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...Entered ns second class mutter January 1, 1905, at the postoffice
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
■ custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards
f thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been pub
shed. This will be strictly adhered to.
FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 1926.
TWINKLES
May it be the merriest yet.
| The present styles perhaps resulted from some boy telling
his gal that he was from Missouri as far as knees are con
cerned.
1: This fellow who married Nellie, “the razor girl,” would be
considered a man in every sense of the word even in Herrin,
Illinois.
| A waitress has danced with the Prince of Wales, says a
news dispatch. Which isn’t odd, seeing as how most all of
the girls have been waiting to do so.
jj, • Somebody struck a match to several bales of cotton down in
Eastern Carolina. Hereabouts the farmers would consider
touch extravagance as “wasting a match.”
I Ye Twinlder notes Highway 18 is to be oiled. Perhaps the
highway commission is pouring oil on troubled waters, the
trouble being that of unpaved roads in this section.
When asbestos paper is perfected Ye Twinkler intends to
get an interview with a postoffice clerk on his opinion of
Christmas cards. 1
v Another indication that “times are not so hard” is that
John Dee is still giving away his shiny, new dimes. And
J6hh Dee, may it be said, never dissipated with his coin when
it was scarce.
How our idols crash about us: Rupert Hughes said
George Washington “was a hand with the ladies;” Tns
Speaker and Ty Cobb, baseball’s greatest, are charged with
framing a game, and Red Grange has barely side stepped a
police station. Next thing you know Ben Turpin will be ac
cysed of having straight eyes, and .North, Carp Lina’s “Com
iftittfee 'of Ohe Hundred4' Wifi be1 termed a DtonviA Club.'
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MAY IT BE A JOYFUL ONE
To some 20,000 r6aiders‘ The Star would wish a rtvdrry
Yuletide. jM m
3. Scattered all over Cleveland ,copnty. and in. portions pf.(a(|
jeining ebun&efe are roertibers «€ fTfete -Stfcra family* names
^where The.Star enters, three.times each week-...into thesje
s in the course of a year this paper carries tidings «f
| varying things—jp.v, grief, births, dpttis*: progress*,
action, for such" is neWs. Trs only in 6he seftftbtirthat of
Christmastime, that The Star realizes that practicaly teverv
home it enters will be happy. Glad because of all daya*it Is
the day signifying the hope of mankind for a hereafter fri
Which there will be no blend of joy and sadness, but joy
alone. ?
To, these thousands of reads in many classes of life The
Stac again wishes a joyful Christmas and all the happy tokens
the occasion brings.
ADVERTISING COTTON
1 The New York Commercial advanced the idea of creating
Eetter cotton prices by advertising the product and the sug
ested solution to the cotton problem was taken up and
roadcasted by many newspapers. Frankly it is a worth
while tip. All business confronted by over-production, stagna
tion and ruin has either created a demand by advertising, or
Berished. Yes, its’ a good idea for the cotton people, but get
ng it over is the problem.
To begin with farmers in general are skeptical about any
Organization that affects their welfare. Perhaps by exper
ience they have a right to be “doubtful Toms.” Then there is
ipe necessity of a leader. The biggest millstone about the
peck of the farming class is the lack of organization. Who is
going to assemble the group that will advertise cotton goods
to the world? What man, or men, will be willing to give his
pr their time? It undoubtedly will take quite a quantity of
business brain, considex-able work, and plenty of time. The
problem can be solved, but as the situation moves along it
has a tendency to grow worse. Advice comes in from every
lource—cut the acreage, produce your own feed, do this, and
dlo that. All to no avail. None of the suggestions carry
enough weight to go over with the cotton farmer and manu
facturer. The cotton problem will not be solved until some
one worthy of command and respect takes the helm and
goes to it with the support of all concerned. Without organ
isation and without hope of organization how will the cotton
bjterests secure and support such leadership?
Apparently the government if really interested in “farm
if” to an excess of interest in the farm vote could turn
trick. However, the appointed committees do a lot of
iking, pass along several suggestions, and point out falla
ls of the cotton industry that all have known for years. It’s
pity that the South could not have the Egyptian decree for
period. Not particularly in respect to decreased acreage
long enough to bring about an organization that would
other uses for cotton and advertise the product as such
put it over.
The mountaineer knows how to dispose of his surplus
e crop even if in doing so he violates prohibition laws,
the white-collar revenue officers say Carolinians have
ht Westerners how to make liquor of their surplus corn
And the South flounders along, always struggling to
from under the oppressive weight of cotton bales, trust
ed depending on the good years to carry over the lean
when every yetfr might be a good year.
GREATEST CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL
I Along with the sacred joy and happiness that comes with
on Christmas eve a Yuletide topic is essential. Nearly
years ago, in 1897 to be exact, Frank P. Church wrote a
gtmas editorial in the New York Sun that stands today
erne when Christmas editorials are discussed. It is fooi
to attempt to write a better one. The Star has used
ch’s touching article before, and may do so again. In
opinion it is worth using several score times. The edi
that was appropriate 30 years ago, is appropriate to
ld will be 30 years hence, follows:
take pleasure In answering at once and thus prominently the
commmunication below, expressing at the same time our* great grat
ification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends Of
the Sun:
Dear Editor—I am eight years old Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in the Sun it’s so."
Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?—VIRGINIA O’HAN
GGN, 115 West Ninety-first street.”
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the
skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be which is not comprhcnsible by their
little minds. .All minds, Virginia, whether they be mene’s or children’s
are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant,
in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as
measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and
knowledge. $
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly aS love
and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty and joy.'Alas, how dreary would
he the world if there were no Santa Claus? It would be as if there
were 10 Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable this existence. We would have no enjoy
ment except in s<a ;e and light. The external light which childhood fills
'.he world woulcFbo extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!
Vou might get your papa to hire men to watch in alii the chimneys on
( hristmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, i
but that is r.o sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things
in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you
ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no
proof thy,.‘. they are not there. Nobody can conceive *>r imagine all the
wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the
baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil
covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, or even the
united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear
apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love and romance can push aside
that curtail, and view and picture supernal beauty and glory beysnd i
It is all real? Ah, Virginia, in aU this wprld there is nothing else *eal
and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God he live#, and he lives forever. A thou
rands years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years
from now, ho will continue to make glad the heart of childhood, <
What’s A Year*
More Or Less At
Christinas Time
Two Shelby Business Men Pass
New Mileposts In Life. “Work
Harder” One Says Of New
Trial.
William Linebeiger and John M.
Best respectively dohned their Nuni
ber sevens to Father Time yester
day. They severally and collective
ly took a squint at the hour glass,
and i.oted that there was more sand
at the bottom than at the top. Then,
severally aryl jntjhridyajly they
went out and got a 'dope.
Lineberger punched the time
citock^t
Yes, we can tell you which one is
carrying his- age the better,- but*
ttot.AW-Or^re,,,,Vsr
Mr. Best says August looks just
as good to him as April, and he has
no fegr of November.
or remembered it was Mr. Line
berger’s milepost day, and called
him up.
Forty ~ pnd forty-one —-.mere
whipper-spappere * gran of John
D-i age would say.- 1 *
way pe
would w
WHat,;
his life to llve ovp- agam in, what
way fe wottld change Jt, said; ”t
Butler-Doty
Marriage In S. C.
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(Special to The Star)
A wedding of much interest to
people of Cleveland and Rutherford
counties was that of Mr. Willie
Butler of the Dobbins community to
Miss Reba Doty of New House,
which took place at Gaffney, S. C.,
Saturday afternoon December 18
1926, Probate Judge Lake W.
Stroup, officiating at the ceremony.
Only the groom’s sister was pres
ent, Miss Minnie Lee Butler.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs Bob Butler and a most splen
did young man of of excellent char
acter, he is an energetic farmer,
while the bride is the attractive
daughter of Mrs. Hessie Doty, and
she never was more charming than
she was in her lovely wedding cos
tume which was blue crepe with
tan accessories to match. She is a
talented musician and has a splen
- SHELBY CAFE=
SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS
DINNER
-$1.00-*
Oyster Cocktail
Hearts of Celery — Mixed
Sweet Pickles
Cream of Chicken Soup
With Rice
Roast Young Turkey With
Cranberry Sauce and
Oyster Dressing
Potatoes au Gratin
Early June Peas
Baked Cauliflower With
Cream Sauce
Hearts Of tattuce
Mayonnaise Dressing
Hot Home Made Mince
Meat Pie
Coffee, Tea or Milk
=: SHELBY CAFE=
S
J did voice which frill be missed in
! the choir at Saftdy Plains,
f After the Ceremony was per
formed they motored t oShelto to
, the grqoms sisters home,. Mrs. Hat
I tie Bridget whefe a bbuhtiful #up
; per was served in honor of'' the
newly weds. Their friends wish for
them much happiness. They are
making their home with the grooms
parents at present.
New York Plans
Real Skyscraper
New York.—The world’s tallest
building, towering 110 stories
abovo the street, will soon beifon
dtrtfcWrf m^heHrinles Squar^idis
trict, according to plans file ajvith
the bureau of buildings. *
wffl be
,1.208 feet Or almost a quarter of a
mile high,' is to cos fin the neigh
Karbobd >«r tt&OMMXmf'••>.» ,
Plans for the super-skysc
were filed by John A. Larkin
,¥^1 bfjJcnowB a* tta Larkin
ing. iti'.yeaily l#n«tl of $3,0i
exlp|ted.‘| M m I
hi* building' wtp be serv
spied elevators.
o couple
ing at night is that they’re
to go too far.
■j
The foot that rule* the apcelr
erntot ia tkp footj th4 rock* the
world: f
An automobilist never brags,
but he likes to blow his own horn.
He’s not so much interested in an |
eye for an eye, but he wants a I
toot for a toot.
Son! son! called a voice from the
garage, come out here and help
Papa bring in the Saturday Even
ing Post!
Good Singers,
Comedians, Girls.
7 Vaudeville Acts.
Including A Keith
Act—
“THE DANCING
SISTERS/*
Cherokee Makes
Coin On Chickens
Gaffney, —The two cars of live
poultry shipped out of Cherokee
and Union counties during the past
week netted the fanners of the two
counties approximately $5.pno, ac
cording to a statement given out
yesterday by County Agent S. C.
Stribling of Cherokee county.
The first car was very nearly
loaded at Union on the first day,
and was,largely composed of turk
eys* It brought the Union county
farmers approximately $3,200. \
second empty car was located and
brought to Gaffney for loading. 1c
loaded at Gaffney on Wednesday
and at Blacksburg on Thursday and
was then brought back to 'Gaffliev
and continued loading on Friday
and Saturday. A total of 12,150
pounds of chickens and turkeys
war, secured in Cherokee, which
netted Cherokee farmers approxi
mately $2,600. The two cars, with
a third car loaded in Newberry
county, were bought by ClaPance C.
Lee of Pittsburgh, Penn. )
The above shipment makes ap
proximately 35,000 pounds of poul
try. valued at approximately $7,
500, shipped from this county in
1926, which added to 21.419 pounds
with valuation of $4,071 in 1925,
makes a total of 56.669 pounds ol
poultry valued at $11,571 shipped
from the county since the poultry
■xports began in May, 1925.
Indications now .seem favorable
that in 1927 the farmers of the
county may ship as much poultry in
the one year as has been shipped
in the last two. The poultry busi
ness is becoming “thp biggest lit
tle thing in Cherokee county.”
Fable: Once upon a time a poor
man bought an automobile and be
lieved he could run it and still
have money enough left to buy a
few worth while things. r!'
We suppose a car is the only
place where that tired feeling is
really an advantage.
One of the Rare.
Greensboro News.
A dozen years ago David V.
| Picker, of New York, failed in bur
I incss and his creditors lost a hun
dred thousand dollars, which was
I marked off by bankruptcy proceed
| ings. Such procedure is a legal set
[ *ipr—•-* ind is so accented. There
is nothing to pay with and those
l\vn„ .. *ry to iorget it. Whether
| they do or not, the debtor usually
1 considers the incident closed. He
j is discharged of his obligations and
has an opportunity to make a new
start. But this David V. Picker wr s
one of the rare exceptions. He re
tained the notion, considered some
what antiquated, if not foolish, that
an honest obligation can’t be out
hiwed; that whatever the legal
status the moral obligation remain?
in full force and effect. David V.
1 ickcr went into business and pros
pered. As soon as he got ahead he
began paying of the hundred thou
sand with interest. His creditors
scattered and some of them died.
He had trouble keeping up with
them and their heirs. He had to hire
special investigators to trace somr
of them. But he found them and
this month he is sending out checks
for $30,000, the last payment on
the hundred thousand that he owed
when he was forced into bank
ruptcy.
There are a few like that, but
not so many that a report like the
Picker case isn’t news, it being
very unusual.
Why all the shoe ads out this
way?
This is the place where so many
cais ’run out of gas.’
The trouble with traffic regu
! lation, says Chief Hamrick, is
that while streets may be on-e
"way, laws are not.
WHAT IS THE
RED PLAGUE?
Our hopesJ
t
* :ir.i
»•' n
, WE HOPE THIS CHRISTMAS finds
. <- . f, . . i/i i ’
; As happy and carefree as a child—
Ksafeing merry midst a thousand Gifts
.! ■<•■.-. . j j; • • . • l •• t
that this is a. cheery and “big
hearted” oi’ world after all!
- J\V 'i.f -Mjjft .
Tiiildfii/t l)rV|i
/TVS
A IS P that that
Happiness will
Carry over into the
New Year w 11 h
the Prosperity we
hope will be yours
in 1927.
Wray-Hudson Co.
gy;
TO OUR PATRONS
AND FRIENDS
We Wish You All A
Merry Christmas. And It
Is Our Hope To Serve
You In The Future As In
The Past, And To Main
tain The Same Pleas
ant Relations.
SUTTLE’S DRUG
STORE
Christmas Wishes
To Our Friends and Customers:
We extend to you all the season’s
trreetiiStrr.? r'f '' - * >-• > ■ *
greetings.*
doU MW
We appreciate yqUf patronage, and
it ii plan to makes this store more
and itKtfe 'respond* to jybdr demands,
that each succeeding holiday season
- wiilliind us more closelyJowl into your
<*ff*p>nlT 1—-num-nr -r - umm ■ imiii.. i
May Your Christmas Be Q;
Good Cheer And Many Blessing
We have had a wonderful business in 1926, culminating in
the present Christmas holiday trade. To our patrons and friends i
who have made this possible we thank you, and in a sincere
spirit of co-operation and unity extend our best wishes for a
season of prosperity and good will for you. i
GEORGE ALEXANDER -
- Jeweler