North Carolina Newspapers

The-Cleveland Star SHblLUY, N. C. MONDAY — WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION PUICG By Mall, per year........ia.au By Carrier, per year........___......._... uuo THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. LEE B. WEATHERS ........._............ BreMrient ana taitoi 8. ERNEST HOEY ... Secretary and foreman RENN DRUM ....— -........—. News liaitoi U E. GAEL — --- Ad ve; Using Manager Entered as second class matter January l, U)0!>. at trie oostomce at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress. March a. nrra. Wt wish to call your attention 'o the tact that tt is and naa dbcd our custom to charge five cents per tine for resolutions of eespect carda of thanks and obituary notices, alter one death notice naa Been published. This will be stricuy adhered La MONDAY. MAY 18, 1901 TWINKLES The sunshine, a little belated, Will work havoc in driv ing; gway the “fluz” and the blues. The Mann-DePriest bolt may be causing a little worry | in Republican ranks, but as yet the G. 0. P. has the consola-1 tion of not having a Cannon to disrupt those ranks. Postal receipts at the Shelby m*st office are larger thun those of 1930. If we were pessimistic, we might be inclined) to say that it was due to the fact that the bdys who went; avvay from home to make their fortune are now sending back j for money orders with which to purchase tickets home. The North Carolina general assembly was just too slow getting started. The senate investigating committee enter ed it’s bid for the Camel contest prize after the judges had already decided to give it to the Massachusetts milkman. -„ / With the lawmakers having to stay in Raleigh for a session double the regular length the prospective candidates for two years from now had about decided not to be candi dates. But Mi'. MacLean had to come along and tell about the wine and women and some of the prospects may change their mind and run after all. Fruit jars and frailB, as Kin Hubbard would say it, still have their influence. With Alfonso off his throne and a provisionary republic established, Spain is having a heck of a time. If they had been careful observers, they might have watched the con tinuous governmental wrangling in the United States and realize what they are in for under a democratic form of government. They have yet to know their Heflins, their Bleases, their Borahs, their Raskobs, and their W’ickershams and other shams. Among the several things the long drawn out session of legislature has overlooked is that of better restrictions on the highways. And for several days now the highway and automobile toll in North Carolina has been averaging two victims per day and frequently more. SHELBY SCHOOL WORK A COMMUNICATION from Miss Susan Fulghum. State in spector of elementary schools, published in The Star to day, should prove very encouraging not only to officials and teachers in the city schools but, also, to membei^ of the Par ent-Teacher Association who have done much to improve the advantages and equipment of the city schools. " Every elementary school in Shelby, Miss Fulgnum says, is now on the standard list, and she speaks highly of the class room work observed, the growing library facilities, and other school activities. Tributes of that type should be re ceived with pride for Miss Fulghum has the reputation of being a capable observer and inspector who says exactly what she thinks and does not pass out "taffy” unless it is deserved. BUILDING UP A TOWN PROPER CREDIT SHOULD BE given the building and loan associations of Shelby for the important part they have played in building up the city. Thanks to three sound or ganizations of this type in the city, Shelby is today a little city of home-owners; and nothing better can be said for a town or city than that a big percentage of its citizens are home-owners. Twenty-six years ago this month the Shelby building and loan association was organized. Since 1903 this organi zation has financed the building of approximately 1,000 hom es and continuous to encourage young men, as well as older men, to own their own homes. Other associations have con tributed in a similar manner to the growth of the city in proportion to their length of service. Money may be/ffNbit scarce just now but young men who can get hold of the necessary nest egg will not in many years, The Star believes, find a better time in which to become home-owners. Real estate prices are at a low ebb now, but they will come back—they always have—and he who buys now will reap a profit in the nfext few years, or, if not caring to sell, will have a home at a bargain price as values will* rate a half decade hence. BIG OCCASION FOR THEM THIS IS COMMENCEMENT week at Boiling Springs junior college and in another week or so the students of the Shelby schools will be in the midst of their commencement activities. As the youngsters dash to and fro preparing for their roles in the finals program some of us a little more advanced in years may be inclined to chuckle at their eagerness and earnestness as we minimize the importance of commence ment time. They, we may think to ourselves, are overly en thused ; they think they have touched the peak of life w hen, re^Jly, they are just beginning. But are we right? The closing of school is termed commencement because there rfeal life begins; but do we not swing too far the other way when TOPNOTCHERS by Ket I >Ve would deny the youngsters the opportunity of celebrating the achievement of one step forwurd in life? ,It means much to them ,as with heads thrown back and eager young eyes gazing into the unknown future and the mysteries it may hold, they hesitate for a moment to look back with a linger ing fondness one time again upon happy school days. Never again for many of them, perhaps, will there be a similar thrill. Think back—if you're doubtful and the years have dull ed your memories—to the day when you were a ribbon-be decked marshal, or an excited senior reaching for a diploma, or an important character in the class play.lligger moments, no doubt, have entered your life since then, but few, we sus pect, have brought greater thrills. The happiness of commencement season doesn't come often in a lifetime, and here’s to the boys and girls who will be having their big weeks this week and next. THE BIG FELLOWS SCARED IT ISN’T THE PESSIMISTIC psychology of the little man that causes the depression to linger with us, but the fear of the ultra rich who made their money fast and are afraid they may drop it with the rame rapidity. That's the psycho logical anglo of the situation taken by The Asheville Citizen in the following comment: Writing in the Baltimore Sun, Frank R. Kent may have put his finger on one of the main causes of the slowness with which this country is overcoming the ex isting business depression when he says that at the present time "it is the multi-millionaire class which cher ishes the direst apprehensions and from which exude the darkest forebodings for the future." Mr. Kent explains readily enough* why this should be the case. A large proportion of these people belong to the new rich. They lack background and seasoning. “They have made their money so fast and so easily that there lingers about it still a trace of unreality. They carry with them always an unconscious fear lest some how, some way, some time, something is going to hap pen and all these millions on which they are perched, and which have given them power, position and prestige to which they are neither accustomed not entitled, will crumble under them and disappear. ^Even in times ot highest prosperity many of the fabulously rich harbor this uncomfortable feeling. Phychologists agree it is a not-uncommon obsession for the vastly rich man to dread lest he end his days in the poor house.” “In other words, most of those who have piled up big fortunes in a few years are naturally mercurial, and either they think there is no limit to the rise in the value, or rather the price, of stocks, or else when things are going down they are afraid that the abyss is bottom less, Thus they do freakish things. They buy stocks recklessly when stocks are going up. They sell them recklessly when they are going down. Iheie is more, of course, much more, to the present depression than a matter of psychology. But psychol ogy does figure in it. and especially the psychologv of the very rich plungers. At present, as Mr. Kent says, these plungers arc still scared. The things of which they are seared are for the most part not things which should frighten the body of the people, many of these things are in fact in the interest of the hotly of the peo ple, but because the rest of the country is so tied in with New \ ork and \\ all Street the bad psychology which hangs over the great money center affects all of us ad versely. Nobody’s Business Uy Gee McGee Baby Rattlers. . . . .1 saw in the papers the other day where a college turned out and took all of its girl students to che state capital for ihe purpose of view ing a legislature in action. Some of them had never seen a circus, oth ers had, and still others were alo»\^ that enjoyed fun of arty kind, so a good time was had by all. ... I undertook to run my business once on the -legislature plan" and lit was a fine business as lnifc as it ran. 1 bought all of the goods I could get, I hired additional clerics; raised the salaries of all concerned; put in new fixtures, and after I got my buildings plumb chock full of stuff, I went out to raise the money to meet my bills with, and as I couldn't do it, I busted. Cotton Letter. • • • New York was weak, Liverpool was strong; Bombay straddled and hobbled along. The shorts were hedging, and the bulls were buying the republicans were cussing and democrats, were crying. It asned tn Texas ad thundered In Milne; the boll weevils were giving—old Geor gia pain. Some mills had stopped and others went broke: the 2 by had their Kurds in soak The Fcrier al reserve'said margins were clujj: And many of the speculators had ! taken a big dose. If you've got mo ney, you'd better not sell: But it looks like the farm board has ccr- j tainly played—thunder. . . . . The new evening dresse-i (.worn by, ladies at night at parties and other places where folks eat Sensem are not at all bad. In the first place, the said dresses are just about as thin as they are long, that is refreshing. The backs are cut so low in some cases that it makes scight-seeing really dangerous. I am in favor of letting the women wear just as little as they please. I can get along without them having on any more clothes than they think morally necessary. Statesville, N. C„ May 10, 1931.1 Dear McGee: When, where, how. why, and i what-for do you write nobodye Busl ness? ouur friend, Ann Add-Mirth', Dear Ann;— Mighty glad to answrer your 5 in terrogations: 1. Dally, except Sabbath. 2. Any old place where I can stop a few' minutes. , 3. Typewriter, paper and eraser, j 4. Read the 43rd chapter of Obe - j diah. ‘ 5. Pasltinie and 5 dollars a week i Yours truly, Gee McGee. The Family Group. . . . . When I was a boy, budding in to the teens, a picture-taker mow called photographer) called at our house once with the avowed pur pose of making a family group. He told us that we needed something to hand down to our ‘‘ancestors,’ and as we had never heard of an cestors before, we bit. .... Our friend was a travelling pic ture-taker. He rode around in a horse and buggy, and besides his along. 'His policy was to take a "family group” and board-out half the cost of Ills photographs <horse, dog and self), and then charge you twice too much for the other half. He came to our house oh Friday > end left tiie following Tuesday . . . X'recall the hustle and bust’e our family indulged in incident :o posing. The girls put on their Sun day calico dresses, washed their lit tle faces *nd big feet, the boys cle-m ed up some also, and 2 or 3 of them combed their hair. After much ef fort in accumulating father and mother and 10 children, we "bunch ed" ourselves near the pi-izza in the front yard .1 was anxious to look as pret ty as possible. I did not stop a: ccmbing my hair I plastered it down with lard. I donned my knit shirt that laced up in front. I put on my shoes »brogans> and polished them nicely with skimmlngs from the dishwater. I plucked a prettv. large Johnny-quill and stuck it m the lacings of my shirt and being naturally dark-skinned, I rubbed a heavy coating of flour all over ir.v face and then I was ready. • • . . The photo man wanted all of us to have something in otir hands. Father held a big book, mother had a almetto fan, 2 or 3 of the .girts were fondling a kitten apiece, some of the others held little chickens in their palms, and 1 boy leaned on a hoe-liandle. 2 others were content with a big dog between them, out as I wanted to show off worse than the others. I held a large Waterburv watch < that had never run a tick > in my left hand, I was satisfied witn an umbrella. . . . Well, the shot finally came— after all of us had got so nervous we were shivering. The photograph er got under that little black cloth and sighted at us a dozen times, then came over and twisted my head nearly off getting it back to normal, placed others differently, and when he w ent back and Whis tled like a beautiful jaybird, he mashed something and we were "took.” When the pictures were de veloped, my face was blacker than any nigger-face X ever saw, but the others looked O K. as they did not put any flour on their faces. That group is still one of the ‘ shows’’ of I the McGee genet at.on. Mike Is Alat! deer mr,’ editor; plese .print the foUo&hi£ ad «at charge same to my account and ii will pay you the next time . nappen j to get holt to c25. n-o-t-i-s lor sail; one nice radio with 6, tubes to match, set in a cabbinet; which looks like a grafter foam.' garranteed to get wow and whv and! wsb in day light, and it won’t pick up no stattick. reason for selling: day-light savings time keeps me! from hearing anny of the good programs, price 43$, and purchaser to assume 7 install ments. rite or foam if interested, mained un changed to well done. SPAIN—The weekly bull light scheduled for Friday was not pull ed off as the new premier shot the bull till 7 p, m., and then it was too late. The ex-king is still the ex king, and things lie will like France fairly well, but is considering mov ing his family to St. Augustine, Fla, That is—the folks in St. Augustine think so. ATLANTA^A., hen belonging !o theVnayor which had never laid ah egg before #( meaning the lien and not the mayor) did so last Highl and the said egg was in the shape of an hour glass. The sooth-sayers of the city, none of whom were connected with any of the scandal of the past lew years, believe that the hen will lay normal eggs from now on—if kept away from the city hall. NEW YORK.—Mayor Walker arose this morning as usual, ate him an egg as usual, hurried to 5 im portant meetings as usual, made 5 funny impromptu speeches as us ual, had lunch with his wife as usual, spilt gravy on his vest as usual, and at the time of going to press, he was denying knowledge of any wrong-doing during his admin istration, as usual. GENERAl, GLASHES — ?i£ssfci ; knocked out Spitski last night, Am-, torg preaches Russia’s mysterious advancement. Seven racketeers racketed seriously at Rlchwald s beer garden early this morning, E$rs, io. Poi atccs. S3. Timothy aei’d, 3. LVd 10. (And ihb* t; rlty ire buy lit'.'.reapers.1 Yesterday's News, A La Newspapers WASHINGTON, D. C.—President Hoover sneezed at 4 o'clock this morning. The White House physi cians have pronounced him out of danger. PITTSBURG, PA.—The local aj aminum plant announces a new 2 spout tea-pot designed and patent ed by Mi-. Mellon during vacation. The l^ft spout will be used for cof fee and the right spout for coffee also. LONDON.—The Prince of Wale* did not fall off of an horse as was anticipated by the large crowd In attendance upon the races today— as he was not on a horse to begin with. NEW ORELEANS.—Spot cotton showed some strength about noon today when Wm. Wrigley announc ed that he intended* to buy 200,002 bales of cotton instead of only 200, Q00 as at first contemplated. Juicy Fruit is firm at 5 cents per wad. LOS ANGELES.—Only 6 divorces are in sight for next Saturday. Madame Wootski and Hon. Tootski have made up and will try to live together another night or so before going back to Reno. The poodle had much to do with the reconciliation —as she licked the hands pf both of. the combatants at the train. SASKATSHEWAN.—Cash wheat reached a new high for the month in sympathy with the government pool and the new 19 and 31 crop,. Bread declined from 10 cents a loaf to a dime a loaf, but buns, dough nuts and all other nuts remained the same. Enough Proof. 'There are no two people who think alike." "Oh, yes, there are." "You'll have to show me." “Then why did Jane and Tget 10 sets of teaspoons for wedding pres ents?" . tfotvi CftfoAHJ GppfaU* Don’t Rasp Your Throat N«W I""31> > nVi’ > ' Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows —Heat Purifies Your Throat Prof ctlon—against Irritation—against coug With Harsh Irritants "Reach for a LUCKY instead" Nowl Please! —Actually put your finger or your Adam’s Apple. 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