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Mrs. Dycus 95 Years
Old In Rutherford
Has 149 Living Descendants—One
» Daughter Lives In Cleveland
County
From The Sun.
Bostic, Aug., 4.—On Friday Mrs
Celia Dycus will celebrate her 95tl
birthday at the home1 of her son, Mi
J, M. Dycus. A lnr.v family dinner
\vill be held in honor of Mtr. Dycus
ami there will be five generations oi
the Dycus family present. The sons
|ujd daughters, the grandchildren, the
gteat-grnndchildrcn and the great
gifeat-grandchildrer. total up to a
large number and it is certain that
mtiny other relatives and friends will
be present at this dinner.
Six Children by First M. riage
Mrs. Dycus was born August 0,
1831, hr Rutherford county and be
rofre her marriage in the spring of
1849 to William Wright, the son of
Jessie and A very Wright; was Miss
(polia Bridges, the second slaughter of
Exekiel Bridges and his wife, Millie
WeJib. William Wright was killed in
acti'on in the war of ’til. They had
s#x children, three of »whj>m are now*
living: George Wright. Ellenboron,
Rev. Loss Wright, Alexander; and
Sfrs. llessie Doty, 1’olkville, Cleve
land county; Mrs. James Culbreth
sfnd Mrs. paniel Philbeck are dead.
Miss Evelyn Wright died at an-early
age.
Enjoys Hills Of
Western Carolina
From Winston Journal.
Truly ‘Earth with its thousand
voices praises God'—anil surety never
so loud the praise, nor gp extraordin
ary the subject, as thabfout d in God’s
country—the hills of Carolina.
The short run of two hours and a
half over splendid roads uikes you
from Winston-Salem into the heart
of the hills—Pollyana made that trip
a • few /Juys ago—out from the city
that is man-made—into the land
wpose beauty and appeal comes only
from God.
through crops that urp rain washed
aipd simkist—thVifpoent drought for
gp.ttcn—we enjoyed the sunshine of a
perfect day-until we begun to climb
the mountains beyond the thriving
little city of Elkin, then as the rain
fell as only the-rain can .fall in tltfe
mountains. Out'Of it. we finally ran
—the heavy clouds blowing hither
and thither below us like smoke from
some mighty unseen engine—Sind lift
ing just at the right montent to dis
close exquisite pictures, .the soft green
of the summer trees in contract to
the dark foliage of the mighty- ever
greens seen through the shimmering
haw? “of clouds that lifted and clung,
as; tis distance lends enchantment to
the' view, and robes the mountain in
its azure blue;” there flashed into
view exquisite pictures i of pastoral
life—running stream, over which the
lowing herds were wending their sol
emn way.
With here and there a tiny cabin
pcgchcd on some projecting ledge—
wkh seemingly no roadwajf to or
from—and yet the tiny spiral of flue
smoke blowing in the breezes, pro
claimed the isolated spot a home, and
who knows, probably a spot sunciified
and glorified by birth and denim —
fulfilling the poet’s idea that “it takes
a fi^ap of living to make a house a
home.” **
. On we ran again into the rain,
and finally out of it once again, high
er and higher until at the summit
o”f Roaring Gap, we found it capped
with the splendid Greygtone Inn, and
its bevy of Sunday guests.
Ard Pollyahna was at home on the
mountain height. Somehow .the pet
ty cares of everyday life seem so
small from the mountain heights; the
tragedies of life lose their poignancy
—tbc soul breathes—and life lake.t
on a different meaning., Can it be it
is because God is so'rear ih the qui.ct
evening- shadows, on tfio hilltops?
f £fter a delightful stay in iho rapid
ly growing village we were again on
ou# way,' stopping for a moment of
TWO WOMEN
nm SAME
MEDICINE
Both Helped by Taking
. rpj^y^
^ h£^tpr the birth of my little daughter
very badly run-down. I could not
“ 1,1 I think of going to a
hospital, but grew
ste&dily worso, be
iug compelled to
stay iu Led two or
three days each
week, a*friend of
my sister’s told of
the good' Lydia B.
Pinkham’s Vege
table Com pou nd had
done her, and my
sister bought me
tyo bottles of It. 1
’ ui uiiu uuiuc wnen 1
was up and able to do some wosk. I
end truly a booster for Lydia E. Pink
barn's Vegetable Compound trud you
may use my testimonialMas. JJayue
Lrfcfcrr, llii Island Ave., Ext., McKee s
Racks, Pa. -F-f
Mrs. Hope L. Smith; a fanner’s wife
of Route 8. Mdyd,’Va., says "she'"was
dll tor ten years with a good deal of
pain in her side and so weak she could
hardly work. Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound has yelped her so
much sne is telling be
,_ling her friends about it.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a dependable medicine.
i
silent ecstasy as our eyes feasted on
the glories of the great Gap—and of
the returning beauties of the'down'
ward drive.
Surely nobody in Winston-Salem
—or in North Carolina- will let the
| summer pass, if it can be made pos*
sible, without the joy of a trip to
Roaring Gap—to the hills—rock
ribbed and ancient as the sun, loveli
I est of lovely things are they, for truly
; “God is the perfect poet. Who in Ilis
, person, acts His own creations; and
! surely the hills, the hills of Carolina,
' must be His abiding place.
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Only Few Schools
With One Teacher Left
Consolidation of Rural Schools Is
Having a Decided Effect Says
School Facts
There are now 5,1.09 fewer one
teacher rural schools in North Caro
j lina than there were twenty-five yeurs
ago, estimates an issue of State
| School Facts, off the press recently.
There were 5,411 white and 2,4IS
1 negro one-teacher schools during
1000-01. Five years ago there were
j 2.513 white and 1.001 colored. During
j the past year,* 1 <,>24-25, the number
I had decreased to 1,467 and 1,263 f.r
i whites and negroes, respectively.
I ho 'figures for two-teacher rurcl
schools for whites has likewise de
I ci cased during .he past ten years,
i In I HI 6-1 f» there were 1,708 white.
I During 1024-35 tti* l umber had de
creased to 1,528.
During the past ten years, on the
other hand, the number of two-teach—I
er negro rural schools has increased.'
In 1016-10 the number of two-teacher
rurals was 338. In 1924-25 the num
ber had increased to 700 a total of
371. 1
There has likewise come a decrease
in the number of rural districts. In
1903-04 there were 5,555 white rural
districts, and 2,376 colored. In 1924
25 the numbers had decreased to 4,10(1
white districts and 2.262 for negroes.
"Evidently, consolidation for tlic
colored race has not been promulgat
ed very extensively,” says State
School Facts in commenting on tho
small decrease in the number of rural
districts.
PRICE REDUCTION MADE
ON FRIGIDAIjtE .820 TO $9.)
. jpayton, Ohio, August 10.—Drastic
price reductions effective immediately
on all lines of Frigidaire were an
nounced today. The cut in price
ranges from $20 to $90. Increased de
mand for Frigidaire. followed by in
creased production, is assigned as the
Veason • by E. G. Biechler, president i
arid general manager of Frigidaire.
“Through anticipated production in
creases we expect to materially low
er our production costs,’’ said Mr.
Biechler commenting on the announce
ment. “We have sold more than 2(H),
()6o Frigidaires u> date--a larg'.r
number than hus been sold by aM
other makers of electric refrigerators
combined. Wc feel that the public will
demand Frigidaire in ever increasing
quantities un(j now it time to pass
on the savings that will be accom
plished.”
To Sponsor Tenuis
And Golf Tourneys
Play By October
Plans are under way at Cleveland
•Springs to sponsor some time in the
next two or three weeks a combination
golf and tennis tournaments for the
benefit of the amateur talent in the
two sports that Shelby possesses. The
two new tennis courts under construc
tion just below the site of the Spanish
club-house are in excellent shape so
far as the work has progressed, the
only conditioning being necessary u'
some heavy rolling and lining off.
It is probable that the golf tourna
ment will be divided into two sec
tions. and that the tennis tournament
will have sections for men’s singles
and doubles, ladies singles and
doubles, mixed doubles, and a corres
ponding program for jjoys and girls ,
under sixteen. Mr. J. H. Grigg is fav- !
ored to win the men’s singles, with
Dr. McBrayer and Whitelaw Kendall
also figuring as strong contender.-.
Possibilities in the other events are •:
hard to predict at this early date. I
Dick Gurley, who is sponsoring the
program of competitive spftiCs, is j
out of the city on a vacation at|
present, ai'd plans will necessarily be I
held up until his return. Followers of
Piles
CURED
In 6 to #4 Daya j
All Druggists are authorized to
refund money if PAZO OINT
MENT fails to cure any case of
ITCHING, BUND. BLEEDING
Of PROTRUDING PILES. Cutjs
ordinary cases in 6 days, the
worst cases in 14 days.
PAZO OINTMENT instantly Re
lieves ITCHING PILES and you
can get restful sleep after the
first application. 60c.
VipiMlipiMr1
New
And Machine Shop
Ju&fi Opened With Modern Machinery
and Expert Mechanics.
Ready to do a^ kinds of repairs to
Autos, Trucks, Tractors and Machinery
at reasonable prices.
-GIVE US A TfllAk
R- G, Stockton
West Marion Street Ip Old Bakery
Building.
f WE HAVE A PLAN WHICH N
WILL COT YOUR INNER TUBE
‘ BILLS * JUST A BOOT in 4^
IT IS BAS60 ON
J*tF0EU£ TV.BW
ASK OS FOR T
FACTS ARO FIGURES
>T WILL pay YOU
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SH&LAY HARDWARE CO.
WIRE M1US
the two sports, however, are looking |
forward to interesting competitlbfc
when «.he ewentp lire finally called.'
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Florida Real Estate
Men Find New Field
I Cemetery Prompting Works Hand-1
Homely In tfcme States—Negroes
Be Ne*t Victims
Kuleigh, Aug. S.—p’.loridu realtors
who have not gone well in recent
months are- leading their salesman
ship to fJo^h Carolina real estate
aioft jmijpring in ^emetery associations’
U.pie .fi^^fdnm^asloner flf. pailey
|4r. Baijey recently met with the
southern group of seeu^ty commis
sioners of the’ national association.
Thjy * elected him secretary. There
he leaned a good deal from fellow
members. '|ke latest enterprise seems
to bf tho qemqtery association. Cor
porations Prgapl^ed to furnish fine
funerals pn^ beauty for cemeteries.
This makqi a moiistraouply attractive
appeal to4 the average hlack paan. He;
1 »■ —■ ■ ■■ m,' vr?rrrrr~
has u fondness for funerals, a weak
ness fof bein£ put away £tyk\"
frloriclu larid boomCrs eaier* to "this
weakness. This far M<. iflailey iHps
seen.,but,one association utty%ipte(^ ba
the negroes- He fis putting 'the p#dp
oncents through the thifd* degree. *I$ie
promoters organize the corporation,
get their first, payment—and ttnjir
last. It does not take the unbutied
black long to weary in the weB-d^pig
of the promoters. All the profits” go
to the Salesman. Before the grand di
vide reaches the man who has putjiip
his money, the promoter. ,is out -p"
reach- m *.
Everything .-seems A'wtftwf the*cfe
fault. If thb stbcl^olaorS’hafi to cbne
up with this assessment?'he Tft pui in
the attitude of forsaking the assri^-ip
tion. The scheme- works handsomely
among the whiles in- Kentucky, Tiv! -
iana and other states. The big funeral
is not a thing to be sneezed at tIAuv.
even. The negroes haven’t been t|h<‘
vic.tims thus tar. lift they will b<| i:i
the southern states. •'*
Mr. Bailey cannot keep all f*h>l
and their money • together. There «^i
r.o law against gelling and buying lid'-.
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Very Special
Smmt Prices 0# Coal
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BiESt fiOMEStlC COAL MINED IN
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
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It’s The Virginia Lee PJue Gem Block, and
yQtr get lull 2,000 pounds to a ton.
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FQR CASH PER TON $7.C
This price is good for July^ilnd
A ugnat Delivery.
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Ideal tee & Feel Company
4 Shelby, N. C. ^ ‘
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In that way many promoters get their
victims and there is? no lay to.proitc i
them. But the commissioner is mat
ing the salesmen observe the laws
Which are on the books.
Fire Destroys . Store at Alexander
Manufacturing Company
From The Sun.
'Alexander, Aug. 1.—At 8:40 to
night fire broke out in the loft of th’
general store of Morrow W Tate and
in a few minutes the building was a
llaming mass. It was a complete loss.
The store, fixtures and stock were
valued at $12,000 and $6,0f>0 insur
ance was carried. WWW
A cajJ for help was aejtift to
,City but Jbef.ore ^ fF**
could respond the firsfighterf and ^p.
pa rat us from the Alexapdet Mills ir
'rived and sayed the storehouse jtnd ^
dwelling close behind- tK^''*biftm1pg
building. Mr. J^'Hicks, wfro'iniB 'at
church, chanced jtf seethe wnoke ghd
flames hegjpptpjg .to jtye JCr% fa
Automobiles .woujdp’t bfjfafppfiVf,
snaps J. C. Newton, if the horsepower
of the engine teas proportioned to the
horse sense of .the jhiver. - ,
Luremont
On La&e Z,?*r#
/n Chimney Rock Moufltaifw
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If some men wefe tg pr^xect Q.jigw■e^tef- r
prise in Shelby, their neighbors would pj^dicjt
its failure, because the meg behind, pt* dg’jrjot t
command the confidence of the cohimunity. ,
• But if men of out-standing finapehri re
sponsibility and achievement wet;e t,o project 'a ' *'
now enterprise the community wo.ulq rc^ara
its Success assured.
The men behind Luremont are out-stand
ing men of financial responsibility. Thfiy" do
what they undertake. *
They sav they will make luremont
"AMERICA’S GREATEST SCENIC PLAYGROUND.”
Let that soak in!4 *. ;
Can you go amiss in investing in
AMERICA’S GREATEST SCENIC BLAY,GRQO$D?
—SEE—
C. L. T. FISHER - pf4£jN£gf$
Central Hotel Lobby/ ')l. /
Shelby, N: G. * * ;
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Economical TrontportoHon
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CHEVROLET
Into the held of low-priced
cars the smoothest Chevrolet ip
Chevrolet history Jbrl^gs exact
ly the velvet acceleration and
freedom from high-speed vibra
tion that have beeh the big
r£a$QA$fr>r'tHe buyipg of mul
tiple-cylinder cars. >
Imagine loafing up a hill in a
leaded car—with the motor
turning so easily that you are
scarcely aware of its operation.
ciwln the smooth Chevrolet1.
Imagine rushing from 10 to 30
pniles an hour before your
Watch ticks ten yvjjh
never a semblance labor on
the pajt of the motor. You can
1,1 moofh Cheyrpltfl
tor hour upon hour—i
comfort, entirely free
sense of excessive n
unconscious of even t
est roughness in the n
can in the smooth Cjifci
Leamfor yourself thei
wadset M m
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