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THE CLEVELAND STAR jpr ' Shelby, N. C. ‘ r * Monday, Wednesday and Friday > f . Subscription Price tfy Mail, per year . ---—--—— $2.50 0f Carrier, per year _ ...------- $3.OP The Star Publishing Company, Inc. LEE B. WEATHERS .-.-----. . President ItENN I>U\)M ..—-- - -. Local Editor Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the postofficc At 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 m custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards ,*f thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been pub lished. This will be strictly adhered to. ......ag-j MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927. TWINKLES Yea, where there*is a will it is an oddity if there is no one to way-lay it. ;; One thirty may be said, and maybe more, for these Super ior court judges in this state who have endorsed1 Al Smith: They at least have the nerve to express their opinions pub licly despite the fact that numerous public officials are not of that bent. Why doesn't thb North Carolinian who sneers at New York’s wet governor and hundreds of “Speak-easies” won der how two filling stations every five miles on Highway 10 through this state manage to make a living? A motor club Bayii there are that many and from observing other high ways tery few will doqbt the statement. In court here last week a plaintiff was awarded damages .because the defendant trying to collect a debt from him had the plaintiff put in jail. Now suppose the defendant in the last case cannot pay the damages awarded by the court, who will he sue for having him put in jail, should such come to pass—and how long could such a matter ramble along? When Judge Rufe Clark and The Greensboro News enter ed upon a discussion of the olden delicacy of "pone” it seems that they found it hard to decide upon the thing “pone” was made in. Finally, to the satisfaction! of one party at least, it you? found ttyat pone was baked in an oven. Perhaps so in srhne sections, but Ye Twinkler remembers having his pone in ffce jhpme of Dutch ancestors from nothing other than a “skillet.’*, . SHADY, BUT REFRESHING? SogHt'Of these days Hie so-called Memorial Fountain, erect ed j^jWg^eairs back on the court square, may devolve, in the minds of rural people, into a decorative building instead of a spot both serviceable and beautiful. When the fountain was completed the various places about the city where free water had been dispensed began to point to the fountain well when thirsty folks came ,by asking for ;; water—and that fountain over on the court square is about the most popular spot in Shelby on summer Saturdays and other week-days when large crowds of rural shoppers'are in town. The soda fountain beverages are all right, nifty en ough so to say, but they do not quench a thirst. Yet on these days of popularity the fountain on the square fails to measure up to the task. It should, or be marked for decora tion only. /_ INSURING AGAINST HAIL A mutual hail insurance association organized along the line of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association in ihis country would furnish protection at a great saving in our farmers and the organization of such an association was sug gestwjr in ,a issue of The Star last week by W. A. Crowder, one of best business farmers in Cleveland county. We ' trust you read Mr. Crowder’s contribution and have given ! it careful thought. A few years ago when hail insurance vva^'Chexp, the farmers protected themselves, but the rate has en increased to a point where it is a burden to carry So the fanners haye stopped buying hail and storm coverage. ! TH^Anhtter of rate would be worked out later. Mr. Crow * der calculates that at $1 per acre on cotton, the farmer could I be protected on a loss up to $50 per acre from hail damage ’ jf fijqre are as many as 35,000 acres insured during ;* sea ; son,s :At any rate the cost would be considerably less than ' the saVhe protection is sold for in the stock companies that ; operate on a high overhead cost. The best evidence that a mutual association is practicafatui workable is the success* ! fulifflffAtion of the fire insurance association. Farmers need protection and are willing to pay a reason able amount for it, but they cannot pay the rate which the stock companies demand. If the protection can be had at a eost-Hshggested by Mr. Crowder, the farmers should busy themselves at once toward a mutual organization that would be feady for business next year. t\!\ t: COOLIDGE HAS ENOUGH Since Mr. Coolidge made his famous little statement—“I do foot*choose to run for President in 1928”—a country-wide crtufgrjyprd puzzle has -been on trying to determine just what the.‘President meant. In fact, the one line statement can be interpreted in more ways that the usual impenetrable silence of*the*llresidenC—and a silence, you know, can at times be int^pvfcled with a thousand angles. Some believe Mr. Coolidge really intended to say that he waVthrbugh, while others believe he meant that he isn’t go ing to seek the nomination, but will accept if the nomination seeks him. JThTs paper, after reading an Associated Press dispatch of tl\p (tey following the startling, semi-mysterious announce ment, really believes that Calvin has enough. That dispatch hdfl'lt* (hat Mr. Coolidge seemed to feel relieved and better abieMnentally to enjoy the events of a day in the Black Hills. From.that we would judge that this matter of being, or at tempting to be a president again, had been worrying the President. To our mind the worry wasn’t so much over the trpuble be would have in getting the presidency, but of the trouble he would have as President again. Despite that silence, which brought to him the monicker “Silent Cal,” we believe the President has been troubled en ough in recent years to yell out in agony scores of times. Per haps while meditating with himself, as his fishing pole dan gled across his knee, he has decided that it isn’t worthwhile; that being the official head of a party that makes of him only a tool jsn’t the greatest thing in the world although the posi f ion .Way be the highest. Perhaps he wondered during those dayseback with nature just who was President, and what fun there )vas in having this and that powerful group order cer taiif measures and then sidestep for him to take the blame, should blame arise. Yes, it is our opinion that Mr. Coolidge within himself has i&aagl to go through witjj* \' tgain, and the loophole he left with the vague statement was for his party and not for himself. When he reached his conclu sion he perhaps thought that the party might want him aggin and that he would be the party's best b*t, and the statement was left open to several intrepretations so that the party might not suffer. Willing to sacrifice himself again for his party—an allegiance as remarkable to the national G. O. P. as that of the late Col. Alston Watts to the North Carolina Democracy—but not anxious for the troubles and worries if some other winning candidate could be found. And one interpretation is about as good as another con sidering that no one other than Mr. Coolidge knows for a surety what he did mean. • v IV * I. A GREAT FEELING-EGO It’s a great feeling—that feeling that you are just as good as the next man in your business or profession! that your town is the best town on the map and your state is the best state in the union. Perhaps it is that feeling about you and 1 yours, your town and your state, that kefeps you spurred on. If so it is a good mental state to be in, for in the individual it should create happiness, and about an individual it should create an atmosphere of anything but unrest. The mental ability to make yourself satisfied with that which you have and are, and that which is about you must be a key to suc cess. Nevertheless, and with all credit to the individual, or gen eral ego, newspapers and public speakers apparently do their best to overdo. The ego necessary to success and happiness may be swelled into conceit and the realization of conceit. How many,“best towns in the state” are there? How many towns and cities have “the most beautiful streets” inf North Carollina? How many towns and cities have “shown the most remarkable growth in 10 years that I have seen”? How many hotels are without equal? How many golf courses are there in the state that from a natural layoiit cbiifd'noi be im proved upon? Scores of ’em, partner, if we are to believe our newspapers and public speakers. Just the other day a Superion court jurist told a States ville luncheon club that he expected the city, to double or triple in population in 10 years. On the same week a fltamlet newspaper stated that visitors termed the Hamlet golf bourse one of the be^t natural sites they had- even seen. No criti cism of the two towns but similar speakers have told She.lby and other towns that they had the best. This paper has time and again carried similar statements. It seems, after think ing it over, that a visitor to Shelby can attain wide publicity in the town by doing nothing more than stating publicly that Shelby appears to be the fastest growing and mogt beauti ful town in the state; that it has a superior citizenship, a golf course made perfect by nature, and a future that is glowing. This paper helps it along. Somehow newspapermen in gen eral have labored under the illusion for years that a boost of taffy from a visitor is “Page One” news every crack. Per haps it was for awhile but if it is kept up we are going to realize that we are conceited over our city instead of proud of it, and nothing turns the individual’s own stomach quick er than to rgalize his own conceit. Wouldn’t it be a good thing for a time if the newspaper pro j lession, the wind-jammers and real orators would see that | such boosts made in every, town over and over do not get sor I much prominence and are relegated to the minor inside items? i If we all have the best towns and the best everything we j lujd better keep our pride a little more to ourselves or some-1 body will be remarking that it all can’t be. Chicago’s Old Chinatown Is Gone; Modern Buildings Now Going Up Hy FRANCIS F. HEALY International News Service Staff Correspondent CHICAGO.—The old Chinatown , of Chicago is dead. The catacombs and blackened hovels, subterranean passages, musty rooms, dens, frame sharks, the scents and colors of the old est civilization in the world have gone under the knife of the plastic surgeon. Merchants of Chinatown have spent more than on$ million dollars for improvement. Another half million is scheduled to be used. Willie Lee, genial “mayor’" of Chinatown, pointed with pride to : ne\V buildings, wider streets, new sewers, bathing facilities and other improvements. The metamorphosis was brought about when the city council order ed the widening of Twenty-second street, the main orient*! thorough fare. A large slice wgs cut from the face of all buildings on the south side of the avenue. Realiz ing that the homes and shops, dat ing back to the pre-world’s fair days, were to be destroyed by the scythe of progress, enterprising merchants held meetings. Today Chinatown is teeming with industry. A Chinese - American bank building to cost $300,000 is being constructed. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce building, to house a school with three profes sors, club rooms, and recreation rooms, is to be built af a cost of $750,000. County and community fairs arc; being planned for practically every county having a farm and home agent' according to, reports from these agents. Farm Loans "THE MORTGAGE THAT NEVER COMES DUE” Applications Solicited for Loans on Improved Farm Lands By The ATLANTIC JOINT STOCK LAND BANK ralek;h. n. c. Organized and Operating Under Supervision U. S. Gov’t, joans made on the Government Amortization Plan. Interest rate 6 per cent (semi-annual payments}. Repayment may be iiade at any time after five years, or before the expiration >f five years by speeial arrangement. No stock subscription. Mo red tape. Loans made direct to borrower. Loans closed tnd money paid through our representative in your own •ounty. PROMPT AND-FAIR APPRAISALS For application blanks and further particulars, fill out and mail the form below. ATLANTIC JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF RALEIGIL Rafeigh, North Carolina. Gentlemen:—Please send me, without obligation, full de tails of your Farm Loan Plan. I would like to secure a loun of 5 --on my farm of .__acres,’ a (No. acres) which is located__from ..._.___ , (Miles) (Nearest town) ---.- ...-.... are open and cultivatable. (County) (No. acres) Yours truly (Please print name) Death And Injury By Black Bottom (By International News Service) Kzyl-Orda, Asiatic Russia.— Dancing the "Shaksy Vachsy,” an Oriental version of the Black Bot tom, during a moonlight Moham medan religious orgy resulted in the death of six persons and the serious injury of 56 others. Starting as a night of prayer to Mohammed, 500 fanatics who ga thered near Kzyl to protest against the decline of faith, wound up in such a state of frenzy that not a single man, woman or child was able to move from the spot. The ground was soggy with blood from wounds self-inflicted as a sign of purification. The '"Shaksy Vachsy," an old tribal stampede, is danced to the j chanting of the famous Mhamme dan line, “There is no god but our god." As tom-toms beat louder and louder the chants increased to yells and cries. The dancers beat their heads against stones and trees. Drawing knives they stab bed themselves through the lips, arms and legs until they collapsed. Six died from loss of blood. So viet police carted 56 to hospitals and treated 'every one of the re maining participants for injuries including children who emulated the jabs of their elders, grabbed knives from those who had drop ped to the ground and mutilated themselves. Alvin York Will Be At Legion Meet Alvin York, of Pall Mall, Tenn., the greatest American hero of the world war, has let it be known that he will attend the state convention of the American Legion to be held at Washington, N. C., August 15. York captured single-handed some thirty-odd Germans and marched them back triumphantly to his own company headquarters. After the war he returned to his Tennessee home where a grateful people bought him a farm and gave him and where he has been living since refusing all offers to capita lize his great feat. •The first year’s salary of an early Michigan circuit rider con sisted of hay, oats, socks, mittens and cash to the total of $118. Fox hunters of the south do not kill their quary with firearms but practise the hunt as do the En glish huntsmen. The New Era ^/hat it is, what it does, and how to do it is told in this interesting booklet y Write \ I for a copy j RESOURCEFUL executives, ever on the alert for more rapid and less expensive means of widening markets, increasing turnovers, and meeting com petition, have turned to telephone merchandising. Whether you deal in locomotives or cosmetics, the successful application of telephone selling entails only a pre arranged plan of action and definite selling principles. 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