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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?
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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 <we had 3 rooms,
counting evftiythlngi where we si.
wasw hoped visitors would drop a
nickel or something thru 80‘s we
■ ■■’ f it. bit- -ever rctUtesi
.hat ambitioi.
^ our friend,
> 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
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Slovewood
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**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.
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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 ^