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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905. at the postoffice a;
3hSlby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESD’Y, JULY 11.
TWINKLES
A tip to aviators: Do not hopping until after November
if you care to make “page one.”
One reason why newspaper readers are fond of the head
lines'about the aviators lost in the Arctic region: The local
•weather.
Webster’s definition of “intolerance” should he
amended with the following tacked on to the definition—
"It's according to whose ox is gored.”
“First” cotton blooms are being reported and general
indications are for a good season in this section, but with the
dog days at hand and the political hulabaloo going full blast.',
such tidings receive scant attention.
If Herbert Hoover should be elected president this fall
think what a good advertising line the victory would make
for a vaccum cleaner of the same name (Political advertise
ment donated to the dilapidated oil barons of the G. O. P.)
Those who wonder how the modeni Ame. wan flapper
stands up under the strain of her fast life perhaps have not
noticed the item in the Greensboro News about the Polish
bride who kissed 7.001 wedding guests in four hours and is
still living.
By July 4, 1930, .ve wonder what all the political nre
dictions of today will have amounted to should either Hoo
ver or Smith be elected president ? Strained feelings be
tween former friends and little more, we would say in at
tempting to answer our own query.
“W’hen hundreds of Catholic boys were bleeding and
dying in France we heard no one declare that a Catholic
should not have anything to dc with the government of the
•land for which those youths were sacrificing their lives
shoulder to shoulder with Protestant hoys.” writes a contri
butor to a . • er that has l>een involved in religious
political cent!, ■•/. To which, of course, no answer was
made.
CHAIN STORE SALES.
/”\F RECENT MONTHS as branches of large retail mercan
^ tile chains have been established in Shelby there has
been much speculation, from a local angle* on mass • distribu
tion* of commodities.
Shelby now there is a unit of some national chain
selling practically every commodity.
What does it mean? Within a few years will practically
all retail merchandising be handled in mass production
style? What is to become of the home merchant and com
munity store? j
Events perhaps must lie awaited for definite answers to
the queries, but Evans Clark writing in the New York Times
of big business in the retail trade cities figures and facts
about “mass distribution,” or retail chain stores, that are j
astounding.
At the last calculation there- were in America.. 3 984
chain store systems, or organizations with a total of 97,846
branches. Comprehend the vastness of mass distribution.
Chain grocery stores lead the list, there being 860 different
chain grocery systems in the country with 64,000 units or
branch stores. Variety chains (5 and 10 cents stores) rank
second, shoe chains third, drug stores fourth, cigar stores
fifth and department stores sixth.
In the past year the ten greatest retail corporations
through their branch stores had total sales of nearly two
billion dollars, or, to be exact, $1,946,000,000. A unit of one
of these ten greatest chains is located in Shelby. With such
great sales total it is easily conceivable why the chain stores
are taking because such a mass distribution means mass
purchase, and in many instances, the writer cites, the great
chains manufacture a big portion of the goods they sell.
■ - - From the.angle of controversy, .the big question centers
about the home merchant. What is the course before him in
the face of the growing chains? Clark in his article dis
cusses this from an angle that may not meet with general
approval, but hear what he has to stay:
“The fate of the independent storekeeper is also a mat-!
ter t’» concern. Hi ; welfore will obviously affect the coin so
of economic evolution not a whit, but there are those who
look wnb ilismav upon the vocial effects of the change that
is upon him. Apologists for the new dr$fi*ensirfcism, liowevef,
point out that while his independence may be sacrificed be
will gain in financial return and in security. If is better,
they say —at least from the economic point <>'f view -to be
employe-manager of one link in a chain backed by millions
than the married monarch of a precarious business of vour
ow m . ’
SMITH AN!) HIS RELIGION.
CENSING THAT the greatest opposition to the candidacy
»- of Alfred E. Smith is based on objections to his religion,
the Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald harks back to Smith's, re
ligion ^ views as published in tin* Atlantic Monthly in reply
to CV.irJes Marshall. Those who object to Smith’s religion,
either directly or behind a prohibition smoke snwtt,- bane
their objections largely upon three things: the likelihood of
the Roman Catholic church taking a hand in governmental
■ ffairs if Smith is elected, the alleged objection ot the Catho
lic faith to public schools, and a basic difference in divinity
beliefs.
The Smith answer, as the Banner-Herald sees it, com
pletely knocks out a!! these objections. As to ihe Catholic
church controlling governmental affairs the following line
Smith's reply should be self-explanatory for those who
(are to hear both sides: “I recognize no power in the institu
tions of my church to interfere with the operation of the
Constitution of the United States or the enforcement of the
law of the land.”
to public, schools-. Smith says: “I believe in the sup
port of the public school as one of the corner stones of \mer
ic; n liberty. ! believe in the right of every parent to choose
whether his child shall be educated in the public school or in
a religious school supported by those of his own faith.’’
Surely parents who send their boys "to the deneminational
colleges of Wake Forest. Duke and Davidson can find no
danger in that statement.
And is to the major fundamentals of all creeds. Smith
concTudes: “And I believe in the common fatherhood of God.”
For the benefit of these who may want the statement:
for future reference, the entire Smith statement is publish-;
ed: _ !
“I ummarize my creed as_an America si Cat holic. T be
lieve in the worship of God according to the faith and prac
tice of flu- Roman Catholic church. 1 recognize no power in
the institutions of my church to interfere with the opera
tions of the Constitution of the United States or the enforce
ment of the law of the land. 1 believe in absolute freedom,
ot conscience for all men and in euuality of all churches, all
sects, and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and'
not as a matter of favor. 1 believe in the absolute separa
tion of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the:
provisions of the Constitution that congress, shall make no,
law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. I believe that no tribunal of any i
church has any power to make any decree of any force in the
law of the land, other than to establish the status of its own
communicants within its own church. I believe in the support
of the public school as one of the corner stones of American
liberty.. 1 believe in the right of every parents to choose
whether his child shall he educated in the public school or in
irreligious whool supported by those of his own faith. 1 be
lieve in the principle of non-interference by this country in
the -internal. affairs of other nations and that we should
stand staeadfastly against any such interference by whom
soever it may be urged. And I believe in the common father
hood of God."
Bethlehem News
Of Late Interest
(Special to The Star.)
Miss Cloe McGinnis spent Sundav
with Miss Bertha Stewart.
Miss Annie Harmon spent Satur
day night with Miss Ruby Watter
son
Mr. and Mrs Levi Grigg. Mr. C
O Grigg of Cherryvtlle. Mr. and
Mrs J. P McDaniel and family, Mr
and Mrs Homer Harmon and son
Mr 'and Mrs J M Grigg and Mr
A. V. Watterson of Shelby were din
ner guests of Mr and Mrs. J. D
Watterson Sunday.
Miss Alma Bridges is spending
some time in Asheville with friend
Miss Vivian Stewart spent Sun
day with Miss Bonnie McGinnis
Miss Evelyn Dixon spent Sundav
with Miss Annie Harmon
Mr and Mrs Edgar Bell o! the
Oak Grove community were dinner
guests of Mr and Mrs. R. B. Dixon
Sunday
Miss Irene Dixon spent Sunday
with Miss Josephine Dixon.
Glad to see Mrs J T McDaniel
at church Sunday alter being skit
for some time. Mrs. J. P Blalock
has also been sick but is better .
Misses Nancy and Harmon Mc
Curry of near Shelby spent last
week with Mr and Mrs. E L.. Mc
Daniel
Mr and Mrs Beatie Murry and
family of Kings Mountain spent
Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs.
J. I. Hope
NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTO
MOBILE.
Under a hen given me under Sec
No 24J5 of Consolidated Statutes o!
North Caroiinff'for storage and labor
on Chevrolet touring car. 1927 model
Motor No. 3498493 owned by Martin
Jolley, we will sell at public* auction
to the highest bidder for cash at
Kings Place. Shelby N. C., on Mon
day July 30, 1928 at 12 m. to satis
fy said debt.
This July 11th, 1928
KINGS PLACE
WANTED 1925 MODEL FORD
roadster. R B Costner, Shelby, N
C 3-llp
State Increase In
Wealth Enormous
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Chapel Hill. July 9 —North Caro
lina has inc -eased in wealth 190
per cent since 1912 and stands third
amojag the United States in increase
tfie University News Letter said to
day. i
It was revealed that estimates
placed the wealth of the nation at
$336,175 000.000 an increase of 80 ■
per cent over 1912 and wealth of
North Carolina at $4,883.000 000 on
increase of 190 per cent during the
15-year span.
These figures put North Carolina
21st amcng the states in wealth.
Lincoln Farmer Has
2200 Bu. Wheat Yield
Lincoln County News
The farmers down in cast Lincoln
are busily engaged in following the
thresher, sc states Mr. Graham Mor
rison. county agent. When asked
about the yield per acre down in that'
locality, he replied that most of the ;
farmers are getting above the aver
age per acre and that some of them
are getting a bumper yield. Mr. Ike ■
Lowe, says Mr. Morrison, tnreshed
2200 bushels from his crop this year
and that Mr. Lowe's crop is the'
largest one in fast Lincoln.
»:.:rterfcrf Melody ., j
“11111110. Sweet HdiOfC'-wViSf >rtlT2 •
in May. 1 in “Ulnrl, \lie Maid of !
Milan. " The air us d was a- tran
scription ot an old Siiiiiiin Hirinade
by Henry ltlsliop, wlm wrote the
opera.
When Moments Count
And Your Decison
Is Vital
Dr. B. J. Palmer, Developer of
Chiropractic, President of
Palmer School of Chiropractic.
Do you possess the ability
to respond to each call for
power and endurance with
effortless ease that causes
the difficult to seem easy—
that is the quality of health
in human performance that
makes living a pleasure and
work a privilege.
Chiropractic
By removing the cause of
disease, will make you
physically fit and mentally
alert.
Dr. F. R. BURRIS
— CHIROPRACTOR —
UNION TRUST COMPANY BUILDING
SHELBY, N. C.
HOURS: 9 A. \L TO 12 M. DAILY.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of the shale
holders of the South Shelby Build
ing «<• Loan association will be held
Wednesday evening July 11 at 8
o'clock All shareholders are urged
to be present.
MARVIN BLANTON. Secretary.
Good Ideas
When a man has i ... idea."
he likes to felt his friends ahoiir
It. And usually a ' iro.id Idea" is
fool Idea \l, |iis..n Ghihe.
i
Mooresboro Notes
Of Personal Items
imperial.-to The Star.'
. Moorpsboro. July 10 Miss Leila
Mae. Goode, esmie home from Le
ri oil-Rhyne rollout* fcr the week end
to ho with I'.er parents Mr. and Mr -
.! A Goode
Mrs. J A Goode and cfotfghter.
Me- Velma, -have just returned
from a mountain trip.
M;. i I Mae tie.idi and Efti.'
Jonas of Lenoir - Rhyne were visitors
at tiie Shelby hospital Saturday
Mr t l Oca de, Miss Gladys
Roberson and Muss Mae clootie mo
tored to the mourn urns Sunday and
enp-.n ed itiO '.‘'T.O .
Try Star Want Acls
Starts School .Vi.iin At HO.
Chftpcl Hill.—A man. especially a
professional man. is never ton old o
leatV believes Mr p V .Tones, Win
ston-Salem dentist.
Dr Jones, who is 80. after prin tfe
tr»)s> in NortlrCarohna for 51 years is
a student of the university'" post
graduate course in dentistry.
He is tire only surviving charter
member of the state dental :um iery.
organized in 167J
“Sights” for T lc:copes
Tie \v-dem m' moinitlrur IHinul
lr.-ii• 11 liftltl s ee mm . has been up
plied l*» tele*i open mi llit:t (lie in
-tnniit-ut iuay lie i .nlHj ;.taided on
ill-; :' 1.1 • ~-ii Vie: Tr.Tiltf.fltt -v
v. 1 ! ■ : ‘ v .is.! he In. si i 1
i I i v w if 11 -none if) , l.le dill)
. nltv .
Prices have been cut on every article during this greatest
yet quality h; $ not been sacrificed. Here you will find me
exacting need. Take advantage of the many savings we
stocks for immediate delivery.
of all Summer Sales,
renandise to suit every
offer } ou. Comnlrte
RIVERSIDE TIRES AGAIN LEAD!
New Lowered Prices — Greatly Increased
Mileage.
NOW! A 15.000 MILE GUARANTEE
Riverside lire^ now offered to otir millions of customers ;tt the
lowest prices in ottf H> years of tire leadership. All sizes in stock
for immediate delivery.
Riverside Balloon Cords
29x1.40, New Low Price $7.39
30x4.50, New Low Price $8.15
28x4.75. New Low Price $0.50.
20x4.95. New low price $11.15
Riverside Oversize Cords
New Low
H>x;P,. New Low
.‘51x1. New Low
M2\4, New 1 >>vv
Prices Sii.li:
Prices $10.
Prices SI l..»o
t'- 4
A NATION-WIDE SENSATION
Wardway ELECTRIC GYRATOR
Lowest 1‘rices In Our History
Save You $30 to $K0.
5-YEAR Gl'ARANTEE
30-Davs' Free Trial
Has ail improvements of machines sell
ing for SOI) or more. 8-position In
stant-Release Safety Wringer, ( apar
ity 6 to 8 large sheets. No center post.
Operates on 165 to 120 volt GO cycle A.
Immediate delivery. Also with gaso
line driven motor.
RAYON BLOOMERS
A Heal Cut-Price Bargain
Silks•, Ion/; wearing. fine duality
rayon. Reinforced crotch. Clas
tic at waist and knee. Pastel
rhr des. all sizes.
SIMMER SALE
PRICE
98c
WOVEN STRIP!
BROAIH'i.OTH SHIRTS
Tremendous reductions. The
fast color stripes arc woven,
not printed as in most shirts
at this price. Coat style, full
length, collar attached, Tull
and roomy, Get a season's
suppiv at this price. They art
Summer Salt*
Price, Each
remarkable values.
— ASK AT STORE FOR SALE CATALOGUE —
Phone 167 — 139-141 S. LaFayette St. — A. E. Glover, Mgr.
WOOTTON’S
The Ladies* Shoppe
WOOTTON’S
The Ladies* Shoppe
A Store-Wide Clearance! Note Big Values!
Bloomers
$1.25 VALUES
Made of good quality Ray
on with flat lock seam. All
Pastel colors,
Very special_
Gowns
$1.25 VALUES
Hand embroidered and hand
made gowns with V, round
and square necks made in
white, pink and Q P*
peach, ONLY_ODC
Umbrellas
10-Rib Gloria Silk Umbrel
las with heavy grosgrain
borders and amber handles.
Colors: green, purple, red,
$2.50
navy & black.
Special_
Millinery
One big table of lat«
Spring And Summer
hats. Silk and braid com
binations. Also felt combi
nations. Select yours first!
SPECIAL __ Si .00
Hosiery
$1.85 VALUES
Onyx Pointex, full fash
ioned hose, both chiffon
and service weight. All
colors. -if*
ONLY_ 1 • 1 D
Dresses
$1.85 QUALITY
One group of women’s and
misses dresses of georgette
washable crepes, and flat
crepes. All wanted shades.
During July clear- ^Q-75
ance, Special_
$9.75 VALUES
One bijj rack of Ladies’ Spring and Summer
Dresses, bcth light and dark colors. Crepes, Lin
ens, Voiles and Washable Crepes. Most all sizes.
WHILE THEY LAST,
ONLY__
$5.00