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reliable home paper
Of Shelby And The State’s
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department,
VOL. XXXIV, No. 9
“Covers Cleveland Completely.”
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1926. Published Monday,
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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census.8,854
Where Industry Joi.is With
Climate In A Call For You, .
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Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. * By mail> per year (in advancc) $2.50
_ ' I % carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
Freight Receipts Here Double In Two
Years; Million Dollar Total In 1925
Freight Receipts of One Depot
In 1925 Equal Combined Re
ceipts of Both In 1923
Tell this in Florida. Scatter it
al road:
The best indication of Shelby's
wonderful growth in recent years
comes from the annual statement. of
the two railway freight offices here.
The increase in freight receipts of
1D25 over 1923 as actually shown by
figures is almost unbelievable. These
statements furnish the best booster
atorv the city has ever known.
Total freight receipts for Shelby
in 1925 ran considerably over the mil
lion dollar mark, a figure unheard of
for a town that by the last regulai
l-tion mark.
To be exact, combined freight re
ceipts for the Southern and Seaboard!
hire in 1925 totalled exactly $1,186,
229.88. Which is almost twice the
combined receipts of both stations ,
two years back in 1928, and more than
double the combined total of 1922. |
Both Over Half Million.
Separate totals for the two freight
stations here show that in 1925 both
stations passed the half million dol
lar mark. In 1923 the two combined
larely passed that figure.
Some Comparison.
The combined freight receipts of
both stations in 1923 was less than
the freight receipts of one station
alone in 1925. Get that!
The increase in dollars and cents
of 1925 over 1923 is $559,428.98, or
nearly $60,000 more than a half mil
lion increase in two years.
Proves Census Figures.
There were those who sneered when
the report was sent out some months
hack that Shelby had doubled in pop-)
elation within a five year period. Ex
tension of city limits and not an in
crease in population was assigned as
the main reason by pessimists.
Perhaps there is some way of get
ting around the freight receipts, i
which show that industrially—the
classification under which freight re
ceipts come—Shelby has doubled
within two years, not five.
Furthermore it must be remember
ed that two big industrial plants to
gether with several smaller ones j
were not in full operation during
1925 and that during this year a
greater increase may be expected.
Advance Rapidly.
It is not many years since Shelby's j
total freight receipts, both stations,
did well to reach the $100,000 mark.
Then the town really began to gi'Qw:
end after a period of remarkable
growth the freight receipts in 1923,
passed the half billion dollar mark, j
‘’They’ll advance slower now since*
the big figures have been reached"
was the consensus of opinion exprssed
Now two years have seen that amount
doubled.
In addition to showing a wonderful]
advancement in recent years the new,
freight receipts figure offers a sound
foundation for future growth. There's)
nothing of the boom nature about
freight receipts made possible
through industry. Chambers of cpm-|
merce and other civic organizations,
that plan for future growth of a city t
seek first the sure foundation of pay- i
rolls, that which to the moneyed in- j
forests means freight receipts in the
* nd. So Shelby is apparently well sec,
for another half decade of growing on
a sound basis.
It is safe to say that there are few
towns, if any, in the state wher ■
freight receipts have doubled in two
years.
An idea of the remarkable gain
may be derived from the following]
figures:
Year Total Freight Receipts
1922 __ _$537,988.09
1923 ... _$626,800.90]
•925 _..._$1,186,229.88
Senior Class play to
Be Given Friday Night
“Second Story Peggy”, senior class"
' Jay of the Shelby high school will
he reproduced at the Shelby school i
auditorium Friday night of this week,]
beginning at 8 o’clock. This clever
and comical play was first rendered
."'st before Christmas but because ofi
Ihe inclement weather only a few peo-|
t’le enjoyed the privilege of witness-j
’”g it, so requests have been made
'bat it be reproduced. The characters
taking part are Whitelaw Kendall,
hula Moore Suttle. Elizabeth Spang
b‘r, Pat Dudley, Olive Singleton, Hay
” nod Austell, Claude Hoke Thompson,
' ornon Grigg and Will Harris. These
'tudents have been well drilled and
promise an evehThg ol enjoyable en
tertainment.
$1,000 Waiting Here for Young
Man Missing for Many Years
Wilbert Davit, ill-year-old tex
tile worker, may read this, or
hear ot it. If he does it means $1
000 for hire.
In the office of Representative
B. T. Falls, Shelby attorney, a
blank check lies. When Davis is
found, if he is not dead, this
check will be filled in for Sl.OuO
and river, to him. It's the sole
heritage a father left a son and it
has been waiting five years.
On February 28, 11)21, John A.
Davis was shot and killed at Ker
shaw, S. t .. by a man named
Coble. The eternal triangle car
ried its customary deadly sting
Davis left little of monetary,
value ar.d his slayer was acquit
ted, but at the time of Iris death
he was a member in good stand
ing of the Woodmen of the World
at the Rock Hill ramo. His insur
ance policy with the fraternal or
der was for Si,000 and the son
was the sole beneficiary. To date
he hasn’t been found and search
by Attorney Falls for his mother
Mary Davis, and his sister,
Kathleen, has also proved disap
pointing.
The last definite account of
Wilbert Davis is back in 1910
when his father left him with rel
atives in No. 9 township this
county. There have been rumors
since of his whereabouts, but
none of definite details.
The elder Davis, the one killed
at Kershaw, did not live with hi.;
family in his last years, and since
that time little is known' of the
whereabouts of bis wife and two
children. The wife and daughter,
J it is understood lived at one time
at Henrietta and later in the vi
cinity of Charlotte.
Wilbert Davis, who relatives
have estimated to be about 20
years of age, is thought to be a
textile worker. Unless he is found
and definitely traced up $1,000
| will be nil. lie must be found to
receive the check, or proven dead
before his mother or sister can
be the beneficiaries—and they,
too, cannot be found. They mnsr
all be proven dead before rela
tives in this county can come into
the insurance policy.
Do you know Wilbert Davis, his
mother or sister ?
Mr. Clyde R. Hoe.y, returning to
S&elby from Gastonia where he
spent Monday, confirmed the report
that he has been retained to defend
Jesse Van Dyke, the Cherryville wild
man, who shot and killed Chief of
Police A. L. Painter, of Cherryville
last Thursday, and wounded Horace
S. Farnworth.
Van Dyke is now in the Gastonia
jaih
According to Mr. Hoey the ease
will come up in the court the first
of April.
A talk with the attorney led to
the assumption that it is not pre
sumed to get the man free. But the
plan will be laid by counsel to save
his neck. Which is to say this, that
first degree murder is one thing and
second decree or manslaughter, quite
another thing.
First degree murder presbppoSe^,
premeditation and intent. Mr. Hoey
did not vouch safe so much, but the
assumption, is the plea will be made
there was no premeditation in the
case, which will thus come under the
category of second degree murder
or manslaughter.
It is the popular idea thtd Van
Dyke was hootched up , lit to the gills
with the fluid that thri'ds.
tlis pointed out. that the inter
esting question will be fought out on
court room floor as to whether or
not the fact that he had been tem
porarily bereft of his reason will
save him from the full consequences
of his act.
Sliolby is a city of homes!
Did you ever think about it—cogi
tate, as they say up in Beantown. on
just what a home owning burg this is.
J. I). Lineberger looped his thumbs
in his vest eyelets Tuesday, leaned
against his show-case, and told The
Ftar he believes that 80 per cent, of
the Shelby people own and live in
their own dwellings.
“Houses for rent,” said Mr. Liue
bcrger, "have almost become un
known. If you would live in Shelby it
i almost imperative that you own
your own place. I will call your atten
tion to the fact that a man known
practically as a town pauper, v.ho
has been on the pauper list severe 1
times, owns his own home and has
[or years.
“I take it,” the merchant went on,
‘‘that the building and loan associa
tions are largely responsible for this
condition. It is a great building and
loan town, and these associations
have made it possible for a man to
buy a home practically on the same
terms he can rent one.
“It is a common experience—an
everyday experience—for a man to
move into a house as a renter and
then apply to buy it.
“1 wish some enterprising soul
would take a census of the city, to
find out just what per centage of (un
people do own their own homes. The
figures would, be a great boost for
;he city, for there is no community
so safe and sane and well grounded
L, inie ui. home owners.”
Wells Police Chief
At Kings Mountain;
Irvin Allen Leaves
Whitney Wells was elected police
chief of Kings Mountain at a meeting
of the city council held there Monday
evening, according to reports reach
ing Shelby.
Wells succeeds Irvin Allen, who has
been chief there for a number of
years, and who leaves at an eatly
date for Eastern Carolina, where he
will operate a farm, it is understood.
Allen resigned some time back, it will
be remembered, and his resignation
took effect Tuesday.
Officer Banes, who has been on
duty as patrolman recently resigned
Tuesday, it is rumored, following the
change in headquarters.
Mr. Jimmie Wray is
Dead in Greensboro
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Mr. Jimmie Wray, native of Cleve-j
land and street overseer for the town j
of Shelby 25 years ago, died in j
Greensboro Tuesday morning: at 6:15 ,
o’clock, following an attack of pneu
monia. Mr. Wray’s death is a great
shock to his many friends and rela
tives here os it was not known un
til Monday that he was ill. Mr. Wray
was a fine Christian character and m-.
garded as one of Shelby’s outstand-1
ing characters when he lived here.
He was married to Amanda Hogue
who died several years ago. She was
a sister of M. J. Hogue, Mrs. T. H.
Lowery and Mrs. J. A. Harmon of j
this place. Or.e brother J. A. Wray of
Asheville and one sister, Mrs, C. B.'
Puttie survive, together with four
sons Linton, David, Jim and Bill
Wray and two daughters. Mrs. Mag
gie Wiseman of Henrietta and Mrs.
Priscilla Britt of North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Wray was too young to see!
active service in the war between
the state but while in his teens he
went to Salisbury and nursed the
sick and wounded soldiers . All who]
came in contact with him learned to j
love and respect him for his ex-1
einpiar character.
Hamrick Company
Starts Remodelling
Jewelry House
—
Work of remodeling the stor<‘ of;
T. W. Hamrick and company, LaFay-j
ette street, has been begun. Mr. Ham
lick told The Star Wednesday morn-j
ing that he purposed to spend $6,000
ir. a make-over of the establishment,
vhich he planned to be as complete a
jewelry store as there is in the state.
The entire store will be remodeled
The front will be rebuilt with fine
plate glass and marble. New fixtures
will be installed. The rear will be
so arranged as to make room for a
modern optical parlor, and on the.
other side complete offices..
Differing from the present ar
rangement there will be an outside
stairway, leading to offices whicn
will be designed on the second floor.
Mr. Hamrick has just completed a
sale which depleted the stock to the
point where he will have room to
carry on business while the remodel
ing is taking place.
This improvement, which will add
tone and dignity to the centre-town
block, follows a very successful year
of business for the firm. They have
been encouraged, Mr. Hamrick said,
to equip a store that will be a model
for the new Shelby.
Fifty Preachers and S. S. Suprrin
tendents Hear Editor Face and
l)r. Wall on Subjects.
Fifty Baptist ministers r.nd Sunday
school teachers of the Kings Mountain
association gathered Tuesday night at
Cleveland Springs to discuss the rap
idly growing Sunday school work in
the county, the meeting being inspir
ed ami presided over by A. \. Wash
burn, the enterprising bssociational
worker who has lifted the association
to a lead in the South i:i the number
of Standard Sunday Schools. Out of
the 42 churches in the association,
there are 12 evergreen and growing
Sunday schools and during the past
year they showed a gain in member
shto of 2,000 according to Secretary
Middietofl’s report. E ach Sunday, 383
men and women go before their class
is and t: ach the word of God.
Afte- a sumptuous repast, the min
isters in turn introduced their Sun
day school superintendents, many of
them reporting Standard schools. Miss
A let ha Hoyle of Pleasant Grove, is
the only woman superintendent in the
association and she is doing a great
work. Rev. C. J. Black of Kings .'loan
tain was to soeak on "Mow I Build
My Sunday School”, but could not be
present because of sickness. Supt. G.
(;. Page, v ho is also editor of the
Kings Mountain Herald. spoke on
‘‘The Humorous Side of a Superinten
dent’s I.ifc." After giving several hu
orous experiences, lie declared that a
Sunday school cannot be built ir. a
day nor a year, but is the result of
(Continued on page six.)
WINTER m HEATS
OP SPRING CITY
Florida with its sun-kissed '■ands
and balmy winter-season climate had
nothing on “The City of Springs" yes
terday and today.
A winter sun. shining almost
fiercely, sent golfers hieing to their
favorite links Tuesday and forced
back into the closets such attire as
overcoats, sweaters and mufflers. The
mercury in the standard thermome
ters took a high jump that breaks all
collegiate records for the season of
the year. It was springtime in Janu
ary—like unto the barefoot boy a
},e strode by in his squeaking new
shoes.
Shelby seldom sees such weather in
mid-winter. The amateur gardeners—
they never get otherwise—start think
ing of strawberries and the truck
patch groceries. Realty dealers began
fingering blue prints wtih a new zeal
Such days promise much for local re
sorts that boost a year-round climate
unequalled. Guests at Cleveland
Springs, who witnessed the snowy
whiteness of last week and were about
ready to move on Southard changed
their minds and wired home that they
would spend the rest of the year at
the popular mineral-water resort.
It was springtime and ilthough de
finite news dispatches have not reach
ed here yet it is thought that several
c.ouples heeded the call of spring ro
mance and hied over the line to their
South Carolina Gretna Green.
—Mr. Gettys Dead—Lawson A.
Gettys, S. Washington street, tins
been called to Jefferson, Ga., to at
tend the funeral of his brother, W. B.
Gettys, prominent lumberman who
died there Monday. Deceased was a
native of Rutherford county and a
very successful and prominent citizen.
Thrilling War Story
Starts In Star Next
Week; Watch For It
One of the best newspaper se
rials ever published will begin in
The Star next week: “The One He
Forgot.”
It is a romantic, touching rela
tion of a circle of interesting
events of the greatest period in
history. Thousands have read it
and thousands of others are read
ing it in their home newspapers
today,
“The One He Forgot” is by far
the best serial story offered today
and The Star wishing that its
readers enjoy the best hopes that
every reader of the paper will be
gin with the first chapter. Hun
dreds of readers have been inter
ested in “Too Much Efficiency,”
which ends today. This one will be
better. Watch for n.
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“Good Character” Clears
Man Of Murder Charge
Hen's a story with a moral.
Tin* grind of a c art dorkm u.-u
ally offers more t object for .ennon.s
thnn any o.;e tiiin• >U1 qdv of the
Book on which the faith of s< r.rrtons
, is founded.
I Moat men are “from Mi.-Muri"
land must be shown. There's no hot
ter way of illustrating' dhan the
! court room.
Over in the ed of (i t-ton c mnly
i there is a 21-year-old young man
who owes his freedom from a see
I ond degree murder charge almost
soley to go ad character v’ot that of
somebody else, but his own.
The moral par ed unheeded in the
'current account of the case by the
1 press, but (). $Iav (i mlnm. v.-h.o act
ed as counsel for the young man.
| exemplified the value of buying good
character to his Bible class at the
First Baptist church here Sunday,
and the Gaston case with Which he
. was familiar as attorney was used
i as en cxamnle.
I Men are frequently cleared of tnur
j tier charges. In taC acquittal comes
so frequently nowadays that convic
1 tion makes a better news story. Usu
; ally, however, an acquittal on a mur
der Charge comes through connected
S evidence almost positively proving
the defendant innocent, or through
some skilful move of defense coun
sel. Neither were directly, or even
indirectly, respond hie for the ucqui
| ttal of Yates Mauney last week in
Gastonia. That's what his attorney
told a Bible class, and lie should
; know.
! Naturally Mr, Gardner did not
deny that his services as counsel did
not help the young man at all—
lawyers do not advertise and conse
. quenily cannot belittle their ability
: —but the big thing that kept Yates
I Mauney from serving a sentence
, was his character, the reputation his
community and neighbors gave him.
And come to think about it a man
must need have the best of reputa
' tion behind him to balance it against
| dozens of years in the prison, and
win.
Two witnesses swore almost posi
tively that young defendant, who had
been a student at Wake Forest col
t .
....-r-MIIWWIB —Willi■■■■■■■ II Mini II I
1 lege. w! ilc at a corn bucking last
fall "VtSicii .! a rut on the throat of
Wesley llallmvi that resulted in
Ha-lrn-in'- death. Young Mauney
j “oai Me t li ' did not. After hearing
I Mauney'- reputation and his record
thiit -which fines to mat." up charac
ter. tlie inrv freed the defendant.
Let that sink in. Would your past
| reputed'<>n -end you out of a court
room •> free man if two others swore
vo" kill'd a man?
.' 'o 'h ■ Wi lister in -ill his volumes
dc: -i. s c!'arac‘«-i' and explains repu
ta‘i m. '.it* >n no place docs he cover
• com or' h'enr • 'y *‘«rnod character.”
And that which Webster and the dic
tion; n - cannot define no man. not
ov n - r ■ ■ tii •: collectors, can
pie “ a value t’iereon.
'I.v.j r -i th'"tsand par Ions to
onv Judges and juries has freed
nmw:riv men of murder charges.
Some ' mis freedom has h»en pur
chased at it g>vat cost. That which
frit1*) Yates Mauney no man can
purchase.
Perhaps it litis been hard in the
past- for Yates Mauney to k°ep in
the pathway of good character and
there are no by-ways. One little
stumble and a lifetime of molding a
good character is wasted. There are
those who have wondered if after all
it’s worthwhile. Yates Mauney might
answer that perplexed query.
Some men live and die and not cre
dit whatsoever is given on this globe
for what friends might term a char
acter unequalled. On the other hand
something unexpected may turn up
and a fortune, several fortunes would
be gladly exchanged for "a good
■character” testified on a life and
death stand by one who knew. Some
where in the unborn minutes ahead
the fact that you possess a good
character may prove of untold value.
Yates Mauney knows the value of
good character. He cannot estimate
its worth in dollars and cents. Who
is it that knows just how dear life
is to him?
Maybe the endless struggle of liv
ing in molding a never completed
good character is not worthwhile, and
again mayhaps it is. Draw your own
conclusion from one case alone.
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Graphotypes To Replace
Branch License Bureaus
1925 Good Year In
Business Despite
Farming Conditions
Mr. G. W. Neely, manager of
Kfird’s, spent Tuesday in Char
lotte attending a pow-wow of tne
chain store managers.
Discussing business before he
left for the big meeting, Mr.
Neely told The Star that the year
1025 was the best year—reckon
ed in terms of cash profits—that
the local store ever had.
“And this," lie said, “despite
added competition, a material re
duction in the price of cotton, and I
while the community was taking
up the shock of the drought.”
Which fact led Mr. Neely to mor
alize that it is not the part of
wisdom to take draw-bocks too
seriously. “Attention to business,”
said he, “and giving the public
service results in bringing home
the bacon nine times out of ten, not
withstanding the general run of
handicaps that we contend with.
“That is to say, handicaps,” he
added, “are simply spurs to push
us onward, When we cease to re
cognize them they cease to exist."
P. O. S. of A. to Give
Flag and Bible to
Central School Here
On next Sunday afternoon the Pa
triotic Order of Sons of America will
{•resent a flap and a Bfble to the Cen
tral school. The exercises will take
place in the school auditorium and on
the school grounds, beginning prompt
ty at 2:30 p. m. The program as
printed below indicates that this or
der has arranged to carry out a very
impressive ceremony. Every patron
and friend of the school is invited to
attend the exercises. Of course every
P. O. S. A. in this district will be
present.
Program.
Invocation—Rev. H. N. McDiarmid;
Song, “America”—The audienee;
“My Flag”—Kathleen Hord; Song:
“America the Beautiful" high school
glee club; Presentation of flag—P.
Newton; Acceptance of the flag —J.
If. Grigg: Selection by band; “My
Bible and I,”—Mary S little; Song.
“Faith of Our Fathers”,—high school
glee club; Presentation of the Bible,
—I)r. H. K. Boyer; Acceptance of ihe
Bible—I. C. Griffin: Remarks— Sopi.
tl .ii Irvin, Ru . tier Oi dri,;,.
Governor McLean Much In Demand
Last Week. Other State Capital
New s 'of Interest.
(By M. L. Shiptnan)
Raleigh, Jan. 19. Special to Star.—
The auto license bureau, with the
expectation that considerable money
and t:me will be saved in the future,
has installed 10 graphotypes to han
dle certain phases of the record work
of the bureau. While the saving will
not be effected immediately, the ma
chines will make it possible to elim
inate the branch license offices and
to handle more efficiently the work
of licensing autos during the rush
period.
Capital city of N. C., has been host
city of North Carolina has been host
to a number of conventions and con
ferences of “one kind and another”
the past week and the State’s chief
executive has been in demand as a
speaker here and elsewhere practi
cally every day, having answered
calls of ice cream manufacturers,
Sta*e foresters. Y. M. C. A. workers
at Fayettesville and the editors at
Chapel Hill. The Governor is making
himself ‘‘useful as well as ornamen
tal'’ and appears to.'relish the varied
activities he is called upon to face
from time to time. Frankly admitt
ing his inability to fathom news
paper “peculiarities" the Governor
courts a more intimate association
with members of the Fourth Estate
end the sympathetic cooperation of
the press in putting over a program
of progress in commonwealth devel
opment .
Addressing the State Newspaer
Institute at Chapel Hill on Friday
the Governor expressed the wish for
a closer fellowship with the press
of the state and an earnest desire
for the cooperation of “paper mak
ers’ in bringing important matters of
public importance to the attention of
the public. He would have facts and
not fiction touching matters of State
presented and expressed a willing
ness to take the newspapers into his
confidence with the view to preven
ting hurtful publications relative to
official proposals in the initial stage.
Touching the State’s fiscal affairs,
the Governor pointed out that he
found it advisable to proceed cau
tiously, hence his apparent inclina
tion to withold news while negotia
tion are in progress. He boasted of
the state’s ability to negotiate the
sale of bonds and disapproved the
(CjiiUlidUtfl • i-ii .‘iifct: MXJC.
Farm Expert Says Farmers of Sec
tion not Building up Land.
Should Produce Feed
That the farmers of Cleveland
County are laying too much stress on
the growing of cotton, and not
enough on producing crops that build
up and rejuvenate the soil, was the
sum of the tiiought of A. Hardin,
County Agricultural Agent, express
ed in an interview with The Star up
on his return from an agricultural
conference at Raleigh.
Mr. Hardin, who took the place of
R.. E. Lawrence, as the farmer’s
guide in this community, got back
from the state capital last Saturday,
after taking a two weeks’ extension
course.
Discussing his mission here, his
job, to guide farm production in
Cleveland County. Mr. Hardin said
that his leading idea was to endea
vor to get the farmers to see the nec
essity to build up the soil.
He declared unhesitatingly that
the quality of the Cleveland County
soil has been depleted by too much
onen cultuation, by which was meant
the growing of cotton. So that the
texture of the land now is incapable
of adequately supporting other erops.
“I want to preach the doctrine of
diversification,” said Mr. Hardin,
‘‘as the community’s greatest need.
! But before Mkiy full program of di
versification can be entered upon, the
soil must be rejuvenated.
“The facts of the case are. that
too long continued cotton production
has repleted the soil of organic mat
ter. This organic matter is a mois
ture reservoir. The soil without it is
thin in texture, and is incapable of
holding sufficient moisture to sup
port vigorous growths.
‘‘As the local soil has became de
pleted. the people have fallen back
upon the use of fertilizer, which are
now used in excessive quantities
here. The average farmer I am told
uses something like six hundred
pounds to the acre; and many more
than that.
*‘I will ask you. how are you to
compete in the cotton market grow
ing cotton with such excess use of
fertilizers, against producers who use
no fertilizers at all?”
“What's the answer” the inter
terviewer asked the expert.
“The answer is,” said he, “that the
soil must be slowly but surely bililt
up, and it is that lesson that I
think it is my mission to teach here.
More legmnous crops must be grown
soil must be allowed to sod. More
livestock is needed.
“It comes down to the question,
does the farmer want his money in
the bank or in the soil? Money in
the bank is all right, and a fine thing
but money in the soil k also neces
sary.
“The people of this county are
spending fortunes every yeir for
feed and fertilizer and this year an
fortune for canned vegetables. Every
farm should produce its own feed,
for animals and largely for human
consumption. . A wholesale grocery
man in Shelby told me today that
there has been bought in this city a
hundred thousand dollars worth of
canned vegetables to be used here
this winter.
“The fact that this is the case can
not altogether be blamed on the
drought. If the local soil had been
better, of better texture, and proper
ly able to hod moisture, there is
no reason why the drought should
have played such havoc.”
UNION TRUST ELECTS
FORMER OFFICRS
A large and representative bunch
of stockholders of the Union Trust
company met Tuesday morning In the
directors room of the First National
bank in annual session, when the
gratifying report of the year's busi
ness was read, revealing an addition
to the surplus of $15,000, making the
surplus now $50,000. The Union Trust
company operates branch banks at
Lattimore, Lawndale and Fallston and
serving the people in a splendid fash
ion. Total resources of the bank are
new $914,949.19. Officers were re
elected as follows: Chas. C. Blanton,
president; J. T. Bowman, John F.
Sehenck, George Blanton,' T. A.
Stamey, Dr. L. V. Lee and E. B. Ham
rick, vice presidents; Forrest Esk
ridge, cashier.
Directors were re-elected as fol
lows: C. C. Blanton, J. T. Bowman, E.
B. Hamrick, T. A. Stanley, J. H.
Quinn, John R. Dover, J. F. Schenck,
sr Dr. L. V. Lee, C. C. Hamrick, L.
S. Hamrick, C. H. Shull, J F. Roberts,
George Blanton and Forrest Eskridge.
J. F. Roberts was re-elected manage!!
i he insurance department.