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WEDNESD’Y, AUG. 21. 1920
TWINKLES
A candidate for Congress is being talked over this dis
trict now. That means talking from now on until the next elec
tion i$ over. When the voters quit talking about the can
didates. then the candidates will open up.
“Shelby Has Changed Considerably in 22 Years, Visitor
Bays’’ in a Star headline. Well, we’re willing to bet that the
fellow who made the statement has changed slightly himself
in that time.
Governor Gardner says there are no high school grad
uates in the State prison. That doesn’t surprise us. Any high
school graduate should be able to get a better job than mak
ing auto tags for his board and lodging.
The law it appears is a hard-hearted affair. In Chicago
the officials of the law arrested and punished three hard
working boys who were trying to earn enough money, they
taid, to enter college—by selling booze.
Some fellow has about $37.41 which rightfully belongs
• to Ye Twinkler. Government reports say that there is enough
money in circulation in this country for each person to have
$80.62. Perhaps we’ll get our hands on our share for 10 or
15 minutes next pay day.
“Air of Uncertainty in Senate Situation in North Caro
lina,” opines the Rev. Tom Bost in the Greensboro News. If
■we get the point of what the Daily News has been writing
about, recently, the only uncertainty has to do with whether
or not Senator Fumifoldjd. Simmons makes the race again.
“Those Webb brothers of Shelby, Pete and Fred, have
stirred up a veritable hornest’s nest in this town,” informs
The Charlotte Observer. And it does seem as if the hornet’s
nest down in the Queen City is failing to handle the Webb
boys as handily as it did that redcoat general who gave the
Mecklenburg metropolis its hornet nest reputation.
The Woolworth stores, we read, wil now publish and
sell a magazine of their own. We cannot say just what qual
ity the material inside of the magazines will be, but right be
hind their own counters they have the material for the artist
to make his cover pictures—the usual cover pictures with
the models only more or less eovered.
TRIBUTE TO BOB RYBURN
ON THE Salisbury Post is an editorial writer, Jim
Hurley, who is hard to beat in sizing up men. If you have
your doubts and happen to be a citizen of this section of the
state where Bob Ryburn’s sterling: characteristics are well
known, then read the following from The Post:
“It is announced that Judge Webb is to retire from the
superior court bench soon. He has been on the bench for
twenty-five years and will not ask a reelection next year. Be
fore assuming the duties of the judgeship he was solicitor.
Shelby has furnished a large number of distinguished citi
zens for honor positions, and some might think the call ex
hausted the supply, but not so. Bob Ryburn, as good lawyer
and as fine a citizen as any mon, has never sought office
*in Cleveland county and at any time would have filled with
distinct honor any place held by any of his contemporaries.
If the clock could be turned back a few years and Bob Ry
burn could be prevailed upon to take the ermine the state
would possess as good a judge as it has ever had.”
PARTY NEEDS CLEANING
*yHE GREENSBORO NEWS isn’t one of those papers which
believes the Democratic party in North Carolina needs
to soft-pedal now and heal sdme of the open wounds rather
than have a clean-up of the party while the mood is in such
ideal condition for a clean-up. Admittedly having no desire
to play the role of “wet nurse” to any political thought in the
State, The News has other ideas—and hopes. Read them:
“The Daily News, which has never aspired to t^e posi
tion of either next friend or w’et nurse to any division of po
litical thought or lack thereof in North Carolina, finds itself
tremendously interested in the situation of which the ques
tionnaire sent out by Mr. Shuping of this city to the majority
party leadership is a chief symptom.
What,’ in effect asks Mr. Shuping, 'are you going to do
with Senator Simmons?’
“We have seen it somewhere reported—and it cannot, of
course, be authoritatively denied save by the author of the
questionnaire—that a large majority of the replies express
the desire to junk Senator Simmons. These replies, it is
/ understood, vary in tone from the simple, terse statement
that the writer would like to help slit the Simmons political
throat to the more polite demand for political close harmony
that will drown out all sour notes.
‘‘It would seem that for the time being the unfriends of
The Senator have the floor. But there is an occasional voice
—notably Frank McNinch s—raised to deplore the reopening
of “wounds that have begun to heal.” A number of Demo
crats—not all of whom voted for or even prayed for Mr.
Hoover—fear that continued probing of the situation will
result in a schism that will place a North Carolina Republi
can in the United States senate. To which the most ardent
non-admirers of Senator Simmons respond: ‘We’d rather
have a Republican.’
“With this fight within the ranks of the Democrats as it
concerns the well-being of the party per se we have and prop
erly could have no concern; but te effect on the body politic
is a matter which vitally concerns the citizenship. Wounds
made in the majority party of North Carolina by the cam
paign of A1 Smith for the presidency should be good for what
has long ailed that party and this good state. However much
one may deplore some of the means used to effect a division,
and whether one blames it all on arbitrariness of a senile ty
rant or the impiety of selfish freebooters w'ho are unable to
recognize consecrated public service when they see it, the
fact remains that there has come a dissolution of the tics
which placed the guidance of North Carolina as a member
of the union in the hands of a small group impervious to the
ideas and ideals of the preponderant majority of the sentient
citizenship. This dissolution can but prove helpful, if the
active and alert minds of the state are turned on the direc
tion of public affairs.
“Wounds given or taken should not be salved over and
invited to suppurate. They should be probed, cleaned and
perhaps cauterized. The Democratic party, which has long
administered on North Carolina, owes it to the state to bathe,
disinfect and heal itself.
‘‘A large proportion of the public which does not seek
political preferment for itself, its heirs or assigns, doesn’t
care a whoop whether the Democracy restores harmony wuth
a club or an axe; but it does hope and trust that it has been
cured for a time at least of its fondness for poison gas.”
CHARLOTTE WANTS “ODD”
QAVE OVENS, who edits the Ivey Store News in the Char
lotte papers, has been possessed with a bright idea—and
that is to bring Arthur Brisbane and “Odd” McIntyre t'o
Charlotte so that they might boost the Queen City. Appar
ently it is a good suggestion provided the two New Yorkers
would boost Charlotte and the Carolinas as they have been
the western coast, a place they make so alluring that a fel
low begins to wonder if after all it is absolutely necessary for
one to die to visit a paradise. But let the Ivey editor tell
it himself:
“We have a splendid idea for the Chamber of Commerce.
Get Brisbane and McIntyre to spend a month here and write
their stories from this historic spot.
“Those men have given entirely too much attention to
Los Angeles, Seattle, and the West. Both of them could
find something very fascinating about Charlotte, we are
sure. We’ve been trying for the last twenty years and can’t
but that’s no reason why a man like McIntyre couldn’t im
mortalize the place in a week or two.
“We’ye got two or three characters we want to call to
their attention when they first get here!”
(Special to The Star.)
Beaver Dam. Aug. 16.—People in
this community are through laying
by. Some are taking vacations
In mountains, some at the seashore,
some are visiting relatives. In gen
eral every one Is glad the time has
come for a vacation.
We had a good crowd at Sunday
school Sunday. Next Sunday after
noon is our regular preaching serv
ice. The new church members,
those who Joined by baptism and
also by letter will be received into
full fellowship and the right hand
of Christian welcome will be ex
tended to our new members. AH
are cordially invited to attend this
service.
Miss Lallage Walker from near
Boiling Springs was the attractive
week-end guest of Miss Zola Mc
Curry.
Mr. and Mrs Coleman Brooks
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Olasco and family Sunday
night.
Miss Cecelia Padgett was the
week-end guest of Misses Faye and
Ola Lee Olasco.
Misses Lou Blanton from Gas
tonia and Texle Blanton from
Kannapolis are spending their vaca
tion with their uncle and aunt. Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Blanton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McGinnis and
children returned home Sunday aft
er spending a week's vacation with
relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs
James McGinnis and son. Gilbert,
accompanied them to Charlotte and
spent the day with them.
Mr and Mrs. R. W. McCurry and
daughter. Misses Hannah. Libby
and Nancy and son. Dan, attended
the funeral of Miss Madge Allen at
Elisabeth Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Alonso Hamrick and son
made a business trip to Hender
sonville and Columbus, this state,
last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Glasco enter
tained the following last Friday:
Mr and Mrs. Wayne Street and
children of Savannah, Ga., Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Street and daughter
Miss Gertrude from near Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oates from
near Asheville, Mr. and Mrs. Mar
ion Poston from near Shelby. It
was in form of a family reunion, a
bountiful dinner was served and
every one both old and young en
joyed the day very much.
Mr. and Mi's. Cleaton Humphries
and son. Yulan, Mr. and Mrs. Cree
Hamrick. Mrs. J. L. Blanton and
Miss Elmire Hamrick enjoyed a trip
to Hendersonville. Saludn. ^she
ville and other points of interest
last Thursday, They had lunch m
Hendersonville and ‘ stopping at
Lake Lure for supper. They enjoy
ed the trip very much and report
the mountain scenery very beauti
ful.
Misses Tullte, Tula #nd Beals
McCurry and Messrs. Rupert Camp
and Howard Huss from Cherryvllle
visited awhile Sunday night in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mc
Curry.
Mesdaines John Harrill. E. D
Humphries, Cleatus McSwain and
Morris Hamrick were elected as
delegates to represent the W. M. If
from Beaver Dam at the associa
tional W. M. U. meeting which
convenes at Fallston the 29th and
30th of this month. Others who can
attend are urged to do so.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Humphries and
at Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Glasco Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Chivus Blanton and
daughter of the Elizabeth section
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blanton
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McDanie; spent
Friday ntght with Mrs McDaniel’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. M>
Curry.
Mr and Mrs. J. B. McGinnis and
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hamrick and
sons, Carson and Eugene, spent a
very enjoyable day Wednesday in
the mountains. They visited Mor
ganton. Marion, Little Switzerland
and other places of interest. Thev
had picnic lunch and supper and
had a hundred per cent good time.
Mr. and Mrs. John Queen and
children from Shelby visited Mr.
and Mrs. Hatcher McGinnis and
family Sunday afternoon.
Several people from our com
munity have been attending revival
services at neighboring churches
for the last few weeks.
Miss Myrtle Bridges spent from
Wednesday until Sunday with twr
sister, Mrs. Sam Green in the Dou
ble Springs community and attend
ing preaching services.
Ben Dixon Stuck His
Own Pedal In Story
Lenoir News-Topic.
It Is noted with interest that Ben
Dixon MacNeill. formerly star re- j
porter and columnist for The Ra-1
leigh News and Observer, has mov- 1
ed into the circle of the literary!
great by having a very creditable!
character study of Buck Duke ac- j
cepted and published in the cur
rent issue of The American Mer- j
cury.
That MacNeill's story on Duke
has merit is vouchsafed by its ac
ceptance in The Mercury. To us 1'
just falls short of being a rather re
markable piece of work. Even in
The Mercury. Brother MacNeill
couldn't quite manage to keep his
own shoes out of the picture And 1
his own shoes came pretty nigh!
ruining tire picture.
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