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MONDAY JANUARY 5 1901
TWINKLES
The year 1931, like life, will be pretty much what you
a nf It
ake of it.
11 Here's how H. L. Phillips looks at the new year: “Fare
veil, old year, bitter bore—Don't forget to shut the door—
1 Welcome, new year, pinkish baby—You’ll be something (lif
erent, maybe."
Every writer must at times be more or less critical. That's
vhy it is so amusing to hear many writers, some of them
•ig, most of thme not. criticise Sinclair Lewis because he
.as been critical himself.
Heretofore when North Carolina reporters ran out of
ood copy they began writing stories in which they vvonder
d where Otto Wood might be. Some of them are mourning
he fact that the policy can be followed no longer, but we are
nclined to wonder why they should not go on wondering.
f I This is court week again in Shelby. The horse-trading
rowds of the old court week days will not be here, but the
| arge number of idle people assures that the court galleries
- dll be well filled, better filled, perhaps, than in many years.
| It is apparent that the people'as a whole are in sympa
thy with the economic program of legislation outlined by
iovernor Gardner and we feel sure that a major portion oi
he citizens of Cleveland county desire that this county’s two
epresentatives stand behind the county's first Governor in
da worthwhile measures.
TRIBUTE TO CAROLINIAN
;?HE CURRENT ISSUE of The Rotarian, periodical of the
World’s first luncheon club, carries an article in wheih
he ability, honesty and determination of a North Carolinian
re highly praised. The title of the article is “The City
’hat Found Itself.” The city is that of Cincinnati’s move
rom political “bossism” into the managerial form of govern
ment. The North Cnroloinian referred to is Col. Clarence 0.
Sherrill, a native of Catawba county.
f Twenty-five years ago Cincinnati .was referred to as
/the worst-governed city in the United States." As the
«ears passed the conditions which brought on that title im
>roved very little. Patronage gangs controlled the city, bid
|ut the construction work, demoralized honest efforts at.
jean politics, and cost the Ohio city thousands ami thous
ands of dollars. In 1925 a non-partisan political movement
ifnt a new group of men into office, men not controlled by
political and crime bosses. A city-manager program was
idopted and Col. Sherrill, then director of public buildings
aid parks in Washington, was made manager. Today instead
if being “corrupt and contented" Cincinnati is "clean and
efficient’’ as well as contented. Col. Sherrill, Who political
^filiation was not asked when he was given the job, turned
Jhe trick. In street building alone the North Carolinian sav
M the city over a quarter of a million dollars in one year
ew gas and electric rates brought about by him resulted
a saving of three-quarters of a million dollars in one year,
a, building one big avenue he later reduced the grade of the
ftreet and brought about a saving of a half million. Here,
-here and everywhere Col. Sherrill cut corners and cleaned
ap. Last Spring the Catawba county man resigned as city
aanager to become vice-president of a big chain store or
ganization, but Cincinnati will remember him for years, says
te magazine writer, as one of the chief cogs in rebuilding
;he city that found itself.”
Time will wreak wondrous changes.. The.Charlotte Ob
server is running a series of articles written by—Al Smith.
H TftE PUBLIC ENEMY TODAY
NWHAT IS TO FOLLOW should, first of all, be read by the
j pessimists, those who think, or proclaim to think, that
conditions may go from bad to worse; but, also, it should be
yell worth the reading, as a tonic, to the optimists.
g[ America has emerged front every depression in the past
iyith more power, brighten future, and more prosperity than
p * l(j ever been-known prior to the depressions. America will
:ain come through.
No better presentation of how history repeats itself as
It concerns business and economic cycles has been written
in years than the following editorial comment by The New
'.lYork Evening World;
§1- There are far too many people, from business men to
. laborers, who are giving a too eager ear to wild rumors and
spiteful gossip tending to destroy confidence and create an
atmosphere of general distrust.
The victims of vague fear, on the street and in the
market place, are a menace to the community.
These are the defeatists that hold back the return of
($hat prosperity that cannot but come from the limitless re
sources of the nation.
They are the terrorists that drive the dollar into hiding
%hen it ought to be at work making jobs for the unem
ijred. ,-’*6- > -C
They are the scarecrows of imaginary disasters, the
spreaders of rumors having no basis in reality—the carriers
of lies.
They are the feeders of that mob phsychology which cre
ates the spirit of panic.
They blind the thoughtless to the very evident, sound
ness of our great business enterprises.
It, is the pessimists among business men, who lack the
red blood courage, and who are mentally sick with vain im
aginings who are responsible for the gloom among the less
informed.
The most serious threat to our country today is in the
business man of little faith, whose fears are played upon by
the most silly gossip which poisons the air with absurd rum
ors and mean and malicious lies.
These are the public enemies, and in days of war they
would be so proclaimed, and in any crisis they arc worse thanj
a nuisance—They are a menace. . j
If, is not like Americans to shudder at shadows, or to
surrender to fear. The courage, faith, determination, grit
and confidence that have made them incomparable on the
battlefield have never been more needed than they are to
day.
But we have permitted the croakers and the irrespons
ible gossips to charge the air with the 'poison of falsehoods
and baseless rumors, and the air must be purged of the
poison.
A truce, then, to the gossipy and the mean invenuns ox
wild rumors, for these are the public enemies, whether they
operate in the pool rooms or in the most exclusive clubs.
America is all right if Americans are not all wrong.
But the weak, the timid, or the malicious croaker of disaster
must be made to understand by t he Way in which his story
is received’that lie is engaged in rather disreputable busi
ness.
This breed of mischief-makers is not unknown to our
experience before. We had them in 187!? when they assur
ed us that railroad building had wrecked the country, that
vast sections the roads had tapped would have to be given
back to the wilderness again.
We had them in the depression of 1893, when they told
us that we had exhausted our markets and thereafter would
decline in prosperity and trade.
And America moved on-each time to greater heights
and more abundant prosperity than it had ever known be
fore.
American Courage, American Calmness, American
Steadiness, American Grit, American Common Sense, and
the co-operation of all classes of the people in creating an
atmosphere of confidence and faith will hasten the dnj of
the restoration of prosperity.
A ONE-TIME I'KOOIUV.
Uncle Joe came by the office
'again not long ago to find out what
the doctor told me was the matter
with Sopsln Sallie’s little baby. I
like babies very much, and told
Uncle Joe that I thought that
grand-baby of his was extraordi
narily bright, and he promptly no
tified me that the kid took diet
brightness after him. and we will
let him tell the balance of this
story.
••Gee, you don't but know it, but
I can remember nearly everything
that ever happened to me when I
was a baby. The lurtherest back my
mind goes was when I was 3 weeks
old and maw let the cradle turn
lover with me and l bumped my
head on the churn which was set
ting before the fire where the milk
would get hot enough to turn. Feel
that hump there? well, ■ that's it,"
‘ When I was 6 weeks old, my
gram-maw, who fell often a hors
and died on the way from church
when it got scart of a big old hog
Which tuiv Out of the brushes be
hind him, fetched me a nice bibb
made out of oil-cloth. My maw told
her that she was sure glad to get
it as l throwed up so much, and
then I turned over and went to
sleep, as I needed rest front setting
up the night before when our cow
was sick.”
”[ remember my maw took me
out to the wash place when l was 8
weeks old and she set me dbinPop
the ash-hopped when I could see
iter wash, and ever time she would
come, to-coine of my clothes d re
member that I had 5, and l of them
was fleece-lined), she said I would
smile and wink m.v left eye at her.
I got some ashes in my eyes and
cried out loud, so she let me nuss
and took me in the house and let
me look through her green specks,
it scents Just like yestiddy."
"I was took to the table the • first
time when I was 10 Weeks old and
paw had made a baby chair out of
2 boards, and I was placed in that,
and my brothers and sister wanted
to be funny and they kept passing
tilings to me. and I hacked Jerry
once when I slammed my hand in
the gravy and burnt it. See that
crooked little finger? That's how
come it is crooked, and maw let me
nuss a small wad of bread which
had been dipped in the molasses
pitcher ”
"I commence to crawl when X
was about 14 weeks old, and I re
member both of my little hips got
full of splinters the first day. They
let meorawl bare. as I seemed to
enjoy it that way. I remember the
third day after X took up crawling,
my maw missed me once, and X had
done crawled tip on the side-board
and was throwing knitting needles
at her. Yep. I was given up to he
the poartcst baby that ever was
born down around old Piney Grove,
By the way, I forgot my pocket
book. Let me have a quarter till X
come back.” It's been a week, and
Uncle Joe liassent been back yet.
REC ENT DISCOVERIES.
Men and women who make their
living at figgering say that only 1
person out of every fifty-nine and
one-tenth (I don't see how they
get that tenth) has a tooth brush
and she uses it not. more than 4
times a week. .
They also say that the average
cost of religion (according to the
findings of the Committee to In
vestigate what becomes oi the Pen
nies) L 3 cents per person per year,
thus making the average prayer for
the penitent (spoken by the pastor)
stand the balance of the congrega
tion something like 77 cents.
And then they go a few steps fur
ther and insist that there are 8.543
different kinds of doodles Infesting
the billions of doodle holes of our
fair land, but out of that great
number of speshees, only 9 doodles
did into the ground backwards, thus
making them the ''scratching deo
dextriouz-doodles.” So much for
the doodles.
But not content with the infor
mation thus far expounded, they
contend that ttie Nortti American
sparrow has 7 more feathers In its
tail titan has either the African or
the Punjab sparrow, and by reason
of these additional antenea, the:’
can catch 67 more gnat lit an aft
ernoon than can the Valdavostock
sparrow—which builds her nest in
a different place every third year.
Of course the reading public
would have been satisfied with the
fact$ already enumerated, but they
go on: "We have learned from 78,
654 tests, made over a period of 23
years by 543 different estimators,
that the highland moccasin Is a
snake with much viputeratlon in its
vitrolithic poison bag, but it Is not
poisonous unless it sinks its nether
fangs one-sixteenth of an inch into
the person's flesh who obstructs her
path, and that they are fond of
mud-turkle eggs.” *•
And white the public is thorough
ly convinced that these statistic
ians don't know what they are talk
ing about, they have recently pub
lished the fact that the tsete fly of
middie Soudan is a fifth cousin of
the New Jersey musquito, and that
Prof. Keinsteln has recently cross
ed the one with the other and he
became an Innocent butterfly, and
after the butterfly laid hts egg, Ids
off-spring reverted to the New Jer
sey musquito (pronouiiced muss
skcet-ter> and that the said tsete
fty can finally be eliminated If he
is sufficiently liy-brtded. (They
missed me with the first 5 eggs and
6 cabbages, but 1 hurried off >
Small Oversight.
"Old you cancel ail my engage
ments, as I told you. Smithers?"
"Yes, sir, but Lady Millicent did
not take it very well. She said you,
were to marry her next Monday.”
Just 10 Vears Ago
* V, * m *
A Peep Or Two Back In 1920
(Items taken From The Cleveland Star of 1920.)
< From Issue of The Star, Jan 3,
19-1.
A wedding characterized by unus
ual beauty and charm was that ot
Miss Martha Marie Allen and Mr.
Sumrale Spangler which took place
Wednesday evening December 22, at
the bride's home lour miles north
of Shelby.
A crowd that over-taxed the Ella
mill welfare building attended on
Friday night a watch night service
which lasted for two hours, the pur
pose being to enjoy a friendly even
ing together in which every walk of
life and every business, profession
and religion was represented.
The first Joint meeting of the twro
divisions of the literary department
of the Woman’s club was held Fri
day evening with Mrs. R. L. Ryburn,
the club's president.
The wholesale prices of cotton
seed oil is down to five cents a
pound, the lowest price on record.
The Cleveland Springs bridge gave
away under the weight of a heavy
truck several days ago and the
bridge was made impassable lor two
days. Tills bridge is in a dangerous
condition but has been repaired
temporarily.
A merchant of the county calls
attention to the fact that he is ex
changing a bushel of corn for a
dozen eggs, this being the first time
in the memory of any merchant
that markets were so out of pro
portion. Eggs ure too high and corn
too low, but when a man eats a
dozen eggs now he has eaten the
equivalent of a bushel of corn.
Lieut. Gov. O. Max Gardner left
yesterday for Raleigh where he will
preside over the senate until the
newly elected lieutenant governor,
Mr. Cooper of Wilmington is inau
gurated along with Governor-elect
Morrison on January 12th.
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WE’VE BEEN GREATLY SURPRISED
BY THE 7 BIG SUCCESSFUL DAYS
OF SELLING.
We’ve Sold Coats—We’ve
We’ve Sold Dresses
NOW FOR
THE GRAND FINALE
150 Pairs
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PURE SILK HOSE
First Quality. New
Shades. Regular
$1.95 value - Pair
<
ONLY
34
COATS
on our
rack
THE
PRICES
are again
REDUC
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TO LESS THAN
y2 PRICE
-ONE LOT OF COATS -
Including values up la $24.93. All
Fur Trimmed, ti> Q A
Now . „J1 _ _. . $ V • TS O
~~ ONE LOT
SHORT LAPIN COATS
Beige color. Regular
SALE
PRICE_•_
$1(5.95—The
$9.95
— DRESSES
ALL
RE-PRICED
For The
FINAL SALE
ONE
- SPECIAL LOT *
Including beautiful heaw
Crepe Dresses in t Ii e
mode of the day. Values up
to $29.73—SALE PRICE
$8.90
ONE
- SPECIAL LOT - /
Including values up t o
$19.75 ot be closed now —
SALE PRICE
$5.90
ALL
LADIES’ HATS
Values to $12.95
ON SALE
EACH
$1.00
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Edition The Star
FOR
Final Closing
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