Around Our Town
- Shelby Sidelights —
===== With Renn Drum . —
IN OUR FAVORITE TRI
weekly ve see an item saying that
, business men in New York and
elsevdaere have endorsed the pro
posed IS-months year. Can’t say
that wfc blame the business men,
but what about us poor fellows their
bill collectors call on 12 times each
year now? Just have to dodge
away one more day of our life each
year, Apparently'.’
O k E THING ABOUT IT,
the fellow who draws his pay by
the month should benefit, but not
likely.
And another thing: think of the
poor tough luck babies who may be
born in superstitious homes during
the 13th month of the year.
Perhaps, however, they'll tack the
new month on at the end of De
cember so that most of us will have
a chance to get some of the Christ
mas bills paid in order to start the
new year about half-way even on
January 1.
WHAT ALL THAT HAS TO DO
with Shelby is not clear, but to lo
calize it, one should remember that
tt will not be long until scores of
people will be walking from store
to store In Shelby asking for calen
dars.
Incidentally, we*re assured that a
hew yiear may se here before long—
the Blum’s almanacs have arrived
at Ebeltoft’s.
A STAB NEWS NOTE MEN
lions the fact that Judge John
Moll Is having light dockets in his
court Just before Christmas due to
his observation that there is al
ways a calm before the storm—and
as we recall ft will be Judge Ken
nedy who will have to waather the
after-Christmas court rush. There’s
where Judge Midi gets at least one
break.
THIS DEPARTMENT WILL
greatly miss the Gilmer’s Store, for
one thing because Archie Galloway,
the store’s demon “ad” man, has
always tipped us off to more mim
pelled signs In Shelby than any
other person.
MRS. IRMA WALLACE, AS SHE
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related in The Star Friday, was
stumped when some one asked her
to suggest menus for Christmas din
ners which would be healthful. Her
reply was that it couldn't be done.
Perhaps she is right as no one could
hardly say that a big Christmas
dinner is healthy to the eater, but
our idea is that quite a number
of healthy (meaning robust, well
proportioned) Christmas dinners
will be disposed of tomorrow in
Shelby and Cleveland county.
And the doctors having about all
they can do to cope with the •'flu”
without bothering with indiges
tion.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES IN
urging prospective patrons to send
their various greetings by tele
graph usually get out a form mes
sage which many people sign and
send, thus saving time. One of
these forms no doubt caused How
ard S. Benedict to suggest the fol
lowing form in F. P. A.s New
York Wold column:
IN YOUR TRIUMPH ACCEPT MY
THANKSGIVING * DAY GREET
INGS FOR YOUR NEWBORN
SON WHO GRADUATES FROM
COLLEGE ON MOTHERS DAY;
MAY YOUR EASTER BE FULL OF;
CHRISTMAS JOY AS YOUR:
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY BE
GINS ANOTHER NEW YEAR1
WITH NEWS OF YOUR ELEC
TION PLEASE RESERVE DOUBLE
ROOM WITH BATH AND BE MY
VALENTINE
INCIDENT ALY, W E HOPE
Santa Claus will be kind to A1
Smith. And while he' about it he
might pack a few Stetsons in his
kit for Al’s supporters who still
cling to their brown head-gear.
AND SINCE ALL GOOD LITTLE
boys who expect Santa Claus to
visit them must go to bed early,
well stop right here and toddle
along after wishing all those who
read these jumbled lines through
cut the year A MERRY CHRIST
MAS AND A JOLLY EGG-NOG
RECIPE.
Copeland's Health Talk
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BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
(United States Senator And Fenner Health Commissioner of New fork.)
Tomorrow Is Christmas. It is the day of all days, because It com
memorates the birth of the Christ Child.
We can rejoice on Christmas Day and every day that the accident
*birth little in the final outcome of our lives. The memory
ft-a
DR. COPELAXD
manger casts no shadow over the career of Jesus.1
He waxed strong In body, took His place in 1
the primitive society of His day, and worked as
• carpenter. From that lowly position Jesus
Christ has come to be recognised as Its Savior by
fully half the world.
In seeking to fathom the future of the new
-toom babe, the accident of birth may be disre
garded. The early surroundings of the child do
not determine his career, provided he has a strong
body, a good mind and goodness of soul. The
child may be bom in a palace and die In a hovel.
He may be bom In a manger and arrive at a
throne.
Just as the Christ Child was unhampered by
the conditions of humble birth, so any child may
wax strong, as Jesus did. No matter how poor may be the home In
which he Is born, It cannot begin to be as humble as the place where
Jesus saw the light of day.
In North America it is made possible for every parent to give his
child the proper beginning. To give the child a healthy body is greater
than great riches. No matter how lacking the home may be in things
making for physical ease and comfort, it can be the abiding place of
perfect health.
In the spirit of the Child Jesus
communities have established health
. centers, hospitals and clinics. Baby
health stations supply pure milk,
medical advice and nursing care. In
many states, counties provide dis
trict nursing. The states and prov
inces send out sanitary trains and
disseminate health knowledge.
Newspapers and magazines supply
loaders with medical advice. Every
fchoc! teaches physiology and hy
giene. High schools, colleges, and
the churches regard their gymna
r ums and out-of-door contests as
. c sentjal features of their work.
No one can read the Bible wtth
c it being impressed by the idea
. that the body is (he temple of God.
lach of us dwells in a holy place.
Fortunate indeed is that family
* here father and mother In their
devotion to child life teach the
. solemn obligation that God’s temple
must not be defiled.
"/ Ou this Christmas Pay, the birth
f day of the Christ Child, let every
, parent in the world take a solemn
r vow that the children in that home
shall be given every opportunity for
health. Let every child in all the
world dedicate himself to habits
which make 1or good health and
long life. Let every person deter
mine upon a conduct of life that
shall guarantee to posterity a her
itage of good health.
Many of the preachers today will
•peak of the influence of Jesus
Christ upon the spiritual life of the
world. Let us not forget that the :
physical vigor of the Master did j'
much to make possible His divine !
mission.
Among the good gifts we give i
our children today, or contemplate
giving in the future, let us prize i
above all others the gift of good
health.
SPECIALISTS GET THE
nONOR AND THE MONEY
(Dr. A. F. Van Bibber. In. North
American Review.)
"Is it any wonder that country1
doctors are no longer being re
cruited?
“Enough men (and women) are
being graduated today, probably, to
keep the ranks of the specialties
filled. The honor to be gained in
the profession is to oe gained by
the specialists, and beyond all
doubt the money to be gained all
goes to them! The more they spec
ialize the greater the reward. The
profession has not been slow to
notice this law, and the results
grow ever more astonishing. One
can sympathize with the lady who
asked a doctor who was being in
troduced, where he practiced? 1
am a naval surgeon, madam,” he
replied. ‘How you doctors do spec
ialize now-a-days!’ was her unna
tural exclamation.”
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HEWSPIPER TALKS
MULLS Ml
Rocky Mt. Paper Discusses Shelby
Man's View Of Long Term
SehooL,
Considerable significance must
necessarily be attached to the re
cent statement of Odus M. Mull
at Shelby that there appears to
be little chance for passage of
the eight months school legisla
tion at the approaching session of
the North Carolina general assem
bly.
Of course, the statement of it
self is significant and of vital in
terest to North Carolinians, but
its greatest claim to significance
rests in the person who uttered it.
Mr. Mull, it will be recalled, is
a fellow townsman and intimate
friend of Governor-elect O. Max
Gardner, More than that, he is
chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee in North Caro
lina. and any statement which
conies from him must be inter
preted as voicing to some extent
the party’s views and policies.
To cap the climax, Mr. Mull has
been picked by political writers
and observers as the administra
tion spokesman for the approach
ing session of the general as
sembly. believing that he will
champion the measures which the
governor approves and lead the
fight against: those which meet
with the administration’s disap
proval.
The official position of Mr.
Mull, his connection with the
Democratic party machinery and !
his chances for acting as admin- j
istration spokesman combine there- j
fore to make his statement that!
the eight months school term is
not likely to come just now fall
with telling effect upon the ears,;
minds and hearts of North Caro* j
linians, especially those who are j
most Interested in the cause of j
education, who realise that the
public schools offer the future cit- j
izenship and who hope and pray S
that the educational progress of j
; ;l)e state may m no way be retard
1 ed.
One wonders, alter r. ading Mr
Mull’s statement, if he is .-peak
ing merely his personal views, il
i he gives what may be interpreted
as the belief of lX*mocratie lead
ers or. whtt amounts to" virtually
the same thing, if ne Is filling
even now the office of spokesman
for the next state administration.
Be that as it may. ihe fellow
townsman of the next governor is
quoted as expressing the belief
that the present educational bur
den is too heavy for many of the
counties, that the state will like
ly give greater aid toward the six
months term but that the eight
months term is unlikely to come
now. Mr. Mull may be right, and
then again this may be a political
move to cater to some of the coun
ties which arc grumbling. Our
opinion is that so long as any
burden whatever is imposed, there
will be grumbling from some source.
None of the counties appears to
have broken under the weight of
educational costs. If the state is
•Grip
Checked at
the start
Rub jpur chest
with Vicks before
your little cold gets BIG.
Vicks acts two ways at once
to check the cold and prevent
complications:
(1) It is vaporized by the heat
of the body and inhaled for
hours direct to the inflamed air
passages;
(2) It acts through the skin
like an old-fashioned poultice,
“drawing out” the tightness
and pain.
to proviic additional funds, those
fends can go to no better purpose
than to provide more months 01
school for North Carolina children
rather than to quiet a lew coun
ties which may be squalling now
Which will pay greater returns,
we ask better educational oppor
t unities lot* North Carolina chil
dren or a lew cents shaved oil coun
1 ty tax rates? Certainly one can* !
not claim a penny saved wl.cn it i
is saved at cost of less adequate j
and unequal educational advan- |
tages.
Our hope is that in this particu
lar instance Mr. Mull is wrong.
Try Star Want Ads.
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We Extend
GREETINGS
of the
SEASON
AS the year of 1928 passes
into that long trail of yes
terdays and 1929 is usher
ed in with its vista of prom
ise, we extend greetings of
the -reason and our wish that
each succeeding day of the
lew year add its measure
>f contentment and pros
perity.
The Acorn Store Inc.
SHELBY, N. C.
LET US SERVE YOU.
PLANE REFl'ELK WHILE
2,500 FEET I P IN AIR
Dallas, T«sas, Dec. 20.—Two hun
dred gallon; of gasoline were trans
ferred to the army tri-niotored
Kokker phne Douglas O— 2,500
feet above Dallas today and the
transport with the Douglas O—
department for Midland, Texas, on
the next lap of Its tams-contlncn
tal flight.
The rates charged for making
radio announcements have proved
conclusively the truth of the old
adage about time being money.
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\stor, “Skeets”
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