Duke Power Rate
Too High Ickes
Tells His Listeners
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Dec. 16.—
The L>ukc Power company’s rates
arc unreasonable, based upon the
cost of production,” though that
conviction had absolutely nothing
t0 do with the PWA’s approval of
Greenwood county's project to es
tablish the Buzzard Roost power |
plant. Secretary Harold L. Ickes
testified in federal district court
here yesterday.
Secretary Ickes, PWA admlnis
fcator, came to Spartanburg to tes
tify before Judge H. H. Watkins in
the healing ordered by the fourth
circuit appellate court in remand
ing the Buzzard Roost case to the
lower court on the grounds that the
PWA and Greenwood county had
entered into a new contract on that
project.
Use Witness Fee
On Tax Now Due;
Is N. C. Statute
Witness fees for persons appear
ing in court in Cleveland county
are being and will continue to be
applied on all due taxes, according j
to word from the sheriff and other
tax officials at the court house.
Some difficulty has arisen during
the last few days over the matter,
and witnesses who serve in court,
and who are in arrears with taxes
are being shown chapter 245 of the
state statutes.
This statute declares that the
commissioners have no Tight to
pay a fee if the witness is not even
with the bodks with his taxes. This
includes back taxes, and all taxes
now due.
Witnesses in superior court get 50
cents and in recorder’s court 25
cents.
The commissioners have, in en
forcing this law, made a number of
discoveries” who had not listed
themselves or any property for!
taxation. The policy will be con
tinued.
Secretary Ickes
Says 50 Miles
Road To Be Let
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—W—
i Secretary Ickes predicted Friday
that approximately 50 miles of con
tinuous roadway would be under
construction on the proposed Shen
andoah-Great Smoky mountains na
tional parkway by the end of the
year.
Speedy construction of this dls
iance, all of which is in North Caro
lina south of the Virginia state line,
lias been assured. Ickes said in a
formal announcement, by clearing
of rights of w*ay.' He said North Car
olina had executed two more deeds
covering the land involved.
Three sections of the parkway, a
' distance of 31 1-2 miles, already are
under construction and contracts
for two more sections probably will
be let before the first of the year.
This will make a total of ap
proximately 50 miles of continuous
parkway under construction from
the Virginia-North Carolina state
boundary in a southwestern direc
tion in North Carolina," the an
nouncement said.
John Richardson
Case Non-Suited
In Burke County
MORGANTON, Dec. 16.—First de
gree murder charge against John
Richardson, 40, was dismissed in
Burke superior court Friday byi
Judge h. Hoyle Sink, who sustained 1
» motion for a non-suit with the
statement that the evidence, while
damaging, was entirely circumstan
tial.
After being freed of the charge of
slaying I. N. (Bud) McKinney,
mountain farmer with whom he liv
ed- Richardson was found guilty of
t°rging McKinney’s name In indorse
ment of two checks for $75, which he
cached a short time before McKin
Pey disappeared from his home in
Jonas Ridge township. His body
ffa* found August 29 in a shallow
grave within 150 yards of the house.
Seek Re-action Of
Southern Farmers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—0Tb—
Several ranking officials of the AAA
fotton section traveled into the south
today seeking reaction of farmers to
ff" cotton contract and to lltiga
110,1 before the supreme court in
vol\ing farm administration.
The officials said to be concerned
omefly about the attitude of farm
er toward the Bankhead law and
operation of cotton program without
'heir enforcing act. An AAA official
Privately expressed the opinion that
the Bankhead law Is to be Invali
dated eventually and the cotton
Program would depend on volun
ary production contracts.
A coffin box was set up as a tem
Poraj7 telephone booth at 8nake
Ln*' durin* the September,
*«35, hurricane.
Adventures
Of
Santa Claus
SYNOPSIS: Santa's magic bee Is
trailing a witch he believes helped
the Iron Queen who is a prisoner
in toyland. The queen has caused
trouble by making a clock that cuts
the hours in half.
Chapter VIII
The Witch's Trick
As the witch flew along in the
air with Santa's golden bee in her
pocket, they passed many dark for
ests. The sun rode down the sky to
ward the horizon and everything
was so quiet a cat could have been
heard stepping on thick velvet.
Suddenly the witch slid down the
air and began to fly over a wood
land path. She raised into her left
pocket (the bee was in the right
one) and then flung her hand out
scattering something that looked
like golden hall. As she did beau
tiful flowers began to spring up
along the path.
"M-m-m” buzzed the bee to him
self. "How I would like some nectar
from those flowers. I’m quite hun
gry, but I can’t leave the witch.”
As they flew the flowers grew
bigger and the perfume sweeter. The
witch flew slower and slower.
"She must be tired,” mused the
bee. “I believe I can Just zip out
for a wee taste and then catch up
again with her.”
So he hurried off to a deep, red
rose, but as he dipped into the
flower it withered and turned black.
He felt bewildered but he turned l <
to a pink rose and that withered!)
He hurried on to a clump of cosmos, i
but they, too, fell to the ground. (
“Ah, I see,” said the bee and he I
coasted around the air in several 1
swift circles looking for the witch.
She was nowhere in sight. i
"She must have known I was rid- <
Ing with her,” said the bee. "She
played the flower trick to get rid of 1
me.” He felt so discouraged, he
climbed the trunk of a pine and
crawled in between the scales of a 1
huge cone. As he sat there a big, 1
friendly beetle crawled around from 1
the other side. 1
"I saw that,” said the beetle, !
•what the trouble?” 1
The bee told him, and ended, 1
'But I don't know who she is nor
what she was doing in toyland.”
"Ho,” said the beetle, “we all 1
avoid her. She lives in a cave at ’
the bottom of the north pole. She's 1
the ong who makes the hours fly 1
too fast when we're happy, and
makes them drag when we’re sad.
She's Just contrary. No real harm
in her.
"Maybe Santa could win her
friendship. Tell you what I’ll do. I’ll
crawl into her cave and see what
she needs. Ill hurry. You go back to
toyland."
So the beetle suttled off on his
many legs, and the bee flew home.
Wednesday—The Witch's Cave.
Just Ten Years
Ago
(Taken From The Cleveland Star
Of Monday, Dec. 14, 1925.)
A six inch water main extending
from the South Shelby Pharmacy
nearly to the new corporate limits
and branching out a new street to
serve the new South Shelby
school building was put into opera
tion Friday, affording owners living
in that vicinity an opportunity to
secure water taps. In addition to
water main a sewer line was laid.
It is estimated that the city
water system now has 1,400 patrons.
The city schools of Shelby will
close Friday afternoon of this week,
December 18, for the Christmas
holidays, and will remain closed
until Monday, January 4.
The Mt. Zion Baptist church, of
which Rev. Will Walter is pastor,
of the Cherryville section, has been
willed $1,000 to be used by its dea
cons “to do as they think best,’’ by
the late M. S. Putnam who died last
week.
The fire department responded to
an alarm Saturday afternoon, only
a half block away, to the rear of
Central Methodist church, where the
awning6 on the rear windows had
caught fire.
Attorney Mull’s Hudson super
six coach was stolen Saturday night
at 6 o’clock from in front of his of
fice in the Webb building.
Chimney Rock, Dec. 11.—Repres
entatives here today for the Famous
Players Lasky corporation, motion
picture producers, leased the Es
meralda Inn for the exclusive oc
cupancy of 50 stars of filmdom, com
ing to make several pictures requir
ing mountain and lake scenery as a
background. Prominent among these
artists is Gloria Swanson.
News dispatches from Raleigh
Sunday stated that Fred G. Logan,
Shelby boy. had been elected cap
tain of the State college football
eleven for next season. He has been
playing center on the State team
Rescuing Marooned in Houston Flood
;?v4*
A breeches buoy is utilised to rescue men marooned in the building at the left as flood waters from the Buf
falo Bayou inundated Houston, Texas. Seven were drowned and the property damage was estimated at
$2,000,000 as the flood waters receded.
Talks To
Parents
By BROOKE PETERS CHURCH
Outside Confidante
There may come a time in the life
if any and every parent, no matter
iow wise and tactful he may al
ways be in the handling of his chil
iren, when he needs outside help.
Sometimes he finds it wished on
lim unasked.
Mrs. X, for example. could get
lothing out of her daughter Kath
Tine. The child was reserved al
or two years.
Brevard.—A new real estate office
opened within the week under the
lame of Lawrence, Mallory, Realty
ind Insurance company. R. E. Law
ence, of the firm, owner of Lake
Sega, comes to Brevard from Cleve
and county where he has served for
everal years as farm agent.
Curtis Weathers who recently sold
its handsome home on West Wax
en sheet to Attorney B. T. Falls,
las purchased a lot on the Cleveland
3prings road next to the lot on
vhich Ray Lutz is building, and
vill eredt a new home on this site.
most to the extent of sullenness at
home. She was hard to get along
with, resented her mother's con
trol, which she called interference
with her freedom of action and
expression. All her love and confi
dence she poured out an outsider, a
contemporary of her mother's. Mrs.
X was, quite naturally, Jealous. Why
should her own child go to another
woman, no wiser than herself, and
certainly not as interested in the
child's welfare as a mother would
be, and tell her everything, take her
advice in everything.
If the confidante the child
chooses is worthy of her trust, the
mother should feel no Jealousy in
such a case, but congratulate herself
on the problem’s being so easily and
naturally solved. The child would
have gone outside the home in any
event, and if the guide she has
chosen is a good one, the chances
are that she will give the child the
very thing the mother could not—
objective, disinterested advice, with
no hint of authority or compulsion
in it. The child can take it or leave
it; she has perfect freedom of ac
tion.
If the child does not make his
own choice of confidante, or if he
chooses unwisely, the parents may
be faced with the necessity of find
ing the suitable outsider them
selves. The chances are that they
j will have to put the child into the
hands of a doctor or a psychiatrist
who can help. The child who if
trying to stand alone, needs a sup
port outside the home to pull him
self up by.
Miss Edwards, Bride
Elect Is Honored
(Special to The Star.)
BELWOOD, Dec. 14.—Miss Ola
Brackett entertained at a delight
ful party at her home in Bel wood
.Wednesday afternoon In honor of
Miss Male Edwards, bride-elect.
! Mrs. Boyd Beam presided over
| the register and twenty-three
! guests registered.
Mrs. Loyd Propst assisted Miss
Brackett In a series of contests.
Prizes were won by Miss Male Ed
wards. Mrs. Hugh Hoyle and Mrs.
Clyde Powell, which they presented
to the brldft
Delicious fruit and candy was
served by the hostess assisted by
Miss Ruth Tillman.
After the refreshments were serv
ed Mias Brackett entered the room
and in passing, dropped a ball of
twine at the feet of Mias Edwads
and ask her to wind the thread
which she did. It lead her to an
jadj'lntng room where the twine was
tied to a table laden with a show
er of presents for her.
Traffic has been opened on the
new railway bridge over the river
Irtysh, near Omsk (Western Sibe
ria.)
There are 700 to 800 graves In
the dog and cat cemetery at Co
lumbus, Ohio; It was founded ten
years ago.
MOWS ifawi
HEALTH
Or. !«*• IjrUiMi htaiemy at MWow
Obe.Mtv In children, though less
Is still a significant problem, one
usually of greater concern to the
parents than to the child.
For convenience we may divide
the subject so as to consider sepa
rately the tat Infant, the overweight
child, and the obesse adolescent.
Well nourished, healthy Infants
are naturally Inclined to be ’roly
poly." However, not all fit mranUs
are healthy, nor can the degree of
their fatness be taken as an Index
to their well-being. In rickets, in
hypothyroidism, and In anemia, the
Infant may be overweight.
Barring such conditions the over
fat baby need not concern us. It
may, becausa of Its bulk, be a little
slow to get on its feet. Otherwise
It will not suffer.
The overweight child at times,
but. only comparatively rarely, may
represent a disturbance In function
of the glands of Internal secretion
If there be suspicion that such is
the case, the child should be exam
ined and treated f necessary, by one
competent in endocrinology, that
is, trained In the diseases of the
glands of Internal secretion.
Most overweight children, how
ever, are of the large, powerful, ac
tive type, and It Is best when they
are left alone. The onset of puherty
quite frequently checks and corrects
thc-lr overweight.
In adolescence we meet with a
type of obesity, especially prevalent
among girls, which deserves care
ful attention. Certain of these In
stances are of endocrine origin.
Others are the result of bad dietetic
habits, as for example eating too
many sweets. Still others are,
strange as It may seem, the conse
quence of emotional maladjust
ment.
Heavier: av T’csmcation—notice
North Carolina. Cleveland County.
In the Superior Court.
Merle C. Hatchell. Plaintiff
Carl tutchell. Defendant. -
The defendant, Carl Hatchell will take
notice that an action entitled aa above
haa been commenced tn the Superior court
of Cleveland county. North Carolina for
divorce absolute upon srounda of adultery;
end the eald defendant. Carl Hatchell will
further take notice that he la required to
appear at the office of the clerk of the
I superior court of aald county In the court
house in Shelby, N. C. on tha 18th day of
January, IMS and answer or demur to the
complaint In aald action, or the plaintiff
will apply to the court for tha relief de
manded tn aald complaint.
This the sth dav of December, IMS.
Court, Cleveland county, North Cer
MetJhy
I far
the New Yarik
widespread than obesity In adults, |
A M. HAMRICK. Clerk Superior
oltna.
4t Dec ie
DIVIDEND NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a dividend of ten (10%) 5
per cent is available to the holders of Participation Cer
tificates in Trusteed Assets of certain asseta placed In
our hands as Trustees at the reorganization of the First '<
National Bank of Shelby, N. C., on June 27, 1983. Suf
ficient collections have been made on these assets to
enable us to pay ten (10%) per cent on each Partici
pation Certificate issued on waived deposits.
We have further to announce that we have receiv
ed from J. C. Whisnant, Attorney, a sum sufficient to
pay in full all participation certificates outstanding for
$5.00, or less amount. The Trustees wish it distinctly
understood, however, that this payment in full of cer
tificates for $5.00 and under is from a fund represent
ing voluntary contributions made to Mr. Whisnant to
be used for this purpose, and no part of this fund is to
be used in paying these small certificates in full has
been realized from any assets placed in trust with us.
There are about 6400 of these small certificates, rang
ing from one cent to $6.00, and the sum given us to pay
these certificates in full will be kept in a separate ao
co#nt and all certificates under $6.00 will be settled in
full from this fund.
We have arranged an office in the First National
Bank of Shelby for the bookkeeper of our fundi, Mr. C
S. Mull, to pay the dividends. Bring your participation
Certificates to Mr. Mull at the First National Bank
after December 1, 1936, and receive your dividend
check. You must bring the certificate so that the
Amount of the dividend check can be credited on the
hack of the certificate, and payment cannot be made
unless you bring this certificate. After the dividend
credit is entered, your certificate will be returned to
you to hold for future payiqpnts.
We have also arranged with Mr. Mull to pay in fujn,
from the funds made available for that purpose, all cer
tificates for $5.00 and less, but these certificates will
have to be delivered to Mr. Mull when the payments are
made, so be sure to bring your certificate with you When
you call to get your money.
This November 27, 1985.
^ R. T. LeGRAND
C. S. THOMPSON
THAD C. FORD
TRUSTEES.
■
For Greater Results In Selling-Try Star Adr,
^Hince Albert
Pine tobacco for Christmas. For more
than a quarter of a century, the mellow
fragrance of Prince Albert has been as
much a part of Christmas as mistletoe
and holly. So to the pipe smokers on
your Christmas list give Prince Albert,
"The National Joy Smoke.” It's the
€tmt gift. For more men choose Prince
Albert for tbimulvtt than any other
pipe tobacco. Let every pipeful of Prince
Albert repeat "Merry Christmas” for you.
Of course yob’ll give cigarettes for Christ
mas. They're such an acceptable gift—such
an easy solution of your problem. And
Camels fill the bill so perfectly. They’re
made from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE
TOBACCOS than any other popular
brand. They are the accepted cigarette
of the social, business, and athletic
worlds. Their finer tobaccos give that
pleasant "lift”—that sense of well-being
so appropriate to the spirit of Christmas.
On* lull pound of
mild, mellow Prince
Albert-tha‘*bitelass”
tobacco—pecked In
the cheerful red da
and placed in an at>
tractire Chriitmae
gift package.
Another Christmas special—4
boxes df Camels in "flat fifties”—
wrapped in a gay Christmas package.
of Prince Albert, lux.
uriously packed in a
real glass humidor
that keeps Prince
Albert in perfect con*
didon and bectxnesa
welcome possession.