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The Cleveland Star SHEl.BY, N. C. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - EUIDAY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Mali per vear .... .... ...._ tJtA, By Carrier per veer ....... $3 no THE STAR Pi BEL I l;.(J C- .'’l‘\NY, INC. LEE B WEATHERS . Prr u fc.■ r 6 ERNES! HOEY ....................... fc iitu-y and Enrentar RENN DRUM .. Ne^ Ec.< >< A D JAMES ... . Adve1 ■ m " •• pi Entered a* second class nr ter irm.\ I 1 at " e ,• • • • t:■■■■ at Shelby North Carolina undm U ■ \r’: of r i Mar- "i ■ ti;v.«t We wish to call your otten i n ’ ■ u. t -i t it is at •>. -n rut custom to charce five ront* pet li.i-? frr rv • -r,« ol t t ca ds of than-.s and obituary n -r after r d :*.h n ■ e tit been published rhls all) be rtrtc v ‘ 1 . > 'koiTday.'t:■* ■ •• i . r v. r . • ' J Virginia is corxirr r v i • r • r ’ • think how m h g’:o t’ * a v ■t next fall fall if they cc ' \ c” » 'l oJ o r football coaches and serna of c r 1 . ’ . ■ ? “Cleveland county rc. o. la c:j e .' ' cf . ; • s'.: observes the Rocky Mount Tc’cgr m, n I“c. ' ht'y the ;».w violators there are playing for 1 ge t: ’ D it if ca ght their reward may be for several mont” s r.Dth' g more than peas and cornbread three tim s per d y sandwiched in be tween some hard labor on the county roads. If there is to be such a crowd at the annivc 'cary cele bration of the Kings Mountain battle ns is now antici ated, it is high time something was bc’ng dona about the ror.rls lead ing to the battleground. In this coenaction The Gastonia Gazette says: “It is not too early to be giving some atten tion to the matter of roads to Kings Mountain bat'.’e ground in anticipation of the big celebrat on to be staged there this fall. It takes a long time to get the machinery of state and county highway commissions working. Somebody ought to be doing something about this right away. It would never do to turn thousands of automobiles loore on those roads as they are now." WOULD NAME IT FGR IIOEY J^JISS BEATRICE COBB, editor of The Morganton News Herald read in The Star of Clyde Hoeys appeal for a new high school ’building here, and this is what she had to say about it: “A visitor at this office the other day remarked that he hoped sometime to be able to observe I terally a prayer he had picked up, which ran like this, ‘O I ord, help me to keep my nose out of other people’s business.’ “With the full knowledge that newspaper people could well adopt this same prayer, we have a w y of ”okirg around in even the affairs of other towns. It’s not a bit of our busi ness, but we can’t help saying that when She’by bu lds that new high school building, the movement for which’s getting under way, we hope somebody will suggest naming it the •Hoey High School.’ ” No one in Shelby, The Star believes, will have any desire to bawl Miss Cobb out for having that to say about some thing she says is none of her busihess, but we be'ieve, too, that when, and if, that new high school is built the people of Shelby Will agree whole-heartedly with the name she sug gests. The Hoey appeal for a high school building, which is certainly needed in Shelby, reenforces the Hoey reputation of saying and doing what he believes to be right regardless of the personal criticism that may be directed at him. Any man in public life who advocates a building program, no matter how much it is needed, puts himseelf before the fire of the critical class which continuously howls about the ex pense of progress. There is no possible manner by which Clyde Hoey and his family could benefit by a new school building. All of his children are through school and making their own way,, something he apparently believes all child ren should do. And insofar as is known Hoey is in no way connected with a contracting or building firm whereby the building of a new high school could mean a profit for him. He merely believes that the children of Shelby need better school facilities—educational advantages in keeping with the progress and wealth of the town—and he had the nerve to get up before a mass meeting and say so, let the brick-bats hit where and how they may. With his pica for a new building he advanced a supporting argum-it which is d'ffi cult to contradict. Sooner or later, he contended, the build ing must be built. Times are hard new, money is scarce, but it is at such a time that a building of any type may be built at the least cost. Public buildings are not paid for when erected, and if Shelby cm erect a new high school Structure now at a saving of 550,000 why not do it? The Star is ready to second M.ss Cobbs motion on'e S’'.e” v stirs herself and builds the building—and we are of the opin on that a great percertage of the right hands in She!’ y will Le raised to ratify the name. CONFIDENCE IN TI1E MEN BE! 1ND TIIE BANES Y^HEN BANKS were eras’irg and c!o i s in two ecu-tics adjoining Cleveland a f.w weeks tack one ri ht of cn heard men on the street say “Well, I’m not worrying a’:out old Gibraltar down on the comer or any of our banks.” The reference about "the bank on the corner,” of course was the First National. And nearly every time that statement was made some on hearing the remark would reply “And no one needs to worry when ‘Uncle Charlie’ is look'ng after things.” As far M Cleveland and Rutherford county readers are concerned it la needless to explain that the "Uncle Charlie” referred to is Chas. C. Blanton, head of the First Nat?onal and the Union Trust company, which ree-nt!y o end off’ecs in d county to ri e t’ ' • cilities. It is remarks' ’e ti e ccrr r , , •action have in the section’s outstanding banker. That that A onf. h. m is we.l placed is borne out by the name, “tin. - Charlie,” by which he is known throughout two counties. Men through the ages have handed that title, “uncle,” to those w oin they reaped and admire and whose friendship they value very much. S’nce the day Chcs. C. Blanton came back to Clove! .nd county from Texas as a young man to aid Hs fa her in o erat’ng the private ba’ k which has grown i to the largf t end strongest bank between Ch rlotte and A*-h'»vll!?, he has, perhaps, had stories of trouble and woe rch- ed to Km by more pcop’e than any mm living in this i n; and 1 e, it may be said without question, has “tided” 0" i r o. !' o.cr the rough places than h~s any o’her man n To s-CvCon. In a’l those years there never has been a i ? w’ an Ks integrity and honesty has been questioned— ! at in' ’it be amm led by t’e positive bel'ef of Clcve 'a .! c i y citizens that such a time never will come. It in l e m n-pov cr behird a l a as with other insti •, t’ at cc nts, not the name , of the institution. If i ro'i : 1, tor year after year the adverti .ement of the t 1 Iron 1 m l Un'on Trv~t company have at regu’ar ' • cr. i-1 the rrmes of the bank officials and di-ec ' , t 3 n~r of the substantial, reliable citizens Mr. "’on l ~i r.'eo '".ted with h'm in the operation of his h3 cr i r on h.la boards of directors. Those names and the ■" c {' ey c Tried have played a greater part than one m ’1 th.i 1c in the bu'ldir.g of the two big financial insti tut c^s. Jut hew m ’eh confidence is created by an institut'on which ia known to be operated by Mr. Blanton and his as sociates was dop'eted last week by an interesting li' tie news items published in The Star and The Rutherford County News. In the e ’ge of Rutherford county there lived a man who for years had been using a hole in the ground as his tank. Last week, despite the fact, that six ba' ks had closed In Jr's county only a few vfreeks back, this man dug up his ”400 and carried it to the Rutherford branch of Blanton’s Union Trust company where he placed it on deposit, because ’ e beheved it would be s fer there than buried in the ground. In this connection it is noted that The Gaffney Ledger expresses the opinion of Mr. A. N. Wood, father of the wife of Mr. George Blanton, vice-president of the First National and Union Trust banks here, was largely responsib’e for keeping the one bank, Merchants & Planters, open in Chero_ kre county when a panic and runs were causing others to close the doors. The interesting observation upon the p~rt of The Ledger, showing that it is the men behind a thing that make it, follows: “In contrast with various distressing developments here in recent weeks, The Merchants and Planters National Bank of Gaffrey stands out as a bulwark of protection for the fi nancial interests of this city and county. The M. and P. has met every call readily, ar.d now that the situation appears to be returning to normal the bank, according to officials of the institution, is growing stronger daily. “The fact that the M. and P. was able to stand the 3train imposed upon it when Gaffney’s other two banks clos ed was due to the ability and foresight of the president, Mr. C. M. Smith, who had able assistance from his cashier, Mr. R. S. Lipecomb. People who have known Mr. Smith and Mr. Lipscomb during the years of their service with the bank never doubted the stability of the M. and P. “During the period when the stress was greatest Mr. A. N. Wood, the ‘father’ of the M. and P., and under whose per sonal training Mr. Smith gained his first banking experience, to!.! * ny who happened to ask about it: ‘That bark’s all right. I trained Charlie Smith, and I know.’ Mr. Smith pro’ ably appreciated such an expression of confidence by Mr. Wood as much as anything that has happened.” ww WW -W W VW w AV AV /V- >V-»~ Around Our TOWN Shelby S DELIGHTS By RENN DRUM. VA AAA "VAT. AAA AAA AWAAS A»«VA “SANAA AAV Sr ?"ELBY ROTARIANS were told last week by Dr. L. A. Crov/c'I, wic’e’y known surgeon of the neighboring county of Lincoln and president of the North Carolina Medical fo. t’-'t i^rneriand worry themselves inAo ol age and the cemetery. And he charged evangelists and dsc [-'■> ' wAh ins ng m.ich fright and fear into their fellow si n. • • • Dr. Crowell r ::nptcd to erder t“'.o the Rotarlms, accustomed to i-"" ;ny both gccd end bad s-'c~ches wtthort advance preparation and ’Ms entempcrancei's talk cn fear ~nd worry, and their aging of the h"man rate, wps a hit with »,he club, s-'ieed as it was with a quan tity of original humor and plenty of r’-in tcl’c. A ■* ~i-’'t-from-the-shou1der talk 1 'r with c-olciM-s to no one, if you 'cc'. 'is reacting of evangelists In are l men who att-mpt to have *■'"" t: 1 facts, and everyone who e: -s, d r.'rs, or am; ’"?s himself or herself to death rculd have preven a toothsome f ort to Dr Henry Menchen hi me If. Evangelists, Dr. Crowell de-lnred, *sspite the presence of Rotar'cn L. O. Dr yes, per tor of Crnt-al Mcth cdl-t church, live on fright. “Thev pet up in their pu'plts ^nd scare their congregations half to death by ranting about hell fire and brimstone—and then they pass the collection plate. I admire very much,” he continued, “the mirli ter who has a regular charge and brains and religion enough to preach 104 different sermons in a year and still hold the efreetions and respect of his congregation But all an evangelist needs Is « *er mens, a good system of scartrg f-"'-»- and the m-ney rolls in. Of ■ - T r '■ 't t if , ere 'n > i ■> . , "rt dim ev • but I * wouldn't, have much oninion of mv | self” . . . And at that juncture the (head of the state medical organiza irn branched off the evange'ists u> bawl out the American Idea of hurrying one’s self Into old age oy ! '■crambling for dollars. A man he ! declared cannot eat at but one ! table at a time, cannot drive but ! cue car at a time, and should not sleep In more than one bed (It was -t such petnts his humor of the Will Rogers variety crept to.) Ergo, why scramble for ricves only to die? Some doctors, he declared, add ro the worry of their patients by keep ing them scared, and he Illustrated his point by refe-ences to diagnoses revealing high and low blood pres sure and how the Impart ng by the wrong method of revelation to the patient takes the pep out of nls stride and hope out of his head. Dissipation— over-eattog, exces sive drinlring and smoking—he de clared to be the chief cause of ill ’calth and early old age. In a humorous reference to con nection with a remark about the best-looking man in the club, be expressed the opinion that a mans face counted very little to life, but the stuff behind the face was the real thing that counted. When he concluded his talk., m which several startlingly franx opinions were expressed, there was a vociferous round of applause and li, did not seem as If the ministers "nd do'tors pr”*?nt, w’i~se rr-'Vs ’ “ V ~ <5 r ": V •? i / ’’st! - ■> ■ •*» . r.d* thr cl. b was that rll ivic clue ' oroerams might he of mare value if i . aiporan jus speakers were schea led for the speaking prcgrams extempornneous speakers who would sa> just what they cno-ight and eliminate the t-ffy and soft-soap as did Dr Crowell. EEt.LTClT would like to know how many Shelby people, other than lie, remember the night long ago when citIrens of the town had to roll the old horse-drawn fire en gine from the rear of a business building on West Marlon Etreet to ' eep the fire fighting apparatus from burning up with the building JUST AN OBSERVATION as heat sends up the temperature of Shelby politics: Campaign cigars are as much in evidence in these modern times as corset displays in ready-to-v.car show windows. Per haps it’s because the brand of cl war the average office-seeker could afford to pass out lose rao’e votes than It would win. In other words, an El-Ropo will hardly ■ope ’em In to the ballot box. SNITCHED from the “Tar, Pltcn and Turpentine" column of the News and Observer. But What She OOOOO! Quite matchless are her dark brown 111111, She talks with perfect eeeee, And when I tell her she Is yyyyyy She says I am a tttt! JUST before they electrocuted Dr. Snook Friday night for murder ,*0 the co-eJ w*th whcm he naa been having a clandestine love af fair he was permitted to have a chicken dinner with his wife. When Mrs. Snooks arrived at the prison she brought along her husband's tuxedo and expressed the hope that he would wear it for their last din ner together. Whether he did or not the newspapers carrying the storv of the electrocution did not say. But the item caused one Shelby man, not to be named, to say "That’s the way with these women nowadays; they want us to wear these darn tuxedos every time we go out, even if it's to our own funeral." "POKER ALICE’’ Tubbs, one of the feminine characters of the old West, died last week in South Da kota and one North Carolina news paper headed the story “rl ker Alice Deals Last Time.” Seems to <>s that a more appropriate heading would have been “Poker Alice Loses on Her Last Draw.” THE LTTERARy digest ballot cards on prohibition are being re ceived in Shelby, the purpose of the magazine being to determine if the major sentiment in America is to maintain prohibition as it is nowf, modify the law, or repeal it en tirely. How we'd like to see all fhe replies going out of Shelby, if they were 6igned. Try Star Wants Ads Aovises Against Short Staple Cotton Cotton Buyers Warn Cleveland Farmers Against Staple That Is Too Short. To Editor of The Star. Cotton planting time will soon be here and we wish to give, what w.' consider, a timely warning. It has been brought to our at tention, that many farmers throughout Cleveland and Gaston counties, intend, planting a seed which has proven to be very shm in staple, in many instances being less than 7-8 inch. The reason, we have been told is that the outturn in lint cotton is greater than in cotton seed which produces longer staple. To plant seed of this kind w 11 ruin the splendid market that Cleveland and Gaston counties en joy. For some years we have nad buyers from both the Carolina^ take our cotton on a much higner basks than it could have been oh tayred In many other markets. This is due to the fact that our cott a, has length, as well as strengtn When they once find that our staple is short, they will cease to come here and we will find our cotton on par with other short staple sec tions. It is a known fact, that due to the deterioration of the American ! staple, India and China has gained a foothold especially with mills on the continent This has cut down our exports, resulting in a surpinf of cotton in this country. Instead of planting inferior seed let us plant the best seed obtain able. May the farmeis who intend to plant short staple seed, give th( matter much thought. H. S. BLACKMER AND CO. Kings Mountain, March 1, 1930. Crawford Announce* 10 Day Used Car Sail The greatest ten day sale of usect cars ever staged locally is announc ed today by Crawford Chevrolet Oo. Chevrolet dealer. Many automobile; of all makes, each completely re conditioned, will be offered. “Unused transportation” is un key-word of the sale, according U Mr. Crawford. "That is what the v cars really mean, service that hiv not yet been used.” “Too many persons have th< wrong impression of used cars an; the values that lie in them. Th> results from the unfortunate em ployment of the word used’ whlc* implies a previous ownership and < reduced worth.” A giant gander given to Dr. U. 8 G. Arnold of Hartlnburg, Mo., 2i years ago as a part payment lo its services, is his household pel and guardian of his automobile. jW Economical Trent port a tiOM ?«===— ■. pTODAY ~ MONDAY CLEARANCE Here to a bargain event without parallel in the history of this community! This great spring clearance sale brings to bargain seekers a once-in-a-’ifetime opportunity to secure famous used cars “with an OK that counts” at savings that will be long remembered. Due to the tremendous popularity of the New Chevrolet Six, we have an unusually large stock of fine used cars. To * clear our stock quickly, we offer these splendid cars at low sale prices that are nothing less than sensational. Buy a car during this sale at many dollars below its normal price! Look to the red “OK that counts” tag as proof of its quality and dependability. This tag signifies that the car has been thoroughly checked and reconditioned. Be sure to attend this sale early! Wide choice of four and six cylinder cars 1S23 Chevrolet Coupe Your last chance to Save $100.00 on a slightly used Coupe* Completely equi-jred, carefu’ly cuec’-ed and con:!itirned, “WITH AN OK THAT COUNTS’ 1928 Chevrolet Coupe—See this practically new Chevrolet sompa.e app.arance, performance and reliability and you’ll prefer it to anything the market offers at anywhe e near this price. Completely equipped, ready to drive awav at a reduction of $160.00, 1928 Model Chevrolet Roadrter—Oood tires, new paint, mo tor first class—for sale ‘‘With an OK that coun s" to the 1927 Chevrolet 4-door Sedrn—If you want a Sedan,, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. You’ll be proud of the ap pea.ancc and performance and the price is right. 1927 Chevrolet Touring Car — Here's a real buy for any kind of driving. Has many thousands of miles of carefree service rhead of it. Upholstery and finish are spotless Tires show very little wear. The price will surprise you. 1927 Model Ford Roadster with Steel Deivery Body. Re liable performance, cheap transportation. Has four new tires and in first class mechanical condl- * , _ „ 1929 Model Plymouth Coupe. First class mechrnlcal con dition, five b:and new tires, been driven less than 7 000 miles. A real buy in this one. first lucky buyer at this low price lion. Special sale price only 1927 Model Chevrolet Coach FOUR NEW TIRES, NEW PAINT, UPHOLSTERY FIRST CLASS, MOTOR PERFECT Crawford - Chevrolet Company -PHON" 235 DUY “OIL” USED CARS FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER
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