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Over to the cast of Shelby at B seiner City, there lives a hero. Not just a book hero, one that steps in at the right place and goes through fir? i-.nd flame, but just a man, a young man, who met life face to /ace and never faltered. No sensational pub licity folowed his deed; what he gave up to follow where duty called did not get in the headlines. There was no praise and in a month or two his deed will have been forgotten. The boy himself may not, for he's young and still living, and be has shown that he has in him the stuff that may bring him to the fore again. To followers of . the athletic world the story should he interesting, and many hereabouts know h m person ally. Troy Johnson, last year was a daz z’ing shortstop on the state univer sity team. At the end of the season his teammates named the young and brilliant Bessemer boy captain for this year. But when school opened Johnson did not return. His mother was a widow and on him depended the family. Working several month he managed to get things back on a hotter financial basis, it is supposed, and he returned to school. The return was hailed with joy bv Carolina students. Much was expect ed during the season of the flashy, yet heady young captain. Then last week to “the hill” came the word that Cantu.n Johnson’s mother war 11. Just a college boy young John son was head of the house and on him with his mother ill Ml the helmsman's place of provision anti care. * His last season at college, Iris one Tug chance as captain of the Caro lina team, an honor college men dream of—all that must have flash ed through his vision. But back home mother was ill, the one above all others who desired most of all to see her son rise to fame. In his dormitory young Johnson packed his hag and trunk, and with l-f.-ul held high, chin set and chest thrown forward he walked out of college, away front hi: greatest vpar, and came home. ( arolina w 11 ni ss her captain, hut • ■it the Hook el I^ife ('apta'ii John* ■ on must have been credited with his greatest play.. Such men mean much to athletics, and more to life. T he Webb and Princess theatres a 1 iike doing away w.th comedies until all the motorists round about Shelby get on to the electric traffic signals. Not that the square corners can compete with Ben Turpin and Chaplin, but much comedy is trans acted around the flash ng “Go” and "Stop" s.gns. Chief I!. O. Hamrick is haying the fun of his life in attempt ing to keep a stern face in watching the various maneuvers. I.ast week as Ch ef Hamrick stood near oneof the sign.-, up came a <u lap dated flivver, whose driver ap peared to hr new at the game and a little skeptical of traffic. Without noticing the sign the driver attempt ed to do the left turn where left turns are hot supposed to he done. ‘ Hold on there!’' Chief yelled, You can't do that" The man stopped, looked around the post ami down the street as if debating whether or not he had enough room to turn, and answered: “Oh. yes. chief, J hr] eve I can make it all right”. Chief had to hide his face and smother the laugh . The driver had thp idea chief thought he wouldn't ne gotiate the turn without an accident. •Perhaps .he’s wonder,ng yet if tho of ficer thought lie Was sucli a poor driver that he couldn’t turn a cor ner. Saturday while the traffic was heavy a motorist, said to be from Rutherford county, milled up to the line and stopped. The signal changed to "Go" but lie remained still. It changed back to "Stop,” then to "Go” again, but still the car d ;ln’t mow on. Back behind him the cars began to bunch up and blow for passage, but the front car remained at a standstill for three or four sig nal changes. Finally Chief Hamrick noticed and ran up: "Look here you can go on now, the signal is for your sided’ "That's all right chief," the motor ists came back, “I'm in no hurry and jus' thought I'd watch that funny light a Title while."’ Whereupon chief very near had a nervous breakdown. Bui take a tip from the colyum and watch your step about the last of the week. Information drifting: over from the City Hall is to the effect that they’ll quit warn.og ’em Friday and start pulling- 'em. It’s all been a good natured affair so far, but ere long when one of the signs says “Stop" or “Go" that means business. Just how much it may cost you to he careless or disobey remains seen, but Recorder Mull is preparing his invitations for a big reception.. George Tompkin idea of making the court square take on a more Spring-like appearance is to paint all the whiteway posts green. Which sn't so had, but first the colyum would suggest that the top of the posts be painted a little lighter at night. Lights are so dim on the court square that a stranger would take it to he a flapper’s petting parlor, v'know one of those places with the lights all turned low. the Yietrolri playing softly and dad sound asleep. The old court hous. dwindling. "Uncle Abe” i now “Uncle Andy” Nolan, t the passing of a little more time there'll be none of the old fellows left to look up somebody’s company in the rec ord books ,n the clerks office when an argument comes up. The big question of the week for Tillie is: Do the realty agents in Sheibv outnumber the folks who have •"flu?” It's very seldom the colyum re peats (it hasn’t memory enough to remember that well) but here goes a repeater all for the sake of a friend who declared he had never seen it in print hereabouts: An Oklahoma ed.tor tells of an old Indian who come into his of fice to pay for his paper. The edi tor took the money; then the In dian wanted a receipt. The editor tried to talk him out of it. Mr. Indian insisted. After making it out, the editor wanted to know why he wuf so persistent about wanting a ^receipt. The Indian said: “Me die some time. Go to big gate and St. Peter ask if I been good Indian, 1 say yes. He say, 'Did you pay editor for re ceipt? I say yes. Where is re ceipt?’ I no have it. I have to i run all over hell to find you and get receipt.” By the way, there's one less em pty seat at the Cleveland drug store ■ this week. “Cigar" lloey is back from the mountains. Asked as to how things were getting along in the mountains "Cigar" replied: “They'!> goin higher everyday," No, Mabel, “Cigar” didn't mean that they were growing in height and would some day he up in the air a little more than Mt. Mitchell, hut ' were going up in price where it would take a’pile of dough as big as Mt. Mitchell to handle ’em. Once mountains were good for no thing more than to look at. Now i” you buy 'em the right time ami sell them at the right t.me they’ll give you a European trip and a chance to look at the Alps. Singing Convention. The Union singing convention wiV moot with the Beaver I)ani church on tne third Sunday in March at 1:30 p. j in. We shall look for a large crowd of people from both the Carolinas. Everybody is invited to come and bring all the singers and aong bool;.-' you can. We will have some quartets j from (Cffcrc" . chui We are look ; .ug. Humphries and Judg •. j Stroup of Gaffney, S. C. We hope t> make this one of the best. J. C. BRIDGES. Director. Tom Tarheel says he is getting; ready to cash in on the shortage of j horses and mules by trying to raise a few colts. Administratrix Notice Having qualified as administratrix with the will annexed, of the estate of ('has. O. Harrill. deceased, late of j Cleveland County. N'. this is to notify all persons having claim:-; against the estate of saiddeceased, to ! exhibit them to the undersigned duly verif.ed, one or before the 11th day of March, 1927. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All, persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment toj me. This the 8th day of .Match. A. D., 1926. mrs. ljllie Harrill, Administratrix of the Estate of, Chas. O. Harrill. deceased. Kush Stroup, Attorney. « If you plan to spend over $500 F. O. B. Factory for an automo bile, you can get the year-round comfort and convenience of a Ford closed car. The price advantage which the public enjoys in purchasing Ford cars is the result of vol ume production. In 1920, when the Ford Motor Company was producing approximately only a million cars a year, the Ford Touring Car sold for $575. Tor day, with production on the basis of nearly two million cars a year, the Tudor Sedan, a high quality all-steel closed car, can be purchased for $520—$55 less than the Touring Car sold for six years ago. Open car prices are correspondingly low. While this program of price reduction has been carried on. important refinements and im provements have been made in Ford cars. The latest improve ments include new and attrac tive body lines—a lower center of gravity, closed cars in color, all-steel bodies, newr brakes and new style fenders. However, the basic features of Ford design have not been changed. Three * suspension, planeta* s mission, dual ignition . _m, torque tube drive, multiple disc-in-oil clutch, splash lubri cation, thermo-syphon cooling system — outstanding features of automobile design—have all been retained, regardless of cost. FORD MOTOR CO., DETROIT TOURING $310 New Prices RUNABOUT *290 TUDOR SEDAN *520 COUPE $500 FORDOR SEDAN ‘565 Closed car prices include starter and demountable rims All prices f. o. b. Detroit “Ford Design Costs More to Build — Is Worth More*—But Sells for Less” HOUSEWARE SPECIALS a ■ MANY VALUABLE ITEMS THAT LIGHTEN THE HOUSE HOLD LABORS. SEE OUR MANY ITEMS. O’CEDAR mops ggc SPRING CAULS FOR PORCH SWINGS j J - We have them ■<( •~-j solid oak, atromdj £|t built with hang ers and hardware, tiii romplete at w. FOLDING IRONING BOAKDJ 1 ,\1‘m CT.fl »*OiCUit I4lk*i \u bilSlCi com* Phone Stands ■-.air rtide* under 10a or naW, very solid, noth ing: more convenient 6.75 " «'a v y j t:.i in as i ported ,* colors 49c Refrigerators Time for them now! Sec our big value nt this stylo a .32.50 i (PURE - ALUMINUMt3-PIECE SET SAUCE PANS P;urc Aluminum, extra tnauo, | S assorted sizes, set complete, | . 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