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Rat Aids Argument Against Hoarding Chicago.—A rat tins week fur nished Colonel Frank Knox with a practical argument in his campaign against hoarding money. The chairman of President Hoo ver's anti-hoarding drive said a farmer living near Fort Wayne Ind., offere dthc incident. The farmer withdrew $250 from a bank and hid the bills in a draw er. Some time later he discovered a rat had chewed the notes to tln.j bits. When he took the scraps to a banker In hopes of getting the cur rency restored, he learned the piece were two small to be Identified anl the entire sum was lost. C. C. HORN Attorney At Law Room No. 11 Lineberger Building DR. S. F. PARKER — PHYSICIAN - Office Phones 64 and No. 2 Residence Phone I29-J DR. D. M. MORRISON OPTOMETRIST Woolworth Building, SHELBY. N. C. Eye* Examined, Glasses Pitted And Repaired. Have Your Eyes Examined Regularly DRS. H. D. & R. L. WILSON OPTOMETRISTS Office Over Paul Webb & Son’s Drug Store. ‘ .-.. t .......% DAN FRAZIER ■ jviI Engineer And Surveyor Farm Surveys, Sub-divis 4 ions, Plats and General Engineering Practice. - Phone 417 - T. W. Ebeltoft Grocer and Book Seller Phone —- 82 of fix as the result of ir regular or faulty bowel movement, try Thedford’s Black-Draught for the re freshing relief it gives of people who take it Mr. E. W. Cecil, a construction super intendent in Pulaski, Va, ea.v»: "When I get con stipated, my head aches, and I have that dull, tired feeling—just not equal to my work. I don’t feel hungry and I know that I need something to cleanse my system, so I take Black-Draught. We have found it a great help.” Sold in 25-cent packages. Thedfordfc ^ BLACK DRAUGHT t^M5E^5^jnim3ownronir tar every month, should take Car au). Peed for over gn years, i.m i i ! Nobody's Business Hv GEE McGEE And There Went Forth a Young Man. My first venture Into the realm of social affability came upon me when I was budding into long brit ches and shaving a few little par ches of white fuzz off my fact In other words, I was approaching 21 years of age, manhood, freedom and matrimony. Katie Green invited me to her lawn party which was scheduled foi Friday night at 8 o'clock, sharp I was* somewhat too sharp: I got there at 7:15 .and had to sit out on a bench In the front yard for an hour, as I saw no life without or within Katie’s domicile. 1 had no Ford to crank or buggy to hitch old Pete onto, so 1 got me a tow-sack and made a saddle and rode that animal those 6 miles. It was the shedding period for old Pete. I got off of him enroute 3 different times and picked billions upon billions of hairs from my blue serge coat and white striped brit ches. That was the huirrlest mule I ever saw. That old tow sack plastered my britches with Jute at the point, r.l contact—and the said britches were not very nice to look at from the rear, and that kept me in much suspense and anxiety while tht party was functioning. My shoe.. [ were old but I had greased them with dish-water sklminings ant [ moonlight. I 11was so bashmul 1 almost sweat ed myself to death at that party They had a plan of "swapptfi! partners" every few minutes, ant when the ushers would “ruth” one of those strange girls Into my pres ehce, or vice versa, It just looltec like the top of my head woulr blow off from high blood pressure I didn’t know anything to tab about except iiojs and cows atu fishing worms. and that was hoi very Interesting to the females. They had some ho-made Japa nese lanterns hanging about or limbs and bushes. They wer< mighty pretty. About 8:45, Katn and her 8 sisters began to serve rec lemonade and ginger-cakes. I wa; so nervous X almost got choked tc death on my first ginger-cake, bul I managed to wash It down with i gobbler full of that red stuff. (The;, called it lemonade, but there must have been some mistake). The party drifted oil Into the night. It was nearly 9:30 before old man Smith hobbled to thedoor and bellowed forth: "Boys and Gals, It's bed time for my younguns, so you’d better pack up and git.” We had I nothing to pack up, but we jpt. Nobody ever thought of hunting any dark corners or shady places to hug In—back then. Xt was a nice party, so they said. A Letter Oreer, S. C., Feb. 18. 1932 Dear Gee McGee: Wont you please tell me thru your column what rights. In your opinion. has a depositor whore money Is tied up in a busted bank? I have benn reading your column for 3 years and enjoy it. Yours truly, J. P. P. The Answer Dear Mr. J. P. P.: XX your money is tied up in a busted bank, you have the following legal and moral rights as a deposi tor: You are at liberty to discuss this matter with your wife and mother-in-law. 2. You can sell your deposit or swap it for a dog or a cow or any other low-priced animal that the swapper might be tired of. 3. You have a perfect right to ask the liquidating agent where he is from and how many times he has beiin married. 4. If you care to do so. you can tell your preacher how much you lost—so's he wont be expecting anything more from you 5. As a depositor, you can't be called upon for any extra money to help wind up your banks af fairs. If the man in charge don't find enough cash and receivables to re-lmburse him for his work, that's his funeral. 6. You, being a depositor, can a? and look thru the plr.te glass win !dow at the liquidating agent is many time a day as you wish. Yfciu may go in and sit down a whiie !f there is another chair handy— and he invites you in. j 7- And you can cull all you ■ please and carry the next dollar (you get in your wife's stocking, if ;you so desire. Furthermore, veu | have a perfect right to cash any dividend check you might receive without ever drawing your account. Yours Me Too. Gee McGee Proper Thinking Would Help Now Asheville Citizen. J. R. Hardin, a former State sen ator of Texas, thinks that the ch'e! obstacle In the way of econopvc progress In that State-and In the! South—Is mental in character. "VVe of the South," he says, “seldom question our political and econop ic order, and we are inclined to look askance at any one who does.” There is a lot in this. "When I was a boy," says Mr, Hardin, writ ing in the Texas Weekly, “I gloried In what my geography said about Texas. It was the biggest Stare in the Union. From Texarkana to El Paso was as far as from New York to Chicago, and from Texline to! Brownsville was still farther. It to1 cl how New Englands and New York could be carved out of our vast do main, and how' many dinky little • Marylaiyis could bo made from wi >t was left over. We had single coun ties bigger than Rhode Island and ranches bigger than Delaware. It was the old plantation idea of measuring wealth and wellbeing In terms of a teres and square miles, since we were so much bigger than New York and New England, we must consequently, so It seemed to me, to be so much greater and more important than they. I did net realize that by such measuremer t* Alaska was still greater than Tex as, and Siberia as great as tb' United States." Doesn't Uiis have a familiar rios to North Carolinians, with refcolUv tlons of the “Fifth State” conip'c < frcsli in their minds? How that did thrill us I But we know now, when we have become the Second State instead of the Fifth in interne) revenue payments to Uncle Sum, that such payments afford no true index to the general prosperity of a people? Mass comparison is, as Mr. Har din argues, likely to be utterly fu tile and misleading. The fact that Texas, many times the size of leva passed the latter State In the value of its agricultural products, w. nothing to boast about. But Texas made much of it with no thought apparently, uf the disparity in the relative size and population of the two States; with no effort appn ently, to translate the agricultural production into terms of tier capita production. This last would have shown that the income per unit of farm production in Iowa was al most double that of Texas at i hence that something was badly wrong in the Lone Star State and much in need of correction. Mr. Hardin gives numerous illus trations of such false and mislead ing comparisons, and expresses the conviction that “tills way of think ing, speaking, writing and teach1 ng out children has done us inestima ble damage." It has caused us to be lulled into a false security It has blinded us to our true economic needs. It lias delayed us in the adoption of policies which were vital to our prosperity. Reorganization of the proceses of a people's thinking Is about the most difficult of all hu man undertakings, but it is exactly that which the development of the South’s Interests and opportunities demands. Snow Cover* Peak Of Mount Mitchell ' Asheville Citizen, Feb. 20.' While Mt. Mitchell—highest peak east of tpe Rockies—yesterday re ceived a covering of one and one half inches of snow'. Asheville en joyed temperatures av ’raging three degrees above normal of 39, with a rainfall of .04 of an inch for the 24 hours ending at 8 o’clock last night. Yesterday's lowest temperature here was 39. highest was 46. More rain is forecast for this vicinity to day. without much temperature change. Snow has been unusually rare in Western North Carolina this winter, even the loftiest mountains getting an almost negligible fall. Houston Skipper In command of the cruiser Hous ton at Shanghai, Captain Robert A. Dawes, ot' Duxbury, Mass., will have the job of evacuating Ameri can citizens from the war zone in the event of such a procedure be coming necessary, The Houston is the flagship of the Asiatic fleet, which was rushed from Manila, I\ I., following tho appeal of Consul General Edwin S. Cunningham foi -einforcoments. Finds Better Cows Now Grown In State _* '■ i Gradual Improvement Shown in Grade of Cows and Their Production. Reports from 93 dairymen belong-! ing to the eight active herd improv-; ment associations now active in North Carolina Indicate that the j dairy cows of today art more ef ficient producers than they werei even one year ago. The members of our herd im provement associations are scatter- 1 ed in 30 North Carolina counties,’’ j says John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at State College. "These; men had 3.364 cows one test last j year which is an increase of 211 over 1930. The average production per cow for_last year was 0 433 pounds of milk and 282 pounds of butter fat as compared with 6,185 pounds! of milk and 261 pounds of butterfat! in 1930. Tills shows a decided im provement in the production of our dairy animals.” Mr. Arey says that the dairymen found by their record keeping that 352 cows were boarders and there fore unprofitable. These were culled and sold to the butchers... Another good indication of the gradual improvement being made in dairy herds was that in 1931, there were 33 herds which averaged 300 pounds or more of butterfat per cow The actual production of these 33 herds was 7,456 pounds of milk and 330 pounds of fat per cow. In the previous year of 1930. cniy 22 herds produced as much as 300 pounds of fat per cow. Then, last year, Mr. Arey found two herds where the fat production averaged 400 pounds or over of fat. One of these was a Guernsey herd owned by Thurmond Chatham at Elkin which produced 8.888 pounds of milk and 448 pounds of fat a cow last year, and the oth er was a Jersey herd owned by Al dridge Bros., of Haw River, which produced 8,250 pounds of milk and 405 pounds of fat a cow last year. ! These men are the first two herds in the state to go above the 400 ! pound mark. Facts such as these tend to show that despite the depression, North Carolina dairymen are pressing for ward in building more profitable herds over the state, says Arey. Postal Service Men To Meet Tonight Forest City, Feb. 22.—Rural let ter carriers of the county will hold a banquet at Blanton’? cafe here tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All postal employes and their wives are in vited.' New Map Oat Shows Shelby On Main Street Of The South Advance copies of a new folder map of the Piedmont highway. U. S. 29, have been received in Gastonia. It is Issued by the Piedmont High way association and shows "The Main Street of the South’’ front Washington to .Montgomery, Ala. The map is a comprehensive one. showing not only the route itself but also trunk and cross route con nections covering practically all of the eastern United States from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Twenty-five thousand copies of this folder are being put out by the association tlirough service stations tourist bureaus and hotels from New England south It is believed that this folder will be the means of drawing many thousands of tourists over this highway. The map shews the various routes from New York to Washington. From the nation's capital No. 29 comes through Cul pepper. Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Danville. Greensboro, Chanblte, Gastonia and on south. Thousands of eastern tourists hav big as their objective the Great Smoky Mountain National park In western North Carolina and east Tennessee will doubtless follow No. 29 to Kings Mountain, N. C. tthe town), visit the famous Kings Moun tain battle ground, now a national military park, nearby and then con ttnue on to Asheville and the Smokies over N. C. No. 20. by way of Slielby. Rutherfordton. Chimney Rock and either the Hickory Nut Gap road or by Hendersonville. This route is rich in its offer ing of historical points all along the route. Many of ihese are indi cated on the map. Between New York and Washington is shown the route through the famdua Gettys burg National Military park in Pennsylvania. A prise of $SOO is being offered by the association for the best ori ginal story of a trip over this route or part of It. The folder contains the rules and regulations for this contest. Another prize of $100 is of fered for the best photographs of* Jews alone this route TRINITY NEWS OF THE CURRENT WEEK Mm. .Font's Under Treatment. Mbs Harrill Entertains. Cbild Has Pneumonia. (Special to The Starh Trinity, Feb. 17.—The W. M U, and Sunbeam band will have a joint meeting at the school house on next Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Mrs. Epton Jones is undergoing treatment in the Shelby hospital, j Miss Katherine Harrill was a very gracious hostess to a number of friends on last Friday evening complimenting her brother, Walter, and Mr. Sam Jenkins whose bir'h day it was. Each guest was request ed to bring a pound of refresh ments, so after a number of games and progressive conversation the guests were invited into the dinirp room where the table was very attractively arranged and the re freshments served. Mrs. J. A. HolUfield is spending two weeks with the family of Mrs Robert Sparks of Cliffside while Mrs. Sparks is undergoing treat ment in the JRuthcrfortdon hospi tal. Misses Sara Ailecn and Mildred Harris and Messrs. George and Johnnie Harris were among the dinner guests of their aunt, Mrs. V. B. Lovelace of Mooresbofo rn Valentine Sunday., Mr. Darvin McClunney of Char lotte spent Saturday with his uncle, Mr. S. J. McClunney. mi. anu mis. rurumn Mcowpin and daughter, Gaynelle and Misses Bettie and Mattie Sue Beason were the spend-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Redman Davis of the Double Springs community last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gillespie and Miss Ruby Greene of Mooresboio spent the past week-end with Miss Beatrice Gould, cousin or Mrs. Gil lespie at her home near Lattimore. Mrs. Forrest Kelly and little daughter, Barbara Lucille of Golds boro and Mrs. A. B. Buchanan of Boiling Springs spent the pest week-end here with Mrs. F. A. Lovelace. Little Miss Virginia Lee Harrtll. the 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harrill has been seriously ill with pneumonia since last Sat urday. Mrs. Jane Winn, Mr. John Winn and Miss Effie Winn were the Sat urday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mat*, in Bailey of Spindale. Mrs. R. W. Greene and little daughter. Dorothy Sue, or Moores boro spent last Monday With Mrs. Paul Bridges who has been sick for several days. Remarry Mellon? A recent photo of Mrs. Nora Mel lon, ex-wife of Ambassador An drew W. Mellon, who, according to rumors circulating in Washing ton, may remarry the Pittsburgh millionaire-diplomat. The Mellons were parted 20 years ago by the divorce route. The supply of milk delivered to the new plant In North Wilkesboro has more than doubled since the factory' opened on January 19. Better fertilizers are secured when dolomltlc limestone is used for fil ler rather than some inert substance like sand, says Tarheel farmers who have tried the new TpS»r« RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas, It has pleased God in ftis Infinite wisdom to remove from our midst, our beloved brother, O. G. Glasco, therefore be it resolved: That Fallston Lodge No. 356 has lost a true and faithful member, whose many years of loyal service w-ill long be remembered Be it further resolved: That Fallston Lodge No 356 ex tend to the bereaved family its heartfelt sympathy. Be It further resolved; That a copy (if these resolutions be placed on the minutes of the lodge, a copy be sent to the bereav ed family, and a copy to The Cleve land Star for publication. T, A. LEE, C. C. STAMEY. E F DELLINGEI? Com. •dvt Move Of Congress In Voting Down Gifts 40 Million Bushels Wheat To Unemployed Creates Curiosity Senate Had Already Voted For It. Was Equivalent To Big Amount Flour. Washington—A few members of the House of Representatives got together in secret session the other day and decided that 40,000,000 bushels of farm board wheat should not be given to the hungry unem ployed. The senate hud voted to give the wheat, which was equivalent to 10,000,000 barrels of flour, but the house committee on agriculture, voting 14 to 0, turned down the proposal and kept it from getting to a vote on the house floor. Explanations for the action range from the assertion that there was not a sufficiently loud clamor for the wheat to the accusation that a majority of the house committee on agriculture is a bunch of dodoes The argument that people were “starving in the midst of plenty ’ while the government kept 160,000, 000 bushels of useless wheat was met by the charge that wheat do nation would be a ' dole.’' ■ Senator Bratton of New Mexico had pointed out that the gift would be “like a popgun in a cyclone,” but there were those who didn’t care to shoot off the popgun. Garner For II. Although Speaker Gamer cud Chairman Marvin Jones (Texas) of the agriculture committee favored the resolution they did not force it to the floor. What happened at the secret ses sion where the resolution was sunk? Well, one understands that the boys discussed it informally around the table. They represent all the agricultural sections of the country, of course. One wanted to know why the government couldn't also buy up a lot of cotton for the unem ployed. And another asked what about rice. And others suggested pork, milk, wool and so on, having in mind the products of their home districts. And why didn't the government go out and buy the wheat on the open market? A course, it was ar gued, which would do more to help the wheat farmers. One or two members dwelt on the expenses cl transportation and distribution. It was pointed out that the farm boar; would like to be reimbursed for the wheat from the treasury,, instead of charging It up to Its revolving fund a; provided by the senate. Chairman Jones argued that the farm board wheat was deteriorat ing and costing 18 cents a year per bushel to carry. He said- it didn't seem like a dole to him, but “more like a fellow discarding an old over coat which he didn’t necd.“— But tlie majority indicated an opinion that the bill wasn’t of much consequence, It was said that there lias been no general excite ment about it and no insistent de mand for the wheat. Anyway, the wheat program would only be a drop in the bucket. And there were those who warned solemnly that passage of the wheet bill would be a pretty radical step to take unless there were really a tremendous emergency. Congress had better go slow until It decided more definitely just what it wanted to do about this relief business. So, between one thing and an other, the resolution was voted down. Chairman John Barton Payne of«lhe Red Cross, at the open hearing, which considered 20,000, 000 bushels as the amount instead of the senate’s $40,000,000, said his organization would distribute the wheat if asked. ' It would take care of the cost o 1 processing into flour by selling the wheat by-products and would ar range with bakers by competitive bidding to receive so many loaves of bread for so many bushels of wheat. The Salvation Army and the Quaker Relief organization ware among those urging passage of the resolution, although a Salvation Army representative did not shew up to testify as promised. Fred Croxton of the President’s Unemployment Relief organization said: “People do not generally starve. They die of something brought on by undernourishment before they starve.” It was pointed out that each bushel of wheat made 6$ loaves of bread. AUSTRIAN DENTISTS LACK OF GOLD FOR FILLINGS Vienna.-^ As a result of the Aus trian financial restrictions denttvts here are unable to supply their pa tients with gold fillings. The Central Association of Den tists has been negotiating with the minister of finance and the Nation al Bank for a supply of gold for their work, but without definite re sults. They declare that the situa tion is very serious for dentistry. The Austrian National bank states that the situation arises only front their desire to keep a firm hold on i--—____ the gold In the country and that a favorable decision for the dentist* | will be made soon. Paragraph 8 of the la^t finance restriction order forbids all dealing Is unwTOugh or half-wrought golo except through the National bank Platinum and silver are sujected to * the same restrictions. BAKING POWDER SAME PRICE (orover 40 yeQrS //> double ach'nq 25 1 OUNCES for! 25*':* MILLIONS OF POUNDS USED BV OUR GOVERNMENT Two Bargain Homes At FORECLOSURE PRICES Nos. 407 and 525 S. LaFayette Street, near school. Both nice, large lots. Both homes in good condition. Prices less than one half appraised value at time loans made. A New Orleans financial institution recently acquir ed the above attractive homes. If you enjoy a good moral and debt-paying repute'don, have a definite sal ary or income, you can buy one or both of these homes on terms that will surprise you. Only small cash pay ment required, balance monthly payments like rent, but eventually you, instead of the landlord, will own the home. A fine chance to get a wonderful home at a sacri fice. Why pay more when this opportunity offers. — ACT QUICKLY — See or Phone Our Representative: D. ROY McBRAYER 11 Royster Bldg., — Telephone No. 775 Poultry Car Will Be At Seaboard Depot, Shelby, N. C. For Loading On WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH The Following Cash Prices Will Be Paid: HEAVY HENS. 14c LIGHT HENS . 11c STAGS .... . 10c ROOSTERS . 6c YOUNG TOMS . 15c OLD TOMS.. 10c TURKEY HENS. 18c DUCKS.. ' 8c CLEVELAND FARMERS MUTUAL EXCHANGE B. AUSTELL, President AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL Something New In Radio! 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