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Entered as second class matter January 1. 1905, at the post*
office at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act ot Congress, March
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been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolulons ot
respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice
has been published. This will be strictly adhered to,
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1934
TWINKLES
And the school chldren are thankful for a holiday.
Less than a month 'til Christmas and no shop-early
reminders.
Banks as well as depositors will rejoice over the
abandonment of the two cent tax on checks; effective
January 1st.
No disfranchisement in the election on cotton con
trol. The colored farmers can qualify because their
grandfathers grew the staple.
A. L. STOCKTON DIES
The newspaper fraternity loses a real craftsman in
Die passing of A. L. Stockton of the Greensboro News
Record, a partner with E. B. Jeffress, the stricken high
way commissioner. They were bosom friends and made
a fne working team in publishing one of the state’s best,
journals. It was the lot of Mr. Stockton to remain in
side the office, supervise the news and mechanical pro
duction of the paper, but he enjoyed a wide acquaintance
throughout the state and his fellow publishers regarded
him as one of the truest and most capable men in the
profession.
GOOD FIRE FIGHTING
Few if any of us arc free from twinges of fear when
the fire siren wails, be it day or night. Fire has been
dreadful since Prometheus seized it. from the gods, and
the thought that one’s home may burn is as ghastly a
thought as a man may think.
Well, this started out to be a compliment to the
Shelby* fire department', which deserves one. Thurs
day afternoon, the department, largely manned by vol
unteers, sped to the edge of town and battled a fire in a
negro shanty hidden in the woods. They laid a hose at
least a quarter of a mile through the underbrush to
reach the blaze, and though they could not extinguish
it, they fought it to the last flicker.
Even the humblest home, it seems, will get, every
bit of protection the department can give.
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS
Women can be more valuable than men in prevent
ing wars, Dean C. W. Jackson told alumnae of the North
Carolina Women’s College here last week. We are not,
unfortunately, quite certain precisely what means he
would have the women take—educational means, we
presume, and training the young idea not to sprout
epaulets.
But we do recall that a Greek dramatist toyed with
the same idea some 1400 years ago. He wrote a play in
which the women stopped a war between Athens and
Sparta simply by turning all the men out of home and
declining to associate with them. The war stopped in
stanter.
To the Greek mind, this plot had riotous possibili
ties, and it even made a gorgeous comedy when trans
lated into English. But comedy aside, it proved the
point that British dramatist Sir James M. Barrie brought
forth centuries later in “What Every Woman Knows."
\es, what every woman knows is that she can make a
husband eat out of her hand when she wants to.
HAPPINESS FOR SALE
Ihis week, your church and your fraternal organ
izations make it possible for you to buy happiness.
This elusive commodity is seldom offered for sale.
Not often can the glittering wealth of the richest man,
be he commoner or king, purchase this one simple and
priceless thing. But now, you can buy it. You can
buy some for the smallest coin in your purse, but you
ought to pay more nearly what it is worth.
This week, the churches and fraternal organiza
tions are collecting offerings for the orphanages. The
money goes to children who have been denied the pro
tection of parents, children who are often unhappy be
cause they have lost so many spiritual and material
things so early in life.
You cannot replace these things, not fully. But you
can make the lot of these helpless children easier, you
can contribute something toward giving them a start
in life.
And will you be buying happiness for them alone?
Why, no. You will be buying it for yourself also.
ATROCIOUS CRIMES IN THE NURSERY
Bergen Evans has written a burlesque on the psy
chological toff that continually goes the rounds about
raising children, and so deft is his parody that our
neighbor, The Hickory Record, takes him seriously—and
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even seriously applauds his tongue-in-cheek nonsense
about the criminal and anti-social teachings of nursery
rhymes.
Mr. Evans, writing in The Atlantic Monthly, a very
scholarly journal but not above spoofing its audience,
recalls that children were taught to admire such things
as Jack's murderous requital of the Giant’s hospitality,
the greediness of little Goldilocks, the mendacity of
Hans. And infant morality is warped, he says, by
stories about Grimm’s soldier, who merely by striking
his tinder box could have his dog with eyes as big as
saucers convey to his bedroom whatever young lady
pleased his fancy. Moreover, the Little Miss Muffet
yam, says Evans, inculcates harmful fears in youth, and
The Three Blind Mice induce sadism. Litle Jack Horn
er, he avers, is a horrid example of bad table manners
and greediness.
Typical of his comment is this one on a well-known
rhyme:
Curlylocks, Curlylocks, wilt thou be mine?
Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine,
But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam,
And feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream.
“What a complete illustration of the unenlighten
ed attitude toward women! The wooer, after tickling
the young lady’s vanity by an allusion to her coiffure,
attempts to induce her to become his chattel by assuring
her that, denied any share in their common labor and
reduced to enervating indolence, she shall waste her
time and ruin her eyesight on worthless needlework
while she is pampered with a dangerous diet of fruit,
sugar, and fat which will serve only to obviate in time
the need for the cushion.’’
As humor, this kind of thing is admirable, but to
take it seriously is preposterous. Alphonse Capone, John
Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and bretheren of that ilk
were not reared in homes where mothers taught their
children nursery rhymes.
Nursery rhymes are taught in homes where the old
fashioned virtues go hand in hand with the nonsense
verses. Children who learn to enjoy books in the nurs
ery are. prepared to enjoy better books when they are
older, and prepared to master their lessons better in
school.
We aren’t greatly fetched by the notion, dear Hifck
ory Record, that the current and distressing juvenile
crime wave can be traced to Mother Goose.
Nobody’s Business
By GEE McGEE
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Window Envelope*.
A few years ago, some bird In
vented a so-called “Time-saving
envelope.” but called it "window
envelope" for short. It posslblv
•saves the stenographer a few sec
onds because she does not have to
addrerss the envelope, but the guy
who has to open one of those wtn
dw miracles does not only lose a
minute r more, but he loses all of
his religloon at the same time.
Social correspondence Is not car
ried on with “wndow envelopes '
Only busness men and firms have
been fooled so far. You see, It's like
this; if you owe your grocer or
banker or doctr, he simply writes:
“Jhn Doe. Anywhere. U. S. A., To
balance due on account: $75. *This
has been runlng for 3 years," The
sender folds the dun so's only—
“John Doe. Anywhere. U. S. A.” can
he be seen through the window,
and all other addressing is elimin
ated. . . . slipping the bill into the
window envelope.
When poor old John Dor nets nis
dun, assuming that he opens a Jew
of them, he handles that "window
envelope" in the same manner that
he would handle a mud-cat or oth
er fish that he might undertake
for the frying pan. He slits open
the top. but the dun is stuck to
that envelope in at least 6 differ
ent places, then he begins an op
eration very similar to that of pick
ing a chicken. When he gets thru,
the contents of the envelope are
usually torn all to piece!.
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My office averages about 10 to
15 of these "window" afflictions per
day. Occasionally I undertake to
operate on one of them, but my
stenographer frequently relieves m;
of these persecuting pains, and
while she teaches a Sunday school
class every third Sunday, she does
a teeny-weeny bit of cussing her
self and has just about reached the
point where she doesn't blush when
bad words creep out in connection
with those window dressers.
I aint very strong for saving my
time at the expense of some other
fellow who claims his time to be
just about as valuable as mine. An
improvement could be made on tttis
window thing. Somehow or other,
mucilage or glue gets all over every
thing in such an envelope, and it s
a task to remove even a 10 dollar
bill from one of them, however, no
body ever risks snuicli money in a
window envelope.
My advice to business men and
stenographers is: Clean your type
at least once every 3 years, sec your
ribbon dealer twice a ear. and if
you must use window envelope, uee
that you do not glue the letter in
to the said envelope in more than
25 different places . so's it can be
extracted without foaming at the
mouth.
OFFICIAI- BUSINESS
deer mr. eddltor: —
our mayer has asked this rorry
spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, to
put a notls In yore paper In farming
the publlck that the Job of poless
man of flat rock will be vacant
after the next meeting of the town
counsel, as hts badge will be took
away from him on that date for the
following reasons to wit:
1—sleeping on duty while at wor*
and letting somaboddy tote off the
typewriter of the city hall which
was on the desk he was laying down
on at the time of the highway rob
bery ansoforth.
3—Sampling 7 fruit jars full of
corn licker that he had ketched a
bootlegger with against the pease
and dignity of the town and state
aforesaid. he sampled It nearly
ever night for 2 weeks and then It
was all gone.
3—Receiving a cash bond for 4$
from judd Clark for being under
the intoxication of strong drink,
and not turning the same Into the
treassure of the town counsel in
1929, allso for mal-feassance in of
fis.
4—for working against the pres
sent mayer enduring the last muny
clppal eampane, and betting on *he
other feller at the ratio of 3 to 1,
allso for loud swearing while trytnj
to arrest 2 cedar lane boys for
speeding on main street.
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3—for swopping off his pistol
which belonged to the town counsel
with holsum moore for a cheaper
pistol and taking a bad check for
the difference, and not turning in
anny monney for; same onner count
of he could not'get it cashed.
i am directed to say that apple
cations will be received by the un
dersigned in his own hand-wrlti.13
for 2 weeks from tonight, all back
ed up with It in cash as an act of
good faith, and everyboddy who
applies must be fairly sober, reas
onably honest, mostly truth, and 6
foot tall and a friend to the pre
sent add-ministration.
yorea trulle.
mike Clark, rfd,
town clerk.
Carolina Farmers Get
Over Ten Million!
According to the recent announ
cement from Washington, North
Carolina farmers have received up
to October 1 a total of *10.060.724.
31 In benr/it payments. A referen
dum is soon to be called on tha
Bankhead cotton control law. and It
Is supposed that the best economics
under the new deal will be shaped
for the broadest benellt of the
farmer classes.
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Sues Kearns in Paternity Case
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Jack Kearns, left, former manager of Jack Dempsey, la snapped in
Los Angeles court where he appeared to face charges brought by
Miss Elizabeth Williams, right, that he is the alleged father of her
cight-year-old daughter, Helen McKeman, shown with her. Miss
Williams, asks that Kearns be compelled to support the child.
B. S. Peeler Heads
Kings Mtn. FHA
KIN08 MOUNTAIN, Nov. 27
Mr. B. 8. Peeler, secretary and
treasurer of the Elmer Lumber Co.
has been chosen to head the City
Wide Modernisation and Improve
ment campaign sponsored by the
Federal Housing administration.
"The purpose of the campaign,"
said Chairman Peeler, “is to enable
our city to get as large and imme
diate benefits as possible from the
National Housing act. Our purpo6e
will be to Inform every property
owner in the city how he can take
advantage of this new financing
plan and of the desirability of mak
ing necessary improvements to his
property at this time. The cam
paign will have an immediate and
most Important effect on every type
of business in the community. It is
a real opportunity for us to Improve
local business conditions, to relieve
distress and to increase property
values and to beautify the city.”
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