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FRIDAY. OCT. 7. ifdl
TWINKLES
The Huimb tourists arc heading' Smitlt. Winter
Bfinnot hr far away.
Anyway, give Hoover eredit for appealing In more
rotors, in hi? Iowa apeerh; t han any other < amlidate has
ever done heretofore,. He said that his major aim was
to help those in debt, and just how few hundredths of
one percent, does that lac k of including the ent ire elec -
orate ?
THE RATTLE RELINK
Locally there has been very little political activity
since the Democratic run-off primary in July, bur to
night and tomorrow Cleveland county Democrats begin
their drive which they hope will result in an overwhelm
ing victory in November, tonight two speakers will be
on a program at Fallston which is sponsored , by the
county organization of Young Democrat's, and tomor
row, Saturday, in Shelby party lenders, meaning pre
cinct .chairmen and committeemen, are scheduled to
gather to lav plans for the complete campaign. That
means that this section is to hear very little other than
politics for the next four weeks, the Republicans, sel
dom ever do much public campaigning in this county,
perhaps realizing that it would be wasted effort. A
<1. O. I’, rally was held, however last week in the Three
County Corners section, and the likelihood is that Chas.
A. Jonas and perhaps Jake Newell will speak in the coun
ty before the November balloting, as leaders believe they
have the best chance of what little chance I he Republi
can party has this fall. Rut the Democrats seemingly
intend to make up for whatever activity the Republicans
do not help with. Rob Reynolds and J. C. R. Khring
hatis. both speakers of a type that draw and entertain
the crowds, are scheduled to come to Cleveland, and na
turally there will be numerous lesser lights. Anyway,
beginning today, and with the rally tomorrow and the
opening of the registration books adding more interest,
we will during the month ahead lie hearing much of
politics too much for some citizens who have been
weaned of the habit of becominig overly aroused over
such mattery
A “FORTY-’LE-VENTH" COUSIN
Names once meant something in politics, as in other
walks of life, but that day, in this era of startling trans
formations, appears t'o be passing. In the nation we
bavp a Roosevelt, a mighty word in Republican ranks,
running for office on the Democratic ticket ; and in North
Carolina we have a Tillett, a name for a half century
connected with fighting Tar Heel Democracy, running
on the Republican ticket for lieutenant governor.
This development brings from the pen of Charles W.
Ttllett, veteran Charlotte barrister, writer and gentle
man, a communication in which he would disassociate
his branch of the Tillett family from that of the Re
publican Tillett. The communication, which appears in
today’s Star, packs the typical Tillett touch of satire and
humor. It is doubtful if there is among the profession
al writing craft in North Carolina—and that we mean
those of us who write for a livelihood as well as for en
tertainment—any one person who can hold a candle to
the writing of North Carolina's 75-year-old (hand Old
Man when he decides to deliver himself of views on a
topic which, if he will pardon the iate-day slang, is right
down his alley. He makes it. clear, in this particular in
stance, that this Republican Tillett is a cousin fifty-one
degrees removed, or, in other words, a “forty-'leventh
cousin” to the Tillett who tuts battled for Democratic
candidates and policies through fifty years and down
through A1 Smith and on to Roosevelt. Rut why say
more about it? Let Mr. Tillett speak for himself in a
column to the right on this page. And somehow we’re
hoping that circumstances will necessitiato the usage of
his conditional “aufwiedersohn" and that he will be
“seeing us again."
WRITE YOl R OWN I'll KET
In a new department recently inaugurated, under
the heading of ‘‘letters to the Editor.” The Star is mak
ing it possible for readers to write their own ticket, if
that phrase of the moderns may he employed in the
sense of saying- readers may there express their own
views. Some of the views which may be expressed will
perhaps differ with those of The Star, hut they will he
welcomed. The erudite editor of one of those numerous
Shelby papers which was born to go the way of all
things after a few months once invited his readers to
pxpress rhemselves in the open forum department, and
his advice was that "if you care, you may say that the
pope breakfasts thrice weekly "ti roasted Protestant
babies: and if you are of the opposite school, you mav
say the present-day Protestants are even more intoler
ant than the puritanical pioneers who burned at the stake
every' person they ladieved touched by the black magic
of witchcraft.” The Star, howbeir, does not go that
far. We desire t><> communications of a personal nature,
or any of tlit* type that will reflectupon the religion,
morality ami character of any other, anil we reserve the
right not t'o publish such. But views which contradict
and oppose each other can be expressed in proper lan
guage, with the "both sides" to all questions presented
forcefully without employing epithets and dirty.digs.
With that understanding, what issue of the day.
local or otherwise, do you desire to discuss ’ What do
you think of the Slielbv I’olkville road and the proposed
routes? What chance will an independent candidate
have in OevelaiMf county this year? Will Bob Reynolds
run ahead or behind the ticket becaus. he favors prohi
bition repeal? Should farmers hold or sell their cotton
that is. if they can hold? Who will be the next county
| accountant, and why? There are numerous questions
of similar interest which arc talked along the street and
across the cotton rows. If you car*1 lo express those
views publicly, The Star’s letter-box is open. Write
iegjhlv and on one side of tilt* paper and lie brief,
tin head ; w rite your own ticket !
is \i. < omini; i hkoi i;h :
“Him hit kiii, old potato?’’
(Ivor America there are thousands and thousands
nf Al Smith Dcmmtals wlio arc hoping that t hogreet
ing quoted above means the reuniting of a political
friendship of the Darn on-Pythias type which could mean
much to the Democratic party and would have meant
much more had it come several months ago.
It was the manner in which At Smith. I'.tJS Demo
crat ie presidential nominee, greeted Franklin If Roose
velt, the I'.Kill nominee, when they met at the New York
State convention. The two men shook hands a lew min
utes later and as they posed with their hands clasped
while the photographers snapped them. Roosevelt said.
"Al. ihf is from the heart," and the Man of the F.I2H
Brown Derby Was quoted as endorsing the sentiment.
The incident was typical of the Roosevelt sincerity
which is fast winning the affection Of American voters.
Roosevelt insofar as the public knows has never hold
anything against Iris old friend Smith. They were rival
candidates for the nomination, bui Roosevelt at no time
made any remark which reflected on his former col
league and later rival. But with the Roosevelt nomina
tion and the Smith defeat, the latter seemed to hold ill
will against the victor. In the months that have pass
ed, up until the incident referred to above, he has had
nothing to say of or for Roosevelt, if* did predict a
victory for the I democratic 'party-arid declared it to be
necessary to save the nation, hut he did not mention
Roosevelt by native. Now that they have shaken hands
smilingly and expressed what they classed as sentiments
from the heart, we, along with others who moved Smith
lower in our scale of estimation than we ever hoped to,
are more than ever hopeful that Al’s pout is over. For
the sake of a Democracy marching on to victory wo
would like to see .Al putting his shoulder tie the wheel
of the friend he designates as "old potato" as the lat
ter moves to the White House which was denied to the
former. Roosevelt has meant much to Smith and Smith
Van mean much to Roosevelt if he vvill rekindle the old
loyalty and 7.ea! he exhibited four years ago.
SIMIKAD THK ROAl>S AHOI ND
Throe different routings out” of Shelby for- the
I’olkville road have been submitted to the citizens to se
lect between. Wednesday's.issue of The' Star carried an
outline of these routings and the estimated cost of each.
To branch off. of No. 20 at the Dover mill is by far the
cheapest route of the three proposed, tor this route uses
about two miles of No. 20 and shortens the distance to
be constructed between the two terminals. There is an
other very important fact in favor of the cheaper route
off of No. 20. It would serve more people. We have al
ways contended that local roads should be constructed
with due regard to the rights of the people who have
built homes along roads that have been used for travel
since our forefathers blazed them True, the curves
should be taken out, but all .local roads should be built
to convenient-ly serve the people who 'have settled along
the route. Wo do not want to see the repetition of such
foolish routing as was witnessed when No. 18 south was
built. ir
Highway of/h la!..-, when they visited Shelby and
had a conference several weeks ago, stated that the
route out Lee street by the pump station (present I’olk
ville) road was more expensive than the Hopper's Park
route, a straight route to Pulkv die. The basis of that
statement1 was predicated, no doubt, on a new bridge and .
on relocating the road t'rom Lee Street to the Dover
Lin. The estimate of costs on this route as now propos
ed, is -based on following the present road bed. main
taining the railroad crossings, etc. Hence it is unfair
to. compare the cost of the pump station route over the
present road bed With the cost of an entirely new road
out the Hopper’s Park way,
Mr, Jeffress in his letter states that if the cheaper
route (off of No. 20 at Dover and following the present
road except for the elimination of curves) is accepted.
, he will use what money is saved toward tlve construc
tion of the road from Fallston through Lawndale to
Polkvitle and the road from Zoar through Sharon to
Boiling Springs and possibly Cliftside. He stops here.
The business men of Shelby are intensely interest
ed in seeing a road constructed to tinner via Patterson
Springs and Earl if possible. These two thickly popu
lated communities were ignored in the routing of No. 18
south and the business men of Shelby sympathise with
them in their claims. If we should accept the cheapest
route to. Polk'die. it should He specially understood, that
wo will not old' gets the Lawndale road, the Boiling
Spring' load, but the (inner road as well. !r is better
to serve the several communities than spend all the
I road money tm one or t wo projects
■Ji-1_J'BI
'
Til.MITT VS. TIL1.ETT;
DONKEY AND EI.EPH A NT.
I To The Star
i I sec by the pa-apers." as Mr
i Dooley was wont to say. that the
! :ami!v or the late Teddy Roose
velt whilom president of the Unit
ed States Is angered that our
democratic candidate is running for
I president under the name of Roose
j veil; and they appear to think that
j lie has no right to run for high oi
lier under that alluring name. They
i hart ti t suggested a remedy, but 1
|-assume that they either wish Frank
1IIn to withdraw as a candidate or to
| change his name pro hac vice ras
the lawyers sav> and campaign un
! der ttie name of Frankbo Delano
I Smith or perhaps Franklin Delano
Ri ow n.
Now. strange to say, 1 sympathize
| with the family of Teddy. him of
j the Rig Stick If you ask me 'where
j fore?" 111 tel! you.
1 have been before the public here
| in North Carolina for nigh on to 50
years; assuming the role of support
in' and defender (ft every democrat?
J ic candidate since I carried Rich
inond county democratic for the
- firSI time in its history tn 1884
! when we elected Grover Cleveland
president. 1 have ever since been a
j pest if irons democratic publicist even
advocating A1 Smith in the col
umns of -every newspaper in the
state that would publish my "stuff,?
By mv writings as well as by poli
tical speeches too numerous to
! mention, I thought I had made the
J name of Tillett a synonym of the
| purest, form of Jeffersonian demo
cracy, in the stale of North Caro
iliiia. at least,
I Now pomes upon the scene one
1 Boone Tillett who is closer kin to
(Daniel Boone than lie is to me;
I that is (o say. he is my cousin fifty
| one degrees removed, or in other
; words, my "forty-'leveu'.h” cousin.
' ' very where f turn in North Caro
j lina people are asking me the ejues
t,10.11 What km to you is this can»
didate for lieutenant-uot ernor on
the republican ticket?'’ You can see
how annoying that is to an old
war-horse of democracy" as T call
myself
£>oon alter he was n^minaua. tne
j aforesaid Boone stated to a report
, > :• in Charlotte that both he and
I Frazier, their candidate for gov
jernor, were both in favoi of a sub
| stantial modification of the Turl
; mgton act. and the bone-dry re
i publicans forthwith jumped on him
| with both feet. At first, he hesitat
jed, then affirmed like a Quaker
j i which I understand he is > that he
j would stand by what to had said:
but when he was informed that if
II base were his real r"ntimrnts lie
l would have to retire, as candidate.
| without delay he adapted his posi
! t ton to the requirements of the oc
casion. He promptly announced:
Oh, upon reflection 1 find the re
> porter, in Charlotte got me down
! wrong: I never said it.' When that
: occurred 1 wrote my excellent and
highly esteemed friend. Frazier, a
confidential note, now given to the
public, in words and figures as fol
lows. viz: "Clifford When you re
publicans had so little sense as to
nominate for high office a republi
can named Tiliett you rhould have
Iliad sense enough at least to know
that he would make .in ass of him
self. You got exactly wha1 was com
ing to you.' In reply Clifford "have
not spoke yet"
And here comes Hon. Jake F.
Ncw-ell. clearly seeing that Boone is
about to break up his tea-party, and
announces in no Sunday school
language that Boone must get off
the republican ticket as unworthy
of the support of any decent repub
lican: and later, when the bogie
check and consequent extradition
warrant came to light Jake was
even more vociferous in his de
mand and I understand (though 1
[can't prove it» that Jak“ used some
. near cuss-words Sunday school or
j no Sunday school. If he did, I hope
St. Peter dropped a tear and blotted
out his transgression. Well, Jake,
[strength to your arm! I am with
you on this point only, and I hope
and expect that "Our Ecb " w ill de
! feat you by at least 100,000 major-1
tty. But 1 want, toone to come otf
the ticket or change Ills name. Let
the battle-cry be "Down with a re
publican ticket that bears the name
of a Tiliett!"; and if he persists in
running, let us lick ihe stuffin’
out'n him "
In conclusion: If Boone doesn't
resign then "aufwuedersehn which
being interpreted is, Tli see you
again "
CHARLES W TILLETT.
Charlotte Oct. 5, '32.
NO. DEMOCRATS
WOULD BE TOO LATE
To The Star:
A headline I n gn T THTTT
To The Star:
[_ A headline in the papers the
morning after the Hoover Address
in Iowa read:
"Hoover Says Democrats Would
Ruin T. S."
If that be 'hr ease, will Herbert
please tell us what in the name o'
[goodness is wrong with us now. 1f
wr re not already ruined?
Yours for electing an ex-presidin'
I to sit w ith Coolidge
C H REINHARDT
|Shelby N. c.
Double Springs
News Of Interest,
Senior B V. P. U. Elects Officers I
Birthday Dinner For >1r.
Bridges. Personals,
■ Special to The Star *
Double Springs. Ocl. 6 The son-;
I ior B Y. P. U. Is doing splendid]
work. The following officers were!
elected Sunday evening: President,'
Woodrow Humphries; vice presiden'.
Shannon Hamrick ; recording sec-j
| rotary, Susan Brooks: correspond
, mg secretary, Reba Davis; treas
urer, Mary Lee Harrill; quiz lead
I er, Gailan Willis; chorister, Grady I
| Davis; pianist, Etta Jones; group!
captains, Mrs. Dufaye Bridges, ■
Blooma Wright, Maude Willis, Wil
bur Cabanlss,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Bridges en
tertained with a birthday dinner on
last Sunday honoring the formers]
father, Mr. Franklin Bridges. A
large crowd was present and a
bountiful dinner was served picnic
style. Mr. Bridges is 79 years of
age.
Mrs. Emmaline MrSwam of Shel
by spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs,
G. Greeen.
Mr. and Mrs. Schieman McSwain
of Beaver Dam community spent
Sunday with Mrs. McSwain's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Brooks.
Those calling at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. J. B. Horne Sunday were
Mrs. Anna Bridges, Miss Ethel
Bridges and Mrs. George Dover of
Shelby.
Mr. M L> HatTlH of Double
Shoals spent Friday afternoon with
his mother, Mrs. Rixie Harrill.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hawkins oi
Shelby visited Mr. and Mrs. W. P
Hawkins Sunday;
Mr. and Mrs. Will Brooks are
spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Sammie Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens and
children, Mrs. Francis Malone and
son, Jack, Of Shelby spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. 3.
Davis.
Miss Failh Davis of Charlotte
spent several days this week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Davis.
Messrs. Woodrow and J. C Hum-j
phries spent last week-end with |
! Mr. Arthur Neal of Kings Creek, %. I
C.
Mr. and Mrs. Van McKinney of
Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Tate of Dover spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. and Mrs. E M i
Hamrick.
Mr .and Mi's. Ernest Navy of
Dover spent the week-end with
Mrs. Navy’s parents. Mr. and Mrs,
Cicero Bridges.
Miss Annie Davis of Shelby and
Miss Vela Covington spent Sunday
___ '
with Mrs. C R Greene
Mr. amt Mi.1 Rd Heihbrei visited
at the homo i> C.iaton Hoopaugh
of Lattimore Sunday.
Mr, W, W. Washburn spent Wed
nesday ill Charlotte
Mr. and Mrs. Tatmage Kdwarri
and son of Rockingham strent. the
week-end with Mr and Mrs. E M.
Hamrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Parker and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Kate Parker ol Casar.
Mis. D. G. Washburn has bee.
sick tor several days.
Little Haroldtme. son of Mr. an
Mrs. Lowell McS train. has been
lie '- jirt.
M's. Yates Hart-ill and Mrs. A’
ired Falls visited Mrs. A. O E‘
".arris of tawndaie one 4a7 recent
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