Twenty-Nine Years Ago
(From The Cleveland Star of March 5, 1896.)
The Buffalo Mill
"The Buffalo Manufacturing Com
pany have succeeded in completing
tj-j,,;building and have purchased
.(,,!!• machinery and it has been ship.
,,,,,1. They will begin putting it in as
s0„n as it arrives, and expect to have
the machinery in operation by April
;,t. The company have sufficient cap
ita! and nothing will prevent the mill
being uccessfully operated.”
Had A Fire
••Last Friday afternoon two buITd
p.p. near the O. B. & C. depot, be
longing to Henry Macobson were to<*
tail destroyed by fire. The occu
pants of the house being in the field
the time, the origin of the fire is
unknown. It looked probable for a
time that the fire would spread and
burn the negro church and other build
ings nearby, but a change in the course
of the wind was favorable, and no
further damage was done. About $25.
00 in money was burned. Macobson is
an honest old darkey and the citizens
of town made up some money and
gave him to help bear his loss.”
]89fi Personals .
Mr and Mrs. P. B. McMurry visit
ed Mi - McMurr.v’s father, Mr. D. C.
IAssid, of Sharon Sunday.”
“Messrs. J, H. Carroll and Bloom H.
Kendall spent Sunday in Henrietta
vci v pleasantly.
“Mr. A. M. Hamrick went to Lattl
more Saturday. He reports the meas
le- plentiful in that section.”
i ne lougwmK are among tnose
who liave recently renewed their sub
scription: Messrs. D. P. Glascoe,
Camp Call; I). S. Lovelace, Metal, J.
F. Roberts, Patterson Springs, and
J. C. Poston, Beam’s Mill.’’
"The general and popular post
master, Mr. T. K. Barnett, accompan
ied by Mr. A. B. Suttle spent Sunday
with Mr. R. B. McBrayer, near Grov
er.”
Mr. D. C. Rollins and family of
Double Shoals, will move next week to
Gastonia. Mr. Rollins is a valuable
citizen and the people of Double
Shoals regret to lose him.”
"Mr. A. C. Miller will go to Char
lotte today to attend a meeting of the
directors of the Mecklenburg and Con
cord Presbyteries to decide on a place
to locate the college. Dr. Victor Mc
Brayer will go as a representative of
the citizens of Shelby to ask that the
college be located here."
‘‘.Master Joe Hoyle left Morganton
last week to enter school at Bel wood,
Cleevland county.—Morganton Herald.
"Mr. M. A. Gantt came up last week
from Cleveland county on his bicycle
to pay a visit to his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. A. G. Gantt, at Table Rock, Mr.
M. A. Gantt & Co., tanners and har.
ness manufacturing of Cleveland.—
Morganton Herald.”
"Messrs. J. W. Gidney and J. P
Aydlotte returned Thursday from
Louisville, Ky., where they had been
attending a medical college. They are
b"th bright oung men and will achievo
success in their chosen profession.”
Operation
"Mr. W. B. Turner of Earl’s station,
went to Charlotte last week and had
Dr. W. H. Wakefield the specialist
to remove a cataract from his eyes.
His vision is no longer impaired and
he is getting along nicely.”
GhiCoras
“The Chicora Literary club will give !
an entertainment about April 1st, for!
the benefit of the Vance fund. The
dub may be relied upon to give an
excellent entertainment and'the peo
ple will appreciate their praiseworth
effort to raise mone^..to erect a mon
ument to North Carolina’s purest and
noblest statesman, Zeb Vance, and
will patronize it liberally. The play
is entitled ‘Re-united.’ ”
Delightful Trip
“Misses Mayme Cabaniss, Helen
Borders and Lincy Morgan, accompan
ied by Messrs. Paul Webb, Josh Lat.
timore and Julius Suttle went to Doub-;
le Shoals Saturday and returned Sun- ;
day. They report a most delightful
trip.”
Lngineering Politics
“Capt. Jno. B. Eaves of Rutherford
ton, ex-Chairman of Republican State
Executive Committee, was here a few
‘lays this week. Capt. Eaves is one ot
the leading Republican in the State,
and although he has been as he says,
in the back ground for some time, and
though he said he was here on ‘strict
ly private business’, those who know
the dark hued man from Rutherford,
believe that he is engineering some
political schenle. He is a shrewd pol-^
itician and was opposed to fushion
from the beginning, and it is believed
that he is exerting himself in behalf
of a straight Republican ticket, both
State electoral. Eaves may be de
feated in his party ranks for a time
but he usually triumphs in the end.
The Republicans who are in for prin
ciple are flocking to him and are op
posing fusion.”
Growing Poultry
“The members of the Cleveland and !
Rutherford Poultry and Pet Stock As.
soeiation met here Monday and elect
ed the following officers for the en
suing year: President. W. D. Harriil,
of Ellenboro; Vice President, H. T.:
Hudson; Secretary, R. L. Simmons;
Treasurer, O. F. Martin; all of the
last named of this place. The board j
of directors and executive committee
were elected. L. J. Pope is chairman
of the executive committee. The next
poultry show will be held in Shelby,
December 16, 17 and 18, 1896.”
A Small Wreck
Monday afternoon there occurred
on the 0. R. & C. railroad a small
wreck. The southbound freight train
reached Patterson Springs and stop,
fed on the main track. Soon the south
bound passenger train came along and
ran into it, smashing up two empty
box cars and knocking the pilot off
the engine, and damaging it in other
ways. The engineer was slightly
wounded. It seems that no flag was
out, and the wreck was caused merely
by carelessness The O. R. and C.
appears to be having a great deal of
bad luck lately. This wreck means
some one will get a ‘leave of absence’
for, <i season.” •
Rev. Ike Wells, an intelligent col
ored preacher from Greensboro and
a former resident of Cleveland county
was here -Sunday, preached two serm
ons and delivered a lecture, in which
he exhorted his race to lay aside their
prejudice against their superiors, the
white people, and follow their ex
ample, as they’ have always been a
free people and are expected to set
an example, such is wholesome doc.
trine.”
Off to Baltimore
‘'Mr. C. G. Stanley left Monday for
Baltimore, where he goes to purchase
the spring and summer stock of goods
for the mammoth establishment of
Stamey Bros, of Fallston. Mr. Stam
ey will purchase a larger stock this
year than ever before. The firm of
Stamey Bros, have been doing bus!<
ness at Fallston for six years, ana
their business has steadily increased,
as is shown by their cash books. They
arc worthy of the large patronage
they receive. The people know them
and know that they are honest and
reliable men. They have achieved tnetr
enviable reputation in the mercantile
world by fair dealing.”
High Mass
“The first High Mass ever celebrat
ed in Shelby took place last Wednes
day morning at 8:30, Rev. Father
Francis, O. .S. B., of Charlotte, being
the celebrant. The musical program
was as follows: Kyrie, (trio) Olays
Wuerth; Gloria (Quartet) Olays
Wuerth: Offatory (soprano solo) To
Thee, Oh Lord 1 Turn, Barnett; Sanc
tus, Olays Wuerth; Communion, (trio)
Oh Lord I am not Worthy; Hymn,
(quartet) Come Holy Ghost; Recess
sional (quartet) Holy God we Praise
They Name, German Choir; Sermon
by Father Francis from St. Matthew',
Chapter XVIT, verse 4—‘Lord it is
good for us to be here!.”
A Boy Who Killed Himself. ,
Monroe Enquirer.
Last week in Ohio a boy of four
teen years methodically collected his
old books, a few cherished papers and
his toys, piled them in a heap, and
set them on fire. After watching
them burn he went into his room,
shut the door, and blew out his brains.
There is a missing cog in a civili
zation when this happens. It is un
natural for a lad of good mind, and
no hint of unsoundness is in the pre
sent case, to give up his life. What
was the reason ? His mother died a
year ago, and he had assumed the
job of caring for his father and two
younger brothers, cooking the meals
and washing their clothes. The press
dispatch says“ all the time he longed
to play with the other boys and to
go to school.”
There are many good people in his
home town, who were deeply moved
by his death. If they had known be
fore, if they had realized the dark
outlook on the young horizon, or had
dreamed of the dregs that the boy
was drinking they would have rushed
to his side witli aid. They did not
know. Even the Christians did not
know. There is something wTong with
civilization!
Nickels Are Less Useful.
Newcastle Times.
The nickel, a coin that was* once
highly honored in our monetary sys
tem and which in past years had a
respectable purchasing power, has
lost its place in the economies of our
daily life. Time was when it was good
for a cup of coffee, a glass of beer,
other things. But “them happy days
a show, a ham sandwich, and countless
is gone” and the mince or custard
pie, a bowl of soup nickel*, commonly
called a “jitney,” is relegated to the
negligible job of serving as a neces
sity of making change. It is stated
that dimes and nickels thought goods
valued at $215,000,000 in one chain
of 5 and 10-cent stores last year, but
usually when combined in paying for
one article, perhaps. The old 5 and
10 cent stores are now selling articles
for 25 and 50 cents. They had to do
*o in order to keep in business as the
buying power of the dime grew less
and less. It may bo that the dime and
nickel will stage a comeback some
time, but there are no indications that
they will recover their former buying
power.
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—SHELBY SIDELIGHTS—
— R. D. —
It must be Spring-time, Easter
time and new bonnet-time. See the
window display at Efirds. Men’s
straw hats already dangling befote
the eye and priced. They look odd
now—they’ll soon be common.
This time next' month Shelby folks
will be preparing for a trip to Char
lotte. The second speed classic on
the Charlotte speedway will be held
Monday, May 11, and hundreds of
local people caught the flashing oval
fever at the initial race between the
daredevils. To know that Tommy
Milton, Earl Cooper, Peter DePalo, j
Harry Hartz and Bennett Hill will
he there means a pood crowd from
Shelby for the quintet met with fa
vor on their North Carolina debut.
One can almost hear a big motor
roaring down the straightaway after
taking a bank.
Americans judge their little play on
earth by the word “time”—not neces
sarily meaning seconds, hours, u'ecks
or years, but time as it denotes a sea
son. First in the order of months
there comes Winter-time, then Spring
time and Easter, and where a com
munity is still an open book unin
terrupted by too much city bustle the
next is “commencement time.” And
over the county the smaller schools
are closing, commencem^hts are the
big events of the year. Soon after
Easter the -larger schools begin talk
ing of commencement and ere long
the boys and girls are home again.
An attraction that plays second
only to fresh paint Is a brass band.
One might know that there are few
simpletons in the real estate game.
A brass band will gather a crowd
quicker than anything else, less il he
scandal—Presto! Auction sale, big
crowds. Shelby grows on.
For the scientists “Buck” Hardin
t
relates a new tale. One that had it
been heard by Darwin might have pro
duced a different influence on our
lives—and sure enough would it not
be just as comfortable to have de
scended from a chicken as a monkey
“Buck” never misses anything freak
ish in life even if he has to he the
perpetuator. His latest yarn is that
of a 20-year-old hen, and he does say
that the ancient cluckcr has wrinkles
under her eye and sunken gums just
like very old people. At that you’ll
have to admit that a chicken crosses
the road with more wisdom than a
human.
Now we feel a little more secure
about our future in life since 0. M
Uni! lias been appointed one of the!
hectors at the State Hospital at!
>’ orgnnton.
Shelby people oft draw the eon-'
•lusion that Clyde Hoey would have i
nade an extraordinary preacher In
addition to being an orator with few
oiperiors he has an expression that
s so sincere it moves his hearers
ivith his own emotions. In the *«eent
•ivil court docket in whiMi Mr. Hoey
von a $15,000 suit, the county’s larg
est, a rival lawyer remarked to Mr.
floey immediately following his
ipeech to the jury: “You would have
tiade an evangelist thut would put
diame to Bill Sunday.” Mr. Hoey at
east converted that jury to his line
if thought.
The Star during the Philbetk
Erancis hearing made mention of the
fact that so many young people and
women were attending the heating
and drinking in every word of the
evidence regarding immorality and
Editor Cook of The Uplift explains it i
as being a change brought about by
time. Says the Uplift:
“We are tearing down the St. Cloud
hotel, once perhaps the neatest and
most attractive little hotel in the
state—hut that was a long time ago.
Why, t'us hotel had a bathroom, j
something that astonished the public.
i'or years >t ran with a patronage
made up entirely of males. It was .he
rarest thing that a woman made hold :
to enter the hotel And when she did it
was with fear and trembling. She sat
back until everybody got out of the
way before hse transacted any busi
ness with the clerk.
"The management finally e mclud
-d 'hat to t}| perl to the patronage of
the women, whb found jt necessary
to stop at a hotel, it must provide for
a ladies’ entrance, so the St. Cloud
constructed a dark hallway, through
which lady guests landed either in the
dining-room or at the stairway for
upstairs. But in later years, nt this
aelf-same hotel, this ladies' entrance
was discarded and the women march
ed in where the baser sex did and
stood right up at the clerk's desk, de
manding their rights and, if you were
not careful, my lady would push you
aside.
How things have changed in the
ability and disposition of women in
doing today what they would not
think of doing just a few years ago
is illustrated by the article fron the
Shelby Star.”
As yet we notice the court house
has not enjoyed » bath.
A landmark of Shelby’s proudest
history is being torn away. Workmen
are engaged in removing the old house
to the rear of the post office—the
house where Tom Dixon lived when a
boy. Many great men and noble wo
men started life in Shelby, or so the
community historians relate and even
to outsiders they relate correctly, and
of the lot the most famous perhaps is
Tom Dixon. The great author and
playwright is an international charac
ter. His books are a fixed part of
American literature; his plays step
ping stones in stage succession, and
the film, “Birth of a Nation,” pro
duced from his book one that has
weathered the years and criticism and
will thrill movie audiences until cine
ma operators flash thir final good
night. Shelby has wont in days gone
by and up to the present to point out
the dilapidated old structure that
housed Tom Dixon in his youth.
“Yessir,” you can hear some of the
residents say, “Tom Dixon spent his
boyhyod here and he lived right over
there in that old house.” But the house
in n few days will be no more and
those interested in remembering and
pointing out proud bits of town his
tory will say “the house where he liv
id stood here”—so the cycle of time
clips off connection. This world and
one more, and the hardbolled maver
icks add “and the fireworks.”
YOUTH BELIEVED
TOOL OF CRACKSMEN
Asheville, April 3—Dwaln Patton
said by Federal authorities to be an
accomplice of a professional gang of
post office robbers and safe blowers
who operated extensively in western
North Carolina last fall and winter,
was bound over to Federal court at a
preliminary hearing today by Commis
sioner V. L. Gudger.
Patton is a 19 year old boy, son of
a prominent farmer near Waynes
ville, and is charged with complicity
in the robbing of the Clyde, Whittier
and Belva post offices. Tie also bus a
charge against him < tiding in the
state court for alleged participation
in the robbery of a Black Mountain
drug store and several filling stations.
Patton was picked up by a gang
of professional cracksmen in the opin
ion el the Federal officers, who work
ed on the case, and was used by them
in robbing the postoffiees mentioned.
This same gang it is believed, |is re
sponsible for the robbery of at least
a dozen postoffiees between Asheville
and the Tennessee line betwen Sep
tember last year and February of this
year.
EASTER SERVICE AT ST. PAUL
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
The St. Peters Sunday school is go
ing to give an Easter program Sun
day afternoon at 2 p. m. Rev. Caleb
Hoyle of Shelby will deliver an ad
dress after program is rendered.
Preaching at 3 p. ni. \y pastor, Rev,
J. M. Green.
More than 3,000,000 automobile
■ brakes are defective. How are yours?
A GREAT SUCCESS
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS FOR HELP
ING US TO MAKE THIS SALE A SUCCESS. WE HAVE MADE SWEEPING
LOW PRICES ALL OVER THE STORE TO MAKE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
THE BIGGEST DAYS. COME AND SEE—SEEING IS BELIEVING.
ALUMINUM SALE SATURDAY
MORNING AT 10 O’CLOCK
5 qt. Kettle, 4 qt. Pitcher, 10 qt. Bucket, 4
qt. Percolator, 6 qt. Sauce Pot, 1 1-2 qa.
Double Boiler, 10 qt. Dish Pan. Large size
Roaster, Sauce Pan, set of 3. Many other
useful pieces. See window display, ft Cl,.
Your choice... OUC
MEN’S CLOTHING AT REDUCED
PRICES FOR PRE-EASTER SALE
Men’s 3-piece suits, new and Stylish. Bought
for this sale—
$10.95 $12.50 & $14.95
Men’s Blue Serge Suits worth ft 1 ft
up to $25.00. Sale price. * 1 0#iJU
Men’s light color spring suits with 2 pairs of
pants. Wide bottom pants. ftOyf Cfi
Very special...
BOY’S SUITS
We have every wanted sytle and color in
Boy’s Clothing. Most of them have 2 pail’s
of pants. A cut price for this sale-^
$4.98 $5.95 $6.95 $7.95
$12.95 $13.95
SEE US FOR YOUR NEW STRAW HAT
For Easter. We have them galore.
READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT
FULL AND COMPLETE
—SILK DRESSES—
Every Price And Color
$3.98, $4.48, $4.95, $6.95, $7.95, $8.75,
$9.95, $12.50, $14.50, $16.75, $18.50,
$19.75, $21.75, $24.50, $27.50,
$32.50 AND $34.50
EFIRD’S DEPARTMENT STORE, Shelby, N. C.