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WEDNESI)’y7 A PR. 17. 1929
TWINKLES
“Stale Ranks Near Bottom in Canning,” reads a head
line. Not referring, we reckon, to canned heat canning'.’
Cleveland county’s first strawberry pie of the year from
the home gardens was reported in Monday’s Star. Isn't it a
great season?
The Florida minister who says there is nothing wrong
with betting on the horses might have been considerate
enough, at least, to add the provision ‘‘if you win.”
The textile strike still ranks high in news interest, but
the strikes called yesterday by the utnps in the opening of
the major league baseball season formed the news first
sought in today’s papers by the majority of readers.
FARMERS SHOULD ENTER.
T"HE STAR is of the opinion that the majority of the cotton
1 fanners of Cleveland county should enter the five-acre cot
ton contest to be staged this year by the county board of agri
culture. A number of serious-minded farmers may say that
they do not have time to devote to such contests and in that
case we believe they should turn over a five-ac re plot to some
of their boys and permit the boys to enter. Quite a bit of
valuable information to cotton growers should develop from
the contest as records must be kept of each plot in the con-j
test, and what’s more the three cash prizes of $300, $200. and
$100 will be right nifty Christmas presents for Cleveland
farmers. Send in your name today to the county agent and
get in the contest. |
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NEWS PERSONALITIES
Y^HO ARE THE biggest news personalities in ihe world? Or
what men and women, in your opinion, have centered
around them more interest for the newspaper readers of the
world than any others?
If a policeman in Washington this morning had arrested
a clothing merchant there for having a pint of whisky on his
hip, it isn't likely that you would have read about it in the
telegraph dispatches in your home paper here. But suppose
the pint of whiskey had been found upon the hig of Presi
dent Hoover as he strolled down Pennsylvania avenue—the
dispatch would be on the front page of every newspaper pub
lished. News value depends upon the prominence of the per
son concerned. For instance, if a taxi-driver in New York
should slip on a banana peel and take a bump on the sidewalk,
the mishap would not be considered news for the Newr York
papers or any others. But if Col. Lindbergh, who was in New'
York at last report, should “faw down and go boom" on a
New York sidewalk, don’t believe for a moment that the front
pages would fail to tell you about it, and in detail. News re
porters realize that the reading public is even interested in
what the eelebreties have for brakfast, hut they know, also,
that the average newspaper reader cares not a white what his
next door neighbor, Mr. Average Citizen, has for breakfast.
And with the hope that you get the meaning of our preamble,
we pass on—
Karl A. Bickel, head of the United Press, listed recently
in The Editor & Publisher the “ten most interesting news
personalities in the world,” which is to say ten people whose
every move is good news copy. See if you agree with him:
Herbert Hoover; the King of England and the Prince of
Whales, bracketed together; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Ex
president Calvin Coolidge, Benito Mussolini, Henry Ford,
Thomaa A. Edison, Charlie Chaplin, David Lloyd George,
President von Hindenburg of Germany. The list. Bickel con
tinues, might have included General Pershing and Clemen
ceau of France. And among the outstanding women, as far
as news interest is concerned, he would list Mrs. Hoover, Mrs.
Coolidge, Mary Pickford, Queen Marie, and Madame Curie.
t There will be some, of course, who would differ with the
United Press president in that they would include John D.
Rockefeller, sr., Gene Tunney, Dick Byrd, Jack Dempsey, A1
Smith, and Babe Ruth in the ten most interesting news per
sonalities.
In that conection it is recalled that Prof. Archibald Hen
derson, members of the University of North Carolina faculty
and a biographer of note, is now syndicating a series of arti
cles on “The World’s Twelve Most Vivid Personalities.” There
is very little difference, as we see it, betwen “the most inter
esting news personalities in the world" and “the most vivid
livid personalities in the world,’ so let us see how much and
wherein Bickel and Henderson differ. Henderson lists his
personalities as follows; Hoover, Lindbergh, Queen Marie,
Lloyd George, King Alfonso, Lady Astor, Prince of Wales'
Tunney, John D. Rockeleller, sr., Charles Chaplin, von Hin
denburg and Ghandi. On six—Hoover. Lindbergh, Lloyd
George, Chaplin the Prince of Wales and von Hindenburg—
the two agree. On the remainder, in our opinion, Bickel
score* over Henderson. Bickel’s Coolidge is a more interest
ing personality, by our guess, than Henderson's Ghandi, and
uid his Mussolini, in our ranking, would take position above
Henderson’s King Alfonso. Meantime, we also believe, that
Henderson’s John D. should rank above either Henrv Ford
»r Thomas Edison in Bickel’s list. And when interesting per
•onalities to youth are considered Babe Ruth, in our opinion
i
should .rate fourth in either list a fid just after Hoover, Lind
bergh and the Prince of Wales. Aneiit which, and all con
cerned, there must lie a difference in opinion according to the
personal taste of the reader or hero-worshipper, and you may
prepare your ow n list. Our list would read and rate about
like this: Hoover, Lindbergh, Prince of Wales, Babe Ruth,
( oolidge, Mussolini, John U. Rockefeller, sr., von Hinden
burg, Thomas A. Edison, and Queen Marie.
Nobody’s Business
GEE McGFE—
(Kxclu.sivc in Tlic Star in this M-ction.i
It Is 'becoming almost '.'as. dan
gerous to ride In an air plane a;
It is to live in Chicago As much
space as there is up in the sky for
detours and left hand »urns and
up curves an.soforth, marly every
day one Hying machine runs head
on into another flying machine- A
man told me that lie d let me ride
ill Ills "Eagle'' for 2 dollars and
1 told him when my head got soft
enough to pay 2 dollars to risk my
life with him—I’d drop him a line
Cotton Letter.
New York, April lG.Southerii
took place when Liverpool came in
as due. July sold off to 19 94 iu sym
pathy, with reparations committee.
All Bombay offerings were absorb
ed before Wall street raised tin
discount rate to 10 per cent, thus
Shanghai .straddling was hot af
fected News that Hie Russians will
possibly return to tbc petticoat
put new life into brown sheetings
and red calico, but Boston thinks
Coolidge hould locate there, and
so does Cambridge. We do not ad
vise any action at all for the pres
ent.
flat rhek, s. C.
upull the 15, 1929
deer nvr. editor: -
Who ever say I contri
buted *4 to the Republican cant
pane founa for use in buying post
of rises is a lie. and i did not vote
with them, and i want the publlck
to distinctly understand that i got
my political offls by merrlt. and
paid nothing for it, and i have nev
er paid nothing to no slush fund,
and the man who started this on
me either owes me for some beef,
or is trying to hurt me 4 yr. hence,
when 1 run for re-eleckt!on to the
job of kurriner which i now hold,
and 1 prove by my many dead
friends that 1 am the best kurriner
that ever hell an inquest anso
forth. rite or foant if you want to
hear anny more from me.
yors trulie.
mike Clark, rfd
Insects.
Our teacher has asked us boys
to w.ite a compersition on insects,
and I have chose the honey bee
for mine Hr is the wonderfullest
insect yet discovered as he can
make honey out of anything he
lights on, and he do lights on
heaiis of things. The honey bee
lives in hives and fetcnes honey
from different thing under Ills legs
and pokes it into little holes in
the honey comb, and when anybody
bothers him, lie pokes his stinger
so deep into them, they never want
to see another bee tor a long time.
When a fellow sets down on a
bee. he bounces up bee fore you
know who shot him, but ii is thus
with bees They simp'y don't take
no foolishness off of nobody. My
paw says a bee never stings a guy
but once. Well, once us to many
times for me. Bees is made at the
back end' just like hornets and yel
low jackets. That's all I know
about bees.
Signed,
O. B: Still, 9th Grade.
I have always tried to believe
Unde Joe. but he swears that ;ui
airplane got stuck in a cloud over
Ills house last night, and he and
ttie boys had to go up and pull the
fellow out. He even showed me
the chain they used.
And speaking Ot other liars, n
prominent politician made t lie
statement to his friends that lie
always voted according to the dic
tates of his conscience, and that
no amount ot money would in
fluence him one way or another.
tMy estimate ot his sale price Is
4 dollars, or 3 drinks >.
And there are still others. A
flapper that flaps promiscousiy
stated openly that she had never
been kissed. She is 18 and good
looking, and is the type that plays
with the buttons on your vest
while she is talking to you. There’s
one thing sure, she's got to let
my buttons alone hereafter.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the Federal Reserve
bank are the most powerful organi
zations on the face of the earth to
day. They have come into leader
ship since the death of the Ku
Klux Klan. The I. C. C bosses our
railroads. The highway commis
sions boss the public generally, and
the Federal Reserve bunk bosses
our industries and keeps the specu
lators a-going.
Every time I eat spinach. 1 feel
like X am taking advantage of some
poor cow. Squash is fair food for
both pigs and human beings that
ain’t so particular, but no pood rea
son has yet been given for serving
cucumbers to any man. woman,
child, or policeman. Yet, some
' preachers eat them.
Hoover promises to enforce the
prohobition law. Wonder if he i,
really going after the rich man?
I The poor man with hi.-; quart and
the nigger with his pint are al
ready pretty well ‘'enforced '
•Several hundred newspaper men
are planning a trip to Cuba during
April. Looks like it would be cheap
er to charter a boat and anchor for
a lew days just behind the 12-mile
limit.
The new secretary of agriculture
semis to be running true to re
publican form. He has already let
it leak out that the cotton acreage
in tlie outh will increase about
10 per cent.. Puzalc: How did Solo
mon find this out?
Something T o
Think About
(By BRUNO LESSING.)
A woman made an intelligent and
comprehensive survey of the con
ditions under which the female sex
works in the business world. Her
conclusions were published in the
North Ameriran Review. They are
not flattering conclusions and many
a cynic will smile as he reads them.
“Female labor is still looked upon
as cheap labor, all the higher paid
Jobs being given to men," she
writes. “With rare exceptions, men
seem to be worth more than wom
en even in such typically feminine
Helds as stenography and typewrit
ing.
, "Is there,” she asks,” some deep
seated and ineradicable cause
which renders futile and ridi
culous the familiar battle-cry of
‘equal pay for equal work?’ I be
lieve there is.”
That deep-seated cause, she de
clares, lies In women's inborn tem
perament, in their refusal to ap
proach business from the objective
point of view, in their inability to
see their work except in terms of
their own personalities, which they
exploit to the utmost at the ex
pense of their Jobs; in their tears,
temper and touchiness.
"Is there any hope?” Not much,
thinks this lady. Economic salva
tion for women, if there is any, she
concludes, lies in their training
themselves for Jobs that men do
not want. All of which, if true, sug
gests that men could even excel
women in handling babies if they
set their minds to the task
The writer of that article R Le
Clerc Phillips is her name—has
done good work in bringing up this
matter for discussion. One feels in
stinctively that it is a pity to sec
women struggling for existence in
the same field with men. One won
ders if it is an economic necessity
or whether it is merely the result
of an economic condition which Is
false at its base.
Tills matter, however, should be
left to trained students of political
and social economy. This writer
merely wishes to call to attention
the fact that the most important
business in which men are engaged
today is that of governing them
selves. An amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States per
mitted millions and millions of
i Washes, Carries Coal,
Woman Gains 18 Lbs.
"I wish. Iron and carry coal and
don't got tired since taking Vinol.
Also. I have gained 18 pounds."—
Mrs. S Cortese.
Vinol Is a delicious compound of
cod liver peptone. Iron. etc. Nerv
ous. easily tired, anemic people are
surprised how Vinol gives new pep,
sound sleep and a BIG appetite.
The very FIRST bottle often adds
several pounds weight to thin child
ren or adults. Tastes delicious.
Quinn's Drug Store. adv.
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE.
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of Martha
Canipe, deceased, late of Cleveland
county. N. C.. this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to present them to me prop
erly proven on or before the 16th
day of April, 1930 or this notice will
be pleaded In bar of recovery there
of. All persons owing the said es
tate will make immediate settle
ment to the undersigned This April
16, 1929
HOSE BEAVER. Administra
tor of Martha Canipe, decors -
! women to enter this business on a
basis oi equality with men.
Now, it there is not much hope
! of women ever being able to be
iomo as valuable as men In the
! field of stenography or engineering
I or brick-laying, is there any fiopt'
;ut all that they will ever become as
valuable as men in the liclil of poi
nt ics'i1
! To say that men, thus far, have
amounted to mighty little in the
field of popular government is to
j utter a sad truth. But is the situa
tion improved by adding so many I
millions of women who must
amount to less?
As iar as the science of govern
ment is concerned, women have
i not, to this day. added a single
I idea —excepting the idea that they
should have a finger in politics.
! The adoption of this idea is, prob
ably. the biggest mistake which
men have made. The reason they
i made the mistake is that men, na
turally chivalrous or polite, or
whatever you care to call it, have
a weakness for letting women have
their way. This, plus tire .influencej
of 'the churches—churches fre
quently support the ideas of wom
en because the women support the
t churches—led to iemale suftrage.
! It is a political nightmare. A
trreniendous number of women who!
lhave the franchise do not want it,,
i have no interest in it. do not. know j
what it is about and, many of them,
wish they didn't have it.
But what are ygu going to do j
about it? There you have some
thing to think about.
!,\U PASSKI) | OK EXECUTIVE
HIDE I I!I K ON OWN TRAIN
St. Paul, Minn.—W. H, Geinmcil, |
(president of the Minnesota railroad,
may now travel tree on his own
; railroad special act ol the legisja
I ture.
When Mr. Gemmrl was elected
I a regent of the University of (
j Minnesota, he found that as a i
'state official he was barred from j
accepting or using railroad passes. \
| To save him the trouble of tak- j
ing the price of a ticket from one
pocket and putting it in the other. ■
the legislature has passed a lav,
giving him the privilege ol riding
oi tits own line for nothing.
I Oportunity knocks but once, ac
cording to the famous Ingall"
poem, and when it knocked at the
door of L. M Newgrnss of Chi
cago a year ago he didn't recognize
it. He was offered the racer Golden
Prince for $3,000 but turned the
offer down. A few days ago Golden
Prince won the $98,000 handicap at
| Tiajuana.
I NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred by deed of trust
i by R. H. Ponder and wife, Mattie j
| Ponder, to the First National bank j
| of Durham, trustee, dated March
| 1, 1923. and recorded in book 150.
j page 143, Cleveland county regls
i try, the First National bank of
I Durham, trustee, w ill on
; May 13. 1929, at 12 o’clock M.
1 at the court nouse door in Cteve
! 'and county, sell at public auction
i for cash to the highest bidder the
following described property:
j Being lots Nos. 23 and 24 of the
| subdivision of the Lackey property
just east of the Shelby hospital,
plat of which subdivision is of rec
ord in the office of ttie register of
deeds ol Cleveland county. North
Carolina, in book of plats No. 1 at
page 62, said two lots being describ
ed by metes and bounds as follows:
Brgining at a stake in the south
edge of Highland avenue, northeast
corner of lot 22 of the plat herein
before referred to, and running
thence with the south edge oi
Highland avenue, north 67 *i de
grees east 50 feet to a stake; thence
south 22 H degs. east 160 feet to n
stake: thence south 61\ degs. west
50 feet fx> a stake: thence north 22ij
degs. west 160 feet to the point or
place of beginning, being those two
lots conveyed to R. H. Ponder by
John P. Mull and wife, by deed re
corded in book of deeds 3-W at
page 318 in the office of the regis
ter of deeds of Cleveland county,
: North Carolina, reference to which
' deed and plat above mentioned is
hereby made Tor further identifica
tion and description.
This sale is made on account of
default in the payment of the in
j debtedness secured by the said
! deed of trust.
This the 9th dav of April, 1929
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
DURHAM, N. C„ Trustee,
j W. S. Lockhart, Atty., Durham.
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WHO HAS
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| Who Does All The
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C oupes • • - $ 1395 to $ 1450
Sport Car - -$1325
SERIES 129
Sedins • • *$1871 to $2143
Coupes • ■ - $ 1865 to. $ 1 85
Sport Cars- -$1 525 to $1550
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