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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the pos toft ice
At Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3. 1879.
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our custom to charge five cents per. Une for resolutions of respect,
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been published. This will be strictly adherred to.
“ MONDAY',. JUL Y~i>I).' 19'ifK
TWINKLES
The entire country appears to have become not only air*
Winded as the newly coined phrase has it. •»'•>» an- crazy as
well.
Beautiful hut dumb is an expression frequently applied
to some members of the fair sex. They may tie dumb men
tally, but few of them are dumb vocally.
Headline in a (ireenshoro paper says that a cure for can
eer is bard to find. That is something the leading physicians
and surgeons of the world have known since “the. mind of
man runneth not to the contrary."
A Chicago judge has ruled 1 hat. when a boy is playing
baseball in (hr streets he has a right to pursue his ball into a
private yard to regain it. And yet lots of people think that
the men we have on the bench are only half-way intelligent.
The government can’t operate the postoffice depart
ment of the Nation and make it pay, but evidently feels that
it can make fanning a paying business. Ob. well, as long
as ther> is life there is hope.
A North Carolina man lived to he 17 years of age before
he ever ate any ire eream and now he appears to find that
he likes it. Possibly this is another case of “where ignorance
is bliss 'tis folly to be wise.”
This fashion recently set by Editor Saunders of The
Elizabeth City Independent and under which decree all of
> us would have to appear on the streets in pajamas may be
all right, hut what about that unhappy portion of unfortun
ate males who are forced to sleep in night shirts? They
would not cut a very heroic figure strolling down LaFayette
street on a breezy afternoon.
THE SPIRIT OF ALTRUISM.
IN THE RECENT QUESTIONNAIRE sent out by The Star
to 100 representative citizens in various parts of the
county, outside of Shelby, ascertaining the attitude of these
citizens toward the proposition that the county commission
ers reduce the county tax rate only 10 cents instead of 15c
on the $100 valuation in order to raise with this 5c a suffic
ient sum to match the $25,000 offered to the Shelby Hos
pital and provide a county health nurse, some very inter
esting replies were received.
As previously stated, plainly as words could state, the
county will be able to reduce the county rate 15c on the $100
because of money that will come from the state treasury as
a result of two recent legislative enactments. First, the
State School Equalization Fund will be enlarged and second,
the one cent a gallon tax on gasoline, will warrant a county
wide tax reduction of this amount. In other words, the in
creased amount of state money coming into the county will
warrant the 15c reduction in Cleveland and when The Star
undertakes to canvass the sentiment of the tax payers on the
proposition of reducing the tax only 10c and leaving five
cents for public health and hospital, a few, and thank good
ness just a few, say "we wantMower taxes,” "we can’t stand
the burden,” "don't create any more offices,” “the hospital
should be privately owned,” "we don’t feel that a hospital is
ours if we have to pay,” etc.
Cleveland has one of the lowest tax rates of any county
in North Carolina and we get more for our money in county
government than any county in the state. A tax reduction
was made last year, another is in the offing this year, yet the
efficiency of our government has not been cut down. The
trouble is all of us have that, spirit of selfishness that is
typical of man. What we need is a spirit of altruism. There
is no greater function a government can render her citizens
than to preserve health and protect lives.
THE COST OF THREE OFFICES.
'J’HERE IS A FEELING among some people in the rounty,
due to their antipathy toward a county office, that the
welfare agent, home and farm demonstration agents are un
necessary and that their salaries are a burden to the tax
payers. Wc wonder what some of these men would do if
they were county commissioners of Cleveland county. Would
they defy the state law which compels all counties in North
Carolina over 25,000 population to have a welfare officer,
and abolish the job? In this county our welfare officer
serves in the dual capacity of welfare and school attendance
officer. Whether his work is worth the cost or not, Cleve
land county with a population of over 40,000 is compelled by
the state to have one.
As for the home and farm agents, they might be abol
ished. At least our county commissioners have a right to,
but the salaries of these two agents is shared by the state
and federal governments and we could not get this aid with
out them. We might do without a minister at our church,
but would it be wise? We might take a chance in the case
of sickness and not have a doctor’s bill to pay, but do we do
. "" ' "
it? Cleveland has made wonderful progres under these
agents. Would our progress be as rapid without them?
It costs Cleveland county $4,400 annually as its part
of the salaries of tfiese three agents. On a total countywide
tax valuation of thirty eight million dollars, it costs each
individual one and one-fifth cents on each $100 worth of
property listed or a little over eleven cents on each $1,000
listed. The average taxable wealth in Cleveland is less than
$1,000 per capita, so the-average cost of these three county
agents is the price of two five cent drinks at a soda fountain.
PROGRESS, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
MORTH CAROLINA has emerged,to a very great extent,
1 from the State of “innocuous desuetude” which formerly
characterized it and which made it one of the most back
ward States of the Union, but this has not been true all
along the line. It. has been true in a commercial sense but
the people of the State as a whole still have plenty to learn
in some respects and yet are unwilling to learn it.
For instance, the press of the State and even some of
our best North Carolina physicians, pat themselves on the
back every now and then and make the self-satisfied declar
ation that North Carolina, along with many other States, has
put the patent medicine business out of commission insofar
as this section is concerned. It is very well to hope that such
a condition obtains, but actual figures seem to reflect that
the contrary is true. More noxious nostrums are being dis
tributed to the public right now under the guise of being
good for eery known need of man or beast than ever before
in the history of the country and not only are the people
being victimized, but they appear to like it!
The United States Department of Commerce, whose
business it is to know about such things, recently issued an
official document setting forth the figures for the year 1927.
It is interesting to know that in that year the output of pro
prietaray medicines and compounds, w-hich includes, of course
the old time nostrums and so-called patent products, had a
sales value of more than two hundred and sixty-two million
dollars. These figures represented approximately a ten per
cent increase over th6 values of the same products for the
year 1925. In other words, we learn by studying the De
partment. figures that this most unnecessary of all business
es is enjoying about a five per cent increase per year. This
rate of increase, as may be seen, is, of course, much higher
than the natural rate of increase of population in the United
States.
The figures given above plainly indicate that the people
of the United States spend more each year for such products
as chill tonics and foot ease than is spent in the whole United
States by the combined federal, state, county, and city health
departments of the whole country, including the Philippine
Islands, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.
After subtracting all of the expenditures incurred by
all these public health agencies, federal and local, enough
would be left over to pay for all the vaccines and all of the
serums used by the aforementioned health department offic
ials in their work in preventing communicable disease, and
I hen have a large sum left over in cash. If the question is
asked, What will be done about it? our answer is. Nothin?.
However, as Ion? as the writing hand of this scribe is not
palsied we expect to keep on telling the truth about it.
1929 STYLE FABRICS NOTED
New York—Exceptional demand
for cotton fabrics is reflected in
sharp increases in the volume ol
cotton goods printed and finished
during the first five months of
1929. Walker D. Hines, president cf
the Cotton-Textilt^ Institute. Inc ,
states in a review which he has
just completed stressing the grow
ing style importance of cottons.
"Reports from printers of cot
ton fabrics," he states, "show that
in the first five months of 1929,
427,638 000 yards were printed.
This represents an increase of ap
proximately 28 per cent over the
volume of goods printed in the !
corresponding period of 1928
"Latest available statistics from
finishers show that in the first five
months of 1929 there were 763 - j
462,000 yards of cotton goods fin
ished. This is an increase of 130 -
000,000 yards or 21 per cent more
than the yardage printed in th' '
corresponding period of 1928.
"Three facts are of outsanding
importance in the present season
characterized by the new fashion
prominence of cotton:
Styled cottons have been more
widely advertised and more promi
nently displayed than in any oth»i
season.
Cottons have achieved a new and
prominent position in the field cf
high style and their importance has
been greatly enhanced in volume
style markets.
A new and greater consumer in
terest has been reflected in larger
demand for styled cottons.
"The. position of cottons in the
field of high style has been fur
ther enhanced by designing cot
tons to emphasize their distinctive
qualities of coolness, comfort and
cleanliness. This new prestige
has been felt in a very general
stimulation of demand for other
types of styled cottons in so-called
volume markets. In this connec
tion is should be pointed out thft
the industry is fully alert to the
necessity for maintaining cotton
in a prominent position in the
high-style field in order to keen
this marekt in advance of the vol
ume market and thus maintain a
high position in the entire field of
style."
The review summarizes the var
ious activities of the institute dur
ing the past six months in stimu
lating the demand for styled cot
tons by national advertising, th?
publication of style bulletins, dis
tribution of sample fabrics, style
conferences, radio talks, and co
operation with large retail stores
in special merchandising efforts
in behalf of cotton,
I believe the industry appre
ciates the results of these special
efforts to extend the uses of co -
ton." Mr Hines stated, "and wi.l
wish to continue and enlarge the
program."
Seven Drink Milk
Given By Mad Cow
Blacksburg.—As the result of
drinking milk given by a row suf
fering from hydrophia Mrs. Ro:e
Carroll, who lives near here, ard
six of her children are fakir;
treatment for rabies J M. White,
who doctored the cow. is also tak
ing the treatment. He had sore?
on his hand and they became pois
onpd while he was treating the ani
mal. Jack Leech, son-in-law e?
Mrs. Carroll, is another person tak
ing the treatment. The dog that
bit the cow also bit Mr. Leech.
Mrs. Carroll owned the dog and
the cow. A wire yesterday front
Columbia, where the head of the
cow was sent for examination,
proved that the animal was mat.
Mrs. Carroll, who has a. small in
come, .is greatly worried over the
loss. The Sunday school* of th*
churches here are making up mow '
to buy her another cow.
The Cynic.
I wouldn't stir myself ten feet
To see a football game;
Not. worth the trouble. X repeat—
Besides, they're all the same.
You pay three bucks and then you
Get a seat behind the goal.
And after that you fuas and sweat
To even reach the bowl.
I'd rather see a third-rate show—
This football makes me sick—
What's that—two tickets—you can t
go?
Bay—let me have ’em, quick
—Yale Record
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A. V. WRAY AND SIX SONS