Two Carolina* Lead . i
In Hydro-EIeotric
North and Sooth Carolina have far
outstripped all the other states of the
southeastern group in the develop
ment of hydro-electric power, accord
in" to 11*23 figures compiled for in
dustry.
,Ia these two states the total devel
opment is 911400 horsepower—North
Carolina 450,400 and South Carolina
468,000. The total for the remaining
eight states, including Georgia, Ala-!
, bitna, Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Florida and Missis-1
sippi is 1,007,900. Thus it is shown
that the electric developed by water
power in the Carolinas almost equals
the combined output of the other
eight states.
Conservative estimates give the
potential horsepower of the two Car
olinas as 1,562,000—North Carolina
876,000 and South Carolina 677,000.
Of the States east of the Mississip
pi North Carolina is led*by only New
South Carolina public utility informa
tion b.ureau. Expansion of industry
has reached such proportions as to
attract comment from authoritative
sources throughout the United States.
In its latest issue the’ Textile World
says:
"The- first impression the visitor
gets enroute from Danville, Va., to
Atlanta, Ga., is that the south is on
a constructive spree. Particularly in
North Carolina is this evident. Ev
ery hundred yards or.so one sees a
new mill or a new school or a new
bridge.”
Mr. Thorndike Saville, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina add hy
draulic engineer of the North Caro
lina geological and economic survey,
in this review of the water power sit
uation in the state says:
“A sudden metamorphosis has oc
curred in North Carolina within the
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MR. FARMER
The most important question with you at this season is the Fertiliz
There are lots of good mixed Fertilizers.sold and some not so
er.
good. If there were several stores in your town that sold mixed
feeds, and across the street was a mill that used their own raw pro
ducts and manufactured a feed, don’t you believe you would come
nearer getting what you bought at the mill?
Swift & Company hat thousands of tons of blood and tankage
that they turn into fertilizer with other balanced mixture that
starts the plant and stays with it until matured. What what your
experiment station says about a balanc
ed mixture,, that starts'off the plant and
retains enough to become available to
make the cotton and com,—the things
that county, i iHWIHilW
If your dealer can’t explaind the ad
vantage of Red Steer Fertilizer over
other mixed brands of Fertilizer. Write
or call E. C. Sullivan, Crouse, N. C..
Sales Manager for this territory and he
will be glad to call on yqu’or write you in
full on this. I will also be glad to price
you in car lots on any of our goods.
Yours to serve, * _ ,
FERTILIZERS
itpaystousethem
£. C. SULLIVAN,
Sales Manager Swift's Fertilizers.
Crouse, N. C.
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past decade by which the state has
moved from 23rd to 15th place in
York in hydro-electric development.
Unprecedented industrial growth it
largely responsible for this remark
able development and use of electric
value of its industries and from 19th
to amout fourth in value of crops, as
a statement today by the North and
well as becoming the greatest indus
trial state in the south. Accompany
ing this has come a tremendous de
mand fo^ power to meet the needs of
our growing industries. This has beer
met in large part by"the creation of
a giant water-power business—Even
so there is a dearth of power in the
state today and the’hydro-electric in
dustry is bound to be greatly extend
ed within the next dacade.
Mr. Savifle estimates that power
demands for teh year 1930 wilkbe
approximately 1,000,000 horsepower
in North Carolina alone.
Evidence of the vast growth of the
electrical industry in the United
States is contained in figures just
issued by the national Electric light
association which show that in 1923
more than 1,150,000. new customers
were added to the electric light and
power companies’ Itat. These compan
ies dpring.thfi year spent $702,143,
000 for additions to plants and lines,
bringing t)»e total’investments up to
$5,800,000,0001'for the whole country.
The total grossi income for the coun
try in 1923 was. $1,300,000,000. The
companies in that year paid into the
federal state and municipal treasuries
aproximotely $130,000,000 in taxes.
According to the report there was an
increase in consumption of electricity
in 1923 over 1022 of nearly 10,000,
>00,000 kilowatt hours.
Tom McArthur Dies As
He Nears 102 Years
Mr. Tom McArthur died Sunday at
the home of a relative Mr. Jim Green
near Hollis. Mr. McArthur lived for
many years in lower Cleveland county
and was one of the oldest men in Ruth
erford or Clev^and county, being
within 12 days of his 102 milepost. He
was twice married and is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Hopper of
Smyrna, Ga. He was a brother of the
late David McArthur of Shelby. The
funeral was conducted Monday by
Revs. Good and Harrill and the in
terment was at Forest City Baptist
church.
Can you smile through it all? See
"Smilin' Through” at the Central
school Wednesday nfjht. Adv
(NOTE: Or. Piarce h president of
tU inmiids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., to
rkkk lsr S# years past chronic suf
ferers hare been coming for spocial
iaed treatment from all over the U. S.
A., Canada and foreign lands.)
Will Undo MNich Evil
By Dr. V. M. Pierce
Knowing the vast amount of
ham wrought by diabases of the
kidneys, and'having hid opportun
ity to observe the analyses and the
successful methods of treatment in
thousands of cases of kidney trouble
at the Invalids’ Hotel, I have re
cently given to the public the latest
and perhaps most important of the
Dr. Pierce home remedies, "An
uric” (anti - uric - acid) Tablets,
which I now recommend to those
who suffer with kidney backache,
irregularity of urination apd the
pains and disturbances that come
from excess of uric acid Id the blood.
“An-uric”, can be bad now at all
the drug stores. The mere drinking
of a cup of hot water each morning
and a little “An-uric" before every
meal should bring remarkably
quick improvement. You may have
kidney trouble and net know it.
The danger signals to be watched
for and quickly heeded are back
ache, depression, aches, pains,
heaviness, drowsiness, dixzinass.
Irritability, headaches, chilliness,
rheumatic twinges, swollen Joints,
gout
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LAND SALE
As agent of C. A. Beam, B. J.
Hoyle, Georgia Hord L. S. Beam, F.
S. Beam, and Joeie Hall, I will offer
for sale at public auction to the high
est bidder at Fallston, N. C„ near the
store of The Siamey Company, at 2
p. m. on the 1st day of March, 1924,
the following described real estate:
Lying near Fallston, Oieveinnd
County. N. C. and being bounded by
metes ’and bounds as follows:—Be
ginning at an iron state at the North
edge of the old Lincoln Road, David
Beam’s comer, and runs with the old
line south 71 1-4 east 33 4-5 poles to
a state in said line, corner of lot No.
1. owned by Mdrtha Beam and others;
thence with the line of said lot North
3 1-2 East 96 poles to a state in the
old l*1**: corner of said lot; thence
with the old Hbe South 67 West 41
poles to a bunch of white oaks,'the
old doWsr comer; thence with the old
line Sooth 2 West 68 poles to the be
giniffttg, containing 18 1-8 acres,
more or less.
Terms of sale: one-half cash; the
remainder within twelv# months af
ter date of sale; or all cash.
This the 13th day of February,
1924.
T. B. HORD, Agent.
D. Z. NEWTON, Atty.
Patients At Shelby
Public Hospital
Quite a number of new patient*
have entered the Shelby public hos
pital during the week and quite a
number have been able to return to
their homes after undergoing; treat
ment there. A list of patients and
their condition follows:
Miss Margrtret Bost, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. L, C. Bost, is doing well
following an opratlon for appendfei
tis a week ago.
William Blanton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ceph Blanton, is much better.
William, was operated upon several
days ago and has been very sick.
Mrs. Rebecca Bridges of Boilitfg
Springs is gradually growing weak
, er
Mrs.' Perry Sellers, of Shelby, is
undergoing treatment at the hospital.
She is doing well.
Mrs. J. S. Walker, from Moorea
boro, was operated upon the last of
the week and is doing well.
Kffie Wright, daughter of R. H.
Wright, was well enough to leave the
hospital Tuesday.
Mr. L. H. Patterson, pf Patterson
Springs, was able to go home the first
of the w'eek.
Clarence Fisher, son of Mr. E. A.
Fisher of Hollis, accidentally got his
hand cut in a saw mill, he Is getting
on very nicely.
^ Mr." S. C. Dalton of Mattoon,'111.,
is undergoing treatment, Mr. Dalton
was taken sick while visiting in Shel
by.
( olored Patients.
Eliza PeMtr is more comfortable.
There is very little real change in
her condition. *
Sue Ross was able to go home Mon
day.
Kizzie Rumseur was operated upon
a few days ago and is doing well.
09 1-2 ACRES ON SHELBY AND
Morganton highway, 20 ^cres Reared
100,000 fe*t saw timber, near Shelby,
the J. S. Cline property, land lies well
and has every advantage. We wilf not
hold the present low-price, but reserve
the right to advance it any time. J.
B. Nolan Lawndale. N. €. l-22c
NOTICE OF TAKING DEPOSITION
North Carolina, Cleveland County,
In Superior Court. *
To Margaret Mae Roberts:
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff in the action now pending in
the Superior court of the above named
county aiui state entitled “C. C. Rob
erts vs. Margaret Mae Roberts," the
same being an action for divorce, trill
take the deposition of T. J. Jeffries
and others before •(’. H- Townsend, a
Notary Public, at his office ift Chico
ta, Texas, at 10 o’dock a. m., or\
March 15th, 1924, said deposition to
be used as evidence on behalf of the
plaintiff in the aforesaid action, and
you are hereby furt-her given notice
that said deposition will be opened by
the Clerk of, the Superior Court of
Cleveland'erfunty. M. C* on Saturday,
March 22nd, 1924 at 3 o’clock p. m.
This February 20th, 1924.
RYBURN & HOEY, Attys. for the
Plaintiff. 3-22e
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Income Taxes MAy Be
Cut By Democrats
Democrat* Sueced in Amending the
Mellon Rill to Cut Small
Income!!.
Aided by a group of Republicans
most of them insurgents, house dem
ocrats this week eliminated from the
Revenue bHI the Mellon income tax
rates. By a vote of 222 to 196 a sched
ule advanced by Representative Gar
ber, democrat, Texas, was substituted
The bill ps, amended fixes the sur
tax maximum at 44 per cent on in
comes in excess of *92,000 us against
SO per cant on Incomes exceeding
$200,000 ufcder existing law, and 25
per cent on incomes of more than
$100,000 as recommended by the trees
ury. It also reduces normal income
rates to a greater extent than Mr.
Mellon recommended and in creases
personal tax exemptions, a feature
not in the treasury draft.
The substitute wohld cut normal
tax rates to 2 per cent on incomes un
der $5,000; to 4 per cent on incomes
under $6,00(1; to 4 per cent on incomes
between $5,000 and $8,006, and to 6
I>*r cent on incomes above $8,000.
The present rate is 4 per cent on
incomes under $4,000 and 8 per cent
’ on incomes above that amount.
Tax exemptions, under the substi
tute approved, would be increased
from 81,000 to $2,000 for single per
sons and from $2,500 to $3,000 fos
heads of families. The Mellon bill pro
posed' no such increase.
Shipment* of Spring goods are ar
riving: daily at Campbells two stores.
See them lief ore you buy. Adv.
Need a new’ Sewing: Machine? Then
see Campbell’s, Lawndale and-Shelby.
One trouble wjth this country is
that administration can’t catch up
with legislation.
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Remember this is the only
shop in town that repairs
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We. do not cobble your shoes
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Next door to Kendall Medicine
Co.,
West Warren Street.
3
Confesses Slaying His ^
Parents and Sisters
billed Four Member* Of Family Be
cause He Relieved They Were Fol
lower* of “Anti-Christ.*’
Charged with wiping out the four
members of his fnmily, two by two, an
dates exactly one year apart, Fra^k
McDowell, 19 years old, Wednesday •*
night was confined the Pinellas'1
county jail at Clearwater, Fla., to
await trial in one of the moat air.at
Ing murder cases in southern criminal
records
The youth signed a confession lat-’
Wednesday adimuir.": trat lie shot mid
killed Mr. and Mr* J. M. McDowell, /
hie parents Tuesday r ight and that ho ” \
caused the fire in v/hiyh Marion, 18,
nod Willemagee 16, his two sisters
lerished it Deca< ar, (la , February 19,
t923., , J
in the story which he repeated three
times to Chief of Police George M.
Ccdic'- and Chief of Detectives 'John ,
Trotter, Frank said his in kid became .
‘ haxy ’ at time and that during these
spells he was ohsoissd with the hal
lucination that thi members of his ’ 1
family were followers of the' aiUi* ’
•-ti-rt. |
Traces “flszy SpeHs.”
i me origin oi mes.» ”nazy"
spells, Frank said that when he was
12 years old he blasphemed the “Holy 1
Ghost” and that since that time he I
has been trying to expiate his sin,
but he did pot explain of wnat tHJs
“blaaphcmy” consisted. This ‘bias- 1
phemy” occurred on a February 10, i
lie said. Every year since when the an- j
niversary of this “blasphemy” ap- ^
broached, Frank said, his mind be
came erratic and he believed his fain- t
tty to be allied with the AftiQhriat.
Tbe.se delusions continued annually /
until one year ago he feR that he must |
kill hio sisters in order to atone for
his “blasphemous” sin..
After he had started the fire in
wh|ch his sisters perishe.l. Frank
said his mind returned to rationality
•>nd he was appalled at the crime he
had committed, but did not reveal it ‘
to anyone When February" 19 of thfe' • ''
year came near, he felt that the death
of,his parents was a sacrifice demand
ed as penance for the killing of his
sisters, be said. ' „ , .
Burned Sisters To Death. t
■ . , .
Explaining the Decatur,-Ca., fii»,
Frank rand ‘hat he crep’-, into tfie ,
room occupied by his sisterr, saturat
ed the bn! clothing with gasoline, fir
ed the inlTa nable mass’wRh coals car
ried from the family hearth, and fl|d
from the house when the blase flared
up, locking all exits behind him. *
Although the house did not bum to
the ground, the room in which tfco
two girls slept was destroyed.
Frank said he went to sleep on bio 1
couch in a room adjoining that of hpi
parents Tuesday night without anjr
definite thought of violence jto Mr. and *
Mrs. McDowell. He dreamed he said,
that he was commanded to accom
plish the destruction of his father aid >
mother. He saM the dream was So
compelling that when he awoke he
arose from his bed, went into the next
room and fired five shots at Mr. and
Mrs. McDowell.
me turn snct struck Mr. McDowell.
The bullet penetrated the left temple
and p-issed out on the right side of the
head. Mrs. McDowell also ,was shot
through the left temple and the bullet
emerged in the same manner, imbed-" '
ding itself in the pillow where It was
found later. Apparently neither Hod
been aroused.
Between the bodies of his parents
Frank said he laid a note, typewritten
on paper which had been cut out 4p
heart form. The note contained tite
Lord’s prayer and a garbled yrordiag
of family Bible phrases, written.in
lower case letters without spacing be
tween the words.
Tried To Carer Crime. , *<
Frank said he wrote the note Mon
day on a typewriter in hia father**
office. It was intended, he said, to gt
fer to his three sins. "8in shall be
washed away in the blood of the
as it gusheth frons the body of thine
slain enemy” and “I offer up this
nrayer to the spirit, written upoh the
likeness of mine hear,* were typifegi
phrases.
Horrified by his crime, Frank
ne attempted to make it appear as a
murder by someone else by hiding hie
.32 calibre revolver m the bottom of
a trunk, slashing the screen door en
trance to the home and bumping his
head against a door tq support hfcs
first story that he had heard a com- „
motion in his parents’ room, had open
ed the door leading into it and had
been knocked senseless for 45 minutes
by an unknown assailant. While under
police guard, Frank appeared highly ' '
intelligent for a youth of his age. ffo
said he had left high school in hia
junior year and passed college exam
inations. Police found in the hadsa
many books on religious topics on the
fly leafs of which was written Franks
name. The McDowell family was
known to be deeply religious.
Rev. T. E. Foulsen, pastor of the
First Baptist church, which the elder
McDowell attended, said Frank in the
past few months had scoffed at the.
Christian religion and refused to, ac
cede to his parents recta—t that he
join and attend1 their church. Frank
confirmed this, adding that he had
been torn between conflicting ideas on
religion at ope time believing in <Vd
at another rejecting Christianity. - -
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