AROUND OUR TOWN "* —SHELBY SIDELIGHTS— i —BY RENN DRUM— THINGGS ARE not. » * * LIKE THEY usterbe. • * k. THAT’S A certainty. * * * AND IS the cause » X » FOR MUCH WORRY • * * HERE IN Shelby. • * * AND JUST what. * * * IT ALL means. * * » NO ONE seems to know. * * * THE WORLD may be. * * * COMING TO an end. * * * OR ANOTHER war. * * * IS HEADED our way. * * * OR SOMETHING terrible. * * * IS BOUND to happen. * * * AND PITY the children. * * * FOR BELOVED Santa Glaus. * * * MAY HAVE passed on. * * # ANYWAY SOMETHING is wrong. * * * BAD WRONG, hereabouts. * * * ■ \ FOR HERE it is. \ * * * \ ONLY EIGHT short weeks. * * * there'll Ik* a flavor with the kick. r>on’t he surprised one of these •lays if the package of collars com ing hack from the laundry tinkles like a ukelelc. Bobby Rudasill is pushing one of the Snowflake trucks and Bobby has a habit of making music out of anything. Leave enough collar buttons in your shirts and Bob by will soon have a neck-band orches tra. * * * In nnming Cleveland county hoys who are starring in football else- J where The Star unintentionally make a mistake. A' youngster from up in the hill country, who was caught after a four hour chase by.prohibi tion officers and convicted in court, was left out. lie’s the star half back, reports say, on the prison eleven at Atlanta. ' * « « One thing puzzles Traffic Officer Poston. Barnum, the human nature philosopher, opined that only one sucker was born every minute. Four people are said to be heading towards Florida every minute, many of whom arc passing through Shelby. Mac’s wondering where the other throe are coming from. * * * No, the new electric light signals will not be flapper dolled up in a “sinful red’’ dress. ♦ * * Regarding the new traffic signs it was cot stated in the last issue that the Leil changing traffic directions will not sound all night. Shelby is not considered quite that big. The only folks out after midnight here are the bootleggers, homeless and a tea hound who has been on a petting party wh re he was out petted. The police will determine at what luur of the night the hell will be silenced although the signals will operate all night. * * * UNTIL CHRISTMAS! * * * AND NOT a merchant. * * * HAS STARTED urging us. * * ¥ TO SHOP early. * * * AND AVOID the rush. • * * AND THE postofTice * * * * HASN’T SAID anythin*. ... ABOUT MAILING packages. * * * FOR WHICH we will * * * OFFER THANKS at Thanksgiving. I ... (With apologies to Dec. 25) I For the sake of prosperity the colyutn desires that every pessimist aiid dispenser of hard-time “blues” in Cleveland county read the follow up: “THIS SEASON, UP TO NOV EMBER MS EAR AHEAD OF ANY PAST RECORD. OUR BUSINESS AT BOTH STORES HAS BEEN EX CKEDINGLY GOOD—AND WE RE HOPING TO MAKE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER THE BIGGEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.” The statement was signed by The Stanley Company, of Fullston and PoJkville, in an advertisement appearing in the Inst issue of The Star. * » * Now whoever said business was bad can talk back to the Stanley’s— and in busines s matters they usually know what they’re talking about. * * * When the new traffic signals get here won’t one of them make a fine Christmas tree for an anti-prohibi tian party ? * » * Pete Grigg has what the uptown folks term the most successful me thod of collecting bills ever seen in operation in Shelby. Pete was seen around the first of the month on Shelby streets with a folder of hills under his arm and a shotgun in his hands. * * * Hearing of no sudden and unexpect ed deaths this week we presume everybody met their installment on the Nash. Americanism: A woman using the Mann Act to get blackmail; an agent helping a man break the law to get evidence against him. Th'! fellow down at Monos Georges’ j fruit stand says ho don’t know what kind of skins make the best shoos, j but banana peels muke the best slip- j pers. • • * And discarded chewing gum will stop a procession almost as quick as Lackey's four-wheel breaks. * * * . Numerous citizens and other inha bitants of the town are debating a suit against official Shelby and a long-winded whistle at the Eastside .Mill. It is estimated that one of the bigg^t crowds ever to turn out over' nothing dressed hurriedly Tuesday alight for the supposed bad fire at Eastside, Even the firemen wore dis appointed. .*> » • The doctors, however, will not com plain. Too many folks caught a cold. • * * It’s hard to recognize notables. This week a passing motorist halted his car in front of the position where The Star scatters its twinkles and satellites, stuck his head in the door and inquired the route to Gaffney. He was told “to go straight out and straight down—Anybody should find the road to Gaffney,” and rather curtly at that. A short time later it was learned that the motorist was a big official of a special motor ist routing firm that specializes in directing folks to Florida. • * ♦ One can’t never tell who the fellow is on the other end of a discussion. Some years ago J. 1). Lineberger and Frank Sherill were on a fishing trip in Florida—not Cuba—and while at a certain club were invited to go out boat fishing with two other gentle men. The Carolinians accepted ami talked and joshed with their new made acquaintances as they would prospective nail-buyers back in the hardware store at home. Coming in from the fishing trip Mr. Lineber ger noticed that the party was in lor considerable attention. He didn’t undestand it. latter in the evening he received the shock of his life when he learned that his fishing companions were Zane Grey, the famous novelist, and his brother. Lineberger and Sher ill packed their baggage and hied away from the club before the Grey’s arose next morning. They couldn’t brave the situation next morning after being out all the previous day with one of America’s most noted writers and showing him no more Coilrtesy (than an ordinary pick-up acquaintance. * • • That’s a tip to the bootleggers about selling their fluid to unknowns. Some of the customers may prove to be a special representative of an extract firm trying to help the gov ernment cleah up the liquor so that NOTICE ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. As administrator of the estates of Henry F. Hastings and Sarah Hast ings, 1 will offer for sale, to the high est bidder, for cash, at the home of the late Henry F. Hastings, on the farm of Forest Eskridge, on Satur day, at 10: A. M., November 28th, 1925, the following described proper ty: 1 mule, 1 cow, Farm tools, corn, and some household goods, etc. This the 5th day' of November. 1925. I). Z. Newton, J. V. Hastings. Attorney. Administrator 4f pd. How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu To break up a cold overnight or to cut short an attack of grippe, in fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, phy sicians and druggists are now reborn mending Ca’.otalw, the purified and refined calomel compound tablet tha' gives you the effects of calomel and r.alts combined, without the unpleas ant effects of either. One or two Calotah3 at bed-time with a swallow of water,—that’s all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest interference with your eating, work or pleasure. Next r,»orning your cold has vanished, your system is thor oughly purified and you are feeling fine with a hearty appetite for break fast Eat what you please,—no dan ger. Get a family package, containing full directions, only 35 cents. At any ^rug store (adv) Physical Inspection Of School Children Is Now A Necessity By Miss Irma Bowman, R. N. Appreciating the interest mani fested in the work I have been doing, by the many que. tiohs that have been asked me about it in the past few weeks, am glad to avail myself of the opportunity to answer some of them. Dr. Milton J. Rosennu, Professor of preventive medicine and hygiene of Harvard says,” The Physical In spection of scnool children is no long er an experiment but a pressing ne cessity." It is founded on a recogi tion of the close connection which exists between the physical and the mental condition of children in tile whole process of education. The object of inspection of schools is not primarily thn treatment of di sease, but rather their prevention. One of the principal objects is the early recognition of physical defects such as errors of refraction, imper fect hearing, malformation of the body, 17. Palmer Post-Graduate 1922. Office Hours Dailv 9-12. — __ 1:30-6. __ VY’oolworth Bldg. Head Steps. Lady Attendant. Phone 515. , v land other obstructions of breathing,] I and sources of inflamations, infec tion etc. Ari important object of the inspection of school children is to determine their fitness to be in school. To recognize nervous and mental disorders, also the early re cognition of tne communcable dis eases and measures to prevent their spread; the teaching of personal hy giene to pupils and the sanitation and (leanliness of the school building and its surroundings; tne adjustment of the seats and desks etc. '1 he movement has made clow but sure progress. A systematic school inspection was started in Brus sels iii 1M/4, and in Paris in 1884, since which time the movement has become world wide. In America the nrst systematic inspection of school children was begun in 1894 after iour years of effort by Dr. Samuel H. Durgin, Commissioner of Health of Boston, who is regarded as (he lamer ot the system througnout America. The first scientific and extensive examination of school children was made by Dr. Henry P. Bov/ditch who has written several classics of great interest on the growth of children etc. In 1908 there were only seventy cities out side of Massachusetts having inspec tion of schools. Massachusetts has a compulsory inspection law; New Jer sey has ap emissive one; Vermont has a Jaw requiring an annual test ing of the vision and hearing of all school children, and Connecticut one providing for such tests triennially. There has been much discussion concerning who shall conduct the in spection. It is plain that in any system the teacher must be the ulti mate inspector, and teachers are quite competent to carry out simple tests for determining the acuteness of vision and hearing. In one sense the teacher its the foster mother of the child and lrcquently knows the child better than its own mother. The teacher should report to the school nurse, (or medical inspector if the school is so fortunate as to have both), children who have any of the following symptoms—Loss of weight, pallor, puffiness of the face, short ness of breath, swelling in the neck, general lassitude, growing pains, rheumatism, flushing of tne face, eruptions of any sort, cold in the head, especially running eyes, irrita ting discharge from the nose, evidence of sore throat, cough, vomiting or frequent requests to be excused from the room. AH of these are symptoms ihat should be followed lip. The nurse is able to detect the beginning symp tom.:. of disease and can be treated to care for simple troubles. The wise nurse never wants responsibility that can be handed over to the physi cian and unless in very minor condi tions she gives first aid and then re fers the patients to their family physicians. The chief value of the nurse per haps is in establishing communica tion with the homo and securing friendly co-operation with the par ents. Parental neglect is rarely due to the lack of parental affection, but because they do not know. The nurse is frequently able to gain the confi dence of both the child and the par ents and in this way assist in carry ing out treatment. One of the chief duties of the school nurse is social service. It is the duty of. the nurse to try to detect defects, not to treat them. Who shall treat the child is a matter for the parents or guardian to de cide. It is not sufficient merely to notify parents that the child needs treatment, for frequently these no tices are laid aside and forgotten, but if followed up by a friendly vi sit, usually the desired impression is made, the family physician is consult ed and results follow. We have been a'stonishcd at the number of defects found among our children, and parents are beginning to wake up to the realization of the duty of caring more closely for the health of their children, and it is likely that good health will soon rank first in the minds of teachers und parents among the things prere quisite to a good education. School nurses have wonderful op portunities for health teaching. In visiting the home she comes in di rect contact with the people, she sees them in their natural surroundings. Often the family does not knOw what is wrong, but in a friendly visit the nurse can put enough together to dis cover where the trouble is. Almost , unconsciously she noted the striking things about the home, the neighbor hood, the house, its furnishings and general repair, its size and how it compares with the size of the family; the provision for light and ventila tion and whether unclean or simrly untidy. She learns almost without asking, and as these problems pre sent themselves she can, with the aid of other organizations, straighten them out to some extent and help the family on their feet once more. The value of home visiting was early recognized. The New York Health department has always as serted that the care given in the school is the ameliorative, and that given in the homes, the preventive work of the system. The children i are taught the best ways of ventila tion, the good results and how if they do not sleep with plenty of fresh pure air at night they will grow pale and weak. This is of no effect if it is not carried out. In talk ing to « class of children I noticed a very pale badly nourished little boy. I learned his address and visited his home. I found his mother of the same type, who, in the course of con versation, told me that she had Tuber culosis, and was unable lots of times to do her work. The family of rev-1 en were sleeping in two small rooms with all windows closed, and paying no attention whatever to the right kind of food. The mother was allow ing this little boy to tfrink strong poorly made coffee anytime he wish ed. I tried to explain to her the harm she was doing him and I am sure from later visits she tried to carry out advice given her, as best she could, not only in regard to him, but herself and her home. Cooperation is of utmost import ance if results are obtained. Co operation with the children, parents, school authorities, public workers and organizations. With out help from'all,, the work is handicapped and can never be a success. Through the work of the school nurse American citizens are better physically fitted to receive the educa tion which in its turn is to fit them for responsibilities of citizenship. It is her duty to so teach the value of health both to children and parents as to make them realize that its at ta;nment is worth some real sacri fice on their part; it is her duty to strengthen parental responsibility in new directions, also to do her part toward making the school an institu tion where bodies, as well as brains, are developed for a life of usefulness We should take courage, for the war is being successfully waged the world over. In city after city results show that it is no hopeless task which lias been undertaken, only a difficult one. To give a fair chance in life to thousands, who are now hopelessly handicapped, before the race is well begun, are aims that cannot be light ly set aside. During the past two years your school nurse has labored and planned trying to gain the confidence of the people, and hoping to see the work develop and grow. The foundation has been laid, the knowledge of the needs are before us, and we have just come to the point where greater things can be accomplished. The re cords clearly show that our effort has not been in vain, although the percentage of defective children has been large, we have seen (sixty per cent of them treated.) To public health workers, this is an unusually result in a town where there are no free clinics. It is to be hoped that some arrangement may be made, to treat that part of the forty percent who are not able to have this done for them selves. Can Shelby afford to disregard the opportunity—denj the responsibility? This is a question well worth your earnest consideration and as one who has most carefully studied the situation, I beg you to think. Ignorance is Bliss (Columbia Slate.) Princess Mary and the Dutchess of York are wearing coats of rabbit skin. So are any number of Ameri can women, but they don't know it because the creatures have beer given fancy names. Paint These On Your Ford Pray as you enter. My Galloping Goose. Don’t rush me, I’m tired detouring. Follow me—I drop nuts. The Pride of a Tinner. Honest weight—no spring?. Fat: That auto looks pretty well worn out. Slim: It ought to. It’s the sole sur vivor of four love affairs. The investigators have discovered a 1924 model Ford still in use. SAYS HE KNOWS IT IS O. K. Mr. J. L. Coker Has Given HERB JUICE A Fair Test And Found It To Be Satisfactory In Every Way. “I have given your HERB JUICE a fair test and have found it to be 0. K. in every way, so I do not hesitate in recommending it to my friends.” The above statement was made to the HERB JUICE man a few days ago | by Mr. J. L. Coker, well-known and popular clerk for the Jiffy Grocery Co., 236 East Trade Street, and who resides at 409 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C., who, like thousands of others in this city, has found that HERB JUICE will do all that is claimed for it. “My trouble,” contin ued Mr. Coker, "was all due to my stomach, liver and kidneys. I would have severe billious attacks and my stomach was so upset all the time that just the smell of food would make me sick. Why, I could hardly eat a thing and my kidneys were very irregular—would be up all hours of the night. I had severe pains across my back and all through my body that I thought I had a bad case of rheumatism. I was always taking some kind of medicine, but I must honestly say I have never found any thing to gi%'e me any genuine relief until I began using HERB JUICE. “HERB JUICE, according to my way of thinking, is the greatest medi cine sold today. 1 never have any •more billious attacks or indigestion spells and my stomach is in fine shape and I eat anything I want, my kidneys act regularly, which means no more getting up at night and I have been relieved of those severe pains across my back and all through my body. As I said before I have found HERB JUICE to be all 0. K. in every way and do not hesitate to recommend this medicine to all my friends.” HERB JUICE is guaranteed to give satisfaction or monev refunded at_ riviere drug CO., Shelby, N. C. (Adv.) Conflicting Sides Of Capital Punishment (Raleigh News & Observer) There was a time in England when almost every grave crime, and some not so grave, was punished by death. Life was regarded aff*very cheap and at the pleasure of the King. It was because of the easy conviction by the King’s court and the severe penalties that when people has a voice in par liament they made laws to safeguard the rights of the accused. Sonm of those safeguards, necessary then, continue when the reason for them no longer exists. But the generation has witnessed the swinging of the pendulum far to j the other side and the sentiment j against capital punishment has | brought about laws in many states ! and countries against capital punish- j ment for any crime. There is an ever increasing number of people who hold that as neither individual nor \ government can give life they have no right to take it away. In North Carolina the prevailing j sentiment is in favor of a law that j would impose the death penalty for the most serious crimes. A proposi tion to repeal the death sentence fori premeditated murder and rape could j rot command enough support to car ry it through a General Assembly. ' But thousands who would oppose the repeal of the law will refuse to ren-1 der a verdict that will carry it into j effect if their personal vote on a jury sends a man to the death chair. Theoretically they are strong for the 1 death penalty. When it is put up to them as individuals to vote for it they give such undue weight to tire charge of the judge as to able doubt” as to let guilty m.'n , cape. The reason why men, guilty murder in the first degree, are So of ten either acquitted or iound -uiltJ of murder in the second degree or of manslaughter is because the jurvm. do not want to say that a feliow nm shall be electrocuted because tlv. ' fears, if a life sentence js imp,il!7 the affirmative power will short] • so reduce the sentence as to <]., adequate and deterring punishment' In his autobiography, the'late Vice President Marshall writes inter.. , ingly and wisely on the exercise 0f the pardoning power and gives ex amples of how by its wise exciry |,' restored several men to useful an*1 honorable lives. Touching upon th matter of capital punishment, jj,. Marshall gave some suggestion Wor.’ thy of serious consideration, all .j-, more so since they were written shortly before his death. We quoy This question of inflicting the death penalty is a serious one. por. sonally, I am opposed to capital pun ishment. I do not believe it rests jn human hands to say when a lip. shall cease; and if there were some way devised to prevent what perhaps 1, myself, did—the extension of ex. ecutive clemency to men who were keep them in for life, then I believe hanged—if there were some way to s uit up for life instead of being all persons would be satisfied with the abolition of capital punishment. Perhaps modern boys grow up with out proper discipline because a safe ty razor is such a flimsy, inadequate affair. Correct this sentence: “She is for ty end single and rich,” said ho, "but never tries to run other peo t>i!e"s affairs^” Buick Master Sir Four Passenger Coupe Come in and try the seat ing space in the Better Buick. There is more of it — added head room — added leg room — added width in seats for both driver and passengers. Buick engineers have dis covered new w’ays to in crease interior space. They have made the Bet ter Buick more roomy than other cars of even longer wheel base. It is a full-sized, man-sized car, for grown-up people to ride in, tvithout being squeezed in. Come in and try' it! BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN Division of Qeneral Motors Corporation 1 Better 8uick Six Cylinder Valve-hn-Head motor cars range in price from $1125 to $1995, f. o. b. Buick factories. Among the Buick open and closed models there is one that will meet your desires exactly. &3ri(rBUIGK J. LAWRENCE LACKEY, _ Dealer ----- Shelby, N. C. When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them Full Fashioned Silk Hosd Perfect Fit—Splendidly Durable It would seem odd to talk about well tailored suA Hose, but that s just the way these seem—they fib so smoothly! Woven of glistening, strong silk! Full fashioned! Knit of ten-ply silk. Buy a Supply NqV?, Every feature tends to make them wear, and with sensible laundering, you will find these of long service. In ail colors, the pair,