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The Cleveland Star SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY THE STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE jjnt WEATHERS ............_President end Editor 8. ERNEST HOST _____Secretary and Foreman REHN DRUM____ News Editor U E. DAU. i. ...... Advertising Manager By Mall, per year___*3.60 By Carrier, per year______*3 00 Entered aa second class matter January 1, 1006, at tha poet ntflre at Sbslby, North Carolina, under the Act ot Congress. March 3. 1807. We wi*h to call your attention to the fact that it la and has been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions at rmgwet, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death aoMee baa been published. This will be atrlctly adhered to. WEDNESD'Y. SEPT. 20.’1933 ,J,J "’""Winkles • * y — ■—» Get ready for the Fair! Just, another week-end fend the long anticipated event will be upon us. ' The Yorkville Enquirer offers a suggestion for a Sew eode—one which might be approved by all except fob-welters. That code being one which would limit the number of political candidates. Seemingly the colleges of the State are in for a good (war. Most of the schools appear to have football teams better than the average. Little has been said about, ether departments, but what’s the use? whittling down To the tax-payers of Shelby it is pleasing news flhtt the «4ty budget for this year has been reduced by more than $30,000. That means $30,000 less will be spent this year than last. Several years ago the aver age tax-payer, after being somewhat nonchalant about such matters for a decade or so, decided that taxes and public expenses should be reduced? Election outcomes and other developments of recent months reiterate that the sentiment remains, and the. whittling down of a budget is Something that will never make a tax-nayer toad. PITTING THEM TO WORK Ob« of the cheering news items of the week was that published in Monday’s Star, recording the fact that tha national re-envployment office in Shelby found jobs 'for mors than 200 unemployed people last week. Less than 600 unemployed have registered at the office since it was opened here under the supervision of Capus Wayniek, state director of employment, and that means almost half of all the unemployed registered have been put back to work. Calls are still coming in for workers of various classes, the office reports, and indications are that quite a number more will find employment this week. That is an exceptionally good record and would in dicate that general business is picking up. > •«* NEED SOMEONE THERE "North Carolina,” The Charlotte Observer informs, "has no representative in the cotton protesting group which Is laying the grievances of Southern cotton plant ers before the President. This State has a tobacco fight lip there Bow which is about all it is competent to han dle successfully at one time.” That may be true and we hope that t he outcome of tha. tobacco fight will result in better conditions and prices for the tobacco farmers of the State. But the fact that one fight is on does not offer an excuse for leaders who should be doing what they can for the cot ton farmer. Tobacco is an important item in the eco nomic life of the State, but so is cotton, both as it ef fects the grower and the manufacturer. North Carolina should join in any feasible plan which has as its goal a better price for cotton and a tax which will not handicap the manufacturer. ' 5 THE BIG WEEK AHEAD This time next week the people of Cleveland coun ty and adjacent sections will be enjoying themselves at the ninth annual Cleveland County Fair. In numerous respects the fair this year promises to be better than the eight fairs of the past which have drawn auch a remarkable attendance, Shelby people travelling about adjacent counties say that more inter est is being shown in the event this year than in several years. That would indicate another big attendance. Every effort has been made to better phase of the big exposition and with the experience of eight pre vious years fair officials should know what they are about. One of the main attractions is, of course, the series of amusements. These are said to be the highest class and the same is said to be true of the various ex hibit and display departments. Anyway, the event the county looks forward to throughout the entire year is near at hand, and it is a pretty good guess that some time, during next week practically every person in the county will be at the fairgrounds. CHEAPER ELECTRICITY ' For years there have been those who contend that alectricity, in its several forms, has been too costly for American people, or higher than it should be. Presi dent Roosevelt paramounted cheaper power in his cam paign and reports indicate that in this instance, as in his other promises, he intends seeing what may be done about it. Discussing his proposal about the Tennessee Valley project, The Winston-Salem Journal says: “If the Government can operate its gigantic Tenn essee Valley power enterprise on the rates announced for electric lights for home consumption, the New Deal is destined to bring a resolution in power rates in the South. “The Tennessee Valley Authority has fixed a rate of three cents per kilowatt hour for the first block of fifty hours, while additional block will cost less. “This is the first of the governmental agencies b> which President Roosevelt proposes that power costs shall be measured. Others will be established through out the country from time to time. The Tennessee River development is to be completed and put into operation first and development of other projects will follow. “Cheaper electric power for th^ American people was one of the cardinal planks in President Roosevelt’s platform. Tn his famous speech at Portland, Oregon, last September, he declared an inherent right of a gov ernmental unit to operate its own power plant, if neces sary. to obtain reasonable rates. “Publication of the T. V, A. rate schedule serves notice upon private producers of electricity that the Government can and will make an honest effort to save the American people a vast aggregate sum in its elec tricity bill and will at the same time greatly extend the use of the current.” GROWING BETTER COTTON Some several years ago a group of far-sighted Cleve land farmers realized that the only sure way to be on the safe side in the growing of cotton was to improve the grade and produce a quality of cotton which would bring a premium over the average market price. As a result the average grade of cotton grown in this county is far superior to that of a few years ago, and each year more and more farmers are striving to improve the grade and staple. Another result has been to cause textile plants to desire more home-grown cot ton. Remarkable improvement has been made in the kind of cotton grown over the entire State. In 1928, says Glenn R. Smith, research assistant in (he department of agricultural economics at State Col lege, approximately 80 per cent of the cotton grown in this State was less than 15-16 of an inch, while in 1932 only 34 per cent was this short. The grade has like wise improved. In 1928, Smith, says, approximately 58 per cent of the crop was white middling or better, while in 1982, approximately 78 per cent had this high rank. “This improvement in staple has been brought about by the planting of improved cotton varieties while (he improvement in grade was due largely to favorable harvesting conditions in 1931 and 1932. In both of these years there was favorable harvesting weather," Smith says. “If the fall of 1933 continues to be rainy, greater precautions must be taken in picking, storing and ginning or there will be a greater proportion of low grade cotton. The grower should realize that the best gin operated by the best ginner cannot gin the cotton properly if it is wet. Farmers lose money by ginning ("heir cotton white it weighs heavy. More lint remains on the seed and the bale is lowered in value when wet cotton is ginned.” . For the past five seasons, the United States De partment of Agriculture has co-operated with the North Carolina experiment station in securing data about the grade and staple of cotton grown in the State. This work is to be continued this fall, says Mr. Smith. He believes as a result of this work growers and others know more about cotton than they did a few years ago.” HARD TIMES—HECK! Gee McGee, whose humorous philosophy you read regularly in The Star, doesn’t think times are as hard to day as they were in the old days. Perhaps you will agree with him and perchance you will not, but,we fee! sure you’ll be interested in his early experiences as re counted here: Don't talk to me about hard times. I was born eight miles from a railroad, five miles from a school house, nine miles from a church, 885 miles from New York, 200 yards from a wash hole, and 15 feet from a cornfield.. Our nearest neighbors lived two miles away and they couldn’t read or write. I never saw a suit of under wear until I was 17 years old, and that revelation didn’t belong to anybody in our family. The only books in the house were a Bible and a catalog. There were 12 members in our family, but. you see, we had three rooms to live in, including a dining room, which was also the kitchen. Everybody worked j at our home. We thought everybody else in the world had gravy and bread for breakfast, liver and cracklin’ hoecake for dinner, bqttermilk and corn pone for sup per, ’cause that’s what we had. Some of us wore brogan shoes occasionally in the wintertime. We had nice white shirts for summertime use. We slept on straw ticks, and pillows were not thought of or required. I didn’t know that money would rattle until I was nearly grown. Father got hold of two half-dollars at the same time, and let us hear them rattle. Taxes were no higher, but harder to pay. We owned two kerosene lamps, neither of which had a chimney. Our house wasn’t ceiled, but two of our rooms had lofts in them. We had a glass window in our "company" room. Our nicest piece of furniture was a homemade rocking chair. Our beds were of the slat or tight-rope variety. We went to school two or three, months in the year, but not in a bus. We attended church once a month, but not in a car; we used a two-mule wagon. We dress ed up on Sundays but not in silks or satins. We sopped our own molasses; we ate our own meat: we considered rice a delicacy for only the preachers to eat; we had heard of cheese, but never saw any; we knew of store bought clothes, but never hoped lo wear any; we got a stick of candy and tJiree raisins for Christmas and were happy; we loved ma and pa and were never hungry, enjoyed going naked, didn’t want much, expected nothing. And that’s why our so-called hard times ain’t hard on me. STILL UNCLAIMED 'To Editor of The Star: The repeal harpers have been lor sometime and are still harping to ; the tune, that: Prohibition is a I cesspool that breeds bootleggers, I crime and criminals. T contend that j this is not true, but that alcohol is the breeder of all these things. No j honest man will deny the fact that if their claim were true, all boot ) leggers and lawless characters would j be working for the retention of prohibition. But we find the very i opposite. Sometime ago T offered both privately and through the press, a reward or premium for every boot legger that could be found that did not favor repeal. "That^reward la j still unclaimed . '’ I also challenged them to search all places of vice and ill-fame and find one Inmate of such places favoring prohibition. I hereby renew that challenge and offer. I further offer a premium j for the name of any man or wom 1 an favoring repeal that dally kneels j in the home and repeats the Lord's j prayer. Now, Mr. Wet. If you are right gel buSv and claim your reward. S. C CRAWLEY. iLsttimore, N. C. Polkville News Of Local Interest Mrs. Palmer, Bride, Is Entertained. 127 In Sunday School. Party Off To Chirago Pair. 'special to The Star ) Poikville. Sept. 19.—Rev. J. M Barber filled his regular appoint iment. Sunday with a large crowd i attending. The Sunday school Is I progressing nicely with 127 on roll. Mrs. L: C. Palmer and daughter, 1 Mary D. entertainecf for Mrs. Yates j Palmer, a recent bride, Wednesday afternoon. A number of games jwere enjoyed during the afternoon. Mrs. Fred Mints presided at the | register. Mrs. Ivey Whlsnant and I Miss Mary Palmer served punch. I The hostesses presented a chest of ! silver to the bride. Cake and ice I cream were served. Everybody re ported a nice time. Mr and Mrs. Miller Powell and Mrs. Florence Horton and son, Ed ward. spent Sunday in Morganton visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. B Covington left last week for the extreme eastern parts of the state where they accepted a teaching position. Miss Mary D. Palmer had as her dinner guests Sunday her Sunday school class of girls. Mrs. Walter Frantz of Ruther fordton is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs. Bruce Whisnant. Mr. and Mrs. Yates Lee and son Edward, spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. W. N. Daves at New House. Mr. and Mrs. John Buff and family of Morganton visited Mr and Mrs. Frank Lackey Saturday and Sunday. Miss Inez Whisnant has return ed from a week's visit in Char lotte, Prof, and Mrs. E. C. Aderholt had as their guests Wednesday mght the latter's brother, Mr. Ernest | Eargle and son, Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. Brint Lackey and Mrs. Fiank Lackey motored tc South Carolina Sunday' and visited relatives. Prof, and Mrs. E. C Aderholt (spent the week-end in Columbia, S i C. visiting relatives, i Among those going on a ten-day tour to the World's Fair were: | Misses Della Powell, Eunice Dellln I S*r and Prof. James L. Dennis j Mr. and Mrs. George Lee of the (Union community spent Sunday | with Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Lee. Mr. W. W. Covington has been sick for sometime. We hope him a (speedy recovery. Misses Madeline and Obelia Brid ges of Shelby spent the week-end with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. W J. Bridges New Bern Will Pay Subsidy For Plants * --- | Will Raise $6,000 A Year To Hold Two Clothing Manufacturing Plants. New Bern, Sept. 19.—The board (of directors of the New Bern Mer chants' association and chamber of | commerce has taken over the job of raising the funds needed to keep ! the two local plants of Cohen, Gold man and company, large northern clothing manufacturing firm. in New Bern. Announcement to this effect has been made by Grover C. Munden, president of the associa tion. following a meeting of the di i rectors with Mayor Leon C. Scott. City Attorney Wilson H. Lee and Alderman H. G. Tolson. The directors voted unanimously ;to be responsible for the raising of $500 per month, or $6,000 per vear, 1 fts » subsidy for the local plants, so that New Bern will not lose the factories, which offer the largest pay roll of the section, at present paying around $375,000 per year to more than 500 employes. A number of voluntary subscriptions have al ready been offered by local citizens Mayor Scott, being the first to offer ia monthly contribution. Losing A Baby To The School The opening of school may mean many things to different people, although this year with the entire system disrupted because of a short-sighted policy on the part of the state there may be more un animity in the common reaction than ordinarily. However, Charles H, Dickey, writ ing in The State, the new North Carolina weekly publication of Carl Goerch, touches another common chord for all those who have chil dren, Just come of school age and strutting proudly away to classes for the first time, Dickey makes a confession which scores of fathers and mothers everywhere will appreciate aa their own, whether they have ever ad mitted it or not, when he nays: “Maybe I’m Ju6t sentimental Well, I guess I am when it con cerns my own child. But all these years now we’ve never been left completely alone in the house. The little fellow has been here with us all the time. And even if his big brother did march away to school each morning, we still had one left who stayed with us all the day long Now he’s going to school, too. And when he goes marching off for the first day, a big part of our hearts go right out of us, Just because such a big part of our hearts has gone off to school,” For every man who has swal lowed hard to keep the lump out of his throat on a similar occasion, and for every mother who has "en joyed a good cry” as soon as the ’ baby” has gotten out of sight on the first day of school, there is no question about the importance of keeping the school standards as high as we can make them in the light of our present civilization. There are no sacrifices we will not gladly make in doing all that we can to see that the children have the opportunity which onlv educa tion can give them. There are ,,o few really lasting things that mo ney can provide, and perhaps that is why most of us are willing to economize and "alave” in order to send the children through school. It is when we “lose the babv ‘ that we feel most deeply the neces sity for making sure that the grow boy and girl be guaranteed a square deal. Woman Healer Has Her Powers Tested ‘ S'-iRnttflr Expert. Of Britain Watch Hrr ‘ Absorb” Patients' Ailments. Paris —The woman healer whose cures are the talk of France Is go mg to Britain within a few days to have her powers tested bv scienti fic experts 8he Is Madame Anna Desbordes who lives In a little country town near Limoges. She Is a healer with new meth ods Her method is said to be simple. She invites her parients to come in .and then .she "absorbs their ail ments," very much as a blotting pad soaks up ink spots. Then she throws the ailments off. I °np explanation of Madame Des bordes' remarkable power is put for ward by French spiritualists, who declare that she is guided by the spirit of the late Emil Coue, the fa mous French auto-suggestion heal er. All day long Mamadme Desbordes deals with sufferers. When the last patient has gone she shakes herself fre from the accumulated bunch of ills. She la reputed to have healed more people than any other healer and no highly-paid medical special-* ist has so many patients as this un educated peasant woman of France. Yet Madame Desbordes never asks for money, prescribes no medicine and neripr seeks patints. She lives In a large framehouse and there is always a long string of motor-cars In front of the building. Stie Is an intelligent looking young woman with very bright eyes, but a pale face and a very tired expression. She treats all diseases. The de ] tails of her method i are a secret | which she will not reveal to any one. It is not something she learn ed from anybody. It came to her1 one day like a religious revelation She just knew that she coul heal. ’ 17 Children Are Hurt WTien Bu* Turns Over ReidsvUle. Sept. lB.-Seventeen children between the ages of seven and 16 were injured today when a school bus turned over near the Rockingham county home this aft ernoon. The bus. it was reported, con tained about 50 children. The in-, jured were brought to Memorial [hospital here. The children were | cut ajid bruised, but none of the in juries were reported as serious. The driver of the bus, Howard! Conner, was not hurt. Several successful authors have admitted that they dislike to write Wc have long suspected that a lot of them write out of pure cussed ness. Governor To Speak At Grange Meeting Lexington, Sept. 19.—Gov. 3. C. B. Ehringhaus has accepted an Invita tion to address the fifth annual convention of the North Carolina state grange on its opening day here, September 27. The governor’s ad dress will be delivered in the Sam F. Vance auditorium at the Junior Orphans home, where convention sessions will be held, at 11 o’clock. The convention will open its for mal session at 10 o’clock. The ad dress of the chief executive will be [open to the public. Page Of Virginia Accepts Fascism New York, Sept. 18.—George Nel son Page, scion of the Virginia Pages, whose name have filled chapters of American history, will forsake the country of his fathers next month, and adopt the Fascism » cousin one* Thomta Nelson Page, thor and ambassador t« l! President Wilson lv ”M Over 700 Fr«.hme„ At Chapeel Hit Ohapel Hill, Sept. of North Carolina mglstu^J clals were swamped ted»v ? boys who waited until t*« hour to file application, for Hz, sion. Applications from t<y> have been accepted, larger freshman class than * expected. Freshmen will register Heto. day and upperclassmen Thm** Dr. J. o. Halverson. Dr Ttv W. Sherwood and L. <S. Wii*, the agricultural experiment **«. staff at State Coll eg* have fc, elected Fellows in the viwrtf* Association for the AdvsntsmMt Science. Attention Taxpayers Property on which 1932 taxes have not b«#n p*i* will be advertised during the month of October »nd sold the first Monday in November according to the Public Laws of North Carolina. Pay your 1982 taxes now and avoid embarrassment and additional of advertising and interest. A discount of 14% will be'allowed on 1983 taxes paid on or before October 1st. Board of County Commissioners HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN — 6% AND SAFETY — We accept money on time Certificate and pay 6% Interest Compounded Quarterly. 3%' on Demand Certificate. M. & J. FINANCE CORPORATION TELEPHONE 386-W WEST WARREN ST. SHELBY, V. C. FRED W. BLANTON, Insurance FIRE — AUTOMOBILE — SURETY BOVTiS TELEPHONE 38€-W .. ■ M.mmrn Banking Facilities are Essential— No community can exist without banking facilities. A bank is a public institution through which flows the trade and com merce of the community. Checks «* cleared, drafts are paid, savings are de posited, loans are made and the life-blood of the community passes. The customers know little of the work and painstaking care that are required to keep about 5,000 active accounts. The inconvenience and trouble of having no banking facilities are experienced if thousands of communities where h»nk* are still closed and thousands of them being liquidated. Our customers and friend# seem to resit** just how essentia] banks are- They gaT* their cooperation toward reopening and we are proud that our banks, opr school# our churches, our hospital, etc., are ful filling the community needs. First National Bank OF SHELBY, N. C.
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