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The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. 0. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - ElilDAY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Mall, per year ------.... |a.bu By Carrier, per year _______—.. »a uu THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. LEE B WEATHERS .............. President and tsaitor S. ERNEST HOEY .......___Secretary and Foreman RENN DRUM ______ New* f/litor L B. PAIL ..._.........___.• Advertising Manager , Entered as second class matter January l, 1805, at the postorrice at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March V. 1H'/M. We wish to call your attention to the tact that it is and nas oeen our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, alter one death notice nas been published. This, will be strictly adhered to. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1031 TWfNKLES MORE THAN ONE “LAW" EACH DAY FOR TWO MONTHS The Raleigh News and Observer has insisted, reiterated and emphasized that the Mac Lean measure for State support of schools is a LAW and not a mere bill or resolution. Day after day The News and Observer has reminded, “Remember it is a LAW." Senators and representatives must have seen that word, “LAW,” in capital letters so often that by now every dream, or nightmare, is centered about the three letters, L-A-W’, ten feet high, and black as the proverb ial ace of spades. The News and Observer has the privilege of wearing out the capital “L”, “A and “\Y” matrices in every linotype magazine in that office, and The Star does not deny the pa per that right. But so repeatedly have we beep told, in loud speaker type, that the MacLean measure is a LAW that we have about reached the conclusion that there is only one LAW, the MacLean LAW, and all these thousands of other things we’ve been believing to be laws are nothing but mete pipe dreams. Is it possible that l’iie News ami Observer hits nrgucd the MaeLean measure is a LAW so long that it has now con vinced itself it is a LAW and that there are no other laws but the MaeLean LAW ? Let us see--. One of the behind-the-scenes sore spots in the present general assembly is the fact that the less populous eastern section has a larger proportionate representation in the gen eral assembly than does the more populous piedmont section. As an example, four eastern Carolina counties with a com bined population no greater than the population of Cleveland county have more than four times the representatives Cleve land has. Is that the equal representation a democratic form of government supposedly provides? Is there no law that ■hould give equal representation? If the Constitution of the State of North Carolina is a meaningless jumble of so many thousand words, then there is no such law. The Constitution of the State provides that after every census count the first session of the general assembly shall redistrict the State and give equal representation according to population. The United States census count was made last year. The session of the general assembly which has been in session 120 days, wrangling for a great portion of the time about how to finance the MaeLean LAW, should have passed a redistricting measure giving piedmont Carolina the representation it is entitled to by the Constitution. This has not been done, and likely will not be done. Is it because there is only one LAW and that LAW nullifies and kills the Con stitution of the State? Maybe Th# Concord Tribune has it about right when it says “The Constitutional LAW is plain enough, yet we find a very indifferent Senate likely to adjourn without taking aetion. As a matter of fact the less populous East is destined by rights to lose some of its representation to the more popu lous Piedmont and that’s where the rub comes. They have a majority now, under the old cepsus figures, and they know full well that if this LAW is complied with they won’t have such an important voice in state-wide legislation hereafter.” The News and Observer, termed in the halls of the gen eral assembly as “the self-appointed dictator of North Caro lina,” has reiterated time uml again that a major portion of the citizens of North Carolina are for the MacLean LAW. Perhaps the Raleigh paper can express the convictions of the people better than all others combined by basing the expres sion upon eastern Carolina letters and communications while overlooking the fact that the most densely populated section of the State has not swamped the editorial office with an expression of similar sentiment. But if The News and Ob server desires that the people be permitted to express their own sentiments, why has that paper not hounded the general assembly day after day to obey the Constitution and redis trict the assembly representation according to the 1980 popu lation count? One hundred citizens of Piedmont Carolina have no more voice or influence, if as much,, according to the present districting of the general assembly as do 60 citizens of east ern Carolina. Is that fair and just? Is the Constitution be ing obeyed when one section of the State controls the entire State despite the fact that other sections are more populous? Did not The News and Observer approve the granting of an additional congressman to North Carolina because the 1930 census gave the State a population increase that entitled us to another congressman? Then why not follow the State Constitution and give piedmont North Carolina the senators and representatives the section is entitled to? In 1928, would not Editor Daniels have howled if as many Smith delegates as Hull delegates had been sent to the Houston convention? He would have been entitled to the howl because at the State convention the Hull strength was greater than the Smith strength. Why not apply the same principle to legislative representation, even if the Constitution did not clearly de mand it? Surely, there is more than one LAW. TOPNOTCHERS by KET Tomorrow the few remaining “boys in gray," the rapid ly thinning line of the thin gray line that followed Lee and Jackson, will be the guests of the local U. D. C. chapter and of Shelby. Every courtesy and kindness should be shown these noble old fellows. With the passing of a few more years all Confederates will have joined their comrades in the final bivouac and it will not be our pleasure to entertain them many times again. <•> . This section lias had ten rainy Saturdays and the eleventh may be just a day in the offing. So many consecu tive rainy Saturdays have caused many of ug to complain, but, as always, there seems to be a silver lining to the dark clouds of Saturdays. The Greer (S. C.) Citizen reminds: “Every rainy Saturday now, may mean a big Saturday neat rail when the crops come in. Much rainfall is required to make a crop in this section, and Nature is merely catching up with the rain job.” Citizens not acquainted with the parliamentary phases and technicalities of the general assembly h,ave been puzzled this year as to the status of the revenue bill for State schools. A bill must pass three readings iq the house and in the sen ate and be ratified before it becomes a law. The confusion about the luxury tax bill arose in that some thought it fully ratified after passing three readings in the house, but it was necessary for it to pass three readings in the senate, which it failed to do, or had failed to do when this was written. HAPPIER DAYS AHEAD PREDICTIONS OF PROSPERITY have been so numerous in the past year that there is a prevailing inclination to greet rosy forecasts with scorn. Despite this attitude, The Star is inclined to prophesy that by the time the big Cleveland County Fair gates swing open this fall the outlook will be far brighter than it has been, and business generally will be improved with a spirit of optimism and good cheer in the air. Why such a prediction? A former Shelby man coming here for a visit this week from Eastern Carolina said: “It’s remarkable how things have picked up down our way. The berry season is on, ber ries are selling for a fairly good price, more money is in cir culation and people are going about singing and whistling now instead of drooping around in clouds of despair as they were only a few months ago.” The fall season should bring similar conditions to this section. The cotton crop will be headed for the market then with the prospect of higher prices. The Star, however, does not base the prophecy of a prosperous fall season entirely upon the money sent into circulation by the sale of the cot ton crop. Instead, the main basis of the prediction is that a live-at-home program adoptfed to a greater extent this vear by Cleveland farmers than in many years will result in 'more actual profit from the cash crop. On every hand it is evident that Cleveland farmers will this year purchase very few things that they could have produced themselves. As a result there will be fewer bills to pay this fall. The corn and wheat crops are larger and there has been a general in crease in acreage devoted to food and feed crops. Cleveland county farmers may not have a cash income this fall as large as they have had in bygonf years, but their living expenses for the year will be far less. All of which might cause one to philosophize that the depression has had its good effects. Back a few years ago when Cleveland county farmers were growing a cotton crop that brought in thousands and thous ands of dollars each fall they were also neglecting their feed crops and paying out a big percentage of their cotton money for hay, corn and other feed grown elsewhere. It all reverts back to the old slogan of thrift—“Jt’s not what you make, but what you save that counts." Remember the prediction: This fall when the Cleve land County Fair opens there will be much evidence of a re newed and more substantial prosperity. TRY STAR WANT ADS FOR RESULTS * DO YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL? I I Use Classified Advertising In The Star. * a 20,000 Readers artd the Minimum Charge * * for a Want Adv. is Only 25c. Phone 11. 1 | . - JUi I j Fallston News Of Current Week Or, Lackey Attend Dental Meeting. Personals at People Visiting About. Fallston, May Mr. and Mrs. Eldln Barnette and Pro!. Myers of West Jefferson spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Russ Wise of Lln colnton spent the day Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Jim Cline. Mr, and Mrs. T. A. Lee and daughters visited Mr. Ed Hoyle and children of Charlotte Sunday after noon, Mr. and Mrs. Bynum Crow of Shelby visited Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Hoyle Sunday. Dr. A. A. Lackey left for Winston Salem Monday to attend a dental meeting. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Elkins spent the last of last week with relatives in Charlotte. Miss Martha Sue Royster spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. P F, Pegram at Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller and children and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Morris and children visited Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Qreen Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bridges and sop of the Pleasant Grove section spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs Paul Warllck. Mr, J, A. Sinclair of Newport News visited Mrs. O, C. Blggerstafl Sunday. His wife returned with him after spending several weeks with her mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lee Hoyle and children spent Sunday after noon with Mr. and Mrs. Clem Mar tin and children, Mrs. Peeler Childress and Mlsi Elva Clhlldress of Drexel Is spend ing several days with Mr. and Mrs R. L. Leonhardt. Miss Velma Propst of North Brook visited Miss Jessie Baxter Sunday afternoon. Mr. anq Mrs. uoya waruca 01 Casar spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Warltek. Charlotte Visitors. The following were Charlotte vis itors Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. a. H Edmonds, Prof, and Mrs, W, R Gary and Miss Charline Stamey, Miss Wray Hendrick spent Sun day afternoon with Miss Viola Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Slone Elliott were dinner guests of Or. and Mrs. W. F Elliott of- Llnoolnton Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Clem Hoyle and children visited Mrs. Hoyle’s moth er, Mrs. W. C. Blggerstaff at Hlek ory Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Dellinger and children spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hoover at Lin coln ton. Mrs. W. H. Norman of the pleas ant Grove section spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs, Q, A Wright. Miss Eliza Stamey spent the day Sunday with Miss Cerelda Lackey. Miss Allene Hoyle spent Satur day night with her grandparents Mr and Mrs. Jake Fortenbury. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Edmonds vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Stough Bean Sunday afternoon. Miss Ruth Morgan spent the daj Sunday with Miss Stella Wright. Mrs. Leola Hoyle visited Mrs. Far i SUNDAY MAY. 10TH MOTHERS' DAY SEND CANDY TO MOTHER It’s a thrilling way to remember Mother, sweetly, too. Order from us. We Sell the Candy That Mother Would Select for Herself. CLEVELAND DRUG CO. - Phone 65 - — WE DELIVER — f" ■■■«»—I 4 ris Martin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B P. Peeler and children ol Belwood visited Mr. and Mrs. John Lackey Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith visited Mr, and Mrs. M. L. Murray at Wacu Sunday Mr, and Mrs. Max Gardner ol near Reams Mill spent Sunday with Mrs. Gardner's parents, Mr and Mrs. C, R, Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Nenta Lattlmore and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Bur gan Wilson Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Ed Bridges spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs G. A. Wright. Mr, and Mrs. A. M. Hoyle visited Mr. and Mrs. D, E. Hoyle Sunday evening Miss Minnie Mull of near Toluca spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Clare Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Dixon and Mr. and Mrs. Prank Stamey spent the afternoon Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pern Williams. Miss Minnie Royster Is spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Royster, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Elliott of Waco spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Adlai Ellliott. Mr. Grier Murray of High Point was a Pallston visitor Monday. Mrs. W. J. Lackey and Mrs. A. A. Lackey were Charlotte visitors Monday. Mrs. D. C. Beam has returned to her home after spending a fort night with her sister, Mrs. Ed De camp at Gaffney, 8. C. 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We wish to repeat our warning to the farmers of this territory of the danger of excess production of cotton and the con sequent low prices. We should face facts as they are and not depend upon Government legislation for drought relief funds, or some act of providence to solve our present economic condition. Let us solve our own problems by curtailing production of this crop which is now over-produced and grow the things necessary to live on. A cow, a sow, a hen and feed on every farm should be our slogan. COMMERCIAL - SAVINGS - PERSONAL LOANS First National Bank MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM — OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS — CHAS. C. BLANTON, President. JNO F. SCHENCK, SR. Vice-President. GEORGE BLANTON, Vice-President. FORREST ESKRIDGE Cashier. ROY R. SISK, Assistant Cashier. C. S. MULL, Assistant Cashier. CHAS. C. BLANTON JNO. F. SCHENCK, SR. GEORGE BLANTON L. A. GETTYS CLYDE R. HOEY O. MAX GARDNER R. T. LeGRAND PAUL WEBB CHAS. L. ESKRIDGE J. F. ROBERTS FORREST ESKRIDGE
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