The Cleveland St* ^ SHELBY. N C. MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDA ^ THE STAR PUBLISHING COMP/ NY, INt LEE B WEATHEK8 • KfiNES'l HOKY ... WYAN WASHBURN L E DAIt, . . .. Una tUCNN DRUM ..... President and Editor .. Secretary and Porer tan -- News Ed tor _ Advertising Manage* —. Soda) Editor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE B» Mr. u per year .. By Carder per year .............. g) 00 Entered as second class matter January !. 1905 at the post* >rnc Ji Shelby North Caroline under the Act of Congress March t iao‘1 We wkan to call youi attention to the fact that tt ts and hte aeon our cu tom to charge five cento per line for resolutions of rgepeoc. cards of thanks and obituary notices, alter jne death notice b*A been pubUthed flus will be strictly edhered to MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES* • 7 > . nte Associated 1’re.s* u exclusively entitled to the use for re* publication of all news dispatches credited tc It or not otherwise endited in this pap a and also the local news published herein. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1936 Gaston Means who claimed to be the real kidnaper of the Lindbergh baby has always courted trouble. » What if officials should believe him once and give him _J&eJuke along with Hauptmann? * JONES PAYS THE FREIGHT As long as Washington does the spending and each •fcjtootthe country gets its share, we delude ourselves into believing that it costs nothing locally. It should be borne in mind that every community will eventually have to pay its part for “running the show." There is no getting around the fact that “Jones pays the freight." Every tax goes back to the consumer sooner or later. I^ident Roosevelt is trying to curtail expendi ture^ -ft* doing so, he is running into difficulties. Com munities are so pleased with having money come from Washi^ton that when the flow dwindles, letters and telegrams are rushed to members of Congress urging them to use their influence to keep a CCC camp, com plete* WPA <•» a PWA project, in fact retain everything we now have and get more if possible. §52 f* situation as this is quite embarrassing to President Roosevelt and members of Congress in an election year. Tax payers might as well learn that the money stream from Washington can’t keep up indefi nitely. It must and will gradually dry up and as long as the let*up is general throughout the nation and no fa voritism is shown here or there, we should resign our selves to a curtailment program. ^-^THE WET EAST AND REVENUE * ihe problem of how to handle revenue that comes from the sale of liquor is almost as big a problem as liquor is itself. tjotflt^East the 17 counties which secured the pass age of legislation in the last days of the last General Assembly permitting them to operate liquor stores, do not want to be deprived of revenue by reason of state control. This issue might be projected into the gubernator ial campaign. Each of the four candidates seem willing for local option but neither has gone far enough to am plify his position on liquor revenue. The wet counties have profited greatly by liquor sales. They want to keep that revenue. In the event of state control, the state would likely demand half of the profits. 1 -- Therefore, the 17 wet eastern counties declare that they will vote dry in a state referendum rather than Bee the ' '.ole state go wet and deprive them of needed revenue to run local affairs. The representatives who come-ftem the wet counties may form a bloc that holds the deciding vote in the coming session, vComing events promise interesting developments. Division of the revenue is becoming a question as moot as liquor itself. WEATHER INFLUENCING LEGISLATION _ The condition of the weather is playing an import ant part in the trend of legislation. In fact, the recent , flood disaster is completely reversing the thought of Congress on pending matters. Curtailment of the CCC camps had been ordered and wag about to be enforced when the flood waters earne and inflicted a damage of hundreds of millions in the stricken area. The rich top-soil that was washed u away inspired a demand from Congress that CCC camps be continued. Congress has gone further and is ap propriating millions of dollars more than it had intend ed to build dams across the /aging streams and thereby control floods of the future >__ —^ “Big business” was about to be soaked with high er tax levies. The 'lood water; aroused sympathy for ard appreciation of businesses big enough to rebuild their damaged properties and promptly restore service to the public, Public utilities such as gas, electric, rail road, telephone and telegraph companies operating in . tlje flooded areas lost millions from the flood. If these companies did not have the reserves with which to re ; : there wou’d be prolonged suffering in those areas. „ industrial plants are rushing to get their houses c-sA»ck in order and the sooner they do, the sooner will thousands of employees be back on their work and 1 wages. , ~ At the time Pf the flood, a Congressional commit tee was investigating the American Telephone and Tele graph Co., the world’s largest private business ent$r -frfaj wbwfe.admita “monopoly.” The masses of people t*i« country frown down on monopoly, t>>“ present * %ig business,” yet the recent disaster has caused the People and the government to more fully appreciate I that bign^s and strength of business enables them to rebuild and restore. Hence, the new revenue bill now pending in Congress may be kinder and more sympa thetic than originally intended. The disaster, there fore, was a lucky break for “big business” in spite of *,'rtir huge losses. THE NEED OF THE NATION Thomas R. Marshall, a former vice-president of the United States, once said that what the country needed most was a good five-cent cigar. That time has arrived The most urgent need today are comfortable and modern homes that may be acquired at a minimum of cost. A recent press dispatch stated that the Federal Housing Administration had perfected, after a year 01 so of study, a small family residence that can be built for $1,200. Just how many conveniences this particu lar priced house has, we do not know, but the cost should be in line with the means of the great masses o' people with moderate incomes. Traveling through Georgia recently we saw tenant houses without even window glass. Only a slab door swung on hinges, closed the openings in bad weather. We need not go to Georgia to find tenement houses on farms and in cities that are unfit places in which to live. We have them in Shelby and throughout the county. Fortunately for this moderate climate, heating sys tems are not necessary, but every house in which hu man beings live should be ample in size to properly house the family that occupies it, every house should be screened, the roof should be free from leaks, the walls, ceiling and flooring clofe enough built to keep out the cold. Yes it should have sanitary arrangements, ptop errfdumbing where city water is available and if not, a surface toilet built according to health board specifi cations. When a family is furnished such a home the mem bers are encouraged to properly care for the property awl beautify the interior and exterior, whether that home is owned by them or rented from a landlord. Every facility fpr financing the erection of a home is furnished to the thrifty and ambitious person. Sanks, building and loans and the government itself are willing to make loans to home owners. Not everybody can have the home of their dream, but they can start in a modest way and enlarge as their . income vrill permit. This matter of home-ownership is one of the great est needs of the nation today. The millions of shanties should be abandoned for more habitable places and there is no better time to begin than now while the govern ment as well as every other agency is lending encour agement. t JVusiness GEE McGEE I Didn’t Know It I spent a few hours last week at the place where I was bred and born. The oig gully behind the bam wasn*t so big after aU. The spot where I used to Jump in that gully, a distance then (apparently) of about SO feet, was there all right, but the gully, after all these years, was about 6 feet deep. I had a hard time locating the fence comer where I always dug doodles; the fende was gone and so were the doodle dens. The old smokehouse where I generally hid when I outran mother who had a healthy switch in her strong right hand was not there, nor was there any sign of It ever having been; there. The peach tree where all of us| skinned cats had disappeared. Thej rode that my head struok when I| fell out of the shade tree was easily: found in the front yard and I had no trouble In locating the Identical edge where my cranium contacted that rook; a large piece of it was chipped off. Some folks say I never got over that lick. I couldn’t find the old stump where I kept my pet bull-frog. He was a fine frog, and could Jump a little bit faster than I could push a stick right behind him. 1 spent many a hot hour catching flies for that frog, but he always appreciated1 them. I was even glad to find one for him in the gravy. His name was Scoop. The room In the big house where I a'ways slept in a trundle-bed seemed mighty small. It wasn’t ceiled when I lived in It, and It still ain’t celled. I found the nails In the kitchen where mother used to hang her red pepper pods and squash seed and the nook behind a rafter where I hid my 2 or 3 ears of pop-1 com to keep my brothers and sis ters from popping it up. The old well was Just like it was at the top, but the bottom of it was not so far down as it was when I 'had to draw water for « mules, 2 I yokes of oxen and 2 mUeh cows, as well as for an old s.eam engine j during saw Jit: and ginning season. Net’ ' 1 I t-s it did when 1 was a boy ex:ept the old fire plaoe and the orac^s m the floor in the company room Gee McGee — ^ MW WW Flat Rock Stages A Big Dog Lawsuit a big iaWwUii was hell at the home of Judge 1. c. Justis ,our local maggis-trate, over a, dog. the said dog was run into-and toNwl by the party of the first part, vlzzly: hort moore, the secont son of holsum m&ore, and him and his ford was being sued by skinny Uttleton, the party of the secont part. It was proved by the party of the first part that the dog was In the middle of the highway road, but the party of the secont part prov ed that the said dog was standing on the right hand side of the road attending to his own bizness when the said ford dodged out towars him an killed him maliis-afore thought. both sides had lawyers and the dog was well repper-sented with witnesses, his charracter was above reproach (meaning the dog. and not the lawyer), and he had newer chased otter-mobeels to the sattis faction of the jury, he was kind and gentle to the familey and newer barked at nothing at night after him and the rest of the familey had retired and gone to bed. the poleesman swore that he smelt whiskey on the ford alter it had contacted the dog betwixt his nake and back hind legs, but his ewerdence was throwed out onner count of he oncad owned this dog and was verry much attached to same by association and aflection. the Jury didden "t pay much atten tion to what he said nohow, he is a pretty good poleesman but ain't worth much as a witness. the jury found for the dog m the sum of 1$, and ordered the otter mobeel attached to sattlsfy the said claim, an a-peal was taken and it w'ill go to the suppreme coart which killed the n. r. a. and the processing taxes, so the party of the first part Informed the maggistrate. he says ncboddy can run over his reppcrta tion with a dog as a fair homiest man and a sensible driver. he agreed to fum.sh 2 other dogs tor the one he killed, bu. the party of the secont part says he wouldn't give old rover for a dozen dogs even if they had peddergrees as long as the missy-slppi rivver. he meant bread and meat to his familey en suring possum and rabbit hunting season, he ailso set birds from time to time, more will be rote when the supp eme c m hw1« drwn some hing. mike Clark, rid. eorry spondent. A Washington By HERBERT PLUMMER i Astoria led Press Stall Writerl j WASHINGTON.—Politicians here believe Sena or Vandenberg of Michigan, prominently mentioned for the Republican presidential nomination, tripped badly when he in ioduced his resolution in the sen ite calling on the farm administra tion to make pub lic all benefit payments in ex cess of $10,000. Some go so far as to say it is the first major poli tical misstep which can be charged against him since his name has figur ed in all discus sions of the prob able G. O. P. nomination at Cleve land. While he stoutly matn'alned he was "asking only for information vl~ -> t’-" "'’’-i1- rr’l-y fn volved,” publication of these fig ures would have wide repercus sions on the political front. Cached in the files of the farm admlnlstra'ion are records of bene fit payments which, If made public, would necessitate a lot of explain ing in a national elec'Ion year such as this. AAA checks during the past three years have been mailed to some of the mast prominent politi jcal personages ih the country. In cluding those who have both prais : ed and criticized the admlnlstra itfon’s program. IT T' , C.PM'HMl Charge “Snooping” Vandenberg’s proposal also runs counter to the very thing Republi cans and anti-New Dealers have condemned so strongly—prying In to the private affairs of the indivi dual. Republicans were outspoken in their oposition to the so-called “pink s'in” la”.’ w’-',r'h rende tn^-une tax returns available to the public, ord were instrumental In having It repealed. TTiey have pounced on the Black lobby committee for endeav oring to obtain copies of private telegrams. And there have been o’her examples where alleged “snooping” on the part of the gov ernment has aroused their ire. M • • I n' Sectionalism Issue From the standpoint of the com ing campaign, there is another im portant aspect to "be considered, both bv Senator. Vanderjbeig as a possible'G. d. P. presidential can didate as well as by his party. The test is admittedly the battle ground^ for the 1938 campaign. Records * of benefit payments to farmers fonder AAA reveal the fol lowing Interesting comparisons: I For two years that AAA ,was In operation,- forty-two counties in the state of'Iowa received total bene fit pavments of more than a mil lion dollars each. For three years under AAA, onlv five counties in the state of Mississippi received total benefit pavments exceeding that amount.'and the state of Ark ansas only eight. Arkansas and Mis sissippi contain huge plantations. In the state of Texas, over a per iod of three years, thirty-four coun ties were recipients of benefit pay ments in excess of a million dollars, j In Kansas, the home state of Gov ernor Landon, thirty-three coun ties received benefit pavments of more than a million dollars in two years. It's easy to se what a noliHcal hornet's nest the Vandenberg reso lution, if can-led out, could stir up. Helen Adams Keller was bom at Tuscumbia. Ala., in 1880. When she was two, an attack of scarlet | fever deprived her of sight, smell t.nd hearing. Announcements FOR CORONER I hereby announce mvself a candidate (or coroner ot Cleveland county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary June 6th. Your vote will be appreciated’ 6t Mar 30p DR. D. M MORRISON. Chest Colds — Best treated without “dosing" VISJS3 S?TAIMLESS now, if you prefer PURE OIL Service 'Ste. on W. Ernest Austell 204 W. Marion St. Phone 499 Shelby, N. < ORIIPR BEAM’S Coal flleh—Hc«l t.nw-Asb Slovewood p” f-1 **tar Ads Get Results. L 1VAJLI O, iUTTEItfS D3EQBSS&! WOULC LET STATE MANUFACTURE LIQUOR To Edi.orof The Star: j I noticed an article written by Mr. J. R. Anderson concering the whiskey question. I .hink he U right except he doesn't go far enough. 1 um 89 years old and have never taken a crime oi any Intoxicating liquor. Therefore, I think I am cap able to advise on this great and ser ious problem. Now, yet us get to the; bottom of this great evlL I I suggest that the state make a' 'good article and put the price so| | low that the bootlegger cannot com-; pete with this price. As a result, he i will be bound to quit his job. As | {long as the situation remains as It I is, it is playing into his hands and many, otherwise, honest men, en gage in the making and selling of whiskey on account of the high price of government whiskey as it now stands. ; There are two great factors with | which we are confronted, namely: I youth and motherhood. Are we as a great nati:n and state to answer for the ill effec s to both of these? I The remedy I propose is as fol lows .Let the state manufacture orj purchase sealed packages with rev- { enue stamps attached and place same in reputable places, prefer ably drug s ores, allowing them a small fixed rrofit for handling. Re quire them to sell to no one under 21 years of age and submit names of purchasers to the state at stated! intervals. wealh depends. Why place the1 handling of whiskey in the county! cutside of the city limits when we | have more protection for both of these inside of the city limits? J. Z. FALLS. Shelby, N. C. The principality of Jlnd, an In dian state, was founded in 1763, and recognized by the Mogul em peror in 1768. Upon the motherhood and youth! the destiny of our great common- \ 666 SALVE for Liquid-Tablets Salve-Nose Drops CO1 DS Price 5c, 10c, 25c — GIRLS WANTED — J? 1Br*a‘J C«U»re. Low Rotes. ChesB Lrint Conditions. Man; Posi tions Wallin* for WeR Trained Opera tors. Accredited by N. C. Board of Cos “"Jj*'1; 'Vr,*e ,or Tarticslars. IfINRHAW SCHOOL OF BRAUTY CULTUER Box 4« NortB Wllbeoboro, w, & 37 Light - USED CARS - FINANCED BY - Rogers Motors - eyestrahT1" CAUSES FATIGUE— Fatigue Causes Sickness Take Care of Your Eyes—Have Them Examined Regularly. Dr. D. M. Morrison Optometrist Office Days Monday A Saturday 8 A. M. to 5:30. Tuesday A Friday 8 A M. to It Noon. SHELBY. N. C. We will trade in for old tires and batteries, our GOODYEAR TIRtfS AND WILLARD BATTERIES. | Expert greasing and courteous service. D n’t forget thst we pay rash for all country cured hams* H*1' W. Telman Fallston, N. C. 1 T'Vrr Gen-'-rl PVrc'-ndise Casar, N. C. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE Union Trust Company OF SHELBY, N. C. INCLUDING BRANCH OFFICES AT RUTHERFORDTON, FOREST CITY, LAWNDALE AND FALLSTON, N. C. SHELBY. N. C. MARCH 4TH, 1936 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts_ United States Bonds_ North Carolina State Bonds_ Other Stocks and Bonds_ Banking Houses____ Furniture and Fixtures__ Other Real Estate Owned_ Other Assets_ Cash on hand and due from banks . .$529,848.37 -300,323.53 —54,767.70 —27,998.00 —75,000.00 .—7.961.07 —75,469.41 —18.283.14 _863.466.59 TOTAL $1,953,117.81 LIABILITIES Capital Stock (Common) ___$150,000.00 ^PtolStock (Preferred) __$100,000.00 $250,000.00 Undivided Profits__ gjj Reserves for Contingencies, etc._ 51 Bill. Payable.™- NONP Re-Discounts - NONP Other Liabilities (Insurance Dept.) _”"*5 790 88 DeP0Tn8TA-f---'-"-"1,614’,949.51 TOTAL-$1,953,117.81 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE » He First National Bank SHELBY, N. C. MARCH 4TH, 1936 j (A* Condensed from Report to Comp- ! troller of the Currency.) RESOURCES Loans and Discounts_ United States Bonds_ N. C. State Bonds_ Other Stocks and Bonds I Stock in Federal Reserve Bank_ Real Estate Owned_ Furniture and Fixtures Other Assets_ Cash on hand and due from banks $1,181,617.45 _284,010.38 _105,670.82 , 100,429.29 * _22.500.00 _81.685.77 __3,150.00 .„_1,529.19 1,095,108 70 TOTAL _ .$2,875,701.60 • LIABILITIES. Capital Stock (Preferred) ..$250,000.00 Capital Stock (Common) ..$250,000.00 $ 500.000.00 n!? -j 250.000.00 Undivided Profits_ 25 008.56 Reserves for Interest and Contingencies' I"" 25 842.42 | Due Federal Reserve Bank (Deferred Credits) 24.686.16 Bills Payable. NONE f Re-Discounts_ " NONE Deposits-JITJ3JIZl~irjt0B6.164.47 )j TOTAL-'_$2,875,701.60 f! OR GREATER RESULTS IN SELLING—-TRY STAR ^