The Cleveland Star
SHELBY, N. C.
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Entered as second class matter January 1. 1905, at the post
office at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress.
March 3. 1897.
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been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of
respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death
notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to.
_WEDNESDAY. JAN. 1. 1933
TWINKLES
A 100 percent citizen: he who does not wait until
Jan. 10 to purchase new tags lor his auto.
* There was very little big news in Cleveland county
in 1932, a survey shows; and fhat is unusual since bad
news usually is big news.
Among the other greetings of the season, The Star
extends best wishes to Recorder Wright and Solicitor
Horn who were sworn into office this week as officials
of the county court.
Husbands, as Abe Martin says, think their wives are
right smart girls when they pick them out as husbands,
yet many of them later tell their wives they are none
too sensible; and the wives recalling the time when they
said “yes” may agree occasionally.
. “Plan to Balance Budget. In State Faces Fight," in
forms a headline, Yeah, that's always the way, yet things
cannot be balanced until something is removed from the
heavy side, or more weight placed on the other side -
and in this instance that would be taxes, but better not
be, the people seem to be saying.
PROTECTING OFFICERS
The’ tragic death of Deputy E. W. Sanders has
brought upjn Shelby and over tin- county the topic of
compensation insurance for county and public employes.
As we are informed the county bad no employer’s insur
ance upon the slain deputy. Several years ago such in
surance was carried on officers and employes, but with
a legislative change making it possible the insurance, as
we are told, was dropped. Just how much such insur
ance costs and whether the cost if more for the addi
tional risk taken by officers we are not prepared to say
just here, but the chances are that additional insurance
could come in handy for the widow and daughter of the
deceased otficer. Private firms and business houses arc
required by la" to see that their employes and theirem
ployes families are protected with insurance. It is the
view with those who have expressed themselves as well
as our own view that public workers should he assured
the same protection. Anyway, with the topic under dis
cussion over the county it appears to la1 an opportune
time for the matter to be given consideration.
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SHOWING HIS ST IKK
So far it is only a report, hut if \rrit'ird. it will hr
.hi A another indication that Franklin I). Roosevelt will
do fits best to he the leader the American people expect
ed him to be when then elected him l*v an overwhelm
ing majority.
Congress is now considering a measure that would
'cs4 authority in the president to reorganize the gov
rrrrfiient as he may see fit in order to reduce expenses
arid hold down taxes. The report is that Roosevelt has
indicated his willingness to shoulder the entire responsi
bility for drastic reduction in expense.
That attitude requires manhood—the football play
ers have another name for it—and we are moved to say
Atta boy’., with some vim, believing that a majority of
the citizens will echo the cheer.
We've had too much buck-passing in the past, and
if we ever get back where we started if is high time that
wc have a leader who is willing to accept responsibility
when he is Tight and when he is wrong instead of one
who will accept the credit when he is right and refuse
the responsibility when he is wrong. That has been our
trouble during the Hoover administration and several
others. If a measure failed ro work, Congress pointed
collective fingers at the President and said, “It’s his
fault,” and the President usually passed the bu-k right
back. And the people were in between the passes, get*
ting the bumps both going and coming. Let Congress
give Mr. Roosevelt the power and then Congress, if
afraid to step out and take drastic action. ma>* slide off
in a corner and whimper “he did it” when something
goes wrong. He may make mistakes and probably will,
but a few mistakes will be much better than prolonged
dilly-dallying around with everyone afraid to go for
ward for fear that if mistakes are made they will hr
blamed for them.
Again we say. it it is not too undignified to cheer
a president-elect in such a manner—Atta. boy !
STOP KOA1) BUILDING?
Representative Ernest Gardner, in Raleigh lor the
opening today of the 1933 general assembly, has pledged
himself to an economy program and a general policy of
reduction of expense in the county and State. This at
titude. judging by the spirit of the people, will meet with
approval, but there are a few items, we believe, which
the Cleveland representative might find worth giving
pome thought before advocating and supporting too dras
tie economy. One is the matter of road building, and to
make it more of a Ideal item, we speak specifically of the
proposed Shelby-Polkville highway—
In the general economy program outlined by some
of the representatives who intend to lead the fight for
economy appears this item, listed as No. 5: “The dis
continuance of all highway and road construction for the
next two years.” If that, very comprehensive designa
tion should include the Polkville road, it is a matter,
many citizens think, which should be carefully consider
ed by the county representative. The county and sec
tion has'been waiting a long time for that road, and
after a long wait and the assurance that it is to be built,
there will be very bitter disappointment if it is postpon
ed another two years. There is this phase, however,
which may exclude the Polkville road from that economy
plank: the Polkville road, as we understand it, was to
be one of the projects coming under the Federal build
ing program to relieve unemployment. That being the
case it will be Federal money which will be expended,
and therefore as we see it would not retard the build
ing of the road. But it is one of the several things
about which the representatives of this section should
be alert.
Representative Gardner is in Raleigh as the result
of a very complimentary vote and also, we believe, with
the good-wili and confidence fo the citizenship. Many
points of his outlined program meet with approval, while
some of the others may not, but it is to be hoped, and
his supporters believe, that he will do his utmost to
serve the entire, county to the best of his ability.
WELCOME HOME!
'Tomorrow Shelby will welcome home the ci^hs first
citizen to become, governor of North Carolina. After
four years of capable leadership the State’s chief execu
tive, Governor .Gardner, and Mrs. Gardner will return
this week to their old home here.
There is no intention here and at this time to at
tempt to recount and review the achievements and tasks
of the Gardner administration which draws to a close,
with the inauguration tomorrow of Governor Ehring
haus. Suffice to say here that as the years pass by the
man who returns home tomorrow will in all probability
Ihvclassed as one of the State's greatest leaders who held
the ship of State on a steady and unswerving course
through one of the most trying periods of history. Close
observers ol political and social problems and develop
ments say that the future retrospect of the Gardner ad
ministration will class him as one of North Carolina’s
three most capable chief executives. Certainly he has
weathered a period of vicissitudes and crises unparal
leled since the days of Zeb Vance. Today North Caro
lina could have been bankrupt and her credit worth
nothing; today her citizens could have been hungrier
and gloomier than they are, thanks to the Gardner live
at-home program; today had Governor Gardner taken
the easy route for temporary plaudits instead of holding
his head up and solving problems and dilemnas as they
came up, North Carolina would have been a. State per
plexed, harassed and uncertain of its future. But thanks
il) ^ f'nilVilCfO unrl nemiii'il inn Hint f ncm-l t« /rtl,l
the State today has moved through the greatest of all
economic storm in such a manner as to he ranked among
those States in the forefront, a little battered perhaps
but bettered and strengthened in many respects for what,
may be ahead.
This comment, however, was not intended as a wel
come upon official achievement. Instead it is our desire
here to welcome the Gardners home as citizens—some -
ot the home folks returning. The city and section are
proud to have furnished North Carolina a governor, es
pecially one who has shown, that he had the qualities to
measure tip under one of the most severe tests in his
tory. But just at this time official honors and public
applause seem somehow to be relegated to secondary im
portance ;is we welcome home a family which all have
! missed very milch for four years. Greetings!
VLL-AMKRICAN CABINET
Plain Talk, always a pert periodical with plenty of
" hat we plain folks call plain talk, is- now advocating,
and attracting interest by the medium of a contest, an
All-American cabinet. By All-American the magazine
explains that it means a cabinet made up of men not
aligned, affiliated, controlled or connected in any man
ner with Wall Street. The contention is that Wall
Street means the Morgan interests and that the Morgan
financial interests are too closely tied up with England
and foreign nations to assure the best government for
America first with Morgan the power behind the scenes.
The magazine, then, would pick for Mr. Roosevelt men
who have shown by their past records that their first
aim is to protect, aid and benefit American citizens.
Without entering into the matter in controversial man
ner, it is naturally of interest to note some of the men
Plain Talk would select for such a cabinet. Albert C.
Ritchie, governor of Maryland, heads the list as secre
tary of State. A. W. McLean, former governor of North
Carolina, is named as secretary of the treasury_the
magazine rating these as the two most important posts.
Others picked are the fiery Gen, Smedlev Butler for
secretary ot war; Senator Dave \Valsh. of Massachus
etts. for secretary of the navy; Mrs. Hattie Carraway.
of Arkansas, for secretary of the interior; Melvin D.
; Traylor for secretary of commerce, although the maga
zine fears he is a little too near Big Business; Jim Reid,
the fighting Missourian, for attorney general; James A.
Farley for postmaster general; Senator Dill for secre
tary vjt labor, and so on. The magazine steers shy of
what it terms Wall Street’s "Big Four”—Barney Ba
ruch, A1 Smith, Owen 1). Young and John W. Davis, and
it adds that Carter Glass would make an excellent sec
retary of the treasury were he not a little friendly to
Wall street measures.
j Vdmittedh lhe pi-opF ate m a mood to have tudh
ing to do with leaders which are connected with what
was known as Big Business before the flop, and the
magazine list of cabinet officers is one that would be dif
ficult to improve upon in many ways. Yet we cannot
help but think that a cabinet, supposed to represent all
phases of life and activity and all the peaople, should
have one or two men who can speak and represent the
larger business interests'. It is no more fair to permit
that group to have no representation than it is to permit
them to have all the power. Incidentally, were we pick
ing what Plain Talk calls an All-American cabinet, we
would have to “rassle" with names and records over a
couple of sleepless nights before we could complete one
which would not include the greatest of All-Americans,
Will Rogers.
I
NOSING
- Under -
The News
-By Ter B. Weathers
WHAT IT TAKES TO
BE A COLUMNIST.
I am not starting a column or
columnist. Many newspaper men
and others not gifted in writing for
the press, have an ambition to be a
columnist. There are seme good ones
—Arthur Brisbane, Heywood Broun.
Walter Winchell. Odd McEntire and
and our own favorite Renn Drum,
the best of all in the territory he
serves. But every now and then
when time will permit from a mul
titude of other duties connected
with a newspaper, I will try to give
Star readers a little information,
entertainment and agitation if not
edification.
Tire test of a columnist is to do
the job day after day. There are
men wrho could fill the spaces of
Brisbane, Broun, Drum and the
others, but they could do it only
now and then after extreme effort.
These men have a gift and they do
their job day after day. ft is a gift
and a. hobby. The average fellow,
however talented he might be as a
newspaper man. runs to seed, but
these men go on forever like Ten
nyson's babbling brook. So the test
of a successful columnist is the abil
ity to produce good readable copy,
day in and day out. regardless of
his mood or humor .This I can't, do
and admit it.
PRETTV TOWN,
WASN'T IT?
You know how fast Carl Webb
drives when he sits under the
wheel of an auto. He always
has a good ear and his business
requires him to "go places.” The
other day he and his wife were
making a trip together when
Mrs. Webb remarked: "That is
a pretty town we are roming to,
wasn’t It?”
WILL wr.
GET r.M?
The budget, commissions report,
with recommendations to the gen
eral assembly leads me to believe
Cleveland county may not get the
state highway commission last fall.
The state has had deficit of 10 mil
lions for the past two years and
(his embarassing situation faces
Governor Ehringhaus and the gen
eral assembly. It is proposed that
state borrow two millions from the
Highway commission and that road
building be suspended for two
years. If the road program is sus
perinea rigm, wnere it is, me up
started projects may be left air.
And you know, not a shovelfull of
dirt has been thrown on the Shelby
Polkville road or the Shelby-Boiling
Springs road or the Shelby-Patter
jon Sprlngs-Orover road, all of
which projects were agreed upon
and promised last fall. In fact, the
Polkvllle grading contract has been
!et.T but no actual construction
started. So If suspension is ordered
now. we ll be back where we are. We
don't mean to say this will happen,
but we fear it will be
WORST LOCAL TRAGEDY
SINCE BANK CRASH.
Saturday afternoon's tragedy
,in the jail yard was the worst
since the bank building clash.
We have no way of finding out,
but it is possible and very
probable that Sanders died
without knowing the bullets
from his pistol killed Connor
and Connor died without know
ing the deputy was a victim of
his gun. The whole affair is
traced to mean liquor yet both
political parties want to make
liquor easier to get. Or could it
be that If Connor had been
drinking legalized liquor that it
would not have inflamed him to
desperation?
EIGHTY TONS OF PAPER:
SOURCE OK SUPPLY
Last year The-Star used eighty
tons of news print in the publica
tion of its 155 issues of 4,500 copies
of each issue. The paper The Star
uses is made from wood pulp and
thi pulp is gotten (tf&n spruce and
hemlock trees cut in Newfoundland.
At Cornerbrook. Newfoundland, the
International Paper Co., which per
haps makes over naif of the news
print made on the North American
continent, has a print paper mill.
Paper coming to the southeast is
sent by boat to port.; along the A
laniic seaboard and there placed m
storage The Star's npply is un. i
loaded at Norfolk, Va , and comes
to Shelby by rail. Eighty tons of
paper starts lots of fires in Cleve
land and adjoining counties, where
the paper circulates, and inciden
tally enlightens many minds.
AMNESIA
..Is amnesia a disease, a conven
ience or an alibi?
NUMBERING THE
GOVERNOR’S AUTO
When you see an automobile
carrying 1933 license plate No.
2, that is Ex-Governor Gard
ner's car. A policy has been
adopted by the license bureau
of the Revenue department to
assign auto license plates to the
ex-governors in the order of
their remoteness from this of
fice. MeUean's car will bear li
cense plate No. 3 and Morri
son No. 4. Of course Governor
Ehringhaus will drive the Lin
coln limousine bought during
the Gardner administration and
this car will continue as long as
it is the chiefs car to be No.
1. Enough numbers will be left
to purovide low numerals for all
ex-governors, after which comes
I he lieutenant governor, secre
tary of state and so on down
the line in the order of their
importance. So It will be easy to
spot an ex-governor in the fu
ture when he Is riding around
over the state.
That brings up speculation as
lo what make of ear Mr. Gard
ner will attach his No. 2 plate
lo. The Buick in the Webh
^Gardner home in Shelby is the
property of the late Judge
Webb, but for economy's sake
it might continue as the fam
ily car, James Webb, the gov
ernors son has his Chevrolet,
so If the ex who carries plate
No 2 wants his Individual car,
he might be a prospect for deal
ers.
And this new system of auto
number for ex-governors makes
us wonder how many numerals
are saved for the exes. It has
been 12 years since Morrison’s
time expired and we have more
living ex-governors than ever
before in history of the state.
The job of chief is so trying, it
usually shortens their days, but
recent governors must be more
vigorous lhan before the World
Smith Hits A t
Technologists
Thinks Study Of New System In
teresting Bat Double Value
Of Findings.
New York.—Alfred E. Smith com
ments on technocracy in the Jan
uary issue of the magazine “New
Outlook,” appearing this week.
He criticizes the technologists for
using abstruse language, and for
intolerance of existing systems and
leaders and expresses doubt of the
value of their findings. However he
sees the study of the problems with
which they are concerned “a fine
thing” and says that "undoubtedly
much good will come from a dis
cussion of their plans.”
"Every now and then someone
discovers a new system which is
bound to revolutionize all govern
ment and the entire economics sys
tem,” Smith writes. "When the in
itial excitement dies down, it is al
ways found tfiat changes in these
fields are gradual and that we have
mistaken new words for new prin
ciples.”
Too Many Machines.
He summarizes technocracy as
follows:
"That we have developed labor
saving machines so fast that there
is less and less work for men: that
output of all kinds of things Is
increasing beyond public consump
tion; and that we must have some
kind of a new; government by scien
tists and engineers who will plan a
nice balance of machine production1
»nd human consumption so that
everybody, will have both necesst
ties and luxuries for his family by
working only three or four days a
week.’:
"In order to arrive at the above
summary," Smith continues, "it h*s
seen necessary to wad- through a
p eat mass of langurgs which is al
nost unintelligible to an;body but
1 doCor or phlloopiur .. an «...1
jijtipf r ”
Get Down To Business
The old year is closing and while ic has not
been generally prosperous, the majority of
people could say on looking back over the year,
that it could have been much worse. So let us
be thankful that it has not been as bad in our
. section of the country and gird ourselves for
greater work and activities in the New Year.
Work hard, practice sensible economy, quit
grumbling and complaining, help the other fel
low whenever possible and the New Year will
bring better results.
The general tone and trend of business is
gradually improving and we approach the New
Year with hope and optimism.
First National Bank
SHELBY, N. C.
Who Fooled This Panic?
NEW SERIES OPENS
SATURDAY, JAN. 7
The fellow who “played the market,” or the
fellow who stuck to a conservative plan of in
vestment?
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