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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905 at the postofrice
at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March S. 1879.
Wo wish to call your attention to the ract that it ts and nas oeen
our custom to charge five cents per Une for resolutions of respect,
cards of thanks and obituary nottres. after one death notice nas
been published. This will be strictly adhered to.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1931
TWINKLES
Just think of it! A month from today the city election
Will bo history and most everyone will have forgotten about
it.
Ha! Ha 1 This from The Spartanburg Herald: “The re
sult of a split in the Republican party of South Carolina
should be two splinters.’’
Big Bill Thompson defeated in Chicago and Jimmy
Walker on the spot in New York. This mayoring job in the
big pities doesn’t appear to be so hotsy-totsy just now.
WRANGLING—NOT REDUCING
THE NORTH CAROLINA legislature should be reminded of
this at every turn: The members of the assembly went
to Raleigh to reduce taxes at the request of the people who
sent them there. The method of doing so was at the time
believed to be that of cutting expenses. Instead of doing
that the session has spent its time wrangling over how to
shift the tax burden instead of how to reduce it. As a result
two sections of the State are, in a manner of speaking, ar
rayed against each other and the assembly has not accom
plished its mnjor intention—or had not when this was writ
ten.
CORN CROP IMPORTANT
CPP.N-PLANTING TIME is near at hand, and, unless close
observers of the agricultural situation are in error, the
corn crop is one of the major items in the live-at-home pro
gram which just now seems the best way out for the farmer.
In Wednesday’s Star the list of winners in last year’s
corn contest in Cleveland county was published. Due to the
illness of the county agent the winning list was compiled
several months late, but a more appropriate time, it seems,
could not have been chosen. With planting time close by it
should serve as a matter of encouragement to farmers to be
reminded of the per acre profit made in corn in the county
last year despite the fact that it was a very bad corn season.
The farmer who produces all the corn consumed on his
place is usually the fellow who produces other necessities in
proportion. This year living at home will mean more than
it ever has heretofore. In some sections, it should be recall
ed, banks are refusing to finance farmers who do not get in
enough corn for home consumption.
DELAYING JUSTICE
MANY FAULTS ARE credited against modem courts, some
of them, of course, not worthy of mention, but others
are. Numerous observers now declare that delays and post
ponements of trials have more to do with weakening effic
ient law enforcement and decreasing r<*pect thereof than
any other thing.
Take a look at the Superior court dockets in Cleveland
county. Numerous cases have been carried over for several
terms, some for four terms. A number of these cases are
important ones. The ends of justice are not served by de
lay. Swift punishment for criminals is a potent deterrent of
crime. We realize, it is true, that congested dockets have
much to do with the delay and postponement of the eases
and extra terms cost money. With a new term of court set
aside for this county at the present session of the general
assembly it is to be hoped that within a proper time the court
machinery manages to catch up with cases docketed. Peruse
the following comment by The Charlotte News on the same
general topic:
In this country the mills of the gods of justice grind
not only exceeding slow but, too often, in a manner by no
means accurately to be described as fine. As a case in
point consider Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior
in Harding’s cabinet, who has been convicted of the hein
ous crime of using his high office to despoil the nation’s
resources, accepting therefor a bribe of $100,000.
Nearly ten years ago the son of Edward L. Doheny
carried a little brown satchel containing cash in the
amount mentioned to the ranch in New Mexico on which
Fall still resides. More than five years ago this man
Fall, a high public official, was first convicted and sen
tenced. Last Monday the District of Columbia court of
appeals upheld the ruling of the lower courts, leaving the
Supreme Court of the United States as the final barrier
to the actual imposition of judgment.
Ten years, and a man who sold his country still re
mains unfettered 1 One has to scratch his memory a
moment before the name recalls the monstrosity of the
circumstances. The indignation that followed the Sen
ate’s intimatory disclosure of what had taken place in
Harding’s cabinet has cooled—until it is only a fainter,
if still bitter, incident of the past.
Thus the mills grind slow. And the reputed fine
ness, where is it to be found when for an offense of this
nature our courts demand only that the culprit return
the amount of the bribe and be sentenced to 12 months
in prison? Is that mete punishment for crime in the
high placet? Is Fall to be compared where the length
of his prison term is concerned with an ordinary pint
bottle bootlegger? Is the Interest of justice only to re
cover what has been stolen and to inflict a minor pen
alty in addition?
For ten years this man has been living off the pro
ceeds of his bartering in office. And now he says, “Cer
tainly I cannot pay the heavy fine assessed agaiiTst me.
Naturally, in that long interval, there were a multitude
of ways in which he could evade the possibility of such
a payment. Now he is an old man, past 70, and rancor
against old men must burn itself out, so that the demon
stration of a justice implacable where political honor is
concerned must be content with fiasco.
In this particular case there is a strong indictment
of our entire system. The timeliness of justice is essen
tial to the benefits the system is supposed to contain.
But if we wait for years before punishing our high law'
breakers the Intended deterrent is lacking.
THE TIME FQR ACTION
THE MANUFACTURERS RECORD hands out the same ad
vice to industry that Clarence Poe, Progressive Farmer
editor, only recently handed out to farmers. "Not in many
years, perhaps never again," Poe said, "will young men find
a more favorable time to purchase farm land or a home. Now
is the time to buy." The Manufacturers Record points out
that construction in the South is now on the upgrade as it
should be for construction Ttmts are at an unusually low
level. Commenting on the observations of the Record, The
Charlotte Observer says:
This week’s Manufacturers Record reports that as
Spring advances, the volume of new construction in the
South becomes more and more encouraging. During
March over $68,000,000 of construction contracts were
awarded, as compared with $43,000,000 in February.
With the close of the first quarter of 1931, the aggre
gate value of building and engineering contracts was in
excess of $179,000,000, and proposed work reported dur
ing that period amounted to more than $276,000,000.
Many of these projects are now under way, but there is
still a large carry-over to swell the total in the coming
months.
Although the aggregate value of construction
awards in the South up to the first of April is slightly
below 1930 figures for the corresponding period, when
the much lower prices for materials and reduced build
ing costs are considered the actual volume of new con
struction is ahead of the record last year. Of equal sig
nificance is the more general nature of the projects an
nounced by The Manufacturers Record in the past few
weeks, since the 1930 gas and oil pipe line extensions,
representing an investment of some $200,000,000 ac
counted for a large proportion of the South’s construc
tion total that year.
Public work, such as highway developments, inland
waterway improvements, etc., continues on a large scale.
With a strengthening of residential and industrial build
ing, signs of which are in evidence in the South in recent
weeks, activity in the construction industry promises to
be on a higher scale than in former years.
And again it is reminded that advantage now offer
ed to Ihe prospective builder is reduced material costs
and greater service are a strong factor in helping to
bring about revival.
Toluca And Knob
Creek Gleanings
Third Child of Clarence Cook Die*
In Three Year*. Cancer
Prevalent.
(Special to The Star.)
Toluca. April The home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cook was
saddened again on last Friday night
when the death angel visited there
and took their little eight year old
daughter. Rutli. This Is three of
their children they have given up in
about three years.
Uttle Ruth was a bright, intelli
gent and lovable child apd was lov
ed by all who knew her. She took
German measles, followed by pneu
monia and was elck only a few
days. Funeral services were con
ducted at Big Kill on last Saturday
p. m. amid a crowd of sorrowing
relatives and friends. She leaves to
mourn her going a father and moth
er, two brothers, Carmle, age six
and Silent age two, a hoet of rela
tives and friends. They have the
sympathy of their many friends.
Mrs. S. H. Sain returned Monday
from the Rutherfordton hoepital
where she has been a patient for
three days taking radium treatment
for a cancer of the throat. She is
much improved.
It seems as if cancer Is getting to
be a common disease. There are
four from this community taking
radium treatment. Mr. J. R. Hoyle
is now in the hospital taking a three
days’ treatment. Mr. Frank Mit
chem is quite ill with cancer of the
throat Mrs. Alice Sain has one on
her nose.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshel Lackey en
joyed a big Easter. The old stork
visited there leaving an eight pound
boy. They are now at present with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
sain.
! Misses Ima Carpenter and Selma
Propst, students of Bolling Springs
junior college spent the Easter holi
days at their homes.
Mrs. 8. A. Sain spent last Thurs
day at the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Mul! of Catawba
county. Mr Mull who his been sick
with stomach trouble Is better
Misses Coro* Hoyle atii Ruth
Costner spent the weekend with
Misses Mittie and Zemmle Sain.
Mrs Julius Norman and little
daughter. Corene. of Belwood. spent
Easter at the home of her daughter,
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Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Boyles.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Sain were din
ner guests Easter day at the home
of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Al
vin Deal of Belwood.
Little Miss Lorene Norman of
Belwood spent Sunday night with
Estelene Boyles.
Misses Catholene Hubbard and
Rosemary Peeler of Belwood spent
last Thursday night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Sain.
Mr. and Mrs. Carr Mull and fam
ily and Mr. Clarence Mull of Shel
by spent Easter with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Mull.
Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Carpenter of
Boiling Springs spent the Easter
holidays with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Carpenter and Mr. and
Mrs. Will Peeler.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Sain spent Inst
Sunday at the home of her mother.
Mrs. Noah Hubbard of Belwood.
Three Act Play At
Patterson Grove
On Friday Night
(Special to The Star.)
The Patterson Grove public
school will give a play Friday night.
April 17, at eight o’clock.
Title, ‘‘The Path Across the Hill."
Characters in the play as follows:
Grandpa Samuel Crawford by Ed
win Moore; the Visitor Robert Post,
by Talmadge Wright; Ruth’s broth
er, Walter Conrad by Pitshugh
Lovfjace; Dr. Jimmie Reed with
ambition by Stowe Wright; Zuzu's
choice Salamander Alexander John
Henry Jones by Ira Wright; Grand
ma Mrs. Davis by Cora Wright;
Ruth Conrad by Helen Seism; Flo
Gray, Ruth's cousin by Gladys
Seism; Luttie, a neighbor, by Julia
Patterson; Zturn, the cook, by Eva
Moore.
Music will be furnished by the
Kings Mountain string band.
It is thought that Dr. Lewis and
Mr. Crook of Kings Mountain will
give a short black skit play that
night
Signed : Mrs. J. K. Willis.
Teacher.
I>ee speech is to be restored in
Spain. We hope it is better than
the** free speeches Congressmen
send us—American Lumbermen
One mien Oeadhl in a be«h
towel u so trusted by the Indian
masses is because everybody can see
he has nothing up his sleeve.—Vir
ginian-Pilot.
VIore Whites Than 14
Negroes Now In S. C.! ]
Columbia, S. C.—Negroes no j *
longer outnumber whites in j
South Carolina.
Figures announced by the di
rector of census in Washington
show that the number of negroes
living In the state dropped from
51.4 per cent of the total in |
1930. | *
\nnual ‘WardWeek’ j fl
Begins April 11th t
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A National Industrial Event to
Speed Up Business.
Retail merchandising in this com
munity will hit one of its high spots
April It, when the annual "Ward
Week'’ will be launched. As in ior
tner years, this special period of
merchandising of commodities for
,he home and the farm is expected
to attract thousands of visitors to
this city.
H ‘Ward Week’ has come to mean
more than mere merchandising of
goods,” said Mr. Person, manager of
Montgomery Ward As Co.’s local re
tail store; It has come to mean a
time for gathering of people rbo
not only are seeking price induce
ments. but who want to enhance
their ‘liberal education’ in industrial
progress as reflected in the conduct
of business on a huge scale, with
everything that is modem and with
what rightfully might be termed
concessions consistent with sane
and sound business procedure.
They say A1 Capone made a fine
appearance in the role of a defend
ant in court. He should be given the
part oftener,—San Diego Union.
There raay be a good time com
ing as a financier has assured us,
but all we can say is that it’s a good
time coming—The Humorist.
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At RUMORS
It was said of Majestic when they first built the radio that it was
impossible to build and sell a radio of the quality of Majestic at the
price. They built and sold more than Three Million in three short
years.
Now, they say it is impossible for Majestic to make and sell a Re
frigerator of the quality which they are putting out, at the extreme
ly low prices at which it is being sold.
They willingly admit now that Majestic made and sold the radio by
the millions. That it is the leading radio of the world today.
Next year or later they will admit that Majestic made a wonderful
Refrigerator and sold it by the millions.
A whispering campaign is being carried on by a few of the other
major manufacturers that Majestic is broke, Majestic is this and
Majestic is that, just as they did when they began selling radio.
The hurt dog always yells. Simply because Majestic will not join
in with them to charge the public two prices for their product, they
are yelling. They know so long as Majestic stays in the field, they
are helpless to force the public to their terms of high prices.
Keep your ear to the ground and remember one thing—Majestic is
here to stay.
See the new Majestic Electric Refrigerator. It certainly is a beauty
with all the new features combined with the thirty special features
not found in anv other.
WE SELL IT AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT!
Pendleton’s Music Store
M&iestic Refr:gerators -- Majestic Radio
Shelby, N. C. Kings Mountain, N. C.
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Saturday Is Clearance Day
A LARGE SELECTION OF
DRESSES and HATS
— REDUCED —
HERE’S WHY
We are determined to keep our stock right up
to the minute. “Something new each week”
but never allow merchandise to remain on
our racks.
No doubt you’ll find just the dress or hat you
want from these Saturday Specials:—includ
ing Chiffons, Navies, Prints and Pastels.
Sizes from 14 up.
NEW
Drum* - Hats
Juat In.
Hats that arrived early are all substantially
marked down.
NASH, Inc.
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