TKE CMS VE! AND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921.
JAZZ IS THE EVIL SPIRIT
OF MUSIC SAYS MORTON
Chicago, May 8. Jazz is the evil
spirit of music according to Dr. F.
E. Morton, chairman of the Music
Industries committee, in speaking at
pet ing of the Music Trades conven
tion her today. .
"Jazz," said Dr. Morton, "express
es hysteria and incites to idleness,
revelry, dissipation, destruction, dis
cord t;nd chaos. ' In accord with the
devastating volcanic spirit that has
burst forth over the world in the last j
six years. Rhythm and musical vi
brations swayed the half savage voo-
dooist like a powerful intoxicant. It
shows the extreme to which musical
virbrations can control human nerv
es when Improperly employed. This is
bad music but the difference between
the incantatlon-ciazed fanatics and
the patriot or soldier stirred to noble
action by music -id a difference in the
music itself. Jazz is compounded aft"
er the same formula as the Voodoo
chants. Typifying the unbalanced
state of humanity's mind, it tends to
unhinge it more and more. Human
nerve tissues respond to this pre
vented organization of sound just as
readily as did those of the Voodoo
zealots, and just as readily will they
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respond to music of the higher, en
nobling order. The" world needs good
music as never before.
"Seldom do you hear 'Home Sweet
Home sung now. Formerly it drop
pel in upon us in concert encores and
quiet, social and family gatherings.
And every rendition or it reacted on
the cerebral tissue of those who sang
and to a lesser extent on those who
listened. With 'Home Sweet Home'
silenced, home itself tends to disap
pear. With home swallowed up in the
cabaret the great stabilizing center
of hociety is lost.
"Make music virile. I'ut red blood
into it. Associate it with two fisted
men who do things. Keep away from
the jazzy abominations. Restore ; the
orderly harmonized organization of
industrial and social life with good
music. Bring back 'Home Sweet
Home'.V
The cat Is at present in the posses
sion of Mrs. Van Ness. She gave a
$100 replevin bond and will keep the
cat until 'Squire Cobb hears the evi
dence in the case and brings his judi
cial mind into action to say whose
cat it is. '
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SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at
: Shelby. N. C.
Lv. No. , . Between No. Ar.
7:42a 34 . -V Rutherfordton-Raleigh 34 7:42a
and Wilmington.
11:02a 15 Monroe-Rutherfordton ' 15 11:02a
5:54p 31 Wilmington-Raleigh 31 5:54p
and Rutherf ordton
:54p 16 Rutherfordton-Monroe 16 5:54p
Schedules published as information and are not
guaranteed.
E. W. LONG, D. P. A Charlotte. N. C.
or G. SMART, Local Ticket Agent
TWO WOMEN GO TO COURT
OVER A BLOODED CAT
Two Ladies Declare Strayed Angora
is Their Special Property
Lawyers Employed.
Charlotte News.
Fur is expected to fly, figurative
ly speaking next Friday at 'Squire J.
W. Cobb's office at the court house
when litigants meet there to deter
mine the possession of a one-year-old
Persian Angora cat. The case was to
have been tried Monday morning be
fore 'Squire Cobb, but it was post
poned by agreement between the two
attorneys in the cae ur.'.il Friday.
The case is up fsr trial on claim
and deliver papers taken out by Mrs.
E. P. Tingley, of Dilworth. The cat
has for some time been in the pos
session of Mrs. John R. Van Ness, on
East Trade street, who gave a re
plevin bond and took the cat back
home with her, to be held safely and
scathlessly until 'Squire Cobb can
go into the merits of the case next
Friday morning and see who the ar
istocratic feline rightly belongs to.
Unlike an ordinary, unpretentious
cat, a thorough-bred Angora i3 worth
real money and is worth "litigating"
about.
It is expected to be shown at the
trial that Mrs. Tingley had a fine cat
of the class and description indicated
and that Mrs. Van Ness also had one
of about the same description. Cat
like, the feline that will hold the
center of the stage in 'Squire Cobb's
court next Friday was wandering
about the streets of Dilworth one
night when he was spied by Frank
Potts, who lives on Worthington ave.
Mr Potts is a great lover of fancy
animals, fancy poultry, and other
members of the non-human family
when they show signs of being gent
ly bred. He made friends with it The
cat went home with him and stayed
there for some days.
Bought Cat up North.
1 Mrs. J. R. Van Ness some months
ago purchased a fine Angora cat in
Philadelphia, and it strayed off aft
er a few weeks. She advertised for
it and offered a handsome reward. In
the city-wide search for the missing
pet one city policeman says he walk
ed 900 miles, as far as from Char
lotte to Philadelphia. . Seeing Mrs.
; Van Ness' advertisement for a lost
j cat, Mr. Potts called her up and prof
fered the information he had a cat
which might be hers. Result: The cat
was soon at the Van Ness home.
Mrs. Tingley also formerly owned
a fine Angora caty, this one sent by
; her daughter in New York. It also
had strayed and she was looking high
; and low for it ,with the aid of all
: agencies that miht held in beating
it. Mr. Potts lives not far from the
, Tingley residence on Worthington
avenue. The cat he made frends with
looks r.v.'.?h like the bluq-blooded An
gora the had lost Also there Is the
fact thrt the cat was only a short
distance from the Tingley home
when Mr. Pott'' met it Was it not,
in all likelihood making its way back
to the Tingley hor.-.e at the time Is
the argument
Congestion Comes Because Ev
erybody Waits Until Dis
patching Time Comes.
Postmaster W. J. Roberts has the
following information from Postmas
ter Will Hays which he wishes to
pass on to the public for their bene
fit in receiving a more satisfactory
service:
To the Public:
The following condition recently
obtair.rJ at the Washington post of
fice: Approximately 700,000 letters and
postal cards and 9,000 sacks of mail
were dispatched daily.
About 100,000 of the letters and
postal cards were deposited between
8 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Approximaely 600,000 letters and
cards and other matter in the same
proportion were deposited between 4
p. m. and 8 a. m., nearly all of which
were deposited between 4 p. m. and
7 p. m.
Seventy-six per cent of all the mail
handled by the Washington postoffice
is under the absolute control of gov
ernment officials.
The practice prevailed in nearly
all the government departments of
holding the bulk of their mail until
the close of the day before deposit
ing' in the post cilice, which was the
reason for the influx of mail about
4:30 or 5 o'clock, making a peak
which was impossible, adequately to
handle.
Compared with the whole, the part
of this peak that was first-class mail
j was almost negligible, chiefly con
i sisting of form letters, franked mat
ter, books, pamphlets, printed forms,
publicity mail, and other mail of sec
ondary importance which could be
mailed at any time.
It is our 'opinion that a similar
condition obtains in all the large
post offices. Investigation has proven
that it does obtain in many and that
icrge users cf the mails have en
gaged in the same practice.
The government has taken steps
to cure the situation at Washington
by frequent mailings during the day
instead of holding the bulk until ev
ening. If the public, especially the large
.users of the mails will follow the
government's lead in an earnest ef
fort to cause frequent mailings, there
will be the following certain conse
quent advantages:
(a) Business would be expedited
through an earlier dispatch, some
times making a difference of one en
tire day in the delivery of the mail
at destination.
, (b) Congestion of work in the post
office at night is reduced, thereby
lessening the possibility of delay.
t (c) Mailing during the morning
and early afternoon clears the way
for more expeditious handling and
dispatch of the important evening
mails.
(d) Matter mailed early is dispatch
id on trains that are not heavily la
en with mail, with consequent more
efficient train handling.
(e) Matter mailed early usually
reaches the large business centers at
a time when it can be readily distri
buted, and therefore is more likely
to receive prompt delivery there.
(f) Lastly, but by r.o men?.'- !?v
important, the early mailing reduces
the amount of night work at post of
fices, and thereby benefits postal
employes and their families.
The -effort for better mail service
is entitled to this co-operation. Such
cooperation will make an immediate
improvement apparent. The aid of
the public is most respectfully re
quested. Will H. Hays, Postmaster General.
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CHARLOTTE. N. C.
E. 2nd and Erevard Phone 537
P. O. Box 277
NOTICE OF PETITION TGP.
' PARDON.
Notice i3 hereby duly given than
an application to the Governor of
North Carolina for the unconditional
pardon of Dock G:f.y will be msde
upon complete publication of this no
tice, ock Gray was tried and con
victs T hiceny of batterie;, care
No. 66, criminal Docket, March term
1921, rentenced four months on the
roads. Those opposed, if any, will
take due notice hereof.
C. B. McBRAYER, Attorney.
, Rev. J. Ed Thompson of Belmont
has been spending several days here
with his daughter Mrs. Lamar Gid
ney. STAR WANT ADS WILL PAY YOU.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ad
ministratrix of the estate cf W. M.
Warlick, deceased, lato of Cleveland
county, N. C, this is to notify all per
sons having; claims against said es
tate to present rame to me properly
proven cn or before 9th day of April
1022 or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of a;-y recovery on same. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment of
the came to me.
MINERVA WARLICK, Adminis
tratrix of estate of W. M. Warlick,
deaceascd.
B. T. Falls, Attorney.
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News
Farmers Hariirt i Co
In starting off our little store news we want to assure you that
we are going to stick close to hardware Of course we will pub
lish from time to time some scandal, but it will be scandalous
cb&s in hardware, and some gossip, too. This may be a little per
sonal some time because we know of lots of women in this town
whose husbands spend more for drinks and cigars than they do
for mother's comfort, We shall try to keep from calling names,:
bat If thwtfemuti.u&'why then we' will name him. We
want you to watch this news for it will be worth while.
This is the store where ypar dollar deos its full duty. '
Mr. Farmer
The cotton situation is looking
better and if you don't watch
out you will miss a good crop for
the lack of good farm imple
ments.
Prices Are Being
Reduced Every day
How are you fixed for a Gee
Whiz Cultivator, Cotton Hose
TireenMi6rFourfeet"Cultivators7
Plow 'Stocks and Plow Steels
Our prices are cheapest. '
Mrs. Farmer
Are you spending your life
over a worn out old stove? Have
you the, comforts you should
have? It would surprise, you to
know just how cheap you can
have these comforts.
Here are a few A Boss Oil
Stove, a Buck Range, a Favorite
Range, a Daisy Churn, a Win
chester Flash Light, good
Butcher-Knivesruality brand
Aluminum.
Please m'am come and see for
yourself.
Mr. Carpenter
and Brick Mason
Every tool in our store is ful
ly guaranteed We carry only
the best. How's your tools? Need
a Saw or Hammer, Plane or
Chisel, Saw set or Guage, Chalk
Line or bob, Trowell or Smooth
er, Wrench or Punch.
,: Anything
''Here is where your dollar
does it's full duty.
Everybody
Needs a Rake, Digger, Garden
Hose, Plows, Lawn Mower,
Bush Blade, Cream . Separator,
Guns and Rifles, Aluminum
ware, Plyers and Wrenches.
Some body
Can buy a Hoover Vaccur
Sweeper that has been used as
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a. demonstrator cheap if they
iurry, fully guaranteed.
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