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The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Mull, per year . $2.50 By Carrier, per year -- *3.00 LEE B. WEATHERS ...—............-President and Editor B ERNEST HOEY--—..........— Secretary and Foreman RENN DRUM -........—,— - News Editor L. E DATL ----- Advertising Manager Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the post office at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March S, 1879. We wish to call your attention to the fact that 1* is imd has been our custom to charge five cents per Hits tor resolutions of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. WEDNESDAY", DEC. 2, 1931 TWINKLES This is the week that you can attend a good show in Shelby, enjoy yourself, and know that the admission price will go to the charity fund in aiding the unfortunate. "Fewer People Trying to Beat Train to Crossing,’’ in forms a headline. Of Course. There are fewer motorists left to make the attempt. The Reno divorce list reminds of the marriage lists that come out of York and Gaffney. Couples from all sections taking advantage of easy marriage—and the easy way out. Since the weatherman has been asleep at the switch and has not given his customary warning signals, don’t forget that there are only 19 more shopping days until Christmas. It is generally believed that President Hoover will be a candidate to succeed himself, and since Vice President Charlie Curtis says that he will be a candidate for the job he now holds it is certain that Mr. Hoover will not have to go begging for a running mate. Which means, among other things, that Mrs. Gann, sister of Curtis, may again lead Washington society—if Curtis is nominated and elected. The major trouble about luxury taxes, as a contempor ary says, is that it will be difficult to define luxuries. In Philadelphia,.for instance, a prominent business woman says rouge and cosmetics are rrot luxuries but necessities. They are just as necessary, she contends, as toothpaste because a good appearance means much in business. And there you go; most of us, we fear, can find some way of making what we use appear to be necessities instead of luxuries. Tell a man or woman that you will tax his or her luxuries and you’ll find few who will admit they make use of any out and-out luxury. LARGE CAROLINA FAMILIES FOR YEARS in making an estimate on the number of peo ple living in one household it has been customary to say that the average American family consists of five peo ple. The family size is used in numerous computations. For instance, a newspaper in telling its advertisers hay many readers it has will, or heretofore has, multiplied the number of subscribers by four or five. The Star, to put it in actual terms, has approximately 5,000 subscribers; that means close, to 20,000 readers, or four in each subscribing family. But statistics assembled in the last census show that the size of the average American family is on the decrease. Forty years ago the population per family wyis 4.9. In 1920 it had dropped to 4.3, and at the last census, in 1930, it was down to 4.1. The decrease, however, was not evident in the two Carolinas, the census tabulation showing that the larg est families in America are to be found in North and South Carolina, and the smallest in California and Nevada. Here after, taking America as a whole—near 30 million families— it will be more accurate to say that there are just four peo ple to the family; and, incidentally if anyone cares to know, 40 percent of those families have radios. COLORFUL CHARACTER PASSES ONE OF THE South’s most colorful public characters pass ed laBt week in the death of “Uncle Alf” Taylor in Tenn essee. The younger generation is not so familiar with the hectic and interesting careers of “Uncle Alf" and his broth er Bob, but to the older generation it is a political epic of a bygone era. The Taylor brothers, both dead now, attained national prominence when they opposed each other for the gover norship of Tennessee, Alfred as the Republican candidate and Robert as the Democratic standard-bearer. They spoke from the same platform, they rode through the mountains and valleys of Tennessee together and at night they slept in the same bed. They directed sharp barbs at the other’s party, but throughout their spirited campaign they never made personal attacks on each other. One night the brothers stopped at a boarding house in Bridgeport. Ala., just across the Tennessee State line. The landlady had heard of their mother’s admonition that they stick to party principles in their campaign. She pinned a red rose on Alf and a white rose on Bob and said: “Wear these for your mother. 1 know she is proud of two sons who can differ in politics and still love each other. Their campaign, in which Bob was successful, became known as "The War of the Roses.” Alf was famous for his ability as a story teller and as a fox hunter and he regaled his audience with his tales. Bob was adept with a violin and he fiddled for the enjoymei^ of his audiences. Alf had left a seat in the national House of Representa tives to make the gubernatorial race and after being de feated by his brother, he later went back to Congress in 1881) • to serve until 1895. Robert Taylor died in 1912 while a U. S. Senator. % Although defeated for the governorship in 1886, Alf came back 34 vears later, at the age of 72.' to win the j office with the greatest majority ever given a Republican 'gubernatorial nominee in Tennessee. He was defeated for re-election in 1922 by the late Gov. ; Austin Peay and retired from public life. Politics and fox hounds were Uncle Alf s greatest hob-! bies. He suid the reason he and Hob were successful in poli tics was “because we played the fiddle, were fond of dogs, and loved our fellowman.” As for the fox hounds, he said: “The person who hasn’t heard an honest to goodness fox chase has missed the prettiest music in the world, ex cepting that which comes from a violin.” THE SEABOARD TAX MATTER THE STAR is not familiar with the inside details, nor is it acquainted with the legal technicalities involved, but from outward appearances it seems as if the Cleveland [county commissioners would be making the proper move in j waiving the penalty and interest involved in order to secure the Seaboard railroad tax due the county for the year 1931. The proposition, we presume, is familiar to readers. A number of months ago the railroad entered a receivership. No tax has been paid this county and nine other counties in the section in which the road operates. In each of the coun-, ties, as here, the Seaboard tax is a sizeable sum, represent ing an amount of money all the counties could very handily use. A short time back the receivers stated that they would immediately pay the 1930 tax if the penalty of late pay ment, and interest were waived. The officials of the several counties took the matter up with State officials at Raleigh. They were told, as we recall it, that the courts have ruled that a receiver cannot be held responsible for a tax penalty. If that ruling holds good in this particular case, there seems to be nothing whatsoever to be gained by refusing the pro posal of the receiver. The receivers can be made to pay the straight tax, and are, they say, willing to do so. The pay ment of the $13,000 Seaboard tax would pretty well clfean up the 1930 tax sheet'in this county. Of course the com missioners are expected to do everything possible to get everything the county is justly entitled to, and they, we be lieve, can be depended upop to do so. But if they can be as sured, even after taking it to the courts again, that it is im possible to force the railroad to pay the penalty, there ap pears to be no wisdom in not getting the straight tax as early as possible. The use of the money is worth some thing, and might, if the matter is held over for any length of time, equal the amount o fthe attached penalty. As we see it, the county attorney, or proper legal counsel could ad vise the board in such a manner that it could take action at its session next week. If the county attorney, after an in vestigation, finds that the receiver cannot be made to pay the additional penalty, then why not go ahead and waive something that cannot be collected anyway and thereby bring the $13,000 into the county treasury? There is, of course, this other angle: the average citizen, who was late in paying taxes on his property and, as a result, had to pay a penalty, naturally feels that all other delinquent payers, corporations and railroads, should also be made to pay a penalty. Rut if the law holds that a receivership is not re sponsible for past due taxes, there is little to do about it no matter how we might feel. Seemingly there is only one thing to decide and that is the point of law covering the payment of the penalty. Once that is cleared up, action in the matter should not be diffi cult to decide upon. If legal counsel think all efforts to col lect the penalty mean little more than chasing a pot-of-geld at the end of the rainbow, then, certainly, there is no reason to piddle around a few years and get what can be secured now. When There’s No News Happening In Washington What Do They Write? They Just Ramble About And Pick Up Odd Items As Do Other News Hounds. Washington. — Sometimes you trudge all day and do not get any news. At the Capitol, where mast news is now, nearly everyone im portant is constantly in confeience .... You hang your hat and coat up in the senate press gallery and look at the bulletin board. Corres pondents can't be In their offices and on the hill at the same time, so the Postal and Western Union duplicate all teleprams to the bul letin board.You read a notice on the board: "Garner daily press conferences 10:30 and 3 p. m.” Bor ah far years has been the only member of congress to hold dally press conferences. Now Garner, the next speaker, has two dates a day to tell report ers he hasn't anything to say . . It's after 11, but you mosey over to Garner’s office and find he is con ferring with Senator Pat Harrison. You stop and eat pecans with nice Mrs. Ettie Garner, wife and secre tary. She has a mechanical pecan cracker, which makes it easy Two sacks of pecans front the Garner plantation at Uvalde, Tex., are in a corner. The Garners never get tired of pecans. An electric coffee percoiatoi sits on a small table. Mrs, Garner, so cial successor to Alice Longworth never goes out to lunch. That takes time. So she and Harry Sexton, the ex-editor who is Gamer’s male aide, send out for sandwiches ' at noon and she makes coffee. These two daily reach the office at 7:30 a. in. and quit at 6. Business is good . . . . You leave with a pocket ful of pecans. You catch Senator George Nor ris of Nebraska between a confer ence and his lunch and give him a couple of pecans . . At every ses sion's end Uncle George leaves town thin and haggard, worn and HvAet i41civMirA«rA/l Unt ft)J be returns fattened, refreshed, optimis tic and glowing in health. That’s the way he is now . . , , He super vised renovation of his home at McCook last summer, doing many odd Jobs and planting shrubs him self. Often he would shout from the woodshed for his stenographic secretary to come out and take dic tations. Friendly delegations from other towns were sometimes entertained in the woodshed, sitting on nail kegs, planks and saw-horses as they chinned about public a ft airs . ... Another senator’s secretary tells you how he and three other fellows are "beating the clgaret trust” by using a co-operative cig aret-rolling machine .... You eat at the senate restaurant and see Senators Couzens of Michigan, Nye of North Dakota, Tydtngs of Mary land and Norris together at a long table. Ex-Senator Dan Steck of Iowa joins them, after a little hes itancy. Steck was sort of an admin istration Democrat under Coolidge and Hoover and may get a lame duck berth on the tariff commis sion. You try to remember which Del aware or maybe it was a New Jer sey senator donated bushels of free strawberries for senators and cor respondents at the restaurant last year and hope he does it again . . Back in the senate office building you keep finding everybody out or in conference. Senator Marvel Mill? Logan, the new one from Kentucky, is in but busy. You peek at him though. He seems to be the most conspicuously fat member of this congress, with a big black lock of hair thrown back toward his right shoulder and tortoise-shell glasses resting on the very tip of an ample nose. You decide to attend that recep tion to Foreign Minister Dino ! Grand! and see for yourself wheth j er his beard is really purple, as re ported. It turns out to be brown. Hi* Haitr black, hower bv virtue Ghandi In Break j With Britain Now Says Conference f ailed. Will Go Back To India To Start Campaign Again. London. Nov. -27.- M;4iatmu • Gandhi made a clean break with i the British government and an-: nounced that since the round table] conference had come to nothing V must go back to India and start his' campaign of "non-violent non co operation” all over again. "Notwithstanding the laudible ef forts of some delegates to pump life into this corpse which we call a round table conference,” he .aid "I fair £ must abandon whatever slender hope I ever had of obtain- i ing a full responsible self-govern ment. Since it is clearly the intention of the British government not to grant the things we have asked, I must abandon cooperation with the government and staid again the’ campaign of ribn-viclent non-co operation.” Nothing but “terrible rei • e.v.I >n' In India can come out of the con ference, he said, "out repress ion never has harmed a nation sailing toward its goal with fixed deter mination.” "A reign of terror by the. govern ment cannot kill the desire of mil lions of Indians for their independ ence,” said Gandhi. “We teach our children to dance with joy when bullets fly around them We teach them to suffer patiently for free dom, And now I must go back to India and invite the nation to a new course of suffering.” Sir Samuel Hoare., secretary of state for India, warned the dele gates against “drifting into an at mosphere of melodramatic tragedy and comedy,” and asserted that the government had no intention of abandoning its original pledges to India, while admitting that the situation now is more difficult than at the last round table conference. Tire government, he said would adhere to the policy of conference and consultation and would formu late its final policy only after ob taining the views of all the Indian delegates. Oyster Supper At El Bethel Friday There will be an oyster supper at El Bethel Methodist church Fuday night December 4th. Music will be furnished by the Cora Mill cornet band, according to an announce ment made by Mrs. O. A. Rhea. Proceeds will go for the benefit of the church. With King Carol. Queen Marie. Prince Nicholas or Prince, s Ileana malting page one every day, looks like California’s press agents are little potatoes betide Rumania's. of vaseline or olive oil. No gesture seems more statesmanlike than Grandi's as he strokes that beard while thinking.A white hand kerchief sticks five inches from his breast pocket; lie wears a square faced wrist watch. His Itu'ian American dictionary taught n;m to say "vistuals” (not “vittles") In stead of “food" .... He seems a re markable combination of force ful ness. dynamic youth and great amiability . . . . Everybody’s im pression of him was favorable Last Sunday School Rally Coming Dec. 6 Costner Issued Message to S. S. Of-1 fleers. Program Planned tor Double Shoals. >By J W. CostneV.) We are having our last Sunday I school rally of this calendar year at * Double Shoals Baptist church De cember tith at 2:30 o'clock p m. These meetings are held each month ior the benefit of all Sun day schools, and as you know the program is given by members ofi various Sundhy schools. We have had a fine average In at- ] tendance all through the year. The speakers and singers have in most all cases been present, and delight-! cel the people tael- time with t.ie speaches and songs. I. is very ^ratifying to the offi cers of the association to know that eaqli Sunday school with Its super intendent has co-operated m this great work. Ail Sunday schools have sent in a report daring the pan year. Some however, have fail-1 cd to he systematic, but to each .sup erintendent and secretary we are grateful to you for you help. As you know the associations! officers are only "sub-stations between the Sunday schools of this association and our boards in Nashville and Raleigh. The reports that you nave rent have been combined end are now a matter of history, that will stand throughout all time to come. The pastors have stood by the work and have encouraged the workers from time to time. As our meetings under the direction of the Sunday school board are he'd monthly, it is impossible for all our pastors to attend, but we have the assurance to know that their hearts are for the cause of the Sunday schools that teach Gods word each Sunday. May 1 insist, that each superin tendent and a large delegation from each Sunday school go to Double Shoals and lets close the year in a great way with each church repre sented: The following is the program: December 6, 2:30 p. m. Theme “The Sunday Morning program.” 2:30—Devotional by J. F. Lutz of Zion. 2:45 “The Benefits of a Good Sunday Morning Program.” by Prof. C. A. Ledford, Superinten dent Normans Grove Sunday school. 3:05 Special music by Woman's quartet of Dover. 3:15 "Preparing and Rendering the Sunday School Program” by Mrs. W. F. Hamrick, of Fallston. 3:30 “How we Use the Library in Our Sunday School” by Miss Mar garette Martin of Zion. 3:45 Roll call and announcement;. Bank Settled Question. _ 'Economy has taught me one les son. By denying myself of tobacco, movies, Ice cream and a few other luxuries for the last 10 years I ac cumulated $1,564.32.” ‘‘That is great. What are you go ing to do with the money?'’ "I won’t have to decide that question—the bank failed." Business Judgment. Old Man—So you want to marry i my daughter, eh? Have you any | business- judgment? Suitor—Well sir, I’m trying to get i into your family, ain't I?” Sensational Discovery, 666 Salve A Doctor’s Prescription for Tinatin? Colds Externally Everybody Using It—Telling Their Friends $5,000 Cash Prizes For Best Answers “\\ hy \ ou Prefer (ititi Salve for Colds” The Answer Is Easy After You Have Tried It Ask Your Druggist First Prize $500.00; Next ten Prizes $100.00 each; Next twenty Prizes $50.00 each; Next forty Prizes $25.00 each; Next one hundred Prizes $10.00 each; Next one hundred Prize's $5.00 each. In case of a tie iden tical Prizes will be awarded. Rules: Write on one side of paper only, let your letter contain no more than fifty words. Tear off Top of 660 Salve Carton and mull with letter to 666 Salve Contest, Jacksonville Florida. All letters must be in by midnight, January 31, 19321 Your druggist will have list of winners by February 15th. «66 Liquid or Tablets with Salve Makes a Complete Internal and External Treatment. See The Stars of “BAD GIRL In A Picture You’ll Dream About. NJLC MARSH CAROLINA MON. - TUES., DEC. 7 & 8 5,000 HOMES RECEIVE THE STAR Every Other Day. That Means 20,000 in tense Readers. If you have something to sell, tell these 20,000 people about it in these columfis. That Feeling of Security A feeling of security comes to the man w ho 'knows he is preparing for future needs by sav ing a part of what he earns. Are your practicing systematic saving for independence from financial worries? START SAVING NOW. First National Bank SHELBY, N. C. Twice Warned Is He As a man who cuts wood is warmed both by the exercise of cutting and after by the fire side, so the saver glows in the security afford ed by saving and after by providing those things that afford pleasure. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT. Union Trust Co. “IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH” COME TO THE Toyland Opening at EFIRD’S Thurs., Dec. 3 7:45 P. M. Efird's Toyland Opens Thursday nighl, in the basement. Hundreds and hundreds of toys, practical, en tertaining and beautiful will be shown for the first time—Wagons. Dolls, t arriages, Games, Trains and every other toys to delight the hearts of little children. The public is cordially invited to at tend the opening and see Efird's col orful array of Santa’s Gifts for the Kiddies . . . and see Santa himself. He’ll be here in person. Efird’s Dept. Store SOUVENIRS FOR THE KIDDIES AT THE OPENING
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