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Entered as second class matter January X, 1S05. at the post
efflee at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March
We wish to call your attention to the fact that It is and hts
been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of
respect, cards of thanks and obituary noticee, after one death notice
has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. _
! FRIDAY, APRlf7K"l935 _
Two St. Louis doctors say they have discovered
the cause of dandruff. We always agreed with old Dr.
Quack, who came as near as anybody with the theory
that dandruff was caused by chewing pop corn too fine.
WILL CODES CONTINUE
Whether codes governing various industries of tha
country:'will be continued must soon be decided definite
ly and finally. In the first place, President Roos«velt
has asked Congress for the necessary legislation to pro
long the NIRA for another two years. Opposition is in
the offing.
The lumber code was thrown back in the lap of the
government this week to adopt and rear, yet Mr. Rich
berg informed the lumbermen that it’s their code to en
force.
Codes have certainly had a great influence on re
covery but when certain fair principles were adopted by
nearly 500 enterprises in their self-regulating endeavor,
the government prescribed penalties for violation. All
code authorities have endeavored to enforce their codes.
In some instances they have succeeded, but the great
majority have abandoned code enforcement as hopeless
and many have challenged the authorities of their power
to enforce.
Now what shall be done? Instance after instance
of violations has been presented to the government au
thorities for action and the government seems hesithnt
to act with finality. It is true that sub-ordinate courts
have handed down decisions, some favorable and some*
unfavorable to the government, but there has not been a
decision from the U. S. Supreme Court.
In the two years that codes have been written, it
does seem that every phase of their validity could have
be$n passed-upon by the highest court in the land. Un
leak there is strict enforcement, we might as well aban
don codes and if there is abandonment it w ill be due to
lack of co-operation on the government that sponsored
the code-writing business.
KNEW WHAT HE WANTED
Making the rounds of the press this week is a unique
“Help Wanted" advertisement that appeared recently in
a Kentucky paper. It was inserted by a farmer who
knew what he wanted—and who must have had some
experience as an employer. He said:
“Wanted—I want a man to work on my farm.
I don't give dancing lessons. I have no piano. I
can't serve planked steak three times a day. I do
give three square meals, a real bed and fair wages.
If any man knows a cow from a talking machine,
can hear an alarm clock and get up at 5 o’clock and
wants a job, I will agree not to treat him like one of
the famly, but a darned sight better.”
Which reminds us of the experience of Sherwood
A. Munson, young Jersey City accountant, who adver
tised for a friend, a young man who wanted to work on
a farm. He received 800 replies, and the friend got a
job. But when he turned the other replies over to a re
lief agenc>v-the clients gave him the horse laugh! They
preferred the dole.
THE FUTURE OF TEXTILES AND LABOR
Speaking at an institute in Chapel Hill this week
Dr. Chester Wright, public ns counsel for the
United 7 ■ xtile Workers, sounded . note of alarm over
vhe future of textil.•; in America. "Either the cottor. in
dustry will come to its senses speedily and unite all forc
es in an effort to plan and execute reconstruction, or it
will go down before the combined assault of alien and
domestic forces.” Throughout the east and south we
find little flare-ups with labor, disturbed over trifling ■
matters. Of course labor does not admit that its cause
is trifling, but when one studies the serious situation
that faces the textile industry in America as a whole,
one must admit that the discharge of an employee or the
inauguraton of the stretch-out are mere trifles in com
parison to the problems that confront both capital and
labor, engaged in the manufacture of cotton textiles.
In the first place, the situation in regard to the im
portations of cotton piece goods from Japan into this
country, commencing with December 1934, has reached
such serious proportions that it is necessary for the in
dustry to concentrate upon measures to be taken prompt
ly to check this flow of textiles now coming into thi6
country at prices that are so much below our own costs
of production as to constitute a thoroughly demoralizing
influence in our markets. From 1928 to 1938, inclusive,
the importation of cotton piece goods from Japan was
slightly more than a million square yards per year.
Since December ’34 the importations have grown from
2.210.000 square yards to 3,341,000 in January and 5.
744.000 in February. Importations from other countries
have been greatly increased also. It is impossible for
American manufacturers to compote with cheap labor
costs of foreign countries. No one wants to see our labor
put on a par with that of foreign countries. We have a
problem, however, that calls for national and interna
tional consideration. Not only does the problem concern
those engaged in textile manufacture, but largely con
cerns the southern farmer in the growing of cotton, as
we no longer dominate the world in the growth of cotton.
Substitutes for cotton are being developed, such as
rayon and celanese and we understand‘that there is an
other substitute about to be put on the market that will
rival cotton, or any of the substitutes yet developed, in
the matter of tensile strength.
We are going through a period now somewhat like a
triangular love affair, with the employer, organized and
unorganized labor forming the triangle. The most dan
gerous threat to the industry in America is in the tri
angular fight that is now under way and the importa
tion of foreign made goods by cheap labor and the de
velopment of cotton substitutes. Labor and capital must
soon lay aside their differences and combine against
these common enemies in order for both to survive.
DUKE STANDS CLEAR
Cleveland county, grateful for the recent hospital
gift by the Duke Foundation, is perhaps happier than
most because of the recent “bill of health” given the
Duke Power Co., by the Federal Trade Commission. But
disregarding any prejudice that anyone might feel to
• day, it is gratifying to know that an exhaustive investi
gation gives the Duke company a clean bill—the ex
ception, not the rule, when utility companies are held up
to the light.
We take it from this report that the Duke com
pany will have no cause to be alarmed, from now on,
about New Deal management, even though a protest
against Buzzard’s Roost still stands. Mr. Roosevelt’s
recent swing to the right clearly indicates that he has
no intention of practising a socialism destructive to en
terprise and investment.
For that matter, a blow at our Duke is at the same
time a blow at thousands of employees throughout the
Carolines. Numerous corollary business have grown
through the Duke enterprise, and vast advertisements
for this part of the world have been widespread .through
the Duke influence.
Feeling grateful for these things, it is happy then,
to see the company—the largest private power company
in the Southland—has no holding company and that,
while it has written up its capital ,this was not to issue
and sell securities, or to raise rates. On the contrary,
three recent rate reductions, which we shall soon enjoy
here, are in evidence.
Nobody1
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Business
By GEE McGEE
SOCIAL NEWS FROM FLAT
ROCK
mr. holsum moore has about re
covered from being Mowed out of
his basement one Sunday morning
when something exploded he was
fooling with, kindly correct the
statement made in this collum that
it was a still that busted, this can’t
be proved and it mought turn out
to be g crlmmlnal libel suit, so he
says, as it was smashed into smith
ereens and nothing but the wirm
and cap was ever found.
mrr. perry winkle who moved from
cedal lane into our midst about 6
weeks ago to open up a filling sta
tion has decided to run an oyster
market, but as he will have only
one more month and “r” in it. he
mought handle fish enduring the
season is someboddy will sell him
an ice box and ice on creddick. his
eappitol is verry limited.
miss Jennie veeve smith had on
all of her fine spring things at
church last Sunday and she almost
froee to death 1 same, the heavy
fur garments for summed do not
eome on the market till nearly au
gust apd therefoar her spring and
winter clothes are verry light, the
Jannltor let the fire die out right
after the collection was took and
the organ which she played leaked
some verry cold wind right towards
her when she pumped it with her
feet.
the drug stoar is planning to put
in some new machinery at an early
date. dr. hubber green has alred
dy ordered a hot dog stand and a
sandwitch plate, he will allso sell
some groceries and electrick light
stuff, be is mowing his pills and
other medisons further back, as
folks will call for them things with
out seeing them scattered out on
the counter.
the f. h. a. seems to be getting
in some nice kork in flat rock, art
square has promised to borry
enough cash to fix his well shelter,
'and his garrage. and kivver his
{kitchen, he counts on hawing a
(few dollars left to get some bubbs
tor his radio which has been dead
’ever since he spent his “plowed
•up” check for a licents tag. others
will borry later on, as it teems to
ba easy monney ansoforth.
i the town pump is out of fix again
; and the poleeaman is afeared that
lit I* choked up at the bottom of the
well with something aomeboddy
thorwed into same, it mought be
, necessary to clean the well out
again in the near future bids
.should be asked for at the next
counsel meeting watter is a dire
need-cecity in our town, especially
,ly for the loafer, at -hr citty hall.
nuke Clark, rfd.
MIKE GIVES ADVICE TO THI
TROUBLED
deer mr. grainger;—
yore kind letter of last week rec
and contents notised. 1 am sor
to learn that you and yore wl
have sepperated. and 1 assure y<
that 1 will be glad to try to infar
you how you should make up ai
go back together and live hap]
ever afterwards ansoforth. yi
asked me to reply thru my collu
and i will do so, as followers:
mebbe if you would quit drtnkii
so much, yore wife could put i
with you, and you mought all
try hugging her ever 3 or 4 da;
i suppose from what you say th
she is Jellous of you, but 1 doi
understand why, but If she Is
plese quit looking so long at oth
wimmen in her pressence.
have you ever tried giwing h
monney? if not, It would be
good idea, if she will take you ba
on trial, to let her have betwixt c
and c50 ever week-end to spend 1
annything that sire mought choo
it would allso possibly change h
feelings If you would go fifty-fil
with her in cutting the stove-wo
and fetching in the watter.
do you snore when you sleep?
iso. stop that, do you eat with yc
knife and spill gravy on her cor
panny table-cloth? if so, cut th
out. nothing makes a woman nro
! sick of a husband than one whi
will do such things, do you chi
tobacker constantly? If so, do y<
inhail yore breath towards h
while she Is talking to you? qi
that.
mebbe yore own kinfolks ha
stole your love from yore wife, ai
do they live off of her cooking ai
'spend months and months at yo
house? that should be hell down
vore ma nd yore pa, and th
should not forget to go home ev
now and then, and as to yore brot:
lers and sisters and uncles and on
zins they ought not to vissit ol
•ner than ever fourth of July.
you should therefoar rite or foa
yore wife to come back to your bti
(om at once and that you will r
'arm and do better, after she gc
there, don't forget yore promts
after the spell of love and affactli
wears off. 1 hate to say It, but
’run afeared that you are to blar
for her leaving yore bed and boat
ji hope this will help you both,
yores trulie.
mike Clark, rfd,
eorrv spondent.
Ti is computed that 1355 poun
: f food are consumed during oi
year by rarh adult in Ihr Uniti
j States.
, Everyday
Living
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Dr. Joseph Fort Newton
ALL TIED UP
All of us are aware at times of
j being all tied up by loves and du
! ties that prevent us from doing our
utmost In life.
We are held back
from doing what
we want to do
and could do.
Here la a young
man out of work,
or in a poorly
paid job, who
would strike out
boldly In a new
line, but he dare
iM" not ri5K involving
! his wife and baby, or some one fisc
dependent upon him.
i The owner of a small business
has the offer of a better opening
elsewhere. He would sell out and
take it, but to do so would mean
the ruin of people to whom he feels
pledged; so he declines.
A boy and girl want to marry.
i and ought to marry, but cannot do
it because one or the other has in
valid parents to care for. If only
they were free they could found a
home and be happy.
How often a girl must give up a
work she loves because she is the
only one left at home and someone
must take charge there; or a boy is
kept out of college because he is
needed by his family.
Others, to be sure, do not feel the
tug of such ties. Or if they do, they
harden their hearts, cut loose and
go, regardless. How they sleep at
nights is hard to know, but they
seem to manage it.
But what if we were not all tied
together by such ties—how hard
and lonely life would be! Pew
things are to be more dreaded in
life than being alone, with no one
to care for or to care for us.
My mail is full of letters from
lonely folk—some left alone, some
who have made themselves lonely
—who would give much to be tied
up, rather than drift about the
world forelorn and unwanted.
After all, happiness does not lie
in doing what we want to do, much
less in breaking the obligations of
blood and duty. It lies, finally in
doing what we ought to do, wheth
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Belwood Resident
III In Hospital;
Home Group Meets
Mr*. Frank SUmtj In Lincoln Hos
pital; Knob Creek New* Note*
Of Interest.
(Special to The Star.)
BELWOOD, April 4.—Mrs. Frank
Stamey la in the Lincolnton hos
pital.
The home circle members enter
tained their husbands with a chick
en stew last Wednesday night at
the home of Mrs. W. W. Richard.
Forty were present.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peeler spent
Sunday with their daughter Mrs.
Esper Royster of Flay.
Miss Madeline Porter has return
ed home after * spending sometime
with relatives at Earl.
Early Couch of Elkin spent last
week in the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Branton of Shel
by were the guests of Mr. and Mr*.
Carrrol Beam Thursday.
Miss Male Willis spent Wednes
day night with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hartman.
Miss Pearl Gantt and friend of
High Point visited friends in Lin
colnton Saturday.
Rev. W. L. Scott and children ot
Fallston were the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Peeler Sunday.
Misses Flora Ivester and Lorene
Goodman of Drexel, spent the
week end with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Gantt, Mr.
and Mrs. Burgin Miller of Vale vis
ited Mrs. J. J. Childers Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bynum Chapman
of Lincolnton were visitors in the
community during the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glenn of
the union community were the week
end guests of her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Quincy Hartman.
Knob Creek Sunday school is
progressing nicely. Supt. T. P. Deal
has been sick. The young ladies and
the young men's classes are in a
contest for three months.
er we like it or not.
My observation is that those who
forget that plain fact do not ac
complish very much for themselves
or for any one else. The hard way
of duty Is the sure way to any
freedom and Joy worth having.
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whether eating dr
drinking avoid bad after
effects; settle the stom
ach; dodge indigestion.# Ask your
dealer for a 75c bottle otT
J. W. Irvin To Speak
At Boiling Springs
Jim Irvin, prominent deacon of
the Zion community will supply in
the pulpit for the Rev. J. L. Jcnk
!ins at Boiling Spring. w
church Sunday morning. **
Mr. Irvin is visiting aU
churches of which hi
late Rev. A. C. Irvin ^
Hc is a well known Btble ,l0r
teacher and is a forceful “
Pigs is Pigs'
AND CROPS ARE CROPS
Yet they’re much alike at Feeding Time
• Strange, isn’t it, to think of
pigs and crops this way ... but
science presents more and more
evidence every day to show that
food requirements of animals
and plants are much the same.
Animals need vitamins. They
could starve to death on chemi
cally pure food. So could your
crops,without vi talimpuri ties.
Chilean Natural Nitrate sup
plies the vital impurities—sup
plies them in Na
ture's own balance
and proportion.
These vital impuri
ties are the rare
elements—iodine,
boron, calcium,
magnesium, lithium, stron
tium, and many others. They're
all there, combined with nitro
gen, to make your crops strong
and healthy.
Chilean Natural Nitrate it
ideal for your crops. It is na
tural, the only nitrogen that
comes from the ground.
For your own protection say
“Chilean” when you order ni
trate. Two kinds—Champion
(granulated) and
Old Style. They are
both genuine.Both
are natural. Both
are Chilean. And
both give your crops
the vital impurities
"A Pure Food and
Drug Actjor plants
would be a death
warrant to all living
creatures. ”
—Scientific American
Chilean
NATURAL
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MOTOR OILS
>n . • This test-bearing lew protected
J by fligh Film-Strength ATLANTIC
d MOTOR Oil. It remained smooth
and unscored at pressures of great
er than 7^4 tons per square inch.
• This bearing was lubricated by
another oil with a national repv>
tat ion. The oil film was ruptured,
and the bearing badly scored,
at pressures of about 214 tons.
i 7\ tons pressure can't break Atlantic oil film
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Strength ... which allows them to re
sist pressures of 7'/2 tons per square
inch without rupture of the oil Him!
People who know call it “the greatest
motor oil improvement ever made.”
The two test-bearings at the left
show why! Both were subjected to
identical tests in the Almen Him
Strength Testing Machine, developed
by General Motors in its search for
new ways to reduce mechanical wear.
In 36S6 tests of 67 kinds of motor
oil, including well-known brands,
the new ATLANTIC MOTOR OILS "l're
proved to have a surface-protecting
film 3 times stronger than the a'rr‘
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best results be sure t°
use these new oils fuN
strength . • • 1,01 dil,,|H*
with weaker oils.