Too Much Dictation Is Given As III Of Schools To Editor ol Thr Star Al onr place 111 the 1 al.esI issue oi The Star. «r tend. Shelby schools 'jret low rank in etrUieney “Only three lower than Shelby tifthe en tire'' A; another place, yvr re.itl w hat might be interpreted as a plea lor "shorter hours and less work In thr Shelby schools. At least there seems to be dissatisfaction on account of haying two sessions on rainy days' Now, as one who has had eon so ciable experience with the Shelby schools, both as teacher and ni tron, 1 want to insist that, the folk do not interfere with the mail a. .merit of the schools a! this, stage,el the game. ; On every band, at home and ■ way from linmr, one hears the question, "What is^. the matter with the Shelby schools?’ Now, as one who thinks lie knows where the trouble lies, and does not mind telling. here It la—Too mmli dictation on thr part of patrons and too great a desire to areomnmdate my the part of teachers. to either words, patrons, many of whom never taught school a day In their lives are trying to tell (he teaehrrs how to run the wrhoola. Nnw.somrnne will sav “Where do you get that stuff?" I’ll tell you. Ten years ago. 1 wav , principal of the Shelby high * school, and teacher of Latin and math in the same. A good size "mb it was and poorly done. But. that has nothing to do with my story Af that time,' every onee in so often, when we would get down to real work, with the idea of doing an honest, year's work, .some fond mother would write me, or rail me over the telephone and ask me to lighten up on the lessons or hi 1 daughter would have to stop school A few actually stopped The super intendent would receive the same message and a compromise would tic K.U'lK’d At Hint ttltrc. '<•!! • HI • ago. the slightest lit (if si itwix o! : lain would rail forth a clamor 'toni flic .student.', lot Ola sc Hill 111' supcnhioticioiit would lie 1 'ii '.lilted: land tlir school woiild bo dismissed ; for tin' dav nt nlimit 12 HO As l la i ra rv I in \ o pa ' scd. b would. si'iMii that Itio policy ot It* school lia been largely olio ol com promise Win n it came to the mat • tor ol buildings. llioio .'.coins to have bom an attempt to lix’alc uio ; as non a, po.tl'io Ip dm mails' d oor . ■ " I a ihirrs I n ( allege. Now. it would bo a . long ...tur Kiiidualos do no; make bnt liant toroids at. college I undo, stand that 30. jici’ccJit of tlie lb.' ('las.- failed at college. til po'ceut ol last seal s high .school pupils | failed Of. promotion In the tests,; sent out by the stsTle department of education last year find given.to 1 tire senior class the Shelby .students toll ten points below tin* state . led lan Tlio m hoof libraries, labor dor tos and other equipment t^ajl^isld orod to be the poorest to lie loin id ■ anywhere in a school of its size ' But those facts are already too well known to even mention here. Now , l In i o would be no lire to argue that one could do as much; work of any kind m half a dav as ho could in a whole dav. Certainly school work would not bo very dif ferent As a rule tear hers prefer to have a lair chance at their , work, l unches A Solution. Now, is (hero any solution to thr rainy day problem? It is a father gloom\ picture to think ot poor • half-clad" girls braving the storm , and tramping along tlie ;siree through the lam or snow: wimou: umbrellas, rain coals or overshoe for I he distance of a mile or so to art a little lunch and then hurrying back to the school to keep from getting ii tardy mark. But let’s see— there are in Cleveland county 35 school trucks, nearly all of widen make 'two loads even mijrning These children do not go home lor hincli and they appear about as u dl led is these m Shelby How lio they manage it? Easy enough Their mothers prepare a lunch to." them in” the morning and they take if lb scIkmiI with then!: But you say you are not willing for your chi! dun lo cat a cold. liirich Then, let's have lunches served by the home economics deparlmenl of Il.c school as is done in the neighboring towns. Now, no one will deny Unit our high school is pool. very lioc", buildings, laboratories hbrene play ground equipment, etc Some day we will vote a bond issue and build a..high seliool. cost ilia: ibnii* half a million dollars as has Oas • toma Hickory and other nearby towns have done, but this will -not be until our people have a Vitos feeling toward., our schools than they have now, 'I hi' year our schools have open ed 'under new superv imoit and man agement .There .is no finer men th t he school business in North Caro lina than our superintendent whom the writer lias known for a number of years lie is a man of exit lien judgment and superior knowledge of school work:. He Will gladly, accept suggestions given hlih m the ri'di’ spirit, but for one I am willing for Inm lo work out lus own schedule; and I should greatly regret to see him trying to cater to everybody'., wishes. As a patron of the high school. 1 would like v11 v much to see the :.tandard of efficiency raised in the Sljefbv schools, and. in my opinion the hest wav to ■accomplish this is by strict cooperation on the part pf the parents with the superm!end rnt and teachers Let our slogan be 'More and better work for th“ Shelby schools:." H M TOY. FOR SALE ACCOUNTS The following judgments, claims, notes and accounts are offered for sale to the highest bidder. “ iThe right is reserved to reject in full or in part any offer. WILL SPANGLER—SHELBY. X. <_...._ ..... $33.83 I). H. OVERTON—CANTON. N. C. ..$10.80 SETH WEAVER—Eastside Mill. SHELBY. N. C. _ _$11.10 CHARLIE LEE—Route 4; SHELBY, N. ('. .........._ $0.1 o BOYCE 8ANSING—Route 3. SHELBY. N. C. _ .... $1.60 O. L. EUBANKS—SHELBY, N. C. .1............... *7.00 GUSS CABANISS—SHELBY. N. C. ... . . .. _ $20.08 M W, OWENS—SHELBY. N. C. . $.')0.00 J. C; GIBSON—Route 7. SHELBY. N. <__ $26.11 D. G. PHILBECK—SHELBY. N. ( . , . -_*22.50 MRS. H. Q. BEST—SHELBY. X. 0 ..$10.70 G. 0. HAMRICK—BOILING SPRINGS. N. C.___$11..18 J. F. NORMAN—Route 1. GROVER. X. C. . $7.00 C. H. JUSTICE—Route 6. SHELBY. X. C. _ ...._ $1.1.82 R. S:DOVER.—R. F. I). SHELBY, X. C. ... _ $11.14 TOM TUCKER, Jr.—WACO. X. C. _v_$1 L.17 T. M. GL\0DEN—SHELBY. X. C. _$14.60 WILL G. SPAKE—SHELBY. N. C.. .... $21.82 RILEY CABANISS—SHELBY. X. C. . • $18.00 BEN KINCAID—BESSEMER CITY. X. < . $108.82 ARTHUR SCISM—SHELBY, X. C. $14.86 E. H. SHORT—SHELBY. X. ( . $7.46 FORESTPARKER—Route 2. SHELBY. X. C. $3.17 ERNESTl’UTNAM—SHELBY. X. ('. $3.08 A. V. RIPPEY—SHELBY, N. C. $42.10 B. L. WEBB—SHELBY. X. C. $26.08 LEONARD LEDFORD—BOILING SPRINGS. X. ( . $27.08 WILLIAM BUMGARDNER—SHELBY. X. C. $10,8.3 TRACY MeGINNIS—SHELBY. X. ( . $0.03 CHAS. BLANTON—SHELBY. N. C._ . $7.73 C. H. ARNOLD—SHELBY. N. C. $37 00 J. O. BOW ENS—Ella Mill. SHELBY. X. ( . $17.81 LEE McWHIRTER—SHELBY. X. C. $13.00 TOM FOWLER—Eastside Mill. SHELBY. X. C. . $1.7.00 R. N. GRAYSON—SHELBY. X. C. _ $16 30 R. C. HAWKINS—( LIFFSIDE. X. C. $23.80 N. W. HULLENDER—KINGS MOUNTAIN. X. ( . .... $21.31 A. STREET—Belmont Mill. SHELBY. X. ('. __ $21.61 WILL STREET—SHELBY, X. C. .J $0.01 WILL GKIFF.EN—SHELBY. X. C. ...._......___ $10.68 The above listed judgments, notes, and accounts have been assigned to us for value received and are guaranteed by the owner to be just, true, correct, and undisputed. Any bids for the above accounts may be mailed to the un dersigned at their office in Statesville, N. C., but must be re ceived on or before Saturday, October 12th, 1929. Pioneer Service Co., Inc. STATESVILLE, N. C. MUNr MAKIIAL SEGRETS BARED Paris Appears As l-'irsj Class Mar ket l »r Puiirl tired Romances. Pair' If Paris continues to as similate in the future the numberi or lovelorn and husbandlcss ladies it has in tire past nr might •-rt see established heir ° a first class piaikei for puncttired papas i.tU.; the old rubber tire markets, these deflated and disillusioned hushimi ■might be herded together and :rn I ed off. Going about the ret ill stations uhieh are known by the refined liable of cafes, the Careful observe who remains sober ran spend an. amusing and. entertaining tew .hours ■; list riling to i hr women exchange marital secrets uiider the Belief i that there r- no one around wu > peaks English; This is the ,siranee, idea imagin able. especially ill a bar where Ob per cent of the clientele .is Anri < an or English. ihat two ladies should carry on a niosi imunme conversation in English thinkin; no one will understand them l ney look around and .after ordering the first cm fizz or Manhattan. the phrase - my former husband" in- 1 variably crops up and then the fun begins. That poor wretch; scoundrel j or otherwise unconscionable being-, usually referred to as "tny former husband" certainly does get his car;, burned during an afternoon of quiet drinking in any Paris cafe Ft>r'.-■Instance.- let's be -specific Wretch Number One. Scene, New York Bar Time, five o'clock in ti e afternoon. Cast, two nice ladie verv well dressed, aiid slightly jell ed Occasion, waiting for Paul. It seems that Paul is the hus band of one lady. The other ladv is • a divorcee living in Paris. She .og-: Rests that Paul's wife stay in Pa.is and see- some things Paul's wile orders another brace of drinks and then breaks out with the following ; prose poem, "You know. I Just a dor-1 Paul We have been everywhere, in '"hll big cities and everything. He bought me such nice things in Chicago, and the most beautiful shawls m Cairo, and everywhere we 1 go I enjoy It so. but it was not un til we came to Paris that I met. s* many nice people where we ran say that we really had friends Indeed I am at raid if Paul does not stay 1 here, even as much as I lose him. I , will have to leave him. for I've met I such mire friends, mind you dear 1 for the first time in years. I d hate to leave Paul, but I've made up my mind not to leave Paris." Here is Wreteh Number Two Th° back room of .Icgjnnie's in the ru> I Port Mahon Two older ones, troth ! stout and sparkling with diamond.' i The alcohol is Just about to drop from the older one's eye. Sne is speaking of Papa She almost v his , pcrs the word Papa, as if Papa ‘.verb there himself But he is in New York The lady says “Papa jus. worships me. and I think the world of him But you know, it's funny. 1 every time 1 come to Europe he goes to America and every time I go to America, he goes to Europe You know, he's an engineer, some thing like that, and he travels Th" last time I was m Paris. I wvb*e and asked him to come, but he answered from England and he : said. Dearie, I hare to go to Mos | cow. and 1 just couldn't take you | over that tiresome road, you'd be done in if you traveled like T do. and I wouldn't, want you to have to rush about, jumping from train to train No dearie. I'll probably see you when I return ' "Where is he now. your hus baiid? ' the other lady asked “Oh you mean Papa Well. I really don't know, because he works so hard Wretch Number Three The :etv' is the exotic tea room bar of the Lido in the Champs E’ysees. Three youngish women listen to another or their charming sex explain why she signed the paper committing her husband to the care of an asy lum She is very pretty mid might be rated among the thousand-dol ; iar-a-wcek alimony group. "My dears, you just cant live with a husband who throws you through windows and doors Ramon is strik ing-all the women make a fool of him. but when he tried to choke | me at Vichy, and threw a seltzer bottle at the elevator man, I just had to protect myself " Wretch Number Four. A reunion of old girl friends in the little room | at Ciro’s. One sweet divorce*' has i .just been relieved of a basket of irwels by Iter boy friend She sighs. ; “Anyway, he was nicer to me than j my former husband I don't think , lie realized he was stealing. He ; needed the money. And you Know . ! lie was so considerate. Just in order 1 not to hurtt my feelings, you snow | tie never told me he had a Freti'h vvifp right here in Paris. He was Miat kind of a boy. and 1 vvouldll i put the police on him “ Wretch Number Five in this rase . the vililan himself was present. II? was seated alongside of a portlv woman, jeweled and gowned as be- | j comes the Ititz bar, and he said in ja hoarse voice known to many 1 bookies in Belmont Park. “Grace i on my honor, if you will marry ine again, I'll divorce her.' Tlic villain , ; got nr m>uiu ikcccu leaving t,nc I other free to handle his Martini, ft • must Have beet) Grace's great' hohr of .triumph, especially for . "thni other wench" who by this time is probably thawing Mown something in the way of alimony; that IS, if the villain made ko«d his word And he looked the sbuHof honor. ILL HOLD PULPIT Agrees To Conform To Church View That It's I nbrroming Cor MinistrPVTo Danre, Corinth. N Y The dancing min ister of Corinth has won a victory I for himself and his fiancee, but not for dancing. Although the Rev Walter A Mil ler, young pastor of the First Bar t ist church, has been reinstated by the church trustees after they dr-; nianded his resignation because. Iv : attended village dances, he has sur rendered. to their belief that "if is 1 unbecoming for a immst-i to 1 danre " The young people of flip copgre- j gaiion turned out en massee to at- j lend the trustees' meeting when the Rev. Miller's resignation was de manded Women of the congregation wept as their minister delivered his res ignation lo the trustees, consisting of a retired barber, a chauffeur,, two.mill workers and a vilage store keeper Hardly had the formal;: v of es: ignaiion been gone through than the Rev Dr. A K Knapo of Am sterdam. head of tIre Saratoga Bap fist district, railed for a motion •'> reeal the resignation The heart of the board of trustees him elf offer ed the motion, it was seconded ini-, mediate';' and the reuw’ . Girl, Unconscious For Weeks After Accident, May Awaken she dot's it. is obvious that sue docs not Know what she secs. Often she tosses on her bed. moving her • arms or legs slightly. She lias.:not. I Cincinnati, O “For weeks 9-year l old Charlotte Norris has lain in | conscious in her cot at the Cincin nati General hospital. Now. how ! ever, she is believed to be about ready to awaken On Aug. 27 Charlotte was hit by an auto while: going across the street to buy: some candy. She . w;A brought to the hospital ruf fer«i from a cerebral concussion UjKWMrious. she was put m a bed in * hJI'liildven s ward Poflriiaily days hr lay motion- | Itss. ^■ter opening her eye? or i moving™ a muscle. After a vee.< she was taken to the operating loom, where surgeons performed a delicate operation 10 relieve t!,e! pressure on her brain Since then her .slumber has-rot ] been so deep Frequently she opens her eyes. although when however, uttered so much as a whis per since she entered I lie hospital.; flocked to congratulate their nun;. - ter. The whole disturbance in the lit tie paper mill town of northern New York arose over the.fact tliat j the Rev. Miller, a graduate of Col gate university and Colgate "rheo logical seminary, class of 1927, went ; to dances in the village with his : fiance. Miss Mina Clothier. 17 whom he intends' to many next month. Trustees of the church objec'crt fo; their minister dancing because they said, "bis young people look to mm for examplr Hereafter the young dominie w2 ; a1 lend only private d^wars 'Vt ’hr Itoni'e of his fiancee or "friends.. In riic last few days it is evi dent that she understands a little bit of what is said to her When the nurse asks her to put out her tongue. lor instance. she re sponds, although there is no Ugh. of understanding in her eyes, rna the performance seems to be quite an effort tor tier A medical ^authority famili.ir with tier case says that her awak ening will come when nature is ready to have her awaken, and not before. 5 "fn a case like this." he says, .''the brain literally stops work-; ur; Tt ceases to function. When; nature has healed the membrane: J that lie between the brain and the; s ku 11 --nieiiibra nes th a t. were torn ; by the accident, and repaired '.b' | tlie operation that was performed —then only will nature permit j the brain to. awaken and only; then will the girl be able to* u.-r her voice again. The physician explained 'ha! w hile nature : is busy healing ■ the.; disturbed brain cells, other ft.ii.o- ! 1 ion. of the body are not disturbed. Respiration digestion and the like go on unimpaired. Only the ability | to think and to speak are upset ! When they are regained. naiir" has finished her task of healing. During the first part; of hr: stay in the hospital, Charlotte v. .1 fed a mixture of milk. egg- and sugar through a tube. Now. now o.vcr. /she is able to eat normally; and is fed cereals, mashed potato1 broth and orange juice, . "She seems to be ready to. awaken, but, we cannot be sure,"’ rays her doctor "It may be in a ; day, a week or a month. I: all 1 depends on how soon nature is read.' to have her." GRIDIRON / GAB V^- By Reno Omni JJ "Old Timer,” a Shelby foothai! fan who keeps his identity secret., sends this sporadic sport depart ment a list of what he believes *o be the best winning bets for Satur day's 'football games. "Try 'em on your pianola," lip writes, "then let your conscience be your guide.” And here they are: "in lose Pitfr.bnrgh vs. Duke, w and L vs N. C. State t'niv. N. C vs. Maryland. 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