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Published Tri-Weekly. Star Building, No. 1 E. Marlon Street SK Iby, N. C. Monday, Weo lesday and Friday. Subscription Pries. By mail, per year_$2 50 By carrier, per year_|3.00 The Star Publishing Company, Inc. LEE B. WEATHERS_Presided KENN DR CM .Local Editer Entered as second clans matte* January i, 5 90b, at the postoffice at thelby, North Carolina, under the Art of Congress, March 3, 1879, We wish to call your attention to the fact tbit it is, and has been our custom to charge five cents per line far resolutions of respect, can Is of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926 TWINKLES Otto Kahn says former fem inine apparel was atrocious, and he approves what girls of today do not wear. The tariff commission will in vestigate the onion industry, possibly without the aid of an expert “smelling committee.’’ “Youth must end wars,” de dares Lloyd George. Well, youth always has had a hand in ending them. Americans entering Mexico must have $100 in United j States money, which is to be left there, of course. “Holland’s Princess Seeks Husband”—Headline. Why does n’t she try a classified adver tisement under “Help Wanted —Male?” Discussing business etiquette, n trade magazine tells salesmen that when leaving a busy execu tive “you should not expect him to escort you to the door.” That’s the head bouncer’s job. GRADE CROSSINGS State highway officials say the grade crossings in North Carolina must go because people get killed at them. The cause is ■ not so much with tne grade' crossings as it is witn the reck less drivers. It would cost half as much as our hard surface road system to do awav with grade crossings and build over passes or underpasses in their place. Some accidents are un avoidable but the most of them are due to pure carelessness and the state should not spend fifty millions more to remove an obstacle that appears Jt > be in the way of reckless folks. EASIER TO RAISE Making crops up to the pres t r>nt stage of their (level >pmont, ' has been very easy fiv m the standpoint of labor. Right at the time the seeds were makin c their first growth, the drought was on and the crab grass which is one of the greatest an noyances during the period of cultivation, made very little headway. So far this year the insects have caused little worry and the boll weevil which was a dread for several years, seldom has his name mentioned. The young grubs were cooked in the ’ squares by the scorching rays of the sun, thus preventing their •maturing. In Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln county the flea or leaf hopper has appeared in spots and caused damage, espec ially to the bottom crop of squares. So far the cultivation has been easy because grass has been scarce. The pests have not bothered the farmer except the leaf hopper in restricted areas. The infestation period is not over and damage may yet result, but we are hoping that the crop will mature well without any thing to upset our present pros pects. Thought is now being given to the price of c6tton. If it holds up well in the Fall, v e may expect a good business to follow. SAVING THE MERCHANTS The Chamber of Commerce is nuietly but effectively serving Shelby in a wonderful way. The secretary, Mr. Newton, is hard ■at work every day, performing a multitude of duties which in themselves do not make a show to the outside, but which will ultimately prove the wisdom in 'launching this new organization in Shelby. One of the most el fective and gratifying results of the Chamber of Commerce is the Work of the secret advertising committee which has already saved the merchants and busi ness men eight to ten thousand dollars. This committee is stand ing like a stone wall between the merchant and the promoter who comes with every sort of adver tising scheme to get money from the local business men. Most of these are unworthy proposi tions while others have merit, but the advertising committee declines to issue an approval no tice or endorsement to the can vassers on the ground that Shelby has already been over worked and the business men j need a rest spell. Shelby business men are as a rule very generous to all propositions that make for community betterment, but the time has come when they need some rest from these proposi tions and demand that the ad vertising committee of the Cham her of Commerce hold off such canvassers. This is being done in a very effective way. The Chamber of Commerce needs to make another drive for fund to enlarge its budget and the As sociated Charities will soon go I before the citizens for money with which to operate. To make way for these two worthy ob jects to go over in a manner be coming the fine people of Shelby, the outsider who comes to exact some easy money from the merchants on a clever little ad vertising scheme, is being given the cold shoulder. Shelby merchants and busi ness men appreciate this fine service the Chamber of Com merce is rendering for it has al ready saved the merchants the cost of running the Chamber of Commerce a year. WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? The Star propounds this query to its readers: Where does the money come from to support our modern style of living? Obviously we—all of us—are spending more money than we ever spent before. Where does it come from? on what tree does it grow ? Take the auto, popular vehicle.! The Star called Wednesday on Mr. E. L. Irvin, automobile re gistration officer for Cleveland countv Mr. Irvin is authority for ♦he statement that up to that, 'bite 4.578 cars had beep listed for license. And as the list is not yet complete, it mav be said to br a fair estimate that there n**e five thousand cars owned in lh;s countv. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce estimates I h*» value of the average ear at *800. which figure, multiplied ! bv the five thousand cars, would show an origini:l investment of four million dollars in this class of property in Cleveland county. Four million dollars is a prettv hefty figure, but that is not all the story—by no means. There is the gas. It is reliably estimated that the consumption of "asolino in this section is fifty gallons tier car per month. And that is said to be conservative. Such a well posted man in this r' M • ■ Ward Arey said he be lieve 1 the average would run to • >v "iv-”v> Gallons. But fall hack in the inte-est: of conserva t:m ’-mv, the fifty gallons, anti c "i ider tiie present price of the commodity, and it will he seen that the drivers of the 'county spend $67 500 a month for gasoline, or $810,000 a year. That with the license charge :\f sixty thousand dollars a year I (nearly fifty-eiglit thousand had been collected up to Wednes i clay) plus oil, accessories, tires, et cetera, it costs well over a million dollars a year to run the automobiles of Cleveland coun ty. And that takes no account of the immense item of deprecia tion, which is so rapid that every j four or five years, and in many j instances a much shorter time, 'the original investment has to be repeated. I If the stock is renewed every j four years, that means a million | a year invested in new cars, j which mounts the automobile • 'f'st per year to two million dol lars. I And that’s that, arid only that. Then consider other items that cause the yearly budget to mount, such things as better homes, better furniture. (It is said you can’t sell to the colored folks these days furniture that our parents would have thought was high class stuyf)—better and more clothing—silk for the ladies, and high priced shoes, 'shirts and clothing for the men. i Once upon a time three dol I j lars was a high price for a man’s i shoes; now thev cost ten. In the i old days a dollat shirt was a lux ; urv; now they cost two and a half and up. In the good old davs tbci-p were no knickers, no sub division pants, no golf, few hotel >' dinners. A train trip was as t unusual as a presidential elec tion, and fat back and beans was | a square meal, as against aj five course affair in 1926. Where does the money come from ? Does the average man earn so much more than he used to do? How much more do You earn? Have increased earnings kept pace with increased expendi tures? Cotton used to be five cents; now it is seventeen and a half. But is it not a fact that the cost of raising seventeen and a half cent cotton, cuts the profit to very little more than the five cent article? Where does the money come from ? Largest nml Smallest l.ocomothes Compared The largest, and smallest ocorno tives ever built present an interesting contrast. The giant of the rails, huilt for heavy freight duty, is 152 feet long and weighs fi.'l" tons. Its dual motors are of 10 000 horsepower eaeh, and it can haul a two-mile long train over severe grades. The pigmy locomotive is forty-on' inches long, less than one-forty-fourth the length of its big brother, and weighs about one and one-fourth tons. Its motors are rated at four and one half horsepower, and it was built to displace the mule in mine work. FOR JULY AND AUGUST. Vegetables — Sow Cabbage and Lettuce for fall heading; continue planting Snap Beans for succession. Early English Peas planted this month will give a good tail yield. Sow win ter varieties Radish, Turnips, Rutabagas, Spinach, Kale, Mus tard, Elndive, Collards, Parsley, and Onion Seed. —Flowers—Make first plant ing of Pansy and Daisy seed. Keep all plants well watered. Farm—Crimson Clover should be sown in every available place. It is a great enricher of the soil. nd makes very nutritious feed. Rye and Barley should be sown for fall and winter grazing and afterward* will mase a crop of grain. Sow Alfalfa, Hairy Vetch Djvarf Essey Rape, Grasses and Clovers. Crons are looking good in Cleveland County, cotton, corn, cane and so on. Keep it up. Pre pare now to so\y lots of seed for gracing and hav. Keep your money at home by growing your own hay andfed stuff. Get ready for winter dairying it pays best. Feed your cows well, add a few good cows each year, also keep your chickens gonig and you pigs. All these, bring you a cash income the year round. SHELBY CREAMERY CO. Wm. Lineberger, Prest. FAIR EXHIBITS. Cleveland county should DO HEU j SELF PROUD this year at the Fair. This is our third year and crops are | Rood. Get your exhibits in shape 1 Plan now to have t'ae best. Save your {fruit, CAN IT, DRY IT, feed wh..t ; you can’t save to your pigs. Don’t | waste it. Show your fruit, jelly, etc., ! and your hogs and pigs at the fair. Our fair this year should be our best. GET BUSY NOW EVERYBODY. Get your cows and calves ;n goo-J shape, and be sure and show your corn and hay. And send your cream to the SHELJJX CREAMERY CO. Wm. Lineberger, Prest.-Treas. A Cash Income the Year Round. Notice! I have opened an Auto Re pai.' Shop in Arey Brothers Garapre. I have had 12 years experi ence as a Mechanic. I will be pleased to talk with you about your motor or car troubles. All work done in a work manlike and careful manner. Cars washed. TVes Repaired. Cars Greased. Any kind of auto mechani cal work on any car. I will appreciate a call from you. R.H. Lathinghouse AREY BROS. GARAGE. Vi. i Yes It’s Hot Cleaning Out Vice A Virtuous Client Famous last words: “It’s a hot day.’ Mot J. G. Mauney. He said: “It's a hot day.” C. J. Woodson said: “It’s a hot day.” i R. L. Armour said: “It’s a hot day.’ Sam Blanton said: “It’s a hot day.” Huh Champion: “It’s hot as —.’* T. W. Eheltoft: “Yes, it’s a pood day for salamanders and lizards.” * * * Cheer up! Consider the plight of two blokes in Forest City. Here's the story that filters down the high way. Time: Afternoon. Scene: Store in Forest City. Dramatis per sonae: A man under the spell of ro mance, and an amateur sleuth. Sleuth, sees a letter fall to the floor. Picks it up; reads it. It is from a woman, a married woman; highly spicy, not to say, with the French, risque. It reads in effect as follows: “If a red light burns in the window tonight, come!” J he bloke smitten with romance, went, accompanied by a friend. And the married woman had a friend. And the four had a party. And it was some party. So passed Pets one and two. The third is more dramatic, thrilling—aye, hair raising. The amateur sleuth told what he knew and a posse of two hundred citi zens collected, which included to re port, the husband of one of the fair entertainers. At the height of the party—in the shank of the evening- — as the owls were getting down to hooting, and the virtuous were seek ing their couches—the angry two hundred bore down on the cottage with' the red light in the window. Now get ready for the worst. The climax was a thriller, which, however, will never see the cinema. The two men were dragged out, and a speech was made to them. It was brief, con cise, to the noinl, A watch was held un and the hour of departure indicat ed. Treck! was the word. Get hence, said the spokesman, and henceforth let not. the soil of fair Rutherfordton be sullied by your footprints, or words to that effect. Business of the crowd dispersing. Harsh laughter on the night; loud voices, dving away amid the trees. And that’s that. All but this: That it is said the husband of one of the women told her, too, tp.jjark her chest and begone. Tt was a sad end; very. Curtain. Sobs in the audience. Which is doing nrettv well for .For est Citv. Co to it neighbor: vou are emulating the ®*Hdt of the times. * * Thursday afternoon: Town all shut up, all but a few prophets who spiel on like Tennyson’s brook. Business of the taxi/drivers sitting on their bench fanning themselves. Their bnsy day. Hectic faded and sultry sunshine flood? court square. Citizens amblp along, looking occasionally to the north from which comes sounds of low thunder. Question: Will it rain? Two weeks ago. vou could have got a het on the weather. Now the town has drunk its fill, and doesn’t care whether it rains or not. Such is life! Went up into the courtroom, from which the sound of voices came out and mingled with the rustle of the trees. Found D. 7,. Newton harangu ing a jury. It seems Mr. Newton had a client, and of all the virtuous souls under « virtuous blue dome of heaven that client was the most virtu ous. That court was an inouisit'on to drag that man into its midst, that nv'n about whose head any clear night, you conld perceive an aura and a halo. Of nil the good men we have hoard of late, that man was the host. Sometime we are going to auk Mr. Newton to in-t-odnee him. And then we w’TI probably laugh out loud. But that's being a good lawyer. * * * Wo thank you. Charfott* Property Value Estimated At $120,000,000 Charlotte. Aug. 5.—The estimated assessed valuation of property within the city of Charlotte for tax purposes is approximately $120,000,000 accord ing to Mayor M. D. Abcrnethy, who announced today that a revision of this estimate had delayed complete n of the city budget. The commissioners several days ago tentatively estimated the valua tion at approxim:|4ely $125,500,000 and work was started on the budget on that basis. However, it was found that yds estimate was too high and resulted in the downward revision. The mayor said the work on the bud get would not be started uptil the tax assessor has rendered a definite re port. The mayor several days ago gave definite assurance that the present tax rate of $1.16 on the $100 would not be increased. Zoar Church Notice All who have relatives buried at Zoar are requested to meet on Wed nesday 7 a. m„ Aug. 11th and help clean off the church yard. If you can’t come send me $1.00 and i will hire your part done. J. L. PUTNAM. 2t-6p The motto of everv Christian man should be, “Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.” C. -I. W. CAM LEADS IN NEGRO SCHOOLS The Rosenwald Educational Fund Reports 567 Institutions In This State Loading all other States, North Carolina has 567 Rosenwald tfchoqls for negroes, according to the con struction report of the Julius Roscn wald Fund announced this week by W. H. Credle, supervisor for this State. Mississippi, with 382 schools, comes second and Alabama, with 32!* is third. North Carolina’s standing represents an increase of 88 schools during the past yrar. The totnl cost of the buildings grounds and equipment, including the fifteen teachers’ homes that have b<en built in the Slate, was $2,797,210. In the matter of investment, South Carolina comes second with a total expenditure of $1,941,010 for its 324 j schools apd three homes. The State and counties have put up $1,775,534 of the money spent on the Rosenwald schools while the fund contributed $460,636. Negroes have contributed $494,133 and white people $66,907. Of the Rosenwald schools in North Carolina, 111 are one-teacher schools; 217 two-teacher schools; 887 three teacher schools; 85 four-teacher schools; 13 five-teacher schools; 7 seven-teacher schools: 6 eight-teacher schools; 3 nine-teacher schools; l, eleven-teacher school; and 1 fourteen teacher school. The total pupil capacity is 70.920, eclipsing the nearest competitor, Miss issippi by 20,080. The teacher capac ity is 1,576 with Mississippi coming second with 1,130. North Carolina is led only in the matter of teachers’ homes, Mississ ippi having forty and Louisiana sev enteen in comparison with fifteen in this State. This is due, according to Mr. Credle. to the ease with which the negro teachers in this State ca i W. Longstreet Uororth Died Monday Night Kings Mountain Herald. The death angel called for the soul of W. Longstreet Goforth at his home here Monday night after a lingering illness of more than a year during which time he had suffered several strokes of paralysis. The body was taken to El.Bethel for burial Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock. Mr. Go forth had been a prominent citizen of the community for a long time and a great concourse of people not to pay their respects to his mortal remains. He was 64 years old and leaves a widow and the following children R. D. Goforth. Galesburg, N. I).; Mrs. Lcla Dover, Waco, N. C-; Brady Mar vin, Joe Hall and Mrs. Charley Go forth, Mrs. Cam Dye and Miss Janette Goforth, all of Kings Mountain. 1 BUGGY FOR sale. See Arey Bros. It DRIVE A PONTIAC, j Chief of Sixes before you decide on a car. Arey Bros, dealers. It FOR BEST RESULTS always use Texaco new and better gasoline and motor oils. It New Road Signs To Be Installed Route 10, “Main Street” of North Carolina, will be equipped with the new, national standard highway markers within the next thirty days, according to ar> announcement by Frank Page, chief highway commis sioner. A survey is now being made of the route to determine how many and what type of signs are needed. The new markers, which contain black markings on a yellow' back ground, are of different shapes, round, square, triangular, octagonal and diamond—each shape having an especial meaning. The advantage of this system is that motorists may know what danger is ahead before they are close enough to read the sign. The new signs were recently adop. ted by all states and will be put bp as old markers wear out. They are of metal and will cost, when made by the highway department, only about 85 cents each. Hallo! Where are you walking in such a hurry? Fellow just stole my car, and went down this way. But surely you don’t expect to overtake him on foot? Rather! He forgot to take the re pair kit with him. I know that car. A first thing the new school for drivers should undertake thinks J. Horace Grigg, is to teach the motor ists how to read the speedometer. An example of silent salesmanship is the decrepid look the old car has with a new license plate on it. Blanton-Wright Clothing Company “Shelby’s Best Men’s Store.” Advance Showing of New Fall Oxfords We have just received big shipment of New Fall Oxfords. Made in all the new. snappy, lasts, and leathers. Come in and see what values we have to offer. PRICE RANGE — $5, $6, $6.50 and $9.50 Blanton-Wright Glo. Co. SEED POTATOES Just arrived another car of the famous GREEN MOUNTAIN, Maine grown seed potatoes. b The recent rains have put the ground in ideal condi tion for the planting of Fall Potatoes. It is safe to plant these potatoes as late as August 20. Fall potatoes are easier to raise, freer from insects and give greater yield. Write, phone or wire us for prices. * i Pearce, Young, Angel Company PHONE 249. SHELBY NORTH CAROLINA
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