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Shelby, North Carolina, under th<
Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
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fact that it is, and hns been out
custom to charge five cents per line
for resolutions of respect, cards o»
thanks and obituary notices, after one
death notice has ltoen published. This
will be strictly adhered to.
TUESDAY JULY 29, 1921
BATTLECROUN'I) PARK.
Major A. I,. Bulwinkie, congress
man front this di-trict revives the
talk of Kings Mountain battleground
being made a national park. He is
quoted in the YorkviUe Enquirer as
saying that the government will make
this a national park if.the government
is given the title to the site. If the
matter of a title i the only thing
that stands in the way. we feel hat the
site can he ecuied with little trouble,
even if the necessary funds have to he
raised by public subscription to pur
chase it from the patriotic association
of Yorkville which now owns it.
This battle is often referred to ns
the turning point in the revolution for
American independence. If that is
true 1 toss should not. hesitate one
j mini op plating the necessary
funds to make the spot a national
park with roads leading to it so the
thousands who are interested in our
traditions and our government can
visit and see where Ferguson fell and
British forces were so crippled that
independence soon followed.
There has been much talk about the
rntionsl park, hut no definite steps
have been taken. We think the time
is ripe now for those who are interest
ed in this important historical event
to make the move before Congress.
With the right sort of organization,
we believe the park can he put over
and Shelby always stands ready to
help to its fullest capacity.
THE STATE ROAD SOUTH.
The people of Cleveland county all
rejoice in the fact that the state high
way commission will maintain a road
south leading from Shelby to the
South Carolina line. When this is
done, the county will have four state
highways leading to adjoining county
seats which will be in keeping with
the announced purpose of the state
road system. We have always been en
titled to a state maintained roud
<., ..»n nof unti] now h,ive we
*tnod in line to get it. In all the dis
tribution of highway funds, Cleveland
county has suifvred, the only hurd
surfuce construction being 4 miles
from Shelby to Kings Mountain. By
all means we should have n hard sur
face from Shelby west to the Ruther
ford county line, but with the funds
spent in other counties there is no
chance for this unless the legislature
is induced to vote the proposed thirty
five million dollar additional.
Much is to he gained in the bene
fit of better travel by the state main
tained road south. Just which route
will be selected remains to be seen,
but either will bo better than no road
at all and we hope Mr. Kistler will
give us a highway south that will be
maintained as well as Mr. \Vhitworth
maintains the soil road toward Cher
ryville, which in our opinion is ns easy
to travel over as the hard surface.
Well Known Miller
Dies At L&wnd&le
Special to The Sar.
Oh last Monday morning July 21,
at 10:40 o’clock the heath Angel visit
ed the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Wright near Lawndale and claimed
for its victim Mrs. Wright’s father.
Mr. V. A. Mitchem. He had been in
declining health for some time but the
end was not expected so soon. He
leaves one daughter Mrs. (’. C.
Wright with whom he made his home.
Also surviving is one sister Mrs. B.
F. Weist. His wife preceded him to
the grave 12 yours ago. He was wide
ly known and respected, having been
it miller by trade since early manhood,
until two years ugo when he retired
and moved with his daughter to their
little farm near Lawndale.
He was about 08 years of age. Fu
ture4 rvices were conducted by Rev.
J. V.. cattle m the presence of a
crowd of relatives and friends and
bin body laid to rst in New Bethel
baptist church cemetery, beneath a
mound of benutifu! flowers.
FINE MEETING CLOSES AT
SANDY PLAINS < HCRCH
Rev. G. P. Abernethy closed one of
the finest old time revival meetings
which he has ever held at Sandy
Plains Baptist church hist week. He
did the preaching while Mr. M. C.
Bellinger of Stahley Creek led the
singing. There were 2G additions to
the church on profession tit faith.
On Sunday Mr. Abernethy began a
revival at Pteasaht Grove Baptist
church, Beams Mill whteh runs
through this Wbek.
Next week Re begins a revival at
Now Hope Baptist churrh. At this
meeting the singing will be led by Mr.
Q. L. Frye of Hickory.
Boy Scouts Troop 2
Off To Black Mountain
___
Troop No. 2 of th Hoy Scouts of
i America, left at 8 o'clock Monday
morning for Black Mountain for an
I * ncampmvnt of ten days. They were
jin charge of Hi. f. Henry Da\ - of the
Shelby public school faculty as head
j scout master and Ha-kid Wilson as
j assistant scout master. They hoys
! took their camping equipment along
with th°m and were dressed in full
I scout regalia. As they left the.it head*
J quarters at the City Hull Monday
| morning they were in high spirits and
'many friends waved them lo.od-bye.
First patrol L-. composed of Kd Har
ris, William Newton, Kverett Dellin
ger, A. B. Bridges, Mnlcomh Spangler
and J. T. Goforth, while - crawl pa
1 trol is composed of Huge no Hoyle,
Lloyd Lutz, Roland Hamrn k, Paul
| Roberts, Clay Poston, A. It. I'avel,
| William Grigg, Tom (irigg and Rich
1 ard Riviere.
I This troop of tiov scouts has been;
doing some charity work which is
commendable. A short time ago they
: gave Mote Carpenter $10 worth of
' groceries,
CONDITION OF MRS MINOR
DOGGEfT IS VERY SI RIOF
The condition of Mr
gett continues quite sit
home on Graham street :
children arrived Friday
bedside. This is the fir*
children have all been t
years. They are Mrs. .).
Asheville, Mrs. R. S.
Gaffney, S. ('., and Me
Tom and Hal Doggett
this state, and Charles
place.
Miner Dog
mas at hei
end al| of her i
to lie at her
t time the
■gether in 25
K. Cuwan of
Lipscomb of
ssrs George,
of Jeff-.rson,
It., of this
People Want Uncle
Sam To Do Everything
Robert K. Lee Saner, of Dallas,
T< x.. president of the American Bar
association, in his annual address to
that body points cut that there is a
spirit abroad in the land that prompts
a man to object to do for himself
what ho can pet the government to
do for him; that he first pets the
government to do everything for him
and then hlaims the government for
everything that does i nt. siiit him.
There is assuredly good ground for
his indictment.
He says, further, that every twelve*
workers in the T’nited States, support
a government employee, federal, state
or municipal. He does not sum this
up ns “one loaf for every baker's
dozen," but if he had there might have
been some little excuse for the sar
casm. Compared to private enter
prise, government bureaus (for In.
stance) are notoriously inefficient.
The trend deplored by Mr. Saner
was adequately illustrated hv the last
congress. As a result, every bureau
employee bumped by General Dawes*
campaign of efficiency and economy
i« back on the job. There are more
bureaus; there are more bureaus
about due; there are more bureaus
yet to be established. There may
soon be a bureau fnr every lo t col
lar button in the country. There are
scores of earnest reformed* who have
lost 'em.
Mr. Saner, with grim satire, sug
gests one means of calling a halt.
Let congress continue to "investigate"
he suggests. It will then have less
time to tamper with the Constitution
less time to increase the output of
sumptuary, paternalistic and experi
mental legislation.
Perhaps it would pay the country
to pay congressmen to keep away
from Washington,-Philadelphia Even
ing Ledger.
Three cheers for the filling station
that furnishes water and gas with
out mixing them.
I
APPLICATION I'OII PAYItOL.
| Notice is hereby given that npplicu
j tion will be made to the Governor of
North Carolina for the pardon or pa
role of Ed Terry, who submitted for
manslaughter at the October Term
111215, of Cleveland Superior court, and
was sentenced to a term of five years
in the State Penitentiary.
This July 2tith 11)24.
J. X. TKKRY.
A DM IN ISTK AT(IK'S N (*T ICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of V. A. Mitchem, de
ceased, late of Cleveland county.
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the os
tatc of the said deceased to exhibit
‘Or.- - to the undersigned at Lawndale,
N. C., on or before 21>th duy <>f July
oi this notice will he pleaded ill
bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will make imme
diate settlement.
This July 28th, 924.
C. C. WRIGHT, Adtnr. of V. A.
Mitchem.
Jno. P. Mull, A tty.
TAKE
100 % SotUudw GawutMi) M
HQ CHARGES
“We Know Its Merits.” j
Cleveland Drug Co.,
Riviere Drug Co.,
South Shelby Pharmacy
Julius A Suttle Druggist
Paul Webb, Druggist
OPINIO Ns'
— OF OTHERS—
CKMTNK JEFFERSONIAN DEM-1
(H RAT
(From Asheville Citizen)
■John VV. Davi- does not shrink from j
th“ imputation that he is a Jefferson- i
ian Democrat. He fairly revels ini
tire, impeachment. Writing in The j
Nation, a weekly of very radical ten- |
• '(•ru ii s. William Hard lodged this j
i against the Democratic rto’m
;ri"e. Mr. Davis with a plea of guilty,
declaring:
‘i am a real Jeffersonian Denio
; rat. 1 personally think that Jeffer
son was the greatest political thinker
tills country has produced and I ex
p. . t to die in that faith.
"If .Jefferson’s principles are true,
and 1 think they are, then they re
main true even with changing times.
Them application fnav change, bnt
they do not."
William Hard was not writing in de
rision when he alluded to Mr. Davis
a a .Jeffersonian Democrat. He was
merely undertaking to interpret the
Democratic candidate by cataloguing
him. lint Mr. Davis took advantage i
of the opportunity created by Mr.
Hard to make it very clear that he
was a Jeffersonian Democrat of the
most genuine sort and that he rrjotc
"d in his faith.
Thomas Jefferson wns a very
adroit politician as his enemies had
abundant occasion for learning to
their discomfiture. There was in his
generation no clever hand at the prac
tical' game of politics. But he was
tome thing larger than a mere politi
cian or even a statesman. Hp was
a political thinker who founded u
great school of political thought. He
laid down certain fundamental princi
ple of government upon which a clear
division of political thinking could he
had.
Jefferson's principles are just as
true and as applicable today us they
were when he first defined them.
Conditions have changed. The nation
has grown from thirteen little colo
nies into a mighty republic stretch
ing from ocean to ocean. But his
political philosophy remains, offer
ing solutions for all the problems *hat
vex us in these latter days.
And because he is a hoha fide Jef
fersonian Democrat John Davis is a
genuine liberal. He stands as far re
moved from the con versatism of Oool
idge as he does from the radicalism
of I.nFollette. He is as hostile to
the class government of the one as
he is the class government advocated
by the* other.
There' a Reason
(From Gaffney Ledger)
Some farmers can work twelve
! hours a day on a piece of land and
make a hare living.
i Dther farmers can work on the
! snme piece of land ten hours a day
1 and make a living and a profit be
| sides.
Some men take a business enter
| prise, and not only fail to make n
living, but go'seriously in debt.
Dther men can take the same en
terpr!sei with all its handicaps, and
make it profitable.
I There's a reason for the differ
ence.
i The successful man studies condi
tions and analyses suggestions and
makes improvements as rapidly as it
is possible for him to do so. His
returns are in proportion to the artiv.
1 it>• of his brain.
Tlie failure is slow to change. He.
; doesn’t take nnv stock in new fan
| ded ideas. What was good enough
tor h’.s father was good enough for
i him. And that is all he gets.
W hen put to practical use, brains |
become a valuable asset. When
| merely carried around in the skull,
they aW useless.
Cleveland Lights
(From Gastonia Gazette!
j A mnwrani* has recently be*n m
j lUffurated in Cleveland county where
| bv the farmers might hove the elec
: trie power lines of the Southern Pow-1
jrr company extended. The movement
| originated in tile county hoard of ed- j
ueation upon food crops this summer. I
A certain section of Mecklenburg
j county near Charlotte liar acquired
! the advantages of cheap power by
; erecting the line, furnishing the poles,
! etc.
I NText to the automobile electric
| power is the greatest boon to the
farmer. With Gaston in the heart of
the hydro-electric development of the
i Smith there should be no reason why
.the rural districts should not be sup
! plied with power. Every town in the
county has Southern Power company
| “juice” and if some concerted move
ment were made we believe the coun
try people could secure power also.
1 hink of the labor saving machinery
and devices which should be installed
on the farm with an nbundance of
electric power available. There would
bo no more drudgery in drawing wat
er, churning, sawing wood, sewing,
washing, etc.
The Cleveland Star says that a!
ready many of the farmers living hear j
Shelby are enjoying the convenience i
ot electricity. Power lines extend I
north as far as Double Shoals, a dis
tance of si xmilcs, northwest as fat ns
t • I). Hicks, up to the Fallston road
as fur us Spurlin’s store, east os far
or Cleveland Springs, southeast as
far as the Lily Mill and west as far
as G. C. Hamrick’s. If these can en
joy electricity, there is every reason
to believe that it is in the power of
others to have it and in the course of 1
time we expect to see electric Wires
stretching throughout Cleveland coun
ty and serving thousands of homes
just as the telephone is now serving
them and making farm life mure at
tractive and inviting.
I p to Tom and Charlie
(From Statesville Daily)
It is noted with interest that Mr.]
\\. T. Best, newspaper writer who
talks in church on occasion, speaking
before a Sunday school at Duke a j
few days ago deplored tiie general
lack of reverence in this generation.'
The indictment holds, as most folk*]
will agree. And it comes to mind in |
this connection that Mr. Chas. A.!
Wehlj, of the Asheville Citizen, in his j
address as retiring president of the’
North Carolina Press Asneiation, at |
Morehead City a few weeks ago, also j
deplored the lack of reverence, or j
rather respect, among newspapei
writers for public officials. If Messrs.
Bust and Webb are together on this
matter they might put on some pro
paganda that would help the condition
of which they complain.
“Incidentally" Takes
Up Hatcher Hughes
Says Nell Battle Lewis writing in
the “Incidentally” column of the Ral
eigh News and Observer:
“Hatcher Hughes’ “Hell-Bent Foi
Heaven,” is a play the scene of which
is laid in North Carolina and the
principal character of which is a re
ligious fanatic converted at a revi
val. As you know, jt recently attract
ed the attention of the country by
winning the Pulitzer Prize for the
year’s best play. Paul Green wrote
a story, “The Devil’s Instrument,”
which appeared in the July Atlantic
Monthly and which was about the ef
fects of a revival in North Carolina
on a lovable fiddler. Gerald .Johnson
in the July issue of the American
Mercury discussed “Saving Souls” as
.... - . .. — ~
2 Billion Tax Taken
By Fires In Year
Annual waste by flames has
reached an enormous figure,
the Fire Underwriters report
and most of this waste is due
to carelessness!
You can’t always block the
other fellow’s heedless action,
so do the next best thing— ,
Carry* adequate insurance
so if loss comes the means to
rebuild and replace follow
right after.
Let us call and give you pric
es on Insurance policies in old
established companies, that
will josl fit you!- needs. Write,
phdne, or stop in!
Insurance Department
Clevelaiid Bank &
Truat Co.
Shelby, N. C.
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EVANS E.
McBRAYER
HAS THE BEST
SELECTED
STOCK OF
MEN'S AND
YOUNG MEN’S
CLOTHING,
SHOES,
HATS
AND
FURNISHINGS
BETWEEN
CHARLOTTE'
AND
ASHEVILLE
HE LEADS
WHEN IT
COMES TO
QUALITY
STUFF AT
POPULAR
PRICES.
SEE
HIM
TODAY
u i« done by the revivalist in the
M>uth and with the Ham-Kamsey !r,
Raleigh, North Carolina, as an intro
duct ion.
I rt» a pine someone who has heard of
the “Progress" of North Carolina
rading Mr. Hughes’ play, Mr.
Green s story and Mr. Johnson’s dis
cussion. I see this person scratching
his load and muttering dubiously,
“'Progress”’" On his first visit to
this state lie might quite reasonably 1
expert to he greeted by a thunderous,
antiphonal “Hallelujah! Amen!’’ from j
thi' collective luii**: TVT the population j
of North Carolina.
“In this recent literary outburst, j
North ( arolina appears much more i
concerned with Hell and witch-doctors
than with good roads. It's funny—
and it x just as well. Meaning no dis- 1
respect to Willie Richardson’s “Pro- j
grossive North Carolina’’ printed in
The Review of Reviews not long ago,!
I call Mr. Richardson’s attention to '
the fact that he failed to mention that ]
lively local institution, the revival, in i
his sketch of the state. Messrs. '
Hughes, Green and Johnson have
EVANS E.
McBRAYER
Can and will give
you more for your
money in
Clothing,
Shoes
And
Hats
than the other fel
lows. Why?
Low overhead ex
penses. No idle
clerks. Good spot
cash buying. He
knows his business
from A to Z.
EVANS E.
McBRAYER
For the best
SUIT,
HAT
AND
SHOES
In Shelby for the
price.
Look elsewhere
Then look here
and we will prove
that what we say
is true.
Special prices
on your outfit for
August.
Business is good
here.
Why?
We give you
your moneys
worth every day in
the year.
merely made up for his omi-iMon—
they have helped to complete the
picture; they, have given us the re
verse of the coin. and the coin Unques
tionably has two sides. On the same.
:de with the revival is the problem
of the tenant farmer, of the cotton
mill worker, of the black—to mention
oi ly part of it..
Now that the reading public knows
pretty well what the revival means
in our young North Carolina lives,
some of the literary hoys might tell
the world that we do something down
EVANS E.
McBRAYER
INVITES
COMPARISON
IN
GOODS
AND
PRICES.
Look all over town
—then look here
and you be the
judge and jury as
to who gives you
the best goods in
Shelby for the
money.
Seeing is believing
Com eand see for
yourself.
New customers
ar ecoming to this
store daily.
here in ihi- sec’ion of our beloved
Southland besides shout awd pray^
that every now and then, say on al
termite Tuesdays, we concern our
•elves with something other than our
souls' salvation a la Ham.”
The child who “speaks a piece” the
best is not always .he one who
•\nnl-".- hie mark” in the world.
Love at first sight occasionally en
dures all right, but lovers should be
cert, in that their sight wiH not fail.
EVANS
E.
McBRAYER’S
LARGE
STOCKS
OF
CLOTHING,
SHOES, %
AND
FURNISHINGS
ARE
PAID
FOR.
HE PAYS CASH.
SELLS FOR
CASH.
BELIEVES IN
CASH SALES
AND SMALL
PROFITS.
His trade gets bet
ter and better.
Honest methods in
merchandising
will win while
others fail.
CALL AND
SEE US.
3TAVia>
An alert mind and body physically fit are needed to
attain success.
Business men whose opinions arc listened to with
respect; men who are capable of grasping the details of a
business problem quickly and thoroughly, usually show
those attributes.
Men noted tor business ability, as a rule, give much
attention to their physical condition. That’s why so
many men, and women too are taking up the bath-a-day
habit. They have found that, *'a v.ath-a.day Keeps you
fit e\ery way. This is a rule for health and success
whicji everyone can follow.
Ample, complete, modern facilities for making daily
bathing easy nnd delightful, are inexpensive to install.
The usual “one bathroom’’ house often fails to reach
modern bathing standards.
We can install bath-a-day facilities in you* home—
inexpensively.
J. G. DUDLEY
—Plumbing-Heating-Tinning -
Phone No. 561. Shelby, N. C.