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By RENN DRUM.
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MRERWOOD‘S DADDY
COT LAST CHUCKLE
Shelby school children no doubt remember the visit litr. some
months ago of Sherwood Brockwell, state fire marshal, who made a talk
at. the school on fire prevention. Sherwood, as the youngsters likely
found out, is somewhat of a punster himself, but years ago jjis father
got the last laugh out of a very amusing Incident.
Sherwood's dad was a locksmith, and a good one. He lived at
Rockingham and one day the time lock on the bank vault there refused
to work. The elder Brockwell was called in and in a few minutes he
had the vault door open. His charge was *25 and the bank officials
kicked at paying that amount for Just a few minutes work. "All right,
then, Brockwell declared, “suits me.” And he slammed the vault door
back shut. The bank had to pay *250 to get an expert from the factory
to open it
HE’S HELPED MANY
A YOUNG FELLOW OUT
"Unsigned s letter to this department, expressing admiration lor tne
pluck of T. W. Hamrick, put in w-ords a sentiment that is within the
breasts of scores of people who know the veteran business man and his
courageous spirit.
The writer's recollection of the day when T. W. let him have an
•ngagement ring without a cent down will bring back a similar memory,
we suspect, to scores and scores of men. Once this department asked
the jeweler how many men had purchased their engagement and wed
ding rings on credit. "You’d be surprised,” he answered. “I have no Idea
myself.”
'T suppose a good many of them never paid?” we queried,
“No, most of them have,” he said. “In some cases years and years
passed by but finally I got my money. I have no regrets over what Ut
ile I lc*t that way. I got too much pleasure out of giving the boys a
helping hand at those very important periods in their lives. They never
forgot me and they always came back to trade with me.”
That’s T. W. for you, through and through.
* legena aDout, sneiDy tnat nis nrst jewelry business was con
ducted In a discarded piano box, but he fought on uphill without a
whimper. No one ever heard him whine when the going was hard, and
no one ever failed to be cheered up by a visit to him when the atmos
phere was blue He believed, despite handicaps that would have made
■nost men fold up, that life was worth living, and he had an unbounded
faith in his fellowman.
Many a woman about Shelby would not have had a sparkler slipped
cn her finger at the time it was if T. W. had not believed almost as
much in her man as she did herself.
A regular fellow in every respect, and the qualities that made him
-o remain with him in his last battle—one that he knows he cannot win,
out the legendary old guard had nothing on him in not knowing how to
surrender. “Unsigned" tapped the sentiment of an extra section.
GET OUT THE
MISTLETOE
It is told about town that a young swain and his girl friend were
setting along rapidly on a recent date. Perhaps Christmas, and all
that goes with It, was In the air. Anyway, says he to her: “Every time
I kiss you it makes me a better boy
"Yep," says she in reply, “but what are you trying to do-—make
heaven in one night?”
SHELBY SHORTS:
The Christmas card barrage 1* on . . , . And the collegians and
<o-eds are giving uptown Shelby more pep than all the red lights and
Yule trees .... It was Just a year ago that Shelby was disappointed
when one of her esteemed citizens refused to become a senator and go
up to Washington and join in on this pow-wow they’re having now about
the moratorium, etc.The fellows about town who saw the Green
Wave sweep over dear ol’ Gawga still refuse to believe that California
wilt have a track meet at Tulane’s expense New Year’s day .... Shelby
could put out a mighty flashy independent basketball quint if the old
stars would so decide .... L, A. Gettys, who died last week, had more
friends scattered over the world than any other Shelby citizen. He
was acquainted With mining experts and mineralogists in several coun
tries. His death removed one of the main links that connected present
day Cleveland with the mining days Of yesteryear . *. . The story of
his life is as colorful as that of any native son of this section. Every
boy, we believe, is endowed at birth with the idea that he'll find gold
m his play along creek banks or elsewhere. Many years ago Mr. Gettys,
then a mere farm land, discovered something he thought to be gold in
a creek bank near his home in Rutherford county. He gent it off to
to have it examined. The find proved to be monazite and
the farm boy, who had never seen a big city, was given a free trip to
Philadelphia. Imagine what a thrill that was? The discovery and the
trip brought millions of dollars to Western North Carolina as monazite
mining began to thrive and the industry in its heyday put a somewhp.t
backward section on its feet .... Out in the rural sections they’re still
chuckling, and occasionally guffawing .over Gee McGee’s memories of
lassie-making time.”
GETTING HARDER OR
LOSING INTEREST?
The pied names, or tangletype teasers, as you prefer, are either get
ting more difficult to solve or interest in the craze is ebbing. Anyway,
very few readers managed to unjumble the tangled names given Friday.
Perhaps they were a little hard, although a majority untangled the
name of the professional man. Here they are jumbled and unjumbled:
ROY-AVERT-WAR-BLIT-C: Albert Victor Wray.
SAM-SLID-JARS-LAND: James Sands Willard.
NO-JOK-AND-HELL-DIGS-HER: John Holland Eskridge.
HURRIE-BAR-CLUS: Charlie Burrus
Now try these:
NOT-NAL-BETT-EYAF-Al
ESO-REG-DUC-LA
MUD-NRN-RE
The trio of jumbles was submitted by a reader. All are young men,
or, at least, think they are; and all are in business of some type or had
:t job at last account.
NOW let’s go do that Christmas shopping we've been putting off.
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 columns.
5,000 HOMES RECEIVE THE STAR
Every Other Day. That Means 20,000 intense
Readers. If you have something to sell, tell
*h**e 20 000 Pennle nhniit it ir» these columns.
;Beck Affair Is
Under Discussion
. Statesville Daily.
As was to be expected, the state
i highway commission reinstated
Beck, former lieutenant of the high
way patrol. who was suspended
after he violated laws he was em
ployed to protect and broke the
peace he was employed to preserve,
at Rutherfordton about a month
ago. Beck parked his car in the
viticinlty of a fire hydrant in Ruth
erfordlon. All towns have ordin
ances prohibiting parking too near
it fire hydrant, foi obvious reasons
Being a high official himself. Beck
'should have recognized that in the
first place. But when a local police
man called hts attention to the
parking the patrol lieutenant, in
stead of recognizing the officer'
authority and the town regulations,
as is becoming in a private citizen,
not to mention an officer, engaged
in a war of words liberally inter-,
spersed with profanity, according
to the published report. Apparently
he felt too big to take orders. After
that, probably next day, Beck r< -'
turn to the scene of the disturb- \
ance, accompanied by two members j
of the. patrol of which he was com- :
manding officer, and engaged in a
fight with a Rutherfordton officer, j
For this Beck was suspended from ,
his patrol position pending action j
of the state commission. He was i
fined in the local court at Ruther- j
fordton for his offending. Seeing |
that he was in bad, Beck apologiz- j
ed for his conduct. Then the ma
chinery was set in motion to get
support for his retention In hts
job. Beck had the backing of W. W.
Neal ,of Marlon, in whose town he
has headquarters. Neal is a politi
cian all the year-round and works
industriously at that job. Accord
ing to the rule in such cases let
ters were written, telegrams sent
ana pewuons signea m Beck's De
half. You know how that Is. A
friend of somebody’s friend asks
you to do something for a friend.
Letters and telegrams are prepared
and petitions circulated. Numerous
persons signed to oblige who know
nothing about Beck, his fitness for
his Job. or the seriousness of the
offending. The purpose was to im
press the commission and securing
letters, telegrams and signatures to
petitions to make an impression Is
about the easiest thing there is
when it is worked industriously.
Commissioner Neal's suggestion
would get many letters and, tele
grams because of his position and
his political and personal influ
ence.
Beck admitted his error, let It be
said, explaining that he lost his
temper about the hydrant park
ing. He went back to explain and
lost his temper again. The fact
that he lost his temper twice over
the same incident is evidence that
he has a good deal of temper—pos
sibly enough to unfit him for po
lice service, which is the most try
ing on temper of all occupations.
The two highway patrolmen who
accompanied Beck when he en
gaged in his battle at Rutherford
ton were not listed as actually par
ticipating with him. But Farmer,
called captain because he Is at the
head of the patrol, thought it nec
essary to reprimand the two pa
trolmen after he went to Ruth'-r
fordton and looked into the dis
turbance. Farmer excused them on
the ground that the men didn’t
know any better than to obey the
orders of their commanding officer,
which wasn't a compliment to them.
But the fact that Farmer thought
it necessary to reprimand them is
evidence that they had failed in a
crisis to see their job.
Mr. Neal insisted that Beck Is fine
and capable and had rendered such
fine service that it would be un
fair to discharge him for one error.
Whether one should be discharged
for one error depends on the size
and character of the error. Beck s
attitude toward the local officer
about the fire hydrant parking was
inexcusable and evidence that he
has little conception «f the prpper
attitude of an officer. To that he
added the aggravated offense, later,
after he had cooling time, of en
gaging in a fight, something a po
lice officer never should do except
in a clear case of self-defense or in
the use of force to make an a ires*.
If Beck is so short on temper as he
manifested at Rutherfordton he is
liable to break the peace at any
time instead of preserve it.
We very much hope that the ac
tion of the highway commission
will not tend to discredit the pa
trol, but the feeling is that it will
The patrol is on trial. It has ren
dered splendid service in some re
spects but it has not yet accom
plished that wlicreunto it was sent
—reduced highway casualties. The
casualties increase. The establish
ment of the patrol was violently
opposed on the ground that it
would but supply Jobs for politic?!
workers. The action'in the Beck
case, with the conspicuous appear
ance of Neal, will, in some minds,
tend to confirm the fear that the
patrol might be more of a political
than a highway patrol.
But while we are of the opinion,
for reasons mentioned, that the
commission has added error to
Becks errors, realizing the good
work done by the patrol and its
possibilities, it is hoped the public
judgmrnt will give due credit for
What ie done, give all the weight*
that is coming to the good points
in considering what the late Judge
»»r>Neil would call “ttw> xrVinto Vaco '
Kncl of Dope Trail
A warning oi what inevitably waits
at the end of the “dope road" is
contained in the confession of 17
year-old Cleveland Roberts, who is
held in Los Augelei, charged with
the slaying of A, K. Schartier, a
Christmas card artist Roberts,
according to police, confessed he
shot Schartr.er after the latter had
given him dope and made him an
addict, afterwards cutting off bis
supplj
Don’t forget to.tell them about It
in The Star. Star Advertising t»ays
big dividends.
Minnesota Farm Plan May Be Way
Out For Farmers Of This Area;
Gets Away From One-Crop System
ill«* Movement Mlrs I p In
terrst Of Karmen.. I’lau
BomM
The mors we read and Study the
Mlmie.sota plan which was explain
ed to a large group of Western
North Carolina farmers in Ashe
ville the other night, the more w<
are Impressed with its unlimited
possibilities
The South is cursed with one
crop lumitng So was the Northwest,
when this man Murphy, publisher
of The Minneapolis Tribune got to
thinking about the troubles of the
farmer. He says that 90 per cent of
the farm troubles can be corrected
by sensible farming, leaving 10 per
cent to be handled by congress and
the legislatures.
"For three years on a Red River
valley wheat farm. I studied agri
cultural problems at first hand,"
said Mr. Murphy. T1 50 Western
North Carolina business men could
and would study farming in this
section in the sameway, the results
would be of great value. There Is
too great a tendency for all of ns
to forget agriculture, the activity
upon which all other industry H
based.
T iearned wheat-raising was poor
business, because the over-worked
^oll did not yield enough grain i^r
acre. The trouble with the wheat
belt was not with the government
but with the larm itself. I went1
back to Minneapolis ami got a corns
of successful farmer.- and econo-!
mists from agricultural colleges t
make a survey to find what would
make farming pay.
"We reached the conclusion BO’
per cent of farm ills may be cor
rceted bv sensible farming, leaving:
only to per cent to be handled b;>
legislation involving tnrlfts suffi
ciently high to keep Danish butter
and Philippine cocoa nut oil from
too active competition with Amer
ican farm products. Democrats m
Republicans. I do not believe this
country's farmers should run an
asylum in the Orient.
"Yield per acre can't be increased
by laws. But prices of dairy pro
ducts, beef cattle, hogs, sheep and
poultry have for years been above
the commodity market. Our survey
allowed variations necessary to meet
varying local needs.”
"When we aid the farmer to mar
ket his low-priced feeds and grains
In the form of finished products
like butter or eggs, chicken or beef,
wool or pork-on-the-hoof, wc sta
blll!’r Ills bu.slur.vs prices ol these
UiIiik-s never Ro up and down a \
fur or as fast as grulns or cotton
"For several years those finisher!*
product prices were higher that,
those of Mu' merchandise that
farmers buy. In 1930 they came
down to about a parity with the
goods on the merchant's shelves
Today they are much higher than
grains or cotton; the raw-malerffe!
products of onc-crop tanning
"The cow. the so wand the little
red hen arc still good markets f r
over-produced grains and feed
crops. They are sustaining the whole
structure of business and agricul
ture toddy
"There are mounting bank d*
posits, less unemployment, and
sound business in the Northwest
while other parts of the country
complain of depression Depart
ment store sales hold up well h\
comparison with other regions,
"Just a glimpse of (he magnltud -
of the nation's dairy and poultry
industry Three billion dollars a
year arc squeezed out of the friend
ly udder of the ‘foster mother of the
human race,' by America's mllklps
farmers,
"That's more than one-fourth om
entire farm income ($12,851,000
1929'. It is more than two and one
half times our cotton, two and one
half times our beef and veal, twice
our pork, nearly three and one
half times nil our wheat ($840,921.
000-1929).
•'America's nulk crop Is worth
more than all our motor cars et
wholesale prices.
‘‘Even our barnyard flappers
make wheat look like chicken feed
They lav $717,000,000 worth of eggs
raise $458,000,000 worth of chickens
a total of $1,175,000 000 worth of
IfouUry. They don't ask for any
farm relief!' They go out and 1»«
their own relief, over one bllllor
dollars worth. They make when
look like chicken feed.
"Remember too- all this butte
and egg money has high buylrb
power—way above that of grain:
today."
If the business men of this cour>
try. the bankers, merchants, cottoi
mill executives, lawyers, doctors
and other professional men, wish t(
see this county come back, If t,h<
local chamber of commerce want
to render a real service to *h
community and bring prosperity
back by restoring agriculture to t».
former place of prominence in th<
country we believe they could d
nothing better than bring this mar
to the county and let us hear n'
message.
Jealousy Of Mule
Got Owner Injured
New Orleans, l,a.—The Jealous'
of his mules is blamed by Georg*
Hebbler, 52-year-old city wagor
driver, foi his presence In a hos
pital here with a punctured lung
and broken ribs. Hebbler said wher
he fed apples to one mule. Its team
mate burled Its teeth In his back
lifted him from ■ the ground ami
then dropped him. Hospital at
taches said the driver's condition
wrs critical.
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— I know Camel is
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they’re W It CM I!
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