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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7, 1933
$ TWINKLES
A kidnapper has about as much chance these days
as a new bond issue.
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Who was it laughed when that cult out at Zion de
clared the world was flat?
The stock market may be on the up-and-up, hut
the mercury in the thermometer is still pacing the
climb.
Another thing for which F. I). R. may he thanked:
the relegation to obscurity of that Washington social
feud between Dolly Gann and Princess Alice Longworth.
A couple of things the average man is not worrying
about: being found among the ground-floor friends of
the Morgan firm or upon the list of gold hoarders.
If all the post office appointments had been made
before the forest army was enlisted, wonder if there
wouldn’t have been twice as many applications for en
listment ?
A larger navy advocate says that an enemy nation
could cripple the United States without a declaration of
war. Certainly, by borrowing money from os for a war
with someone else.
Since the North Carolina legislature came very
near making the tom-tit Tarheelia’s official bird the
South Carolina papers have been referring to this State
as "Tomtitia." A pun from Iodinia!
One prediction we hope will pan out: that one fore
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casting that cotton will be 15 cents this fall. That’s who
time it should be 15 cents, if it is going to be 15 cents at
all, for that’s the time when the farmer has to take it
to market. He nearly always gets the short end of the ’
deal with cotton low at his selling time and climbing
after it has been sold to the other fellow.
BISHOP NOT A QUITTER
Say what you will about Bishop Cannon—and there
are quite a number willing and even anxious to say
thins-—he cannot be called a quitter. With a tide of
sentiment sweeping the nation for repeal of prohibition,
Bishop Cannon is sticking to his guns. He has just sent
letters to 8,500 pastors of Methodist churches in the
South urging them to do their bit to keep prohibition,
reminding in his letter that the South is the last bul
wark of the dry forces. There will be those who will
ray, and perhaps rightly, that the dry forces would make
better herdway under other leadership, but neverthe
less his efforts and those to whom he appeals should
not be minimized. The repealists may make light of the
Cannon stand, but they are too sensible to think that his
appeal to 8,500 ministers will not have some effect.
CITY FINANCES
A financial report of the city of Shelby, as outlin
ed in a civic club talk by Mayor McMurry, shows that
during the past year the city managed to meet its obli
gations and make ends meet. That is an excellent rec
ord when it is recalled that it was an extremely tough
year upon municipalities as well as upon individuals,
many towns and cities defaulting their debt payments
and. interest.
I11 connection with the report, many citizens have
already noted that the two city departments, water and
light, made a profit during the year of $66,215. The
profit of the tight department alone was $44,398. Those
figures will cause any number of those who opposed the
proposed light plant sale a year or two ago to ask,
“Would we have made ends meet and been able to meet
our obligations without the plant?” Proponents of sell
ing the plant would likely reply that the purchase price
of the plant could have been used to clean off those ob
ligations, but, judging from sentiment hea»rd, it will be
quite a time before a major portion of the city’s resi
dents will be convinced that the plan should lie sold in
stead of municipally operated.
JESSON IN A TRAGEDY
This entire community sympathizes with the par
ents and relatives of little Valera Thurmond who was
killed in an auto accident Monday, and the community
likewise extends its sympathy to Register of Deeds
Newton, who, according to reports, could not avoid hit
ting the child with his car. Mr. Newton, kind-hearted
and of a sympathetic disposition is “broken up” over the
tragedy as are the parents, and it is enough to shake
them all. It is a matter, however, about which nothing
can be done now, except* to pprmit, time to gradually wear
away the grief and shock.
But perhaps the tragic death may serve a purpose.
In tact, it will serve a worthwhile end if parents will ex
ercise more precaution in seeing that their children do
not pla,^ where there is risk and danger. There arc
streets in Shelby where many children are allowed to
romp and play. Several times in recent weeks motorists
have had to stop or swerve out of the street in order to
avoid an accident. Parents and police officials should
cooperate in putting an end to play along the streets, par
ticularly in sections where traffic is heavy. Bo so do
ing other young lives may be saved and other motor
ists will not have to go through such a nerve-shattering
ordeal as has Register Newton.
PUTS PRESSURE ON
This Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” may in the years to
come be described as his method-of taking his problems
direct to the people by radio. F. D. R. has learned that
when he gets the people behind him congress will rapid
ly drop in step.
They had the President licked this week on the cut
for war veterans. His own leaders in congress told
them that when the show-down came his measure would
be defeated two to one.
"All right, then,” the President was quoted as say
ing. “I’ll go on the air Sunday night and lay my case
before the people.”
Word that he intended to do so crept around Capi
tol Hill. The senators and congressmen did not know
what the people might do, and when the threatened vote
came it was a compromise. The President’s measure was
not carried out in full, but it was not licked two to one.
The big stick was his threat to “tell it to the folks back
home.”
That is one of the big reasons for the success so
far of the Roosevelt measures. He has the solons in
mortal dread of the folks back home. Senator Bailey, of
North Carolina, was not the only senator opposed to the
inflation program—not by far, but Senator Bailey was
one of the few with the nerve to stick by his convic
tions. Around Washington it is definite knowledge that
quite a number of senators and congressmen were more
bitterly opposed to the inflation measure than Bailey,
but they feared what the folks back home might do and
voted against their convictions—a system they call play
ing politics.
THE FARMER MUST GET MORE
The rising price of cotton is a very worthwhile
happening for those farmers who have managed to hold
on to some of their 1932 crop, but it is much like rub
bing it in for those who had to sell when the staple was
bringing five cents or less per pound—and the latter
group covers a big percentage of the cotton growers. Of
course there is one cheering thing about the rise even to
those who have no cotton to sell, and that is that it may
mean a better price this fall when they have another
crop ready for the market.
Yet the fact that the average farmer had to sell at
the low level in order to meet what part of his obliga
tions he could only serves to indicate that the farmer's
plight is much as it ever was. The Mecklenburg Times
summarizes the thought as follows:
“The present rise in the price of cotton is not help
ing very much the farmer who needs the help. The
farmer who has been able to hold his cotton is not need
ing the money so much as the man who was compelled
to sell last winter when the price of cotton was around
five cents a pound. The upward swing in cotton prices
has increased the prices on cotton goods, and since the
farmer must buy rather than sell now, the price has not
been very beneficial to him.
“For the farmer to make any money the higher
price of cotton must continue until the fall when he has
some cotton to sell. Money has little to do with the pres
ent chaotic condition of the world. As the National
City Bank Bulletin says, ‘Money is not the basis for busi
ness activity but the true basis for business progress is
an exchange of products and services, money being only
a convenient means by which actual value are exchang
ed.’
With the same thought in mind the~editor of the
Albemarle and Press has the following to say:
“If we analyze the situation we find that the farm
er who took his five-cent cotton, his 40-cent corn, and
his 60-cent wheat to town to exchange for the things
which he needed for his family and for his farm soon
discovered that he was getting the short end of the deal,
for nothing else had declined in value nearly as much as
had the things which he had to offer in exchange for
them. Farm machinery, roofing, huilding materials,
hardware, food which he had to buy, clothing, fertilizer,
and in fact everything which he needed and ought to
have, still cost just about as much &s ever, and even if
some of the necessities had declined, the decline had not
been in proportion to the drop in his commodities. It is
true that cotton goods have declined in price a great
deal, but not quite down to the level $ here the exchange
will be advantageous to the farmer as well as the pos
sessor of the commodity.
"Deflation has not come as drastically in other lines
as it has in the farming line, and until everything is on
a basis where exchange is profitable to both parties, we
cannot hope to make much business progress. Roose
velt’s steps to raise prices of farm commodities will be
the salvation of the country provided that prices on
things the farmers need do not. start-upward also. If
they go on up. the situation will not be helped to any
great degree.
When wet get things adjusted to the point where
| the farmer can take a bale of cotton, 100 bushels of corn
or 100 bushels of wheat to town, and come back with a
| wagon or truck load of merchandise which he and his
1 family need, things will be ‘right’ once more.”
ASKS SOME VERY
INTERESTING QUESTIONS.
To Editor of The Star:
Just by way of inquiry; I have
three questions to ask you, the pub
lic, or anybody else who chooses to
answer.
1. How often is the water in the
kiddles bathing pool changed? Per
haps I noticed it at ihe wrong time
but the water this afternoon didn’t
appear to be very conducive to good
health and cleanliness.
2. How often, if at all, is the play
ground equipment in the park in
spected? Those swings you know,
can throw a kid on his left ear
quicker than a guinea pig can shake
his tail, if a link happens to snap
in two. Some wise guy will probab
ly say that it will not hurt the kids
to get jolted a little bit. I agree, But
what of crushed-in heads, broken
limbs and similar ‘ jolts?”
3. And last but not least, why doee
not Shelby get a Legion junior team
going? It’s a cinch that public opin
ion and the public would support it.
If an opportunity was only given to
these boys who are eligible for the
team, they would make a corking
good baseball team, provided they
were c6mpetently coached.
Come on Shelby, give the boys a
break! Gonna let Gastonia and the
other towns rub it over you?
D. CALEB McSWAIN.
R-6, Shelby, N, C.
THE LOGIC OF THE
WETS IS ATTACKED.
To the Editor:
The wets, or repeailsts, have ac
cused us drys of being a bunch of
narrow, feeble-minded bigots, inca
pable of having any say in the af
fairs of our government. Well if
they are correct in their estima
tion of us, then we nave the assur
ance and consolation of being the
chosen of the Lord. For the Scrip
ture says. But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise, and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world
to confound the things which are
mighty. So we are just going to con
tinue right on troubling and con
founding the wise and mighty wets.
As they have been so clever and
generous with us, let us return the
favor by examining their complex
and reviewing some of their claims.
First, they say that prohibition is
a failure, that it has increased drink
ing and drunkenness. According to
that theory a vicious and dangerous
bulldog would bite more people if it
were chained and confined than it
would if running at large. And by
the same process of reasoning we
might say that all laws are a nuis
ance, that they increase crime and
therefore should all be repealed.
Second, they say that they want it
repealed in the interest of temper
ance. My, My, can you imagine a
distiller operating a distillery in the
interest of temperance, or a brewer
operating a brewery to promote
temperance and sobriety? What
would you think of a fool breaking
the levees of the Mississippi river
and turning loose it's devastating
current in order to keep the low
lands dry? That is the logic of the
wets. “They would advise jumping
in the river to keep dry.’”
The fact that the wets are fighting
prohibition with all the power at
their command is positive proof
that it is not a failure. If it were a
failure the wets would be fighting
for its retention. The truth of the
matter is: That prohibition inter
fere with their business and de
sires, and they are not honest
enough to say so. There are two,
possibly three, groups of tftose who
favor the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, and they have just
three reasons for wanting it re
pealed, namely: One group wants to
make and sell intoxicating liquors,
the second group wants to drthk it,
and the third group wants their
taxes paid with the revenue deriv
ed from the sale of it; and they do
not give a snap how much trouble
and destruction it brings to human
ity. They have never offered a
sound and logical reason for repeal
and they cannot offer one, for there
is absolutely none lo offer. They
have only offered flimsy excuses,
without any foundation.
That is all they have to offer.
If prohibition were a failure as
-they say it is, the drys and not the
wets are the ones to complain. The
wets have done all in their power to
make it a failure, then why com
plain of their own job if they have
succeeded? I contend that all who
favor repeal are prompted by a spir
it of self-gratification and not the
betterment for mankind. I am not
saying that all who favor repeal are
questionable characters, but I do
say that all questionable characters
both men and women, favor repeal.
I challenge any one to refute this
assertion. They take us to be a
bunch of hair-brained fools and per
haps they have fooled some with
their nefarious dope that they have
spewed out. but they will have to
come with something more sound
and logical before they fool all of us
and they just haven't got it, Selah
The Though wayfaring fools we be
we can distinguish between farts
and fudges, between right and
wrong and we stand for the right
as we see it and not for boodle
S. q. CRAWLEY.
Lattimore, N. C.
Union county farmers have turn
soils. savs T J. W. fcroorn farm
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Boiling Springs
News Of Interest
Women Enjoy Wiener Roast. Miss
Goode Returns From Teaching
Personal Mention.
(Special to The Star.)
Boiling Springs, June 6.—The
members of the Tongues and
Needles club enjoyed a most de
lightful wiener roast at the spring
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Bufa Hamrick entertained
the young women’s Sunday school
class Friday evening at her home.
A short business session was held
and the lesson for the following
Sunday was discussed The Bible
reading for the month were read by
Mrs. Unie Hamrick.
The hostess served delicious ice
cream and cake.
Mrs. Farmer of Johnson City,
Tenn., spent the past week here at
the bedside of her mother Mrs. Pan
gle who is improving after a sud
den illness.
Mr. Butler Pruete who Is attend
ing summer school at Lenoir-Rhyne
college spent Saturday night here
with homefolks.
Miss Aileen Biggerstaff spent last
week in Shelby with Mr. and Mrs.
Yates Biggerstaff.
Mrs. J. D. Huggins and Mr, Dwyde
Huggins visited Mrs. Huggins' moth
er, Mrs. Atkinson of York, S.' C.,
over the week end.
Miss Mildred Goode returned
home Friday after having been
teaching at Chollybeate the past
winter. Before returning home she
accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Clement
Goode on a motor trip to Wash
ington, D. C., coming back through
the Shenandoah valley.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. S. JPnkins
and family went to their home in
Wagram Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Jenkins will attend a meeting in
Raleigh Monday and Tuesday. Mrs
Jenkins and children will remain in
Wagram for a six weeks stay.
Joe Nixon Heads
The Lincoln Schools
Lincoln County News.
The county board of education
today re-elected Joe R. Nixon as
superintendent of public schools at
a salary of $1400 annually. Mr. Nix
on, under the previous laws re
ceived $2500 annually for his serv
ices as superintendent but this was
reduced $1100 under present laws.
He was also re-elected wfelfare of
ficer by a joint meeting of county
commissioners and county board of
education. The salary for this posi
tion has not been set.
Repeal Force* Win
In Illinois Election
Chicago, June 6.—Illinot; tneH
voted to repeal the 18th
ment.
On the basis of one-third <>f th
ballots from over the state, the v-n
stood:
For repeal, 497,465; again'-' -
556.
Chicago and Cook count', tra
tionally wet, maintained a io t0
majority against prohibition'fr„n
the time the first few precincts
counted.
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