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-i>h*lby Sidelights -1 -By Renn Drum i “IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF ' pull for Shelby to get that P. nml N. extension,” says one pessimis tic citizen. Frankly, then the col yum doesn’t see how we can help but get it in February with some 100 dentists here for n meeting. I*' they can’t do the pulling well host do without it. SOME LEGISLATOR AT THE present session, desiring to help hi< state and thinking none before | trying, has introduced a hill that would prohibit a deaf person from driving a car. The noble law maker would have benefited hu manity a lot more if this bill would have been to prohibit nit-wits and under-age folks from driving. T. \Y. Hamrick jr., of Shelby, a highly edu rated deaf young man. has been writing to the Charlotte Observer protesting against such discrimin ation against those with his handi cap and somehow the colyupi Would like to string along with IN SEEING ANI) REPORTING several score traffic smash-ups and , accidents about Shelby yc reporter ha sas yet to learn that a deaf per son ever participated in any oi them; likewise, we have never seen a deaf auto driver disregard the city traffic signals, and, if you’ll notice, they blow their horns, whether they can hear it or not, cv ery time they pass a traffic corn er. Many of the joys of life are held back on those with such a handicap and it’s a poor tribute to North Carolina’s foresight if soma jovial legislator takes away one of j their pleasures while merely trying to get his name on our law books.' SHELBY HAS THE ONLYi deaf evangelist in the Presbyterian I church of America and unlesB he walks ho has no ocher way of tret- i fing to ar.d from his Bible classes ! —the only explanatory contact! scores of deaf people have * with their Maker? Wouldn’t it be a farce on fairpla.v now if that law ' should be passed ? WHICH BRINGS TO THE MINI) n little incidont in tiic life of Rev i Andrew Miller, Shelby’s deaf evan gelist. He was called to Hickory one day tq conduct a funeral serv ice over the regains of one of “hi* people.” Many hours after he was supposed to have been back here i he had not shown up. Other hours passed and relatives here were slightly worried about his absence. Still hours later he came in driving his car. Asked about the delay,, he told on his fingers of the mother from back In the mountains who had come down for the funeral of ■ her child and had no way of getting | back home except walking. The deaf evangelist drove her home in1 his car. And a legislator would take away such service to human ity that he pretends the desire to :, assist. h IN AN ADVERTISEMENT IN * The Star one of the leading hust . ness firm of Shelby says: “For 30 years we have contacted a business in Shelby and we feel so appreci ative to our thousands of custom ^ ers that we are staging a celebra tion,” It is needless to add that those 30 yeuri have been success ful years, and whether you noticeo .it or not few issues of The Star have been without an “ad” of that firm during the 30 years. In other words you’ve seen that firm name so often that when you think of anything in that line you think of , —well, just read the “ads,” there's a lot of news, a lot of his tory, and a lot of interesting va riety in them. ? THIS COLYUM RECENTLY . made mention of the death of ; .Frank L. Stanton, the poet.singer of the South. Now a reader sends us his “Sweetest Li’l Feller” and asks that it be published. It’s worth the space it takes anywhere: Sweetes’ H’l feller— Everybody knows; Dunno what to call him, But he's mighty ?a;<’ a rose. Rookin’ at his mammy W»d eyes so shiny-blue! Mek’ you thing that heaven Is cornin’ close ter you. W'en he’e dar a slecpin’ In hi* li’l place, Jhink I see de angels Lookin’ thoo’ de lace. W’en de dark i* failin’— | W’en de ghadders creep, Den dey comes on tip-toe Ter king ’im in his sleep. Sweetas’ li’l feller Everybody knows Dunno what ter call ’im, But ha’s mighty lak’ a rose. At the Canadian Nation ii in atitute for the Blind at Winnipeg is a young woman who is a rapid ; and skillful dressmaker, although! she lost the sight of both eyes several year* ago. Leading business men of Stur gja, M«ch„ sold newspapers on the Streets in aid of a Christiftas fund for poor children. Sharon-Poplar Springs Mention Personal Mention of People on the Move and Families Moving For the New Yt. ■. (Special to The Star) The Sharon and Shanghai schools 1 are progressing nicely with Misses, Janie Sue Dodd and Sybil Hamrick j teachers of Sharon school and Mis. i Clyde lividgeu and Miss Essie Har riil leaching' the Shanghai school. Attendance ir j.ooo with very few pupils heiiig out because Of sick ness. Mr. and Mrs. I). 1). Hodd and Miss Janie Sue I);tdd, Mr. and Mrs. Waddell Dodd and little daughter j Rebecca and Mr. and Mrs. Eitzhugh Dodd were the dinner guests of T**r.: and Mrs. P. H. McMun y of Shelby,] Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, (Mho Hawkins, and fnmily recently of (Tie Sharon com munity were visitors of Mr, and Mrs. Preston Hawkins Sunday. Thev also attended Sharon church Sunday morning. Air. Hawkins’ fain ily is now living at Lnltiinore where the children attend school. Mrs, Ealing'’ Hilton and little Miss Myrle Hilton have returned to their homo at (’h >rleston. S. (., after visiting Mrs. Hilton’s parents, Mr. and fibs. J. W. Wesson ami other relatives in this section for the past three weeks. Mr. Hilton came up for a short stay and ac companied them home. Mrs. Rachel Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. Janu s Wallace and Misses Imogens1 and Iris Wallace visited Mr. and Mrs. Luther Yarborough t>t Iron Station last week. Mrs. Kov 1.councils who is in the Shelby hospital is improving, we are glad to learn.• Mrs. Thurman llnmi*icl; and Mian F un Harrill were called to be at the bedside of their father, Mr. Wyte Harrill, near Mount Sinai church Monday night. Mr. Harrill is hotter at present. Quite a few fuimhes have moved into the community recently and several families have moved away. Others changing from one. place to another in the community. We are sorry to loose our old neighbors but. we wish them prosperity and happiness in their new residence:-. Arid We extend a hearty welcome to our new neighbors and friends. Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. (Jrigg vis ited at the home of Mr. 1). K. Grieg last Friday. Misses Helen and Johnnie More head. Miss Martha Hamrick and Mr. Evans Grigg will spend the week-end at home. These young people are attending school at Lat timere high school. ELECTS LIS OF STATE 10 mm Raleigh.-—Repeal of the absen tee voter's law in North Carolina end tho establishment of the Aus tralian ballot system for all forms of election in North Carolina " ere proposed in two measures introduc ed in the Senate. The pronosal to repeal the absentee voter's law is a very short bill, merely providing f n the repeal of those sections of the consolidated statutes which provide for tho ahsehtco vo.er to cast hi s ballot. This is one of the pet measures proposed by tho Re publicans in section of the legis lature for many years past. It comm; this time from Senator Hor ton. of Chatham county. The o.hor measure, that of the Au'itralhp, ballot, is also another one of the pet hills of the minority party in N|rth Carolina- This measure comes from Senator Mc Neal, of Ashe county, and is bas ed on the provision of the Ashe county lew which provide this form of voting for Ashe county. The law provides tluu there shall be five official ballots, as follows: 1. Presidential elections. 2. General ballot. 3. County ballot. ■1. Township ballot. 5. ■Cons.Rutio^nl amendments or other proposition ballots. The i antes cf all candidates for the various positions, in all forms of elections will be printed on this one vallot .and the voter "ill cast his ballot in private by making the nroper marl; beside the name of the candidate of his choice. All voting will be done in booths provided at each election pracinc with a pro vision that there s hall be at least or.e booth for every 25 voters in the precinct. No one will be allowed to! enter the hooth to aid a man in ! marking his ticket. Tho hill also ■ proper,os to allow minority terros-! entatinn on the list of judge of ! election. Education Taxe* Worth The Price Collier's Weekly. You don’t have to go to college to succeed in business. Thousands of successful young men never saw the inside of a university classroom. A college education helnr. ij any vocation, but it is not indispcnsible. In every generation gifted hoys and girls will educate themselves much help. An Abraham Lincoln will drive himself on remorselessly. A Thomas Edison will learn Selene even though as a boy he is compelled to earn a living selling candy and fruit on railroad trains. You can get ahead without col lege if you have extraordinary energy, ambition or mental capa city. But America cannot gr. along; without institutions of high er education because in no coun try are all the people, or even a majority of them, of extraordi nary energy, ambition and capa city. Thomas Jefferson knew this when schorls were private and education war. the privilege of the rich and the aristocratic few. When he looked back over his long years of turbulent struggle, he wrote his own familiar epitaph, which ran thus: Here was buried Thomas Jeffer son, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virgii.ia for religious Freedom and Father of the University of Vir ginia. To Jefferson public education crovrnci! in a state university was the climax of : life’s work for human liberty, So ;t was. Without these public universities, the America, we know could not endure. Yet even now short-sighted op position to appropriating money for state college is. powerful. Governor A. \V. Mcl.c-an of the progressive state of North Caro lina expressed a widespread pre judice when he said: “It has always seemed unfair to mo that the state should give a man his professional training,, which is an investment. It would be jus, i fair to give a poor boy Inn 1 on which to farm raid the poor boy probably needs, is more.” Admittedly thorough education enriches the man and woman for tuf.iiiP enough to possess it but even more the state is benefited. We .support state universities by taxation and private colleges by philgi tbvopy because wo know that higher education is vital to the continued prosperity of our ; country. Behind the expansion of every indue Dry and profession hcliind the very growth of tho country itself, ;ire trained minds. The efficiency of business, the spread of invention, the skill of the surgeon anil the sanitarian, 1 over the productivity of the land itself, depend upon education. College students cannot pay for higher education. The private col leges are supported by philan thropy. Every boy and girl who goes to college is the recipient of chofitv since almost nowhere does the tuition fee e<iual the cost of instruction. Roth private colleges and public universities are needed btu sure ly our country is rich enough to pay its own way. We can afford all the taxes j spent for education. Lindsay Refutes “Free Love” Idea Says Modern Society. However, Drifting That Wav. lTp To Boys And Girls Denver, Colo.—“It has come to me through various channels,” Judge Ben B. Lindsay, of Denver, said tonight, “that the Baptist ministers of Knoxville, Team, hive decreed that I shall not apeak be fore the Optimists club in their fair city in April. The reason given by the Baptist brethren is that >hey have heard I believe in free love. “Pish, 'tush and poppycock,” said the judge. “I am not an advocate of free love, but 1 do recognise the fact that modern society is drifting more and more toward it every day. 1 see what is threatening the rock on which we have huilded our nation and our civilisation— the home, 1 not only see it, but I am trying by interesting the thinking men end women and boys and girls of the nation to find a cure for this thing which is eating like a cancer at our domestic vit als. Seeks Permanent Cure “I am arekin.tr a sensible and permanent cure for an evil that no sane man or woman will deny exists—and that is more than the Baptist brethren of Tennessee have ever done. ‘\co far as my speech at Knox ville i ' concerned, the Bapdst en fcrcenioi tf. th in I think they will he able to muster if they prevent my delivering it. ‘ More than that, now that tho things lias been starved. I probably will do p, lot more talking in Ten ucfvoo than has been my original; intention. “I have too much faith in the good oltl state of Tennessee to be hove that a handful of pious hy pocrites can make it stick iis fin gers in it a ears nnd hide in the 1 rebar when a man comes to it j with a plea of youth. I do not and ; will not believe tint Tennes--' n-'ti refute to listen to a man who by virtue o; long experience comes to i. with a message vital to not only the welfare of Tennessee but of the entire nation. “nerve cr Dry Up” “U is ♦in’:’ that the Baptist brethren of Tennessee should do something "or the good of those whom thev supposed to serve, or dry up and give somebody else a chance. "Thus far they can lay claim only to having their state the laughing stock of the thinking ♦nan 0"d woman of the world. Per haps they are proud of that job, but for the life of me I can't ace why. “In fairness, I must say that I flu tick believe :i!I th° pastors in Tcnnc 'soc- hold the same beliefs as ‘ t >!•" who have I, dogged the vi sion of a glorious commonwealth with their bigotry. The law of nveiaeu: wouldn’t let so many ut ter idiots accumulate in one spot. “Nothing could now keep me from going to Tennessee. If there we«f* no reason, 1 would go to try to find out what has become of the men and women who used to dc ’heir own thinking in that sta e. T,would go to get a glimpse of the pulpit-pounding peewees who have convinced the state any man who criticises a preacher has presum . d to find fault with God. I want to find out how they get that way. Put On Armor “I,et the Baptise brethren "ird on their armor, for Ben L /my ia coming back to the home of his childhood, and he is coming with out a muzzle. "I want an opportunity to tell them that I would rather hr poin. cd oui a • the mar. who forced into the statute hook:-, of the nation a err that wined out the lerm illeg itimate child from existence than to have led a group of bigots who ciemmed down the throats of thinking people ,a creed in which they have no faith. “1 crave an opportunity to tell the little tie. gods of Tennessee that the lowly Jesus, whom they arc supposed to serve, would he ashamed of His servants if he could review their work in the slate which they have dragged in the mire of ignorance and barbar ism, "1 yearn for a chance iO remind them c the time when their Jesus said to a howling mob who gath c red to store to death the woman .who bed erred, ‘Let him who ;s without s:n cast the first stone.’ ” Hen Mothers Pups A nrl Chases Dog Didn't Have Patience To Wait For Eggs To Hat'> and 1-el't Nest. T< tk Over f-itter j Kinston.—Mrs. A. T. Edwards, residing four miles from here, re | poi.Led a 'remarkable barnyard j family at her home. A white Wyan clotte hen is mothering seven rat terrier pups. She is making a good ! job of it. Mrs. Edwards, wife of a j young farmer, described rhe i family as “the cutest outfit you i ever saw.” i I The hen is merely a pullet in age, a flighty, rattle-brained fowl. A few weeks ago Mrs. Edwards put a dozen eggs under the broody bird. She sat on the eggs a short time, then left the lies.- in dis gust. ‘ She was in a hurry for re sults," her owner said in telling about the affair. "She just could n’t wait for three weeks for some thing to mother. “The of the punpies. he prettiest little animals imaginable, | ... .item a home close oy the hen’s nest. When the pullet sailed i off the rest, tired of sitting, she ! discovered the puppies. She may j have been near-siglued and i thought they were fluffy chicks, i but I am inclined to think she did I n’t care what they were just so I she could hover thorn. I “The mother of the pups wrs a ; gentle little beast. The hen picked J a row with her and eventually : chased her away. Then she start- j od hovering the doggies. She | makes an ideal mother. She has ' been oil the job sonic days now, end the little canines seem to be well pleased with her. She leaves them only a few minutes at a time, just long enough to eat and gti an occasional drink of water. She is awful fussy. When she runs out of the shed with her wings spread and clucks to the brood they run to her on their bowed lets and the result is a serehm. Of course, they will not cat what she scratches up for them. I get the j food for them and place it before them. Then the hen stands off, j «uivcy<r the situation and decides it is all right. After they have ; eaten she herds the whole works back into her box and settles down j over them.’’ Dangerous To Be a Baby Winston Journal. It is more dangerous in Win-; ston-Salcro to be a baby under one 1 year of age than it is to be, an j "old” person sixty or more years of age. Last year 194 babies less | than a year old died, while only 172 persons in the “over sixty j years old” group died. Seventy- j seven children between the ages of ono and five years died last year.; These figures, announced by j Dr. Carlton, city health officer, in j an address to the Rotary club furnish a challenge to Winston Salem. Indeed, the reduction of the i number of deaths among children J is one of the six major objectives upon which the city health depart ment will center during this year. The six aims are: 1. Fewer deaths of babies. 2. More children immunized against diseases tor which there ism artificial immunity. ] 3. More attention to periodica! ! phyaieai examinations. 4. A strengthening of all the | health agencies of the city, includ ii g especially the tuberculosis pro gram. 6. The provision of a modern, adequate tuberculoses hospital. 6. Entendinf; all the means by which people in this county are educated along health lines. Of these objectives, two stand I out wi ll the greatest, apparent promii enee. These are: reduction of deaths of children and the pre vision tf S modern, adequate tub- i erculonir: hospital. ))r. Carlton tells us that only 1 per rent of lhe | deaths la«t year was due to acutej contagious diseases. And once; such di. eases were the plague of; humanity! Now the plague is pul- j moi.ary diseases—pneumonia and j tuberculosis—both of which could j !v largely prevented if proper care wore exercised. Pneumonia caused | 104 deaths, or 11 per cent, while! tuberculosis caused 82 deaths, or I 9 per ccn.. These two diseases j caused a total of 180 deaths, 19 j par cent, or nearly one in five of jll! deaths. And almost every one of these deaths could have been prevented! Tuberculosis—besides being a preventable disease, and also cur able if taken in time-—is most in sidious in its attack. According ..o Dr. Carlton, there are tubercular mothers nursing children; there are many fnnvlies in which there arc one or more advanced cases of tuberculosis; there are dozens of patients, both white and colored, who should enter a hospital for treatment arid would if there were oi o available. No one can consid er himself safe from tuberculosis, unio. :■ every case has been dis covered, treated and supervised. Cerlrvinly, then, the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital in Win ston-Salem i.- one of .ho moat irn portai t needs—one that should be mot this year. Observer Farm Page. The name “Moreperacrc Farm” which has been given to the 400 acre tract owned and operated by O. Max Gardner, cf Shelby, car ries with it the idea of soil fertil ity, but to those who have visited this faint, soil production is not the only signifkaance of the term. Other elements enter into farming to make ‘Moreperacrc.” | On this farm, which is operated i by white tenants, the food and j feed consumed on it are first pro ; ducad. and then attention is given i to cotton. It is recognized that to | get more per acre, agriculture I must be as nearly self sustaining | as possible. An acre migh, produce a $200 crop, but such a crop would not mean anything to the owner and tenant if it took this amour.t to defray the expenses of ! - _..... iiH'ng the neve. Mo re per pc re Farm in an out step ling example of the judicious use of commercial fertilizers, Mr. Gardner furnishes the fertilisers tor the people who operate his farm, and this year 800 pounds per acre were used under cotton. As a result, an average of. a little more than a bale was produced on every acre in cotton cn the en tire farm. In 1925 nearly as good yield was made. Those who oper ate Moreperacre Farm are satis fied tha„ their efforts arc not handicapped for want of plant food. But to get more per acre in the fullest, sense of the term, a Ian vield is not the only essential. Quality comes in for its part in the game. Therefore, nothing In. Cleveland Big Boll cotton is plant ed on th's farm and length an 1 quality of staple is assured. To further carry out the idea of Moreperacre the livestock on this farm >n that which is best suited to conditions there, and the crops used to feed are the ones found to be the most economical. The roughage consists largely of erne. It has been found that by 1'beral application of fertilizer, a grey.w tonnage can be produced from this nlant than front any other: nil . that when properly handled. th feeding qualities are very fine. The practice is to cut the cane with a mowing machine and slug It in the field. Thus left or Jv ground it remains juicy and r.t . ti throughout the winter month*- and i.: hauled irr as needed. Health Or Beggary When Peter told the lame man, “Silver and gold have 1 none, but such as I have I give thee,” it would not be safe to assume th'\t the cripple accepted with enthus iasm the apostolic gift of healing in lieu of the alms he had antici pated. Beggary had its neerful aspects. There was a. social side to the business which had its advan tages, and it was not free front financial reward. When Peter said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of ICazareth. rise up and walk," he laid upon the man who had been lame an obligation to get up and earn a living. If«? may not have had any trade. Labor for hint may have been and probably was one of ar duous endeavor. It is not at all certain that his wages were.'as. large as the cash receipts from hi? begging. Why should a man care to be healed when his lameness 1 | volved no serious physical suffer ing and gave him a place in the sun and an opportunity to eat his oread in the sweat of other men’s toil ? There may have been days afc e rward when, re turning home with “listered ralma and aching bones, and with lens money in his pocket that he had Tiien accustomed to count in the days when he could not labor, ha lamented the fact that Peter had .nt tossed him a copper and gone his way without bestow ing the troublesome gift of heal ing. If so, the lame man was not alone in this position. The world n«s not a tew c mttortab.ly sick people who ask alnTS or sympathy when they ought to rise and carry iheir share of the world’s burdens. Faith in Christ is still a curative agent of the first .importance. But the principle g c ■ much further. What are the 1 e"f thing which religion can do for u man or wo man? A’ ■ they material or spir itual? The best things that religion rnn do for men r.ro not financial ot TTysical. That religion is best f, men which raises them to their feet \n honor ami self-respect and hum ,.’,e gratitude and sends them *orl.\ to lives of loving service. it has come to pass in the pro gress of a complex civilization that large material benefits follow itl the wake of the Gospel. In evitabn men measure religion hy these re suits. They are only partially right Still to the spiritual life of man come, the strong and possibly stern word of opportunity and coni", niand. “Silver and gold have ( none, but such as I have give I uni.n thee. In the name of Jesus fhvhj f Nazareth, rise up and walk.” A now afUr.-hm<»nt colled 0 “viol, inpfpn" irtcrec- es the tone of a violin five-fold through a horn shaped amplifier. Winter Fists HStrains on Every Ant© Battery At scro, Fahrenheit, a fully charged storage battery has only a little more than half its normal power, and j rundown battery will freece And in winter there arc fewer long drives to restore the battery’s power. When the car stand? he engine an I transmission oil congeals ana thvr. more current a used, each time the engine is started. In winter, nothing . titan a full Kowcred battery can he satisfactor . lave your battery in.-r tied today . And it you do need a ueiv one, by all means get your Ford battery new —for safety, comfort and eccnomv. A! \ Fo~d owners are entitled to our inspection service. in to Joy. the fluid chockeu and ter minals cleaned greased. Che.. Esk: "dge. Shelly; N. C. Begins Tuesday, January 18th And closes SATURDAY, JANUARY 22nd. iis on hand aarly and get some of the biggest bargains of the year. Many staple items to go m this sale at wholesale cost. This is an opportunity to get a good Watch, Clock or a good piece of Jewelry at a very low price. A FEW OF THE BIG BARGAINS: Big Ben Alarm Clocks, regular price $3.25, to go in this sale at ........ $2.25 American Alarm Clocks that sell every where at $1.50—sale price . $1.10 Ingersoll Watches, the best $1.50 watch made, now .'. $1.05 Elgin Watches, in Silver Cases, a fine watch for a man.$7.95 Men’s Elgin Watches, in fancy Gold Cases, $15.00 value — to go in Spe cial Sale.. $9.75 Beautiful Bracelet Watches in White Gold, to go in this Anniversary Sale at. $4.95 El$in Bracelet Watches, a good one at $25, hut you can get one for .... $16.75 Othe Good Values in Bracelet Watches m a variety of styles. From 9 to 10 o’clock Tuesday morning we' wul put on sale 500 Pieces China and Glass, (close-outs) worth from 10 to 50 cents each at the lew price of . 5c fcjeaistiful Chest of Silver containing 26 pieces, guaranteed 25 years, $15,00 value ..... $9.75 : Silver Knives and Forks, six knives and six forks, reduced from $5 to .... $3.50 Silver Holloware, Platers, Pitchers, l Sandwich trays and everything to go at ONE-THIRD OFF. Thirty Clocks, including all our fine Chimes, to go in this sale at ONE 1HIED OFF regular price. Now is a gocd time to get a good clock at a bar gain price. Everything in Jewelry at ONE-THIRD OFF regular price, including all our hne Diamonds, Solitaires and Clus ters, Ear Pins, Mesh Bags. 200 Beautiful Photograph Frames to vo in this sale at big reduction. Come in and see for yourself. Five beautiful Dinner Sets, new pattern^ and excellent ware to go at cost. All open stock patterns of China reduced 20 pe cent for this Anniversary Sale T. W. Hamrick Co.
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