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WEDNESDAY, JUNE J, 192G.j
TWINKLES
Apparently the “Opportunity
from the West” knocked on
doors that opened none too well.
Even the victors over Cleve
land can’t have swelled heads
considering winning votes. Al
though there are those who are
somewhat depressed.
What’s so rare in Cleveland
county on the sixth day of June
as 30 candidates all contending
that they would receive 3,000 or
more votes?
Congratulations arc in order
to the official winners named to
day and the best of luck to those
who never give up the ship until
after two doses.
One candidate is "-aid to have
stated after Saturday that he
made the race for fun. What we
can’t, understand is where the
laugh comes in considering his
vote.
No less than a half dozen
newspapers are'now telling how
, they revealed the identity of the
thought-to-be Charlie Ross. Yet
they all queried The Star as to
his identity and place of resi
, deftce.
The Gastonia Gazette would
compliment the Chester weath
er prophet on bringing rain. So
would wo if the prophecy is
worked a little more.
Everv Shelby business man
should be a booster for the pro
posed luncheon club gathering of
several neighboring towns here
during the, month. Towns and
cities that cooperate in progress
usually make a section famous.
A nhoto of an art club in a
, Charlotte school is art indeed.
Only two chances were missed to
display knees and in exclusive
Now York circles knoes are con
sidered art by the timid, while
more qf the anetomv is reauired
to be art for the intelligentsia.
Virginia and South Carolina
should note that a “first” not
claimed in Nort h Carolina is that
of being first to get the election
returns straight. It’s a good
thing some of the veteran noli
ticians can predict how things
are going else we wouldn’t know
just what happened for a fort
night, or mebbe more.
DRINKING GENTLEMANLY.
This has to do with drinking
—hewever, not of the hip vari
ety.
f. Over on Shelby's court sauare
S there is a well with “bubbler”
% where the thirsty of the town
R - and county seek ■ refreshments
* from a water that is unusually
• pure. Needless to say the water
1 Ip there is used widely. Many pee
- pie carry it away in receptacles
[ for home use. while hundreds of
others drink daily from the
“bubblers.”
♦ v- The latter method of refresh
ment as used is sanitary. It
should be considering the num
ber of poople who drink there
and the many germs that hang
over It.
But, as human kind goes
there are seme folks who take a
j<jy in despoiling things. Kre
■ouently in mornings filth is
found about the “bubblers,” u;>
patently placed there intention
ally*
Wherein it is revealed that
some cne who visits the fountain
had exceedingly “bad raising”,
as they say up where Dirty
Ankle mountain makes an odd
break in the South Mountain
chain. And the hope is hereby
expressed that some day one of
the local officers gets the oppor
tunity of trying out a new sand
bag on an ivory dome.
MOLDERS OF MEN.
Down to State college the oth
er night a complimentary dinner
was tendered Professor Thomas
Nekton, dean of the textile school
The writer knows net Professor
Nelson or his workings, hut
stops in to say that it was a
creditable affair.
Taking ii for granted that
Nelson receives the common
classification of college profes
sors it is remembered that usual
ly college professors arc listed in
men’s minds by “nicknames” and
nuns. And as the years pass! col
lege graduates for mi almost en
tirely such characters. Reunions
with classmates bring back mem
ories that include the favorite
teacher, but otherwise the man
in the background remains there
while student after student
marches on to success in life, a
major part of the success, per
haps being due to the back
ground.
Year after year manv textile
graduates pass cut of State col
lege to the new industry of the
Southland. These graduates have
had much to do with the vise of
the South and North Carolina in
the textile world—a rise that is
one of industry’s most entertain
ing romance x.
And as 4he mron plays an im
portant. role in romm'-os of lif-*
so has exceptional training made
the industrial men,of the South.
It is our idea that every time
a new textile plant roars from
the wound in Carolina, and cv
e*v j imp a bit o"‘ industry swings
(h'1 r i’-'-lp south 4 Hat Prof Nob.
son and men of his type should
bs remembered and given proper
credit.
GETTING OFFICIAL VOTES.
On t he third morning after
the primary of Saturday it v/.**s
at ill impossible to get the offi
cial vote cast by Cleveland coun
ty voters.
Which may be a tribute to the
intelligence and progress of the
county—mebbe.
The most remote of mountain
counties in the district a day be
fore had their official returns
filed .so that there would he a
definite understanding about
the Superior court solicitor.
Cleveland county folks would
readily bf ’ome riled if compared
in general progress to a county
or so, yet their election returns
dr not cope in modern methods
with the same counties.
This is not a jab at anv par
ticular person, or gr6up. Appar
ently the fault is that of care
lessness and antiquity. Voting
! methods, of course, are as out
of-date as the one horse shav,
and election return gathering a
gallon or two behind the shay.
Judges and registrars have
long foliowod the olden custom
—ruled so by elections not pri
maries—of bringing in the offi
cial vote a day, cr two days aft
er the vote was cast. Evidently
when primaries come along the
same svstem is followed. The el
ection board may l>e ready and
waiting, but an official tabula-*
tion cannot be made until all the
precincts have officially report
ed. Perhaps indirectly the elec
tion beard could alleviate the
situation. Orders could he sent
out to the various precincts that
the official vote, or a ''•copy,
should br brought, or sent in to
the heard just, as soon as tabula
tion is complete. Then no doubt,
Cleveland countv folks would
know whether they lost or won
then1 vote before a week passed.
Aft it is when the’-p nyp num
e»'OUB candidates and likelihoods
of second races one cannot, tell
iust whether the vote will justi
fy another nrimaw or not.
Those eoinnntinsr district re
turn:', find it hard lo officially
name the two leaders, n- for that
I matter third and fourth places,
j Modern process is such that
11ho public expects to know nil
about a thing soon after it hap
pens.
Let’s continue to hope.
A village is a place where Jim v>jU
sell to you on credit because you
married lus first wife’s second cou
sin.
Numerous freaks pet into the roto
pravure section, but some of them
don’t know they are freaks.
Honesty je the best policy. Tell the
lawyer how much you go and he
won’t charge you over half.
Even old timers sat out a dance,
but rot a. the roadside five miles from
the orchestra.
It’s a funny woritl, aiiu most of
the people born with the knack of mis
pronouncing big words like to use tnat
kind.
yA member of the European tobacco
firm brought the ring back to Spring
field the other day and it has been de
livered to Colonel Bell’s relatives.
Realtors who sell dirt have ethics.
This distinguishes them at once from
the writers.
| Celebrates Birthday
And Primary Voting
Corn Cracker Still Maintains he
Votes Without Advice. Hut This
He lias Always Done.
Editor of The Star.
As all green men were born in June,
this is to serve notice that on June 8,
!!)2S, I passed my G9th mile post. I
have not piled up colossal weath, have
not been the author of a great hi ok
nor an immortal poem, but have v^L
cd early and often in primaries and
general elections. This is one privi
lege I assert and enjoy and allow the
same to every other qualified votnr.
One cause for congratulation in the
recent primary was the high persr
nel of the candidai.es. In many instan
ces it was hard for me to make a
choice; but managed to decided With
out the help of local oracles or poli
tical rings. Some young men I was
sorry not to support; out they are
likely to have a political future. Ore
sad reflection, however, is the fact
that the best men are sometimes un
fortunate in their political aspirations.
Henry Clay was a peerless and patri
otic party leader; hut struck thr r
times and out in races for the presi
dency. James G. Blaine was the out
standing Republican of his day and
generation; hut failed to realize his
political ambition. That plumed knigl.t
of democracy, W. J. Bryan, was too
gifted, too patriotic and too honest to
win the presidency; hut was head and
shoulders above any man who ever
defeated hirn, and towers like a giant
among pigmies above his post-mortem
ridiculers and defamers. So, some of
the boys who fell outside of the
breastworks ir> the recent bat Jo of
ballots may thank Cod and take
courage.
For ten years I have been a prd\inn
ent of the Australian ballpt, to elim
inate some of the bribery, corruption
and other glaring iniquities that are
perpetrated by iniquitour political
rings. My policy has been to support
no man inimical to this measure; and
I want an honest-to-grnndma enyt
ment that has teeth and pulls "teeth.
I am aw'are that some local oracli-s
and plumed emissaries of darkness in
political rings think such audacity r. i
my part should be restrained and 1
should be muzzled; for such things
arc beyond my orbit. Some cousin iA
the country and some oracle in a
town are the only people who have
comprehension and sagacity to deal
with such lofty measures.
But the band is playing “the
Campbells are coming’ and the elector
ate is lining up for this beneficent
measure.
Why docs an expression of my
opinion infuriate some of the sover
eign voters? I indulge in no malicious
personalities and nobody eVt-r sees me
browbeating anybody around the
polls. But I go to no local oracle to be
wound up, nor to a henchman of the
'Shelby ring. I claim every privilege
of citizenship and accord the same
to every other sovereign voter. 1 do
rot vote for a man at the suggestion
of some cousin, nor because he “has
from six 10 eight children.” To some
extent. I am influenced by friend
ship; biu the main reason for my
siipnort is the qualifications of tl%
candidate.
Another cause for congratulation,
we had no Republican helping nomin
ate a candidate in June to vote against
him in November. This is just as un
fair as for a Methodic,*. to want to
help elect a Baptist preacher, and I
have always opposed participation of
the opposite party jn Democratic pri
maries. This act is a tacit pledge to
support the nominee and should be
carried out in good faith.
I enjoyed your portrait gallery and
those eulogistic biographical sketches.
As a few subjects of these luminous
sketches fell outside of the Tweast
vvorks, many will wring their hands,
veep—and say, “Behold, a prince in
Israel has this day fallen." But poli
tics is a mercurial game and often
the bottom rail gets on top. Some of
the defeated candidates are the best
qualified men who offered; hut if they
| will hold their heads up and support
; the nominees they will realize that
j there is a well-founded claim in the
: perseverance of the saints.
1 So, with congratulation to the win
, ners and condolence for the losers, I
i leave it with you until November.
M. L. WHITE.
; COUNTESS OF CATHCART
TO WEI) YOUNG AMERICAN
London, June 8.—Vera, Countess of
C*thcat-£, and Giddcon Boissevian, of
a Dutch-Amci'enn banking family.
: Tho Daily Graphic assarts, are engug*
’ cd to be married.
j The Graphic quotes Mr. Boissevain
I as saying: in an interview:
I “We only met a few wreks ago. al
though when I was in New York last
winter I happened to attend the first
night of the countess’ pay. It has
really been a pure romance, and i f
course we are both very shy about the
. whole affair.
“We have already gotten ..he en
gagement ring, am’ the marriage
takes place next week.”
The Graphic also quotes Countess
as saying:
“Although my finance looks so
English, he is really an American, jo
I shall be an American, too/’
Have faith. If modern men nre bet
ter to their mothers, it is because
tho mothers are producing the better
men.
Still, if nobody dropped out at the
8th grade, who would be ready to hire
the college graduates.
Views and Interviews Gels Ideas On
Silken-t'lad Ankles nna Bobbed
Hair. Same Opinions
I Yorkville Enquirer,
i “If Hie jvornen of the South would
quii. wearing so nuicli sill; in their
dresses, and so many silk stockings
1 and begin wearing cotton dresses and
jeotton hosiery, it would make the
i Price of cotton go up and go up quick
and would cause the keeping of mil
i lions of dollars in the South that are
i row going elsewhere,” so observed a
working man this morning.
“I am sure that if the women
I would wear more cotton stuff they
! would look just as Wei! and it would
I cost the folks that have to pay for ; II
this silk stuff a whole lot less and I
i am sure time if t his silk ai d satin
craze keeps on there’s going to be a
[ break somewhere down the line. li
will just have to come. I know people
who are wearing their sill; dresses anti
: silk hosiery about this town who are
not able to much more than wear
cotton dresses and covton hosiery and
sooner or later there is going to he a
bust somewhere; but I should worry."
ho concluded with a laugh.
As to Itohbed Hair »
“Yes, I hear ’em pay a;- how bol/ycd
hair is so much less trouble and pares
so much time and is so much cleaner,
and all that kind of stuff,” said a
young woman this morning to Views
and Interviews. “Well, I can just teil
you this, that is all bunkj pure bunk,”
she continued.
“Yes, I know that long hair is
some trouble for the women who have
it, but so is the bobbed hair for those
that have it. They have to be con
tinually combing it and washing it,
and going to the barbershop to have
their necks shaved, and. the hair trim,
wad and all of that sort of thing, ar.d
on top of (hat it is somewhat exncn
sive to keep bobbed hair looking
even jusc fairly decent and if it is r.ot
kept trimmed ard the neck shaved
and the hair combed, it surely is one
mess; if I am any judge. But those
who want bobbed hair and can fo« 1
themselves into believing all that-stuff
can have 't if they want it, but as for
me, I prefer mine just like it> is.”
NEGRESS. 126. IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Los Angeles. June 8.—Elisa Allen,
who was a middle aged negro “mom
my” on a plantation before the War
Between the States starred, is deal
here. She died yesterday at the hone
of her daughter. According to the
only figures obtainable she was born
12C years ago near Louisville.
We shan't believe feminism wholly
triumphrant until a man can get his
picture on account of his shape.
If you gave a dollar today, that's
thrift; if you save it tomorrow, that's
will power.
These know -all chaos who aspire * o
run things might begin with the lawn
mower.
I ' \
Composers See New
Music Of Melody
New York—Amerciean composers
and lyricists here believe that out of
all the Blues, Jazz, and Rag of re
cent years is coining a new American
' music of melody and rhythm.
| The development has oeen graaurl
but from now on it may be expected
I to become pronounced. For com
i posers are devoting themselves more
and more to music of a serious vein.
“Jazz” in the opinion of George
Gershwin, whose ’Symphony in Blue’
has attracted wide attention. “Will
always be with us, even though it may
change its form and color. Any music
typical of America will feel and ex
press its influence.
“Jazz has been looked down upon
by many people, and rightly so, be
cause in a majority of instances it-has
been incorrectly played. Properly
presented, it is very hard to play.
The real jazz compositions of today
can hardly be recognized as related to
those of the past.”
On the other hand, Jerome Kern,
who wrote “Sunny,” “Sally” and
“Stepping Soiens,” looks upon jazz
as merely a treatment of music. Since
it is generally recognizee! that classic .1
music, as well as popular word, may
be jazzed, he believes composers now
arc tui ning to the writing of more
serious compositions.
Sigmund Romberg, famous far
“Blossom Time,” “The Student Prince”
and “Princess Flavin,” is convinced ihe
old type of jazz is dying out and the
trend is toward something more ser
ious and beautiful. The jazz that re
mains, he said, is of a higher and bet
ter type than the old.
“For the lase five or six yeai’s, our
composers have been interested in
finding new rhythms,” said Otto Har
baeh, who wrote the lyrics for “Sun
ny,” “Rose Marie” and “Song o'f the
Flame,” the last two especially noted
for their approach toward the grard
opera type of music.
“They have developed a lot of them
—some marvelous and beautiful. But
in this concentration, they neglected
melody. Now the trend is back to
ward melody. It seems to me that
we are to have many beautiful melo
dies of the kind which appear to
come spontaneously from the author s
mind. The kind which run smoothly tol
the end, free from the tint of having
been manufactured.
“The new American mu ic, I V
lievc, will be found in these melodies
through which will run the charming
rhythms wc have found end develop
ed.”
As for the public’s taste, Edwin C.
Mills, of the American society ■ f
composers, authors and publishers,
contends remains the same.
“The public’s ear at present is just
like that of the past generation,” he
[said. “It wants good me'odies wi-h a
few novelties. Good ballads always
have been popular and always wiP.
The same is true of any good music.
“Ragtime. Blues and Jazz arc the
novelties and we'll always have more
or less,.the ’Banana,’ ‘Hot Mama,’ and
“Sweetie’ type of songr.”
They sa ' the Pole, keeps shifting.
Oh well • no wonder they've had such
a time finding it.
i
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Mariume.it Workers j
North DeKalb Street, ■
Near Shelby
t
Hospital.
PHONE 326-W—
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Still In the Race
— thank you —
I want to thank each and every one of
my friends who voted for me last Satur
day. Also want to say to those who voted
for my opponent that I am still a friend to
you and should there be a second race I
would appreciate it very much if you v/ould ]
join with those who voted for me before.
If elected I will do my best to fill the of
fice to the satisfaction of all the people.
A. M. Hamrick
THE UNEQUALLED COMBINATION AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS ESTATES.
AND ABOUT YOUR HOME THERE ALL THE JOYS THAT GO WITH
SPRINGTIME—PLAY, REST, CONVENIENCES, COMFORT.
The Pavement on Westfield road is nearing Highway 20, opening up to public
gaze one of the most beautiful residential avenues in the Carolines. Practically
every homesite on this alluring avenue across the hill has been sold. Some of them
are re-selling.
Take That Tip!
there! ^eP.a.l“jpROnTSn ^ ^ 'e-ale‘ »" »«*•
And any lot in Cleveland Springs Estates means a homesite unequaUed for that
dream of men and women from childhood—their own home, the best possible
And making a best means that there must be a good beginning. Which is a lot at
vltvclftDQ bprin^i Lst&tefi
Take the children out thi* afternaen for a swim in the inviting waters of the Cleve
land Spryg. Poland while they’re bathing, under careful supervision, mXr
Carolina's Most Dependa
Development
ALFRED P, MARSHALL, Director Of Sale*,
Executive Office*, Shelby, N. C., Royster Bldg.