Col. Martin Tells Ministers How
, And Why Newspapers Are Operated
- i-—
Newspaper Not Responsible For
C^OndRions, Jast Tells About
Them.
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Down in Winston-Salem it ap
nears that The Journal printed a
oicture of a high pressure "it" movie
actress who wins her following
mainly by her pleasing figure and
the display she makes of it. Such
was the picture. The ministers ob
jected and they called Editor San
ford Martin to account for the "ob
scene" staff.
Colonel Martin talked to the
preachers in ABC language. If
conditions are bad, he told them, it
is not the newspaper's fault. The
newspaper is merely the mirror
which pictures conditions as they
extst, and if the preachers don't
like that reflection of life, then
they must change the picture and
not attempt to eradicate the condi
tion by breaking the mirror.
Correct, brother, correct. No news
paper can exist long without being
beselged with requests to leave out
this and that; and no newspaper
can last long . which adheres to
those requests. Thr time for a per
son to think about keeping his
naiie out of the paper is before he
commits the offense. The newspaper
is not responsible if n person gets
caught in this or that embarrass
ing circumstance. Neither is it re
sponsible if the country pays tri
bute to a scantily attired girl. The
newspaper merely reflects the pic
ture If those things should not be
reflated then they should be kept
cut bf the picture.
We are convinced that no person
who has thought on the subject
wishes tlir suppression of crime
rews. Were it not for the publicity
given criminal activities many
grand scoundrels would today be at
large, and corruption would be
( present in the land. A fine and a
sentence merely inconveniences a
criminal; it is tile publicity that
mortifies him. and it is the thought
of publicity that will deter him.
11 TOWNSHIP
DEWS OF WEEK
• Special to The Star/*
The singing at Camp Creek last
Sunday night was a great success.
A number of noted singers were
there. Among them were: Profs.
Leroy Jolley and H. H. and J. B.
Ruppe.
Mr. Tom Price and family of
tCliffside visited Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Hamrick last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Price of
Prospect were visitors at Mr. Dee
Byars Sunday also Mr. and Mrs.
Blain Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Ellis of
New Pleasant were visitors at Mr.
Restar Baileys Sunday afternoon
A large number of people of this
community attended the funeral of
R. E, Potter at Cherokee church last
Sunday. Mr. Potter was killed last
Friday night at Chesnee, S. C. while
riding a motorcycle.
A number also attended the birth
day dinner at Rev. Padgetts of
Walls church. Among those going
were!; Mr. Frank and family. Mr.
B^fflpte Whisnant and family,
Messes. Broadus Earls. Clay Haw
kins,. Goin Davis and Miss Virginia
Byafs. Also Mr. Void Bailey and
family.
Misses Gertrude and Genlta Bai
ley spent the week-end with Miss
Inez Davis.
Mrs. David Bailey is resting very
wtJTit the Shelby hospital.
The first day after a rain of this
week will be observed as clean-up
nay at Camp Creek church. If you
have.- relatives buried there, come
or send some one to clean their
graves.
Mr. Horace Hamrick spent Sun
day at Mr. Carl Huskeys.
The cooking club met with Mrs.
H, S, Wood last Wednesday after
nooti In the absence of Mrs. Wal
lace^_ Mrs. Garland Hamrick gave
the booking demonstration. She
demohstrated on cabbage, onions.
The demonstration was enjoyed by
all.
Mr. and Mrs. Wofford Hicks of
Ninety Six. S. C. were visitors in
this Section during the week-end.
Former Shelby Man
In Alabama Flood
In a letter to Mr. R. T. LeGrand
Mr. C. C. Cobb, former superin
tendent of a Shelby mill, tells of
conditions there (Geneva, Alabama)
during the recent disastrous flood.
The water for several days so filled
the town that the hotkses were
about seven feet under water on the
average. Mr. Cobb is connected w ith
the Geneva mill and states that no
great amount of damage was done
to the mill but that there was con
siderable loas In the mill village.
WON TWO IMPROVEMENT
MEDALS IN FEW TEARS
In Monday’s Star it was stated
that Mini Sedalia Propst who won
the Improvement medal in the
Shelby high school two years ago,
was the winner of the Inter-colleg
iate debating medal at Mars Hill,
where she graduates this spring. It
should have been added that Miss
Propst also won the improvement
medal at Man Hill
i
Out-Haigs Himself
blazing over the utrv.ay s ot
the championship course at
Muirfield, Scotland, Walter
Hagen, three-time winner ot
the British open, turned in an
amazing cardl of 67 in the sec
ond round of the British open
championships. This round
heat the record set by Bobby
Jones when he shot a 68 in his
| last appearance at St. Andrews
I and break? ail existing records
' ior championship competition
Grey-Haired Vet Is
Hankering To Race
In Car Once More
Indianapolis, Ind—Ralph De Pal
ma. 46 years old, gray-haired, tan
ned. sharp, talkative blue eyes, and
having the appearance of a sports
man-banker, wants to begin his
twenty-second consecutive year as
an automobile racing driver by pil
oting a car In the Indianapolis
motor speedway, May 30.
De Palma, probably the best
known of the International racing
stars, is at the track now. He is in
quest of a mount worthy of his
prowess. If he can get it he will
drive again. If not he will watch
the race from the stands.
With a score of the 46 cars nomi
nated for the race drivcrless, De
Palma could have his choice of any
number of cars. But he has his
eyes focused on a secret or two! If
he can get either one of them, he
will be at the wheel for the start of
the big race.
De Palma, who won the Indiana
polis race in a German Mercedes in
1315, drove his first race here in
1011, had victory snatched from his
hands In the last five miles of the
1912 race when his car broke down
while he was leading, has compet
ed in ten Indianapolis races and
has driven more miles In competi
tion on the Indianapolts oval than
any other pilot—4.601 miles.
Always a dangerous foeman, a
rider of the track who went out to
the front and remained there as
long as a car would remain Intact
under his terrific speed battering,
De Palma was pursued about the
speed course by a stream of bad
racing luck. Some little thing or
other always has bobbed up as a
gigantic obstacle In his road to vic
tory. Yet, he is one of the most
popular stars In the history of the
sport, having endeared himself to
thousands by his spectacular at
tempts.
In contrasts to the youngsters of
the game who are now at the track,
De Palma appeared like a well
groomed banker on a curiosity torn
of gasoline alley when he came to
[the track this week. *
Lawndale Outfit
Beats Lily Mill
In a rather exciting game Satur
day afternoon between the Lawn
dale and Lily mill baseball club,
Dutch Whianant and his famous
corks won by 9 to 8 count over the
Lily mill club. The game was in
teresting, and both teams showed
•'lgns of real prospective baseball
lor the coming season,
Wray of Lawndale pitched a
wonderful game.
John Whisnaut who Is following
hi the footsteps of his brother.
Dutch, both at the mound and the
bat smacked out two doubles and
two triples at five times to the bat.
Henry Champion the flashy catche
ot the Lawndale club had a good
oay.
The game was
mill ground.
played on the Lily
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Production Of
Frigidaires Is
Behind Orders
Atlanta.—Although operating al
20 per cent above their maximum
rated capacity, plants of Frigidalre
corporation are running behind or
ders, and sales for the year to date
have far exceeded all previous rec
ords, E. G Biechler, president and
general manager, said today.
April shipments totaled 1,501
cars, the high mark for one month
to date. May indications point to
another peak month, It said. Every
12 seconds of the working day a
Frigidalre compressor is finished
ready for shipment.
The present plants, comprising 53
acres of floor space which were
placed in operation in 1927, were
laid out with the idea of making
them adequate to meet require
ments of the business for a long
time to come. Already, it is said, the
absolute limit of production with
present factory facilities has been
attained.
As compared with the same
month last year, April shipments
showed an increase of 129 per cent
in household- electric refrigerators,
85 per rent in compressors and 83
per eent in cooling coils for both
household and commercial use.
Miles of Conveyors.
At the current operating peak
miles of conveyors running through
the plants are laden to capacity
with Frigidaire products In course
of assembly- They are lined with
thousands of workmen and flank
ed with huge piles of parts that are
being constantly replenished. All
available floor space has been util
ized in filling the plants with raw
material. machinery and various
operations placed together.
The porcelain enameling plant
at Moraine—the largest in the world
—is being operated In triple shifts.
Other key departments are being
operated on the same overtime
basis. Thf payroll Is the highest In
the history of the business and pur
chasing agents are scouring the
country to keep supplies of raw
stock moving ipto the factories,
j "From a merchandising stand
point, the corporation began the
year in excellent condition.” Mr.
Blechler'said. "Warehouses of its
distributors and branches through
out the country are well stocked.
Business showed a decided increase
In January, which was expected,
but made a bigger jump the month
following and since then sales have
been climbing with surprising
speed.”
Sixty-Three Districts.
In keeping with this pronounced
trend of the market, the sixty-three
sales districts in the United States
repeatedly revised their sales fore
casts and increased their monthly
commitments. These forecasts were
marked still higher in Dayton and
heavier orders were placed for raw
stock. But incoming orders contin
ued to pile up at an unprecedented
rate.
The Frigidaire cold control, an
nounced in February, has been a
primary factor in the tremendous
increase in the organization's busi
ness, Mr. Blechler declared. In one
week more than 100,000 people vis
ited dealers’ showrooms to learn
about it, he said.
“The first edition of 500,(too recipe
books, showing how this device is
used in freezing many desserts
never before possible to make in the
home, has already been exhausted
and a second edition of 250.000 is
in the hands of the printer.” he
said.
“The Frigidaire cold control is
something the public has long de
sired. It is a development of our
engineering department and has
been responsible for many direct
sales.
“The new four cubic-foot cabi
net, selling at the lowest price in
the history of our business has
been another contributing factor to
the increased demand. It has plac
ed Frigidaire within reach of hun
dreds of thousands of families which
never expected to own an electric
refrigerator. This has already be
come a very popular model.”
The Frigidaire line now com
prises 18 household cabinets, nine
apartment house cabinets, 20 com
pressors, 60 cooling coils, 14 ice
cream cabinets, four ice makers,
five series of water coolers, milk
cooling equipment and one room
cooler. <adv.)
Faculty Is Chosen
At Maxton College
Maxton.—'The election of the fac
ulty for the new Presbyterian jun
ior college has been completed. At
a recent meeting in Maxton of the
executive committee of the board
of trustees, a complete list of teach
ers was elected and all have ac
cepted.
The faculty as elected will be com
prised of men. all of whom are of
the highest type, having been se
lected after much consideration ii
an effort to secure the best men as
to educational fitness, good moral
character. . ,iude tow-rd the Bible,
men who are positive Christians.
Every man selected is experienced
in his field—all are men of experi
ence as teachers.
Prisoners Killed In JaH.
Columbus, O.—Two prisoners
were killed and many injured when
a windstorm wrecked a new cell
block at the city prison. They were 1
crushed by falling debris
Hangs Up First One
For the first time since August,
1926, a no hit, no-run game was
pitched in the National League
when Carl Hubbell,- youthful
Giant hurler, turned the Pi
rates back without a hit or run.
His game would have been
perfect except for Adams of
the Pittsburghers who walked
once and was safe on an error.
(Inttraatlsnal KcwsrtiD
Charlie Weast Dies
In West Shelby
Mr. Charles Durham Woast, a
highly respected resident ot the
county was born In Rutherford
county near Sunshine on March 1,
1857. He died May 8, age 52 years,
one month and 27 days. He had
been suffering for several months
of high blood pressure which later
developed Into heart trouble. Mr.
Weast was a noble, consecrated
Christian father, never failing to do
the thing which he considered right
at all times.
He married Miss Malinda Newton
to this union was born six children,
five of whom are living: Summie
Weast. Mrs. Leland Jones, Mrs.
Lionel Crawford, Mrs. Tom Bradley
and Miss Pearl Weast. Also five
gr and children and one brother. Ed
Weast «nd several half brothers and
sister.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at Beaver Dam
church at 2 o’clock. Many relatives
and friends assembled to pay their
respects to the deceased. Messrs.
J T. Ramsey, Addie Canipe, John
Glover and Dr C. L. Peeler were
pall bearers. His nieces acted as
girls.
Planes Fight Insects.
Ottawa—Alarmed by the de
struction of balsam fir by an in
sect known to scientists as the
"bud” worm. Canadian airplanes
will “dust” with poison hundreds
of square miles of forests.
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Shelby Building
and Loan association will be held
on Thursday May 23, at 5:00 o'clock
p. m. in the association office next
door west of entrance to Hotel
Charles.
Stockholders are ur ged to be pres
ent.
J. F. ROBERTS.
Sec.-Treas.
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Arab Dreams Of
Empire Fantastic
Lawrence Sees Little Hope Of Union
Of Tribes; Cites Wonderful
Opportunity.
London.—The rights of small na
tions and oppressed peoples doc
trine, which received such an im
petus from the late President Wil
son's championship, has found fre
quent advocates for its application
to the dis-united and mutually hos
tile Arab tribes and states. But as
the politics of the Arabs is a mys
tery which few persons have pene
trated. there has been little writ
ten or said on the subject of a def
inite or authoritative nature.
Now, however. Col. T. E. Law
rence, the "uncrowned king of Ara
bia," at present posing - as Air
craftsman T. E. Shaw of the Royal
Air Force, has broken a long silence
on political topics and told the
world that the idea of Arabia for
the Arabs is but a beautiful and
distant dream. He makes this de
claration of faith, or rather lack of
faith, in the idea of an all-Arab
state, in a letter to Capt. D. G.
Pearman, who was with him and
the expedition of the Imperial
Camel corps, which went up in 1918
from Ismailia on the Suez Canal to
the Hejez to organize the revolt of
the Arabs against the Turks.
raniasuc i»ik.
“When people talk of qn Arab
confederation or empire,” Law
rence wrote, “they talk fantastical
ly. It will be generations, I expect
—unless the vital tempo of the cast
is much accelerated—before any two
Arabic states join voluntarily. I
agree that their only future hope is
that they should join. But it must
be a natural growing together.
“Forced unions are pernicious and
politics in such things should
come after geography and econo
mics. Communications and trade
must be improved before provinces
can join.
“The nearest approach to an
Arab empire at present is Ibn
Saud's. It is a figment built on
sand. Nothing static will rise from
the desert, which has seen hun
dreds of such tyrannies as his, all
cemented (less liberally, perhaps)
with blood. It will pass.
"I think there's a great future
for the British empire as a volun
tary association. And I’d like to
have treaty states on a big scale
attached to it. We've lots of treaty
states now. from Nepal downward.
Let's have Egypt and Iraq, at least,
to add to them. We are so big a
firm that we can offer unique ad
vantages to smaller businesses to as
sociate with us if we can get out
attractive terms of association.”
(Special to The Star.)
The court of honor opened Mon
day night by the scout oath, a
prayer followed this by Dr. Wel
drop of the Eastside Baptist
church. Mr. Schiele made several
announcements, the most import
apt being about the Confederate
reunion at Charlotte, June 4, 5 and
6.
Wc had quite a few applications
for the tenderfoot rank. They were
Bud Hulick, Ed Post, Clifton
Wright, Joe Laughridge, Colbert
McKnight, Charles Roberts, J. B.
Crow, jr.
We had only live scouts applying
for the second class rank. They
were: Malcolm Wallace, Wray
Hoffman, Mai Spangler, Tom Cot
tle, Evans Logan.
The applicants for the first class
rank was Hal McKinney.
The following boys went up for
the following merit badges:
Agriculture—George Blanton, Lee
Willis, Stough Peeler.
Animal Industry—Ralph Carpen
ter.
Athletics—John Warllck, Dixon
Willis, Stough Peeler.
Automobiling—Stough Peeler, J.
W. Brackett, jr.
Bee Keeping—John Warlick.
Road Building—William Ingram,
Paul Arrowood.
Carpentery—Dwight Boggs, Wayne
Carpenter, Wellington Martin.
Conservation—George Blanton.
Cooking—“Crip” Walker, Elgin
Carothers, George Cabaniss, Well
ington Martin.
Cycling—John McBrayer. Jesse
Blanton, Frank Jenkins, T. B. Gold,
Dick LeGrand.
Farm Layout and Building Ar
rangement—Ralph Carpenter.
Farm Mechanics—William Dixon,
Ralph Carpenter.
Linemanship—Ralph Carpenter.
First Aid—Lee Willis.
First Aid to Animals—Robert Lee
Walker.
Gardening—Stough Peeler, Wayne
Carpenter.
Masonry—Crip Walker, Monroe
Dixon, Wayne Carpenter.
Metal Work—Crip Walker, George
Cabaniss.
Painting—George Cabaniss, Dick
son Willis, Cecil Warlick.
Physical Development — Elgin
Carothers, Lee Willis, Wayne Car
penter.
Poultry Keeping—Robert Lee
Walker, Dixon Willis.
Reptile Study— Lee Willis.
Scholarship—Snookie Lineberger.
Weather—John Warlick, jr.
Woodcarving—J. D. Hicks, Yates
Carpenter. J. C. Propst, John Mc
Brayer. Wellington Martin, John
Warlick, jr., Wilson Willis, Sam
Sain, Fred Propst.
Woodwork—John Warlick. jr.
Star rank: Wayne Carpenter.
Bronze palm: George Blanton,
jr.
• The men on the court were:
Buck Bridges, Hugh Arrowood, V.
C. Mason, John Hoyle, Dr. Wal
drop, Henry Mills.
Fiddlers Contest
At Lawndale Soon
An old fiddlers convention will
be held at Lawndale at the Pied
mont high school on the evening of
June 1 together with a band con
cert. The event is advertised as one
of the most interesting contests of
various musical instruments and
organizations ever held in the coun
ty.
Memorial Day.
It is announced that memorial
day will be observed at Pleasant
Hill M. P. church Sunday May 19.
Announcement is also made con
cerning the graveyard cleaning
which will be on Friday, May 17.
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