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" WEDNESDAY. MAY 2t), 1934
* . TWINKLES
"Darrow and Johnson Spar Over Report"—well, let
'em. Let's you and him fight while wc string along i
with Roosevelt.
Futile effort. Chicago—you'll never succeed in pro- i
ducing anything hotter than Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and
Sally Rand’s fan dance.
The whole point about the NRA. as we sec it, is not
"will it work"—but "didn’t it work grand?” It did, Mr.
Darro'Y; now we’il listen to new ideas, if any.
Carpenters, bricklayers and building trade workers
Are striking in sympathy with truck drivers—well, some
body’s got to have sympathy for a truck driver, ain’t j
they?
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Shelby High seniors are a bit apologetic about their j
radio poll, in which they reveal their favorites as duck
salesmen, crooners and tut-en-tut-tur orchestras’ Weep
not, ye capped and gowned scholars, those programs were
not designed for you, but for your elders, who’re also pie
for duck salesmen, crooners and tut-en-tut-tutters.
THE GOOD JUDGE
Today is the birthday anniversary ol' Edwin Yates
Webb, distinguished citizen, able jurist and good neigh
bor. The Star extends greetings, and hopes to celebrate
many more anniversaries of his usefulness.
Judge Webb served for sixteen years in the lower
house of Congress and was chairman for five years of
the powerful judiciary committee. His outstanding abil
ities were recognized by Woodrow Wilson, who appoint
ed him to the Federal bench in Western North Carolina,
a position he has filled with honor to himself and credit:
to the government.
Thoughtful citizens who mburn the rising cost and
tide of crime and the labored maneuvers of our courts 1
may look with pride toward the bench when Judge i
W'- ' presides. Congested dockets arc kept clean, jus- (
t' tempered, and court is conducted with dignity. ,
J Webb fulfills magnificently the task of protect- ;
ing society from the attacks of criminals—yet, when an
offender deserves a chance to reform and redeem him- <
self, Judge Webb is ready and eager to set his feet on t
the right path. But let the gangster and racketeer be- *
war*—just punishment, swift and certain, is as sure as i
the liaw'n of tomorrow.
5Neighbor, we need more judges like you. If we
had! them, there would be an overw helming change in (
respect for the law and a severe drop in the annals of
crime.
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE
AVisi and practical is the suggestion of County Aud- i
itor and Tax Supervisor Troy McKinney, who last week s
told the Rotary Club that Cleveland citizens ou^ht to
organize a taxpayers league in order to inform them- 1
selves with accuracy and timeliness about local budgets
and finances. e
’Most of us, until the time comes to demand some- *
thing of the administrations, never stop to reason that i
cities and counties are now conducted on the business
like basis of budgeting. Wc appear with our committees ,
and say, “Here, spend such and such a sum on such and f
such an improvement,” and we are generally politely but 1
firmly told that the administration hasn’t the money ®
to do it with. Having paid our taxes, we ate angry, and s
cry that the officials are stingy and short-sighted. 1
*We support the taxpayers league plan because it
would enable citizens to plan beforehand, to go before f
the commissioners or the aldermen and inform them- °
selves about finances, and how far they will go. ,
Such a league, should not be a secret service organi- t
ration designed to spy on officials, but a representative |
groiip instructed to help our administrators, learning and F
teaching at the same time.
Goodness knows, we are over-organized now. We ,
hesitate to suggest another civic body with a long name ii
to split into headlines, but this one, we believe, could be e
managed with the minimum of red tape and political jj
botheration. Let each civic club name a representative, c
Und let each county community name one. or several. '
Let this organization hold a few meetings each year, ,
thresh out its problems, and then tell the official? what
fhey w4nt.
.rehabilitating men and soil
An exciting experiment, it seems to us, is the Back
to tke Farm movement sponsored by FERA. It has al
ready placed seventy-five destitute families on 550
acres in Cleveland county, and in Onslow, it was report
ed recently, Mrs. O’Berry has obtained 1.000 acres
under lease from the state board of education.
These families, as you already know, are being tak
en from the breadlines and established as farmers. They
arc picked people, capable and experienced, and it is
believed they can soon become self-supporting.
That, now, is fine for the destitute, but it occurs
to us that while they are getting another chance to make
a living, they might be useful to the counties and com
munities that give them the chance. For instance, there
is the matter of soil erosion. In this county, 6,000 acres
are about to be washed out and away to nothing unless
something is done.
While we are rehabilitating men, let’s also rehabili
tate the soil. Don’t give them mean and onery land, but
areas that can be saved and improved. Perhaps some
thing like this can be worked out in Mrs. O’Berrv’s plan
to obtain 10,000 acres for these new farmers in North
Carolina.
GARNER AREAL MAN
When John Nance Garner of Texas was made the
running mate of Franklin D. Roosevelt, many people
were disposed to say that the party had made a mistake.
He isn’t a man with the polish of a Roosevelt, hut he is
honest, able and safe. Some of the critics of all ad
ministrations in power, have been prone to scoff at vice
presidents and did so when Dawes, Coolidge and Curtis
were presiding in the Senate side of the Capital.
Garner is about as safe a man as we could have for
Vice President in these trying days. The Houston
Post cites two incidents to show his sterling qualities:
“A magazine editor solicited the vice-president for
an article describing the trials and the advantages of his
office. Mr. Garner sent it and shortly received a check
for $2,500 in payment. He returned the check and wrote:
‘Nobody would pay John Garner a dollar a word for any
article, and nobody can pay the vice-president of the
United States a penny for it. If you want it you’re wel
come to it.*
“Nor is that the half of it. It has only leaked out
lately that he bluntly refused to accept $52,000 for a
weekly five-minute broadcast for fifty-two weeks.
“That’s the kind of a gentleman John Garner of Tex
as is and it puts the vice-presidency upon the high plane
that it belongs."
Garner is one man who is not tempted to use his of
fice for personal advantage. He is showing up well in
his high position for he has none of the elements of a
demagogue.
Nobody’s Business
B; GEE McGEE
Thing* Are Warming Up In Flat
Rock
Hal rock, s. C., may 21, 1934.
leer mr. eddltor; —
the political pot In Hat rock is
oiling over, there are now 4 can
ly-datea running for mayer, not ln
ludtng the pressest encumbrance,
(lost, of the mud that has benn
lung so far has benn slung at him.
yore cor,v spondmt, mr. mike
Hark, rfd, who is running for alder
nan in ward no. 3, stands the best
ha nee of all to be elected onner
ount he has no oppersttion. it has
►enn roomcred that pete bosfick
sill come out next week, he stole
bee-gum in 1878 and that will be
icll against him, as he will be ex
losed on the stump.
some of the candy-dates accuse
ach other of straddling the fence,
udd Clark had a wet plank in his
latform when he started out, but
ie was howled down in his first 2
iccches by the wlmmin, so he has
witched over to the drys.
the pressent mayor gpt mad when
iis opponent accused him of stand
ig in the way of the c. w. a. mon
ey comming to flat rock for sue
gc and waiter, but he denies same
nd has proved by the poleesman,
is campane mannager, that he
as fought for same all along.
hub brown of ward no. 2 had a
:ege of nations plank in his flat
arm, but tie has switched over to
ne world coart, and also l'avvors
etting back on the gold standard
ftth free silver to the farmers in
cad of taking mortgages for seed
ians ansoforth.
holsom mcore says lie will vole
>r lower taxes and higher licenses
n furrin peddlers, and will garran
•e to put down paved sidewalks
nd instoll watiec-works and raise
he school teechers salleries, pro
ided that he succeeds in getting
ie r. f. c. advance his 1000$ for
ublick improvements.
when the next campane meeting
; hell, a few depputies will be swore
i to assist the poleesman. three
xtry cots have benn placed in the
ally-boose for folks who throws
nny more eggs, and overripe
abbages. yore corry spondent ket
hed one on the side of his head
tesday, but lie was throwing the
ime at holsom moor*, i will keep
ou posted on all rassualllties.
vor»s trills,
mike Clark, rfd,
•Mermen wsrd 3
5,000 HOMES RE(
Every Other Day. T
tense Readers. If y<
sell, tell these 20,00
1 these columns.
Mike Is Always Doing Nice
Things For His Friends
flat rock, s. C., may 22, 1934,
deer mr. edditor:—
mrs. hirani skinner has asked me
j to rite or foam in a peace and ask
you to give thanks for the kindness
of all friends to her husband, julc
skinner, enduring his recent illnc;
with the side pleurisy which almost
j went into the consumption.
she especially wants you to in
: elude mr. butwick of the citty un
dertaking parlors who stayed with
him nearly every night till he saw
!that he was not going to die; he
| was vrrry kind to him.
! dr. skipper and his train-nurs;
was allso kind to hirani when he
was out of his head, and so wa
our pasture who come nearly evei
iday and asked if hiram was still
livving. Mrs. skinner took great
pleassurc in telling him as follow
ers: "no, brother; hiram still sur
vives his terrible pains.'’
she allso wants the members of
his Sunday scholl class (of which
j he resigned from in 1926 onner
icount of he did not quite under
stand about jonah and the whale in
| an argument» for foaming abouf
i him when he was so low thru their
:secker-tcrry, arch peters. he war
verry thoughtful, as bizzy as he i..
with his filling station.
the nabors were allso verry kind.
! except the burkinsons. their young
i uns kept up so much fuss that
! hiram would often Jump up in bed
and say: "is the cyclone verry bad?"
a few of them sent milk and bak
ing powders when she ran out of
same, the postman was nice allso
about asking where they would
|berry hiram i( he failed to recover
and get well.
mrs. skinner wishes you to thank
the "mens shoppe" at the county
rat for being willing to take the
suit back that was bought to lay
liiram’s remains away in. she felt
like she saved 14$, as hiram did not
;need the clothes If he lived, they
; returned the down payment of If
i for same with sympathy to the fam
(iley. hirani is taking nurrishmenl
at pressent, and will soon be able
to resume his seat In front of the
citty hall where he is want to set
most of the time.
yores trull*,
mike Clark ,rM
corry s pendent
TRY OUR STAR WANT a5s~
:eive the star,
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>u have something to
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OPPOSED TO CHANGE
IN TURLINGTON
To Editor of The Star:
I have written the following let
ter to Robert H. Cooke, in charge
of the dry forces of Cleveland comi
ty In answer to his request for a
statement from candidates:
As a candidate for state senator
from this district. I wish to say
that I am personally and political
ly dry, and, if I am elected, 1 will
oppose any effort to weaken the
Turlington act or to submit any
proposition of that type to a refer
endum of the people. The voters ol
North Carolina have already ex
pressed their will in regard to pro
hibition, and, since the dry majority
was overwhelming, the issue is set
tled in this state.
Most cordially yours,
WILLIAM E. WHITE
R-5, Shelby.
ASKS CANDIDATES TO
STATE THEIR VIEWS
To the Editor of The Star:
Sir: We see there is to be a mat1
meeting at the county court house
Saturday night. We as taxpayers
believe avc are- within our rights ir
asking every candidate to be there
and express his views on county
legislation and state legislation. We
furthermore believe th isis in i"
cordance with true democracy. Wc
disapprove of secret backdoor cam
paigning, because every candidate
has a right to give his views, and
the taxpayers have a right to de
mand his views in all matters ol
legislation effecting , their interest.
So therefore be it resolved that
we hear from them concerning the
following, to wit:
What are your views about the
sales tax. Do you approve of what
wc have, or do you propose anoth
er method of raising taxes to sup
port the schools?
Are you in favor of continuing tc
collect six cents a gallon on gas for
the state highways, or do you favot
more, or less?
Are you in favor of the present
price for auto tags, or more, or less'
Are you in favor * of continuing
our present laws concerning the li
quor traffic, or do you favor a
change?1
Wc also urge every candidate foi
county commissioner to be present
and give his views concerning coun
ty government.
Wc believe we are asking foi
nothing but that which is reason
ably just, and fair. We believe it is
undemocratic for any candidate tc
ask the taxpayers to support him
for any office, then stand back anc
declare himself a free-lance, anc
| brag that his hands are not. tied
land that he has made no commit
jments. The taxpayers pay .the bills
and they have a right to demand
commitments. So wc are demanding
' yr.’jr views, and those failing will be
rrmcinbcrefl accordingly.
E. H. LUTZ. P. O. ROSS. F. j
B TONEY. SYLVANUS GARD- j
NER, YA'IES WILLIAMS. I. i’ |
HAMRICK.
(Editor's Note: The mass meeting |
I Saturday night is sponsored by the
1 Labor Voters League, a new organ
ization which brings organized lab
{ or Into organized politics lor the
j first time in North Carolina. It is
I presumed that candidates will speak
i largely on matters pertaining to
j labor, but there is apparently no
| reason they cannot discuss the sub
1 jects mentioned in the foregoing
: letter.)
Camp Creek Church j
Memorial Services ;
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Set For Saturday,
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'Complete Program Arranged; No. 1
Township Items Of Personal
Interest.
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NO. 1 TOWNSHIP, May 22.—|
Memorial services will be held at
Camp Creek Saturday, May 26. The
following program has been ar
ranged: At 10 o'clock assembly at
the grave yard, decorate graves. A
committee of girls has been ap
pointed to see that all graves are
decorated. At. 10:30 assembly in
! church for services, song by congre
gation, special music by the Caro
j.iren quartet. At 11 o'clock the Rev.
David Roberts of Caroleen will
: preach the memorial sermon. ,Spc
: cial music by the junior Sisk quar
j tet. Assembly at tables for lunch.
(At 1:15 assembly back in church,
.songs by the congregation. Special
[music by the Trinity trio. At 1:30 a
short talk by Wilbur H. Wall. Spe
cial music by the Lily Mill quartet.
Several other quartets are expected
to sing.
Demmis Lane, son of Mr. and
j Mrs. Robert Jolley is seriously ill
I at the Gaffney hospital.
Ben Barnes is on the sick list, j
Amos Branch and sons, ,Wayne <
jpnd Wever, and Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Byars and son, Broadus, are on a
'fishing trip at Lake Myrty near
| Columbia, S. C. They will also visit
Mr. and Mrs. George Earls, for
merly of this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Venson Scruggs
announce the birth of a nine and
one-half pound son Friday. May 11.
]Mrs. Scruggs before marriage was
Miss Gertrude Bailey.
There are a number of cases of
whooping cough in this community.
Mrs. Blain Davis and son, H. B.
ispent last week-end with friends
jand relatives in Boiling Springs and
I attended the memorial services
[there Sunday.
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Blue mold has appeared in the
I tobacco beds of Halifax county but
I is not spreading rapidly at this
'time. In-Wilson county, the disease
is rereading.
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ONE GALLON
could hoist the
Washington
Monument
6*/2 inches!
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