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Gillette, Father Of The Safety Razor Dies; He Made Millions Of Money In Millions Razor Blades Los Angeles. July 12—Km? C Gillette is dead The man who invented the safety razor and whose picture was known in every country of the world passed away at his ranch home at 3 00 a m He rj. t.l veo-s "lfi Hi w *»e. formerly Atlanta E. Gaines, of Ohio, imu uis sun, j,v.us v. ui'iet-.tf, die. were with him when he died, More than 35 years ago, Gillette conceived the idea that made him a multi-millionaire and famous throughout the world A salesman for a bottle stopper company at that time, he was rid ing on a swaying railway train and trying to shave with an old-style razor when he seized with a determi nation to invent a razor that could be used satisfactory under all con ditions. History records that the old-style razor which fired Gillette with this determination was dull, that his beard was tough and that his com ments about the situation were "mildly profane. ' Got His Idea Knowing little about manufactur ing and less about steel. Gillette set out, nevertheless, to invent the article which his predlctment caused to be pictured in hi hand. He had • a definite idea of what he wanted— a moderate-priced handle with a contraption into which an even more moderately-priced •'hoe-like razor" could be fitted, used safely, and then thrown away Gillette a native of Fond Du Lae. xvis., worked secretly on his idea while continuing his work as a sale - man. White House toon Book He had enjoyed no more than the normal advantages of that time, all his education having been obtained in Chicago’s public schools.* He had, however, a more unusual lineal back ground. One of his ancestors was the first governor of Massachusetts Another, Fanny Amira Camp Gil lette was the author of the “White House Cook Book.-' In 1895, while working in London as a salesman. Gillette perfected his idea for a ‘‘hoe-shaped" razor with thin double-edged blades. He returned to the United States, settled at Brookline. Mass., and ob tained the help of William E. Nick rrson, a teacher, in devising mtchin trry to manufacture the article he Iliad In mind In 1901. six years after the lnct Ident on the swaying railway train, the first safety razor ever manufac tured appeared on the market. The invention did not, however, find im mediate favor with the then bearded male population of the world. Only a very few razors were sold that year. The following year, however. 90, ! 000 of the new razors were sold, and j with them went 100 000 blades. From then on, sales increased rapidly ana in 1930 the Gillette factory turned out razor number 115.272,539. Picture Everywhere. A picture of Gillette as he appear ed in middle age was printed on every blade wrapped turned out. by |his company. It was claimed thal this' face was known to more people I in more countries than that of any 'other man in the world. | Some of the. most Interesting | chapters of Gillette's amazing career jwere written after he retired in 1913 |from active participation in the busi ness of manufacturing the kind of razor he had invented. Would Organise World After this retirement, he Invested t millions in California real estate and carried on numerous financial ad ventures which amazed the World in their daring as well as In their suc cess. He wrote several books, in cluding 'Human Drift." "Gillette’s Social Redemption." and "World ■ Corporation." in tne last named volume, ne out lined a plan to organize the world as a corporation, with the late Theo dorse Roosevelt as President at a salary of $250,000 a year. He actu ally did incorporate such an organi zation under the laws of Arizona. In 1921. most of his razor patents expired. Competition developed. His monopoly was threatened. In 1929 ! the competition became so intense 1 that Gillette, then an ill and white haired man of 84 years, came out of | retirement to lead the battle to keep this unofficial title as ruler of the [razor manufacturing industry. This he succeeded in doing in theory, if not entirely in fact, until the hour I of his death WEBB THEATRE TODAY and THURSDAY “New Morals For Old” -with Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Robert Young and Jean Hersholt Also Ruth Etting in “ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT” — 10c — Coming FRIDAY The Picture Terrific “THE DOOMED BATTALION” 3-Day specials THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY 200 Ladies' SILK DRESSES Including every pretty pattern seen this season . . . . your choice at the extraordinary low price of $2.95__ 200 Ladies’ STRAW HATS All the new shapes, styles and every size . . . . _ 49c_ SPECIAL! Our buyer made a vei-y special buy of j200 Dozen x * MEN’S TIES All regular $1 sellers ... to go on sale these three days at^Hfe very special price of 15c each or 2 for 25c BEE HIVE 'Bargain Center of the County" LOCAL and • • PERSONAL News Mr and Mrs. D A Cantpe 6f( Kings Mountain spent Sunday with! their daughter Mr and Mr* Mull Patterson Mr. and Mrs. William Bell of Kings Mountain spent Sunday with Mrs. Bell's brother Mr, and Mr J. D. Harmon. Ernest Robinson, of High Point, is visiting Miss Louise Ramseur here] this week. Mr E B Hopper of Bat Cave was in Shelby on business Monday. Miss Reca Gardner of Elisabeth, N. J . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T C, Gardner of Shelby, will sail on July 16. aboard the S S LaFayette, for a summer trip through Europe,] Mrs W. F McQueen of Morven is here on a visit to her daughter,1 Mrs. D. A. Tedder, and Mr. Tedder ] Mr and Mrs. L. M. Kill of Char lotte spent the day Sunday here with .the latter’s parent's Mr. and Mrs. Major Hopper Mrs. Hopper returned home with them to spend this week as their guest. Mr and Mrs. John Honeycutt spent the day yesterday in Concord where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Honeycutt. Misses Gertrude Boland and Louise Riviere with Roy Willis and D. L. Willis, Jr. spent the day Sunday in Spartanburg visiting Miss Holhe Wofford. Mrs. G F. Seyffert of Phoebus Va . and Mrs. Worth Plyler of Salis bury will arrive today to visit their brother, Mr. L. L. Sloop, and Mrs. Sloop. __ j Mi' and Mrs Homer Bridges arc ] spending this week at WrlghtsviUel Beach. Mi M D Acock, Assistant manag er Charles' Store returned Monday from his vacation, which was spent in the eastern part of the State. Mr and Mrs. W. A Thompson of Little Rock. Ark., will leave soon for Coha&sct, Mass., where they will visit the latter’s sister, Mrs. Sher man R. Thayer, and Mr. Thayer. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Thayer are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Blanton of this place. Mrs. J. Roy Mull spent Tuesday in Spartanburg visiting friends. She was accompanied by Miss Ruth Kirby of Gaffney. Robert T. Ferguson, Jr , left Mon day to return to his home in Char lotte after spending a week here with George. Blanton, Jr. Try Star Want Ads. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kennedy of Fayetteville are here visiting Mrs Georgia Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Alger Hamrick and children, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A Wells and children spent, last week at Folly Beach near Charleston. 8. C. Little Miss Jacqueline Smith, dau ghter of Mrs. Thelma H. Smith, left yesterday for Spartanburg to visit her aunt and uncle. Mr. /ind Mrs. W. C. WoJfe. Mrs A. G Sides and Miss Violet Mayhue spent the day yesterday In Charlotte, Rev and Mrs. E. F Elliott and two sons. Everett and William, of Parts, Ark. will arrive tonight to spend two weeks here with Mrs. Elliott's mother, Mrs. Susan Corn well at her home on Grover street. Mr and Mrs. Don Livingstone of Memphis, Tenn.. spent the day here Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. B C. Houser Mr. J B. Smith, county welfare officer, is attending a school for welfare workers at Chapel Hill this week Mr and Mrs. Lee B Weathers and daughter. Pearl, leave this aft ernoon for Llnville to attend a two day session of the N. C. Press asso ciation. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Rollins an nounce the birth of a daughter at the Shelby hospital on July 12. Mr and Mrs. R. G. Wallace. Cam Wallace and Tom Davis of Newberry, S. C., spent the day here Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Eskridge, and the two boys remained over for a visit this week with them. Miss Lib Spencer of Bessemer City spent last week here visiting Miss Marjorie Riviere. Miss Louise Cottle has returned home after a two weeks visit to relatives in Albany, Ga. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bridges an nounce the birth of a son yesterday, July 12, at the Shelby hospital. A congenial party,, Including Misses Evelyn Stone, Lib Spencer, and Marjorie Riviere with Horace Turner and Ed Nolan spent the day in Asheville last Thursday. Little Jene Mull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mull, is spending several days this week visiting he." cousin, Ponder Reba Sanders. Dr. and Mrs. Saunders Davidson of Roanoke. Va. were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Lackey at their home in Fallston. Prompt Use of Anti-Toxin Has Cut Lockjaw Fatalities in Half Immediate Cleansing and Treatment of Every Wound That May Introduce Tetanus or Other Germs Is Urged to Slop the Serious Results of Infection. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health, Hew York City. AN liiicrv v? the skin in which caaa*. has been an en trance <*f ttirt, is dangerous. Such an injury. wi«h the presence of the right germ and if neglected, may result in t e ta n us. The i same danger at- I taches to a I puncture of the 1 skin with any- 1 thing that car- j ries dirt into j the tissues. Of particular danger are street injuries and gunshot wounds. With the oncoming 4 of the Fourth of July, great Dr. Copelind precautions s n o u i a oe uiea against accidents from blank car tridges and fireworks. Wounds caused by them may be contami nated by the tetanus germ. Tetanus, or lockjaw, is a dis ease in which the body becomes stiff, the chewing and swallowing muscles won’t work, and severe convulsions occur. It is a danger ous ailment. In some statistics I saw, it was recorded that SO per cent of tet anus cases are found in injuries occurring on the street, in homes, gardens or stables. The worat case I ever saw followed a fall from a bicycle, where the palms of the hands were scraped on the gravel of the road. It is far less likely to result from industrial ac cidents. Fortunately we now have at our disposal a means of combating thi* much dreaded disease, for by means of “tetanus antitoxin” it may bo prevented. However, for this treatment to be successful, it should be given immediately after the infliction of any contaminated injury, and in addition to giving the tetanus an titoxin, it u essential that the wouna oc morou^my cjc&hscu ana receive whatever surgical treat ment is necessary. With the use of antitoxin, the mortality from this disease has been reduced at least one-half. The fatal cases now are usually due to negligence on the part of the patient; so never fail to seek medical advice if you have injured yourself. Please remember that the anti toxin must be given immediately after receiving the injury, and that when it is given promptly, there is very remote danger of tet anus. In former years, when tetanus antitoxin was not known, it was customary to cauterize all sus pected wounds. This painful and unpleasant procedure is no longer necessary if tetanus antitoxin is given. Do not misunderstand me. Tet anus antitoxin is not a substitute for local treatment. It is only an occasional wound that is infected with this particular germ, but every wound is subject to infec tion with other germs, less deadly but nevertheless disagreeable. If every injury were treated at once, by thorough cleansing and the application of iodine, it would make a great difference in the average of results from wounds. | Answers to Health Queries 1 Miss H. Q-—What causes con stipation? A.—Improper diet la usually re sponsible. This should be corrected. Send self-addressed stamped enve lope for full particulars and repeat your question. • * • A Reader. Q—What Is the cause of pains in the bones down the traaJ at the limbs? A.—Tl»'a may be due to rheu matism or neuralgia. For full par ticulars restate your question and send a stamped self-addressed en velope. ^ cssnusi, in Hu hue Sneiau isa | Poplar Springs News ! Of Current Week j Intermediate I'nlon Elect* Officers. Birthday for Mary Kuth Ham rick Personals. • Special to The Star ' Poplar Springs, July 12.—'The In termediate union of the B Y P. V jhas nominated the following of ficers to serve thl* quarter. Prrsl jdent, Ralph Elliott; vice president. Elsie Anthony; recording secretary, Melltr Wallace; treasurer. Mary Ila Hamrick; Bible readers leader. Mary Ila Carpenter; chorister. Mary Ruth Hamrick Oroup cap tains. No 1 Margaret Hamrick; No 2 Marvin Anthony; No. 3 Edwin McGinnis; leader, Mr. J. D Elliott. Miss willena Durham of Oalfney, S. C . is visiting her aunt Mrs R B Patrick and family. Master Reid Lovelace Jr . and sister little Miss Rachel of Canton, spent Thursday Yught with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lemons and family. Mr and Mrs. L. E Hamrick and Mr and Mrs. Bill Phtlbeck enter tained Saturday evening In honor of their daughter and sisters. Mary Ruth Hamrick's 15th birthday. The home was beautifully decorated with a variety of beautiful summer flowers Games and nuslc were en joyed until a late hour when the guests were envlted In (o the din-! Ing room where grape juice and cake was served to the following boys and girls. Misses, Moselle. Aeda and Cora Wilson. Selma and Gladys Lemons. Virginia and Ruth Hopper from the Zoar community Mallte j Wallace, Selma Hamrick, Annie! Mae Jones. Grace Weaver and Pearl1 Glasco of the Beaver Dam commun-1 Ity; Messrs. Bernes Lemons. Brosslei Hamrick, James Debrew. Grady and John Hamrick, J. D. Packard and Ralph Gillette. Raymon and Archie Queen, Charlie and Marvin An thony. Theron Patrick and Eulan Humphries. ine nonoree received many beau tiful presents. All went sway wish ing Mary Ruth many more happy j birthdays. Mrs. Lander MeSwaln and son from near Earl spent toe week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wesson and family. Mr. Edison Noggle has returned home after an extended visit with his brother and sister In Richmond, Va. Mrs. Hester Hamrick and son, Billie is spending this week with Mr and Mrs. Dock Wesson and children. Miss Virginia Hopper of the Zoar community spent the week-end with Misses Gladys and Selma Lemons and Miss Ruth Hoppe" spent the week-end -with Miss Rutn Hamrick. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elliott* and children, Packard and Ralph, spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. Forrest ; Elliott* of Lincolnton. Mr. and Mrs. Wake Hamrick and children and Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Hamrick and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Alonzo Hamrick and Elmira. Mr. and Mrs. David Barnette and children of the Patterson Springs community spent Sunday with Mrs. B. C. Queen and family. Mr. and Mrs. Nash Magness and children of the Zion community spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blanton and children. Mr. Cyrus Hawkins of Greensboro and Mr. Otho Hawkins of Lattimore were called to the bedside of their mother. Mrs. Preston Hawkins Fri day night. Miss Mary Lovelace and Mrs Buren Moore and children spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Dargan Grlgg and Mr. and Mrs Evans Grigg Americanism: Making a great fortune by paying the workers too little; winning fame as a philan thropist by caring for the needy workers. In Balm Suit Kiffhtinjr the $200,000 breech of j promite suit brought against him by Myrtle Hazel Joan St. Pierre, pretty Pasadena, Cal., nurse, David Hutton, husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, is shown in court (top) at Los Angeles. He does not seem much upset by the trial, smiling jovially at the evidence. Meanwhile, his evangelist wife, ignorant of the court proceedings, is shown (lower) convalescing at a seaside sani tarium. My Trip Across Arizona Desert (Written for The Star by Grady Bright. St. .Mary’s Hospital, Tuc son. Arizona.) As the long hours of westward! journey passed and cities and town* became smaller and farther apart. The might Of the. great open spaces are felt more and more. Nothing but broad rolling miles and distant mountains and skyline one has a Indescribable feeling, you are over whelmed by the immensity of the scene. West of El Paso is where the real desert begins likewise the real west Three hundred and sixty-five miles to Tucson from El Paso one may look only at the wide expanse of dun, gray desert lying between ranges of barren, pur ple hill*. From hill to hill the parth lays dry and hot. As far as the eye can reach there is no visible mark of human life. The gaunt and treeless moun tains set in front of you as if to stop you from a forbidden land. To a person accustomed to the east and life of all kinds around him, when he first sees that open desolation, it seems grim and meanacing and makes him wish he were home again despite the fact he is on a fast flying train. The first human life I saw was all at once we came to a small des-1 ert town. I was surprised that any one could live long under that burning sky. I saw a few unpainted shacks and adobe cabins, one street a general merchandise and hard ware store, a dilapidated post of fice and a tiny depot. A few natives whom you couldn't tell whether they were Indians or Americans squatted in the shade of one of the stores. I confess I expected to see cowboys wearing guns and holding ip trains and so on. That ts over, but the wide open west is still here Just as it was years ago when brave souls dared the dust, burning trails In slow ox wagons from east to west. Ah but the strength and qual ity of those old-fashioned lives. The purpose and conviction of those noble pioneers, one wants to swell his chest and thank God fbr Amer ica. the noble and the fr£e. Reynolds Fortune Began In Load Of Tobacco; Son’s Chances Hurt Because Of Wealth Of His Father Winston-Salem,—Some sixty years ago a Virginia farm boy set out from his Patrick county home with a two horse wagon load of plug chewing tobacco and $2 in his pocket. He drove into the wilderness-like sec tion where Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee meet, sold his tobacco at a profit, and returned home to con tinue his business. This incident marked the entry into the tobacco business of Richard Joshua Reynolds, who built up the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and when he died in 1918, left an estate now valued at more than $100,000,000. After his experience m peddling tobacco, young Reynolds came to Winston (now Winston-Salem) in his early manhood, and with a capi tal of $5,000. launched his tobacco company in a 36x60-foot building. Today the business employs more than 20.000 workers and is credited with being the mainstay of business in this city The Reynolds company grew steadily from the start. R. J. Reynolds took into the busi ness with him his brothers, William N. Reynolds, well-known sportsman of Cleveland O.. and Winston-Salem and Walter, who died several years ago. William Reynolds is now chairman of the executive board of the company. When he was 55 years old, R. J. Reynolds married Miss Mary Kathe rine Smith, of Mount Airy, N. C. They had four children, Richard Johsua Jr., Mary Katherine and Nancy Susan, both married, and Zachery Smith, whose death from a pistol wound is now being investi gated by a corner's jury. When his boys were born, the elder Reynolds declared they had to work, although he had already made a fortune. "A rich man's boy,” he is quoted in a biography as saying on one oc casion, “ has only half a chance to make good, and I do not want my boys hampered by the money I have made. It is not fair to them.” The Reynolds family, throughout the lives of the parents, mixed cor dially with the people of Winston Salem The children attended the public schools in their earlier years. Since the death of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, their children have spent j m»t nf their time elsewhere. 1 WATCH YOUR HEALTH B. D. BRYANT THE HERBOLOGIST Now Located in Your Town at M. A. Beam's Store South Shelby, N. C. See him in retard to your health Hundred* of others being cur ed. why not you? It matters not. what the trouble, all I ask u a chance All consultation* are confidential and free. I cure by use of herb# only. Not with hypodermic needle*, acid or dope. SEE this health-giving man. Don t fall to try a treatment of Nature's Remedies—Curing Stomach. Liver. Kidney and Bladder Trouble, RheumatUm, Indi gestion. or gas on Stomach. Pellagra, Impure Bloood, Dull, Droway, Lary Peeling, Old Sores, Eerema and Pyorrhea. Cured With Nature'* Remedy Only. Gathered From Natures' Field OFFICE HOURS: Week Days, 0:00 to 8:60 P. M-—Sundays, all day Visits made to your home without charge within 3 miles of office 1600 Satisfied Customers In Rutherford County SHELBY’S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE 10c COOL AND COMFORTABLE TODAY AND THURSDAY Adolphe Menjou Is a how! as a (ay old dog in “BACHELOR’S AFFAIRS” with Minna Gombell Arthur Pierson, Joan Marsh ALSO: “Summer Daze” Karl Dane and George K. Arthur ‘The Tuba Tooter* Tom and Jarry cartoon “Heroes of the West” Chapter No. 4 —-V AIR A new shipment of wash dresses too pretty to stay at home ... too -sporty just to wear in the house . . . too cool to resist. Very special prices for the style and quality they embody . . . $1.95 T0 $3.95 McNEELY’S kJ Visit Our Store And See The Many July Bargains On Display HOURS CRUISE ON Beautiful Chesapeake Bay Including Visit to HISTORIC YORKTOWN, “Birthplace of the Nation” Via CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP LINE SUNDAY, JULY 24th SEA TRAIN EXCURSION — A new type of rail and water outing introduced by the Southern Railway Sys tem, at the Cheapest Fare Ever Offered. ££ SHELBY, N. C. — FOREST CITY, N. C. RUTHERFORDTON, N. C. — SPINDALE. “TICKETS ON SALE: SATURDAY, JULY 23rd. Return leaving Norfolk Sunday evening 7 p. nu, July 24th or remain over until Monday, 7:30 p. m., July 25, if desired. Tickets will also be sold to NORFOLK, VA., at the fares named above for those not desiring to go to York town. ~ REDUCED PULLMAN RATE One and One-Half Fare for the Round Trip Breakfast and Lunch Enroute on Steamer at Reasonable Prices. Accommodations on the Steamer are limited. The right is reserved to discontinue sale of tickets when the capa city is reached. Make Pullman Reservations and pur chase tickets in advance. For schedules and other information call on ticket agents SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM 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.
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