CAUSE FOR TEARS'
I
KIM MORE
Bi(f Circuses Decide to Abandon
Street Parades, Joy of Both
Young and Old
Peru, Ind., The annual circus1
season this year will lack one of its
greatest thrills for the children.
The circus parade, it has been de- !
cided by showmen here, is to be:
abandoned, the high priced perform
ers, especially the Europeans, will j
mft parade. The big circuses now j
visit only the large cities, it is ex
plained, and noon-day «raffic prob- !
lems and the growing distance of the !
circus lot from the railroad make the
parade physically impossible.
Ten years ago there were twenty
circuses with a train of ten or more j
railroad cars. Now there are are on
ly a dozen, but these have expand
ed until the largest ‘ circus in the
country travels with 1,500 persons,
and the smaller ones carry about 600.
The three circuses which spend the
winter here have finished their win
ter overhauling, which includes in- j
spection, repair and a fresh coat of
paint.
There are about 250 on the per
manent staff of these three, and
these mostly the “canvasmen” of the j
traveling days, are the nucleus
around which is forming the band-!
men, acrobatic teams and other j
specialties. The animal trainers, ;
however, have been here all winter j
as usual, as the animals must be put j
through their stunts every day, else
they quickly forget. j
Virtually all of the c.rcus people j
come from small cities, probably be-!
cause in the early days of the circus j
the performances were given mostly :
in smaller communities and the small j
boy of those places caught the cir- i
cus fever. Then, too, the small town ;
hoy had a barn in which he could |
practice on the trapeze. In the garage1
of the city boy’s father, there is no '
haymow to ploy in.
Bloomington, Illinois is the home 1
of most of the “flying acts,” as
showmen call the trapeze artists. !
North Tonawanda, N. Y„ can al
ways be relied on for a trained seal j
act. Many of the acrobats come from j
Reading, Pa. The showmen go to
Bloomington, Indiana, for dog and ;
pony acts. One of the best elephant
men with one of the biggest cir- j
cuses is from Pana, Illinois, and so ;
on.
Eai%' April 'is the opening time
for most circuses, except those which j
open in metropolitan centers in per-1
manent buildings.
The Ringling-Bamum and Bailey ]
circus, wintered at Bridgeport. Conn.; j
Sells-Floto at Peru; 101 Ranch at j
Ponca Citv, Okla.; Hagenbeck-Wal- ;
lace at Peru; John Robinson at J
West Baden; Christie Brothers a‘.
Beaumont; Sparks Circus at Macon,
(la., and A1 G. Barnes at I.os (
Angeles.
LOOK AT
SHELBY
(Gastonia Gazette Editorial.)
There has been a disposition on the
part of some to laugh away the real
estate development at Shelby. How
ever that may be, the Shelby citv
council has just authorized the issu
ance of $125,000 in bonds for new
streets and sidewalks. Construction
work will soon be started on a big six
million galloh reservoir, a new pump
station and settling basins. The build
ing program is expected to eclipse
that of any previous year.
Furthermore, there is a movement
on' foot to raise the sum of $10,000
for the inauguration of a chamber of
commerce. The Kiwanis club of the
'uwr is behind the project.
Incidentally, it might be mentioned
Mat Shelby led the state in popula
tion figures for the past five years,
according to figures released by the
census a few days ago.
The Cleveland town is coming at a
great rate and the real estate boom
is lesponsible.
Shedby is preparing for an influx
of visitors this summer. It is getting;
ready for the biggest year in its his
tory—paving streets, laying se'.vers,
water mains, etc.
Gastonia needs to wake up along
this line, too. We need to he ready for
the coming of the Florida people and
their money. Every indication point
to the biggest year Western North
Carolina has ever had and the town
that is ready to attract the prospec
tive settlers and give them something
n ore than climate will be the first to
reap the benefits.
Shelby is setting the pace that the
rest of the Piedmont towns would do
well to follow.
For Better Cotton
Raleigh.—North Carolina can add
$2,500,000 to its wealth with little
capital or effort, according to Gen
eral Manager U. B. Blalock, of the
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative asso
ciation of North Carolina, but they
will have to go into partnership with
the Lord, he suggests.
The cotton head in the state sees
just as many possibilities in plant
as in animal life, and he is as well
sold on the thoroughbred variety of
cottonseed as he is horse flesh. No
body would expect to get a great
anifttal from a scrub, he says, and the
satne failures must be looked for
when planters put in plug seed.
Collections More Titan 10 Percent
Ahead of Same Time Last
^ ear
Raleigh.—State income tax collee
ticns this year are running more
than one arid a quarter million dol
larr, or approximately forty per
cent ahead of col lections for the
same period la-: year. Th.s shown
by figures compiled today at the of
fices of the St. Department of Rev
enue.
In come fax roiheefcioas from .Jan
uary 1 to March 18, inclusive lain,
totaled S2,919,96.7.74, as compared
with $4„174-318.fid i.-r tie- same per
iod this year. The 1926 figure repre
sents an increase of $1,251,982.80.
And 1 rid ay collect sons amounted
to 8242,,129.f t, as compared wits
782.88 on March 1!), of last year.
The 192.7 (oil' : e ns v.-ere running.
ahead of th. of this year until
the SJ,4f!:;,iid2,2d day ern March 15
put 1920 a,, ad and this year has
maintained a good lead ever since
that date January and February coj-1
lections this year ran up to 8111,
534.98 ,ac compared- with the lamer
figures of Sl7.U0ft.K-; for January
and February of 1:12.7, The big ediec
tions on March 1-7 of this year and
te.e succeeding days hue 1 accounted
for the big difference in favor of
1926 jhfttt n by if banka - of the
State revenue < unm,; s’ ,;i. r at pre
sent.
The number ■' r trhs.to date fori
both years jr about live same, about1
27.000 returns liavii'-t been made up
to date* in 192-7 ar.d a ;Jn thi- year
The increase is not entirely a re
fle ft ion of Mcreasod pr- speritf, but
is undoubted!;, partly that, it was
stated at the department today. For ,
although income tax rate are con-t
siderably higher than they were last
For Sore Throat
I Rub throat and chest
’•vitli Vick-.:cover with
vv arm f! a :,nel. Its j
double direct action !
inhaled an J absorbed) j
brings welcome reliet i
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Annie Kwinski of '26. 1st Ave
nue, Milwaukee. \Y:s.. writes that she
became so weak and •
run-down that, she i
was not able to do j
Her housework. She
saw the name Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegc
table Compound in
the paper and said
to her husband. “1
will try that medi
cine and see if it
will help me.” She
says she took six
bottles and is feel
ing mucn better.
Mrs. Mattie Adams, who lives in |
Downing Street, Brewton, Ala., writes
as follows: “A friend recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- |
pound and since taking it I feel like
a different woman,"
With her children grown up. the mid
dle-aged woman finds time to do the
things she never hud time to do before
—read the new books, see the new
plays, enjoy her grand-children, take
an active part in church and civic
affairs. Far from being pushed aside
by the younger set, she finds a full,
rich life of her own. That is, if her
health is good.
Thousands of women past fifty, say
they owe their vigor and health to
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound. and are recommending it to
their friends and neighbors.
DREADFUL PAINS
Georgia Lady, Who Had Lost Too
Much Weight, Was Advised
to Take Cardui and Is
Now Well.
Columbus, Ga.—Mrs. George S.
Hunter, of this city, writes:
“After I married, thirteen months
ago, I suffered with dreadful pains
in my sides during ... My side
hurt so bad it nearly killed me. I
had to go to bed and stay some
times two weeks at a time. I
could not work and I just dragged
around the house.
“I got very thin—I went from 126 ‘
pounds down to less than 100. My
mother had long been a user of
Cardui and she knew what a good
medicine it was for this trouble, so
she told me to get some and take it.
I sent to the store after it and be
fore I had taken the first bottla
1 began to improve.
My side hurt less and I began to
Improve in health. ... Tho Cardui
acted as a fine tonic and I do not
feel like tfce same person. I am
bo much better. I am well now.
1 have gained ten pounds and am
still gaining. My sides do not
trouble me at all.
“1 wish every suffering woman
knew about Cardui.” NC-160
year, they are not 40 per cent high-1
;-T. The rate on corporations is 33 |
1-3 per cent higher, and the indivi
dual tax rate is likewise somewhat j
greater than it was in 1925.
The work of the rush war; com-1
pleted and the books and desks of j
the department clear by the night of j
March 20 last year but it is going to
take, slightly longer this year.
!
A Fine Prospect
(Charlotte Observer)
Rutherford lias a Country Club .
which meets to talk substantial
things. The Sun makes note that at!
its last meeting it gave out official,
report that money is at hand for con- j
c reting the unnaved stretch of High
way No. 20 from the Lake Lure dam :
over the hills to But Cave. When j
tin. work is finished, the only remain
ing gaps in the hard surface from j
Wilmington through ( harlotte to i
Asheville will be a 20-mile stretch'
between: Rutherfordton and T.ake
Lure, and about eight miles in Col- i
timbus County. A great prospect!
seems shortly to be realized—a trip j
from the mountain lop at Paint ,
Rock; at the Tennessee line, to the’
eastern end of the line at the beach j
at Wrightsvllle, over a highway as
good every mile as a city street.
ENGLISH BOBS NET
BIG SUMS DURING YEAR
London.—Seven millicn Bf tish vo
mm
tirs
'stpend $105,000,000
their hair shingled
yearly get- j
is the rom
putatipn of fashionable hairdressers.
The estimate is based on half of
the 11,000,000 women of Kupland and
Scotland being shingled, and each |
paying a minimum of 110 cents week- j
ly for attention to their hair.
In addit'on to shingling fees, hair-!
dressers are making money because
the new fashion has created a de- j
mand for permanent waving and I
curling. The amount is increasing ■
yi arly, as every day more women i
have their hair cut off.
This explains why the ordinary i
mule finds it almost impossible to .
get his hair cut, also why a skilled!
hairdresser can obtain any pay he j
likes to ask.
No “Florida Bubble”
Be -no-- there was a recess ;n buy
in”; FI irida property, some people
are decinr ng “the Florida bubble is
about to burst.’’ There has been no
“Florida bubble.” The prosperity of
that State, iti addition to those
thine:; that other States possess, are
climate and tropical fruit and truck.
People who wish to go in surfbath
ing or bask in a warm sun from
November to March have not been
i^i appointed in Florida and are not
disappointed. People who raise truck
aid oranges and grapefruit have
not “gone broke.” People who in
r
Piles Can Be Pored
(Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding)
Many sufferers have been made very happy
over the results obtained from the use of
PAZO OINTMENT—60c at any Dru£ Store.
(Follow the Directions Carefully. '
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NEW SOUTHERN SCHEDULE
CHARLESTON DIVISION
No. 113 Marion to Rock Hill 7:2G a. m.
No. 36 Rock Hill to Marion 9:37 a. m.
No. 35 Marion to Rock Kill 6:41 p. m.
No. 114 Rock Hill to Marion 8;0§ p. m.
No. 35 makes connection at Blacksburg with No. 40 for
north.
A H. MORGAN, Agent
SHELBY, N. C.
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at
Shelby, N. C.
Lv._No_ Between No. Ar.
4:50 16 Monroe Rutherfordton 16 4:50
12:27 15 Rutherfordton_Monroe 15 12:27
Schedules published as information and are not
guaranteed.
E. W. LONG, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C.
or H. A. HARRIS, Local Ticket Agent
New Handy Pack
More for your money
and the best Peppermint
Chewing Sweet for any money
look for WRIGLEY& P.K. Handy Rick
vested m real property at fair prices
have soi'ii no “setback." Those iu •
aets in Florida are permanent and
will never be loss vahmblo than now.
Indeed when the speculative lover
subsides Florida will draw bigger di
vide nda from its climate and from it.
truck und fruit than evrr. Some
people attracted there by the glamor
of getting rich quick Will deride to
prof.per by growing truck and fruit.
To bo sure, the feverish buying
and soiling of lots at price, bey oral
their worth will end and many will
lose the money fool sidy invested.
That “bubble will burst.” Florida
people of judgment have regie t o
the craze of such buying and rolling,
fearing the whole State would be in
jured because booms without sound
foundation spring up in a night.
Wherevpr unsound methods were
employed, and property sold it fabul
ous prices, and costly improvements
made that are not needed- In such
cases the same thing will occur in
Florida that has occurred e!sewhe.i-<\
But Flyruln has permanent pros
perity which speculators and b l ister
cannot take from it—Now* and Ob
pc rver.
When One’s Standing is I ,M
“Sondentary work." r.a!d the col
lege lecturer, tends to lessen the < *>
durance.”
"In ether words,” butted in the
smart student, "'the more one •■it-,
the less one can stand.”
“Exactly,” retorted the lecturer;
“and if one lies a great deal, o mV
standing is lost completely.”
•No Secret
*'!il Man- You can put in your
in u . paper, young man, that's my »e
< ret of health i- fatin' lots of onions
every day.
Reporter VV’hnt makes you refer
to : at a secret?
_; ’*5,
No Difference
Mistress—Maggie, these eggs are
i ; hard as ever, I though I told y >u
; 1 "anted them soft?
Magi®—Sore an' I bitcd them ffvo
hour ■ this time. mum. bat it didn't
re a to make no tiifference.
INTER-CAROLINA Iv'OTOR BUS CO. 1
SCHEDULES
Shelby to Charlotte- 7. 0, 11, 1 3, 5, 7:30.—Charlotte to Shelby
ft. 10. 12, 2. 4. (!.
Kings Mountain to Charlotte—7:3(>, 9'30. 11:30, 1:30. 3:30, 0:30,
3.30. Direct connection made in King-: Mo trrinin for Snartanburg
•nil Cveoiivtllc in tb<> morning—On« hour layover in afternoons.
Mor/tanton to SheWy- 2 p. ru. Shelby to Morar.nte.n 0 a. m.
I) rect connection for (Jastonia n.i 1 Charlotte. Leaving t!as
ton.'a at 8 tor Morgan ton,
Bessemer City to Charlotte -7:45, 0:4.7, 11:43, 1:45, 3:45,
5:45, 8:45.
Gastonia to Charlotte, leaves every hour < n thoj:onr. from 7 A.
M. to 8 P. M. Contioetlon made tftere for Tfork Hill, S,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Crnmrrton, Lincolnton and Chcvryville,
York and Clover, S. C.
tin onin to Shelby- On (he orhl hour , rr.nl: n:r c mnrrtions for
Rut her ford Ion, Hendersonville, Asheville and State: v’lle and
Muganton,.
Gastonia to Chorryville—8:30, 12:10, 410. 8:10.
Cherryville to Gastonia—7:35, 10. 2. •> P. M.
Charlotte to Rock Hill—#. 10:30, 4:15.
Rock Hill to Charlotte-10:30, 1:30, 1:15.
Uu«s leave Spartanburg 0:15 P. M. Connect ons at Kings
Mountain, Charlotte.
Telephones:
Charlotte 2071, Ca nio 1051. Shelby 450 Shelby to Rutherford
ton - 8 A. M. and 1 P. M. Rutherfordton to Shelby 0:40 A. M.
* 2:1,5 P. M.
Shelby to Asheville— 10:00 A. M 12. 2, 4, 0 1’. M. Asheville to
Shelbj o & 11 A. 51. & 2, 4. I* M.
Shelby—7:20 A. M„ 10 A. M., t P. M„ 4:30 P. M.
I.incolnton—8:30. A. M„ 11 A. M., 3:00 P. M. 0:30 P. M.
Schedules Subject to Chani-p.
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