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E Jefferson, May 5.—Misses Hazel Phillips and Mabel Green, of Othello won for themselves a reputation as aides of the enforcement of the pro hit ition law in Ashe county when through their efforts one Commodore Smith and three gallons of contra band spirits landed in Ashe county jail. Misses Phillips and Greene attend ed a Lyceum festival at West Jeffer son. After the program, they were driving home in a roadster. Near the home of Miss Phillips, the girls pass ed a man on horseback. It is reported that the light from the car disclosed ihe transfer of a sack from the horse to a place near tho roadside. The sus. pic-ions of the young ladies were aroused and they proceeded to inves tigate. They found that the sack con tained three gallons of whiskey, in fruit jars. Summoning W. M. Hurley a jus tice of the peace who lived near by, an investigation was made. And here versions of the affair differ. Deputy Sheriff W. M. Sanders, of West Jef f-iron, who was called to the scene of action later in the night, states that the young ladies and the justice 0 the peace watched for someone to liturn for the sack and held the man who returned until Deputy Sheriff Sr nders could reach the scene. Smith, when interviewed in the jail : lutes that he was arrested a quarter of a mile from where the liquor was found, and disclaims any knowledge of if. At any rate, Justice Hurley com. mitted Smith to jail and Deputy Sher iff Sanders brought him to Jefferson at once. This exploit in behalf of law- and order recalled a drmatic incident of 1 ho Horse Creek section, news of which reached Jefferson during the week. On last Sunday, Rev. C. W. Sexton was scheduled to preach at White Oak school house. Noting that several yuung men attending the services v.-t re under the influence of liquor, the preacher dismissed his congrega tion and taking with him Henry Strike, a member of his congregation, made a search which resulted in the locaton of a large copper still within halt a mile of rhe school house. Also, about 125 gallons of beer was found. Campaign song, either party: “Res cue the Perishing,*—Detroit News. More Farmers Are Insuring This Year More farmers are insuring their crops against hail this year than ever before—and they are wise. Protect your crops now with our hail policy. See us this week or one of our representatives. Be sure that you insure with the Cleveland Bank & Trust Co. Shelby, N. C. J. L. Suttle, Manager, Insurance Department. » Carolina Was Next To The Last To Leave Union—But Contributed One Fifth Of Confederate Army Strength (The following interesting paper was prepared by Dr. Josh Beam, vet eran of Shelby and submitted at the reunion of Confederate Soldiers held here Saturday. It was read as a part of the program and greatly enjoyed as a war document.) North Carolina was next to the last state to enter the Federal union in 1789 and she was likewise the next to the last state to leave it and enter the Southern Confederacy in 1861. Tht sentiment of the state was opposed to secession or to separation from the Union because of Mr. Lincoln’s elec tion and so expressed itself by a ma jority of six hundred and sixty-two votes against holding a convention, and of near'y 30,009 votes for Union delegates. This was done on Febru ary 38th 1861, neatly a month after the formation of the Southern Confed eracy. Every effort was made by the state to remain honorably in the Union She sent delegations to the peace con ventions at Montgomery and Washing ton, but Mr. Lincoln’s demand that she contribute fifteen hundred men to subdue her sister states turned the tide of feeling and made all unani mous. On May 20th. 1861 the ordin "anco of secession was adopted at Ral eigh; Governor John W. Ellis, antici pating this had already called for 20, 000 volunteers and the state prepared to take'part in the greatest war of modern times. Henry GradyV. Tribute. Think of bin; as ragged, half-starv ed, heavy-hearted, enfeebled l>y want and wounds, having fought to exhaus tion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, arid lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What does he find—let me ask you who went to your homes—eager, to find in the wel come you nad justly earned, full pay ment for four years sacrifice—-what does he find when having followed the battle-scarred cross against over whelming odds, dreading death not half so much as surrender, he reaches the home he left so prosperous and beautiful? He finds his house in ruins, his farm devastated, his slaves free, hi. stock killed, his barn empty, his trade destroyed, his money worth less; his social system, feudal in its ruagnificancc, swept away; his peo ple without law and legal status, his comrades slain and the burdens of oth ers heavy on his shoulders, crushed by defeat, his very traditions gone; with cut money, credit employment, mate rial training, and besides all this, confronted with; the gravest prob lem that ever met human intelligence —the establishing of a status for the vast body of his liberated slaves. What does he do. this boy in gray with a heart of gold? Does he sit down in sullenness and despair, beat for a day. Thirty-six engagements were I fought in North Carolina during those terrible five years, beginning with the capture of Fort Hatteras by fhe Fed erals in August 18G1 and ending with the surrender of Johnson at Durham in April 1865. The first two years of the war were years of success for the South, and thousands of North Caro linians were with the victorious arm ies of Lee and Jackson in Virginia. Contributes One-fifth of Population. Perhaps the most notable events in the state were the re-capture of Ply mouth by General R. F. Hoke and General Matt W. Ransom in 1864; the defeat of the Federal fleet in Roanoke river by the ram Albemarle, built near Halifax, after a desperate battle of two hours; the heroic defense of Fort Fisher under Lamb and Whit ing; and Johnston’s last stand against Sherman at Bentonville. In the spring of 1862 our entire seacoast was in the hands of the Federals, save the port of Wilmington the last port open to the Confederacy. This meant blockade to the stats and blockade adways means great privation and hardship. In and out of this one inlet the dar ing blockr.rfer-runners, painted so as to bo almost invisible darted on their perilous trip to Nassau or Bermuda, with the great guns of the Federal gunboats thundering in their wake. As the end came which our splendid valor had > nly allayed, the state suf fered the fame fate which our fore fathers had endured in 1780-81; Sher man from the southwest; Stonenian from over the mountain; Schofield ami Terry irom Wilmington spread over the state. True to her character the state endured to the last. North Carolina gave the first blood, Henry W. Wiate of Edgecomc county being the first martyr being killed at Big Bethel, West Virginia. Soldiers of North Carolina went farthest up the slope at Gettysburg, under Pettigrew and made the last charge at Appomat tox. The last great Confederate army surrendered near Durham and Jeffer son Davis held his last cabinet meet ing in the town of Charlotte; and greatest o' all. it was found that the state had contributed to the armies of <he Confederacy about one hundred & twenty-five thousand men, one-fifth of her entire population and one-fifth of all the troops that constituted the Confederate army. She had also con tributed, with the exception of Vir ginia, the largest sum of money for the equipment of the army of North ern Virginia, and again it was proven that the reluctant revolutionist is the dangerous and "determined one. Thir ty thousand men, the flower of her citizenship, were killed in battle among them such prominent soldiers as Generals Janies Johnston, Petti grew, W. I). Pender, S. D. Ramsaur, George B. Anderson and L. O’B. Branch. Two hundred and seventy five students of the University gave their lives to the cause. We cannot here describe the condition of the people in those sad days. All classes did their duty with patience and he roism. The rich poured out their wealth and blood and the poor gave their lives and even the negroes tend ed faithfully their master’s crops. At last, there were few left at home, ex cept women and old men. All articles of clothing, even shoes were made at home by patient wives and daugh ters. Flour sold at $100 a barrel; corn meal at $50 a bushel. Fine ladier drank coffee made of parched rye or pota toes and read the old dingy newspa per ; by the glare of lightwood knots or tallow candles. One nice thing about radio is that it never has any secrets. The bank bandits do not seem to be suffering with spring fever. Thoughts of cutting the people's taxes apparently,, pain congress ter ribly. What has become of the old-fash ioned man who Used to help his wife clean house? Coolidgc could settle a police strike in Boston, but a striking senate pre. sents a much more formidable prob WILL ESTABLISH ' A THEFT 3BHEAS! Richard P. Harris, of Charlotte, Will Be Placed in Charge of Propos ed Subdivision. Raleigh, May 7.—Establishment of: a theft bureau of the automobile li cense department is a move on the part of Joe Sawyer, motor superior, and Secretary of State W. N. Everett I to furnish the automobile owner great' er protection for his machine. The ti tle registration scheme, adopted un der direction of the last legislature, has proved unusually effective in prov ing the ownership of stolen cars. Now by establishing the theft bureau, with Richard P. Harris of Charlotte, in charge, the department is organizing a permanent service of protection foi the automomile owner. Mr. Harris will have five inspectors working under him throughout the states. These inspectors, who have been active for sometime, have al ready recovered 37 automobiles and secured 15 convictions for theft. The theft bureau will place at the disposal of the public a directory of serial motor number^, with individual makes of cars registered serially*’ niak| ing immediate identification possible where there is doubt as to the valid ity of other marks of identification.; Besides, there will be in the possession of the bureau for the use of the public the serial license directory. The two directories have been made up from automobile owners who have register ed their titles under the title registra tion law of the 1923 legislature. The motor theft bureau will under take to work in co-operation with the police departments and county au thorities in running down stolen au 1 tomobiles. Mr. Harris hopes that ev. I cry case of theft of automobiles will b? immediately reported to his bureau : together with the make of car, state ' licence number and motor- serial nurrr-! ber. Local authorities are urged to make full use of the records and services of the bureau in checking up doubtful ownership. Serially indexed members of auto mobiles in neighboring states will be made available here and the service will be extended over wide areas through co-operation with states that have already established theft bu reaus. If Avertising Stopped. “What would bo the reaction upon the cost of living if advertising ceas ed and its beneliciept fore# were stopped ?” This question provides much food for rumination. It is an interesting conjecture. Ad vertising largely tfikfes the place cf personal selling effort, which is very much more expensive^ A California edito^ cogitating on the possibility of a cessation of ad vertising says: “It would mean that ocr railroad trains would be thronged with sales men whose homeward bound mail would carry fewer orders, all of smaller value than noy. “Distribution upon the present scale would be impossible. Manufac turing would fall off, with a conse quent decrease in labor demand. Job bers would find their business pro portionately limited. Retailers would make fewer and slower <, turnovers. Prices of all commodities would take a rise that would make war prices and anti-war prices seem low n compar ison.” Harry F. Sinclair has been indicted for contempt of the United States Senate. Why pick on Harry?—Life. Yorkville Enquirer: "What dou you know about thr old1 ‘Rock House,’ just beyond Kings] Mountain battleground,” asked John Warren Quinn of ^Yorkville, of Views' and Interviews, the other day. Mr Quinn had been to the battleground with members of his family and had driven out on the Grover road past the noted old structure. It was very little insinuation that; Views and Interviews could give off hand: bid subsequent inquiries have developed some interesting informa. j tion." E. W. Pursley who lives in the neighborhood several miles away, says that to the best of his informa tion the ‘Rock House’ was built bv the Howaer in 180.'?. “I have been there more than once,” said Mr. Parsley. ‘‘It is a two story structure, built of na tive slate and with door facings and window frames of walnut. The mason, rv is remarkably perfect.” “Prom Mr. J. B. Ilambrighl of Clo ver 1 learned that the old building is now (he property of James F. Jen. kins, of Gaffney, who bought it from 4a ran Gregg Howell, who inherited it from his father Lawson Howell, who bought it some fifty years ago from I the estate of Mrs. Pinkie Ilowscr, said that tradition has it that Henry! Howaer be van the erection of the: building in 1770; hut had not complet ed it at the time of the hatlie of Kings j Mountain in 1780. Records in the office of the clerk of! court for York county show that Henry How: er was a large land owner in what is now known as the battle ground section. His first land deed in that section was recorded in 1788—a tract of 1.25 acres on Kings Creek, and altogether he acquired 24 different tracts, the hist being a trac t of 12 acres in 1841 and all the land he owned aggregating 3,172 acre s Howser died shortly-after 1841 av; in 1842 the record begins to show the I Old Love Letter “The Real Thing” The man'e mother had given the man’s wife a love letter wliieh .‘••he found hidden away in a mass of old papers. It had been written to the man when ho was a boy and the writ er was his sweetheart, 15 years old. The mans mother laughed when •she handed it to the man's wife, and the man's wife laughed when she handed it to the man. But the man did not laugh. “Aha," said the wife in her merry way, “see how the past lues up against you. The man took the letter and slow ly unfolded it and softly read it aloud “Dearest boy,” he read, “I’m afraid you are mad at me because I walked with Johnnie Nichoison yesterday to school, but it wasn’t my fault at all. You know I love you, dearest boy, a thousand million times more than I could love Johnnie, and-when you look crons at me it breaks my heart. Ain’t you going to take me to the school pienic Saturday—’cause if you don't I cant go. I cried when l wrote this—. that’s why it’s spotted. Don’t make me cry any more, dearest boy.” The man looked at the letter for some time. Ilia gaze softened and he sighed. “That was the real thing,” he mur mured, and he carefully folded the letter and turned away. And then the man’s wife was sorry she had given the letter to the mar..— Cleveland Plain Dealer. transfer of his Various holdings to va. rious other parties. K. 1>. Howser of Clover is a descend ant of Henry Howser and thorp aro a number of other descendants living in the town of Kins,-; Mountain. J. B. Hambright of Clover, owns the old mill that was Built hy Henry Howser on Kings Creek, above t^e rock house. At the Battleground. People who iio not go there often would lie surprised at the number of people who are constantly visiting Kings Mountain battleground. Views and Interview s v as up there from Yorkvillo Friday with a party in eluding Sheriff Quinn, Magistrate Dickson, Special Judge Simkins and the sheriff’ little son, the sheriff hav. ing made the- trip in his Ford at the request of Judge Sunkins. The party left oYrkville at 1 o’clock and returned at 6:15, going by way of the Barber's old mill and Galloway mill and returning hy the Oates place The Galloway old mill road- proved i both the shorter and the better. The roads about and cross the ! mountain are in very good shape, and were negotiated by the Ford quite easily. The different footpath from point to point on the mountain bore evidence of sufficient use to keep them plainly marked, and the lunch boxes, empty tins and paper wrappings about the old monument told of frequent tour ing parties. Conditions generally about the mountain seem to he in as good shape as could be expected, and evidences of vandalism are not especially conspic uous. Some years back it was the custom of each visitor to lay a stone on the grave of Col. Ferguson, and the pile of stones grew to considerable propor tions; but now souvenir hunters are satisfying themselves with carrying away those stones and the pile has dwindled perceptibly. AUTO DEATH IN V. S. EVERY THlRTY-1 1VE MINUTES Every time the clock recorded thirty-five minutes during the lust year, a person wan killed on the high ways of the country, and each minute, approximately three persons were in lured, delegates to the convention of the American road buihlcrss were toM. In twelve months highway acci dents dimmed a total of 15,000 lives and caused 1,700,000 injuries, ac cording to the figures given. Uniform traffic regulation.-, established by all | stater,, strict enforcement of these [ laws, systematic maintenance of roads and safety education in schools were urged to curb the ever mounting num ber of fatalities. In Wisconsin, a sur vey of accidents during the past two years was said to have proved that most of them occurred on straight roads, largely due to attempts of driv ers to pass another. Railway grade crossings, however, were declared to he the most dangerous. Germany has ordered 1,380,000 pocket handkerchiefs from Belfast. A few shiploads of or.ions from Spain, and the Futherland will once more be ready tearfully to protest that she can’t pay.—-London Opinion. The country will probably cele brate “Tax-cut Week” much more en thusiastically when taxes are actu ally cut. Japan must know that it wasn’t the congress of ihe United States that raised a relief fund after the earth, quake. Pre-Summer Showing of Attractive Reed Furniture SELECT NOW! PAY LATER! TERMS TO SUIT YOU! Summer’s just ahead on the calendar, folks And its coming is already reflected in this Pre-Season Showing of attractive and charming Reed Furniture. Pay us an early visit and see for yourself the many fine values represented in this event. Something about Reed that makes it the ideal material for summer furniture. Light in weight and tinted in gray, blue or tan hues, its cool and comfortable appearance will add a touch of refinement to any home. We invite you to look over these bargains; and hundreds of other bargains our stock consist of. YOU’LL FIND YOUR FURNITURE NEEDS HERE, The Paragon Furniture Company “ON THE SQUARE.” Shelby’s Leading Furniture Dealers and Undertakers. CARF> OF THANKS. \ I wish to take this method of thaiijc ing my many kind friends and neigh bors for their kindness and many ex pressions of sympathy shown during the illness and death of my wife, Mrs. Bessie Fry Wallace. These were a great comfort to me in our hours of sorrow and bereavement. C. C. WALLACE, Grover. DR. T. O. GRIGG, DENTIST 320 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, N. C. IF You Want Real Estate or Want To Sell Your Real Estate SEE ME J. B. NOLAN, Lawndale, N. C. DR. O. L. HOLLAR Rectal Specialist and Genito-Urlnary Diseases Pile.s treated and cured with out pain, knife, chloroform, or loss of time. Treated With Electric Needle. Hickory every Wednesday, Thursday,, Friday, Saturday, and Sundav. HICKORY, N. C. $500,000.00 EDNA MILLS 7 Per Cent Cumulative Preferred Stock Dividends Payable Quarterly. The Edna Mills are controlled by the same interests that control the Henrietta Mills. It is one of the most successful textile mills in North Carolina, We recommend this stock as a safe, conservative investment. Additional information on re. quest. Price $100.00 and Dividend. American Trust Co., Bond Department. Charlotte, N. C. Frank B. Green, Mgr. TRUSTEE’S SALE. By virtue of the power of sale con tained in a deed of trust executed by I.ee R. Hamrick and wife, Jennie Belle Hamrick, to me as trustee, on May 6th, 1922. for J. B. Ellis and J. I. Hardin, and default having been made in the payment of the indebted ness thereby secured, and having been called upon to execute the trust, I, as trustee, will sell for cash to the high est bidder at public auction at the court house door in Shelby, N. C., on Monday, May 26th, 1924, within legal hours, the following de scribed real estate: On the southwest limits of the town of Shelby, N. C., and being a portion of the Martin Beam land, and bound ed as follows: Beginning at a post in line of the Shelby Cotton mill com pany’s property, and est edge of a new street; then with the Shelby [cotton mill company’s line north 78 west 29 feet to an iron stake, corner jto said company’s land; then with an other line of said company’s land north 73 1-4 west 120 2-3 feet to a fence post; then south 4 1-2 west 72 1-2 feet to a fence post; then a new line south 78 east 149 feet to a fence post on the west edge of a new street; then with west edge of the new street north 3 1-4 east 68 feet to the begin ning, containing 10,206 square feet more or less. This April 22nd. 1924. CLYDE R. HOEY Trustee. MORT AG AGEE’S SALE OF LAND. By virtue of u mortgage deed with power of sale therein contained, ex- * ecuted by W. H. Blanton and wife Katie Blanton to the undersigned J. T. Hawkins, same bearing date of November 27, 1918, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cleveland conuty Book of Mortgages No. 104 on page 101, and securing the payment of two notes for $300 each due January 1, 1920, and January 1, 1921 respectively, and being for part of the purchase price of the real es tate therein encumbered, and default haying been made in the payment of said indebtedness as in said notes and mortgage deed prescribed; and in or der to secure funds with which to pay said indebtedness, I will, under and pursuant to said mortgage deed, sell by public auction at the court houso door in the town of Shelby, N. C., to the highest bidder for cash, on Satur day, May »1, 1924, at 12 o’clock noon or within legal hours all that land de scribed in and encumbered by said mortgage deed and being as follows: Lying an being in No. 7 township, Cleveland county, located in the town of Lattimore, N. C., adjoining the lands of S. G. Price, A. C. Jones. R. L. Harrill and others; Beginning at a stake, R. L. HarriU’s and W. H. Blan ton’s corner, and running thence N-. 8 1-4 E. 25 poles to a stone; thence N. 87 14 W. 29 poles to a stone; thence, S. 87 1.4 E. 29 poles to the place ot beginning; containing 4 17-32 acres, more or less. This April 30. 1924. J. T. HAWKINS, Mortgagee. O. M. Mull, Atty. for Mortgagee.
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