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* LITTLE “STARS” 551
* Cotton _____33 j_2c *
* Cotton Seed, per bu. ..._72c *
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—Jones Quartet at Hebron—The
Jones quartet will sing Wednesday
night January , 16th at Ml. Hebron
church in upper Cleveland. Dr. Loudy
a member of the Jones normal school
will also be present and sing.
—Masonic Notice—Cleveland lodge
No. 202 A. F. and A. M. will meet in
called communication Friday night
(18th) for work in the First degree.
Visiting brethren cordially invted
Lodge opens at 7:30 promptly. i
—Moves to Bessemer—Mr. P. I?.
Camp, a substantial farmer of Karl
has purchased (54 acres near the old
Tryon county court house between
Cherryville and Bessemer and moved
there with his family. Cleveland re
grets to give up such an estimable cit
izen as Mr. Camp.
—Ginned 39,190 Bales—There were
39,190 bales of cotton ginned in Clev
eland county from the crop if 1923
prior to January 1st 1921 as com
pared with 35,905 bales ginned to the
same date a year ago. according to
statistics gathered by Miles 11. Ware,
special agent. This practically in
cludes the 1923 crop in Cleveland and
is over 2,000 bales ahead of 1922.
_Married .Saturday—.Mr. < lytic
Champion and Miss Anna May Crouse
were married Saturday afternoon
about 2 o’clock in the county court
house by ’Squire T. C. Eskridge. Mr.
Champion is the son of Jlr. Ep Cham
pion, of Lawndale and a proirfising
young man while his bride is a native
of West Virginia and an attractive
young lady.
—Boxes All Rented—Practically n'l
the lock boxes at the Shelby post-,
office are rented which is an indica
tion of the growth of the town and
the increased patronage at the posf
ofhee. With all boxes rented and tw >
city mail carriers serving patrons a*
their homes, the Shelby office is handl
ing the heaviest mails in all its his
tor.v.
—Fallston Land Sold—Lewis IT.
Bumgardnt^- of Casar has purchase !
through J^B. Nolan, real estate deal
ers, the J. B. Wilson home trat’ n
the state highway near Fallston. Thu
farm contains 6.3 acres and brough'
$6,800 cash. Mr. Bumgard rt>r apprer'
ates the good roads, schools and
church advantages of the Fallston
community.
—Mr. Churchill Worse—Mr. Cha
N. Churchill, father of Mrs. Frank E
Hoey, is in an extremely critical con
dilion at his home at North Augusta
S C., according to a message receiv
ed Sunday by Mr. Hoey, who left Mo
day for North Augusta. Mrs. Hoey
has been at her father’s bedside fo»
some time. It will be remembered tha’
that Air. CbarehiR-wns taken ill wluU
visiting in Shelby during the holiday
—Leap Year Business—Leap year
as yet shows no unusual signs of bn
siness on the marriage mart accord
ing to the record in the oTice of tlr
register of deeds. Since January 3
license has been Issued for the marri
age of the following couplis: John !
Borders and Ethel Blanto i; Clyde
Champion and Anna M ty Crouse.
Also two colored couples: Johnny An
derson and Fannie Rogers; Elliott
Moore and Sadie Dixon. !
—Car Stolen Saturday—The Ford
louring car of Mr. J. C. Lowery, of
Shelby, route 7. was stolefi Saturds’
afternoon in Shelby. Mr. Lowery
parked his car near the Whiteway
Filling station on Washington stree'
only to return a short time later ur<’
f!ud it missing. The motor number is
8,466,326 and the N. C. I icense ta
on the car at the time it was stolen
was 229,197. A reward of $25 ha
been offered but as yet nothing has
been heard of the missing car.
—Farmers Meeting Monday—Ap
proximately 100 Cleveland county
farmers attended a meeting in the
court house Monday at which the
crop food value of fertilizers was dis
cussed. Present through the efforts
of the county board of agriculture
and extension service were two ex
perts on the fertilizer subject, W. F
Pate, of Rpleigh, and Dr. Skinner, of
Washington. Both men devoted their
talks to enlghtening information or
better fertilization, and recommanded
a fertilizer composition for cotton ir
this county of 12-4-2, with no les
than 800 pounds per acre with a sidr
dressing of rot less than 150 pound
of nitrate of soda per acre the firs'
work n?. 1c was stated at the mer'
ing that the state department in con
junction with the United States de
partment will conduct two fertilizer
test experiments in this county tor
the purpose of determ nmg the value
of various fertilizers. The location of
the experiments has not yet been de
termined
DIES WHILE DRIVING WITH
HIS WIFE IN AUTOMOBILE j
News was -received Saturday nigh-1 <
of the sudden death of C. L. Rounds,
well know contractor .near Clinton
Saturday when he, accompanied by
his wife, was,on his'way in his auto
mobile to Union. Mr. and Mrs..
Rounds had driven about six miles
out of Clinton when Mrs. Rounds no
ticed he had lost control of the car.
When she sj>cke to him she discovered
he was dead. Mr. Rounds was 68
years of age. He was one of the best
known contractors of the piedmont
section, having supervised the con
struction of many large buildings.
Oysters from Corsica were con
sidered a delicacy by* the Romans.
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PERSONALS
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Mr. H. M. Loy spent the week-end
here with his family.
Mr. Forrest Eskridge spent the
week end in Charlotte.
Mr. Burton Mitchell of Ml. Holly
spent the week end here.
Uon. (). Max Gardner is in Salis
bury this week attending court.
Hon. Clyde R. Iloey attended court
in Statesville last week.
Judge E. Y. Webb and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth returned from States
ville Saturday. ,
Assistant Eire Chief Mason Spun
cer spent Sunday in Rock Hill, S.'C..
visiting friends.
Mrs. Belton Spenser has ' returned
from Shelby where she pent a week
with relatives.-—Gaffney Leder.
Attorney Bynum E. Weathers and
Mr. J. C. Weathers will leave . dne.
day for Washington on business.
Mr. Evans Bostic, of Moore-boro,
was the week-end guest of Miss Ju
dith Bostick.
Miss Ma**v ?#ouiy.c: Me Swain mk!
Miss Bello Pettit have returned from
a motor trip to Shelby.
Mrs. James L Webb, Mr . Max Gard
ner and baby Max jr., and nvu smi
tlie flay in Spartanburg, S. ('., Friday!
Mr. W. S. Buchanan; o*f the Shelby
school faculty, was a social visiur j,;
Greenwood, S. C., over the week-end.
Mss. A. H McDaniel has been (ail
ed to the bedside of Mrs. Torn Tuck
er at Shelby who is very sick.- For
est ity Courier.
Dr. Tom I». Gold left Wednesday
for New -York, wher • he will take a
special course in eye, ear nose and
iherrit Work,
Messrs. R. E. Lawrence, Thomas
Price and L’erton Beam attended th
Billy Sunday services in Charlotte
Sunday.
Judge E. Y. Webb and Miss Eliza
beth are spending this week in Sale
bury. During their absence Ma ter
William Webb is the guc. t of Judge
and Mrs. James L. Webb.
Mis.-. Millicent Blanton an*! guest
Miss Em mad in a Robert -.on of Norfolk,
Va., have returned. from Marion
where they atended Mr. Albert Blan
ton’s house party.
Among those attendin'* the. Bdh
Sunday services in Charlotte Sunda
were Mr. and Mrs. Chm t'e McCraym
Mr. and Mrs Flay Hoey, and Mr. S E
Hoey.
Mr. J. C. M -Neely of the- J. C. M/
Neely Co., left Saturday for New
York where he frees to purcha ad
vanced sarir.fr styles of ladies wear in
T-parel. He will return the last of
his week.
Mr. Carr E. Cline, a popular mem
ber of the Shelby postoffice s'adf re
turned last week from Atlanta, Ga
where he has .been under treatment.
Mr. CVine now Xhhiks- he is well o a th?
road to recovery and that another trip
will not be necessary.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Cabahiss arrived
'sst week from Hartford. Conn., to
vis;t his sfep-fatlier Mr. Sidney Han,
rick and Mrs. Oabaniss parents, Rev.
and Mrs. John W. Suttle. Dr. Cab
aniss is chief medical examin-T f- :
the Travelers Life Insurance com
pany.
FAMILY OF SIX KILLED
AT RAILROAD CROSSING
An entire family of six persons wa
killed, five of them almost instantly,
when the automobile in which' they
•were riding was struck by Chicago
and Eastern Illinois train No. 92, at
a crossing near Bicknelt, Ind., Sunday
The machine was thrown 30 feet
against an iron semaphore tower and
was hit a second time a id carried bD
feet farther before the train wa
stopped.
The dead are:
Claude Whitter.mcyor, 31 years
his wife and Helen, 10; Mary, eight;
Lorence, four, and Charles 3 years
old.
Mrs. WhWtenmeyer- wa - killed in
stantly and the others lived only a
few minu.es. with exception of the
baby, who lived ,for an hour arid r.
half after the accident.
Warren Hoyle Post
Elects New Officers
William Andrews Elected New Com
mander At Local Legion Meeting
Held On Friday Evening.
The annual election of officers of
the Warren Hoyle Post No K2 of the
American Legion was held Fiiday
evening in the Legion club rooms with
a goodly number of members in at
tendance.
At the meeting it was decided to
stage a membership campaign and if
possible to have a larger member, hip
this year than in any previous year
According to the plans discussed each
old member is to bring in at least on
new member.
Officers elected were: William An
drews, commander; Sam C. Latt>
more, vice-commander; Harry Wool
son, adjutant; M. H. Austell, financ
officer; G. M. Cpx, service officer, J.
C. Eskridge, chaplain; Miller Harris
master-at-arms.
The club rooms of the 'Warren
Hoyle post are among the most up
to-date of any Legion club rooms in
this section of the country and are a
great aid ip bringing ip new members.
The comfortable lobby and read in;;
room, showers and lockers prove very
inviting to the “buddies” who follow
ed Pershing.
irouncl
Ouflown
Clarence Dixon When Young.
Many Cleveland county people were
'interested in the announcement of the
approaching marriage in London of
Rev. A. Clarence Dixon, a native uf
this county and son of the late Rev.
Thomas Dixon. The announcement rc
■ all. d to sou.,- a sermon preached Lv
Rev. Mr. I)i\i t, who is one of the
world’s most noted divines, in the
MVtropol't >.n Tabernacle, London. The
ormon told of a boy preacher in a
little country church, ami what makes
the following experience told by him
more interesting is the fact that the
boy preacher was the Rev. Clarence
Dixon himself end the little country
church was in this county:
‘‘A young man why was preaching
at a little country church for a few
’months before going to college began
t > pray that God would enable him
to baptize just 100 people in that v ■
huge. “Lord,” he prayed, “if thou wi t
give me just 100, no more anti in
•'e s, I shall know that thou dost an
swer prayer;' and I shall never doubt
thee as long as I live. Months passed,
and the day arrived when he must go
to the theological seminary. The day
before he left he went to the little
church, where ninety-four people had
been baptized. A deacon told him th- 1
five other-, were waiting to be bap
t;zr !. He borrowed some clothes ard
went L> a pond two miles away,
'praising God that the total of ninetv
ni.ie had been reached. As the student
wn conducting the service before en
tering the water, a man touched him
on the shoulder and said, “My wife is
being baptized, and 1 want to go
down with her .” The young man said
“Oh, hut you haven’t any clothes. ’
d he man said he didn’t care, and the
voting preacher baptized him in his
-Sunday go-to-meeting coat, and sent
■ im home two miles pway ringing
‘"c* So there were just 100, no mo-•
no h sand I know that it i
true, for the young man who put God
io t .e test in those days of ignorance
a ;d.; before you this morning.”
f'affney Talks Shelby.
I. kc No rth Carolina's forwarding
spread- to other states the prosjar
ity and growth of Shelby is being
heard of and commented on els >
v.-mre. Gaffney s the latest to tab -
notice of the activity of the Cleveland
county capital. Commenting on th.
visit of a Shelby citizen, who wm
formerly of Gaffney, this Gaffne -
Ledger says:
"J. B. Gladden, of Shelby, N. C ,
was a visitor here Friday, having
come to the city to attend a Maso.ii-:
meeting. All-. Gladden was a resilient
of Gaffney Id years, having moved
from here to Shelby about three years
ago. He is a carpenter, and is engag
i cd in con (ruction work. Mr. Gladden
said immense amount of building
activity is riow in progress in and
around Shelby."
New 8. C. Tags.
A few of the new South Carolina
automobile tags have made their ap
peal ance in Sheiby. The designers of
the tag have shown an artistic touch
in both color and design. The pines
are of brilliant orange with black fig
ures. On the right hand side of the
plate there are the figures 24 and lie
low in circle the letters S. C. Ac
cording to the way the numbers show
up our South Carolina visitors better
“step easy on the gas” or they v/ii!
be getting a regular calling curd in
the speed courts.
Bank To Distribute
Frue-tc-Life” Stories
There will newer bo anything half
’ ’rttereoting to big, warm-hearted
people ns other people. We enjov
"111-sic. we are interested in art and
science, but nothing so tugs at ou:
heart-strings as the things which hap,
pen to neople just , like ourselves.
The folders, written in story form,
to be distributed every month by the
Cleveland Bank and Trust C'o\ de
serve to be received with the keenest
interest and approval.
According to the bank’s officers,
these stories are to deal with th
lives and fortunes of a typical famib
- not geniuses, nor people the least
bit out of the ordinary, but “Ju
folks ’ like the rest of us.
In the first story to be ma'led thi
month—under the heading “The Jo
of l iving”—the bank introduces f;i.
family at one of their informal gath
erings. And right from this first ac
quaintance ,on through the other stor
ies that go to make up the series, th
reader may see mirrored his own
’deals, ambitions, problems, struggles
•end achievements.
And,*too, he will learn from thi
hpppy united family group much thai
will be of help to him—-much that
will give him a firmer, truer grasp on
the realities of life—and mudi tha'
will increase his own “joy of living,”
The literature to be distributed by
the bank is not only interesting, ir
that the stories related arc so true to
life, but also because they are so
handsomely illustrated with photo- j
graphs, some in full color—likely to j
be regained and- prized for their ar- ;
tistic merit.
Sting of the “stone fish” of the,
tropics is deadly.
USE TO HE
A boy or girl was satisfied
to go to sch< ol with a cake of
sausage under a biscuit. Gee
it Wi s a big thing to go with
an orange, apple or banana.
BUT NOW it’; a box of Holl
ingsworth’s or Whit men's 1
chocolate.
THRIIT
is 1 augnl id the schools, he- :
cause parents arc neglectful in I
trachiiijr their children to be 1
thrifty ad frugal, impress
ing upon them the necessity1
of saving. Parents , should j
teach their children to be
thrifty. (TO S \VK P.KFORE i
THEY LEARN TO SI’F.Nl)) I
THIS HANK
teaches thriii every day in
the \ car. we have installed a
number of ways for boys and
girls men and women of all ;
walks of life to sa\ e, even pen
n cs, and this bank invites 1
all to use our different ways
to save. We especially invite
the boys and girts to open sav
ings accounts. Christmas
Savings accounts sr id save
their evning and change.
CLEVELAND HANK &
TRUST CO.
_Shelby,' N. C.
THRU T DAY
THURSDAY JAN. 17
Beginning Thursday Jun
■ uaiy 17th, TIIRy T DAY.
The hanks and Building and
Loans of Shot by will put on a
Thrift campaign through the
schools, fora week. Patents
are urged to talk Thrift
Saving to their children, start
Bank account.-, savings ac
counts-for the n and take out
Building & 1 .on .1. shares. Ev
> cry boy and girl should have
this training at home as well
as in the seh< Teach \cur
boys and girls To SAVE. Start
them off——It f 1 h an come to
1 he hank them.--• h cs and make
d- posits. It’s fine training and
I it will go th 0 yh life with
j them, d iila l*ick welcome? a:
;i counts of 00and girls and
|! 1 he babies. AVe lake great in
ii tercst in our young peop.es
-1 accounts.
!
UPTON ON S WIND
‘‘Saving is the first great
principle.oi ill’ >uicess. 11 cre
at(a indcpvmt uce, it gives <1
vs yng man yianding, it fills
him with vigor, it stipulates
kbit with proper energy; in
fact, it brings to him the be.-1
pait o,t any success-—happi
ness and contentment. If it
were possibly to inject the
quality of caving into every
boy, vi e would have a gee: t
many more real men.”—Sir
Thomas Lip* cm.
Character foundation has
loan value for applicant for |
a loan.
I’rnfe .- or—'‘Who was the
greatest inventor?”
Student — An Irishman
named I it Pending.”
W In na banker finds no ov
erdrafts, he thinks that the
world s coming to an end
t MARK TWAIN ONCE
SAID; \\e can all be million
aires, even if we only save a
penny a day. It’s only a mat
ter of tim(>.
Adtrot a Plan
Save Systematically
Oprn a savings account to
day for BI <)0 or me v a»d re
curo one of our savings Bank
Books.
You may start with any
amount hero from $1.00 up.
Make The Start
CLEVE! \M) BANK
TRUST CO.
Shelhv. N. ('.
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S'PORTSM E
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Lest you forget Trout"seas
on opens May 1st. The good
fisherman has a good portion
ot his money in a Savings Ac
count. otherwise he would not
be able to go fishing so-often.
Follow the advice rf a fish
erman-—;*p;>d a 1 title and save
a little, and when you reach
mature yen. . vou can fi-h as
often as you like.”
7 ou can’t beat money in the
bank, always ready when you
want it. I'ay interest on time
certificates and Savings ac
counts, ar.d a warm wedcome
awaits you here.
OUR BABIES
Will bediVpr.Qrrow’s Busi
ness men—-start a Savings ac
count at this bank‘for your
babies, then keep it going by
adding to it along. We’ll add
4 per cent interest every three
months, counts fast.
C. B. TRUST CO.
Shelhv, N. C.
Improve Palatability of
Roughage for Dairy Cows ;
Th«-farmer who has much low-grade !
und unpalatable roughage which he ;!
must feed may find In molasses a 1
mt'umt of greatly Improving the ration
for his live stock. It hns been found
when roughage la moistened with di
luted molasses animals greedily con- ;
sume it.
Ordinarily cane molasses contain* j
about <53 per cent sugar, 3.11 per cent j
protein, 6.1 per cent mineral matter j
und 20.7 per cent water. Being low In I
protein, It should be used In place of j
corn or similar feeds. It seems to j ■
have practically the same feeding i!
value pound for pound as corn, where !
It replaces a part of the corn in fha
ration, In spite of the fact that It j
contains more water.
This la probably because cane mo- j
lasses has characteristics lacking in j j
com. It Is even more palatable and j
more digestible than corn. In adill- j
tlon, It Is slightly laxative and Is fre j
quently used us an appetizer and con
ditloner. Like linseed oil meal, It hns
the power of putting the sleek, glossy
coats upon animals which ure a sure
Indication of good health and vigor. '
Cane molasses can be fed to nil j i
classes of farm live stock except young 1,
calves, AVlth them It causes scouring. !j
Its best use, however, Is for animals I
adapted to eating roughage, especial- j (
ly cattle and horses.
For .these animals, the molasses may jj
he diluted In proportion of one part jj
by weight of molasses to three parts!
"f water and then sprinkled over (lie
roughage or silage. Corn fodder
Should, however, be chopped first.
Feeders avoid the chief difficulty In
using molasses by feeding it In this
manner. When given undiluted, the
thick, sticky nature of the molasses
causes practical difficulties.
No benefit will be obtained from
feeding molasses to cattle or horses
unto;;* each receives from one pint to
one quart, or from one and one-half
pounds to three pounds a day. A larg
er amount <-nn be fed, but usually not
more than five or six pounds should
be given; otherwise it loses its supeet
or;ty over corn ns a feed.
Dairy Cows Need Water
in Sufficient Quantity
The frilure to supply cows with
plenty of water is responsible for many
a poor milk yield. Milk ^s largely
water, regardless of all the pleasantries
that have centered about the dairy
man's pump. A cow must have water
In sufficient quantity to produce milk
Just as u steam engine must have wa- j
ter with which to make steam. It Is
shortsighted dairy economy which
| skimps on one of the least expensive
• of the many essentials that contribute
j to the making of milk through proc
, esses that center in the bovine nn
1 atomy. A western dairyman, wliosl
(lump got out of order, was unable t"
j supply drinking Water in the stanchion
cups In the stable for about a week.
Milk production from his herd fell off
13,700 [founds, representing a loss of
over ?100. Another dairyman, whose
equipment did not include stanchion
cups, tried the experiment of giving
his cows an extra drink of water while j
they were In the barn. In five days j
liis cows were making six cans of milk j
daily instead of five. The extra la
bor wns well spent and show ed a hand
some profit.
High producing rows In particular :
need n great deal of water. Expert- j
inents have shown that for each 100 j
pounds of milk produced some cows
will consume from twice to almost
three times this weight of water.
Filling Silo in Winter
Is Profitable Practice
The best way to get full value out
of com fodder and at the same time
utilize to the fullest extent the ca
pacity of a small silo Is to refill with
cut com fodder during winter as often
as the silo Is empty. The dairy de
partment of the Iowa State college j
has found that, while this kind of
silage Is not ns good feed ns real !
silage it Is so much' better than com- |
raon corn fodder that the expense and |
trouble of filling is paid for many
times.
Itun the dry cornstalks through the j
silage cutter, blow It Into the silo j
along with a ton of water for each
ton of the cut fodder, anil pack it
some. A fermentation and softening
of blade and stalk occurs, and when
the feed comes out It Is eaten almost
ns completely as ordinary silage, oth
erwise stock will not eat half the dry
fodder, and the manure full of long
stalks Is hard to handle. Be sure to
use plenty of water. Remember that
the fodder Is dry ami the stalks lack '
the Juice that goes into the silo when
corn is cut greon.
To Secure Maximum Milk
Production Give Water
To secure the maximum milk pro
duction, cows must have plenty of
fresh water and salt, according to A.
C. Ragsdale, of the Missouri College
of Agriculture. Cows in milk require
ten to twelve gallons of water daily,
while high producing cows will drink
even mare. When cows are receiving
succulent feeds, they will naturally
drink less water than those on dry
feed exclusively.
1
JUST TO REMIND
YOU
NATIONAL
THRIFT
WEEK
Begins January 17th
You can’t find a better time to begin Sav
ing. We hope there will be opened in Cleve
land county several hundred Savings ac
counts during THRIFT WEEK, and cor
dially invite you to use this Bank for
%
YOUR SAVINGS DEPOSITORY
“A Dollar Saved Is A Dollar Made”
First National Bank
OF SHELBY, N. C.
“Safe for Your Savings”
BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN
Believed in Saving: and in his Pood Rick
ard’s Almanac he gave many fine Savings
Maxims.
January 17th
is the anniversary of his birth and that day
has ben set aside as the beginning of
National Thrift Week
THE UNION TRUST CO.
At Shelby *
At Lattimore ...*
At Lawndale
At Fallston
is solidly behind the National Thrift Week
movement and will be glad to explain their i
savings systems to you. Open a savings ac-.
'*■« r
count
WITH THE
UNION TRUST CO.