures education for all because it brings opportunity to our doors. Environment has much to do with the making of a life, this being true, ev in respect ot its assets ot lands, ! waters, forests, minerals, whatnot of , profit, pleasure and attraction, it is ! the interest of the state to increase in | their use the ratio of “princes” to “paupers.” To do so it must proceed toward the whole in the manner the “prince’' acts toward his part. It must visualize itself in relation to its resources. It must know in detail what and where they are, for what best adapted, when and how they can ba best employed. It must know cost, ascertain returns, justify investment. In every county there are men who know its lands, their history, their po tentialities. In every town there is some “prince” of Special knowledge who has digested every detail of his business. Is the state, whose interest embraces the right employment of acre, the success of every factory and the energy of every individual, not entitled to be a “prince” instead of a “pauper” in the definite knowledge of what its sovereignty embraces and what it can be rtiade to mean to it in wealth and happiness? cry man should endcn' - to make the environment of his hop. ind conimun ity the very best and as conducive to higher education as possible. It has been said that ignorance is not sin, but to stay in irnogranee is sin. Ignor ance can be avoided and eliminated only by fighting it. The best method is to start with the school which is primarily an index to the home and to the community. It insures an education for all be cause by the building of school houses we raise the standard and, therefore, make it possible from a standpoint of distance and of money for all to be accommodated. It is true that there are many boys and iris in the county that are being deprived of the oppor tunity to develop their God-given tal ents, due to the fact that their par ents are not able financially to send them away to school and the distance to hih schools is too far to be walked. This condition could be modified and perhaps eliminated if some of the men in the county who spend hundreds each year for luxuries and send their children somewhere else to school, thus spending their money selfishly and out of the community with out a thought for others who are not so for tunate, would spend a little in their own community for schools. This would not only help others hut it would be a lasting monument to their memory. The boys and girls of today are to be the citizens of tomorrow; they are to control the destin.es of our com munity, our county, our state, and our nation. Shall they start from the , shoulders of the present generation or shall their lives be impeded? Shall I their success be hampered because I others have failed to do their duty. | The duty is to provide adequate schools and equipment to the extent | that no boy or i«l will be denied the privilege of a high school edcucation which gives the countv when supple I ment.ed a citizenry with the power to 'see clearly, to imagine vivhlly. to think i independently, nnd to will nobly. T*>* j ouesMon is for the citizens of today to i decide. .Automobiles Kill Many In State A total of 27 people were killed ar .'14 injured in automo.bile accidents , the state highways, of North Carolina from September 1, 1924 to January 1, 1926 according la a report just com | mission. The report shows a total of 421 accidents during the four month I period. I The fifth highway district led the ; list in the numbfer of accidents and fatlities, the report shows, 120 ac | cidents being reported, with right .killed and 79" infhred. This district is ' composed of Alamance, Caswell, Dav i idson, Hoke, Ghilfovd, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph and Rockingham counties. I The third district reported fewer ! accidents than any of the remaining ! eight, according, to the report, 16 ac cidents occurring, with 24 injured and on killed. PAY YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE PARAGON— With every dollar you pay , on your account with The Paragon Furniture Company i during our big sale, you will ! rcceivo a ticket which will en title you to vote for your most popular lady. The lady receiving the largest number )f votes will be given absolute ly free a $125.')!) Mascot Range. Polls close 8 o’clock P. M. February 7th. Pay your account at the Paragon and vote. Let’s go. THE PARAGON FURNITURE CO. The cause of the accidents in which futilities occurred are enumerated in the report as follows: Speeding, 8; drivers intoxicated, 2; cars parked on highway, 4; fault of cars, 1; blinded by lights, 1; careless driving, 4; unknown causes, 3; men walking on highways, 1; children running in front of cars, 3. The majority of teh accidents, ac cordin to the report, occurred on curves, at cross-roads or railway crossings. The report also shows that one or more people were killed in each dis trict in the state during the four months. The Spirit That Wins. Your nose may be battered, yotir jaw bone nicked, Your visage may be a sight; But always remember you're never licked While still you can stand and fight. No matter how badly they mess your map, It won’t be beyond repair, ‘And there still is a chance that you'll I win the scrap As long as the punch is there. You'll make mistakes and you’ll do things wrong— The best of them always do; But as soon as you get to going strong Your grit will see you through. They smashed Paul 3ones to a fare you well, But he didn’t observe “good-night,'1 He merely paused in his tracks to yell That he’d just be.gun to fight. There’ll be plenty of folks to peddle gloom; There’ll be plenty of folks to say That they site the terrible day of doom Hurrying on its way; But the fellow who knows that the fight is hard And still has the nerve to grin And never gets rattled and drops his guard, Is the fellow that is going to win! Author Unknown. ONE BIG IMPLEMENT WEEK! ROGERSL SILVERWARE GIVEN V* I i'HOUT EXTRA CHARGE DUR ING THIS SALE This great Jubilee Sale—the news of which has spread far and wide—is made .possible .onl^ by. direct co-opera tion of the Avery factory. Daring this sale we are giving famous Rogers Silv erware with every Avery Implement to celebrate the Avery 100th birthday. If you expect to buy any implements later, it will pay you to buy them now. Stocks are now complete. You’ll have your implements when you need them. And by using up-to-date tools, you'll be sure of a bigger crop and make more money. ‘ i One Week Oniy—SATUR DAY, JAN. 31st, to SATUR DAY FEBRUARY 7th, 1925 Come and see the r.ew Avery Imple ments. See the new features. But, re member, this Jubilee Sale positively closes Saturday, Fobruary 7th, at 6 p. m. Then our unusual Rogers Silver ware offer will be withdrawn. iven , witkout extra change ^ GUARANTEED ROGERS SILVERWARE With every Avery - Champion Implement purchased during this one-week Jubilee Sale, we will include, without) extra charge, guar anteed Rogers Silverware, in the beautiful LaFrance design. The amount of sil verware depends upon the amount of your purchase. Included are such useful pieces as: Teaspoons, Tablespoons, Knives, Forks, Butter Knives and Sugar Spoons. The large sets come in a beautiful, permanent case. Pec this "ilverwarc at our store, together w.th a full printed schedule of the prizes. You always need more silverware. This sil verware carries an unlimited guarantee from tne markers, Wm. Rogers & Sons. Shelby Hardware Co. PHONE 330 Florida Beal Estate Safe And Profitable Before leaving Athens, some friends asked me if I saw a good investment to let them know. Here it is: After six weeks inspection and investigation in Florida, I consider this the best small investment I saw% so much so that am offering it to them at a lower price than other^are selling lor, for a quick sale, as I have 51 acres more that requires my immediate attention. And I give a written guarantee at the er ' of 12 months that if any buyer is dissatisfied with ourchase, I will refund them their money in full u H <rlty ° ,,,ai two larKe lakes, b.rittin and Harris, water transportation to the Atlantic ?fferlng these lot8’ size 50x137 feet, from . . to $9o0, lake fronts $950; one-fourth cash, balance for^H casheCUtlVe m°nthly *)a>ments< 5 P«r cent discount fow jeais ago, lake lots sold in tOrlando, a nearby city, for $1,000 to $1,500, now they are bringing from $3,000 to $5,000 and up. If interested, write or wire me for blue prints or re serve you some lots. I will not make this proposition on any other property I own in Florida. Title guai anteed, will make deed and have it recorded and mailed to you. This advertisement will appear only one' time in this paper, there being less than 40 lots, you will have to act » at once. This property is in 3 blocks from the main business street. Residences on all sides of said streets and lake fronts. Ask anyone about Leesburg that has been there k DARWI.N, Owner—Leesburg, Florida
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