North Carolina Newspapers

I SOUTH HOS COM E INTO IT'S Oli IFTEfi Minr WEARY YEARS (From The Magazine of Wall Street) It has taken the South a half cen tury to shake off the incubus of the 0V*jl War and Cotton. The former, as everyone knows, reduced a fertile and prosperous territory to the starvation Lint, swept away the accumulated health and property of years and crjpplr(| the South financially and physically. Cotton was, and still is, the main ly of Southern prosperity. For rears the South and the North, too, for that matter, thought of Southern welfare only in terms of the great staple- The world was blind, or seem jnply so, to the great mineral wealth, agricultural possibilities, and natural advantages of that great area known aa'the South and which includes about one-third of the area and population of the United States. All that has changed. Like^ great, slumbering giant, the South has at last awakened to a realization of its own tremendous possibilities. There is a boom on below Mason & Dixon’s l ne reminiscent, to those who are old enough to remember, of the great days of the building of the West. Growth of the South in the last few years has been nothing short of amazing. When H. H. Flagler built the Florida East Coast Railway and the late Henry H. Rogers built a model railroad to the rich coal fields of West Virginia from the seacoast, such activities were regarded as the fancies of multi-millionaires who could afford to indulge their senti mental proclivities. But they were merely anticipating events and events have now caught up to their imagin ings. Capital invested in cotton manu facturing in the South now exceeds {1,000,000,000. New England mill owners are meeting the situation by buying into existent Southern mills or by building additional mills below the tine. During the last eighteen or twenty months it is estimated that ap proximately $1,000,000,000 of New England capital has gone South. In the last five years 90 per cent of new cotton mills have been built in the South. Each year has seen an increasing stream of Winter travel to the South land. At first it was only great cara vansaries at Palm Beach and Miami which catered to the wealthy, but the establishment of public camping grounds all over the South makes it possible for those of moderate cir cumstances to enjoy the pleasures of a Winter vacation. For every private car which migrates Southward, ten thousand flivvers now cross the line | at the beginning of Winter. The ■ farmer from Idaho, the shopkeeper | from New Hampshire, the artisan l from Michigan, in fact, representativ es from practically every State in the Union can be found rubbing el bows and living in contentment at al | most any public encampment. In many parts of the South a real estate boom is flourishing. The daily prints are full of tales of poor and rich persons who bought a few or many acres a year or so ago, and who have sold them at thousands of per cent profit. Miami is a real est ite El Dorado, as long as the boom lasts. Men talk in millions of building op t erations where a few years ago they talked in thousands. During 1924 the total amount of contracts let for building operations in the South, not including any building costing less than $10,000, aggregated $676,000, 000 compared with $558,000,000 in 1923. Almost every day it seems, we read of the plan for some mammoth hotel which will cost $5,000,000 or more. During 1924, more than 600 ho tels with an aggregate cost of about $250,000,060 were built in the South. At the same time, the South is build nig with equal rapidity, office build ing with equal rapidity, office build ings, schools, churches and other costly edifices. » In short, the South has come into its own after weary years. No more need to moan, “Gone art the days—” Eor while the old days have indeed gone forever, they have beer succeed ed by an effulgent day more sun shiny than any of the past. The pres ent boom will subside, eventually, as all booms must do, but the great pro , gress the South has made will not be lost. With its great natural power re sources, vast foresrs, rich minerals, unusual fertility, varied climate and accessibility to the world’s great mar kets, all the South needs to place in the forefront of the country’s most prosperous sections, is additional population and added capital. And the South is getting both! Many Anxious To Hear Hoey’s Speech To Cole Case Jury A dispatch from R. E. Powell, cov ering the Cole trial in the Richmond county court house at Rockingham, says: Greatest interest is directed to* Sards' the speech which is to be made hy former Congressman Clyde 5. Hoev, of private prosecution' for the state. Newspaper men here have re ceived numerous telegraphic' requests to wire folks in various sections of the state when the silver-tongued barris ter from Shelby will make his argu ment. States attorneys said today It nad not been definitely determined ^vho would open and close . for the rrost-sutiortr The same* situation ap pears to exist with respect to the Tine lawyers representing the defendant-. WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT hnwell Lady Claims HERB JUICE "as Only Medicine To Relieve Bad < ase Of Stomach Trouble. think your HERB JUICE is a wonderful medicine. It was the only ' tifr to ever help me and I expect !' a!|y'e a bottle in the house at all 'nics ’ said Mrs. Mary McDaniel of <nvoH. N. C., during n recent con "rsat'on with the HERB JUICE demonstrator. before I used this medicine,” con tnued Mr. McDaniel, “I was in a ' r'uy run-down condition, brought suPPose, by a bad case of stom •u > trouble and, constipation. I suf all the time with indigestiorl v'oul'l have such severe dizzy spells could hardly stand up or ^e. nerves were all unstrung and "°t rest or sleep at night. SOVt'ral pounds in weight in jus • months. I tried first one med "' and then another, but none o mm seemed to reach my trouble o "e nip any relief. Friends of min had been helped by HERB JUIC << vised me to give it a trial. i WKan using it some time ag V' 1 ilni fflad to say it has simpl ™.ne w,,r,ders for me. I can and d anything I want and never hav j '. ,ouhle after eating. My stomac l’ 'n a ^'ne shape and I have als 'n relieved of those dizzy attack: ‘, *'erv®* are in a splendid cpnditio T k Can rest and «leep well at nigh' aave also found HERB jUICE nrerfui laxative and fine for con Jrirr?' Before 1 used HER! w , , was not able to do my house all \i * *'oday I am able to do i i and not mind it one bit. As I sai ”rf’ 1 think HERB JUICE is 3tr,ful medic*ne and feel sure i sanm asVwaT Wh° ** SUffering th J11CE is guaranteed t at sa,IHfactkm or money .refunde WVIERE „ DRUG C O., Shelbv. N. C i cram to hm STATE TUB EXHIBIT ! . - $2,000 In Premiums Are Being Offer ed At The State Fair ; This Year. Raleigh.—At least eight of North Carolina’s best agricultural counties will compete in the county displays for which nearly $2,000 in premiums jhas been offered by the North Caro lina State Fair this year, it was learn ed from the fair management here. The first premium in this class is $500. The second is $4p0, the thid, , $300, and so on down to the eighth, j ninth and tejith for eftch^of /^rhickJ^SO j is offered. These county displays will J be made under the supervision of the ! county farm agents of State College and the exhibits will be largely edu cational. The material used in the ev i hibits must come from at least 10 farms of the county, with the dif ferent crops kept apart in the ex hibit. Already Entered. Those counties which have entered | exhibits to date, according to E. V. Walborn, manager of the State Fair, are Cleveland, under the supervision of County Agent R. E. Lawrence: Wake, under the supervision of Coun ty Agent John C. Anderson; Pasquo tank, under the supervision of County Agent G. W. Falls; Guilford, under the supervision of J. L. Wagoner; Craven, under the supervision of C. B. Faris; Buncombe, under the super vision of L. D. Thrash; Rutherford, under the supervision of F. E. Pat ton; and Pender, under the supervis ion of W. H. Robins. Cleveland county’s exhibit is ex pected to tell the story of that coun ty’s agricultural progress. It will es pecially show, says O. Max Gardner, president of the North Carolina State Fair, the work done in giving elec tric Jights to Cleveland's rural homes. Other features of good farming and the community activities will also be portrayed in this exhibit, and Mr. Gardner has expressed the hope that everyone in North Carolina will pay the exhibit a visit. In addition to the county displays, Mr. Walborn has recorded a number of entries in the community and in dividaul farm displays. The premiums offered for these two classes are also very liberal, says Mr. Walborn, and are expected to attract some of the best farm products grown in the state. CHARLOTTE GIRL IS KILLED BY AN AUTO Charlotte, Oct. 5.—Margaret Strick land, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Strickland, ofg E. Seventh street, was almost instantly killed this afternoon when struck by an automo bile driven by A. T. Smith, local busi ness man, near her home. The acci dent was considered unavoidable, it Is said the child darted out into the street direetlv in front nf the automo bile, __■__f « - WL Pirate Crew Which Will Fight for Series Flag Pittsburg hasn’t been In the hftbtt of winning btlf league pennants, sa this j’ear the Pirates will fight hard (a win the world series flag Front row, left to rlpllt: Hans, Moore, Culloton, Sheehan, mascot, 15ns. Wright, Cuylef, Kremer, Gooch. Second row: Oldham, Smith, Trayr.oj-. McInnJ.r. Carey, McKechnle, Clark, Blgbee, Thomi>aon, Spencer, Grantham, Austen. Pack row: Frasier, lllr.ehinan, Onslow, IJarnhart, Aldridge, S. Watters, secretary; B. Prcjfus president: S. Preyfus, treasurer, Rawlings, VUe, *Ul»ari, Morrlspn, .Meadows* , v __ , Get Cotton Stalks Ploughed Under As Soon As Crop Is Out Young Squares Now on the Stalks arc Hibernating Places far Weevils During the Winter. A vigorous campaign is being wag ed in this section by the Southern Cotton Oil company, by R. E. Law rence, farm demonstrator and by the state department of agriculture, urg ing farmers toget their cotton picked and stalks down before frost comes, as this is a matter of great impor ts nee in exterminating the weevil fo\ the next season. It is reported in :r number of sections that young squares are now on the plant and unless theue are ploughed under before frost, these squares will house the weevils through the winter and cause heavy damage next summer. Cant. J. Frank Jenkins of the Shel by Oil mill was discussing the matter with The Star yesterday and said': “As you know the boll weevil feeds on the little tender buds of the cot ton stalks, and there is a lot of cotton that has taken a second growth since the rains arid the cotton picked out. If there are any young weevils they will feed .upon these buds and go into win ter quarters good and fat but if their leed is cut off, they will be weak and die before frost, as the weevils do r.ot go into winter quarters before frost. Right now is a good time to cut them off their feed, and kill the bulk of them. “If all the green cotton was plough ed under before frost and as soon a? the cotton is picked out, I believe thnt we would kill most of them, and if we then had a hard winter there 1 would be none left and it would be a few years before there would be anoth er crop. “It is true we have had fut few' this year and they have not done us any damage, but just as sure as we have a wet July and August next yea and there are weevils left they will sure do damage.” A Prayer. God give us men who boast of the money they spend for education. Give us men who are unashamed to be proud of vast amounts spent in the transmission to the yoifth our culture, institutions, and things we hold dear to the human spirit. Give u* men who do not quail before the unthink ing clamor of greed couched in the man-pleasers’ appeal to the selfish ness of the crowd. GiVe us men whose courage does not fail and whose hearts do not flinch bpfore the as sault of the self-seekers who prey on the future generations. Give, us men who will not meet the eager enthus iasm of our children with niggard penury. Give us men whose answer to the cry of youth is not empty handedness. Give us men whose philosophy of education is something else than economy. God give us men who are unafraid to spend public money for the children of the race. Give us men who dare to refuse to cruc'fy childhood on the cross of poverty, Oh, God, give us men who be lieve that the highest function of the wealth of society is its dedication to the upbringing of the children of men. God give us men who believe in the race to be.—Nebraska School Journal. What in us is a virtue in our neigh bor is generally a fault. The Greatest of All HUDSONS at Lowest Prices in History v •*. ---ik l :t 1195 l» • *'• it- it," for the COACH 91495 for the ‘Brougham—*1695 for the 7-Pass. Sedan AU prices freight and tax extra Everywhere Hudson is known as the World’s Greatest Buy That is not alone because of its selling price. The value is in performance, endurance and low operating cost. Such qualb ties are outstanding long after the price is forgotten. Hudson prices are lowest because tremendous volume has made possible economical methods of manufacture. The world’s largest production of Sixes—Hudson and Essex—opens economies that are not possible in a smaller production. Through increase of quality, greater sales result and volume economies that permit lower pricps. There you have the reason for Hudson’s leadership in value, in price, in sales. It explains why Hudson with the patented Super-Six principle >• has distinctive smoothness, long life, wide performance range, and why every Hudson owner is so enthusiastic. There can be no better proof that Hudson is the World’s Greatest Value than what owners say for it and that its sales leadership continues as it has now for years, the outstanding success of motordom. It is the World’s Greatest Value Everyone Says It—Sales Prove It HOEY MOTOR COMPANY Shelby, N. C. Twenty Nine Years Age From The Cleveland Star of September 24th, 1896. Moved Hut Paper. Col. Jno. C. Tipton hns moved his paper, the Rutherford Democrat, to Oxford, where it is published hr the organ of the so called National golc Democratic party in this state. It be gins with a circulation of 10,000 copies per week. We wish Colonel Tipton, personally, the fine success to which his ability and industry entitles hiiv, but we regret to see him get out ot ; the Democratic band wagon and go off with the side show,” ^ompany, Attention! The Cleveland Guards returned Sat-i urday from Charlotte. They broke camp Saturday. The guards enjoyed the encampment and the march through the country. Company H. dis tinguished itself in many wavs an 1 made a host of friends among the boys of the Fourth regiment. Ctptain Gard ner, of the Guards, was conceded to 1 be one of the best officers in the reg- : iment. He is the youngest captain in point of years of military service, in the Fourth regiment, but he handled j his men better on the march than any of his senior captains. “H— Bent fer Election." E. Y. Webb, esq., addressed the j Poplar Springs Democratic club lact Saturday night and made a capital speech. He gave a history of all the i political parties and then discussed the financial question, showing how 1 silver had been demoneiitir.ed and the j iniquitous Sherman act fraudulently foisted upon the American people. His speech made a fine impression and will do good. There was a large crowd out to hear him, many of them being Populists. They Travelled Without Flivvers. Mrs. J. T. Gardner spent a few days in Charlotte Jakt week visiting her i sister, Mrs. J. D. McCall. She went; to hear ‘President' Bryan and s,ee the j Fourth regiment N. C. S. G. in camp, j Messrs M. P. Petty of Fallston and j W. F. Royster of Beams Mill calico I in last week and paid their subscrip tions. They had some pleasant things to say of The Star. Misses Alma McBreyer and Mary Hufham left Wednesday for Converse Miss Mary Lou Eskridge, after an extended visit to her brother, Rev. T. J. Eskridge, at Bramwell, W. Va., re turned home Friday. Mr. T. J. Babington was in Hickory last week visiting his brother. Mr. T. W. Kendrick got home Mon day from a two weeks trip to the Granite state. He has been visiting some of tha most charming ‘people’ in the state of New Hampshire at their lovely residence at Red Stone. Mr. G. D. Ray, a prominent citizen of Burnsville, Yancey county is here visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Wray. Miss Ella Hamrick who has been boarding at Mr. A. M. Hamirck’s and going to the graded school, is sick at her home at Lattimore. Dt. E. B. Lattimore left last Friday for Belview Medical college, New York, where he will spend six monthfi. | Wedding Bells. i The Reformer of last week says.* !"Dr. J. G. Hord and Miss Carrie White, both.of this city, were happily united in the holy bonds of iftatrimbu'*? on Tuesday evening. Rev. J. D. Ar nold officiating. As soon as they were married they took the train for New York. Their many friends extend to them congratulations and wisn them a happy life.” Police! Police! Andy Buff, a mulatto resident ot No. 11 township was brought here Monday night by Deputy Sheriff M. P. Lattimore of No. 8 township, and placed in jail to await the fall term of court, Buff and John I^jmt had a quar j re! at Ivey Hill churen Sunday. John ; left the church and went home. Anoy Buff followed him and renewed the quarrel. Walter Hunt,,John’s father, went to the parties and tried to quiet them and prevent any fuss. This en raged 'Buff so that he shot the old man Hunt in the head and killed him instantly and then shot John twice, fatally wounding him. Buff fled but was captured Monday as above stated. Walter Hunt, the murdered man, was 75 years of age and is said to have been a quiet p^pceable old negro. The above are the facts as we have been able to. learn them. Pay Up Boys! The county commissioners met Mon day and examined the bond of Mr. J. j K. Wells, the successful bidder for the tax list, and found it to be per fectly good and the tax list was plac ed in his hands and he is ready now to collect the taxes for 1896. “Little Stars” of Long Ago. Dr. B. F. Dixon will address the Democratic club at Patterson Springs Thursday night and the club at Falls ton Saturday night. Everybody invited to come to hear him. Sunday the colored people had their annual camp meeting at Vestibule and it was accompanied by the usual fights. One negro was shot in the leg and razors were used freely. Clerk of Court T. D. Ltatimore has awarded the contract for making new election boxes to Mr. W. H. Thomp son, of Belwood, the lowest bidder for 30 cents per box. This is very cheap—lower than other counties have been paying for their new boxes. Mr. Thomas Ware :an aged and re spected citizen of No. 5 township, died Friday September 11 and wds buried the following Saturday at Long Creek, Gaston county. He Was a good citizen and will be much misBed. ijugh Camp, son of J. A. Camp, k brakeman on the Southern, was dan gerously wounded last Monday. His head struck the bridge over the rail road at Kings Mountain and his skull was cracked. He is conscious and th* Saintly Woman. Mrs. Edmund Lovelace died Friday afternoon at 6 o’clock of paralysis. She had been very greatly afflicteu for several months and was entirely helpless and those who were near to her knew she could not linger long. Through all of her suffering she was patient nnd submissive, and endure<i with a Christian fortitude the puin of death. She was 68 years of age and hud been a devoted member of the Baptist church for half a century. All of the Democrats and Populists from this county who heard Bryan at Charlotte were highly pleased with hint. One Republican from this coun ty who heard him has already circu lated enough lies about it to guarantee him a passport to a warmer country. Campaign lies do no (fbod. Revival Day. An interesting meeting has just closed at the Methodist church in Kings Mountain conducted by the pas tor, Rev. J. D. Arnold and assisted by Rev. W. M, Bamby of Gastonia, and Rev. R. J..McIIwain, the Presbyterian minister of Kings Mountain. Much good was accompliahed and there was a gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit. PRESS DISCUSSES DEFENSE OF COLE Statesville Daily Saya “Killing Face’ No Excuse foe Crime. la For Crime. Just for the Jury. • Statesville Daily. Endeavoring to prove that Cole was temporarily insane at the time hu killed Ormond, attorneys for the de» fense have questioned witnessed close ly as to his appearance at the time of the shooting, attempting to ahou that he was so changed as to be hard ly recognizable, that his face wai white and features so distorted that he was wild and maniacal In appear hnce. One witness did testify that this was true to the extent that she did not recognize him When hse first saw him. Of course there is nothing eithei strange or unusual about that. When one goes out to shoot at a fellow be ing, whether the purpose to kill or not, he isn’t likely to present the nor mal appearance. Taking human Ufct or taking chances on one’s own, isn’t such a common experience that onq. goes about it as if he was shooting at game, or at a target for* a prizs First his passions must be greatly aroused to get him to the point, of djy firing to kill. Anger, fierciV change .jLba- physical appeaarcne.t f change the phyStPSl*Sppearance. Duo isn’t normal when he is mad, but ab normality isn’t insanity, unless it i» admitted that one goes automatically insane whenever he becomes intensely angry, and isn’t responsible for whav he does while he is in that state. Oi course we know that isn’t true, and know that it is impossible to accept, that theory because every fellow who wanted to do something mean would profess that he was so mad he didn't know what he was about, and that would end it. Thus the insanity pica is reduced to absurdity, which is often what it really is. It is true, a s numerous people can testify from personal experience, that one can become so desperately angry that he may be momentarily/)ut of control. But those of us who have had that experience also know that we can control that passion if we will. Pro visions is made in law for acts don*, in the heat of passion and the killing is manslaughter. But Cole acted with deliberation if not with premeditation He saw the object of his wrath and when he began to shoot, or was about to begin, he was concerned to be sure that he had the right man. Cole’s own testimony greatly weakened, if it dia not destroy, the plea of either insanity or of self-defence. His only hope for acquittal is that the jurors will decide that f some one slandered a daughter of theirs they would shoot him, re gardless of law. Cole’s lawyers know that, but being unable to make that pela direct the other defence is offerej as a subterfuge. Two of a Kind. • “Hey! What in tormei\t!” clamored Windy Wolf, who had been knocked down and rolled around by a carelessly driven automobile. “What in time do you mean by driving all over the street that way?” “Why, T-I,” replied the offender, ‘ was watching a pretty girl going along on the sidewalk with her stock ings rolled and didn’t see you, and— er-ah!” “Well, if you won’t let anybody know about it I’ll own. up: I was watching that girl myself, or I wouldn’t a got hit.”