Migrant Negro Gladly
Returns To South
“Frets Jus’ Ain’t Made For That
Snow And Ice Up
Noth.”
That n majority of the many ne
groes who migrated from Wilmington
the north during the spring and
summer months are returning to their
native heath because they are unable
to stand the cold" weather to which
they were subjected during the fail
and present winter is borne out by the
following conversation recently be
tween a newspaper representative
nnd a Wilmington negro who has just
got home from Johnstown, Ohio, be
cause he got “cold feet.”
“Stephen, I’m glad to see you again
where have you been ai these-months ?
This is the first time I’ve seen you
in quite a long time.”
“Cap’ I sho’ is glad to you you, too”
I’se bec-n up north working i'i a steel
plant, but my Gawd, boss, it got so
oold l just couldn’t staiT it. Boss, ain’t
you got some kind of a job for me?”
“Y-ou say it got too cold for you up
there; where were you located Steph
en ? ”
“Boss, I left here last May and
went to Johnstown, Ohio, where a man
gimme a job working in a steel plant.
Everything was fine during Ine < uu
mer and me and them other Wiming
ton niggers there made plenty of mon
ey and had a .good time; but Cap'
’long about September it got cold out
there ns it ever gits here in the winter
My feet got cold when winter fust set
in and never got warm agin till 1 got
here t’other day.
‘There’s plenty of work and money
out there boss, but us southern nig
gers jus’ can’t stand that winter wea
ther dey has out therp, and all of
these boys that wen awry last sum
mer ul come drifting back after while;
but boss I wants a job; I’se got an
ole hoss and is doing some hauling,
but I wants some place to depen' on;
ain’t you got a job you can gimme,
WRIGLEYS
{After Every Meal
It’s the longest-lasting
confection yon can buy
—and It’s a help to
gestion and a clean
for the mo
tnatk
Wrlgley’s means
benefit as well as
pleasure.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of "the estate of A. L. Eaker, deeens
/ ed, late of Cleveland county, Norm
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased td> exhibit them to the
urtdersigned at his home, on or before
the 4th day of January, 1925, or this
notice will he pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 3rd day of January, 1924.
O. R. EAKER, Admr. of A. L.
Eaker, dec’d.
Rush Stroup, Atty.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
North Carolina, Cleveland County, in
the Superior court.
Mattie Lawrence
vs.
J. T. Lawrence.
The above named defendant will
4 take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su
perior court of Cleveland county for
divorce and the said defendant will
take notice that he is required to ap
pear before the Clerk of the Superior
court of said county on the 20tli day
of February, 1924, at the court house
in said county, and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action, or
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
GEO. P. WEBB, Clerk of Superior
Court.
MORTGAGE SALE OF TRUCKS.
By virtue of a chattel mortgage and
condition sales agreement made by El
liott & Sons to the Republic Truck
Sales Corporation on October 12'. 1922,
and being for the purchase price of
the four trucks hereinafter described
and recorded in the office of the Reg
ister Mesne Conveyances at Spartan
burg, S. C., in Book No. 68 page 768,
and default being made in the pay
ment of said purchase price A>f said
trucks as -,n said mortagage requir
ed, and in order to obtain funds with
which to pay the balance due thereon,
the mortgagee will on
Monday, February 18th., 1924.
at 12 o’clock noon or within legal
hours, at the cou^t house door in Shel
by, N. C., sell by public auction to the
highest bidden for cash the Four Re
public trucks, described in said mort
gage as:
Two Republic trucks model 2-11X L
Serial Nos. 1 and 2 model 1922;
Two Renublic trucks Model No. 11
X B Serial Nos 52 and 53 model 1922.
This Jnnuarv 19th. 1924. ?
. REPUBLIC TRUCK SALES COR
PORATION.
O. M. Mull; Atty. fpr Mortgagee.
boss? If I kin fin’ a place l can v/uk
at regular I'll swear to you I'll never
leave Wilmirkton agin, ’cause I loves
this good ole sunshine and ir.y t'eets
jus’ ain’t made for th<|t snow and ice
up noth.” " *
CHURCH GOERS HAVE
DEVOTIONS DISTURBED
What promised following church
services Sunday morning to be the
biggest haul of the year by the Eli
zabeth City police developed into one
of the tamest Monday morning ses
sion.'; of the police coart on record
when Chief of Police Gregory and
County Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer
received instructions from the city
countile not to Prosecute Sunday’s vio
latlons. of the recently enacted anti
parking ordinance passed by the city
council.
Among those cited by the police to
appear in court Monday was at least
one member of the city council and
Urn mayor himself.
Many automobile owning church
goers of the city, coming out of their
respective houses of worship follow
ing the morning service, had their
Sunday morning spirit of devotion
rudely broken into when they found
their cars tagged with notice to ap
ncar in police court Monday morning
for violation of the parking laws.
Some fifty cases were docketed for
j appearance in court Monday morning
as a result.
LEAVES Aid, TO WIFE
ANI) THEN VANISHES
William J. Partin, prominent Hali
fax countv farmer, mysteriously dis
anpeared from Enfield Wednesday
afternoon. Ho helped his wife wash
dishes after dinner, kissed her and
left home in good spirits with Howell
Weeks, a neighbor.
Mr, Weeks returned to the Partin
: home late in the afternoon saving
that Mr. Partin said he would go
heme with another neighbor and
j brought, some groceries and a note
from him addressed to Bessie Partin,
17-vear-old daughter, which read:
“I am gone forever, never to re
turn. Tell Ma to sell the cotton as
she sees fit and have all the co-op
j checks cashed.”
Mrs. Partin states that her hus
I band was always affectionate and
j kind and had no debts and she can
i conceive of no motive for his going.
He was seen to board a northbound
train from Enfield. He has eight chil
1 dren, all of whom live at home except
one married daughter. He owns his
! home and farm and had his bank ac
I count transferred to his wife hefore
leaving.
“Just a Bit Past Forty.”
(Written for the T. P. A. Magazine
; by J. M. CumVingham.)
When you’re just d bit past Forty
And your hair is turning gray.
And yon feel a wee bit naughty
You will shake your head and say:
“Oh, I used to be some stepper
And a ladies’ man, that’s all.
j Now I’m just a bit past forty
And for me they do not fall.”
When you’re just a bit past 'Forty
And your children tfcink you’re old,
1 Ar.d they sneak of Dear old Daddv
j Dop’t it make your blood run cold?
| When your age by youth is measured
It’s sure tough, you will agree;
When you’re just a bit past Forty
And your heart is twenty-three.
When you’re just a bit past Forty
And your wife, the little queen,
Looks just as good to Daddy
As when she was Sweet Sixteen,
i You will kid yourself a litle
| Say you’re on|y in your prime—
, But you’re just a bit past Forty
And you’ve lived past half your time.
! When you’re just a bit past Forty
It is up you I’m told
' To beep playing with the yougsters
| Do not let yourself grow old.
■ Sing their songs and dance their
dances
Do not fail to let them see,
Though you’re just a bit past Forty
That your heart’s still twenty-three.
England will soon know whether
j or not a labor government will work.
■ —New York Tribune.
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THRIFT WEEK
Has just been observed
throughout the United States
and was intended to get peo
ple to use their money so that
it will give more satisfactory
results to themselves and
their communities. If you
have resolved to do better, we
are right now ready to help
you put your resolution into
effect.
A pew Series opening Sat
urday February 2nd gives you
the opportunity.
Shelby Building &
Loan Association,
J. F. Roberts, See.-Trea«.
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THE COUNTY IN EXAMPLE
—•Charlotte* Observer—
The Observer has never worked a
farm in Cleveland county, but in 1012
it was privileged to look on at the
farmers who were working them, and
it took uf> the idea that they ' civ
started out on the rigid track. They
had just then begun the system of ter
racing, from which dated the revolu
tion in agicultural conditions there.
Cleveland was the originator of ter
race farming in the state, and the
good results secured in the beginning ,
have encouraged the spread of terrace
farming throughout that territory, j
Keeping yearly observation on the ad
vancing condition of Cleveland •"r.rw
ers, the Observer a few months ago
felt justified in simd'uig out that coun
ty as the one in which is located “the
object lesson.” The Country Gentle
man is a farr.i family illustrated pa
per of accredited standard throughout
the United StaU's and it is significant
of Cleveland’s fame that it it the one
North Coi'dinK county picked ou‘ by
that publlca i in for cxpl iifalii n in en
couragement of American endeavor in
agriculture. Mr. K. 11. Taylor i- the
agent selected to look Over the Cleve
land f jehl an 1 make report and thus l.e
has dor.e in inspiring manner. He
writes under tie g-neral • subject of
‘The Tarheel Quickstep’ and gives the
figures and the facts to hack it. He
presents an intelligent picture of “the
•well-earned prosperity ’ in this Slate
and how it ww ea’ned. ile t»kv» ur
Cleveland as the county which gives
host idea of the way “the Ninth Can -
linr aim is working out.” Cleveland,
he submits, ginned a cotton cron cf
round 38,000 bales in 1923, mre than i
double its production six years ago. i
“Heavy and intelligent fertilisation, J
early planting with strains we have
found best fitted to local conditions,
frequent cultivation, picking up fallen
jsqypres and keeping on the job with
the crop all season,” is County Agent
R. E. Lawrence’s explanation. Cleve
land’s cotton crop is wo.th over $6,
000,OOO, but that isn’: all of its farm
Income by a long shot. Although near
ly all its 4,116 farms raise some cotton
they produce a lot of other things too., j
It farmers raise round 80 per cent
.of their food and feed supplies. The 1
•county has two flourishing creameries
Ijthat last year made over half a mill
ion pounds of butter. «
“Thete are 8,000 milk cows in tTie
county and fully a quarter of • our
farmers are patrons of the creameries,
yet scarcely a man coulil be called a
; strictly dairy farmer, stated Wm.
Lineberger, of the larger creamery.
Poultry raising is being developed
in the same way.
Time was when North Carolina used
only half as much -fertilizer as Geor
gia or South Carolina. Last year it
used nearly twice as much as cither.
Cleveland is a firm fertilizer advo
cate.
| A t#o-earcd type.of corn is raised
in the’county. As a result of years of
■ breeding, especially by L. G. Blalock,
a strain that is paiUcalarly well
'adapted has been evolved.
| “We have found that by proper
Sfertilization and cultivation, along
with the use of legume crops, we can
grow our corn on our poorest land,
leaving the rich land tq produce the
biggest money bringer—cotton,”
remarked S«un Lattimore a fine young
farmer.
That gives us the gist of the North
Carolina idea—to find out the way to
produce the largest returns, not only
in crops and money, but in human
well-being, then to put it into prne—
tice.
But that is just a skimming of the
facts Mr, Taylor is spreading before'
the readers of the Country Gentleman.
He gives warning to Iowa, Illinois,
Texas and other States with certain
claims to farm leadership, that they
should wake up. North Caroline, ‘‘is
in the race ar.d is moving fast.” The
North Carolina progress, lie assures,
“is not an accident.” North Carolina
splendid graft-free good roads system
it is building; than the model school
system it is'striving toward; than its
efforts to relieve farm tenantry; its
taxation experiments; or its water
power and home market development.
Mr. Taylor’s story of the North
Carolina plan for making the State a
better place to live in, contains many
facts of familiarity to the people and
fMne facts with which they are not
so familiar. For instance, a factor in
its farm progress is the State’s large
proportion of small independent fann
ers—Hhe 1020 census gave it 209,703
farms of 74.2 average, three fifties of
them owend by the folks living on
htem.'In the 10 years recorded by the
last Census North Carolina showed
one of the smallest increases in ten
ancy of any state, barely over one per
leiiu me cenuency ui. present is to
ward ownership. This is wisely l>cj»g
encouraged by the State, a Farm
Tenancy Commission being appointed
in 1921 to study causer of tenancy and
possible remedies. A companion com
mission recently made a study of
land-settlement work in other states,
with a view of applying the best ideas
toward establishing the landless farm
er on a place of his own, as well as
attractive new settlers, tor North Car
olina has some of the richest undevel
oped area left in the country.
We are never to forget, that nobody"
is profiting from the good roads more
than the farmers. N#rth Carolina,
thanks to its encouragement of water
power development, has a great num
ber of textile mills in the central or
piedmont region, the State now rank
ing second in cotton manufacture with
383 mills. Made accessible by good
roads these mill towns have become
excellent markets, bringing new op
portunities to farmers especially those
in th^ mountain counties once known
as the Lost Province because of their
isolation. Now fluid milk, buttpr,
cheese, eggs and vegetables are pour
ing down from the mountain farms to
the mill towns. These mountain coim
ties are becoming known as the Switz
erland of America for , more reasons
than their lovely scenery, for \hpy
average a cow to every inhabitant and
they have 32 cheese factories. TljCy
also produce vegetables and Irish' po
tatoes of unusual quality.
But the greatest benefit conferred
by the good roads is upop the rural
school children, and moire than three
quarters of the State’s 900,000 school
population is. rural. “lif it were not;
for good roads our consolidated
school prograin could never be carried
out,” said Ar~T. Allen, Superintcnttent
of Public instruction.
In 1906 t&e State'S; total anitaal
school expenditures were under a mil
lion dollars. Now a $25,000,000 school
building program is under way and
the State is spendnig $16,000,000 a
year for the operation of its schools.
The Country Gentleman is carrying
two pages of North Carolina inspira
tional information of this character
and spreading it through the country.
HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
TO BE CELEBRATED FEB. 6.
Relatives and friends of Mrs. H. F.
White will be interested in the an
nouncement of an old-time “birthday
dinner” to be given at her home on
Belwjood route 1 “Wednesday, Febru
ary 6, this being the eightieth anni- j
versary of Mrs. White’s birth. Mr.
and Mrs. White have five living chil
dren, three sons and two daughters,
together with a large number of
grandchildren. The invitation is ex
tended to the entire section, all being
asked to come with well filled baskets
and enjoy the day with the aged cou
ple, their friends and relatives.
c Another
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The Buick Clutch Is
Smooth and Positive
A slight pressure of the
finger releases the Buick
clutch, so positive and in
stant is its action. With
this ease and sureness of
operation, the Buick
multiple disc dry plate
clutch combines a
smoothness in power
transmission and a long
wear that are possible only
with this advanced type
of clutch construction. |
When better automobiles are built
Buick. will build them
E-28-15-NP
THOMPSON-LACKEY CO.
DEALERS - SHELBY, N.C
SINKING FI ND GROWING
BKtOM) REt^l IREMENTH
The highway commission, in confer- |
ence with the governor, yesterday j
agreed to add a million dollars to the i
pinking fund for the fiscal year, .v>t
of the gasoline and automobile tax in i
addition V> $250,000 heretofore placed
in the sinking fund. The sum of $250,
000 is provided from the general r» ve
nues of the state. This will muse a
total of $1,500,000. It was agreed that
it might bo possible to add another
half million at the end of the present
fiscal year. This is far in excess of the
requirements.
GETS CITATION AFTER
NEARLY 25 YEARS
After ••’most 25 years, Colonel
Reginald P. McNally, of Oklahoma
City has been cited by the war de
partment for gallantry in action.
On April 25, 1000, Colonel McNally,
then a second lieutenant, led nine men
against 200 Filippino insurgentionists
in Luzon, routing the entire number
and bringing his men throug uninjur
ed.
These legislative blocs are devel
oping splinters,.—Washington Post.
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COMMISSIONER’S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Clerk
of the Superior court of Cleveland
county heretofore made in Special
Proceeding No. 1380, the same being
entitled, “In Re: Ella M. Corbett and
husband, W-. C. Corbett, William Line
berger and wife, Mattie Lineberger,
M. A. Spangler and wife, Ethel
Spangler, Jack Palmer, and wife,
Ferris Palmer, Ex Parte,” I, as com
missioner, will sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder at the
court hfiu'-e door in Shelby, NT. C., at
12 o’clock, M., on Monday, f
March 3rd, 1924,
for the purposes of partition between
the tenants in common the following
described lot: Situated in the town of
Shelby, N. C.,
Beginning at the intersection of the
east edge of North LaFayette St.,
with the north edge of Marion street,
and running thence with said north
edge of Marion street east about 130
feet to the west edge of a center al
ley, the said alley being the center al
ley runing north from the court house
thence with said west edge of said
center alley north about 200 feet to
the south edge of an east and west
alley which lies immediately south of
the First Baptist church lot in the
town of Shelby, and running thence
west with said south edge of said
east and west alley about 130 feet to
the east edge of North LaFayette St.,
thence with said edge of said street
south about 200 feet to the beginning,
the said lot being the lot upon which
the Court View hotel and Drive-in
Filling station are situated.
Prospective purchasers will be fur
nished at the time of said sale a
statement showing the present lessees
occupying said property, the rental
paid by each of them, the terms of
rental and the date of expiration of
said rental.
This January 25th. 1924.
R. L. RYBURN, Commissioner,
SALK OF STOCK OF MERCHAN
DISE AND FIXTURES UNDER
CHATTEL MORTGAGE.
By Virtue qf two certain chattel
mortgages executed by E. C. Conner
to L. S. Conner and W. II. Blanton
and beinc No. 1 dated April 3, 1923
and recorded in Book 101, page (ill
and No. 2 dated December 2, 1923
and recorded in Book No. J27 page 52
and securing the indebtedness in said
chattel mortgages setforth. and de
fault in the payment of each of same
having been made, said mortgagees
will on Monday February 11th, 1924
at 12 o’clhek noon at the Court House
door in the town of Shelby, N. C.
sell to the highest bidder for cash all
of the property incumbered by said
two chattel mortgages to-wit:
All of that stock of groceries, goods
wares ai d merchandise and all the
fixtures owned by E. C. Conner and
now in Ctortis building locator rear
of the postoffice in Shelby, N. C.
Inventory of said goods, groceries
and fixtures etc., has been duly made
by Mr. John S. McKnlght and any
parties wishing to inspect said inven
tory arid 1stock of good and fixtures
will have the privilege of doing so by
seeing Mr. W. H. Blanton in Shelby,
N. C.
The account* due the said E. C.
Conner are not being offered for sale
but all such accounts are now due- and
are in the hands of Peyton MeSwain,
Attorney at Shelby, N. C-, and parties
owing same should see him at once.
L. S. CONNEB,
W. H. BANTON, Mortgages
Attys for mortgagees. Peyton Me
Swain and O. M. Mulj.
W. C, HARRIS,
Real Estate
Paragon Building.
Phone 568.
£
NEW SOUTHERN SCHEDULE
CHARLESTON DIVISION
No. Ill
No. 3G
No. 35
No. 114
Marion to Hock Hill
Rock Hill to Marion
Marion to Roc k liill
Rock Hill to Marion
7:1G a. m.
9:57 a. m.
6:36 p. m.
8:08 p. m.
No. 35 makes connection at Blacksburg with No. 38 for
north.
L. E. LIGON, Agent,
SHELBY, N. C.
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SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at
Shelby, N. C,
Lv.
No.
‘Between
No.
Ar.
7:40a
5:47p
4:50p
11:02a
Ruthcrfordton-Kaleigh 34 7:40a
and Wilmington
Wilmington-Ralelgh 31 5:47p
and Rntherfordton
Monroe-Rutherfordton 15 4:50p
Rntherfordton-Monroe 10 11:02a
Schedules published as information and are not
guaranteed.
E. W. LONG, D. P., A., Charlotte, N. C.
or G. SMART, Local Ticket Agent
34
31
15
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SOUTHERN CHOIR AND CHORAL
COMPETITION
Converse College Auditorium
Spartanburg, S. C.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924.
Under control and management of
Spartanburg Music Festival Association
This competition is ope® to all Church and Sunday
School Choirs, Men’s and Women’s Choral Clabs, Graded
and High School Choruses, and Schoolboy and Schoolgirl
Soloists in the South Atlantic States.
10 SILVER CUPS —-$175 IN GOLD
Banners, Silver and Bronze Medals and Season Tickets to
Spartanburg Music Festival will be AWARDED TO
PRIZE WINNERS. Entries close March 15, 1924.
Write at once for booklet giving full particulars to
Prof. Frederick W. Wodell,
Director Spartanburg Music Festival
Spartanburg, S. C.
QUALITY COAL
Fine Virginia Blue Gem Block. $9.00
Rex Layfollette Block.$10.00
1. X. L. Egg Coal. $8.50
Genuine Pocahontas. $11.00
All Orders Given Before Noon
Delivered That Day.
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