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The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAV THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE LEE B. WEATHERS .. President and Edllot 8. ERNEST IlOEY .. Secretary and Foreman RENN DRUM_____...».. News Editor L. E. DAIL .... Advertising Manager By Mail, per sear .... J2.MJ By Carrier, per year .....*3 00 Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at Hie post* offica at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Ac, or Congress, March 3. 1897. We wish to call your attention to the fact that it Is and lias been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notlca has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. FRIDAY, JAN. fi. 1933 TWINKLES Consolation: If Hip resolutions arc still Mrlinjr, there are only fit weeks yet to j;n. Now The Greensboro News, always casting about, for such things, is worrying about whal may happen to the fruit-jar industry if prohibition goes by the boards. . The first move of the new North Carolina assembly «u to vote for a slash in salaries, and just at the mo ment we can think of no other opening move which would receive more commendation from those who sent the representatives and senators to Raleigh. ANI) WHY NOT? Any number of big items have been on the frorrt pages this week, but the one drawing the most interest in this cotton section we believe was that about the gain in cotton price. It’s typical provincialism that a climb of a few cents in the price of that staple overshadows such matters as the war debt controversy, the row be tween China and Japan, legislative events, and whal-not. IN LEAP YEAR OR ALWAYS The following comment by The Greensboro Record ' is termed “native wit” by a contemporary paper, yet we are curious to know if the writer thereof is married, and if so, what happened to him after his bright remarks were read at home. Here’s the comment; “A Northwestern university professor says a man should marry the girl who chooses him. In other words, the present order should remain unchanged,” Of course, the men about in the audience will give applause—silently if they happen to be near the dear woman when they read it— but how' will they react to the source of the cracks, that advice of the university professor? And was the professor, when he made his assertion, referring to Leap Year or just any old years ? It is, we believe, a topic which could be elucidated upon, but with proper caution and care. - NO MORE SUICIDES It is mighty easy to get the blues when one works himself or herself into that mood. Here for months w-r have been talking about the number of suicides brought, along by the depression, and now' comes the word, borne out by statistics, that suicides have not increased since prosperity skipped around that mythical corner. In other words, with our gait in life throttled down to a slower tempo we merely have more time to notice and comment upon such things, and being inclined to have the "blues, we add another bad score up against the de pression. An increase in suicides, life insurance sta tistics show, began in 1925 and rose rapidly during the boom years of 1928 and 1929. Today, these figures show, the suicide rate in New York city is lower than in the prosperous years. Chances are that the same thing is true in this section and other sections of tln>. country removed from the metropolis. MOT SO BAD NOW Just a few years ago, in that prosperous period—' remember it?—around 1928, it was considered somA what of a financial hardship for a lawyer or business man to leave his own business or professional duties long enough to represent his county or section in legislature or the senate because of the meagre pay doled out to North Carolina law-makers. Somehow we arc inclined to believe, although little has been said about ir, that the depressfon may have altered this angle somewhat. It is noted that Tam Bowie is urging the assembly to hurry up and get through with its work within the al lotted 60-day period. Chances are it will, and it is out guess that a goodly percentage of those in Raleigh will this year be drawing better pay during the session than they have been averaging. The pay, if you have for gotten, is $600 for the session, regardless of its length, and with a customary 60-day session-that would be $10 per day. With one of our contemporaries, we’re won dering how many of the legislators could make that much at home.. I I CAREFC1. The controversy about whether »e retain m 'drecpn tmue the two agents—farm and home demonstration—rio Cleveland county can very well, if present symptoms, are indicative, develop into considerable unpleasantness Without advocating either side in this particular com ment, we would urge those of both fa. tmn to exercise caution and coolness in whatever thm mg- have to sa-! or do m the matter. A general counO wide disruption would be more detrimental than everything at stake. Once sections, groups and community - got split up over such matters it takes years for the wounds from "hasty words and actions to heal. As it is now rumors can In heard of “stacked” meetings on t>«.ih sides, <>r alleged inconsiderate actions on both sides. Even unverified rumors can develop into enmities. Going about anything in such a manner is not typical of Cleveland county spirit and methods. For the sake of harmony and unity, let’s hold personal feelings, heated remarks, and hearsay to one side and take whatever course is finally agreed upon in a sane, sensible and considerate manner, realizing that no-matter how this particular controversy may end the county will go on for years and years and that as people and fellow citizens we must continue lo live together. M SI AN INDICATION Over I lie State since fthe recent snow and sleet there has developed some criticism of the so-called slow work of the highway department in getting roads hack into travelling condition. Very lit tie criticism has been heard hereabouts, hut presumably there has been some. With no idea of defending the highway department in the matter,^vve make mention of it for two reasons. First, in ofiering criticism it should he remembered that, it was an exceptional weather period. The snow was coated beneath and on lop with sheet's of ice whit^Jj made it many more times difficult to move than if thpre had been only snow' Second--and this angle connects with I lie first paint - it should he a known fart that highway working forces have been ci.it down in recent months for t ho rmrnoKP r»f nrnnnmv In fnoi the recent weather should have shown that roads can not lie kept up and "properly maintained without suffic ient. force. I hat. lesson, if properly learned, should show us the danger of taking a move at the present legisla , flire which might take still further funds from the I highway department and further deplete the road-work 4" mg forces. In other words, if wp take away from the highway department the income upon which it is sup "posed to operate, then we should have little room in which to cuss and fume if in the two years ahead our roads reach such a state and condition as to remind us of the old days when it was accepted as a matter of course that, we could get “stuck up" at. least two or three times each trip to town. In highway work as in other activities hay, is required to make the mare go, if you ! get; what we mean. INCONSISTENCY The fight between the American Legion and the National Economy League has, as The Charlotte News says, revealed many inconsistencies on the part of each. The Economy League doesn’t'think that the government can afford fo pay a bonus to every soldier who happen ed to be in the service every day, and the Legion doesn’t t hink it is l ight for the,Economy League to raise a howl when some of its members are drawing pensions, emolu ments and what-not from the government. The latest inconsistency develops in the Senate where the fight be tween the two organizations has claimed some attention and some debate. One senator, Robinson, was all stirred up because?*** Admiral Richard Byrd, an Economy League official, has j criticised the bonus payment when he is drawing .$4,200 per year from the government as retirement pay. Said the indignant senator: “To he entirely sincere, it seems to me Ad miral Byrd should come to the government and sa>, ‘Here’s the $4,200; I don’t need it.’’’ Without any idea of upbraiding or defending Ad miral Byrd, we cannot help hut wonder if the senator in question is as particular about spending government money as he would have the admiral be. If so. what is i his attitude about the new senatorial garage? Wo no • tice by the papers that the senators began using it this i week. Now-since the senate, or a portion thereof, has shown such great concern about governmental extrava- 1 ! gance, tve are curious to know if, when orating for econ I omy, they do not talk with their finger crossed when they think of the senatorial garage in which- their autos are parked Here’s just a little data on the senatorial garage: IT is underground, beneath illuminated foun tains and terraces of the senate grounds. It covers the space 0^,1 wo'city blocks and ALL IT COST was $&17,0()0. Whatmore there is a subway entrance so that senators on bad-weather days can get to their offices without getting their feet wot. The garage will hold 361 cars and there is a parking^ place reserved for each senator and congressman with a sign bearing his name. There are such accessories as automatic doors which open as the cars drive up, five-attendants to care for the cars, In this garage so far as we know may be stored ' either Bob KeynoUls tlivver or Senator R. R. Reynolds < adillac, along with whatever makes of cars Senator Fiailey and Congressman Butwinkle may have. We care i not a hang about* that. If the garage has been built to the tune of a little more than three quarters of a million it would be foolish not to use it. Rut we do say this: the venerable senator in question (Robinson) may be ! entirely right in denouncing Admiral Byrd for accept ing ltis $4,200 check from the government, but he and others of the senate body are in ptk>r position to talk if they were among those who helped put. through a meas-j ure squandering that much money for a garage in which public servants drawing eight to 12 thousand dollars pay annually may store their automobiles at public expense. THE RABBIT SHOW < From The Greensboro News ) ( harlott* ts to have, a rabbit show January 17-20. Why jthree days of it? That would give time enough Jo review ail i*ho rabbits in Chatham W OL LT* BE PLEASANT (From Tim Atlanta Journal 1 " c are not strongly in favot of the proposed five-day week, but we wouldn’t mind having a five-day week-end. So far we haven’t heard of Bob Reynolds slipping!/ any plump postmastersbips or nice district attorney ,-slups ml H ,in\ 1 >n<|r s ,..cks a - y illv gifl-. 71 COMMUNICATIONS Ml'ST BE SIGNED. The Slat is glad to have com munications for this column, but * *t have repeatedly .stated before these communications must be sign cd in the name of the author. Thl is a guarantee of their genuinenest A nom de plume name may be use* In the paper but along with thi; must come the author's real nanv to lie held in The Star office. We arc holding "two communlca tions now. One signed "Burk'" am the other “C. S." ff ihe authors wll reveal tlieir names, the articles wll lie published and the names with held and not be revealed exeep .upon Inquiry at the office of parlie; Interested. THE EDITOR. EXTENSION AGENTS T’AV THF.IB OWN WAV. i have just been reading in you columns where several men favo tlie cutting out of the county agent Now, I'm young in years, but I n nothin favor ol cutting out the onl; two officials of our county who pa: their-own salaries. Absurd sir! Taki Kiris of the county. Think the mat ter over very carefully before voi giv’r your opinion. Shall we becomi a backward county once more Shall we turn our backs upon tin county's most useful persons? An< all merely because times are hard If it had not been for these two times might be worse. Stop! Don' you think so? Surely! One day last week, I called at tin office of Mr. R. W. Shoffner to ge some information which only i county agent could give. After i courteous greeting, he began'to givi me the facts I desired. He namet the diaries of the county off hand That man knows his adopted cotiu ty. At the time of my visit he ■ ww preparing an article for a pape: about how much his farmers thor oughbred cows, which he causec them to have, gave and made foi them above the average of the scrul stock. The article may be in tin: paper today, but his'count gave i *3,000 profit or that much more duf to the good stock. Isn't this enougl to pay his salary? Who brought les pedeza to Cleveland county? £>ic you do it? No. Did I do it? I hard ly believe I did. It seems to me that we have Mr. Shoffner to thank. Cut his office out, men, and de stroy the best friend of the farm ers of Cleveland county. If yot tmnato, bul some day you’ll regret it WAKE BRIDGES. Moorescboro. N. C. OPPOSES MR. MULI 'S REMEDY WITH GOI.D. All intelligent people know that our financial system under the sin gle gold standard caused inflation and deflation that made the de pression by speculation, extrava gance and debts that cannot be paid with deflated incomes. And at can sec that more money anc cheaper money is the only remedj in sight to improve conditions. Prof perity is routed in the soil. Wher agriculture fails, everything depen dent on it must go down to a leve with it. including wages, salarie; and lees. When the money trusi started deflation' had silvci been restored by congress on a par' tty with gold, doubling the mctallii base for paper currency in the in (crest of all the people, it wouli have sustained industry and com mercc. But congress is still drawini inflated salaries, they will not cu in half with cheaper money, and si say they all with fixed gold incomes They regard gold as money am nothing else Is money. Mr Mul proposes to increase money witl gold only by dividing it into small er particles. Gold is now pyramids many times its value, and makini it double its self will only mak conditions worse. Mr. Mull portray the evils under the present, system His remedy is like the old supersti tion "That the hair of the dog v cood for the bite'' and probably wil do much Rood. The better reined: would be to mimsle the dog t pre vent his bititip or rut his tail nea his ears as the best remedy. Thi rabid (Ior bites everything tha cannot get out of its way includin: Mr. Mull's financial corpse . tha committed suicide and should b buried in oblivion that its rvils. b remembered no more. We now hav •more gold and paupers than an nation in the world. And when ou bankrupts are settled only thow who control the gold can claim an wealth. JAMES C. ELLIOTT l*ttimore. N. C , Jan t. '33. Madame Speaker !* Latest TitL Bismarck N P -Should » worn an speaker of state house of rep trsentatjves be- addressed Mrs Speaker. Madame -Speaker ' ™ Mt pester" / Flection of Mrs Minnie t> C'rstg of Esmond is North Dsko'a * firs' woman speaker of +he houst brought fourth this question anc members of the legislature pon dered which form was correct. Chicr Justice W, \ . Nucssle o the state supreme Court gave at informal opinion that "Madam •'•'peakei" » .u fifth'* and propei Lawndale News ! Of Current Week :Sunday School Officers Elected. | Visitors During Christmas Season. • i Special to The Hta.r.) . I awndale, Jan 4.-The Lawndale Sunday school has elected the fol lowing officers for the comihg I year: Junior Daggerhard, superln . tcndcnl; Judge Towery, assistant , superintendent; R. A. Warltck, sec retary; Mias Carrte Tee Weaver, as sist ant secretary; Lee Champion, choir leader, Hugh Wallace, as 1 sistant choir leader; Miss Elizabeth 1 Wilson, pianist; Miss Katherine I Johnson, assistant pianist Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ieonard, Of Greensboro, and Mr. and Mrs. W. i R. Smith and famify of Hickory spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. T. B. Richards, Mrs Maurice Bowman and chil dren spent several days last week j with Mrs. Bowman's mother, Mrs. J Moose, in Taylorsville. Mr. Harold Cordell returned to ’ Detroit. Mich., Saturday* where he 1 will resume his work as salesman for the Perry Seed company. He was accompanied to Knoxville, ' Tenn. by his father, Mr. Enos Cor I del). Mr. and Mrs. Grady Rollins and 1 little son, Henry, of Avondale, spent Sunday with Mrs. F. C, Rollins. Mr. Paul Cline who has been un dergoing treatment at the Oteen hospital, is spending some time with his family. Miss Mary Lou Queen of Coffey ville, Kans,, visited her aunt, Mrs. T. B. Richards, last week. ^ ' Miss Ruth Philbeck spent Friday with Miss Madeline Boyles. i Messrs. Tod Caldwell, William i Eaker, Mrs. Nancy Caldwell, Mrs. • John F. Eaker, Ralph Eaker and i Betty Joe Eaker visited Mrs. Cald . well's sister, Mrs. Eci' Dorsey at . Forest City Sunday. Miss" Veola Spake of Rock Hill, S. C„ spent the week-end with rela-. tives here. [ Mr. Joe Eaker of Newton spent j Sunday with his brother, Mr. Jno j , F. .Eaker. Muss Doyle Martin of Fallston I spent several days last week with her grandmother, Mrs. C.*A. Beam. Mr. Tod Caldwell returned to Virginia today to resume his work, after speeding some time with his mother. He was accompanied to Durham by Messrs. William Eaker and Lawrence Lee, who will resume their studies at the Duke untver? sity. Mr. and Mrs R. A. Warlick and, family visited Mrs. Warlick's fath er, Mr. Quincy Hartman at Bel wood Sunday. Misses Velma Hartman and Ola Rhyne of Gastonia are visiting Mrs. R. A. Warlick. New Grouping For I Kings Mt. S. Schools Six Group Superintendents Elected To Serve During 1933. Churches Listed. (Special to The Star.' The Kings Mountain Baptist Sunday school association in the monthly meeting at Zion, Jan. 1 elected six group superintendents to serve during 1933. Groups 7 and 3 were consolidated with , as was first arranged when uie assO ‘ciation was organized several years ago. Supt. J. W. Costner. Associate Supt. L. H. Ledford, Secretary E. D. Humphries-were elected by the as sociation which met at New Bethel last, leaving the group superintend ent to be elected by the Sunday school association. ■ The new grouping and superin tendents are as follows: Group No. l: N„ L. Whisnant, Shelby R-5, Supt. Churches; Sandy Plains. Double Snrinirs. Boiline ■ Springs, Beaver Dam, Flint Hill, Pleasant Ridge, Lattiinorc, Union. ’ Group No. 2: G. T. Cabanlss, Supt., Shelby R-5 with churches ■ Shelby First, Shelby Second, East - side, Elizabeth, Ross Grove, Dover, I Zion. Group No. 3: C. F. McSwain, ■ Supt., Grover R-3. Church^: Pat • terson Springs, Pleasant Hill, New > Hope, Mt. Sinai, Poplar Springs, Zoar. [ Group 1: A A, Jolley, Supt., Kings Mountain. Churches: Bethlehem. - j Grover, Oak Grove, Macedonia. Pat •; terson Grove, Kings Mountain First ■ and Kings Mountain Second. •j Group 5: Deturns E. HOyle, Supt., ■Fallston, Churches: Buffalo, Fall 'jston, Mulls Chapel, New Prospect, I North Brook, Pleasant Grove, Wal jlace Grovr Group 6 A. A Richards, Supt jcasar. Churches: Carpenters Grove, Cesar, Double Shoals, New Bethel, , Norman’s Grove . j Paylor Family To Sunday Schoq! Ye% Launnburg, Jan. 3 —Three mem bers of the J. Ij, p*v]or family here completed a 34-y»»r record of per fect attendance at Sunday school, last Sunday. W c Paylor. W-ytar- j old manager of a book store here * completed his record Sunday in the: footsteps of J. L. Paylor. 41-year-j jold banker, who finished hts record I on November fi. and ,f. H Paylor.’ Id.,.—T-.nia ... t n ...... . .. 1. .1 .1 1 / Get Down To Business f The old year is dosing and While it has not I'eon 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, quif 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. «e First National Bank SHELBY, N. C FREE IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE To Subscribers Whose Subscriptions HAVE EXPIRED 10 lb. BAG OF SUGAR AND 1933 BLUM’S ALMANAC IF YOU PAY a year's subscription to The Star. Look at th* label on your paper. If your subscription Is out, renew for one year from the date it expir ed at the regular subscription price of $2.50 BY MAIL or $3.00 BY CARRIER and you get the SUGAR and ALMANAC Free. This is also open to new subscribers. • No conditions attached, except this offer applies only to subscribers in Cleveland and adjoining counties. NO PREMIUMS MAILED. You must hurry to take advantage of this unusual offer which is good until January 7th. The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. — LESS THAN 2c A COPY DELIVERED —
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