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FRIDAY. SEPT. 21. 1934_!
TWINKLES
Now they’re letting Russia into the League of Na
tion. That organization is getting about as exclusive j
as the National Geographic Society.
Will the Gaffney Ledger please, inform us of the |
status of the Cherokee end of Highway No. 18, promis
ed by the S. C. Highway Commission some years ago? j
Can’t balance the Federal budget this year, says j
budget Director Bell, hut we shed no tears over that, j
Many a personal budget that was sadly awry has been
balanced since March a year ago.
Singularly every time Charlotte has a Dollar Day
bargain event, it rains. Shelby merchants had planned
Bargain Week during the fair and the strike had to
come. Merchants are sorely plexed. May be they’ll get j
a break later.
Mayor Walmsley, it is reported, is having great |
success in his anti-vice crusade in New Orleans. “For
rent’’ signs are appearing in the underworld front. But i
Walmsley will not be successful until such a sign ap
pears on the office door of H. P. Long. Kingfish, Inc. j
t.tamma ... *” 1 1
Three important things were heard in Washington
this week: Mr. Doughton has decided to run for Gover
nor, there will be inflation of the currency at an early |
date and the NRA wil be materially changed in order
to stimulate recovery.
Civilized persons are aghast because Mussolini has
drafted eight-year-old boys for military training. But
many of our most civilized folk still think that children
ought to work in cotton mills because they’ll be crimi
nals If they don’t.
REVIEW GOES DAILY
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The. Reidsville Review has gone daily. This con
temporary and The Star were the only every-other-day
newspapers in North Carolina. Now that The Review
has changed to a five day a week daily, omitting the
Saturday issue. The Star is left alone as to frequency
of issue. However, The Star is mechanically equipped
and manned to make the change when conditions justify.
We congratulate the Olivers of Reidsville and shall
watch their venture with the keenest interest.
DOUBTING THOMAS
Norman Thomas, who usually makes his campaigns
as •Socialist- candidate for the Presidency, has been mak
ing speeches in Durham and Burlington to strikers,
urging them to continue their walkout and assuring
th£n that they will win.
' Insofar as he sticks to those arguments, no one can
criticize Thomas. The workers have a right to strike
and he has a right to encourage them. But what start
led; us, and made us think that, after all. we were just
an old fuddyduddy. was his attack against the New
¥ Deal, the Blue Eagle, and General Johnson. Somehow,
, we had the notion that New Deal. Blue Eagles, etc.,
were approaching the heights of enlightened socialism.
We were convinced that the country was being run on
even more socialistic lines than Thomas ever prescribed.
But he says not.
We were disappointed rhat the speaker said
nothing, in his arguments for the right to strike, in favor
-ef the right to work. After all, that might have been
expecting too much.
NO NEW CONSTITUTION
The old constitution, the one that now purports to
guide our lawgivers—has been invoked to stay the adop
tion of a new and more liberal document. The Supreme
Court Justices have said so, have ruled that North Car
olina has already held her "General Election." and that
the constitution doesn't permit another one so soon.
This is highly regrettable, for the new draft had
beeh gathering supporters rapidly and was backed by
such strength that adoption was very likely. Still, we
presume that all we are faced with is delay. We will
get our chance to vote on the. new constitution, and by
we trust, more citizens will have had an op
understand the value of revision.
of the new document has been val
before have so many North Carolinians
the fundamentals of their laws, the
their taxes. Wide debate brought these
them, and they are— we are—much l*et
today to act a* a self-governing common
new constitution was discussed.
FAIR WEEK UPON US
Next week is Cleveland County Fair week. While
there is some apprehension about the attendance, there
is no doubt about Secretary Dorton having the “biggest
and best.” The growing season has been favorable for
crops so the agricultural exhibits promise to surpass
anything that has been shown before. The free attrac
tions before the grand-stand, the races, fireworks, com
mercial exhibits, live-stock and all other phases of the
fair, will surpass anything that has been shown before.
It is always customary to advertise “bigger and
better” but the claim is justified in every particular
this year. Secretary Dorton and his associates have
had ten years experience in fair promotion and the ex
hibitors have vied with each other in seeing that Cleve
land’s Fair continues to improve. This year, the visitors
will see a mammoth exhibit hall built of native stone,
over which is the grand-stand with double the seating
capacity of last year. Every comfort is provided for the
visitors and it is expected that this fair will draw from
a wider territory than ever before.
THE PARKW AY ROUTING
Six Shelby men were sent to Washington this w'eek
to support Western North Carolina in its claim before
Secretary Ickes for the Park-to-Park highway. We
considered it a privilege to exercise our influence toward
getting this route in North Carolina, but we have some
misgivings about the final decision on the part of Sec
retary Ickes.
Secretary Ickes has appointed three experts, who
came to Carolina and Tennessee where they were joined
by highway officials of the two states in making a per
sonal survey of the proposed routes. They traveled the
various mountain ranges in the two states, scaled moun
tains, studied the topography and scenic beauty of the
territory, then recommended a route partly in North
Carolina and partly in Tennessee. We here in North
Carolina think our mountains are the highest and most
scenic and should he traversed by this road, the most
elaborate ever undertaken by mankind. However, we
fear Secretary Ickes will not over-ride the recommenda
tion of a committee of three experts appointed by him.
They acted as his agents, they traveled the routings,
they are considered experts and in the face of these
facts, we have an idea that Mr. Ickes will uphold their
decision. North Carolina’s side was ably presented, the
size of the delegation was impressive and should we fail
to upset the routing approved by the locating commit
tee, we believe that a loop route will eventually be built
that will traverse hoth states.
Nobody’s Business
By GEE McGEE
Flat Rock NC««
holsum moor# and the bildtng
loan association had the misfor
tune to lose his house by fire last
week when It ketrhed from a stove
flew which did not run from the
ground as ordered, they will rebild
for him if he can raise ftOCVg from
his wife's kinsfolks, as heretofore.
our school opened with a bang
last, monday and childrens from far
and near flocked In, some bookless,
some with books, and some depend
ing on the f. e. r. a. and c. w. a. for
both books, food, clothing and
transpertatlon. miss Jennie veeve
smith Is the principle of everything
the few friends of mrs. joe high
Uvver will be sorry to learn that
her hip, which she knocked out of
Jlnt when she fell down stairs fri
day night, is nitting back verry
slow, she had to call off her bridge
party for monday. and has noti
fied the publlck that no parties will
be hei! In her home for the next
ensuing 2 months, as she can t do
nothing while limping, ansoforth.
our protrackted meeting which
has benn going on at rehober
church for the past 10 days almost
broke up last Sunday night when 2
men from cedar lane fetched a
snake with them and tried to get
our pasture, rev, wane, to let it bite
him on the arm. they allso had a
mudlturtle and a ground squirrel
with them and oltered to let him
take his choice in being bit, but he
iurned them all down and ordered
them off while the quire was sing
ing; "meet me there.
everyboddy who lives In our fine
little town has givert up hopes of
getting anny monney from the r. f,
c. for watter-works and sew-edge.
and have cleaned out their wells
and repaired their premises a right
smart, cedar lane got ahead of us
and fixed up her town with govver
ment monney. but she has alreddy
defaulted lnterrest and principle
and all other payment, and it looks
like uncle sam played santa claw*
unbeknowance ;o hissclf.
town taxes will be due nexi week
and everybody is getting -edei
to dodge same, the dog tax is 2g.
and the citizens send all of the
caneens to their kinfolks till the
time to pay on same is over they
allso dodge the pole ;ax by being
too old or too young the property
tax is dodged by turning it bark to
the mortgagee, and household uxe
Ls dodged by letting 'V ,n. talimm
houses repossess evety thing
vores trulir.
mike Clark, rfrf.
-orrv spondent
Mike I* Bothered About His Cotton
Crop
flat rock. a. C.. sepp 21, 1934
deer rar. edditor:—
I hereby seek yore advice about
how 1 will mannage to get m.v crops
gathered according to the govver
ment. 1 made 3 bale* of cotton last
year and plowed up 2 bales, and
they owe me some back payments
on the plowed up bales.
1 borried clO a pound on the other
3 bales, but now they say 1 must
gin 2 bales this year and i wont
make over 1 bale onner count of
the boll weevil and the red spider
and the rust ana oaa weather.
how can I gin 2 bales if i do not
make same, and if 1 get 2 tags for
2 bales, can 1 sell l of the tags to
my nabor who always makes more
cotton than anybodd.v else for 15$
according to the govverment state
ment in the paper? it looks like i
promised to gin 2 bales; can they
put me in .tail for the boll weevil?
me and my wife ftggered all of
last night and this morning trying
to see how we can gin cotton we
riont make, the govverment made a
mistake in not letting me plow up
this year like they did last year, i
would of cleared monney. a$ t
would have plowed up the crops
that diddent come up out of the
ground when planted ansoforth.
as it stands now, according to my
wife’s figgers who went to scholl
and got into the third grade and
knows what she is talking about,
the govverment owes me 14$ on last
year, and if i borry C12 per pound
on my old cctton. they will owe me
$11. and 1 will owe them 1 bale of
cotton which i wont make this year.
plese studdy over this matter and
let me know if you think they will
square off with me and give me m.v
3 bales of 1933 back. and let me
keep my 1934 bale. 1 will give them
he bale i wont mRke which i have
agreed to gin and have alreddy got
the tag for. this will permit me to
break even and i wont farm a-tall
in 1935 and *his will help the gov
\erment in its cotton reduction
plan
holsum rnoore says that hugh s.
jhonson and a man by 'he name
of peel caused the drowth out west,
if Lhat is so—they should be turn
ed out of the offis they now hold.
I will not farm next year nohow, as
i ha\e applied for a job setting out
trees ;a north dakota. rite or foam
yores irulie.
mike Clark, rfd
farmer.
NR A To Consider Changes
For Cotton Textile Code:
i WASHINGTON 8 e p t. 18 —
'Amendments of a far-reaching na- ,
ture to the Cotton Textile code of1
the Recovery Administration will be
considered at a hearing which has
been fixed for September 28 at 10
a. m , In Washington before Deputy
i Administrator A. Henry Thurston
and others of the NRA.
Despite the strike in the lndus
j try, keen interest is centered in the
| hearing on the amendments since
(they deal with the methods of de
livery of textile goods, add certain
finished goods to the list of textile
products, define the terms of sale
of tickings and bleached goods, and
trade practices relating thereto.
The code authority of the indus
try asks that paragraph 2. of divi
sion 3 of section V of the supple
mentary code No. 1, be amended
as to deliveries so that all goods
shall be sold FO B. mill, or main
warehouse, provided the location of
such main warehouse shall be reg
istered with the Textile Fabrics
association, and provided further
that goods may be delivered with
out charge to the first common
carrier 1 transportation agency! or
to customer if located within the
city limits of registered main ware
house.
It is also proposed that there
shall be established in the textile
industry a finished goods branch,
which shall Include^ Clothiers' lin
ing other than all cotton, corset,
brassiere and allied trades fabrics,
curtain and draperies. shirtings,
wash goods, interlinings, tickings,
bleached goods, cotton linings for
all purposes not otherwise provid
ed.
A more specific definition Is de
sired as to tickings, and the code
authority asks that they be defin
ed as "printed cotton tickings for
| use by manufacturers of mattress.
| pillows, wardrobe and shoe bags.
! studio couches, day beds, including
jthese same fabrics when sold to
lother cutting trades, wholesale or
I retail, to chain stores or for mail
(order distribution
West Shelby News
Of Current Week
Mr. And Mrs. Ramsey Move To
Cloth Mill To Take Charge Of
Boarding House.
WEST 8HELBY, Sept. 20.—Mrs.
! Wilburn Shytle and children spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Morrison of near
Grover.
Mrs. Bob McSwaln and children
are visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Sain of near Lincolnton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowman visit
ed Mrs. Bowman's father at Greer.
S. C.. last week. He has been very
sick but is improving.
Mr. Richard Downey of Forest
City visited his sister, Mrs. H. A.
Callahan last week.
Mr. and Mrs J. T. Ramsey have
movld to the Cleveland Cloth Mill
to take charge of the boarding
house.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ramsey. Jr.,
visited her mother. Mrs. Hammett,
of near Lattimore Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hollingsworth
visited Mrs, Hollingsworth's father
BAPTIST LEADERS
APPRECIATE STAR.
To Editor of The Star.
In a recent meeting of the gen
eral board of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association several members
spoke of the kindness and consid
eration shown by The Cleveland
Star in printing religious news and
notices. It has always devoted con
siderable space to the Interests,
both local and general. of our
churches and their work. The un
dersigned were named as a special
committee to convey an expression
of appreciation from the association
to .The Star and its managers for
their uniform kindness and cour
j!
tesy. I
We have ever found The Star
ready and willing to publish news!
items concerning all phases of our
church work. The.se items are a
source of much help and encourage
ment to the workers in our
churches and greatly strengther
the causes for which they stand.
We appreciate the fact that no
charges have ever been made fori
giving notice of special meeting-,
whether of a local church, group .
or general meeting.
On behalf of the churches. the |
Sunday schools. B Y.P.U s. Womens
work, for Boiling Springs junior ,
college, and for the association as
a whole, we hereby extend our cor
dial and hearty thanks to The Star,
its editor and managers, for these
kindnesses shown.
Signed by-the committee.
J. V. Devenny. G. V. Hawkins, W.
A. Elam.
in Greer, s. C, last week. They
were called to his bedside Thurs
day, but he is better.
Mrs. Raymond Flcwe, of Charlotte
visited Miss Gladys Callahan Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Davis and Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Davis and family
visited in Laurens and Greenville.
S. C. lest, week.
Clarence Williams Is a patient at
the Shelby Hospital
Missee Eleanor Pruett and Nancy
Jones of Blacksburg. S. C., visited
Mr. and Mrs. G. B Jones Friday of
last week.
Lewis Jones of Mobile, Ala., lsj
visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Yount and
Miss Maude Davis, and Miss Rob
ertson visited relatives In Marshal
over the week-end.
Miss Helen Francis is spending
this week in Atlanta. Ga.
Mrs. Effie Green Is visiting her!
son, Grady Green of Rutherford- j
ton. !
Miss Lucile Brooks is visiting h»r
sister. Mrs. Bonnie Lee Hutchins of
near Polkville.
Mr. Evans Benoy of Spartanburg.
S. C.. is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. T. Benoy.
Mrs. Thurman Smith is visiting
her mother. Mrs. Bridges of near
Zoar.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Smith end
(Children and Mrs. Melvin Owens
visited Mrs. Owen’s father, Mr.
Henry McSwaln Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. N. D. Frances has been very
aick for the past few days, but is
i showing some improverrv'ni
I THE POWER
in one gallon
j could hoist the I
Washington
] Monument
6Vi inches!
Ask the Slncleh
Dee It r hr t folder
which expleim this
— end try H-C hr
3Odeys in your cer.
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North Carolina Holds Advantage
In U. S. Agricultural Pictures
North Carolina’* favorable agri
cultural position this year was em
phasized as better than average
field* for* the state’s general crops
were Indicated in comparison with
in inferior average for the nation
is a whole, the statistical division
sf the state department of agricul
ture reported yesterday.
The prospective yield, the repor'
stated, showed the crops 12 per cent
above the past 10-year average
The national yield in basic crops
showed a 23 per cent decrease.
Corn, tobacco and cotton, major
plantings in the state, led the way
in prospective yield up to Septem
ber 1 with only- the fruit crops of
the lesser groups showing up short
of the average. '
The corn crop approached the
record yield figures with 20 bush
els to the acre indicated, only .5 of
a bushel short of the high harvest
marks set. in 1920. 1923, 1927 and
1931. A crop of 49,280.000 bushels
was forecast In camparison with
40.713.000 bushels a* year ago. Con
ditions of the crop was set at 86
per cent or virtually double the na
tional figure.
With the indicated yield of 400 -
900.000 pounds of tobacco, there was
a prospective average of 741 pounds
per acre, which has been exceded
only twice—in 192J and 1930 when
755 arid 765 pounds respectively
were made. “The quality has been
high, which usually means fairly
light weight of leaf," the report
stated.
The Rev. Mr. Askew
Goes To Hospital
GOLDSBOPO. Sept. 1*.—R. H
Askew, young "four square gospel”
evangelist who faces trial on a
charge of using the mails In a kid
nap hoax, has entered a sanitonum
at Greensboro.
Askew disappeared here last
month, and turned up a few days
later after ransom notes had been
received here by hia elderly wife,
and at Aimee Semple McPherson s
Angelus temple in Los Angelea.
The government claims Askew
wrote the ransom notes.
Askew' is under bond. His trial
has been sei for November 5 in fed
eral court at Raleigh.
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that they take Black-Draught, for
It is such a good laxative. I took
It for constipation, headache and a
dull feeling that I had so much. A
1 few doses of Black-Draught—and
| I felt just fine.”
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