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The Cleveland Star SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Mail, per year .... ...—---... *3 50 By .Carrier, per year.... *3 00 THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY INC unt a WEATHERS ....._.................. President end Editor • ERNE SI HOEY ...._....__Secretary ana Foreman RENE DRUM_-_____----- News Editor A. D JAMES ........ Advertising Managei Entered aa eeeond class matter January 1 1905 a: the postofftce At Shelby North Carolina under the Act ol Congress March 3 :|79 We wish to call your attention to the tact that it is and has been our cuatom to charge five centa per line for resolutions ot respect cards of thanks and obituary notices after one death notice has baen published This will be strictly adherred to - Friday” dec. 28, ms. TWINKLES Our idea of a good news story would be t^e d’seove-y of a man, or woman—or even a child—who did not receive a Christmas card. Ye Twinkier is of the frank opinion that this professor who thinks the major need of the country is new cuss words has never loitered about a print shop at press hour with the odds five-to-three that the mail will be missed. The opinion of The Star staff man who edited all the Santa Claus letters prior to Christmas is that the folks who voted against the local school measure would not have done bo had they been forced to read the letters before they were corrected. A good thing about having New Year's trail right along on the heels of Christmas is that those overlooked in your Christmas greeting card list, but who did not overlook you, may be sent a card wishing them the best of everything dur ing lhe New Year. Washington dispatches state that Mr. Hoover is already being boomed for a second term. A little premature ‘ per haps, but our first thought upon glancing at the headline was one bom of curiosity, namely: Will Senator Simmons think in 1932, as he did in 1928, that the future of America de pends upon the election of Mr. Hoover? When, if ever, the Charlotte Observer and the Winston Salem Journal conclude their debate as to population figures the next entertainment under the journalistic debating head may be provided by the Observer and the Greensboro News with the subject being: Resolved that paved highways are more important to the progress and future of North Caro lina than adequate educational facilities for the children of the state. Choosing of sides, it seems, will not be necessary. HARD ON SKEPTICS. rYENTY-FIVE years ago, when word came to Dayton, 0., that the Wright brothers had made a successful airplane flight, one Daytonian scoffed at it loudly. He didn't believe, he said that man ever would fly; and if a flight should be made, it would not be made by anyone from Dayton. It is interesting to wonder if that man is still alive, so that he eould see the great celebration at Dayton the other day of the 25th anniversary of the Wright's flight. All kinds of airplanes were present—some of them big passenger plan es carrying a dozen or more people at once. This age is a tough one for the skeptics. What looks to day like an insane dream may be a sober reality tomorrow. We are rapidly learning that mankind can make just about anything that it can imagine. STICKING ON TOP. I TNLESS SEVERAL thousand bales of cotton are stored about in the out-houses of Johnston county it seems as sured now that Cleveland county will this; year, for the first time, lead North Carolina in cotton production. Up to Dec ember 18th Cleveland county with 48,503 bales ginned was 9,105 bales ahead of Johnston county with 39,398 bales gin ned, and 10,453 bales ahead of Robeson with 38,050 bales ginned. The next ginning report win cover me guuuug uP January 15, and it is practically certain that the county will have reached the 50,000-bale mark—a new record—by that time. After the January report there will not be another ginning report until March when the final figures are issued. Local cotton men now estimate that the total ginning for the county will be between 51 and 52 thousand bales. Those who took part in The Star’s cotton estimate contest will hear the best estimate announced after the final report, and incident ally those who guessed less than 50,000 bales may consider* themselves out of the race. HOW TO DRY IT UP. T-HE $25,000 DURANT prize for the best and most prac * ticable plan of enforcing the prohibition amendment was won by Major Chester P. Mills, former New York prohibition administrator, as has been noted no doubt in news dispatch es. Perhaps the first feature of the Mills’ plan to catch the \eve of those deciding which plan should get the prize w’as , ^is suggestion that the enforcement of the dry laws be taken of politics. To our way of thinking that one suggestion, if followed, Ijld do more to curb the wide violation of the dry laws any other thing. So long as prohibition agents are ap d because of their political loyalty and not because of ability the enforcement of the 18th amendment in ^ will be just as big a joke as it is now. And in saying i will go a little stronger and declare that, in our opin are quite a number of prominent politicians in this pho have supported the prohibition amendment not the good effects they hoped it would bring the \t because the attempt to enforce the amendment pusanda of federal jobs to be tendered on the pie \he hungry feorde that must be rewarded for its, work by the politicians, or else new politicians will be fount’ at the reins. However, to get hack to the Mill's rlan, the prize-win ning suggestion, summarized and divided in 1 d four division follows: 1. Permissive—Closer scrutiny cf those to whom permits to manufacture ale hoi are gt oted and c'osct go.ernment supervision of its making, issuance of on’* temporary permits, of not ’onger than six mon'hs do ration; make each local administrator re pons ble fo: the issuance of the pernvts. 2. Enforcement--(A) imports, (B) domestic sup ply; fer smuggling only unceasing vigilance is needed; for domestic enforcement, strike at the source; manu facture in private stills and illegal di ersion under per mits 3. Political—Ta! e the enforcement agencies out of pol'Mcs. Political interference is one of the serious handicaps to effective contro1, he said. 4. Detailed method of control’ing diversion of indus trial alcohol; strict supervision of distilleries which de nature their own alcohol; abolition, by legislation, of the independent denaturing plant which Major M:Us said “has no economic place in (legitimate) business; adopt legislation if the courts will not sustain such procedure, requiring manufacturers who use industrial alcohol to show such disposition as will al’ow the government to trace the alcohol to a legitimate dealer. Something To Think About Here and There ■ ■ '■= By Bruno Lessing : Some school teachers have taken op a new fad which they call "Pro gressive Education.” It is a sad phrase to use. Real education is ! progressive in itself. Unprogressive education, which is the kind that most people receive, is no educa tion at all. Due to the fact that the profession of teaching does not at tract the highest type of intellect • We offer our youngest children, from 3 to 7 years of age.” said one of these female "Progressive Edu cationalists,” “raw materials like block* and drawing materials which they can use according to j their heart'* desire. As they show! the need for further information to keep the play going, we take them on trips about the neighborhood, to docks, whosesale markets, railroad stations, etc.” What a hopeless muddle! With such a system, a child might acquire the necessary foun dation for becoming a good ’long 1 shoreman, grocer or railroad con ductor. Rut what on earth has it to do with education? i Building blocks and toy and al phabetical bloeks and drawing ma terial are part of every child's j equipment for play. To utilize them for the improvement of. the .child's mind has been' the work of kinder garten teachers since Froebel's day. The modem tendency, particul arly in public schools, is to over j emphasize the value of play In education. There are too many fads and not enough serious drill and mental discipline. Education can not be acquired easily or playfully. It Is hard, serious and fatiguing business. Those who attempt- to make it pleasant usually do more harm than good. A man and his wife were ar , raigned beforit a magistrate in New | York city, recently, for disorderly | conduet .and intoxication. The wo man had been driving an automo bile ana ner nusound had assault ed the policeman who arrested them. During the hearing the mag istrate called the husband “the worst liar I have ever heard.'’ And he called the wife “a potential murderer. ' The millions of pedestrians and automobilt3ts hi this country who arc nware cf tr e danger and the horror of intoxicated drivers will readily understand the magistrate’: feelings and will sympathize with his action in inflicting the heavi er penalty within his power. There is really nothing so atrocious as an Intoxicated perse - drunkenly controlling the death, dealing possibilities of an automc bile. The simplest mind can gTas this situation and demands severe punishment for the offender. What is not so simple, however, is the outrageous conduct of the magistrate It has a significance that reaches even beyond the ser ious offence of these two culprits. Because it concerns every human being who. at some time' or other, either innocently or. guiltily, stands .before a court. It is not a magistrate's business to express his opinion. No com munity, no city, no state, no coun try pays its judges to deliver their personal opinions. It is an abuse of power, exercised, as a rule, to ob tain favorable newspaper comment. It is a magistrate's duty to lis ten to evidence, weigh it carefully, interpret the law and inflict the proper punishment, according to his lights. To make scathing or sarcas tic speeches from the bench cheapen^ the administration of justice. If the law is not severe enough, the law can be changed. To listen to the personal views of a magistrate might be too cruel and inhumane a punishment for any constitution to tolerate. AUTO FOR EACH CHILD OF SCHOOL AGE IN U. S. Washington.—'There are as many automobiles in the United States as there are children of school age. Dr. Frank M. Phillips of the United States bureau of education points out. * In 1895 there were four registered automobiles in the country. This year there are 20.000. There year there are 20,000.000. There age in 1835, and today there are 20,000,000. The cost of educating a child ip the public schools. Dr. Phillips’ fig ures show, has jumped from $40 in 1913 to $102 in 1928. ~ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having this day qualified as ad ministrator of the estate of Damon Jenkins, deceased, this is to notify all parties having claims against the said deceased to present them to me properly proven on or before the 19th day of December, 1929, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery thereof. All persons ow ing the said estate will please make immediate . ayment to the under- ( signed. This December 19, 1928. j WILLIE AGER, Administrator of Damon Jenkins, deceased, i A R. Bennett, Atty. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS. North Carolina, Cleveland County In the Superior Court, Before thr Clerk. Liler Shannon, Plaintiff vs Ed Samuel Shannon Defendant, Xo Ed Samv el Shannon, non-resid ent defendant: You are hereby notified that an action, as above entitled, has been instituted In the superior court ot Cleveland county N C„ against you. by the plaintiff, in which she isj ' asking for an absolute divorce upon 1 the ground of adultery, and you are further notified that a verified com 1 plaint has been filed in my office and that you are hereby required to appear and answer same on or be fore December 17, 1£28, at my office in Shelby, N. C.. or the plaintif will apply to the court for *he relief demanded in the complaint. ! Hereof fail not and of this sum mons make due return. Witness my hand and seal, this November 12, 1928. A. M. HAMRICK, Clerk Su perior Court, Cleveland Coun ty. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of'the power of sale contained in a deed of trust execut ed by J. 6 Wilson and wife, Mary Wilson, on December 1, 1922. to me as trustee of the Shelby Building and Lorn associatirrf, and default having been made in payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and having been called upon to ex ecute the trust, I, as trustee, will sell for cash at public auction to the highest oidder at the court house door in the town of Shelby, N. C., on Saturday January 12. 1929 at noon, the follow’ing described refill estate: ’ 1 ■. Situated on the south side of Pinkney street In the town of Shel by, N. C. and being known as lot N'o. 19, plat D on map filed in spe cial proceeding No. 1293, In the of fice of the clerk of the superior xiurt of Cleveland county, and be ing the lot deeded to a. S. Wilson by R. L. Ryburn. commissioner, by deed dated December 1, 1922. Ref erence is hereby had to said deed and plat for full description by metes and bounds. Purchaser wil. buy subject to any taxes due or assessed. Thu i ecembti 10. 1928. CLYDE R. HOEY. Trustee.^ eiiirtiViWi McNEELY’S ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE OPENS TOMORROW-SATURDAY DECEMBER 29th. THE BIGGEST TRADING EVENT OF THE McNEELY YEAR AND BIGGER THIS YEAR THAN EVER. MORE STOCK—LARGER SELECTION—BETTER VALUES. COME AND BUY FROM d TO J LESS. The price of Dresses cut in half; Pries of Coats cut in half; all Millinery reduc ed from fifV/ to three hundred per cent:— Hose, Raincoats, Gloves, Silk Under wear, Sweaters, Costume Jewelry, Leather Goods, Kimonos,—ALL subject to the BIG CLEARANCE. 200 DRESSES WILL GO ON SALE AT HALF PRICE AS FOLLOWS: Those that were $6.50 Now. $3.25 Those that were $9.50 Now.$4.75 Those that were $16.50 Now.$8.25 Those that were $19.50 Now ...... $9.75 Those that were $24.50 Now . . $12.25 Those that were $29.50 Now .... $14.75 Those that were $39.50 Now ... $19.75 Those that were $49.50 Now .... $24.75 * MILLINERY— ‘Every Felt Hat in the house, including those that sold up to $12:50 reduced to $2.95 And all other Hats cut to exact” HALF PRICE HOSIERY— 300 pairs Full Fashioned Pure Thread Silk Stockings, regular $2.00 sellers, cut to $1.45 40 COATS, ALL MODELS, REDUC ED i TO h PRICE. RAINCOATS— One group of 25 Raincoats, made by extra good manufacturers—$7.95 val ues, reduced to $4.95 ALL KID GLOVES 1-4 OFF ALL SILK UNDERWEAR 1-4 OFF ALL SWEATERS AND SKIRTS 1-4 OFF ALL COSTUME JEWELRY 1-4 OFF All leather goods, including hand bags, fitted cases, hat boxes— 1-4 OFF All Kimonos and Bath Robes 1 1-4 OFF (NOTE: No Charges; no approvals; and a slight charge for alterations.) SALE OPENS TOMORROW—SATURDAY MORNING. COME AT ONCE; TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL STOCK, AND SECURE SUCH VALUES AS YOU HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN OFFERED IN SHELBY. J. C. McNEELY CO.
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