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The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 3y Mail, per jear .................. *2.50 By Carrier, per year ..—. WOO curs: b. WEATHERS ..-. President and Editor S. ERNEST HOEY ... Secretary and Foreman RENN DRUM ... News Editor E. E. DAIL ...-_ Advertising Manager Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the post oMlc# at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1819 We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is and has been our custom to charge live cents per l;i;9 tor rcsoJutiojrs of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, alter one death notice has been published This will be strictly adhered to. MONDAY. MAY .‘10. 1932 TWINKLES The next war may result from the argument as to who should pay for the last one. Sure, a dollar goes farther these days. That's one rea aon why it fakes it so long to get hark. An effort is now being made, a Washington dispatch says, to have both parties agree on prohibition. But will Bishop Cannon agree? America: a place where everyone yells for a congress man to take a stand and when lie does, he is immediately sent hack home to sif down. Garner’s relief bill has been termed a pork barrel by President Hoover. Garner's mistake was in not labelling his program as a building commission. With all the campaigning, no candidate has promised and assured 10-cent cotton, or better, for this fall. Several of them might as well promise, that too, for they are prom ising other things almost as impossible. The newspaper reports giving the list of campaign ex penditures of the various candidates suffices to remind that there is some money left in circulation. The various candi dates for major offices in the State have spent from one to nine thousand dollars each to win and then some of them cannot win. HATS AND GOATS OFF SOLICITOR SPURGEON SPURRING in his memorial day address at Poplar Springs used as his subject a strik ing challenge. It was “Hats off to the past, coats off to the future.” That, to our way of thinking, conies nearer offer ing a solution to present-day problems than all the rosy the ories outlined by the business prophets. ‘‘Hats off to the past, coats off to the future.” SHELBY’S POST OFFICE THE GARNER RELIEF PROGRAM, calling for around twe billion dollars to he spent in public construction and other work, has an appeal to this immediate section because it includes among its allocations $85,000 for enlarging the Shelby post office. This sum for the local Federal building was designated in the public works program of the last Congress, but when the deficit in the national treasury loom ed up. along came word that the addition to the building here was a matter for the future, an indefinite future. The Garner hill may not get by. but the hope here is that it will. Not only would the construction work aid in the unemployment situ ation,, but, what’s more, more working space at the local of fice is really needed. And the $85,000 allocation includes the cost of adding an additional story to tie used as a Federal court room and for Federal offices. Shelby really needs the addition and many will be pulling for the Garner program to go through. THE WORK 01- THE P. T A. THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the election of a new president of the Parent-Teacher council of Shelby serves to re mind of the valuable work done by that organization in the city during the last year or two. For two years the council has been headed by Mrs. John Schenck, jr., and in that time a spirit of close harmony and cooperation seems to have ex isted between the parents of Shelby and the teachers of the city schools. Both, through constant^ meetings together, have learned about each other's work and problems. They have learned first-hand of the two sides there are to every thing, and all Shelby seemingly has benefited thereby. It is to be hoped that the same cooperative spirit will continue under the leadership of the new council leader, Mrs. Harry Speck, and that parents and teachers will continue to work out their problems together instead of bucking against each other. There isn't anything of more real importance than teamwork, and what work is more worthwhile than the prop er educating and training of youth? YOUNG’S MIDDLE INITIAL SOME TIME BACK the “Around Our Town” department of this paper chanced upon the information that the middle initial of the three leading Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination is “D”—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Owen D. Young and Newton D. Baker. The ‘,D" in Roose velt’s name is for Delano, but the middle name of the two others is not known. The columnist commenting on the three Initials wondered if the ”D” did not stand for Democrat. Now comes The Spartanburg Journal to bat with the infor mation (hat the ”D" in Young s name does not stand lor anything. Says The Journal: - What does the “D” in Owen D. Young's name stand for? Many a reader has doubtless asked that question in musing over this outstanding figure in the world of business and political economy, regarded by many as the most available presidential timber the Democratic party possesses. You might guess all day and never answer the question, but a columnist on The New York Times, giving as his authority Ida M. Tarbell, says the “D” is just added for atmosphere, or to give the name a full, rounded significance. Here is the explanation: “He has no middle name. His parents had agreed on “Owen,” for a Christian name, but his mother thought that some thing more was needed. They took a chance on “D,” and “D’* it remained to the present day, though prob ably not one in a thousand of his admirers is aware of the fact.’’ THE FINAL WEEK THIS WEEK BRINGS the June primary campaign into the home stretch. There will be more activity this week than in any other week since the first candidate announced. There will be more propaganda, more rumors and reports, more controversies than in any previous period during the campaign. It will be a week in which the voter should keep his head clear and do some serious, calm thinking of his own. We say this because it is a customary political trick to spread rumors and reports on opposing candidates in the final week with the hope that, the candidate hit cannot head off the propaganda until it is too late. Such tactics are those which all voters should watch. Some of the rumors spread this week ma.v bear the earmarks of authenticity. It is human nature to believe reports about the fallacies and short-comings of others. But the sensible voter will this week sprinkle a bit of salt on the reports com ing to him or her. The average voter know's or has known of all the county candidates for years. He or she knows their reputation over a period of time. Balance that knowledge against the last-minute rumors. And remember that over zealous friends of candidates will go to desperate lengths to wind in a hot political race. The same plan should be fol lowed about the State candidates. The average voters in the county may not know the various candidates in the several State-wide contests, but an impartial, fair study will remind him that men seldom ever advance far enough in public life to become serious candidates for high positions unless they are men of some ability and character. Candidates can help considerably in pushing to one side the customary last-week tactics. After all is said and done, a major portion of the voters are not swayed by such meth ods. In fact, it is our opinion that more votes are lost than gained. Keep the last rush down the home stretch on as high a plane as possible! SOMETHING WRONG? CERTAINLY HOW MANY. RALES of cotton does it take to pay a man a salary of $1,000? If you haven’t' figures it out, you would be surprised. For that matter, it takes two bushels of corn to purchase a good pair of socks. The Gastonia Gazette got to figuring on such things the other day and here is what resulted: If paid with cotton three years ago salaries would be listed as follows: $600 salary, 6 bales; $1,000 salary, 10 bales; $1,800 salary. 18 bales; $2,500 salary 25 bales; $3,000 salary, 30 bales; $4,000 salary, 40 bales. The average production of a one-horse farmer with the labor of his family thrown in as “free” labor, is perhaps less than six bales. The two-horse farmer with the help of his family produces about 12 bales. When listed at the 1931-32 prices of cotton the salary list will show up as follows: $600 salary 18 bales; $1,000 sal ary, 30 bales; $1,800 salary, 54 bales; $2,500 salary, 75 bales; $3,000 salary, 90 bales; $4,000 salary, 120-bales. And the same thing applies to all farm products. The Elizabeth City Independent relates t'he following: “I need some socks, said a young farmer to me the oth er day, “But,” said the young farmer, a ‘‘pair of socks will cost me two bushels of corn; 1 will have to do without the socks I need. The dollar doesn't mean anything any more; I have to figure everything in bushels of corn rather than in dollars and cents.” Three years ago that young farmer sold his corn for seed at $2 a bushel. Two years ago he sold his corn for £1 a bushel. On the strength of that dollar a bushel price he bought a tractor for $1,600, giving his note at the bank to geg the money to pay for the tractor, expecting to liquidate the note with 1.600 bushels of corn. Today he is expected to pay nearer 6,000 bushels of corn to satisfy the holders of his note. What America needs is a revaluation of corn. In the first place, according to our way of thinking, no farmer needs socks that cost any where near 75 cents or a dollar. He ought to he able to*get along mighty well with cheaper socks, say 25 cents a pair or even cheaper. The 25 eent kind are good enough for courting. He can plow in 10 cent socks. The point is, however, that there must be a revaluation of farm products, or a deflation of the dollar. People can not go on much longer paying two dollars back for every dollar they owe; or required to pay two and three times as much in produce for a certain thing as they did three years ago. The same thing applies to tobacco as well as cotton and corn. There is something wrong somewhere. What is it? The solution is beyond us. 16TH IN CIRCULATION IN NORTH CAROLINA The Star is 16th in circulation of all the newspapers in North Carolina. It exceeds the circulation of 160 weekly newspapers and exceeds the circulation of 20 of the 35 daily newspapers. No other form of advertising is more economical or effective. (Oar readers can get an answer lo The Cleveland Star. Washington Bureau, 1222 New York avenue, N. W„ Washington, D. C. Write your name and address on one side of the paper, state your question clear* ly and enclose 2 cents in stamps for reply postage. Do not write legal, medical or religious questions.) Q How can the ncith star be lo cated in the heaven.;.’ A. Pola-is, the north star can be located easily by first locating the big dipper. The pair of stars in the dipper that are farthest from the handle arc the pointers that point to Polaris. An imaginary line ex tending through -h'se two stars will locate the north star. Q. What is the origin of the phrase, “We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the lord," and which president used it in a politi cal speech? A. It 1* in the Book of Revela tions, and Theodore Roosevelt used it in a speech at the Progressive party convention in Chicago, Aug ust 5, 1912. Q. Which state first established a public school system? A- Massachusetts, in 1837. Q How much has the population of Los Angeles, Calif, increased in the last ten years? A. The 1930 population was 576, 673 and the 1930 census enumerated 1.236,048. Q. What does Esne mean? A. An Anglo-Saxon hireling oi serf. Q. What ta civilisation? A. The general Idea conveyed, is Campaign Now Biggest Show Ever Put On i World’* Biggest Nation In W»r»t Depression Witches Two Ring Circuit. Washington.—This campaign year of 1932 pre6ents the greatest show on earth. It has everything. Every thing, that is, excep, rhyme, rea son and common sense. The biggest nation in the world, in the trough of the worst depres sion in history, aga</i piles into the two-ring circus of American poli tics, with the assurance that the clowns will be somewhat funnier, the tightrope walkers more num erous and agile, the barkers’ more hysterical and the rnlmals nearly all a little more moth-eaten and bedraggled. * The Tweedledum party and the Tweedledee party are about to nominate candidates for the presi dency for whom ths-e is hardly any enthusiasm even within party ranks. A*, this date no one has been able to discover any essential dif ference between these parties ex cept that one party has all the gov ernment jobs and the other party is out to get them or die in the at tempt. Neither party will nominate Its best man for the presidency. That wouldn’t be good jriitics. Both, however, will writ«> platforms de signed to please everybody, which will be promptly forgotten. Horn ror rrofperuy Fortunately, both parties are positively guaranteed to bring back prosperity. The pcliticians have been bringing it back for nearly three yeais, and although it's a hard task and the results are not yet ap parent, they have had more exper ience on the job than anyone else There Is a quaint theory that the people of the country have some thing to do with nominating the two presidential candidates, and it is true in about the same sense that the peop.c of New York City have something to do with each of Babe Ruth's home runs. They support the players, vocally and financially. The “Issues” In November, after a campaign which wi'i cost plenty of money— but not ws much as usual—the vot ers will ballot only indirectly for a president they must indorse sets of electors most of whom they have never heard of hefty e. Meanwhile, thousands of politi cians will be runn'ng for various offices solely on such Issues as the Massle case and the Lindbergh baby cav. on which they will be found to hold firm uncompromis ing opintrns. It'll Be a Good Shew But don't think !t isn’t going to be a swell show. It Us Everybody in politics 'a going to be fighting like the devil and a lot ot tail feathers are going to be nulled out before it is over. Large sections el the audience are more than a *>,;fle sore, with rotten tomatoes and bad eggs stor ed up for good use. That’s why the performers are going through their antics with much mere than cus tomary fervor. Neve.- were so many jobs in danger—and you know how jobs are these days. The White House the senate and the house are all at stake. Prohibi tion which provide* an issue strik an improved condition of mankind, resulting from the establishment of social oraer in place of individual independence and law’essness of the savage or barbarous life. It is sus ceptible of continual progress. Q. Does it require less or more heat to boil water ou Pike's Peak than at sea level? A. Less heat is required on Pike's Peak because the air pressure de creases in proportion to height, and the boiling point of water decreases one degiec Fahreinneit for every 550 feet c-f ascent ebeve sea level. Q. Did Senator Robert M. La Follette, sr,, vote against declaring war on Cermany; bid he later run for president of the United States and die a natural death? A. He voted against war. ran for president in 1924, and died from acute bronchial asthma in his home in Washington, D. C , in 1925. Q. What is the language of Swit aerland? A. Switzerland has four lan guages; German, spoken by 2,750, 622 inhabitants of nine cantons; French by 824,320 inhabitants of five camions; Italian by 238,544 in habitants of one canton and Ro mansch by 42 940 inhabitants scat tered through the country. Q. How is Valet pronounced ? A. Val-et, in English. Q. Name the governor of Virginia? A. John G. Pollard. Q. How many stales have rati fied the proposed “lame duck” amendment to the constitution? A. Nine; Virginia, New York, Mis sissippi, Arkansas, Jew Jersey, Ken tucky, Michigan, South Carolina, and Maine. ing more popular chords than any within memory—may receive its real coup de grace. And whether or not there is any hope of economic im provement through pclitical action, everyone is going to be whooping about it as the Tweedledee and Tweedledum par tie.; make mighty efforts to prove eaca other entirely to blame. Far Enough, Not Too Far As for the Chicago conventions, which are almost upon us, one will have to depend 'nr excitement among the Republicans largely on the fight over the wet platform plank which the party is expected to adopt. Like 30 many skilled artists daub ing on fust the right amount of paint, the Republica 1 politicians will try to go far enough without go ing too far. Then It ought to be a lot of fun watching the previously dry Mr. Hoover balancing himself on the nlank. Dems More Spectacular The Democrats nearly always put on a more spectacular program. They hav-.; not yet decided whether to nominate Governor Roosevelt on the convention floor or someone else in a smoke-filled room. The tussling with that problem may provide as excilng a political spectacle as has been seen since 11924. Melodrama may reach its heights. Think of co’orful, hard hitting A1 Smith being allied with his old bitter enemies Hearst and McAdoo against his former pal Roosevelt. And of the prooable desperate, canny maneuvering of the powerful eastern bosses as they clash with the more naive, out scrappy and more numerous Roosevelt support ers from the south and west. And dark horses prancing behind the scenes. Ring up the curtain! The 1932 extravaganza ought to be a wow. Miller Sets Dates For Farm Picnics Various Farm Conventions And Picnics Scheduled During Summer Months. Supplementing the state farmers convention which aril be held at State college during the week of August 29 the series of picnics and field days will be neld at each of the branch experiment station farms as in the past. Dates for these picnics have been announced by Fred E. Miller, di rector if branch station farms. The opening picnic will be held at the Piedmont station near Statesville, Iredell county, on July SI, followed by the one at the Tobacco station near Oxford in Granville county on July 28. For the tidewater country, the picnic will b.* held at the Blackland station near Wenona in Washingtin county cn August 4; for the coastal plain at the Upper Coastal Plain station near Rocky Mount in Edgecombe county on August It and for the mountain section at. the Mountain Branch station at Swannano.i in Buncombe county on August IJ The next event will be the state farmers' convention at State college beg inrun? on the evening of Aug ust 39 and lasting through Septem ber 2. Then the final field day will be at the Coastal Plain Station near Willard in Pender county on Sep tember a At eac:> of these Held days, spe cialists and resear.'h investigators for the North Ca.uo.a State col lege will have exhibits of their re sults with crops and UveMock. and 4 experts v 111 be on nand to explain the nature of the woifc being done on each farm. Mr. Miller says an effort will be made to keep the picgrams at the .same high standard of past years and that pood speakers will be se cured for the formal leatures of the programs What is your daughter working for at college—an M. A ? No, an M-R-S. DENTAL OFFICE IS ROBBED IN IUORGANTON News-Herald. Last Saturday while Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Howell were at lunch Dr. Howell’s dental offiw was rifled of about *300 in gold. 1 wo men, pre sumably the robbe'-1- were seen in the waiting room curing the noon hour, but as patients frequently await the return of the dentist no significance was attached at their being there. Acknowdleging Sympathy We have found that our patrons always wish to make some direct acknowledgement of the expressions of sympathy received from neighbors and friends. We gladly assist them in keeping records of calls and floral offerings, and present a choice of tasteful cards of thanks. In this, as in other details, our experience and knowledge of social usages is appreciated. Palmer’s Funeral Home AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE til YOUR VACATION AS ELABORATE AS YOUR PREPARATION START saving now for your vacation and you can accumulate adequalc funds for the sort of vaca tion you’ve always dreamed of hut never dreamed you could afford. We can supply some very encouraging data and details from our “Save to Travel-’ Bureau. 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