The Cleveland Star
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LEE B WEATHERS ...—--- President and Editor
■ ERNEST HOST .............-........ Secretary and Foreman
CAMERON SHIPP.. News Editor
L. E. DAIL ______ Advertising Manager
MRS. RINN DRUM . Social Editor
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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the post
office at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March
S. 1107.
We wish to call your attention to the fact that it Is and has
oeen our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of
respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice
haa been published. This will be strictly adhered to.
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WEDNESDAY, OUT. 2. 1935
MERCHANDISING TRAVEL
The Carolina* have a travel business worth a hun
dred million dollars yearly in their climate, resorts, his
toric and scenic points, according to an estimate by the
Carolina Motor Club and in order to properly merchan
dise these wares, modern methods of salesmanship will
be Invoked.
' In order to demonstrate these points to the Eastern
Trayel agencies and to the directors of the large motor
clubs of the Northeast and West who direct the major
ity of American travel, a motor trip will be made
throygff the two Carolinas from Oct. 14th through Oct.
25th. About 45 officials who aie interested in direct
ing travel will start on a 2,000 mile tour of the two Caro
linap visiting historic points, our tourist hotels, indus
trial centers and viewing the wonderful scenery that is
to be Xouiid in the Carolina*.
This toyr should serve to impress upon those who
direct the tourist trade of the nation that the Caro
linas have something to see. from the ocean coast to the
mountain peaks. The tour will include Shelby without a
stop, but includes Chimney Rock and the Kings Moun
tain Battleground which are contiguous to Shelby.
We believe this tour will stimulate tourist travel
and bring millions of dollars into the states from the
outside.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
•Just as we were complaining that the federal gov
ernment had lured us with false promises, the PWA ad
ministration announced that Cleveland was to receive
the |P§j*»r share of Nojrth Carolina’s five million dollar
quotaT The county gets $252,727, or more than a twen
tieth of the state's total.
We asked for $4i57,000. This sum was needed for
the county community school building and enlargement
program, for the Kings Mountain project, and for the
Shelfcv High Suihool, scheduled at $150,000.
jThe PW A has allowed us everything for schools
save, the the Kings Mountain and Shelby projects. Per
haps we should be grateful, but the allowance has left
ns in an unhappy dilemma. The high .school was one of
th« most imperative projects on the slate. It is not to
be compared in importance with the county projects, for
all projects are of equal importance. The choice was not
maefe by Cleveland authorities, but by the PWA offic
ials^* who arrived at the selections, we suppose, by
mathematical means of their own, involving those intri
catigrules of labor ratios and materials.
*Still, B. L. Smith informs us that we need not de
spair of getting the high school. There are many pos
sibilities, including his suggestion that $67,500 be trans
ferred from the loan fund to the grant column, with a
simnar amount of bonds to he sold locally. Then the
entire project could be undertaken on the original plan,
witlfc the national government putting up 45 per cent,
the weal 55 per cent.
As a last resort, the local district might assume the
whoje responsibility. This would require the approval
of the people, just as it was obtained in the recent tax
election.
At all events, the high school project is not to be
abandoned.
ILLITERACY AND ROAD FATALITIES
Prof. Kenneth D. Coates of Wofford College, Spar
tanburfc S. C„ finds a close correlation between illiter
acy and fatal accidents on the highways. He contribut
es an article in the Spartanburg Herald in which he
points out that the motor death rate in Alabama per ten
thousand gallons of gasoline used was 37.5, while in
Rhode- Island the death rate is the lowest of all states
with 9,7. Alabama, however, does not have the most
illiteracy, neither does Rhode Island the least number
of illiterates, but let’s compare the first ten states in the
two columns.
South Carolina'stands first with 14.9 per cent of its
population unable to read and write, Louisiana 13.5;
New Mexico 13.3, Mississippi 13.1, Alabama 12.6, Ari
zona 10.1, North Carolina 10, Georgia 9,4, Virginia 8.7.
Tennessee 7.2.
Motor death rates per ten million gallons of gaso
line used in 1933 rank as follows in the ten states with
the heaviest loss: Alabama 37.5, Georgia 32.3, South
Carolina 31.8, North Carolina 31.8, Kentucky 31.7, Nev
ada 80.5, West Virginia 30.1, Tennessee 29.9. Florida
26.4, Virginia 26.1,
In concluding his discussion Prof. Coates says:
“If the foregoing discussion means anything, it
iaeans that the safest and surest insurance against a
high ratio of automobile fatalities is an educated citizen
ry. An educated group can be reasoned with, it will
listen to explanations, it can be reached by a nation-wide
campaign against reckless driving. Moreover, it is only
the intelligent and educated citizenship tlat is capable
of a mass crusade against an evil, and certainly such
crusade is against the highway heathen.
“To say the very least, if the South wants to rub
out the black spot on the map mentioned in the begin
ning of this discussion, it cannot afford to remain com
placent about its high illiteracy rate.”
ANNIVERSARY
On Friday of this week, the English speaking world
will celebrate the literary miracle of all time and of all
countries. On Friday, Oct. 4, will occur the 400th anni
versary of the first English Bible, complete from Gen
esis to Revelation.
It came from the hand press of old Gutenburg, who
was sued for debt more than forty times for monies he
borrowed to print it.
He issued a book that (religion aside for the mo
ment) was absolutely unique. No material discovered
by archaeologists, no other writings of great historians,
have compared with its deep and multiple sources, and
nothing has touched its vast influence. All this from
the oi e book printed hv a D'tuppr whose strange new
invention was suspect by men of common sense.
He produced a book that was the product of many
minds. Some passages are as old as the imagination of
man can conceive. Others are as modern as the Caes
ars. It is an amazing miscellaney, with contributions
only to be counted by the thousand.
At first, these various documents were all in He
lnevv. Slowly, it began to be read in Greek, then in
Latin. Then Tyndall and L«ther, and the King James
version, put it into English. How it escaped losing its
purity, its force and its inspiration as it sprang from
so many sources through so many translations, through
so many eras, is of course, part of the larger miracle
implicit in the promise of the book itself.
Today, the book is unquestionably the most widely
read and most widely known of all books, ancient or mod
ern. The Bible societies yearly distribute the astonish
ing total of 25,000,000 copies. It is the League of Na
tions of literature (considered solely as a book), and as
P. W. Wilson says, the Magna Charta of Liberty.
Unfortunately, as the world speeds on, as the tempo
of living accelerates, we read the great book less and
less. It has to be read slowly, thoughtfully. Like the
church and the home itself, it is often neglected by the
young.
And yet—and yet, there it stands, as steady as all
Time, as true as ever. Friday will truly be a day for
celebration, and perhaps for a renewal of those Bible
reading habits the older people knew, when they found
in it not. only the inspiration for a way of living, but a
passport to literature, and art.
Nobody’s B
usiness
By GEE McGEE
It Look* Like KUt Rork Will Lose
Her Poleesman
flat rook is a-feared that she
will soon lose her poleesman. he
has benn studying how to be a g
man by mate and took his last les
son Friday and returned bark his
report to ihe male order c-olledge.
he has not received his score
card, but he is counting on It show
ing betwixt 95 and 100. and if he
do—that means a Washington, d
C. job as soon as an opening takes
place, so they said, according to
ll lm.
he has benn on the force (in fact,
he has benn all of the force* for 10
yr. except for sleeping a right smart
on his beat and newer being where
trubble starts, he has made a fine
offiser of the law.
he is verry good shot with a
-hotgun,* and is fair with a pistol,
he has newer shot a man or wom
an. but has used his skill a great
manny times on dogs ansoforth
which were thought to be made or
something, he has hit 4 of same at
45 yards in the leg.
llat rock will lose a mighty good
citizon it and when he leaves, he
has behaved hisself mighty well to
be such an ordinary man. and has
benn drunk only about a dozcen
times this year, but S of same was
off duty, his childrens are hard to
control and run around a powerful
heap.
if he leaves our citty, he will
have to collect all of his back aal
lery, anti that Is givving the town
counsejl something to sweat about,
as the treassure Is empty, as usual,
they mought level another tax of
3 mills for him and give him a
port-dated check.
we congratulate this fine genter-!
man on finnishing his g-man
coarse, he has alreddy benn sent a
badge to wear, but It is not the
regger-lation badge, but is a small
one for him to be recker-uized by
when he finally is took on by the
govverment. the course cast him 11$
m cash. good luck to you. mr
[poleesman.
yores trulie.
mikr Clnrkk rfd.
| corry spondent. i
Notice Of A Bi« Wedding In Flat!
Rock
the following Wedding iiivenations
have benn broad-tasted in and
around flat rock and a large con
toarse of friends. rellatlves, ac
quaintances, and nabors is expect
ed to attend this marriage, if it
actually takes place as promised:
Mr. and Mrs. John joe punkinmuss
invites you tq_be
pressent ^
at the wedding of their secont
darter,
kittle may punkinmuss
to >
mr. stonwall lee green
at
the home of the bride's
father.
, miss punkinmuss is from the fa
mous punkinmusses of Ireland and *
is an off-spring of the Virginia }
punkinmusses and is full of blue |
blood as well as being over-loaded :
with tradition, she is a graduate of \
flat rock hi in the class of 1934 she \
will wear a golng-awav suit.
nir. green is allso verry famous :
for his blue blood, his great aunt
was a ruzr.in to both stonewaP
jackson and r. e lee, hence hi
lief but wll take, a prominent po
liet but wil Hake a prominent po
slsh with the standard oil when
they open up their next station. *
the happy cupple will be at home
with her pa after a short honey
moon to the mountings which will !
take place immediately after the
ceremony. she has had several
nice ahowers in her pre-nuptia!
honnor. and took in a great manny
nice artickles, such as napkins
hanker-cheefs, bridge scores. and
manny other useless trinkets.
the fine cupple hopes to grt a
house of their own to live in next
year, as he has alreddy applied to
the f. h. a. for aid. it will be a 6
room bunger-low. with a hipp rcof
front porch and a bath-room on the
ground floor It won't have no up
stairs. everyboddy is expected to
come and letch nice presence but
ho refreshments will be served, as
the wedding will take place hall
way betwixt dinner-time and sup,
per-time and noboddy is liable to
be hungry then.
yores trulie.
mike Clark rfd.
corry spondent.
-A
Washington
H| Davhook
By HERBERT PLUMMER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. — Observers in
Washington wonder if Joseph P.
■ Kennedy will be able to realize the
j wish he expressed
when he resigned
j as chairman of
j the securities com
| mission for a re
turn to "a quiet,
little, peaceful
life" and to keep
out of politics
"for the rest of
my natural life.”
If so, he'll be
a lot luckier than
some of the oth
ers Mr. Roosevelt
has persuaded tc Herbert
accept a 'new deal” assignment anti
then permitted them to resign
Glance over the list:
Outstanding is General Hugh
Johnson. When he quit NRA he
thought it would be probably tor u
long time. Within a few months,
however, he was back for a stretch
in harness as administrator of
WPA in New Yofk at F. D. R's ur
gent request.
James Moffett made his first pub
lic appearance in Washington to
!help administer the oil code. He
j left after a short while and rc
j turned to private business.' Mr.
'Roosevelt sent for him and made
(him administrator of the Federal
| Housing Administration.
Pecora Expected Back
I Then there’s Prank Walker. He
| all but begged the president for
permission to quit the national
.emergency council to rehabilitate
| the finances of his chain of movie
houses. Finally F. D. R. relented
and let him go. but within a few
weeks he called Walker back for an
| even more important post in the
'new deal.'’
i The youthful John Winant of
New Hampshire had much the
same experience -The president per
suaded him to head the board of
inquiry to settle the textile strike.
He finished his job and went to
Geneva as assistant director of the
j International Labor Office of the
League of Nations, "for the exper
ience," as he put it. He had been
there only a short while before
congress enacted the social secur
ity bill and President Roosevelt had
him hotfooting it home to accept
the chairmanship of the social se
curity board.
And then there’s Ferdinand Po
! cora who reftgued from the secut;.-*
! itles commission to retire to the
[ peace and quiet ol the supreme
IW4YNICK SAYS
| FUNDS TO BF CUT
( Tlrman Believes Present PWA
Allotment of *9,500,000 Is All
That Slate Will Get.
RALEIGH. Oct. 2—•Since the
passage of the four billion dollar
: appropriation bill for public work’s"
| Chairman C. M. Waynick of the
state highway and public works com
mi. .' ion said today, "the commission
i has proceeded on the theory that
about $700,000,000 of those funds
, would be distributed among the
! states for roads and road structures
| We had believed that this fund
j would be divided so that some $300,
1000 000 would go to grade crossing
I eliminations and some $400.000.OOf
jto road building It appears now
I that this expectation is unduly op
timistic.
! "The public works administration
(has distributed *400.000.000 of the
Ifcur billion for roads and road stru>
lures, dividing it evenl;’ between
roadway and grade crossing elimi
i nation programs. It is feared in
highway circles in Washington that
there will be furthi .■ distribution
for road work, that the $400,000,000
is all of the four billion that will be
devot'd to this purpose. If this is
'so the approximately $9,500,000 al
, lotted to North Carolina is all that
we will receive from the public
I works funds other than what wc
i may derive through the WPA on
j farm to market projects.
"The present outlook is disap
pointing as general construction
! planning had proceeded on the as
j sumpton that there would be some
I$7,000,000 additional for roads* and
grade crossing structures."
I
A Miami. Fla., theatre operator
| recently was threatened with a
I damage suit by a woman whoclaim
iod she had contracted a cold in his
i air-cooled amusement htuse.
I____
ibench in New York. Washington
I expects him back almost any day
now to take charge of the propos
ed investigation of the American
•Telephone and Telegraph company.
--
How He Stands
j Joe Kennedy. the 'fighting
Irishman.” may get his wish, but
ithe odds are against him.
His achievement as chairman of
iSEC has been outstanding. Char
■acterized upon his arrival in the
|capital as the "Wclf of Wall street,”
• within a week he had the commis
r-sion functioning as one of the most
harmonious agencies of the "new
’deal.”
The fact 'hat he left office on the
|most intimate terms with the presi
jdent and’ recommended James K.
I Landis, a braintrustcr, as his suc
cessor is eloquent testimony of how
{he stands wit lithe administtalion
• and its advisers. *
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THE wise business girl
plans for her future by
depositing at least (bat
proportion of her salary
in our convenient SAV
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jF irniture Week
Heralds Better
Homes In Shelby
The American home—still the na
tion's most important institution
steps into the spotlight in the
week of September 30 to October 5
Iwhen Shelby and the rest of the
! United States will observe National
: Furniture week, dedicated to the
25,000,000 homes in which are ccn
jtered the activities of the nation’s
-families.
1 furnishings of all kinds—fresh
from the industry's factories—are
'ready for the fall season when
'America, after a summer of otit
door recreation, returns home for
| the winter months. From the base
'ment to the attic, from 'the living
! rocm ;o the kitchen—for the farm
home and the Park avenue pent
: house—ror the two-room kitchenette
and the forty-room mansion—noth
ing has been overlooked.
Prices lor furniture and related
lines have risen little from the dc
| press!:n low, it was pointed out thus
^aflording ap opportunity to accom
iplish much, at relatively small cost,
that may not be repeated. By next
January, according to forecasts by
authorities in the industry, prices
will be 10 per cent higher, due to
i Ueadily increasing costs for raw
materials and the continuation, prac
tically throughout the industry, of
NRA wages and hours.
The last few years have brought
I great changes in the home furnish
jings field, leaders have pointed out.
| The well-furnished home, 1935
| model, bears little resemblance to
its predecessor • of ten years ago as
| do the modern motor cars, com
pared to 1926 models While cer
tain general styles. f»-0lTfs ;
|generations, continur m vogu. ^
| always, there have fc;en ,
! improvements and nior!._lf
! making furniture more 7;"
! well as beautiful.
French Find Paleolithic
j VIENNE. France.— ip,
ial ground which suvam ,,
ed dates from the solutrian
of the paleolithic agr.
ered by workmen on a' hub,
Many rough stone coftin
found.
executors noi u i
Having qualified ns p,,rl,h,
euate of N. Ro-s MeSwa.m. <&. ' '
I Cleveland County, North Caro ° "
is to notify all perrons ha inr
**ain.«t 'he said estate to pres -
to me properly proven e>n or h"
litli dav of September, lees e
tier will be pleaded in bar e r"
covery thereof All perron. „" ,r
.aid estate will please malt- „ '
settlement to the undersigned ‘ a
This 11th day of fl.ptenihe’ is
BARNEY McSWAIN Earl \ ,
Executor of Estate of N. n-... \;„s, H
_ Sep.
administratrix NOTicr ~
Haying this day qualified as „jTT
iratrix of the estate of Rmn Drum - '
n to notify all persom hieing
aga.nst the raid estate lo nresen* tl',
to me properly proven, on or before "
ptli day of September. 1936 0- tv
lice will he pleaded in bar of "nr
covery. All persons owing the sa'.a . '
tate will please make immediate sett
ments to the undersigned
This Sepcmber 5. 19.15
, ERMA .1 DRUM
Administratrix 0f the estate of »....
Dmm. deceased et-Sepi.jj„
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having oualifled as executrix of .
\uil oi Daniel Peeler, r.-c'. ed
to hereby notify all persons indebted >
the estate of said deceased to mak- ,n
mediate payment of such indebtedness’ «
me: and this is further to notify ,a. Df
sons having claims against aid ,
to file same, itemised and vertified with
me on or before September 19 iota
this notice will be pleaded in bar or anv
recovery.
This the 18th day of September 19,15
MINNIE PFEtFR
Executrix ol the Will of Daniel p.fi.r
Deceased. •
T). 7,. NEWTTJN, Attorney.
; How Calotabs Help Nature
To Throw Off a Bad Cold
Millions have found in Calotabs a
most valuable aid in the treatment
i of colds. They take one or two tab
let* the first night and repeat the
third or fifth night if needed.
How do Calotabs help Nature
throw off a cold? First, Calotabs is
one of the most thorough and de
pendable of all intestinal ellminants
thus cleansing the intestinal tract of
the germ-laden mucus and toxines.
I
Second. Calotabs are diuretic to the
kidneys, promoting the elimination
of cold poisons from the system. Thu*
Calotabs serve the double purpose of
a purgative and diuretic, both of
which are needed in the treatment
of colds.
Calotabs arc quite economical
only twenty-five cents for the familv
package, ten cents for the trial
package. (Adv.)
-TT
Pay
1934 City Taxes
Before Friday
All properly on which 1931 City of Shelby
(axes have not been paid will be advertised for
sale in (he Friday, Oct. 4, issue of The Star.
Please call by City Hall before Friday and pay
your taxes and save the additional costs.
REEVES FORNEY,
City Clerk
YOUR BOY’S FUTURE
^OU are doing all you can for him now. bul
his immediate needs are not as great as they
will be five . . . seven . . . ten years from no".
Fnstire his future, by assuring him of funds
lor college and a start in his profession or Inki
ness. SAVE FOR HIM REGULARLY.
Union Trust Co.