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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 132-1.
Might not Muscle Shoal* have beer
a Teapot Dome?
What has become of th<#movemcnt
for a national park at the Kings
Mountain battle ground?
.Shelby and Cleveland countp people
should see that the few remaining
Veterans in gray are royally enter
tained here on May 10.
An optimist is the man who hopes
he will see something on the detour
that is not on the regular route—and
usually he is not disappointed.
Well, if the government gives Mus
cle Shoals to Henry ford there can
he no srandal as to [who received the
money.
And Easter was without rain to the
delight of those who sported new
rpring bonnets and Ito the chagrin of
those who did not. 1
Cleveland county political fans may
have to depend on state and national
races for their political fervor this
season in view of tho lack of opposi
tion to the majority of the present
county officers.
The state “stop law" as regards
railrpajl ^asyjng* cost the people of
Ntfrthi < 4i n«1 $riO£»,i)Qf> yearly, says
Mr. Hailey, who thinks it is an un
necessary expense, SurtJy, the lives
of the voters of North Carolina are
worth that mWh, especially in elec
tion, year.
state
!_ RVEKKIT’S KEYNOTE.
TV. N. Everett, sweretkry of
delivered the keynote .speech at the
Pepiocratic state convention which
■mpt ^ lldeigh last week *’ and his
«eech was a most able recitation of
e "aeKieVenients of the party in both
sifto and nation, one that ia enlculat
‘rif to stimulate pride in the heart* of
1 true North Carolinians. We ad
ire it mor “ for its fairneas than any
k|r,;'fveraU tjid »\ot try to
al anything-about the state’s fi»
ial eon«ti«h. Ills honest state-5
ment of facts shows that the party ia
willing to wage the coming fight on
plain, unvarnished facts. While some
may think the State is hopelessly bur
dened with debt from which she vOill
never be able to emerge and that
bankruptcy is just around the corner,
Mr. Everett points out that the func
tion of government is n* longer the
simple matter of passing and enforc
ing laws, but that it is a public serv
ice corporation whose duty is to do
its best for the education of the bovs
and girls of our state, the care of the
feeble-minded and insane, the protec
tion of health, the building of better
roads and the social well being of our
citizens.
He Is willing for the people of the
state to have the facts, confident that
they want the things that are being
done and are willing to pay the price,
Speaking of the state’s progress and
her ability to pay for the things which
the Deo^’e demand. Mr. Everett noin*
ed out thit the estimated wealth of
all properties on January 1st 1923
was four and a half billion dollars
which is an increase of three billion
dollars in the last ten years. North
f'ar-'lina is not only a millionaire sta**
in the possession of wealth, but she is
a billionaire in the annual creation of
wealth. The state created in two and
r half year* as much wealth as she
has been nble to accumulate on her
tax hooks in two and a half centuries
of struggle with poverty.
Speaking of the state’s indebtedness
which have given some people con
cern. Mr. Everett says It averages $93
per inhabitant and that the average
bond burden for all purposes in state,
county and municipality is seven
cents per day per family on one and
a half cents a day per household mem
ber which he figures is less than a
motor car owner pays for automobile
tires alone. Of course some people nat
urally kick against taxes because they
do not appreciate all that they get for
their money, while thousands of them
pay more for the pleasure of owning
an automobile than they pav for taxes
to our state government. He admits
that oi June 3Qth, 1925 th« sta*e’s
revenue* will lack three million dol
lars paying the bill, but. he has full
‘coniden'-e that.thf people of the
state will rise to the ocasion with the
fervor that patriotism prompts and
loyalty demands— not loyalty to
pa-tv but loyalty to a state."
Higher taxes may come hut are you
one who believes that the state can
function as it should on a paltry sum ?
Has there ever been a candidate who
represented before election that he
would reduce taxes and at the same
time continue the state’s progress!
The people usually demand what the
state does in the way of ^tep* for
! ward as lonjj as there Is no waste or
i extra variance and on this record of
! the Democratic party in N'orth Caro
■ lina, another victory will sweep Car
olina next fall for the party in pow
•r.
! GARDNER MAN OF THE HOI R.
Max Gardner was the man of the
1 hear in the Democratic State Convert
'tion which met Thursday of last week
j .n Raieirh and th? du ly papers are
j telling of the enthasia m h ; very
preaenee provoked. I? w not a Mc
) Lean. a Bailey, a Rlmr.rrw, a Morri
j :on, or any other one man’s eo iven
j tion bat when Mrr G d ter appear 1
he was the out.- ta nFng f g re. The
‘News and "Observer says “v.h n hi:
| tame was mentioned or wltt n -|>a tool:
he floor, the convent co seiz' d it a
•n opportune y for a Garda r ■ 10
>e strength, even such a (show s , w:i
1 sad »n the convention four year: ago.'’
He went there - n humble delegate,’
xprting to keep quiet let when he
narched down the aisle, there was r. |
umttltuous nnpttt'Jse ;• I'l d • v.u ;dx f I •
a speech. It revealed th:x fact that
Max Gardner, although d ->r<•• ted f»-i !
rears ego, has by hi ; spot t/mar'IL'i
manner vron the confidence and e t 'z> ■
>f even Ids bitterest oppon on . No
other mar. in the stnt" is held- in -a.h
popular lavor. When the vo e -./a,
taken for delegates at large to th •'!
natonal convent ion, Gardner lead th 1
balloting, running rhead of men who;
have been in public l fe and nnt > a,
pwrmnience lo g bo‘ore hr- made that f
memorable race for Governor.
Whin the qne-tion as to the num
ber of women that should be named
as delega'ess' at large came up, G..'-d
ner bitterly fought a “slate” mode in
some hotel room and contended tha
the mamas should be vot'd on by th
convention as a whole. He stood opt
for four wr men and four nrn dete
gates and in this he won not only hh
po nt of argument but the favor of
• he women voters over the state for
whom he stood so T /.ally four y.,ara j
ago whop woman'suffrage was a
dangerous issue for .a political < a d
date to publicly declare himself for.
But women suffrage won and p . Mr
Gardner is quoted as saying “their
participation in polities ho developed
a safer, sounder and more sanitary
party.”
Tha Asheville Times xnys Gardner;,
popularity to<J-y is encoded bv ju
other man in {.he Slat Hp«f»§ Ha
gio-vn under defeat was shoWii hv
fafct that the received nearly 50 per
cent more votes for delegate-^larg'
to the- national, convention than tf>c
man who defeated him in l'»20. G<i i
during The times days, “there is Go
other man who has .such*a hold on tiio |
affections of the Democrats c4 :Jbi3th
Carolina.”
It is therefore a source of grlat
pride to ns to «ep wir htmie ru*n,
though crushed foum yeurs ago,
to such heights of popularity.
OPINIONS
-OF OTHERS
..... i *
$720 A YfcXR.
(From Asheville Citizen.)
$720 a year.
$60 a month!
On that the school teacher in North
Carolina is expected to pay her board
and room rent in u highly respecta
ble home in a Rood residential section
of the town; to dress herself decently
and becomingly; to do her class-roon:
work so well that for a great’ portion
of the day she takes over the mother’s
job of teaching the children good man
ners and sound morals; to be po op
timistic, smiling and courageous and
to exemplify 8U&1 high ideals and
noble principles that she will be an
inspiration to dvery toy and girl un
;der her care; to take a constructive
and leading part in the social activi
ties of the community; to study and
further equip herself as a teacher in
her “off-hours”; to attend a summer
school and do more studying; to at
tend church regularly; to avoid the
slightest criticism of her conduct, her
work and her associates; to live as a
constant model for every young wo
man; to pay all her expenses and yet
have enough left to contribute to char
lities; to give way never to pessimism,
discouragement or worry about the
future.
The average white school teacher’s
salary in North Carolina is $720 a
j year.
Hume Folks Friendly.
(From The Robeson inn.)
No one can visit Lumberton with-!
out being- impressed with the fact that j
thift town is out and out for one An-i
gus Wilton McLean for governor. An-!
tomobiles and store windows galore
are decorated with "For Governor, A.
W. McLean,” and large banners
across the town’s principal street j
bear the legend, “Hold RoKbson and
Save the State: Elect Me Lead and
Save the State.” A man blind and j
deaf might get away without learn
ing that this town has a candidate!
for governor, hut nobody else could
fail to be impressed with that fact.
Curtailing the Feed.
(From Stanley News-Herald.)
The other day a writer said: '‘Cut
ting down on the advertising appro- S
priation when business is dull is like
cutting down on the cow feed when
the milk runs short.”
That is about the most sensible
stateemnt that we haveg read durin
the year 1924, and yet there are many
merchants who do that very thing.
He*d« l'p.
(From Asheville Times;
Virtually aH the business report*
agree that the economic conditions in
North Carolina are uniformly favor
able. There may be spot - of stagna
tion in other sections of the country
but all the maps, portraying business
conditions, report that North Caro
lina is in an extremely healthy state.
Those who keep their fingers on the
economic pulse of North Carolina do
not require the testimony of the bu
siness experts. They know at first
hund that prosperity, sound and dur
al le, abounds on every hand and that
the pessimist has no cause for,jus
tification in any fact or tendency
which he nrav di-cover in this state.
It is a rational and stable prosper
i* v which North Carolina is enjoying.
There '* about it nothing that sug
f'cj.Ui hooini hness. It is rooted deep
in actual n*"oductivertos; and nnthen
ti" markets It is an enuallv distribut
ed prosperity. tl touches all the per
nio wjth i golden wand. It is not ro
K'ricted to a fortunate few who hap
ri-n to be < rig,aged in a particular ir -
dtrs’ry;
Th' - ion of pro-parity will cn
ab!" North Carolina to get a firmer
"■i n or t economic self and to widen
the distance whirh intervenes between
the pro cr.t and those when th’s state
v!'s prostrated with th" novertv that
f illowed iri the wake of th' War be
tween the* .States.
Graveyard Ghosts.
(From News nnd Observer.)
The Republican .party is undismay
ed by the K~aitdal-mpngors. -ays Sec
retary Hughes. This is the biased
view. The uritvasod view scstn-* to be
that the Republican "artv is ail -hot
to pieces. Colvin Cooli ige has, certain
ly given evidence of great fright.
Mrs. 5 C. JoT»C3 Is
Buried In Shelby
Wa on a Visit to IP nn WhcW the
Iind fame S aid nlv—Nearly
70 Years of Age.
Mrs. Eunice W Ison Jones, wife of
S. C. Jones of this ci.y. died suddenly
April 14th at the honie of Jasper N.
Barnett, at Dunn, in this state
Mrs. Jones was conversing with her
sister, Mrs. Amanda Barnette, when
tile Summons came fall'll" into the
arms' of her iiimee, Mrs. Edna Bar
nette.
Mrs; Jones was nearing 70 years of
a:ro and was widely connected in Clev
eland county, and was beloved by all
who knew her and anfmeeiated her
many virtues and attributes. She was
:y Maple! ,wife iu>d.(Voth?r. leaving sur
viving. hyr. husband, C..,Jyn<^ and
seyeri children. . The liu.-Jiainl, S. C.
Julies was Vis'fting sonic" fifty miles
distant when Mrs. Jones died. Mrs
Jones had suffered sogha -^} J>uk
ho’-e her ills with Christian forti
tude! grid netr ejwntaincd; Khe has
lieen a member of the Primitive Bap
tCt cltiijrab. for ;id yearsialiji was de
voted to ^lpChristinn undertakings.
Services, were held1 in ghelhy iHi
Friday afternoon at ?. o’clock at the
home of her koW. Hall .Jones Elder D.
M. Heath of Kings Mountain,, North
.Carolina, in charge, Her favorite
hymns were sung ami only the simple
i sendees of the ■ Primitive Baptist
church were conducted. Her five sons
acted as pall bearers and gently and
lovingly interred her remains in the
Shelby cemetery as was her wish.
Headwork Gets Negro
In Recorder’s Court
Ordinarily “indue your head” is n
means of increasing the family bank
roll, but using the head of somebody
else i - another matter. Using the oth
er fellow’s head subtracts from the
hank roll instead of adding—that’s
■ludge Palis’ idea about the matter.
The amount of subtraction being bas
ed on the amount of hoadwork done.
In the case of John Poston, colored
using the head or Harry Neal, color
ed’ the total subtraction was $75 and
the costs according to the bill ren
dered in recorder's court Monday
morning.
Saturday evening at Lawndale one
of the two "fellows of color” was said
to have made an insulting remark in
regard to the other’s sister, and then !
the colored man’s admission card into
society—a knife—came into play.
When t he “social” reached the re- j
freshment period Neal had a head j
carved in a manner that would have
been a credit to a Thanksgiving tur- !
key. In fact, his bandaged head in the i
court room Monday gave that austere j
setting the atmosphere of a Turkish
harem. Judgment was suspended as
to Neal.
Mabe Watts, colored, for attempt
ing to pilot an automobile while under
the influence of liquor, will be the
guest of the county for six months,
his dajilight hours to be spent in re
pairing and building county roads.
Summey Haynes, Allen ‘ Ballard,
Harry Hayes, Gary Biddix, Henry !
Lewis and S. L. Smith, all of Kings
Mountain, charged with being drunk i
and disorderly, receiving and possess- j
ing, were fined $50 and the costs each |
I v.’o eases of f. and a. were also
disposed of by the court Monday. In
one instance the charge being dis
missed owing to the lack of evidence,
and in the o'her the jury rendering a
verdict of net guilty.
It is just possible Mr. Bryan would
luive agreed if Darwin had said that
man is descended from the donkey._
Columbia Ilecord.
Another demand for a little con
structive legislation und Bill Borah;
will find himself listed as an inflam-1
matory radical.—Detroit News,
Democratic Candidate For Governor
V\ ill Deliver l iterary Address
At Ugh School.
.1. W. Bailey, d iatic ca, dJtlau
or gr vernor, delivers thediterarynd
|dress at Piedmont High School at 11
I o’clock today. Th.~re will be no n.en
| cion of politics of course in bis ad
| dress, so s nee he wt;s prevented from
making a political speech in the Court
House Tuesday night be<-;:u e of the
revival meeting at the l ir-1 Baptist'
church, the following announcement
as to bis position on public <pu tion
as stated in a speech at Wake Forest
College last week will be of interest
locally:
“I am standing for ths followin'
causes:
1. Political liberation, which
ocar:■ an honest <1 ■,t,'ri and pri
mary law, a nc-o-t ballot, and the
prevention of th. usa of money »,:•
o-':cr corrupting means in politics;
be c ’bi’tg of th power of public
ser van's. This puts' the professional
politicians again: t me.
Tax reform, whim nv;:.ns th"
shi.ting of the burden of taxation
from la id to or er j on, J propose
in have the state etl.-r 'o take’ovei
more of the bonlrn i of government
now resting upon land, or to turn back
to the counties in orJ r to relieve
and.
Sound economy in the.* expendi
ture of public; money. . V dollar's
wo-th of scirvic • for the tax paver’s
dollar.
‘ 1. I stand also for ju tiee to the
""opla in the matter of freight rates.
1 oppose the monstrou. discriHrinja
tlon in favor of Virginia cities, and I
advocate low:.- rates throughout Ihi
state.
“A candidate for governor who
‘ands aga'nst what t stand for or
vhe> stands for what I stend for. must
<ffow that be v. ill have nreat, power
iil resourceful and rsl-ntp.,; . opnosi
tion, but someone nun t lead battle.
I he lot lias-fallen-to--mo 1 a.vepTTt.
Win or lose, I shall do battle to the
limit of my powers. 1 shall go*d red
ly to the people. 1 expect to win.
There is a. sen: ■ in. wpicb I cttmioi
lore. I shall advance the cause of
justice. 1 havh drawn the is -mes in
North Carolina of real progress add
justice. The a*r will be ebiarer hviien
1 have finished, the day Will be blear
er.
“One thing I a .J: of the. voter:!, that
hey will' not be distir; cted fro|i the
issues/’
Vv inter mining is rsest,
New York Expert Stat?3
Little (inference tins been notjSd be
tbe wlpter-prnoed and suftmSf
pruned apple trees at New Yofefc ex'.
, perin^nt stating, where a comifji risen
t'1* tw b,, sj^eiias of pruning luti
IMp In progress for several -years.
Tire Yuan In clifti-gp; nbwever, ad vneates
pruning apples in winter wljefc tbi
work can be done more carefully and
eoslly. At that time there -Is no
foliage to prevent the orcbni'dt«t from
seeing at a glance jgst wWgjfc Jj^nches
should be removed. Moreover, ns soon
as the trees commence to bear, It Is
iiways difficult to remove. In sum
mer. wood which should perhaps be
taken out because of the crop of fruit.
Baldwin, Itoiken, Esopus, Ilubbards
ton, McIntosh, Spy and Greening; were
ttsed In the experiments on summer
. und winter pruning.
“In view of the results," a recent
report says, "tlie fruit grower may he
assured that either summer of win
ter pruning will he all right while the
trees are young, hut for the sake of
convenience lie had best stick to the
usual plan of winter-pruning wl*n the
framework of the tree Is entirely vis
ible.”
To Remove All Wood F>om
Grapes Is Big Mistake
“Crapes are seldom pruned too se
verely," says F. M. It'dfs, professor ol
horticulture at Oklahoma A. and M.
college. “The only mistake that may
he made will be the removing of all
last year's wood which gives rise to
the current year’s fruiting wood.
“There are many systems of grape
pruning. However, hear in mind that
last year's wood gives rise to the cur
rent year's wood upon which grape!
are home. Therefore, it Is essential
to leave some of last year's wood
whore the vines are trained to twc
wires.
“A good system is to leave a last
year's cane extending In each direction
for each wire and cut these canes hack
in proportion to the strength of the
same. For the average strength pan*
leave from six to eight buds on each
Thus four canes of eight buds each
will give rise to 32 fruiting shoots. At
average of two good bundles to each
of the above 32 shoots would produce
a good average yield. Another systeir
is cutting back all of the last year’!
canes to two or three buds each. Ho.v
ever, this system does not distribute
the fruiting area over the vine as well
“Where grapes are properly pruned
the hunches will be larger, more com
pact and the berries wlil be larger."
Packing Soil Firmly Is
Important in Planting
The most Important thing In plant
ing a ireo is to puck the soil firmly
around tlie roots. Tills should h<
tamped down very hard, putting the
top soil nex( to the roots and the
other soil on top. One should be un
able to pull up a young tree when it i
is properly planted.
It Is not necessary to use dynamite1
in digging lades to set trees in most1
■oils. Never dynamite w lien Soilii war
m. j, f. weathers
W; I! Known Baptist Preacher Passes
Away at His Home at Casar.
Funeral at Zion.
Lev. ..J. Frank Weathers, weil
known Baptist minister of this cour,
ty, died at 2:15 Friday morning at his
home near Casar, death resulting
from pneumonia which set in during
an a.tar'k of measles. The funeral
service* were conducted at Zion Bap
ti-t church Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock and attended by an immense
throng of relatives and friends from
every section of Cleveland county.
Four ministers took part in the serv
ice, and interment was in the Zion
cemetery.
<g*v. Mr. Weathers, who was 51
years of age, wa pastor of a charge
:,i upper Cleveland around Casar and
w".s also p.i;, or of a Chase City, Va.,
' hurcn'\lle was an able preacher, kind
and Thoughtful, a doer of good deeds
and a faithful worker for h;s Maste:
ami dearly loved by all who knew him.
£Tne deceased is survived by his wife
ami two children, M :•; Madeline
Weathers and Mr. Gordon Weathers,
both of whom live at Casar. Ilis
mother, Mrs. Margaret Weathers,
two .brothers, Mr. Sam Weathers of
Shelby and Mr. .1. L. Weathers, c'
FiiyettevilK and one sister, Mrs.
Lloyd O. Bollinger, of Shelby, also
urvivej.
Baptized Centenarian.
Lev. Mr. Weathers became wc’l
known throughout the country last
summer when he baptized a lady.oi
upper Cleveland who had already
passed the century mark. The aged
kndy, ope of the few centenarians of
the county, professed faith and wish
ed to become a member of the Bap
tist church. She was “bed ridden”
and the baptismal service presented
difficulties for a time. However, a vat
was constructed at the order of the
minister, carried to a near-by stream
and filled and removed from. the
stream to the home of the aged lady,
where the baptismal rites were car
ried out. The unusual manner in
which the service was performed and '
the determined spirit in which the
minister carried out the work of his
Master attracted considerable atten. j
tion and a number of the larger news-!
papers in the south carried an ac
count of the baptism.
MRS. I JSEBERI.ER’S SISTER
DIES IN STATESVILLE HOME
Mrs. Mary Wilkerson wife of Wes
ley Wilkerson died Friday of last
week at her home in Statesville at
the age of 68 years. Mrs. Wilkerson
was the oldest sister of Mrs. Betty
Lineberger who passed away in Shel
by about two weeks ago. She was
buried Saturday morning at 10 o’clock
at Statesville and her nephews, Wm,
and J. I). Lineberger of Shelby went
over to attend the funeral. Her hus
band and one ron Everett Wilkerson
survive.
Card of 1 hanks.#
We wh h to take this method of
thanking our go'od friends and neigh
lx>rs who were so kind and consider
ate during the illness and death of
husband and father W. J. Carter. We
shall never forget the many acts of
kindness and tender expressions of
sympathy, and affection.
Mrs. W. J. Carter and Family.
Mrs. James'.Archer and children, of
Charlotte, were vi itors h-g-e Monday,
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance C mipany was or
ganised in 1813. It has assets of $275,000,001. The
home office of the company is in Philadelphia hut t> all
practical intents and pin poses it is a southern institution
and has st: png Southern sympathies. It d >es more busi
ness in Georgia than all the other companies combined.
At the close of the Civil War, it sent its representatives
all over the South arid when they found a widow of a
Confederate soldier holding a policy which was kept in
force under t.ne extension feature, it was promptly paid.
No other company did this. ,
I has for its president one of the finest business
men and financiers that the state of South Carolina has
ever produced and who practices what he preaches by
carrying $250,000 on his own life. W. P. Law is the m m
and he is a personal friend of Mr. C. C. Blanton of tb.e:
First National Bank of Shelby,
Consider all of these things then report to me.
C. J. WOODSON, Agent
Shelby, N. C.
Standard clocks are the
painstaking handiwork
o£ the oldest and most
experienced workmen
in the oldest watchmak
ing firms. Almost any
watchmaker can make
clocks but it takes a
master craftsman to
make a standard clock.
The refining of “Stand
ard” Gasoline is also a
matter of long years of
experience.
Any clock is a wonderful piece
of workmanship, but how about
a standard clock?—the clock
against which other clocks are
checked for accuracy? *
♦
Fifty-four years’ experience in'
oil refining, and millions of dol
lars spent in discovering new
processes have made Standard”
gasoline the standard of com
parison among gasolines. “As
good as Standard” is a claim one
often hears.
• ♦ \
Yet here is a standard which
costs no more than the prod
ucts which aim to equal it. It
is available at thousands of
pumps. Take the simple precau
tion of asking for it by name.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(New Jersey)
“SIAN DARD"
A definition
“Standard—that which
is aet up as a unit oi
reference’’—The Cen
tury Dictionary and
Cyclopedia.
Glhe Batanced Gasoline7