What’s
THE
News
irtip Italian balloon entry In the
Ion Bennett race landed yes
lav afternoon in this county near
house The two Italians, both
ble to speak English, were not
HprfX a tip for the flappers: An
1 timer in a special feature arti
; today says poor cooking is re
onsible i or many of the large
■amber of divorces. In the old days
“ thcy , urt much differently
“ ,he petting of today? Read
dm a Warlick's feature.
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Undberc *nd Bobby''Jones are
bout the two most prominent and
mular Americans to the people of
arope Max Gardner says. A re
w of the high lights on the recent
ur of the Shelby man in this is
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Uo city schools opened today
ith more than 2,000 children en
ding
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A circus i coming, which is still
lore news of interest Co the
Dungstcrs.
isten Children,
Circus Is Coming
■alter I. Main’s Circus To Show
In .Shelby Wednesday, Octo
ber 12th.
With the arrival in Shelby of J.
Admire, contracting. _ agent of
he Walter I.. Main circus,, ar
angrments have been completed
tith city officials and local., mer
hants for the parade and exhibi
ts of this old-time., favorite in
Ihelby on Wednesday. October 12..
Mr. Admire carries letters from
he chamber of commerce organ -
ulions. Mayors and city clerks of
arious cities where the show has
xhihited this season, endorsing the
ntertainment offered, _ and. com•
icnting on high class personnel of
he organization: in many instances
Fflroming the show back., at its
arliest convenience. __ .. __
He is very emphatic in his de
dal that circus parades have been
ibandoned, and claims that
rhile one circus is too stingy to give
street parade, his managers have
liter, the opposite view and have
no-eased the street pageant of
he Walter L. Mam circus until
tow it is the largest one in exist -
nee: they figure the parade is
he show window of the exhibition.
Kith exactly the same object in
'lew that causes a merchant to dis
ilav his wares; another object of
he parade is to give joy to many
*»r children whose only glimpse
if the world's wonders is the time
tonored circus procession; all dens
ind cages are wide open, so that
11 may sec the many animals from
very cltme; five brass bands dis
tense real music, along with the
argest steam calliope ever con
tracted, while twenty clowns fur
dsh the comedy.
At the rircus grounds, after the
tarade, the visitors are entertained,
I’hile waiting for the doors to open
t 1 o'clock, after which. an in
ipection of the menagerie is in
order; practically every known
jungle animal is represented, also
“any denizens of the Arctic reg
«n.s the entire collections of 563
«asts being a complete education
“ animal-land. At 2 p. m. and 3
1 m ■ the performances start and
fom the opening spectacle to the
nosing overture, the air, the rings
7 the track are filled with acro
_ «• aerialists, clowns and perform
8 animals of all kinds, accompan
“y the best band in circusdom.
-ocal Legion To
Elect Officials
n Important meeting of the
“r,’n Hovlr post of the Ameri
fcion will he held at the legion
ZT T Tuesday night. it is an
J*mced A11 members of the post
** to attend.
mom; other important business
t , '"llsactcd will be the election
lr<rs tor the coming year.
Shopping Crowds
Large Saturday
Agaui Saturday one of the larg
crowds of the yeai
Thfthe ;,trpets of Shelby.
two past week-ends proved tc
in..,:*' ,tlp t>est trading period!
CP(J hcre in many months
10 merchants. The doe.
, 1 of the fal1 season with
enAA*106 of early cotton moncj
h f prices seem to be behinc
“usinoss pick-up.
>N °I„tHE,'BY MAX heads
™E PITTSBORO SCIIO(
1 Watrr C,WaterS’ son of Rev
iPitt,.s of Shelby is principa
—'eittsboro public schools in Ct
011 nt.v, according to the Cl
i, ,°rd The schools there
Ew. „Wppk with a splendid
ho,,:, ' l,lnder appropriate .
irh- , M> Waters made a pa
• hne talk, brief, to the p,
,rd Paut»fuJ diction, says
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TODAY
SHELBY, N. C, MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 1927.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons
By mail, per year (in advarce)_$2.6%
By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.0%
Only 19 Counties In State Rank
Lower Than This One In
Rural Schools.
When J. Horace Grigg, county
school head, started his recent
campaign for an eight months
school all over Cleveland county, he
made the statement that the coun
ty despite its boasted progress
along other lines ranked very lov.T
in education, and facts Just issued
from Raleigh by the official bulle
tin apparently back him up.
Despite the fact that Cleveland
county ranks under the general
head as one of North Carolina’s
leading counties only 19 counties in
the state have a lower ranking in
rural schools.
Cleveland county’ rural school is
ranking 12 percent below the state
average.
This ranking by the State depart
ment of public instruction is based
upon five general factors and five
financial factors. The following
academic and financial basis is
used: Percentage of enrollment in
average daily attendance, average
length of term. scholarship of
teachers, percentage of total enroll
ment in high school, percentage of
enrollment normal and under age;
average annual salary of teachers,
per capita cost of instruction, total
per capita cost of current expense,
total current expense per teacher
and principal. and valuation of
school property per child enrolled.
The general average for the state
is 62.4 In Cleveland county the per
centage ranking is only 49.
Rutherford. Burke, Lincoln, Polk,
Gaston, all neighboring counties,
rank above Cleveland in the list,
several of them ranking greatly
ahead of this county.
The iables show a wide gap be
tween rural and city schools, al
though the tendency for the past
three years has been for the differ
ence between the groups to diminish
In 1923-24, the city average was
83.8 as compared with 55.9. New
Hanover couftfy led rural schools
with 85.4 while Currituck came
next with a score of 81.9.
The average for the State as a
whole has increased from 56.9 in
1923-24 to 62.4 in 1925-26.
SUPERIOR COURT
ON CIVIL CRINO
HERE THIS MORN
Divorce or Two May be Granted
During Day. One New At
torney Sworn in.
A special session of Superior
court opened here this morning for
a two weeks term to dispose of a
congested civil calendar.
Judge Clayton Moore, one of the
more prominent of the newer judges
is presiding over the term.
Immediately after the opening of
court a check was made of the cal
ender and the legal decks cleared
for action.
It was said about the court house
this morning that one or more di
vorces might be granted during the
day.
Swear in Newton.
One of the first acts of the term
was the swearing in as a member
of the bar of J. Clint Newton, the
new member of the firm of Newton
& Newton who recently passed the
state bar examination. Mr. Newton
was former superintendent of the
Cleveland county schools and later
secretary of the chamber of com
merce here, and is one of the best
known younger men in the county.
Quite a number of visiting attor
neys are attending the session.
Father Mrs. Mills
Dies In Florida
The many friends here of Mrs.
Henry Mills will regret to hear that
her father, Mr. Julian J. Matheson,
died last Friday night in Jackson
ville. Fla. The funeral services were
held Sunday in Bennettsville, S .C.
and were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Mills. Mr. Mills is a member of the
Kelly Clothing company firm and
came here from Mooresville a year
or more ago.
Mr. Matheson. who was a prom
inent planter of Marlboro county,
South Carolina, had made his home
there most of his life, but at the
time of his death was with a daugh
ter, Mrs. Guy W. Gilleland. at At
lantic Beach,. Jacksonville. Mrs.
Matheson, who makes her home
here with her daughter, was in
Jacksonville at the time of her hus
band’s death, which was due to a
stomach ailment, it is said.
L indy And Bobby
Jones Get Praise
| Of O. Max Gardner
Says Youngsters increased Respect
Abroad For America. “Gov
ernor” Stack To Earth.
Back from an extended tour of
Europe, O. Max Gardner. Shelby at -
| torney and statesman, aays Lind
( bergh, the aviator, and Bobby
| Jones, the golfer, were the greatest
ambassadors America has ever
sent to Europe.
"It’s remarkable to hear them
talk about Bobby Jones in Eng
land and Lindbergh in France,” Mr.
Gardner said. "The people over
there have conceived the idea that
Lindy and Bobby are typical re
1 presentatives of our youth and Un
friendly feeling toward? America
has increased in volume and sin
cerity.”
Unofficially one would believe
that the returned Shelby traveller
has the idea Col. Lindbergh and the
Atlanta youth were worth more
than a half dozen International
peace conferences.
• Everywhere you would go in
England they were talking about
Lindy and Bobby Jones. The papers
were still writing editorials about
Lindbergh's pluck, daring, and mod.
esty and about Bobby Jones sports
manship. politeness and ability.
Lindbergh just took them all by
storm like he did America, and
Jones' remark that he was Just
lucky after he had trimmed the
best golfers abroad and hl& leaving
of the famous cup there made him
a hero. Ben Franklin after his trip
over was not any more respected
than those two boys.”
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner and Judge
E. Yates Webb made the tour to
gether.
Mr. Gardner in discussing with
friends the tour over the week-end
gave numerous interesting side
lights to his trip as well as econo
mical and political facts he picked
up.
Opinion Of Paris
"Did you make any of your Eu
ropean jaunts in an airplane?”
Gardner was asked by a hearer who
recalled the big passenger air lines
between Paris and London.”
"No, I stuck to the ground,” he
replied, "but after riding in a Paris
taxi-cab, the cheapest and most ex
citing transportation. I might as
(Continued on page eight)
Has Old Circular
Of Slave Sale In
Shelby Years Ago
Commissioners Settling I'p Es
tates Issued Circulars Telling
Of Fine Slaves Going.
Sixty-seven years ago they were
selling slaves on the court house
square here at auction just like
they sell furnitures and automo
biles today.
Squire Zemri Kistler was exhibit
ing in The Star office Saturday an
old sale circular that he has in his
possession. The circular because of
its age is a very valuable relic. It
tells of the auction sale of negro
slaves at the "Cleaveland county
court house” in Shelby on April 10,
1860. The circular was issued bv
Thomas Williams and D. Froneber
ger, commissioners, straightening up
the estate of the late D. Birchett.
Twenty-two slaves were the num
ber to be sold, the circular stating
that four were men. seven boys,
five women and six girls; advertis
ing also that only one man was
over 35 and only one woman over
28. The age of the children ranged
from five to 13.
Apparently the fall of the year
was the money season then for a
postscript to the circular added
that the negroes would be sold on
six months credit.
Hold Home Brew
Defendant Over
To U. S. Tribunal
Federal Coart to Handle Home
Brew Makers in this Section.
Agents Are Active.
A home brew plant in the cellar
may not prove such a valuable as
set about the house these days with
the prohibition agents more or less
active in the section.
Before U. S. commissioner Mull
last week J. E. Hilton, Shelby man.
was bound over to Federal court un
der a $300 bond on a home brew
charge.
Prohibition Agent Evon Houser
preferred the charges, which in
cluded the possession of about 30
bottles of home brew, it was stated
by officers.
Several weeks back Federal offi
cers swooped down on Shelby per
haps hearing that numerous bot
tle cappers were being sold, and be
gan investigations. Since that time
several home brew cases have been
worked up around the city and in
, the county, it is said by,officers.
"COUNTY TRIBUNAL
BEFORE RECORDER
Recorder Averages Three Trials Ter
Day. White Youths Predomin
ate on the Dorket.
Crime may or may not be on the
increase, but the county recorder’s
court In Cleveland county has such
increasing business that it is nov
almost a daily court.
In fact the records show that an
average of three cases are being
heard daily before Recorder Mull at
the present time and about $40 be
ing taken in daily. The monthly av
erage is about 100 cases.
These facts were secured from an
address made by Judge Mull re
cently before the Rotary luncheon
club in which he cited numerous
facts leading up to the opinion that
Cleveland county is doing very lit
tle for its morally unfit.
With approximately three de
fendants before him each day the
county judge finds that a large
number of these defendants, more
than one thousand per year in all,
are mere youths, and adds that the
majority of them are white youths.
It is pointed out that a youth
convicted of a crime in this county
ordinarily goes to the county chain
gang, referred to by the judge as a
"crime school," because there \
youth necessarily associates with the
picked criminals of the county and
from them the youth learns the ins
and outc of a criminal career which
he usually picks, statistics show,
after doing his time on the rock
pile. A very small percentage of
convicted youths of this county get
in the Jackson training school be
cause the county has only a certain
quota and only about U the
applicants or less, from this county
are admitted. This means, Judge
Mull explains, that the convicted
boys—some of them up for the
first time—must either go to the
roads or be freed. The road sen
tence really does nothing to ujdKt
them, in the opinion of the jurist.
They Seldom Reform.
A road sentence does not help a
boy, he points out. because it sel
dom does anything for the grownV
up convict and the boy is'afthe'
age when he is easily influenced.
"The percentage of reformed ex
convicts according to my observa •
tion is very small." Judge Mull
stated. “In fact, it seems as if I
sooner or later have a big percent
age of them back in court as de
fendants soon after they are freed
Association with men like that is
very badly for a boy who has just
committed one or two minor
crimes."
Likewise, a white woman convict
(Continued on page eight)
New Funeral Home
Opens In Shelby
Roscoe Lutz and Ab Jackson Open
Funeral Home in Hill Hudson
Property Here.
Messrs. Roscoe Lutz and Ab Jack
son announce today the opening of
their newly established funeral
home, operated under the firm style
of Lutz & Jackson. The formation
of this enterprise has been on the
cards for some time, but the notice
has been withheld pending the ar
rival of equipment, and the location ,
of headquarters. »
me nrm has leased the Hill Hud
son property on West Marion St..
which will be refitted to suit the
requirements of a modern funeral
home, but until the house is va
cated and renovated, which is ex
pected to be about the middle of
October, temporary headquarters
have been established at 514 North
Morgan street.
The members of this enterprise
are well known in Shelby. Roscoe
Lutz, who will be the operating head
has had some seven or eight
years experience in funeral direc
tion. He was for two years with
John M. Best, and later for four and
a half years with the Paragon, and
lately was again identified with Mr.
Best. He is a licensed embalmer.
having taken a course in Cincinnati
and latter took a post graduate
course. He has also had consider
able ambulance experience.
Mr. Jackson is owner of the
grocery business which bears his
name, which has for a number of
years been one of the successful en
terprises of Shelby.
The firm has purchased new and
modern equipment for their enter
prise. comprising a fine up-to-date
ambulance, and hearse, the former
being noteworthy for its very late
and special equipment. The acces
sories of the home are said to be
the very latest and most approved
type.
The firm announces they are In
business to give unstinted service
to the public, in all departments of
funeral direction, and have utmost
confidence that their venture will
be a pronounced success.
Ronnd-the-World Flyers in England ,
U
v i • is the Pride of Detroit,
, frith . illiam S. Hrock aiul Ed
I |'»'at(i Srhlee, round-the-world
'fly 1 the completion of the
/ At ' >f the trip around tlv
i «orii, • ■ stablish a new rccov
The lu-.iv the two aviators r
•hooting at is fifteen days
Balloon Rex
Lands Near
Here Safe
Kalian Entry In Bennett Rare
Lands at New House. Italian
Officers Speak no English.
The “Rex”, one of the fifteen
entries in the Gordon Bennett
International balloon race
landed at 6 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon in a field on the plan
tation of Mrs. Bessie Griff, six
miles north of Moores boro in
•% the direction of New House, the
4 landing •being forced because of
| a leaky valve in the gas bag.
■Fifteen balloons started from
,J|B£tS»ttion Saturday evening at
6 o’clock and five of them had
landed in the Carolinas Sunday
afternoon after being in the air
24 hours, braving the dangers
of thunder storms and sudden
ascents to great heights above
• the clouds. Each of the big bags
had travelled between 500 and
600 miles when they reached
earth.
Major Ilari and Major Paranelra.
the Italian balloonists, who landed
safely in a field in Cleveland coun
ty, found themselves in a strange
land with people speaking a lan
guage they did not understand, but
when the crowd of farm folks gath
ered. they found themselves in the
hands of friends.
Every courtesy was accorded them
Sam Greene, garage man of Moor
esboro, brought them to Shelby late
Sunday night and put them up at
the Victor hotel. This morning, a
member of The Star staff found
Tony Porcelli. the Italian ice cream
vender, and “Dad", who handles
food across the counter at the Shel
by cafe, who served as interpreters.
A morning paper was furnished
with a front page streamer telling
of the outcome of their competitors
and they were intensely interested
in knowing whether their opponents
had made a further distance than
they had made.
Botn were aressea in gray uiuw
suits and wore caps. They carried
maps especially made for aeron
autics. together with record sheets
which they are to fill out before a
notary and forward to Ray Cooper,
secretary of the board of commerce
at Detroit and F. Schorey, national
aeronautic association, 1625 K.
street N. W.. Washington. D. C.
Go After Balloon.
After a light breakfast and a
missing collar was replaced from a
local store, they concerned themsel
ves about their balloon lying in the
field near New House. The Star ar
ranged for a truck to follow them
to the scene and bring the bag and
basket to Shelby where it will be
crated and shipped back to Detroit.
Mr. Greene carried them to the
scene in his car to supervise the
loading of the balloon. It was
brought to Shelby today to be crat
ed for shipment. Tony and Dad, the
only two personsages in Shelby w'ho
could speak their language, were
very obliging to interpret for them.
Hundreds of cars went t6 the
scene of the landing and viewed the
huge balloon which was deflated of
gas on landing. Irari and Paranela
are both said to be majors in the
Italian army. They are very polite
and appreciative of the courtesies
shown them, but somewhat disap
pointed because the morning papers
show that some of their competitors
have made a longer distance than
they in the race for the honor and
prises.
Cooking Of Flappers Blamed For
Many Divorces Now By Old County
Citizens—Courting “Back Yonder”
An Old-Timer Sees Very Little Difference In Petting And
Spooning. Had “Late Dates” When Dad Was Courting.
Hip-Flasks Not New. He Says. Back In The Gav Old
, Days.
_- (By SELMA WARLICK >
Do the young folks of today
have a better time than those
of a generation ago? No, good
times are good times an’ court
in’ is courtin’ whether you do it
in a flivver parked by the side
of a country road or in the fam
ily parlor where the family al
bum always got ’em holding
hands is the dictum of Mr.
Jake Eaker of Caser, a native of
upper Cleveland renowned for
the gay exploits of his own youtu.
"Indeed it is his opinion that driv
ing with one hand and petting with
i the other is a mild thriller in com
parison to getting your girl up be
hind you on a spirited horse and
dashing off to a corn shuckin’ at a
i neighbor's house in the light of a
harvest moon.
“Why in the old days when I was
young, some fifty years ago” con
tinued Mr. Eaker settling himsel:
more comfortably in his chair and
smiling reminiscently, "we didn't do
like you young folks do today, go
to see a girl for a little while and
then dash off to see another. We
went on Saturday night and stayed
over till Monday morning."
Cooking and Divorce.
"I tell you one thing,” remarked
another old timer on this point
young folks nowadays sho’ do miss
a lot of good things to eat. Whv
they don't even know if their girls
can cook. Reckon mebbe, that's
what causes so many divorce cases.’
Those “Late Dates.”
As for late dates, it- seems that
modern youth has no monopoly.
'Long about 4 o'clock was consid
ered bed time. Mr. Eaker then relat
ed an experience of his in calling at
the home of a girl he was keepin'
company with at the time the morn
ing after a fire had destroyed her
home the night before. He was met
at the gate by the girl's father who
said in a tone of rebuke "why didn't
ye come to see S— last night an'
saved me all this?”
“I couldn't a done any more than
the rest of these fellows," replied
the blushing and amorous Mr.
Eaker glancing around at the crowd
of neighbors standing about.
“Oh, yes,” replied the father of
the young lady, "the house didn't
catch till 'bout •! o’clock and if you
had been here you two 'ud been sit
tin’ up an’ shorely you'd a noticed
a little thing like the house being
on fire.”
Hip Flasks Not New
Hip-flasks are no thing under the
sun according to Mr. Eaker. In the
good old days so much lamented
every gallant young swain carried
his quart of brandy and whiskey—
sometimes both—even “preachers”
did. And those were the days of
real corn, not the vile connoction
which modern youth with a fervent
(Continued on page eight)
City Schools Overflowing Today With
Two Thousand Youngsters Going Back
To Books For Year; Big High School
Near 2,300 Shelby school children
packed and jammed the school
structures of the city this morning
as the Shelby schools opened for
the fall session after the summer
vacation.
At noon today Supt. r. C. Griffin
was not able to give an exact fig
ure on the opening day enrollment
due to the fact that some of the
children were just reporting to cer
tain buildings this afternoon. How
ever, he estimated that between 2,
250 and 2.300 children were already
in school. Back to take charge of
the school work are 81 teachers, 71
white and 10 colored, many of
whom are in the city school system
for the first time.
Principal S. G. Chappell stated
that 456 were enrolled in the high
school this morning and the upper
department seems to have a record
enrollment. One hundred and thirty
one students enrolled in the eighth
grade this morning for a new record
and likely means that another
teacher will have to be added for
that grade. Details of the actual
enrollment and other data will be
definite in the next issue of The
Star.
Hours for Teachers.
At a meeting of the city teachers
held Saturday all the teachers were
entertained at luncheon by the city
school board and their wives. Fol
lowing the luncheon Mayor Dorsey,
the secretary of the board of trade
ministers of the city and other of
ficials gathered at the Central
school to greet the teachers.
At the general teachers meeting
it is reported that the city superin
tendent informed teachers that
their time here would be divided
into three eight-hours division—
one for work, one for recreation,
and one for sleep. Curfew tolling,
i as it were.
Will ATTEND ROTARY
MEETING AT TRYON
Several members of the Shelby
Rotary club are planning to attend
an installation meeting of a Rotary
club at Tryon tonight. The party
plans to make the trip through the
country by motor and return on the
same night.
I
GARDNER SPEAKS ;
10 LM CLASS
BIBLE STBDESTS
Two Great Bible '.'lasses Hear of
European Trip and ReliftoM
Activities There. ■*, /tj
Over 800 people heard Max Gard
ner, teacher of the Men’s Bible class
of the First Baptist church Sunday
morning when Clyde Hoey's fine
body of men from Central Metho
dist church joined the Baptist class
to hear Mr. Gardner, returned from
abroad, talk of the hatred that stirs
European peoples and the intense
reverence, devotion and loyalty
which the Catholic people have for
their church in those countries. It
was a great gathering that over
flowed the church auditorium and
half-filled the Sunday school audi
torium. The total Baptist attendance
was 708 at Sunday school. Many of
the older classes adjourned to hear
Mr. Gardner and welcome Mr. Hoey
and his class of several hundred
from the Methodist church and
from rural churches others same to
Join in the worship of what proved
to be one of the largest gatherings
of men ever assembled bare for
Bible study.
Prayer for Fanning. 1
A moment of silent prayer was
held for Walter Panning who lies
on a sick bed in Asheville. Mr. Pan
ning was president of the Methodist
men’s Bible class of which Clyde
Hoey is teacher and the men of
both churches uttered a moment of
silent prayer for his restoration to
health.
In his opening remarks to the
combined 8unday school classes
Mr. Gardner stated that the more
he saw of Europe, the better he
loved America. “I would rather be
a post hole in North Carolina than
a flagstaff in any European coun
try.” he said. “Many of those na
tions have the disposition men
tioned by Paul in his letter to the
Gallatians, ‘to hate and devour each
other.’ ”
Mr. Gardner was not pessimistic.
He admitted he was not fully in
formed on the status of European
affairs, but he did have definite im
pressions. which he stated were
superficial and might or might not
be accurate, but in his opinion “the
acid of hate has corroded the heart
of Europe. It has blinded the eyes,
stopped the ears and stifled the
conscience of the continent. Civil
ization has not greatly changed
human nature. The European man
seems even today to fit Julius C»
sars description of him, “» blood
thirsty savage at heart.’ Rafcial hat
red. greed and envy are almost as
dominant as ever. The spirit of the
Prince of Peace may not control
America's national policies, but it
has still less weight among the Eu
ropean nations. d
Causes Of Hatred
‘ I tried to study the basic causes
of European hatreds, and I reach
ed the definite conclusion that they
result from the geographical isola
tion of the early settlers of Europe.
Practically all of their hates date
back a thousand years. The reason
for this is day they did not know
each other. The Alps and other
great barriers preveuted transpor
tation, communication, social con
tacts and intercourse. Therefore
each section developed a different
civilization, language and philoso
phy. These differences ripened into
antagonisms, hatreds and wars.
Even today boundaries are evidenc
ed by bayonets and guns.
grateful we should be that
America Is free from such a situa
tion. We have our prejudices, and
they are often keen and intense;
but they are not hatreds. Just as
Europe's condition is largely the
result of her history, so our condi
tion is the result 'of our history.
America was settled along the At
lantic seaboard. There our ances
tors remained until they became
fairly well acquainted, and then tho
Revolutionary war welded them into
one nation. Then came locomotives,
steamboats, newspapers and fairly
good roads. Those who settled tho
West never lost contact with their
Eastern relatives, friends and busi
ness connections. j
Fed Up On Searching
If America had been discovered
in 1292 instead of 1492. The result
m America might have been dit
ierent. The Easterners would
probably have spoken one language,
those in Texas, California and tho
i Great West another, while New
Orleans would have been the intel
lectual and business center of still
a third people, tongue and nation.
“I am certainly thankful that E
don't have to be stopped by an arm
ed guard and searched every time
I cross the Mississippi river or the
Mason and Dixon line. I got fed
up on that kind of business in Eu
rope. j
“I saw very few Protestant
churches in Europe, except tha
Lutherans in Germany. Before tha
World War there was a common
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