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Reminiscences Of ChenyviHe ®*»M P. Dellinger, A. M. RAILROADS A generation or so ago all peo ple everywhere were clamoring for a railroad to serve every part •f the country. Heeding the de mands realroad companies made every effort to bring railroads in tp every section that held out a fair prospect of a fair profit to the promoters. It is surprising to think of how nearly the project did reach all people. In many parts of the country local people, counties, districts and states dived into the business and in some cases it proved to be a profitable venture and is yet profitable. For instance the state of North Carolina still holds mil lions of dollars worth of stock in soma of the best lines in the state and it is making good returns. Howevr, many branch lines which in other years made good money have been abandoned and the tracks torn up and removed. | The time was when the people I of almost every town and city felt they must have a street railway. } All the larger places got them, I too. That was considered one of the finest investments' in the coun try. The cities must have parks and show places to entertain peo ple. Most of those places were lo cated five or ten miles out of town and they were built in co operation with the street rail ways There were no automobiles and millions of passengers rode the street cars to the parks. All made large profits. Many of our readers will remember those ! things. A ten mile ride for a nick : el. Now that has all changed. 'Automobile killed street railways. Parks are no good as people in ; fine cars have no time for parks rrd olay grounds. All must be ' or the go all day. ! The most pathetic thing about ’street cars and street railways is I that old men, widows and orphan children lost millions and millions of dollars they had invested in ’such stocks through the years in I the hope that it would be a nest egg for them in their old days. 'All such stocks dwindled to noth I ing and became absolutely worth lless. I believe there is not-a mil° 'of tsreet railway in the state at INSURANCE FIRE AND WINDSTORM INSURANCE ON DWEL.LINGS AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES COMPREHENSIVE and COLLISION FOR NEW DRIVERS LICENSES. ON AUTOMOBILES and TRUCKS AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK LIABILITY COVERAGE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS ONLY STRONG STOCK COMPANIES REPRESENTED 26 YEARS EXPERIENCE E. V. MOSS AARON MOSS this time. The town of Gastonia I had one of the last to be found anywhere. The fate of the street rail ways was shared by other people and sections of the state. Once the people of Cleveland County voted a bond issue upon them selves to get railroad or rail ■ roads. One project was to build a road from Shelby to Fallston and the mountain section of tif. I The road was graded, we believe, I all the way to Fallston. However, , no rails or crossties were ever . laid and the roadbed was used I for a public road for many years. ! The writer has driven over a part of it. Likely the road bed is so obliterated that not even the land owners can locate it. Our recollection is that the railroad bond- voted by the county were long term bonds, and in more re 'cent years Cleveland County had to pay off all the bonds with in terest for the full time they were outstanding. This was an extreme hard-hip of course. In the press we see reports gain that some of the better rail roads serving the state ask for and get. permission to close up and remove or destroy depots and in many cases miles and miles of their branch lines because they do not bring in any revenue. The railroad from Wilmington to Rutherfordton was one of the key lines in the state. It required many years to build it, and the f nanci-g the building was a tough 1 proposition hut when finally built I-"H comnleted it was a great thing for thousands of people. Passenger traffic was heavy for I many years and thaf was a very mnfitnhle thing for the road. We bad many trains for passengers, mail and express. This service was a business builder for the towns on the line. I Our road has suffered the fate of many others in the state. Trains were cut down from time to time and as all know they were cut out entirely as to passenger service because the patronage would not pay. the cost of operat ing trains. Th" Government is of opinion that the railroads are here to stay as they must be miantained and used for defense in case of war here or a world war affecting us. As a matter of fact some of the railroads are still doing a profita ble passenger traffic business, ap parently. At any rate they oper ate the best trains the country eve- had. It will be interesting to follow up the railroad business to see what changes the next fifty years may bring to them. Cer tainly not as much a sthe past fif ty years. FIRST TRAINS WERE IN 1856 There was a great error in the story last week. We wrote the date 1856. Soane one used the same figures transposed and made it 1686. That waa before we had railroads anywhere in the world. Hymn Of The Week By Rev. Ernest K. Emurian BREAK THOU THE BREAD OF LIFE If Mary A. Lathbury had not done such an excellent job in writing a vesper hymn for use at the Chautauqua, N. Y., religious conferences, she would not have been asked to write what has be come one of the best hymns a bout the Bible in all hymnody. She had served in an editorial ca pacity for the Rev. John H. Vin cent when he was Secretary of the Methodist Sunday School Un ion, and through him she became associated with the Chautauqua movement. Thus it was that she spent the summer of her thirty fifth year at the summer assem bly ground on beautiful Lake Chautauqua in the finger lakes region of western New York state. William F. Sherwin, director of music, and his assistant, George Stebbins, little dreamed that that particular summer of 1877 would be one of the most fruitful in their lives. At Bishop Vincent’s request, Miss Lathbury wrote the well-known evening hymn, “Day Is Dying In The West,” for which Mr. Sherwin immediately compos ed hi s equally famous tune, “Chautauqua—Kvening Praise,” to which her stanzas are univer sally sung. A more perfect wed ding of words and music would be hard to find. Becoming instant ly popular, this hymn has found its way into most o fthe hymnals of English-speaking Chistendom. Because the Chautauqua Liter ary and Scientific Circle had sponsored study classes which were becoming increasingly pop ular, Bishop Vincent was encour aged to suggest to the “lyrist of Chautauqua” that she and Mr. Sherw n collaborate on another new hymn for this organization. “They emphasize the study of the Bible as well as related fields, such as archaeology, ancient his tory. science, literature and phil osophy,” he explained “The president of the group asked me to make this request of the two of you,” he added, “so the mem b rs can use the new hymn in connection with their morning class sessions.” When Mr. Sher wn agreed to compose the music. Miss Lathbury could not turn the director down. 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And when you stop suddenly, new Anti-Dive braking control checks that nosing down in front. . . you get “heads up” stop ping. Tubeless tires mean much greater protection against blowouts. And with new high-level ventilation there’s fresher air. Power Beyond Compare! You also feel the new idea quickly . . . quick power like a panther’s paw with the new “Turbo-Fire V8” (162 h.p.) and two new “Blue-Flame” 6’s. And sparking this perform- rZ ance is a 12-volt electrical system giving you better igni 8 »© lion, taster starting, greater electrical reserve ior any oi ine power assists you might desire. You have a transmission choice of economical Overdrive and improved, automatic Powerglide (optional at extra cost) or standard shift. Even Air Conditioning! And if you desire the convenience of power assists (optional at extra cost) . . . you’ll find new power-steering and improved power brakes on all models. Power-controlled windows and powershift seat are available on the Bel Air and Two-Ten models, while air conditioning may be added on V8 models. Wonvt You Try It? Here, we can only tell you how successfully the Motor amis Chevrolet expresses the new idea behind it. But the car itself can quickly show you! Come in for a demonstration drive, won't you, first chance you get. aooaoooooooooooooaoooooo MORE THAN A NEW CAR, A NEW CONCEPT OP LOW-COST MOTORING Everything9s new in the motoramic CHEVROLET ^CHEVROLETJk □□□DDDDacnaDcanannananna Drive with care ... EVERYWHERE! Make December 15 end every day SAFE-DRIVING DAY! _ _ HOMESLEY CHEVROLET CO., Inc. 124 S. MOUNTAIN STREET V PHONE: 9251 i i soon leraned. Bishop Howe had | written “O Word of God Incar nate” ten years earlier, in 1867, but the Rev. Washington Gladden was not to pen his hmyn, “Behold a Sower From Afar,” until 1904. It was her good fortune to fas ten upon a theme that had not yet been developed in hymns a bout the Bible, that of “Christ, the bread of life, breaking for His children the living bread in His Book, just as He broke the physical bread for the hungry by the Short s ot the Galilean lake centuries ago.” With that idea in mind, the talented “poet laure ate” wrote several stanzas, the first of which contained these lines: Break thou the bread of life, Dear Lord* to me, As thou didst break the loaves Beside the sea; Beyond the sacred page I seek thee, Lord; My spirit wants for thee, O living Word. lM|r. Sherwin rose to the occas ion with a tune which he named significantly “Bread of Life.” While the poet wrote widely on a variety of subjects and the musi cian composed many other tunes for hymns and songs, they are remembered today for the unus ual collaboration of that summer of 1877 which produced the two Chautauqua hymns, “Day Is Dy ing In The West" and “Break Thou The Bread of Life” Al though the latter often has been mis-used as a Communion hymn, it is found in the section on “The jHoly Ccriptures” in most. Hym nals today, and continues to be the favorite hymn a^Knit the Bi ble in the hearts of millions who cherish and studv the Word of God. And by most of them it will be sung, reverently, prayerfully and enthusiastically on the second Sunday in December, which has been designated “Universal Bible Sunday.” Do You Remember? When David P. Dellinger ran for Lieutenant Governor? When Alfonso Beam was a Brick Mason? When .John W. Homesley oper ated a Ba’ber Shop and Pressing Club on the lot .between the Ea gle Publishing Company and the. Citv Market? When W. H. Carpenter manag-! ed a Pool Room here for Dr. It. J. Morrison? When Carl B. Harrelson was . Cherryville’s undertake!' When Herbert Beam attended ! I.enoir-Rhyne College? When Earl Costner made two Balloon ascensions in Cherryville? When James L. Beam, Sr., lay brick? When Ezra V. Moss barbered he-- with his brother Jim. When W. Cone Carpenter took ar embalming course? When Efir-ds Department Store! was here? When Mrs. Pear! Beam was CttPral Office girl here? When D. R. Mauncy, Sr., op erated thi Josephine Knitting Mill here? When four passenger trains came ■hruugh Cherryville daily— two West hound and two East bound—two in the morning- and two in the afternoon. When Cherryville had two Liv e’-v Stables. When Parsons Furniture Com pany wa- located in the building CHRISTMAS GIVE THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE THE PERFECT GIFT t. S. V. Il Genuine leather ._ -.. $10.00 Buckram. * 4.0# Illustrated editions SUI G $UI Come in and see oqr conpltit selection RELIABLE BOOK SERVICE HAL PEELER 112 Black’s Ave. Phone 6567 (Report. 17 & 18) America by 1975 will witnt-ji a 260 per cent increase in use of electric power, according to the National Association of Manufac turers. Earl Bunting, managing direc tor of NAM, said in a recent ad dress that “electric power, which is technically called a secondary form of energy because it is de rived from the primary fuels or water power, will grow enormous ly. The supply of electricity has had to doube every ten years since 1920 and will have to con tinue ot expand at a rapid rate in order to support the output of goods and services that we antici pate and hope for in 1975. It is estimated that the demand for electricity will increase by more than 260 per cent by that time.” America by 1975 will witness about a 50 percent increase in consumers’ expenditures on appli ances, according to governmental estimates. The National Assocation of Manufacturers cites a report by the President’s Materials Policy Commission in pointing out that '...a projected increase of 50 per cent in consumers’ expenditures on appliances makes a substantial allowance for rapid growth of such newcomers as air condition ers, home freezers and dishwash ers. Fortunately, these appliances ials requirements to the remaind are broadly similar in their mater er of the goup, so that it is ap propriate to project the 1975 mac terials requirements of the group as a whole at 50 per cent above the 1950 level.” LINCOLNTON SOLDIER ' SPEND LEAVE IN JAPAN Kobe, Japan — Cpl- Walter L. Rhodes, whose wife, Maudie, lives on Route 5, Lincolnton, N. C., -e cently spent a seven-day rest and recreation leave from his unit in Korea at Kobe one of Japan's largest metropolitan areas. Sight-seeing and entertainment facilities in Japan provided him with a welcome break in the task of maintaining security on the Korean peninsula. Rhodes, son of Mrs. Klutz E. Newton, Route 2, Rougemont, is a member of Headquarters Com pany of the 7th Infantry Divis ion’s 32d Regiment. now occupied by Howell’s Ready to-Wear Store. SHELBY SOLDIER ARRIVEb IN JAPAN RECENTLY . . U. S. Force*, Japan—Sgt. Edi son D. Rippy, 28, whose wife, Sarah, and mother, Mrs. . Bula Rippy, lie at 420, Airline Are. Shelby, N. C„ recently arrived in Japan for duty as a lineman with the 50th Signal Battalion’s Corn Last stationed at Camp Gordon Ga., Rippy entered the Army in January 1945 and completed bas ic training at Fort McClellan, Ala. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE! NORTH CAROLINA # GASTON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that ap plication will be made to the Com missioner of Paroles and the Gov ernor of North Caraolin for the parole of Grady Lewis. All persons who oppose the granting of said parole are invit ed to forward their protests to the Commissioner of Paroles forthwith. 1 This the 13th day of November, 1954. 4t-D8 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as the admin istrators of the estate will Styera, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Gastonia, N. C., or Vale, N. C., R-l, on or before the 26th day of November, 1955, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immedr to payment. This the 24th day ( f November, 1954. J. DEAN STYERS & RUTH STYERS WOOD, Co-admin istratons of the estate of W. J. T. Styers, deceased. 6t-D29 NORTH CAROLINA, GASTON COUNTY Jessie Bess, Plaintiff Clarence A. Bess, Defendant IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Gaston County, North Carolina, wherein the plaintiff seeks a di vorce from the defendant; that said defendant will also take no tice that he is required to ap pear at the Clerk of Court’s Office I in Gastonia, North Carolina, j within 20 days after the 30th day of December, 1954, and answer jor demur to the complaint now | on file in the Clerk’s Office, or the plaintiff will apply to the [Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint. This 1st day of December, 1954. GEORGE C. 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