North Carolina Newspapers

Bost In Praise Gardner Stand Opfcns Strong Fight Foi Tajt Reduction And State Economy (Tom Host in Greensboro News.) Raleigh, Jan. 12.- Friendly Gov ernor Max Gardner stood before the North Carolina general assembly Friday, picked the pockets of some 40 or 50 thousand friendly North Carolinians, knocked the trends off some of the biggest and friendliest Commissions, and after an hour and 10 minutes of fighting left the ring with everybody groggy. The heavvwelght champion war himself pretty much hors de com bat at. the close of the engagement. For courage, hammer and tongs, Graeco-Roman, and eatch-as-catch can style of wrestling with state problems the like lias never beau seen here. When he took the floor In a handsome still that made Her bert Hoover appear an utter scrub by comparison, the natives never looked upon a nobler human being. But the end found his glistening collar melted, his own face baptiz ed in a barrel of sweat, his golden voice droppine in eadence almost to a whisper. But he rallied to u beau tiful conclusion and swept the houses into .vast applause as he walk cd from the Joint session hr majes .■ tic exit; The Uarunei wno spoke crmay v< the friendly gentleman whom the .state has had no occasion to know before. Always there-has been a i'eel-i m« that his excellency rarely went out of his way to get placed on a Controverted Issue; but Mr. Gardner until 1929 was a candidate for gov ernor. Since then he has been It and if there was anything on which he did not 'plant those huge feet of Ills, nobody suv what it was. lie took tt position and when he got himself fixed one thought of him In the elder days when its tackle for j State and Carolina he held the earth under him with all the power that the Lord put In him Message timid Writing. Nevertheless. Mr. Gardner's mes sage wasn’t lacking in the excel lences. Better writing has been found in no slate papers, not even those of the eloquent Aycoek and the scintillating Bieketi. And gen erally those men had smooth work ing machinery. They hud a thing or two to do and this one tiling they did. But Mr. Oerdner had every thing to do. He had to preach cour age, the conquest of fear, the up rooting of old institutions, the re trenchment of publie appetite, the home-growing of food to fit that capacity to cat. No message ever carried so muc in it. The new style was the governor's. He had to do sundry things that never were in his bright lexicon of youth. Rutherford Tax Valuations Drop Listings In 1930 Practically $1,000,000 Below f igures For 1929. Rutherfordton. .Jan- 12.—The total value of all property listed for tax ation in Rutherford county in 1930 was $34,663,301, as compared to $35, 660,819 in 1929. This is a reduction of practically one million dollars and there was no revaluation on real estate. While the amount of taxable property decreased the rate increased, due to bank failure last February. Last year’s rate Is divided as fal lows: 345,929 acres land, $11,792, 790; t timing properties outside of incorporated towns $3,894,600; min eral, timber, quarry and waterpow er lands are listed at $8,202; the 9.417 towns lots were listed at $». C01124; merchandise and fixture; $656,122; materials in process of manufacturing and machinery, which includes mostly textile ma chinery $1,772,404; personal prop erty above the $300 exemption $92. 158; net solvent credits $684,498; livestock $485,806; value of other property not listed under some other head $806,338; corporations such as railroads, telephone, tele graph, etc. $4,109,494 while banks, building and loans and other do mestic corporations are listed at $760,310, making a total of $34,660 819. Lattimore Wins Over Forest City 34 To 26 (Special to The Star.* Lattimore, Jan. 12.—Lattimore won over the strong Forest City team Friday night at Forest City 34 to 26 in an exciting game. Forest City started off as if they would win in a walk, but the Lattimore boys soon made their shots good after missing many in the first quarter. Lattimore trailed until the last quarter when Davis, the elongated center got his eyes on the basket and from then until the final whis tle the outcome was never in doubt V. Whitlock with 16 points led the scoring for Forest City. Brooks, Callahan, Davis and Martin featur ed tor the winners. Friday night. Jan 16, is the big Light in Lattimore. Shelby and Lat timore play their first game on the local floor. This is always the best of the season and a large crowd is expected for this game. i Woman’s Party Banner Unfurled The grift of Mrs. Oliver H. P. • Belmont, president of the Na tmiial Worn: i''s Party, the (ieorgian mansion at 144 H St., Washington, w» , dedicated us headquarter* for the party and will henceforth be the centre of feminist activity not only in this country, but for women through ■ out the world. A speech by Senator Watson, of Indiana, opened tho dedication cere monies. Gardner Message Rated One Of State’s Greatest; Urges Cat In \ Official Salaries, And Tax Cat lCON%JtnSD THOM PAGE ONE I ritete; and many cities 'levied such substantial Increases that he pur pose of the general assembly to ef fect a reduction was largely nulli fied.” The plight of tie farmer and of the textile worker were both sym pathetically considered by the gov ernor. High Spots. Here are the high spots of Gov ernor Gardner's message: "Our problem at this hour is not., to spend <50 days in ■ lamentations over the mistakes of the past or nv over-boasting of the progress of the i past. Our challenge Is to lift, to conserve and to keep oil solid ground.” "I recommend that this general assembly cut by ten per cent the salaries, wages and fees, or com pensation of officers and employes who receive pay from public funds —this cut to apply to every sa lary from the governor down and to ap ply to every employe of the state or Its political sub-divlslons • * I rec ommend that this cut become ef fective on July 1. 1931—the begin ning of our next fiscal year, and continue for a two year period only.” • • * • “I urge this general assembly to face the question of taxation fairly and fearlessly, divested of personal or sectional or class selfishness, and In the light of a reasonable interpre tation of the facts to reconstruct our taxation scheme ' • ♦ * » "I firmly believe that no addi tional bonds should be authorized for permanent Improvements at this session." .. • • • • ‘•J say lrankly that one of the most serious elements in the intri cate maze of interlocking difficul ties that this state is now grappling with and that we lump together un der the head of 'economic depres sion' is the fart that its fanners are receiving for their 1929 crops of cot ton and tobacco $80,000,000 less than they received for their 1927 crops." • • • * "I ask these questions: Do we need concentration of responsibility and authority where we now have dif fusion? Do we need economy where we now have waste and duplica tion? Do we need to tighten up on our regulation of banks and other legitimate objects of regulation? Do we need: to supplant archaic: methods with modern, sound practical meth ods? If so, I suggest that the ap propriate committee consider and digest the Brookings institute re port." “1 recommend that the legislative system of hvhv.sy districts with its complicated provisions for the ap portionment of highway funds be abolished and the state highway commission be composed of a ehatr man and four commissioners from the state at large, authorized to es tablish such districts as might be necessary.” • » • • “We should erect a modern build-j ing at Cary farm to serve as the; central unit in our prison system, and provide industrial facilities for] training prisoners for making prof itable use of their Industry." • $ • # ; “Of one conclusion, I am absol utely certain. Taxes on property must be reduced. This Is one clear mandate from the people. I but in terpret their will.”. • * • • “I recommend to your serious con sideration the mandatory consoli dation of some counties. Many or the 100 comities should never have been created.” • • V • "Our school system as it exists is not the result of unified planning. It represent* diverse community think ing; it is spotted mid irregular: it is local In nature and often ineffi cient in operation ‘ “If the general assembly in its isdom can devi-e some way to pro vide an eight months . chobl term for all the children In the state at lex. expense than our present effort represents, it will, In my opinion, render the highest public service." • • • • "In my judgment the time has come when we should call a consti tutional convention to re-write the organic law of the state, and I rec ommend that this general assembly submit to the voters of the slate at the next general election the ques tion of calling a constitutional con vention to be held sometime during the year 1933.’’ • • • • ‘ X speak to you the sol>er truth when 1 declare my conviction that the greatest foes of North Carolina's well-being today will be found among those of us who fall to sense the conditions as they are and who fall to meet our responsibilities with courage.” • * • • "I recommend that the gasoline tax be increased to six cents per gallon, that the law authorizing re funds of gasoline tax be repealed, and that with the funds derived from two cents of tills tax together with the $500,000 annual appropria tion from the highway fund for county roads • • • the state take over the full maintenance of the county road system.” • • • • “It Is needless to remind you that While North Carolina has forged ahead In many fields It has not set the pace in the efficiency with which our government is operated.' • • • • ‘‘The financial plight of some counties today is evidence enough that additional restrictions are nec essary upon their borrowing power.” » • • • ‘‘The state’s endeavor through the county government advisory com mission to assist counties In their problems has been met with hearty favor In all counties, but the vol ume of this assistance should be en larged.” • • • • “We have had more than a year and a half of experience under .ts (workmen's compensation act) op eration, and should review Its pro visions with the view of correcting any inequalities that may have been found by experlnece to exist.” • • • • ‘'Occurrences within the past two years have brought every thinking North Carolinian face to face with the necessity for stn appraisal of the relationship between capital and labor." “I recommend that the sixty-hour week be reduced to 55 hours, with adequate penalties for its violation. I recommend that night work for women under 18 years of age in industry be prohibited: and that the educational requirement for chil dren between the ages of 1« years and 16 years in industry be raised from completion of the fourtli grade to completion of the sixth.” • » • • "Heightened as my concern is with respect to both present condi tions aud the outlook, I am heart ened with confidence because of the high opinion T hold of the ability and the character of the member ship of this general assembly. • • • • "Instead of having $1.50 to spend for every dollar levied in taxes, we find that our tax dollar yield* only 60 cents for carrying on the ordi nary and regular business of gov ernment. and that 40 cents must go for interest and repayment." • • • • "I have uo! considered politics, friendship, personnel or personally (in preparation of his message) but have endeavored to the complete ness of my capacity to subordinate everything and everybody to the welfare of my state and to the 3, 000.000 North Carolinians by whose grate and confidence I hold the high office of governor" Honest, folks, some people have ver learned how to read a news ■ap*'r. i “live-At-Home” Drive To Open iCONTfNUKD FROM PAGE ONE.) sumption during a period of twelve months. Charts and tables showing the production of the important food and feed crops in the counties were prepared by Mr. Sheffield and his associates and these are bemj present at the meetings and explain to those attending. The charts also graphically icveal shortages, In what, crops more acreage is neces sary and give in actual tlgures the amounts which farmers are forced to spend outside on foodstuffs and feeds and also the surpluses, and their value in dollars and cents. These charts show in no uncertain terms what the counties must do they are To feed themseive. and keep thousands of dollars from go ing outside their own domains. Reduction of acreage in the so called leading "'money crops” to bacco and cotton, is also being given attention in the campaign. There is nothing to indicaf| increase in the price which wl'l be paid for there products during 1931, and It is be lieved that another big crop will prove disastrous to the growers. In this phase of the work Dean Schaua is being assisted by government ex perts and the Federal farm board in addition to the state tobacco speciftltists who are appearing in the main producting counties. The stage is set for a far reach ing campaign that will continue even after the four weeks of meet ings have been concluded Dean Schaub and the extension service expect the effort to make 1931 the real turning point in the unfold! of a brighter picture for the farm business of the 100 counties of the state . With the farmers aware of what Is necessary to bring an im provement in the situation and alert to the dangers of further de lay In action It is believed that Oovernor Ge-dner's appeal for $40,000,000 additional in food and Ted will be i p',"-cd. Polkville Women Clo’ ie- Ana * d Motherless Tots (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE i of the food angle, pledged them selves to fix a lunch each for two children during the remainder of the school term. The other members of the club, doing their bit. are alter nating in preparing lunch for the two others. As a result of this kind-hearted endeavor four heretofore unfortun ate youngsters are not only in school, but they are comfortably dad, properly fed, and have enough cover at home to keep warm at nights. It is thus that community clubs by doing their part in their respec tive sections are doing much to help the county-wide charity committee in its task of helping the poor and unfortunate tide through the win ter. Points Out Need Of Industrial Bank ■T» the Editor ui The Star: I again invite attention to the ur gent need for an industrial bank at Shelby. I have never seen a City where tills need seemed so great and the prospects of large profits so alluring. If we do not grasp this opportunity, I predict that some neighboring town will get ahead cf us and before many years Shelby's name may as well be Ichabod. tor her glory will have departed. It does not require so very much to start an industrial bank, and. if properly managed, it ought to pay better than almost any other en terprise in the county. You who have lost money during the last lew years, make it back by getting up an industrial bank. You fanners, ~wap s<~m" of your for stock in the coming Industr; -l bank. i> A TKDPER. “After 35, Lean Live Longer Than the Fat” —Health Statement Favors the Thin Dr. Copeland. Impressed hv Recent Statistics. Discusses the Relative Health Advantages of Fatness and Leanness After the Thirty-Fifth Year By ROYAL 5. COPELAND, M. li. United Statee Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health. New York City. DURING recent years we have heard a great deal about dieting and other methods to reduce weight. Unfortunately, however, too many persons have approached the - u b J e c t only from the stand point of beauty. As a conse quence, we have on one hand men and women who have sacri ficed health ;n ill - advised e f. forts to achieve a fashi o n a b 1 e figure. On the other hand, there are '.till more who have D& COPELAND resigned wieniaenes to oting iai. After more or less spasmodic at tempts to change, they have de cided that the result would not he worth the straggle necessary to attain It. If appearance were the cub con sideration. perhaps this would be a sensible decision. But what are the facta? What are the relative advantages of fatness and leanness? Does health aufter when excess weight i» acquired? I am naturally Interested In thla health aspect of the question, but. as a matter of fact, the question of beauty depends on it. Without tile glow of health perfection of form amounts to very little. An Interesting statement has re cently been issued by the Illinois State Department ot Pubilo Health. It begins by saying After t>e age of 35 the lean live longer than the fat." It quotes certain figures com piled by the Metropolitan Life Inrur ance Comiar.y showing the dlff r ence In death rates among the over weight and the unde nveight. In heart disease the mortality in the overweight is 61 per cent greater tli^n among people of normal weight, while among the underweight It is 19 per cent less. Diseases of the blood vessels, brain hemorrhage. Bright’s disease and diabetes, all show as great, or even greater, differences between the two classes. In cancer, too. surprising as it may seem, the » is a decided difference In favor of the thin. These figures leave little doubt that heart, kidneys and blood ves sels suffer from the strain put upon them by excess weight, tinder thin burden they are likely to break down prematurely. Without it. longer life and better health may be expected With these facts before us. who can doubt that it is worth while to avoid or to overcome overweight? There is one point, however, that I I wish to empb size. Let me call ] your attention to the first words of ; the statement from which 1 have quoted—the words. "After age 35 ” During the period of growth it is not so clear that the advantage is with the thin. The growing body needs an abundance of all the food i eleme its. There is not only tissu? ! to be repaired, but, in youth, new tissue must be formed. There must be reserve supplies to be drawn on In the case of emergency. Serious consequences may follow if the sup ply of the important food elements la cut down, and on this account nny drastic system of dieting is dan gerous. | Answers to Health Queries | SALLT. Q.—ohoutd the scalp disease seborrhea capitis be treated by a physician? What causes the disturbance? A.—Tt tbs condition persist* aft'r Improving the general health und trying simple home treatment then it should have proper medical atten tion and treatment. Scalp diseases may be due to a number of condi tions—the condition of the health In •reneral has a great bearing cm the state ot skin and scalp. • • • MART. Q—Is there more than me kind of hives? I do not have welts but the skin seems red and Is easily Irritated when scratched. 2—What can be done for shingles? Is this due to a nerve condition or to some Infection In the s>st»m? A.-—Yes, there are several different forms: nettlerash is or.e form and “giant hives" is another In many instances the trouble may be traced to faulty diet. It often happens that the digestive system is upset. 2.—Kind the underlying cause firs' of all. It is usually due to a ner vous disorder and it Is possible tha' there is some infection at the source fVpyrlfht. 1821. b* Newapnper Ff autre Service. Itx His Car Struck Fallstcn Farmer And Killed Him ■ CONTI.,U*D FBOM PAPE ONI * the two others about the vhiskev They got out end left me, walking on towards Shelby. I carried the suit cases of whiskey out by the side of the road, hid them, left my car and started on to Shelby. I caught up with the other# Just as they were getting In town." Did Not Know It Lyles declared he did not know then, nop until the next day that ho had struck pr killed anyone. They came on to Shelby, he said, to his brother’s home where he borrowed five dollars. A t-xi was t*"en b:red to take them to Oa:tonia. The next nlfrht Lyles returned here to see, he said, what had happened to hio car. It was then he learned that Mr. Dixon had been killed. ‘‘I then went to Columbia,” he said, ‘‘and caught a train to Florida.” So troubled was he by thoughts of the fatal accident that he could not sat or sleep. Finally he stated tha* he told his landlady all about it and that he could stand It no lotur er and was coming back. As he related his hard trip bark, walking and hitch-hiking, his voles broke. “I Just decided that I had to come back and get it off my mind,” he said. His story, that of a conscience - stricken man, Impressed the court spectators Other witnesses for the state bore out the story, even to the foggy night. Gets Sentence. After he was bound to high court under a bond of $1,000 in connection with the death, Lyles was given th, alternative of a three months road sentence or a fine of $500 on the charge of transporting and possess ing the nine gallons of whiskey. D. C. Gunner was fined $100 and the costs also in connection with the liquor. This sentence was appealed by C. R. Hoey, who represented both Lyles and Gunner. Mr. Dixon, it will be remembered, was killed while doing a Good Sam aritan act. A car owned by Charlie Davis had a puncture Just in front of his home, a half mile above Fall ston. Mr. Dixon carried out a lan tern, as it was 8 o’clock at night, tc help the men in the car fix the puncture. It was while they work ing on the puncture that thf Lyles car came down highway 18 and crashed into the parked car, pinrilng Dixon between the two cars and crurhing is body. The parked car, it! was testified, was almost off the pavement on the right side of the road Solicitor Newton in his cross-ex amination of Lyles complimented him upon being "a real man'’ to come back a -d c -, but att pt ‘•d to bring dm von:. evidence to, show that the two others Sn the automobile with him were connect ed with or knew something about the whiskey. Lyles declared they did lot, and insofar as he knew they did not know about the whiskey until after his car had struck the other. The taxi driver who carried the three men to Gastonia after the fatal accident took the stand and told of the trip, his story checking with that part of the confersion made by Lyles. Sam Gunner, the third man in the car, has not been apprehended as yet. Aged Citizen Of Kings Mt. Passes (Special to The Star.) Kings Mountain, Jan. 12.—John M. Hayes, 74, died at his home on Parker street here Saturday morn ing at 8 o’clock Mr. Hayes had been sick for only a week. He suf fered a stroke of paralysis which caused his death. Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist church here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. Wallace Hartsell. the pastor will have charge and will be assisted by Dr. C: J. Black of Bessemer City and Rev. J. R. Church of the Central Method!-. t church. Burial will be at Mountain Rest cemetery here. Surviving besides his wife are three children, Oliver T. Hayes and Mrs. Will Thornburg of Kings Mountain and C. B. Hayes of Mt. Holly, ' Penny Column FOR SALE 65 ACRE FARM 4 miles from Shelby on public road, good buildings, one third cash, bal ance 25 years, would accept small house in Shelby as part payment S. S. Royster, Shelby, N. C. 2t-12c JOB PRINTING OF all kinds at lower prices than you have ever paid. Phone 11 or 4-J and let us give you an estimate o n your next printing order. Automatic presses, accurate count. tf-24p FOR LETTER HEADS. ENVEL OPES—IN FACT ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING—PHONE NO. It. Hornets Stint 5 To Death. Rio De Janerlo.—A woman and "our children were slum? to death .vhen a great swa..r> of hornet* in •, (tried their faihihousu \nierp Five D' ^l in Oliio ^inp Five men .were killed in an ex-' 1 plosion in the Midvale Coal Co. I mine No. 4, at Midvale, O. This photo Shows the crowd at the mouth of tho mine awaiting word from the rescue erewa. To Live Wisely—THE Resolution for 1931 —Dr. Copeland's New Year's Message Face the Coyiing Year Determined to Profit by the •v -r, ref-ms Advance o* Health Science, Urges Dr. ( opeland—Keep Well by Living Well. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, \1. D. I'nited States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health. Sew York City. V r does the New Year j Day mean to you ? j 13 it a day of regrets, j or one of hopeful outlook? What j is your e“: ude toward the com DGt COPELAND uig year. It is the am-! bition, the imag- j nation, the foresight of! man that makes j him different! from the lower! animals. He can j plan, and, hav ing planned, can make his dream come true. It is natural ■ for one to j translate life! into terms of; iicauu. * iiij.2 uciauac iviug v.\ perience has taught me that, in comparison, nothing else counts. Ope of the comforting facts of today is that the horrid concoc tions, medicines and local applica tions of the other days have been thrown into the rubbish heap. They have been discarded by all thinking persons. They did very well in the ignorant past, but in 1931 we are more enlightened. Right living is known now to be more important than all the pre scriptions that can be written. Disease and death are defeated by preserving the body, rather than by “curing” it. or repairing it. There will never come a time when the family physician, and the specialists, too, will not be needed. But more and more, their task will be to keep us well, not to get us we!!. By their timely advice we shall be turned away front practices that result in harm. Early attention will help them to help us, They are consultants whose services should not be neg lected. In this capacity they are really as essential for mankind as they were thought to be when vile compounds and massive dosing were popular. 1 We should thank Almighty God that we live in 1931, not 1831 _~ 1731, or any other ’31. This is a wonderful age. It has given us scientific knowledge of remedial » agents, marvelous instruments of '* precision, undreamed of manual skill, and mechanical and electri cal devices, which mean everything ' to our physical welfare. It has set our minds at rest, clearing them of superstitions, tradition^ and silly beliefs, , On the health side of life, there never was. another time when a year could be faced with greater confidence. Progress is being made in the control of cancer, tuberculosi'. Bright's disease, the ailments of heart and blood ves sels, and, indeed, in almost every human ailment. Infancy and old age are being guarded against, disease. In every age group in creasing knowledge is lessening , human suffering. . “Every prospect pleases and only man is vile,” sang the Bishop of Calcutta. The year 1931 js part of a period where man is widening his knowledge, living more sensibly, and no longer does he deserve to be reviled. Let us do our" full part this year , to live up to the new health knowledge. Good health is largely our individual problem and when , it is so considered it will be kepi by everybody, Let us face 1931 with a firm and steadfast deter mination to live rightly. 5*3c*7t:';; * STERCHTS SPECIAL SALE ON THE FOLLOWING GROUPS No.l — Constiny of One Full Size Metal Bed, 2 inch Post—One Full Size 45-lb. Cotton Mattress—One Full Size Coil Folding Spring, all for__$16.95 No. 2 — Same as aabove with National Wishbone Spring.....$17.95 NO. 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