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MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1929
TWINKLES
The burning question of the hour in many* homes this
season of the year, says The Mecklenburg Times, is “Who
will get up and etart the fire?"
Some wise fellow in the past declared that the average
man could tell everything he knew in three minutes, and in
The Charlotte Observer we read a headline that “Congress
men Pish (New York) Telle Hoover All In Two-Minute In
terview." And thet’e about our idea of some Congressmen—
and Senators.
Last week The Star had occasion to mention the rapid
growth of Forest City, the neighboring Rutherford town to
the west. Since that time we have heard many compli
mentary remarks, from citizens of Shelby and elsewhqje,
regarding the very alluring method Forest City has used in
decorating the business section for Christmas. A town
should advertise just as well as a business firm, and Forest
City certainly is receiving some very valuable advertising.
DUKE STILL BUILDING.
qNE MIGHT PERMIT the Imagination to work freely in
W thinking of the future Duke univeraity. The men behind
the scenes, building what will be one of the world’s greatest
universities, are going at it step by step and are not unmind
ful that every angle must be well taken care of. One of the
latest moves, and one that will, undoubtedly, have much to
do with the growth of Duke, was the employment of Henry
Dwire, of Winston-Salem, an able newspaperman and execu
tive of ability proven by experience, as public relations coun
sel.
AND SHE IS NOT LISTED AS A WAGE
EARNER AT ALL?
DEFORE VERY LONG, as The Gastonia Gazette notes, the
^ census takers will be out gathering their information
about America’s population. These census takers ask sever
al questions, and ope is the occupation of the person being
listed. It has been the custom not to list a woman as a wage
earner unless she goes out into the world as a stenographer,
business woman, teacher, or nurse. Concerning this item
Collier’s Weekly carried the following very interesting edi
torial :
“She never ‘earned’ any money. She lives on a farm.
She is somebody’s mother, maybe your own_ She has earned
no money. No, but in her thirty working years she has
served 236,435 meals; she has made 3,190 garments, 35,600
loaves of bread, 6,930 cakes, 7,960 pies, 1,600 gallons of lard;
she has grown 1,526 bushels of vegetables and 1,660 quarts
of fruit, she has raised 7,660 Sickens, churned 6,460 pounds
of butter, put up 3,625 jars of preserves, scrubbed 177,725
pieces of laundry, and has put in 35,640 hours sweeping,
washing and scrubbing.
At accepted prices this work is worth $116,485.50. She
has no bank account to show for it. She can’t retire on her
savings, she has to keep on. Not earnings, no. How do you
define the ordinary American woman’s contribution to her
family’s wealth—and to the nation’s wealth?
COMING PRIMARY AND ELECTION
WILL BE WARM.
''THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT but what the next Democratic
* primary will be a campaign in which there will be as
much or more interest than developed during the A1 Smith
—Hoover fray, provided, of course, that Senator Simmons is
opposed in his own party, If he is not the election in the fall
will attract more interest than has a Republican-Democratic
contest in this State in many, many years.
Practically every politician of note in Eastern Carolina
has been mentioned as a rival to Simmons, but as yet—un
less 3. W. Bailey gets one out after this is written and before
it appears in print—none of those mentioned has formally
entered, because the majority of them realize that what type
of battle it will be. Much of the interest in the approaching
ballot battles will be a carry-over from the 1928 election due
to the Simmons stand against the Democratic presidential
nominee. But there are other things which will add to the
increasing ardor of the prospective fray. All of North Car
olina, even in the Democratic party, has not been in love
with Simmons long before 1928. Still others, perhaps be
lieving as Simmons did last year, want to see the end of the
Simmons “machine,” which the aged Senator termed a
“myth.” And then the Republicans see the best opportun
ity ever of seating a Republican in the United States Senate
as the warring Democratic factions fight their party bat
tles.
Speaking of the political gossip concerning the senator
ial race The B&xboro Courier says: “All sorts of rumors
come out of Raleigh, especially from Tom Boat’s headquar
ters, the latest being that Senator Simmons may decide not
to run for the Senate, but retire in favor of Mr. McLean. To
our there is one thing, and only one thing, which will
prevent the Senator from entering the race, and that thing
is—Death/'
GARDNER’S GREATEST CAMPAIGN, IF
IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
CACH YEAR THE PEOPLE of North Carolina Bend 260
^ million dollars out of the State for food and feedstuff.
That is enough money, it has been figured out, to pay all
property taxes, town and county for four years. Further*
more it Is almost twice as much as the State has spent for
roads in 10 years. If the big sum was drawn proportionate
ly from every citizen, it would mean $81 from the pocket of
every man, woman and child in the State each year, or over
$400 for every average family.
Give that some deep study.
Then recall that this week Governor Gardner will give
a banquet to 200 North Carolina newspapermen at wnicn
nothing but North Carolina food will be served. The news
papermen will be his guests because they, better than any
other profession, can get the idea before all citizens.
Think how much more prosperous this .State would be,
individuals, communities, counties, and all if that gigantic
sum could be kept at home each year? It could be. North
Carolina can produce practically everything for which .the
250 millions are spent. It is Governor Gardner’s major aim
to get the people to see it, and if he ia successful, he will
have turned out his greatest benefaction for his State.
His home county, held up as an agricultural leader,
could profit thousands of dollars by following his advice
advice he gave time and again before he left Shelby for
Raleigh. Cleveland county with farmers unexcelled nowhere
in the South sends thousands of dollars out of the State
each year for hay and other feedstuff. Cleveland county
with one of the South’s best known creameries, the home of
a butter known all over the country, lacks quite a bit of pro
ducing all the -milk consumed in the county.
Nobody’s
Business
GEE McGEE—■
Stumbling Blocks About The Home.
There are many things in and
around the home to stumble over.
Some of them are bed but moat of
them are worse. I have been stumb
ling over things left in the way for
about 20 years, and it now affords
me much pleasure to tell the world
of my troubles of this nature.
About the meat terrible thing I
ever stumbled over was * tricycle
my baby left in the sitting-room one
night. I got in from prayer-meeting
about 8:30 after having heard a very
satisfactory discourse on Job and
his patience. I opened the front door
and walked In as usual. My left
foot landed on tire back axle of that
tricycle and I stumbled for 10 solid
minutes and woke up the next
meaning in the hospital.
On another occasion, I got in just
about good dusk. It was very dark,
however, in the hall. I had a nice
present for my wife. Her 35th
birthday had arrived for the 7th
consecutive time. I had a pretty
good business all that week, and
didn't stint mystlf for a wonder. I
bought her the nicest vase Kress
had. The vacuum cleaner had been
left! in my way. I stepped on the
suction end of it, the handle fltew
up/and biffed me in the face and I
landed 14 feet farther down the en
trance and lodged against the bath
room door. , . . minus 3 teeth and
nearly 1 eye. (The vase got broke).
One Sabbath right after preach
ing, we had a few friends to come
home with us. They sat till we had
eaten up practically everything
about the house and then they went
home. One of the girls forgot her
umbrella. Sho left it open in the
sitting-room. Eut I didn't know it
till 2 days later. I grt up to answer
the telephone about 11 :45 p. m. 1
thought the front, door was open, so
I proceeded to close it, but oefore I
got to it, I stepped in the umbrella.
Two of the riba stuck In a knee
apiece, and the bars that hold the
ribs got rung around my toes. X fell
forward. The door kissed me on
the nose, and when I tried to right
myself, the hat-rack caught me cm
the beck of my bead. I collected 63
dollars accident insurance that time,
so I was rather' glad the phone rang.
But I shall never forget “her”
knitting basket. She was then and
Is still a terrible knitter. Well,
she left that In my path one night
when I was in a hurry. My right
foot forced itself into the basket and
stayed put. Two of the knitting
needles entered my ankles. I began
to slide then, trying to get loose. The
floor had been waxed. I shimmied
and black-bottomed around over the
room for about 3 minutes, and suc
ceeded in busting my shin on t
rocker. The ball of thread in that
basket got all t&vgled up around my
lower extremities, and I stumbled 14
different tunes, and got a terrible
Hck between the ccvrider and bade
door. When l was discovered the
next morning, f wss so completely
tied and bound, the undertaker first
thought I had been ketched in a
seine and fetched home in it My
doctor charged me only 25 dollars
to stitch me up, and I had to pay it
myself that time: my accident in
surance had lapsed. And then, there
are skates and yo-yos and scouring
mops to stumble over also.
"But The Way.’’
Jake Johnson who works a small
farm for me on “halves” ambled
Into my office the other day and
said: “Boss, dat stallment agent
has done come for my sewing ma
chine or the nionney.” I asked him
which installment agent: he replied
—“Why, a race genterman come to
our house last fall and tuck and
sold us a machine nearly all on
creddick, and *e done gone fur as
we can wid it."
I learned that the poor old oigffer
had bought a 20-dollar sewing ma
chine for only 80 dollars. By selling
his corn and cnlckens and 2 pigs,
he managed to pay 65 ddUars on his
debt. He paid 25 dollars down and
has been turning over 8 dollars a
month ever since that time. The
cloth in their house in 2 years. The
old lady couldn’t sew on a machine
if she had the cloth to experiment
with, but a slick agent and a gulli
ble pair met and something happen
ed.
Some folks will buy anything that
they can get on credit: The great
RUPTURE EXPERT
HERE
E. J. Meinhardl, of Chicago, the
well-known Rupture Shield Expert
will personally be at the Cleveland
Hotel, Spartanburg, & Car., on
Wednesday, Dec. 18th, from *:00
A. M. to 3:00 P. M. only.
NOTICE—Only gentlemen are In
vited to can at the time aa special
arrangement* wtll be announced
later for woman and children. hdsre
is ne charge for demonstration.
Mr. Meinhardl says:
"The Meinhardl Rupture Shield"
will not only retain the Rupture
perfectly, but it exercises and
strengthens the weakened muscles—
thereby contracting the opening in
10 days on the average case, usual
ly giving Instantaneous relief, with
standing all strain regardless of the
size or location of the Rupture.
"The Meinhardl Rupture shield"
has no understraps. It is also per
fectly sanitary and practically In
destructible and can be worn while
bathing.
Rupture often causes stomach
troubles. Backache, Constipation,
Nervousness and other ailments
which promptly disappear after tfe
Rupture la properly retained.
SPECIAL NOTICE—An custom
ers that I have fitted here during
the past five years are invited to
call for inspection for which there
will be no charge.
Please note the above dates uii
office hours carefully. Business de
mands prevent stopping at any oth
er city in this section. (This visit is
for white people only.l—E. J. Mein
haxdl. Borne Office. 1561 N. Craw
ford Avenue, Chicago.—edv. 2t-i!
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.. .1111. II Ml
cet opiate that baa ever been In
vented is “only 2 dollars down and
the balance on the easy-payment
plan." There Is no such thing as
an easy debt •« pay. X was In the
house of one rt my tenants not loni
>.go and I saw 1C bottles of dropsy
medicine sitting on the fire-board.
I asked the wife who had the dropsy
and she said: “Nobody, but the
agent was so good to us, we just
bought ft There ain't no telling
alien some of us might be took
down with the dropsy, and then the
medicine would come In mighty
handy." They were paying only
cents a month ou tbe20 dollar oblt
I gsttonn
Old Uncle Aaron Bird bought 10
volume* of “Beyond The Grave
Come* Peace." Not a single mem
ber of the family can read a word,
but Uncle Aarop explained that the
preacher came around occasionally
and read some to them. He said
they were mighty fine books. I ob
served that he had also bought a
large wall map for which he paid 4
dollars. No one in the house hold
knew the dlffertr.ee between Texas
and the Pacific ocean, and they
thought the Panama canal was
something to eat. They all seem to
enjoy getting up the money for the
collector, and they said they always
had It ready for him. He was mighty
kind: he had never sent them no
duns by mail, no Uncle Aaron said.
Elllhu Smoak paid 2 hundred and
25 dollars for a ett of lightning rods
for hit house which is mortgaged
for twice as much as it is wprth. He
got easy term*. Sam Weller Jiad a
range hi his kivchen that carried a
98-dollar balance on the mortgage
Hie little hut was rented and it took
real scrambling to meet the weekly
rental demand. ^Id Aunt Dinah
Green showed me the pretty bed
room set, consisting of a bowl and
pitcher and ft other pieces. It was
trimmed in purple with a gold
stripe. She never used it any her
self and never let anybody else have
that privilege. She got it delivered
right in the company room for only
27 dollars and 48 cents. The poorer
the family is the higher prices they
are willing to pay for junk or non
essentials.
Uncle Sam’s Idea
Of A Girl’s Form
Washington<~Bro»dway theatri
cal producers may hare their own
ideas of the measurements for the
glorified girl, J/ut Uncle Sam has
given the stamp of approval on cer
tain sires which will, to ray the
least, impress the public
These sizes have been issued by
the bureau of standards in the
course of studies on standardization
for dress patterns. They were pre
pared by a conference of represen
tative manufacturers and mer
chants.
The "standard lady or ' thirty
four” should have bust of that
measurement, 28-Inch waist and 37
lnch hips, the tnlrd dimension taken
seven Inches below the waist line.
The famed “perfect thlrty-slx” of
bygone days, which lost Its appeal to
the slender boyish type, should have
a 31-inch waist and 39-lnch hips,
according to Uncle Sam.
Other sizes ranging from a 38 to
50-tnoh bust, with waist ranging
from 32 to 44 inches and hips from
41 to 56 inches, v/ere listed as stand
ard.
In cases of “misses” the standards
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Dumb,
‘ Do you kncrj*’ Adolph, the butch
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ty feet.”
"Er — Slty • feet! Dit it* kill
him?”
Dumb—“No, they were pigs' feet.
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