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TWINKLES
So, Lindbergh has a half-sister! Haven't Hie tabloid re
porters been sleeping?
Farmers still gloomy over tile continued Spring rains,
which have delayed farm work, may get a bit. of cheer out
of the announcement from Washington that few boll weevils
survived the winter. That means, y’know, that more farm
ers may survive the coming fall.
I he ltocky Mount Telegram at the lino-mike: “Gover
nor Gardner went home for the week-end and organised a
garment factory. Heretofore he has been content to make
addresser ” If the same guarantee goes into the Gardner
dresses as went into the Gardner addresses the garment in
dustry should meet with ready sales.
I here are only six and one-half marriages in Cleveland
county for each divorce, according to actual statistics. But
the actual statistics, understand, do not. include the many
Cleveland couples who wed in South Carolina. If local cou
ples marrying in other states were added to the marriage
total tlic ratio in Ihe county would no doubt be between 12
and 20 marriages to each divorce.
Mr. Hoover, as the Washington correspondents sum it
up, is not an extreme dry, neither is he an extreme wet.
Ami since America became “bone dry” it seems as if a good
ly portion of the American citizenship is to he found in that
“so-so" class. Perhaps that may he the basis of some of the
trouble encountered in dry law enforcement.
Cleveland county farmers are to sell another carload of
poultry here Wednesday. That means another tidy sum of
cash for the county. Not so many years hack there was only
one season of the year, Fall, when Cleveland farmers knew
what cash money looked like; and, not having any income
from poultry and other sidelines, they were unable to keep
that which they did see very long.
Gee McGee, feature writer for The Star, offers his
homespun wisdom and humor under the title of “Nobody's
Business,” but it seems to us as if he really gives the com
mon-sense “low-down” on everybody’s business. You’re
missing a lot if you are not a regular render of his column.
GETTING IT STRAIGHT
T'HE KINGS MOUNTAIN BANK, which closed its doors
* Friday morning, was, as a matter of history, the first
Cleveland county hank to fail. But it should be noted also,
as a matter of getting the facts straight, that no Cleveland
county bank under entire county management has ever fail
ed. The Kings Mountain institution was a member of a
chain bank with headquarters elsewhere—and that with no
intent to reflect upon another county. Cleveland county citi
zens are indeed fortunate to have such bank management as
has prevailed throughout the years.
. Cleveland county commissioners, we note by our favor
ite tri-weekl.v newspaper, are wondering if a rabid eat may
come under the classification of a mad dog. Ye Twinkler is
not capable of rendering a decision, but we do know that an
angry cat can make a dog mad, Very mad.
NOT GENERALLY SHARED
BIT OF mild criticism has been directed toward The Star
because this paper did not become enthusiastic and de
clare the recent legislature to be the most valuable gather
ing of lawmakers ever assembled in Raleigh or anywhere
else. The recent session did pass several noteworthy laws,
for which the body was given proper credit, but we fail to
see wherein the session was really outstanding — Therefore,
the lack of taffy. Meantime it seems as if there were a few
others sharing the same opinion. Among those agreeing
with us was Charity and Children, Baptist orphanage paper,
and along the same subject Charity and Children writes:
“A member of the Senate writes the editor a hot letter
in which he scores Charity and Children for an editorial
which appeared in this paper under the heading “The Gen
eral Assembly.” This Senator, who had a large hand in
framing the school bill says we were in error in saying the
committee on education “paid very little attention to Mr.
Allen and other school authorities who ought to know what
is best for the schools.” The writer did not visit the Legisla
ture in person and knows nothing about its doings except
what he learned from the newspapers. If he did the law
nakers a wrong he is sorry and hereby begs their pardon.
Answering the statement that “little or nothing was done”
by the General Assembly” this optimistic Senator calls our
attention to (1) the Australian Ballot law, (2) a workman’s
.compensation act, (3) a school bill that carries us nearer
to the eight months term, (4) an extension of the budget
system to other deparments of the State, (5) a permanent
tax commission, (6) a highway patrol measure, besides many
other measures that have been regarded by thoughtful peo
ple as progressive and helpful. “1 would say that in my
judgment this Legislature in the enactment into law of
more progressive and beneficial legislation than has been
enacted by a single Legislature in a long time.” We are very
glad to give the good opinion of this member of our Legisla
ture and to hope that all he says of the results of the work
of this General Assembly will turn out to be true. However,
the fine effect of what was done in Raleigh during the 70
clays our lawmakers were there is not so generally shared
by our people generally.’*
ADMIRABLE PLUCK
-pi IE GASTONIA GAZETTE’S stand as to fair and impar
tial handling of the news developments in the strike
situation at the Loray plant there has been an admirable
one, fair as fair could be with neither side of the con
troversy stressed over the other. In other words, as we view
it from a distance and at the actual scene of the disturbance,
the Gazedte gave an accurate recountal of the happenings
with no color added to stress the cause of either the mill
interests, the workers, or street sales of the paper. And
that is the duty of a newspaper—to give the facts as they
are regardless of how the facts may influence the interests
and ambitions of those concerned. That is what newspaper
readers subscribe to a paper for—to get the news, not just
one side of what may be happening.
In Wednesday’s Gazette law-abiding citizens of Gas
tonia and Gaston county paid for and published a paid ad
vertisement urging mill workers and others to beware of the
men behind the strike, men who think of government only
in the terms of the Russian Bolshevistic government. After
the paper hit the streets the Bolshevists strike agitators be
gan, it seems, to brand the paper as a tool of the textile in
terests. There was even talk of a demonstration against
the newspaper in front of the newspaper plant. But the ru
mors and the denunciation of the men who organized the
strike failed to throw fear into The Gazette office, and
Thursday The Gazette came hack with a page one editorial
declaring firmly and fearlessly that the paper was not con
trolled by textile interests, nor by any other class. Futher
mcre the editorial stated that it might he that Loray mill
workers and other textile employees are not being paid what
they should be paid, but continuing The Gazette denounced
in no hesitant manner the methods being used by Beal, Per
shing and the other agitators behind the Loray. trouble.
Our idea is that The Gazette Thursday night was
stronger and more popular with law-abiding Gaston, the big
textile center of the South, than ever before, and when the
Loray trouble blows over The Gazette will be more respected
generally throughout the county than in the past. And that
shouldn’t be taken to mean that The Gazette was not already
popular as a newspaper rendering up-to-the-minute news
services.
Nobody’s Business
gee McGee—
(Exclusive in The Star in Ibis section.)
Undo Joe is getting ready to
farm. He bought a 10-cenl curry
comb yesterday. All he needs now
is guano and some mule feed and
some groceries, but lie's waiting
on Farm Relief which Mr. Hoover
promises to fetch as soon as con
gress is convened. And that means
that Uncle Joe's family will move
back to the cotton mill about week
after next.
It's a peculiar fact, but as bad
as they are—there ain't any de
tours oti the road to hell. And
"Ihey say" it is a one-way road too.
So, my beloved sinners, even if it
is the wrong place to go, just think
of the pleasure you will have e«i
routc, as there won't be any trucks
with 15-foot-wlde loads to meet,
and no big busses will keep you
scared to death all the time that
you're to get run over. But it is
possible that after you arrive, the
"soul" punishment that will be
meted out to you will be negotiat
ing, detours that road-builders
have selected for you. And that will
be hell a-plenty.
A pood friend has asked me to
stop writing about short dresses,
and I tlunk I shall concede to her
wishes, but before I do so, I want
to explain that I dtd not Invent
or design the garments that leave
the knees exposed, but I am now
making tills prophecy: within 10
years from now, very few young
girls, Including flappers, will wear
any skirt at all, but will be con
tent with a garment which will be
a cross between a pair of knickers
and a pair of teddies, and after we
get used to them, I'm sure they
will be entirely satisfactory, but
from now on—I'm off ol short
dresses ansoforth, unless, of course,
news Is scarce.
Cotton Letter.
New York, April 6.—The market
declined 25 points on information
I that the Federal Reserve bank had
! reduced the discount rate to specu
lators to 8 per cent, and had call
icd all loans due by bulls who are
| losing. Spinners takings for Feb
ruary were less thHn for January,
due to the fact that the former
was shorter than the latter, but
this error was not discovered un
til after the slump when some
bear got to figgering up his pro
fits, The Intermediate Credit bank
has loaned farmers so far this year
, for agricultural purposes the sum
I of 11 dollars and 23 cents, includ
! mg the cost oi drawing the mort
| gage on C mules, 5 cows, and 4 calves
3 pigs, and the farm, plus the docu
! mentary stamps, and 90 cents for j
| recording the debenture of credit.
Therefore, we look for lower prices
and more rain.
A Bill.
Congress will convene in special
session within the next few days
i to consider Farm Relief. A la Hoo-1
\er. Many bills will be submitted
lor consideration, and the McNary
Haugen bill will be rehashed. I am
taking the liberty of drafting a
form of bill that will be placed in
the hands of our local congress
men with a request that he present
it on the floor at the proper time.
Here It Is: u,
1—The government shall take
steps to relieve the agriculture
in the North, South, East and
West, and a committee shall be ap
pointed by the president upon the
recommendation of the chaplain
of the senate whose duty shall be
to provide the relief hereinafter
suggested.
2—All fields of cotton shall be
provided with shade trees at the
end of each and every row, and a
hammock arranged at the termi
nus of every fifteenth row so that
the farmers may rest when they
groweth tired or thetr knees be
come wobbly.
o—no Tanner snail do permu
ted by law to pull fodder from a
corn-stalk higher than 8 feet, and
it shall be tire duty of the com
mittee to furnish the fanners seed
corn that will produce not less
than 5 ears to the stalk, but such
stalk shall not be taller than 4
feet and 6 Inches.
4—All walking plows shall be
coBiflscated and destroyed, and
riding plows shall be furnished all
farmers desiring the same, and
cushions shall be maintained in
the scats of said plows, and a
good umbrell shall also be con
sidered common equipment for the
Implement aforementioned.
8—The committee shall lumish
marines and soldiers to aid tire
farmers to prepare and gather
their crops of wheat, corn, peas,
and potatoes, and all banks wilt
lend the needy farmers all the
money they might desire, except
in no case shall the government
advance more than two-thirds of
the cash that is put into new au
tomobiles.
Magistrates, school teaches, and i
all other persons now employed by
the government shall stand ready
at all times to help the farmers
scatter thetr guano, hoe and plow
their crops, and pick such cotton
and gather such corn, and reap
such wheat as the farmer might
produce, and which he may possi
ble be unable to care for, protect,
and garner. All crops grown un
der these provisions shall be turn
ed over to the secretary of agri
culture. and thetr cost, plus a
profit of 75 oer cent shall be ad
vanced io the farmer, and the resi
due turned over to him after the
final sale Is made. This bill is to
become law when signed, sealed,
delivered, and filed by the secre
tary of war, attested by the secre
tary of the treasury, and counter
signed by the janitor of the white
house.
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HISTORIC CITY
housand Coins To Charleston To
See Magnolia And Middleton
Cardens.
(By M. Bishop Alexander.)
Near “America's Most Historic
3Uy,‘* Charleston. S. C., first set
led in April. 1670. and long famous
ts a cultural and dignified center
if the Old South arc two fairy
:ardens, internationally famous
vhich annually attract thousands
if visitors from early February
hrough the month of April. These
;ardens vie with Charlestons clt
nate and romantic history as at
ractians for the ever increasing
lumber of tourists and visitors from j
ifar who travel to the City by the j
iea each year. They are the Mid-,
lleton Place and Magnolia gar
lens.
The gardens lie less than a score j
idles from Charleston un the Ash
ey river and are reached by either
aclit or over paved highways. Like
he city they were laid out before
he American natioai. The Middlc
on Place gardens were completed j
n 1750 and the Magnolia gardens j
mi slightly later. At Middleton |
’lace is the tomb of Arthur Mid
Ueton, one of the signers of the:
Declaration of Independence.
Beautiful beyond description the
wo gardens present their best ap
learance ir. mid February through !
he month of March. Six miles of |
noss lined lanes flanked by ancient j
»aks and cypress separate the two |
listoric estates of which the gar
lens arc a part. The estates them
selves have remained th‘- property
if direct lineal descendants of the
original owners who obtained them
by royal grant.
Flower masses formed by more
than 200,000 plants of varied hues
rover completely greater than fifty
acres. Green terraces, reflection
pools and lagoons cover many hun
dreds more acres. Botanical rari
ties such as shrubs and plants seen
no where else in this country are
found in these gardeps. In Mag
nolia Gardens are the largest flow
ering Azalea bushes known and it
is also claimed they are the oldest
in the United States. In Middleton
Place gardens are thirty-six vart*
lies of the Camellia Japoniea, the
original ones planted in 1785, the
first Importation to this country of
that flower.
Unrivalled specimens of Azelca,
Indica and the Camellia Japoniea,
Wisteria, Spirca, Syringa, Chero
kee Rose and Jessamine abound.
Magnificent trees by the hundreds
form a picturesque background and
Include pines, magnolia, moss drap
ed cypress and far-spreading live
oaks. Wild cherry, holly and cedar
irees, too, are numerous.
Of Middleton Place gardens not
iong ago Dr. John K. Small, eura
:or of the New' York Botanical gar
dens, said "It is a botanical para
llse. Truly it is in every way per
■ feet.'' Amy Lowell too ha* written, j
; -step lightly down these terraces, j
: they are the records of a dream.'’
( The Charleston News and Courier j
) recently proudly pointed out that!
"Visitors to the wonderful Kew j
gardens of London, England, find
a notice which tells all who w'alk
that way that 'Azaleas in their
highest glory are to be found in
Magnolia gardens near Charles
ton, S. C.. U. S. A.’-”
John Galsworthy in one of his
writings said of the Magnolia gar
dens: "Everyone who goes to Char
! leston in the spring soon or late!
'visits Magnolia gardens. I freely!
| assert that none in the world is so j
1 beautiful as this. It is a kind of j
paradise which has wandered down,
a miraculously enchanted wilder
ness,''
The visitor to cither ol the ia
mous gardens is greeted at the gate
by a number of typical far-South
colored folk who acting as guide
relate In their quaint lcw-country
dialect historical facts and ance
dotes of the gardens and of the
flowers passed. These same darltles
in the fall and winter of each year
fertilize, spray and prune these
precious plants so their statements
have actual knowledge as a basts.
Try Star Wants Ads
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Report Of Condition Of
The Cleveland Bank & Trust Co.
Shelby, North Carolina,
At The Close Of Business March 27th, 1929.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts_$458,928.99
Overdrafts ___ 1.409-1G
Ranking House__ 27,988.56
Furniture and Fixtures __ 13,595.24
Other Real Estate_15,949.68
Stocks and Bonds_.... 33,125.69
Cash and Dye from Banks 65,318.12
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock_ 8125,000.00
Surplus, Profits,
Reserves .._ 35,684.5e>
Deposits -- 455,720.86
TOTAL _$616,405.42 TOTAL .. $616,405.42
WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOUR BUSINESS—BANKING AND INSURANCE.
Interest Paid On Certificates Of Deposit and Savings Accounts.
ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE WRITTEN EXCEPT LIFE—
YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE APPRECIATED HERE.
Cleveland Bank & Trust Co.
SAFE
SHELBY, N. C.
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