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Animals Too Stupid To Keep On Living They Become Extinct Because They -- __ Are Unable to Meet the Changing Conditions. Why do animals become extinct? The rocks of the ea>th are filled with the bones of creatures who proved failures in the struggle for existence, and are no more. What fault did they have that they needed to die? Tin’s is no idle problem. Geology touches human problems the closest here. There ere failures among hu mans, with families and individuals that are fighting a losing fight against nature. What constitutes failure? And what constitutes suc cess ? In the beginning of the age of mammals, orders of creatures died by the wholesale. Again at the begin ning of the ego of man, the big besast of the earth, one and all, came to e.n end, so that now one must journey to India or Africa, where it is fttill the I’leocene age, to see the small remnant left. The most ob.’ious fault of the ex tincts was that they lacked brain power. Smartness is essential to sue | cess in life. | Such is the teaching of geology. But how is smartness determined? ,What decide-, that this creature or this man shall be brilliant, while this other one shah be stupid? Not a conscious will, surely, that lays the star end of the wand on this one, and the butt upon that one yonder. That is contrary to all the workings, oi natural law. Every creature tries to evolve into all possible shapes all the time. Its heredity has no governor, but runs wild, giving off aberrant forms at ev ery opportunity. This Is the first law of life. There is nothing conscious about it. It is merely due t„> the different ways the determining cc’l* line the gerni, fall ing this way and that, like the tumb lers in a kaleidoscope. The second law of life is a killer. More creatures are evolved than the earth can possibly support. The ele ments—earth, air and water—each imposes a rigid set of rules on all who would apply for membership, ex actly life fraternal orders, set up standards that all candidates must fulfill if they would gain admission. Once having decided on an element, or rather, once having been cast by fate into the sea, the air, upon the land or under the ground, a creature nu:st conform to the laws there. I hose of his forms which fit with the laws of the lo<ation survive, while those who might fit well somewhere else, but *1.) not fit there, perish. Man -s tr.vin- now to remedy hu man failures by seeking places where individual qualifications will fit, rather than making every station in life into a bed of Polycrates. The re sults are encouraging. In geology environments ■ change A creature hi: ■! no assurance that he I is sate, even a^ter he has adapted I himself to the mud, the sea, the de- i sert, or the woods. The geography of the earth is never still. So it fre quently happens that en animal, hav ing shaped himself into the most bizarre form in order to be lawful, j finds that hip laws have changed, so 1 that what was once the soul of right j became wrong. If he can stHI change' he is adaptable. More often than not, j he cannot change again, and so he1 must die. This is also (rue of people. Politi cal and social orders are always in n state of flux nod not the least num bers of our failures are among tho.se who have specialized into them and specialize out again. There is a mark in geology that never fails to herald the beginning of 1 the end. When horns and tusks np pear and die mails b^ifin trying: to look' beautiful in the ryes of their mates the end is not far off. Beauty at the expense of eating ability and fisrbtinsr power i> ns fatal as poison Wo see the same thing in humanity. When people .ret too delicate and picky-minded to put up with the rougfh-and-taroHe ways of the world, the world has a strange way of not putting up with them. -Baltimore Sun. COTTON CO-OPERATIVES GIVE ANOTHER ADV ANC E In session Monday, the directors of the North Carolina Cotton Growers’ coopetative association authorised the immediate- payment of a second I IMPERIAL BLOCK AND LAURA BLOCK THE HOTTEST COAL IN SHELBY PHONE US FOR PRICES. IDEAL ICE & FUEL CO. We Deliver Anywhere. Phone 250. WE SELL WOOD. FfiOM MILLS DIRECT TO YOU VISIT TOYTOWN We have the most complete Toy assortment in the eity Be sure to bring the child ren to see it before you buy. OUR LAST FEATURE , BEFORE THE Christmas Holidays Extra Special One Hour Only 300 OUTING GOWNS r" On Sale 9:00 to 10:00 Saturday Good heavy quality double fleece outing gowns in regu lar and extra sizes trimmed at the yoke with embroidery, full cut and roomy, a regular $1,29 seller. Sale Extraordinary A PRE-HOLIDAY SALE THAT , WILL STIR THE COUNTRY ”• Our entire stock of fine Suits and . i Overcoats will be offered for Friday, Saturday and Monday at the great reduction of 1 $5.00 Off Regular Price BOY’S CLOTHING :We offer our vast stock of Boy’s 2 pant suits and over coats Friday, Saturday and Monday—Your choice either—at a reduction of $1.00 off regular price. Special Friday, Saturday and Monday 3,000 YARDS OF POMONA CLOTH Guaranteed Fast Colors One of the best materials on the market for making dresses, play suits and work skirts. A real Greensboro product, in many colors and size checks,^ -> stripes and sqlids. Friday and Saturday special. Yard..... Friday, Saturday and Monday FIRST BIG REDUCTION ON COATS A Pre-Christmas Sale Where Your Money Has Bigger Buying Power WOMEN’S AND MISSES $14.50 to- $22.50 STUNNING COATS The greatest value of the season at this re duced price. All the newest sport and dress models ( WOMEN’S and MISSES’ $22.50 to $30.00 ' COATS High grade Coats at January * price—make your choice now for Christmas— $14.50 Some With Fur-Trimmed Collars and Cuffs .■ I III . advance to all members of the asso ciation. This payment will amount to over $3,000,000 and each member will receive a payment bringing the total advance on all cotton up to 20 cents a pound, basis middling. The account ing department is mailing out the checks and every member will receive the check within the week. CO-OPS SELL LONG STAPLE COTTON OF THE 1922 CROP The North Carolina Cotton Grow ers’ cooperative association has final ly fold its strok of long staple cotton of the 1922 crop and just as soon as the accounting department can make up the statements a final settlement for this cotton will be made with ev ery member who delivered I<5(fg staple cotton last season. Approxi mately 10,000 bales of long staple was handled and much of itwas>e# low grade staple making the sale of this grade very slow. Final (Settle ment was mr.de on shbrt staple cot ton of the 1022 crop some time agix (Continued from page Four.) , 080,000 Beans, broomcorn, onions, cabbage and cranberries are for principal pro ducing states cnly, and onions and Cabbage for commercial crop only. Oranges are for Florida jmd Cali fornia only . ' • • NEW SOUTHERN SCHEDULE CHARLESTON DIVISION No. 113 No. 36 No. 35 No. 114 Marion to Rock Hill Rock Hill to Marion Marion to Rock Hill Rock Hill to Marion 7:16 a. m. 9:57 la. m.. 6:36 p. m. ■ 8:08 p. iru No. 35 makes connection at Blacksburg with No. 38 for north. L. E. LIGON, Agent, SHELBY, N. C. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at . Shelby, N. C. Lv. No. Between No. Ar. 7:40a 34 Rutherfordton-Raleigh 34 and Wilmington 5:47p 31 Wilmington-Raleigh 81 and Rutherfordton 4:50p 15 Monroe-Rutherfordton 15 11:02a 16 Rutherfordton-Mohroe 16 7:40aw,t 5:47p^ 4 ^Op ll :02a Schedules published as information and are not guaranteed. E. W. LONG, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. ‘ t " or G. SMART, Local Ticket Agent *rtU» HH-W / ANNUAL AUDIT REPORTS 'HU CAROLINA AUDIT COMPANY \ Accountants and Auditors ' s Tax Consultants i, Telephone No. 598. Shuford Mills Bldg HICKORY, N. C. ' * V. B. McMillan J. A. Courtney, Jr. .Jfc S ’it"’ r ORANGES, GRAPE FRUIT AND p T' , < APPLES *■ Car load of bulk oranges and grape fruit priced $2 per bushel or 50c per peck. Car load of bulk apples at 40c and 50c per peck ~ CEPH BLANTON r J n At My Store—On Sale Now - T THE EXAMINATION OF THE EYE We Render You Expert Service TheNexamination of the eye, to be complete, must take in to^onsideration points far deeper than a mere test for" * vision. Not only do we correct any defect found in the sight, but we also test the strength of the rotary muscle*^" and correct any weakness found there, so that the eyes may work in unison and perform their functions without, fatigue. We pay particular attention to fitting frames and mount-i^. ings so that the glasses will do the utmost good and not’ detract from the looks of the wearer. Unless the lensea are*1** properly placed before the pupils of the eyes the result “ will not be satisfactory. We prescribe Toric or curved lenses in many cases be* cause they allow a wider range of vision, fit closer to thf eye and are more becoming to most people. Fof- persons ^ needing glasses for both near and distant vision we supply „ invisible bifocals which we have fitted with excellent Suc cess . ” Fitting Frames and Mountings Tories and Invisible Bifocals DR. D. M. MORRISON, Optometrist Office E. G. Morrison Jewelry Store, Shelby, N. C. ,1*1
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