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A- D JAMES ... Adverttstn* Managei
Entered aa .econd class matter January t 1909 at tne paetotftee
At 8helby North Carolina und« the Act ot Congress March 8 1078
We wish to call your attention to the fact that It is and nas tteen
our custom to charge five cents per Une for resolution* ot respect
cards ot thanks and obituary notices after one death notice hea
beats published. This will be strictly adherred to
: FRIDAYTfEB. 15, 1929. ~~~
twinkles
That headline in Wednesday’s Star, “Small Amount
Unpaid Taxes in This County,” referred to last year, not this
year, we would inform for the benefit of tax collectors.
—
•Women Puff For Show," reads a headline in the Char
lotte.Netos, and it might be well for us to add that the item
was about smoke puffs as there wouldn’t be any news value
to a headline saying that women powder puff for show.
America is to start building more war ships, and now if
Arthur Brisbane were writing this he would probably say,
•‘That would be all right, if they were air ships. The next
war will be fought in the air."
Lindy’s engagement was played up with big headlines~oB
page one the country over, but the headlines, wiratdDe noth
ing to compare with the ones he would receive were he to be
divorced a year or so from now. You see, he would then
be unrestricted property again.
From some of the news stories in the King case it seems
that most anything found lying around the house, electric
cords or whatnot, ca be construed as havig something to
do with foul play. Fact is, we wonder how many homes there
are in which no electric iron cords and such could not be
found. M ^
ARE WE RIGHT?
CO FAR THIS month only one couple has secured marriage
license in Cleveland county but a dozen, and perhaps,
more Cleveland county couples have journeyed over to South
Carolina for their license.
In our opinion the lawmakers down at Raleigh would be
doing something of far more value if they remedied the
cause of the figures abovj» than they are doing by introducing
monkey bills, telling who killed Cock Robin, and trying to
get a law to fine movie-goers for unintentionally kicking the
person seated in front of them. And we believe the larger
percentage of the people in North Carolina will side with us
in that opinion. The examinations required up here prior to
matrimony do not mean anything at all, but they drive
couples away; and the $5 price of marriage license doesn’t
add any Income to the State, for not one-fifth the couples
purchase license at home as would if the license sold for a
nominal sum.
EDISON AND SMART BOYS
SMART MEN admit that they know very little. Thomas
Edison, the inventor and perhaps the greatest thinker in
America, declared in his birthday talk this week, “We don’t
America, declared in his birthday talk this week, “We don’t
know a millionth of one percent about anything yet. We
do not know what electricity, sound, and light are . , And
the smart Edison, who gave us electric lights and many oth
er modem conveniences and inventions by his great brain,
admits it, but get in most any group and you’ll find some
smart aleck who will know 100 percent about a million of
things, which Edison declares he didn’t “know a millionth
of one percent about.’* Some of them can even tell you what
the electricity, Mr. Edison has done so much with, is, and
oddly enough most of them have done very little with elec
tricity or anything else.
A smart man knows that he does not know everything,
but there arc many of us who do not seem to know that we
know hardly nothing at all.
THOSE “BIG BOOTLEGGERS’*
|N RECENT weeks several complaints, rumor has it, have
* &een going the rounds because The Star did not publish
the names of the “big bootleggers" rounded up by O. O.
Goben, the undercover man who created a little sensation.
The Star did not publish the list of those rounded up
and has no particular apology for not doing so, but we de
have an explanation we desire to make—an explanation we
hope the critics will take note of before they criticise fur
ther.
First of all, there was not a single “big bootlegger” in
; Goben’s round-up. In fact, local officers make no bones about
• saying that they are doubtful if there were more than two
. bootleggers in the lot, and those of the group who are boot
; loggers are what might be termed small fish in the game,
| not big bootleggers by far.
-• One complainer declared: “The papers always publish
■ the troubles of the little fellow, but when a big town boot
J legger gets caught you never see his name.”
He was referring, we presume, to the Goben round-up,
•v and therein he erred. Practically every person caught by
Goben we would say were working men, young men who
$ found it hard to get up enough money to pay the costs. That
was one mason The Star did not carry the list of all those
caught. Another reason was that most of those nabbed
were young men, some of whom, and they appeared truth
ful declared that they secured liquor for the undercover man
■ M a favor rather than for profit by dealing in whiskey. How
ever, neither of those reasons were the main reason why the
names were not carried. And that main reason is that The
"ter has i somewhat well-formed policy as to publishing
court news. Due to the fact that it is impossible to have a
reporter at all court sessions and also due to the fact that
the average run of cases in the county court are of a minor
nature and seldom worth the space which they would take
up in the paper, The Star seldom carries the cases on the
docket unless the offense is of such a nature as to draw a
road sentence or a heavy fine, or has some unusual feature
connected therewith which lends the case news value. It
would take a goodly portion of the local news space to carry
the outcome of every court case and therefore a certain
limit must be set, and limits are set in newspaper work ac
cording to news value. A liquor capture running into the
gallons is of considerably more news interest than half pint
and pint captures, and most of Goben’s were just that. As
we recall some of the names in the Goben round-up were
published because some of the defendants received heavy
fines or sentences, but in doig so this paper did not try to pro
tect any “big bootleggers,” for as the small fines they re
ceived indicate the others were far from bootleggers, if boot
leggers at all.
The Star does not and never has made it a point to dis
criminate between classes in publishing news. And if any
partiality is shown it is to the so-called little fellow. That’s
why this paper has been fi^htino' the proposed $5 fee for
an officer for every arrest h^^maMs in connection with a dry
law violation. The paper’s fight against the fee was not
made because we do not believe in strict enforcement of the
prohibition laws, nor because we desire to keep any officer
from making what money he may, but to tack an extra $5
fee on the little fellows who come into court over a pint of
whiskey, or a bottle of bay rum, when the fee is no heavier
for the big bootlegger and rum-runner, is unfair. Our sug
gestion was that the fee go to the officer when he catches
a maker^of^hiskey, a big bootlegger, or a rum-runner, or,
to before to the point, when he catches one of the “big fel
lows.”
Which is taking up quite a bit of space for an explana
tion, but the little fellow’s troubles are enough as things
are now without having people go about broadcasting and
not knowing the facts that The Star kept a list of names
out of the paper because they were the names of “big fel
lows.” With no discredit whatsoever to them, we would say
that there was not an even moderately wealthy man in Go
ben’s group, nor was there any person of particular promi
nence in the group. And, if there had been, prominence and
wealth does not keep news out of The Star—youth and feeing
not wealthy will come far nearer doing it.
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“Nobody’s Business”
- BY GEE McGEE -
(Exclusive In The Star In This Section.)
Here And Thera,
I asked Uncle Joe what had be
come of the lightning rod agents,
and he said all ot them were now
engaged In selling traffic light sys
tems to our little towns. Uncle
Joe said that be always felt like
a fool sitting there in his car wait
ing for the green lights to come
on when his lizzie was the only
vehicle anywheres about and I
told him if he felt like a fool then
he felt like he looks all the time,
and then I doged a left punch to
the chin.
Aunt Mlnervy is a great germ
dodger. The other night she hol
lored at Susie and told her to stand
back from that radio while that
announcer was sneezing as she
didn't want her to catch the flu.
After shaking hands with peddlers,
which she always does, she's so
sociable, she goes right straight
and soaks her hands In an iodine
solution. She won’t drink after
nobody, not even Uncle Poe. She
found out about germs last year
when blood poison set In on
"Brother Jim" where the mule bit
him right behind the wood house.
The Goat.
Our teacher has asked us boys
to write a compersltlon on a do
mestic animal and 1 have chose the
billy goat for my subject which 1
have and his name Is Hunkey and
he butts me ever time I am look
ing the other way and the way
he do smell worries ma put nigh
to death, but I tell her Just think
of how much use he Is helping
me to haul wood and clothes, and
she says If he Is that much help,
looks like I orter keep him wash
ed. but I tried that onct and he
dlddent smell good no longer than
It took ma’s cake of soap I used
out of the company room to dry
off, and they are also good to eat
If killed on the right time of the
moon to get red of they Oder and
that's all I care to say about goats
In this peace.
Signed,
Willie Buttinski—7th Grade.
Cotton Letter.
New York.—The market opened
steady at an advance of 9 points
and a decline of 7 points. There
seemed to be some Southern sell
ing by Northern interests, and the
market later turned irregular to
weak with plenty boll weevil news
at hand. Bombay and Continent
al buying disturbed Shanghai hedg
ing materially, but the charts were
long near the dose and the strad
dlers seemed unable to get off the
bulls until the bears Issued a call
for all May contracts bought on
July basis In October while Decem
ber was selling coordinate^ with
[New Orleans MxMs. Therefore,
we believe holding on Is in order
till you fall off.
Recipes.
Traffic Jam: Take a couple
of 18 year old nuts and a like num
ber of peaches not over-ripe, put
them into a tin (lizzie), pour Into
each nut and peach about one
drachm of hootch, wash down with
a wine glass half full of ginger
ale, let the gas be turned on till
the mixture sizzled and turns red,
and loses its solidarity, then it will
simmer down to a slow boll, and
stop. Then stir with a police
billy or baseball bat, and place in
the cooler for 30 days.
Applesauce: Mix a long line
of bull with a dash of nerve, add
plenty punk and whoopee, drop in
a few lies now and then, exagger
ate with lots of fabricated scraps,
stir until the ears burn, then
swear that the Deocrats will elect
a president in 10 and 32. Do not
serve except with a shotgun.
Other Staff.
We note with pleasure that the
big tracks and busses are hogging
only three-fourths of the highways
these days. If these vehicles of
transportation continue to increase
in width, the average automobile
will have a slim chance to meet
or pass one of them. They vir
tually control traffic on the main
arteries, and at the present rate,
they will wear out a good con
crete road in 5 years.
The coal miners are now asking
for a 5-hour day in some parts of
the world. What do they think
they are, school teachers? Un
cle Joe's Sammie says that he
longs for a 36-hour week with a
72-hour pay envelope. He tried
to get a job with me once, and I
told him I’d pay him what he
was worth, but he refused to work
that cheap. He would be a fine
hand to sit In the Lick Observera
tory and count the eclipses of the
sun. He's so lazy he actually
swallows his spit.
The cigarette manufacturers
swear that cigarettes will keep
the women slim and attractive,
and this means that all fat wom
en will take up smoking at once.
They also want folks,to stop eat
ing candy; so fellers, if you dont
want your old lady or sweetheart
to bear down too heavy on your
lap, take ’em smokes Instead of
bonbons. Personally I favor kiss
ing bonbon Ups rather than those
smeared with nicotine and lip
sticks. What won’t females do
to conserve and preserve their
Imaginary beauty?
The scientists say that in a mil
lion years the North Pole will be
where the temporate zone Is now.
| and I'll Just betcha- we_ will all
DEW BOOKS GIVEN
SM WU
j On February 5 Miss Reba Ham
rick donated three cooks, The
Phanton of the Opera, by Oaston
Leraux; The Hunchback of Notre
j Dame, by Victor Hugo; Betty
1 Zane, by Zane Gray.
On February 7 Mr. Julius A. Sut
tle donated one book, “Up From
the Streets,” the story of Alfred
! E. Smith. Mrs. Madge W. Riley
^ donated the following books. The
Deluge, by S. Fowler Wright; TheJ
Canary Murder Case, by & 8. Vani
Dine; The Black Hunter, by James
Oliver Curwood; The Mortover
Grange Affair, by S. Fletcher; The
Mad King, by Edgar Rice Bur-!
roughs; The Wolf Hunters, by
James Oliver Curwood: The Mill of
Many Windows, by J. S. Fletcher;
The Mucker, by E. R. Burroughs;
| Sorrell and Son, by Marwick Deep
ing; Ben Hur, by Lew Wallace;
Daddy Long Legs, by Jean Web
ster; Little Abe Lincoln, by Bemice
Babcock. Donated by Ralph Webb
Gardner February 9, Man-Liye, by
M. McLeod Raine; Tappan's Buno.
by Zane Gray; Beau Sabreur, by
B. C. Wren; The War Chief, by
E. R. Burroughs. Donated by
James and Richard Jones, War
Birds; The Sketch Book, by Wash
ington Irving; Myths and Myths
Makers, hy John Fisher; Motion
Picture Comrades, by E. T. Barnes;
Heids, by Johanna Speyrl. The Net,
by Rex Beach, donated by Mrs. J.
B. Jones.
Hungarl’s Fleet Here!
(From The Wall St. Journal.)
The entire merchant marine of
Hungary has arrived In Galveston
to load out a full cargo of grain
She Is the Honved, a 7,600-ton
steamship flying the Hungarian
flag. According to Captain Rudolph
Udvardy, "It is my country’s only
ship. We have a yacht over there,
but it is r.ot a steam vessel.”
freeze to death. I intend to try
to get in the coal business by
then, and make some money. I
am sorry now I threw away my
old "heavies” last spring. Those
smart boys keep me worried to
death nearly all the time. They
say that the world is almost sure
to run into some other planet in
time. Now is the time to install
traffic signals 60s worlds can
dodge one another.
Good Cotton is Wanted
In the United Plate* the demand
I* greatest for strict low middling,
middling, strict middling and good
middling from 16/16 to one inch in
length, say* the 1927 Yearbook of
Agriculture. These four grade*
made up 85 OS per cent of the total
consumption by American mill*
All the lower grade* together ac
counted for only 13 28 per cent
The demand for cotton under
inch in length was lew than one
tenth of 1 per cent of the whole In
other words, GOOD cotton is
wanted—cotton up to a standard.
And the farmer who use* V-C Ku
ittoeeUI
-V-C
*7 look for the farmer of the future
to overcome high costs by more
economical production." — Renick
W. Drm,AP.
Cottoh meeds a quick
•tart, fast growth, early and
thick fruiting, and vigorous
bolla that stay on to full
maturity. All tK$u art in
iJte V-C bag.
“For 24 tears 1 have found that
V-C Fertilisers excel in continuous
satisfactory results. "~W .L,Tillman,
Bcnnettaville, S. C.
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Must Keep Open Mind
“Agriculture is the foundation of
our national wealth. It is the basic
industry—but more than an indus
try; it is a way of life, and trains its
apprentices in independence, in self
reliance. The farmer is the most
independent of men. But in order
to preserve that independence he
must keep an open mind toward
innovations and must be on tiptoe
to adopt the very best."—U.S. De
partment of the interior.
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Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas have limited the number
of fertilizer grades to be sold within
their borders. The limits range be
tween 15 grades for Mississippi to 21
for Louisiana. In all but Texas the
plant food content must be at least
16 per cent.
IT PAYS!
V-C .Fertilizers are serving their
third generation of cotton growers.
Farmers whose grandfathers used
v-c have come into their own and
plow V-C under with every new
planting. From father to aon the
good old tradition is handed down—
that V-C is «n investment (hat pays/
-V-C
Time to leave a good woman all
alone by herself is when the
clothes line drops with the week’s
washing. - Exchange.
"Artificial Cotton'” Now
Between three and four million
pounds of “artificial cotton” are now
being grown in England, according
to a report from London. The fiber
is described as growing on a plant
seven feet high that was discovered
in British Guiana.
-V-C
“V-C 4-8-4 is the best fertiliser l
have ever used.”—L, P. Denning.
Benson, N. C.
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THAT DAY HAS GONE
"We once believed crops
should be fertilized only when
they would not grow without
it. ‘His land is so poor he
has to use fertilizer,' we. used
to say of certain farmers.
And we didn't think much of
the men1 or the practice.
That day has gone forever.”
—Modem Farming.
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About IS oj every 18 bales of
ention that the world produ cd in
1927 we e grown in the ( nited
States. India grew 4, China
Egypt 1 and twenty-seven other
countries grew 3 bales all together
in every 28.
Low Grades A re Costliest
"The best interests of the con
sumer demanded the elimination
of low-grade brands. The record*
showed that in almost every instanc*
the cost (to the farmer) of the plant
food in a commercial fertiliser teas
highest in tow-grad* goods.”—Bien
nial report, Tennessee Dept, of Agri
culture.
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V-C Fertilisers are made to feed
the growing plant at every stag* qf
its growth through maturity.
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Farm What We Have
"We have today in this country ■
great plenty of land already in culti
vation,' says Henick W. Dunlap,
assistant secretary of agriculture.
“Surely stimulation to the settle
ment of more land is not deeded at
this time or for many years to come.
More government irrigation or
drainage projects are not called for.
Every abandoned farm ts idle be
cause someone could not make it
pay. Every additional acre brought
into cultivation means more compe
tition. What we need is a national
land policy which will prevent ex
pansion into new lands until really
necessary.”
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“The bulk of the. American cotton
crop is not normally frown from ta»
prored varieties. In Texas, for in
stance, two-thirds of the crop is groom
from ‘gin-run’ seed of uncertain
tptality ”—Yearbour or Aontcm^
TORE.
-V-C
“Where com ts the farmer’s raw
product, livestock is the finished
product.”—Successful Farming.
-V-C
For Good Spuds—V-C!
V-C Potato Eertilizers are made
especially for the exacting needs of
that heavy-feeding but 1 ght-forag
ing plant Behind V-C Potato
Fertilizers are extensive manufac
turing facilities, long experience,—
and the good name of V-C.
-V-C
Remember how some counties used
to stay “mud-bound’’ all winter f
What a difference good roads have
made!
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