The Cleveland Star
. SHELBY, N. C.
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Entered aa second class matter January l, 1905, at tne postoffice
At Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
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our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect,
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MONDAY, 0CT7i4, 1920T
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TWINKLES •-*
What will be the next pet theory of the world for the
experts and scientists to debunk ? An Ohio chemist now in
forms that milk ia not such a perfect food, and that after all
these years we’ve been educated to drinking milk for its
health-building qualities! Milk, this chemist says, lacks iron,
iodine, and vitamin D. Maybe so, but he will have more of a
task in stopping the drinking of milk than Mr. Volstead had
with hi* little Job.
. T THAT GAS FRANCHISE
frHE STAR would not have the city rush into giving a val
f* nahla franchise away, neither would it have the city sell
t franchise for less than it is worth, but just now gas com
panies are working the country over and competition is keen
for franchises. Our city should invite all responsible com
panies to bid and we should strike the best deal we can in
Hisposing of our franchise for a gas plant. Most industries
keeking A location, shy at a city without a gas plant, so for
♦he Convenience of our own citizens and as an inducement to
industry and new settlers, we should no longer wait. It
.would he well worth our while to have outside capital invest
a quarter of a million dollars in a public utility here from
which the city and the county could receive a property and a
franchise tax. ^ ;.*.«'**
CYCLONE MACK SWEEPS DOWN UPON
BISHOP CANNON
“DISHOP CANNON has allowed himself to associate with
^politicians and worldly people, for years dictating on how
the government should be run, craving to be United States
yongruausly dry and as set (“sot,” Judge Rufe Clark would
gone to the boneyard spiritually,” that’s what Cyclone Mack,
recently holding forth in Albemarle, thinks of the so-called
churchman who is attempting to direct the political policies
of his state of Virginia.
Were it not for our Heflins, our Bleases, our Cannons,
and our Cyclone Macks this country would become as in
congruously dry and as set (“sot,” Judge Rufe Clark would
say) in its public life as is England; but that list of would
be luminaries should not be taken seriously. Yet there is a
certain kick, justifiable or unjustifiable as it may be, in
Cyclone’s opinion of the good bishop, who he refers to as
“a cosmopolite caught, gambling in a Jew bucket shop.
Cyclone Mack, you know, creates his words to suit the occas
ion.
“Why all this stir about the bishop is beyond my com
prehension,” he said in Albemarle. “I don’t think he has ever
claimed to be religious, and I am sure no one has ever ac
cused him of it. He received the condemnation of the public
not because he was caught gambling, but because he denied
it, and vehemently swore he was innocent. , . If the bishop
had been verdical (huh?) and said ‘Yes, I am caught,’, the
people would have respected him more than they do now
since he has bellayched and whined. .. He prides himself on
being one of the cosmopolite and is caught gambling in a
Jew bucket shop. I used to gamble before I was regenerated
22 years ago. I wrote a book on draw poker and crap shoot
ing. .. My life of gambling and kindred sins broke my moth
er’s heart, blighted my father’s hopes, made my home a hell,
and prostituted my manhood. » . There is no vice that has
been bred in hell and spawned out of perdition that devilizes,
deomizes. and demoralizes like gambling—and bucket-shop
ping is the nadir and Gorgon of all gambling .. . The Board of
Temperance did the bishop great wrong when they gave him
their unqualified endorsement and a vote of confidence
In the face of his bucket shop gambling. If some member of
that board had had the guts and moral stamina to have look
ed this church dignitary in the face and held him up before
the blazing light, and made sin appear as sin. it would have
been more to their credit. . . There is but one catholicon (.)
and that is for him to go down on both of his prayer-bones,
look God in the face, and take a good old-fashioned dose of
the mourner’s bench.”
Virginia papers, not controlled bv the dangerous lias
kob and subscribed to by the bishop!! please copy. The pleas
ure is too'great to be enjoyed alone.
DO WOMEN REALLY ENJOY THEIR
CIGARETTE SMOKING?
f'vFTEN in recent years, since the sale of cigarettes has in- j
''‘creased because it has become fashionable, and pardon
able in the best of social circles for women to smoke, there >
creeps into print the wonder of some mere man if woman
really enjoys smoking, or only smokes for the sophisticated;
feeling and because it is keeping step with the latest social,
fad. Usually the contention is that woman will cease to j
smoke when smoking ceases to be fashionable.
Those who use such an argument apparently fail to see
that women, even though smoking to be in style, may get the
habit Tjust as did most men when they were boys despite the
fact thafcthfl first half dozen stolen butts made them deathly
siclr. In fupport of our own contentibn, that many women
smoke because tS^y are fond of smoking, we find Elsie Mc
Cormick, one of the best feminine thinkers in America, ex
pressing a similar opinion.
“Many men/’ she writes, “seem to believe that women
smoke only because they think it looks sophisticated and
not because they experience any pleasure. These observers
are misled. . . Ladies do derive pleasure from smoking, al
though I would not go so far as to say that this centres
around the taste of the tobacco. Even those who do not in
hale get a certain feeling of poise and restfulness from the
[curl of smoke.” That there are other sidelights which make
smoking a pleasure for the ladies Miss McCormick points out
when she writes: “In some social grounds cigarets are pop
ular because they are so well adapted to showing off rings
and bracelets and provoking flattering conjectures as to
where they were obtained. Cigarets for women have undoubt
edly been a great blessing to the diamond business. The wom
an who smokes is usually a gayer wife, a merrier companion
than she who lives strictly according to the hygienic code.”
That final statement, we presume* is the same as saying the
woman who smokes thereby becomes more of a regular fel
low to her husband or companion.
In concluding, the woman writer tells this one: r>ven
women who do not inhale are likely to have momenta. when
they feel that a cigaret is imperative. In the current issue
of Harper’s, Don Marquis writes of a woman evangelist who
often felt this commanding urge. Her procedure at such
times was to light a cigaret, blow the smoke through a hand
kerchief, and demonstrate to the brethren the dastardly col
oring effect tobacco has on the delicate tissues of the lungs.”
Those, if you please, are the opinions of a woman. She
may or may not smoke, but she certainly does show that a
woman gets a certain pleasure out of smoking, although that
pleasure be something other than the answer to the craving
of one who inhales the nicotine once considered so deadly.
Nobody’s
Business
GEE McGEE—
Cotton Letter.
New York, Oct. 9.—Due to south
ern selling and northern reallring
and western guessing and eastern
discount rates, the market opened
24 points down. On a report that
it thundered twice in Texas and
sprinkled 87 drops in Oklahoma last
night, December eased off 11 'more
points about mid-day. Crop esti
mates are pro and con, and the
bulls as broke as ever. Spinners
takings were off 5 bales in July as
compared with a certain July a few
years ago, therelore exports ex
ceeded imports In a Ilk? propor
tion, due, naturally to expected c old
weather in January. We advise
dusting for potato bugs, scratching
for chlgg«rs and rubbing for rheu
matism. ,
The surest way In the world to
break a drought Is to spread a nice
picnic dinner out on a long table,
the said dinner to be composed
of fried chicken and fried narn
(yum-yum) and fried potatoes and
deviled eggs and pound cake (yum*
and lady fingers (yum). And If
It doesn't rain just before the
blessing Is asked, you can Just
make up your minds that you are
in for trouble. I've never seer, it
fail to rain under such circum
stances though, so no one need
worry that it won t.
The biggest joke of the season:
They are going to try Albert B. Fail
again.
Ah impending calamity: A Paris
style magazine prophesies that
dresses will be 4 inches longer next
summer.
A catastrophe: A Kansas Citv man
is suing for a divorce because his
wife lets her 2 cats sleep with, her
—and him.
A miracle: A recently elected leg
isl&tor promised one of his best
friends a job and actually gave it
to him.
A shame B«ef costs 5 cents a
pound In the pasture and 55 cents
a pound on the butcher's scales
A horrible mistake: Bolshevism
A serious accident: Tom Heflin.
A commercial crime: Wall Street
A miracle Paying a 80 dollar
installment with a 10 dollar salary.
Art: Ankles ansoforth. 'But
not all of em >
Unwelcome charity: Giving some
body a piece of your mind.
A Letter From Mike.
, flat rock. s. C.. ockt U 1933
der mr editor:— #
i have Aten ask^d ly my manry
Uiends to rhe t>p my -eligious ex
ponents. ard ltwill do so as follow
ers:
i was converted enduring the
earth quake in 18 and 86 and it
lasted till nearly december the 34
when aomr boys made like what
they wanted me to drink was cid
er when V. was corn whiskey and
when l worke up thi follow-in? frt
day in gram paws pasture, i was
back in sin again and evcryboddy
knowed It.
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l want to beg the ueoole to be
ware of bad company, for you
will fall as sure as gun's iron if
you keep it. well, the next time
i got religion was when i was
took down with the typhoid fever
and was give up for dead twiste.
and it was betwixt these times
that 1 made up my mind that that
was a good time to make a change,
and i repented and got well.
Everything went along all right
and i kept up with all the prayer
meetings and give testimonies
riearly every time I went, but i
sold a cider of my church :ome
beef on creddick till the next,
sadday, this was in june, and he
never sed nothing about paying
me for same, so in november, i
Jumped on him about it and he
struck me and i cussed him out,
ahd that put me back with the
evil crowd and 1 staged there till
i laid out 1 night and ketched nevf
money.
so me and newmony had ii for
a long time and side plurls/ set
up in my liver and i was again give
up for the graveyard. but my
former pasture come to bur house
1 day and et dinner with us and
when i heard him asking the bless
ing. i changed my life again. 1
had been baptized 3 times up to
that time and was sprinkled evnee,
but this time, i managed to get
my church letter out of st, pall
and put it in st. luke where a guy
could back slide and get over it.
1 have tried to live a clean life
off and on ever since, and while
1 have fell from grace a few times,
i have stuck pretty close to the
norrow path and hope to hold out
faithful to the end. it has been
hard to kep myself unspotted from
the world as i sell beef ansoforth
to different kinds of people who
don’t try to follow the golden rule,
but 1 always manage to ketch my
self just befoar cussing, and the
doctor told me that whiskey would
bust my gall bladder, so 1 am still
a consistent church member and
will begin giving something to
the preacher as soon as t can col
lect. if you want to print this,
plese rite or foam me for permis
sion and i will give it to you. It
might help some other wayward
sun.
yores trulie.
mike Clarke, rfd.
Poor Papa.
Doc's Son: “Pa, did you go to
Sunday School when you were a
boy?”
Doc: “Yes. my son, I always
went to Sunday School ’’
Does Son: "Well,_Dad, I Uvnk
I'll quit going. It isn’t doing me
any good either.”
Administrator's Notice.
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of W. A.
Dover, deceased, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the said estate to present them to
me properly proven, at 1100 Park
wood# avenue, Charlotte, N. C„ on
or before the 37th day of Septem
ber 1930 or thia notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery thereof.
All persons owing the said estate
will please make immediate settle
ment to the undersigned. This Sept.
27 th, 1929.
H. C. DOVER. Adminis
trator of estate of
W. A. Dover, deceased. pd
WOMAN’S BODY MAY
BE DISINTERRED NOW
Washington, —Senator Overman
interested in solving the mystery
surrounding the recent death of
Mrs. Virginia McPherson, resulting
in her husband's being indicted for
murder, has been asked by the de
partment of Justice to secure per
mission of the dead woman’s par
ents for exhuming the body for a
further examination.
Senator Overman will take the
matter up with A. A, Hurley of
Chester. S. C., father ®r the girl,
and will recommend that the Be
quest be granted. The purpose or
what is hoped to learn has not been
revealed but the department has been
quietly investigating every angle of
the mystery since taking over the
case.
The federal investigators state
they are proceeding with the in
quiry with an open mind and
with the desire of determining
whether the girl committed suicide
or was murdered.
INDICT OFFICER FOR
KILLING YOUTH
Ashland, Ala.—Cecil Guthrie,
deputy sheriff of Clay county, was
under mdicttJfent. on first degree
murder charges In connection with
the slaying on September 8 of
school youth who was shot to death
while attempting to escape arrest
on liquor charges.
Guthrie had been free under $5,
000 bond following a preliminary
hearing several days ago.
County officials indicated that
an early trial probably will be
sought for the accused officer.
The deputy testified at hts pre
liminary hearing that he acciden
tally shot the youth when he
stumbled and fell while pursuing
the boy and a companion.
This testimony was corroborated
by W. Z. Alexander, Ashland chief
of police who was with the officer
at the time.
The officers said they found a
jug partly filled with whiskey near
the scene of the shooting.
Young Bailey was a star football
player on the Clay county high
school team.
Too Speedy.
First Constable: "Did you get t.he
feller’s number?”
Second Constable: "Naw. he was
too goldarned fast for me.”
First Qonstable: "That was a
pretty brown-eyed gal he had in the
back seat.’
Second Constable: “It sure was."
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IT’S LARGELY “UP TO YOU,
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MADAM—
WHETHER YOUR HUSBAND’S OVERCOAT WILL
“DO” ANOTHER SEASON!
Whether it will look smart and fresh—
whether or not he’ll wear it with pride—
depends a whole lot upon the treatment it
receives when it is dry cleaned.
If you could supervise the job yourself
it wouldn’t receive any more personal at
tention than we’ll give it. Send it to us—
n0w—and you’ll get it back with shoulders
re-shaped, with fabric re-freshed, looking
like it had just come from the tailors.’
TOPCOATS—Cleaned and Re-Shaped.$1.25
OVERCOATS—Cleaned and Re-Shaped $1.50
MEN’S SUITS—Cleaned and Re-Shaped. $1.00
%
WHAT ABOUT YOUR
OWN WINTER COAT?
Don’t debate whether you can get any
more wear out of it! Let us clean it.
After we’ve restored the fabric, and
revived 1the fur on collar and cuffs
with our special process—it will give
you far more service than you believe
possible.
Women’s Coats Cleaned.
With Special Fur
Treatment.
$1.50
SERVICE BY MAIL
If you live outside of Shelby don’t
hesitate to mail us your Coats, Dress
es. and suits to be cleaned. You’ll be
well repaid by the service you'll get.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM
KESTER-GROOME
Your New Furniture Establishment
♦
We are opening our new Shelby store, located on North LaFayette street
Campbell’s and Ingram-Liles old stand—
NEXT THURSDAY MORNING at 8 O’clock
You are invited to come and inspect our big modern stock of fine furniture and
to participate in the distribution of
25 VALUABLE PRIZES
Including a Tomlinson Living Room Suite, priced at $140.00—a Parlor Furnace,
made by the well known Anchor Stove Works, priced at $49.50, and 23 others
equally acceptable.
We believe this will prove to be the most liberal distribution of prizes ever offer
ed in Shelby, aggregating a value of more than $700.00.
Watch for Wednesday’s ad. in The Star for details of distribution and remem
ber the opening ia THURSDAY MORNING.
KESTER - GROOME
FURNITURE CO.
LaFAYETTE STREET AT SUMTER. — TELEPHONE 432.