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MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1936
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tuouST'thV^d"X*p“n- We
Hitler’s (lorifiMtioo of war win he greatly nulli
fied if Germany ie allowed to see Spanish war pictures.
Everybody knows German and Italian planes are
assisting Spanish rebels; so did everybody know Italy
▼as invading Sthiopia. Power seems to have its uses
among Batinas as weH m individuals.
TUB JBALOUS WARRIOR
Already aptly termed The Iflnhappy Warrior” Al
fred X. Smith’s address in Mew York Thursday night
wga disappointing to many people who, even though they
disagree entirely with him, have admired him for his
many human qualities.
In his speech inetead of ©atlinlng Roosevelt policies
whieh have caused him to part company with the Presi
dent Smith resorted, largely, to wisecracks. He spent
almost half hit radio time declaring that he had no
grudge against Roosevelt, but probably gave the whole
thing away when he declared that the President had ask
ad him for advice only one time.
For A1 Smith, one-time leading exponent of Ameri
can liberalism, to swing over to the forces which are
backing Landon, whose eandidacy is known to be backed
by the same forces who worked on Smith so success
fully and in sucfl bitter manner in 1928 is another one of
these things that show no matter how high a man may
i^sa nor what honors may be heaped upon him he may
ba 1 slave of the green-eyed goddees of jealousy just like
ordinary mortals.
OUR SYSTEM Of NEW ROADS
It Km taken effort on Mi* pert of local leaders, but
we have made some progress m roads in Cleveland coun
ty during the present year.
The Shelby-Grover road Km been graded and top
seflad and is now ready lor the surface ooating. This
finish coat should be applied before winter comes in all
of its Mverity, but the highway department makes no
definite promise.
Repairs have been made to the Bankhead highway
between Kings Mountain and Grover which became the
went stretch of a north-south artery during the past
winter.
No. 180, between Waeo and Cherryville, badly dam
aged by the freezes of last winter has been repaired and
it in fine travel condition again.
Surfaca treatment hM finally been applied to the
Zoar-Boiling Springs road and this week the road super
visor will begin applying stone to the road from Boiling
Springs to Cliffside, which when completed, will give a
mors direct route from Shelby to the lower section of
Rutherford county.
Grading hae been completed on the two-way road
between Boiling Springe and Lattimore, thus furnish
ing eMt and west outlets te Federal No. 74 for these two
enterprising communities, heretofore handicapped be
cause of their locations off of a main artery of travel.
Work has been done leading toward the ultimate sur
facing of a road from Kings Mountain in the direction
of Cherryville and a new short-cut has been completed
from Kings Mountain to Gastonia.
Our system is not what it should be by any means.
It is not in keeping with our monetary contribution to
the highway department’s treasury and we should con
tinue to put forth every effort to equalize ourselves with
other North Carolina counties.
RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT
The Democratic handbook has just been issued and
presents interesting and able argument for the Demo
cratic cause. Again a Shelby man’s picture is on the
ftont page of the handbook, Clyde R. Hoey, who heads
tile state ticket being thus honored.
In addition to outlining Democratic policy the hand
book at length goes into North Carolina Democratic
achievement and makea out a splendid case for the
state’s dominant party. National Democracy is also pre
sented in similar manager.
Of particular interest is the financial picture of the
pact four years. During the past administration the
State has aat borrowed a nickel, not even in temporary
borrowing to tide over the hard places. The state debt
has been reduced in the total sum of over $24,000,000.
Reduction of property taxes in the state is even
more impressive, the total property tax collected in
North Carolina having been reduced from $63,306,383 in
1928 to $38,390,693 in 1934.
In Cleveland county the reduction was from $337,
947 in 1928 to $104,262 in 1934.
In Lincoln county it was from $220,502 in 1928 to
$114,621 in 1934.
In Rutherford county reduction was from $841,898
in 1928 to $384,336 in 1934.
In Burke it was cut from $232,517 to $174,515.
In Gaston it was cut from $991,770 to $394,747.
These figures of surrounding counties indicate what
has been taking place all over the state. With this sort
of record through the trying times of the past four
years and with the splendid Democratic leadership of
many years we are positive Gilliam Grissom knows full
well his campaign may be one of noise but not of suc
cess.
IGNORANCE NEVER BUILDS
A true and timely speech made in Shelby recently
by Dr. J. Henry Highsmith is one of the finest deliveranc
es on education that we have heard. It reminds us more
of the late Chas. B. Aycock and his championship of edu
cational opportunities for childhood in North Carolina.
Said he:
"I find myself quite in agreement with the senti
ment expressed by the gentlemen who have spoken rela
tive to the future of North Carolina. It seems to me
that our possibilities for development are well-nigh in
finite and I believe that we have an opportunity to build
in the South and in North Carolina a great civilization, a
civilization on a plane higher than that ever achieved
by any similar number of people in the world.
“We must remind the people of North Carolina,
however, that no great civilization has ever been, nor can
ever be built upon ignorance. Ignorance builds no fac
tories, constructs neither highways nor railroads, blazes
no air plane trail, founds and fosters no worthy homes
and establishes and maintains no satisfactory form of
government.
“Ignorance is the foe of the church, the enemy of
the home, obstacle to the school, the destroyer of the
state, and is at this moment the menace of civilization.
What North Carolina needs is not less education, but
more and better.”
“Tis life, not death for which we pant
More life and fuller that we want.”
Nobody’s Business
Bgr GEE McGEE
The Football Season Opens Up In
Flat Rock
the first football game of the
season was hell last satturday p.
m, betwixt cedar lane and flat
rock on the baseball diamont In
judd skinner's cow pastor.
the first ending was cedar lane's
from start to flnnish onner count.
of scudd Clark, the left tickle, got
his ankle badly sprung while pitch
ing a forward pass and stumbled
over a ford casing which some
boddy rolled acrost the field en
during the fumble.
the secont ending started off
with a rush for flat rock, but budd
Clark, the left-fielder, muffed the
pigskin and it bounced back out of
bounds and when he tried to sneak
it over the lines, the empire saw
him and penny-lised him M feet
and 4 inches back to where he first
tried to ketch it.
the third ending was nip and
tuck and pro and con for both
teams, only S balls had gone over
the gold posts up to this time, but
mudd Clark. the short stopper,
ketched a high fly from cedar lane's
front quarter-back, and made a
home run with the extry punt
which made the game stand as fol
lowers: rtat rock s mudcats, S2; ce
dar lane’s eels, 42.
the fourth ending mi ever
boddy's ball game, two felleri from
the side-lines hope out flat rock in
a pinch play and this five them
the third down with only 4 feet to
go, and they made same, but duf
fie green, the fat oenter-back, fell
on top of the ball and busted it.
time was called out* to vulcanise
same.
it seems that 3 or S of the cedar
lane players got hold to a cupple
of drinks while the ball was being
patched, and they run the wrong
way 4 times, and that give flat
rock 47 new tallies, and was the
cause of the game being so one
sided in flat rock’s favvor: cedar
lane conoeded that the local em
pire allso done a right smart to
pitch the game to the mudcats. the
final score stood vtwly: mudcats,
135; eels. S3.
It is said that there are stars
made of material so closely packed
together that only one cubic inch
of it weighs a ton.
When the city of Washington. D
C.. was laid out, it was near the
geographical center of our coun
try. but new. of courae, tt is far
from the center.
Hoc News From Flat Rock
holsum moore, one of our local
citiaons by importation. is the
proud owner of a remarkable shote,
commonly nown as a hog. he is in
telligent enough to go to the leg
glslature, but holsum did not find
this out In time to put his name
on the ticket, he would of run him
on the road-hog flatform.
these wonderful hog lays off a
straight row with his snout, and he
is used for this purpose when
plntlng turnip seeds and other veg
gertables. he lays off his rows ex
actly 34 inches apart and 38 feet
and 7 inches long, he kivvers the
seeds exactly one-half of an inch
deep by sliding htsself over the
ground.
this hog can't read verry well,
but he looks at the funny pitchers
with much joy. after eating his
slop out of the troff. he takes a
shuck in his mouth and cleans
everthing up in fine shape, and
then goes over and lies exactly 45
minnets and 6 seconts: he is dif
ferent from some polliticians; they
lie all of the time, so mr. moore
says, and he ought to know: he
used to be one htsself.
this hog can count up to 145. he
chews tobacco when he can get
holt to same, and smokes when he
finds a cigarette butt with a light
on one end of it. he has found out
that when the wind blows, a part
of the fence shakes backwards and
forwards—so leans against that,
and the fence does his scratching
fbr him automatically ansoforth.
mr. moore has not bean able to
decide what his hog's pollitics is:
he growls all of the time, like a re
publican; he hasn't got anny use
for anny other hogs except his
own familey, like a communist; he
Mas to destroy everthing in his
Maah, like a bolshevic: he always
wants to get his food without root
ing for it, like a townsend-ite, but
he's willing to divide his last year
of corn (only) with his brother pig,
so he must be a socialist.
this hog is being offered for sail
by mr. moore for only 24*. with
23$ paid down, and the other 3$
when you come and get the said
annlmal. he is fond of chickens,
and eats them when he can ketch
them, and likes children allso, but
they have always managed to get
away, he ought to be in i too or
a circus or on a big farm where
straight plowing is in demand, rite
or foam 1-p, and either holsum or
the hog one will ancer the foam,
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd,
corry spondent
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Washington
pi Daybook
By PRESTON GROVER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON.—Publicly there
is a veritable moral crusade against
that suddenly awful thing, the in
direct tax. Privately, however, those
tax experts who
for years have
sweated to find
new sources of
revenue to pay
for the ever in
reasing load of
nefit foresee in
direct taxes con
tining Into the
long distant fu
ture.
The question of
irect or indirect
xation is not
HESTON L dlOVff one which con
cerns only congress. The state as
well are brought persistently face
to face with the question of wheth
er to clap on a tax that every voter
will see and kick about or to let
him become acquainted with the
tax indirectly by levying it upon
some business or industry which in
turn will levy it upon the public.
• • * •
Called Academic Matter
To many this matter of indirect
taxes seems quite academic. A
corporate income tax is a direct
tax upon a corporation, but few
doubt that such a tax often is
passed on to the consumer in the
price of the corporation’s products.
Even direct taxation develops
queer quirks. Across southern Idaho
He the highly taxable rails of the
Oregon Short Line. Blaine county
is far from the main line, but needs
money for schools and highways.
So, like a long arm, one strip of
Blaine county reaches clear around
the county that lies between it
and the railroad. By that means it
reaches a 15-mile strip of main line
railroad upon which to levy a di
rect tax.
But does the New Yorker, nib
bling at an Oregon apple ljauled
across that 15 miles of railroad,
know that part of the freight on
the apple went to taxes and that
he is helping to pay for Blaine
county schools and roads?
• • • •
Direct, taxation is advocated on
the grounds that it reminds the
taxpayer what he is paying for his
roads, schools and benefits. But
certain tax specialists suspect that
so much tax will inevitably remain
hidden from the ultimate taxpayer
♦hat the effect of tipping him off
on a few would be lost anyway.
Late Lincolnton
Leader Honored
LINCOLNTON. Oct. 5—Employes
of the Ideal Chair company this
week completed the furnishing of a
room in the Reeves hospital as a
memorial to Mark Zintbaum. man
ager of the local plant for a number
of years prior to his death June 13.
The room has been fitted out with
a solid walnut bedroom suite and
also a Zimmer fracture bed. On the
door of the room is a silver plate
bearing the inscription: ‘‘In Mem
ory of Mark Zintbaum. 1881-1936.
By Employes of the Ideal Chair
Company, Lincolnton, N. C.”
Mr. Zintbaum was a close friend
of Dr. J. R. Gamble, owner of the
Reeves hospital, and during his life
time was particularly interested in
the work the institution was doing
in the community.
Mr. Zintbaum came to Lincoln
ton 12 years ago from Brooklyn, N.
Y„ and became identified with many
movements looking to the welfare
of his employe* and the people of
the community.
Since his des .h. his widow, the
former Miss Mary Gaither, and
their two children are making their
home in Newton.
NOTICE OP COMMISSIONER'S SALE
(Firsi Pub. In CleveUnd 8tar, October
p. 19361
Under and b> virtue of an order o( the
superior court ol Cleveland county. North
Carolina, made in the special proceedings
No. 3239. entitled Lyda Oslbreath. ad
ministratrix of the estate of Violet C
Thomas, deceased, platntiil vs Lucius
Thomas, et el, defendants upon the
special proceeding docket of aid court
the undersigned commissioner will, on
the
Nth dev of November, l*>3«i
at 12 o'clock M at the court house door
in Shelby. North Carolina otter lor sale
to the highest bidder for cash the undi
vided one-half interest ol the late Violet
C. Thomas In that certain house and lot
situated in the town of Shelby. Cleve
land county. North Carolina, and more
particularly described as follows:
Situated on the east side of Wilson
street. In the town of Shelby. N. C., and
bounded as follows Beginning at an Iron
stake in east edge of Wilson street. Jerry
McCurry s own corner; thence with hls
line south 86'] east, 150 feet to an Iron
stake; thence south 2*, west «5 feet to
an iron stake; thence north 86W west
150 feet to an iron stake in east edge of
Wilson street; thence with east edge of
Wilson street north 25. east 45 feet to
the beginning, containing 6.150 square
feet, more or less.
Same being the Identical property con
veyed by deed by Wilson Littlejohn and
wife Pearl Littlejohn to Violet C. Thomas
and Lyda Oalbreath. dated July 25th.
1933 asid recorded In office of register
of deeds of Cleveland county. If. C.. In
book 4-C of deeds, at page 351, to which
reference is hereby made
Said property will be sold subject to a
certain lien held by Cleveland Building
and Loan association of Shelby. N C of
approximately 8500. more or less, against
said Violet C Thomas and Lyda Qal
breath. also, subject to any and ell other
liens and taxes.
A deposit of 10 per cent of the amount
of Md will be required on the day of
sale.
This Sth day of October. 1936
P CLEVELAND GARDNER com
missioner. 4t oct 5c
Glen Alpine Man
Dies At Crossing
GLEN ALPINE, Oct. 5—Call
Pritchard. 30-year-old farmer, was
fatally Injured yesterday when he
was struck, by a railway locomotive
near his home three miles west of
Glen Alpine.
Pritchard, who was reported to
have been seated beside the track,
was seen by the freight train's
crew too late to avoid striking him.1
and, he was put aboard and taken
to Marion, the next stop, where he
was taken to a hospital.
He died at 4 45 o'clock yesterday
afternoon about 12 hours after be
ing injured.
The accident occurred at Leon
ard’s crossing approximately 100
yards from Pritchard’s home.
Cherryville Sued
For $37,000 Sum
GASTONIA. Oct. 5—Suits asking
damages totalling $37,000 have been
filed here against the town of Cher
ryville by S S. Harrelson jr., and
L. E. and W. G. Stroup.
Sewage from the Cherryville dis
posal plant, erected in 1928, is
claimed by the plaintiffs to have j
seriously damaged their lands, ren- j
dering a large part of them unfit i
for pasturage or cultivation and j
the whole premises in each case
unsuitable for home sites. The sew
age, according to their complaints,
is turned into a branch flowing
through the Harrelson and Stroup
lands.
S. S. Harrelson jr.. owns 401 acres
located in Cleveland county and is
suing for $20,000. L. E. Stroup, own
ing 67 1-2 acres, is suing for $12,
000 and W. G. Stroup, with 53 acres,
asks $5,000. Both Stroup tracts are
in Gaston county. Solicitor John G.
Carpenter and Ernest R. Warren
are attorneys for the plaintiffs.
State Buys Red Tape.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.—The
state of Oklahoma is buying 4,500
feet of red tape. It will be used,
however. In the art department of
the Oklahoma college for women at
Chickasha.
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or AUGUST 44. 1#12.
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at Shelby. N. C. for Oct. 1. 1939.
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the state and county aforesaid, person
ally appeared Lee B. Weathers, who hav
ing been duly sworn according to law.
deposes and says that he Is the manager
of the Cleveland Star and that the fol
lowup is. to the best of his knowledge
and belief, a true statement of the own
ership. management land if a dally paper,
the circulation!, etc., of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown in the
above caption, required by the Act of
August 24. 1912. embodied in section 411.
Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on
the reverse of this form, to wit:
1. Thai the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor,
and business managers are:
Publisher. Star Publishing Co.
Editor. Lee B. Weathers. Shelby. N. C.
Managing Editor, same.
Business Managers, same.
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Company. 8. E. Hoey Lee B Weathers.
Geo. Blanton. E. Y. Webb. Mrs. Lee B.
Weathers. Henry Lee Weathers. B. H
Palmer estate. J. P. Harris and A. P.
Weathers estate.
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gagees. and other security holders owning
or holding 1 per cent or more of total
amount of bonds., mortgages, or other
securities are None.
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