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START HERE TODAY (For obvious reasons (he char actors in this (rue s(ory ha-ve cried until wo promised to with hold their real names.) JIMPSON WEED and PEARL HANDLE live in DM ROM Y. Ohio, so they get married. PEARL’S father. MR. HAN DLE, objects to the match be cause he doesn't want his PEARL to marry our JIMP. Consequently, the old guy shoots at Jimp upon the slight est provocation. He hires HE TESTIVK GUM r id his wife. lintS. GUM. who plot to estrange the happy young pair of lovers. While JIMP and PEARL are on their HONEYMOON the wo man detective cgl-CCS JIMP into a phone booth and lings him. PEARL found her (unhand in the women detective’s arms at the end of the last chapter. You should have been there. You certainly should. NOW GO AHEAD CHAPTER VI11 Let us gather the loose threads cf this swell yarn and see the mysteri ous pattern which has been woven. Jinip was caught in the phono booth with the wicked women. Do ing a marrTeu man. he introduced the wicked woman to Pear) as. central. “You are a liar! ’ is what Pearl screamed then. A nd !i< r words were echoed by Detective Gum and Pearl’3 father, the dert,v hums. “Darling,replied Jimp, regaining his composure, “I cannot tell a lie. ‘Yes, I am a liar. This woman is net central.’’ “Of course,h she To n’t,” sm iled t he lovely young bride, go rung with by only 400 short yearn. You wouldn’t recognize the spet. Verazano was the first, Giovanni Veruzano. H<! visited the vicinity mi 1624, ate his lunch and scattered the! papers around. Oi ly a year later came Gomez, the I Spanish navigator. Gomez, or just j plan old “Gom" as he was called by' his many friends, sailed into New | York harbor on a fishing trip, or ' .something. Hardly 84 years inte r, Henry Hud- [ son arrived and named the river! which you have to swim if you escape i froip Sing Sing. So be good. Things were quiet for four years until Adrian Block landed and built four trading houses at what is now j 41 Broadway, A curious thing hap- j pened here, curious and peculiar. One morning a stranger knocked at i Mr. Block’s door. “C< uld I see Mr. | Block, please?” he asked, “Vat es cot?” “Glad to know you, Mr. Block,” j smiled the stranger. “I came to see ; about renting ore of your trading! posts.” “Foin,” exclaimed Mr. Block. “Id ces one nize place.” "Hew much is the rent, Mr. Block?” | quoth the stranger. “Dree doilaire. Ver cheip.” 'Three dollars?” howled the stran ger. “What do you think this is New York?’ “Ah, but et ez Noo Yoik ” said Mr. Block. ! So that's how New York got its name. Things moved fast after this. The luncheon clubs were active and peo ple flocked to town. Today it’s a large city. Flowers still bloohi there. But they TRACKS] ter W^5 “Our train has gone,” shouted Detective (Hum. know?” asked Old Man Handle. “It left some tracks . great detective. (1 hoto above shows tracks left by ‘How do you replied the train.) mi tty eye; upon her husband who , she knew loved he* dearly. “I know all. It’s a frainc-jtip. She is a wo . man detective. She is Detective . Gumshoe’s wife.” “A frame-up!” snarled Jimp, turn , ing toward Gum and Handle with an antagonistic gesture. “Don't you turn toward me with • any of your nntngonls,tic*''ges turps,’ . warned Pearl's father, drawing a con cealed weapon. , “Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!”laughed Jimp in stupendous scorn. “You can’t , shaa;t me in here.” >?ih\ show you," fairly screamed the , old man. “Just try it,” warned Jimp. “You . forget, my dear father-in-law, thi* ,.thi8 is the beginning of a chapter. . It’s bad newspaper serial technique to shoot the hero before the end of a .chapter.” - “You sneaking dub,” growled the old man. “It pains me greatly to] think I have a son-in-law who is yel low enough to taakc advantage of a . technicality.’’ “Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!” giggled - the victor. ' j ; '‘Laugh yourself," growled the old man.; “The chapter is getting along. I .I’ll *noot you when ii does end.” population y due chiefly to the ; “Try and do it. snickered the son j in-law. “My lovely bride aand I will be in Florida by that time.” Then, ^turning to Pearl, who was nearby .scraping chewing gum off her shoe , on an expectorator, he said with a laughing tile, “Come, Pearl.” Sc Jimp and Pearl raced to the sta- j , tion. There they caught the #nexv j .4rain for New York before it could get' * away. And Handle Gum and the woman detective raced for the station. But ftlhe train was gone (see picture.) ...~t * * * New York is a large city. It’s that so many people live there. Four hundred years ago it was i iy a simple little inexperienced i»-J. sleeping blissfully by the At- ; Se lf) those days trees grew in great | tislon and flowers were so wild ''stayed out all night. Indians hither and yon following their ’s dictates. you been there lately? It’s, new, all changed. Gone are old familiar faces and vanished the sequestered places. i'll have to see with your own to have realign the havoc wrought IT"— HT —_ ■*‘•"*‘**"**■•^0* f-WFr*v»*^ cast their fragrance about florists’ shops. The people, too, have become hot house plants. Except in the win ter. Then eskimos come down from the north and get jobs fixing furnaces in apart ment'houses. The winding path made the length of the island by wild animals is a street called Uroadway, now. The dear has takenjhc place of the deer. Wild cats have jobs ns mani curists. Sheep and old foxes trot by on their way down to Wall Street. Hera and there one may see a dumb ox. Smart ducks haunt the theatre entrances, offering tickets at exorb tant prices. Sharks pursue poor fish. Anyway, you get the idea. The place has changed. The wild animals have become human, * * * Jimp and his charming spouse, Pearl, hopped off the train at the Pennsylvania Station. “Well,” remarked Jimp, “here wo arc.” “Yes,” responded his mate, “Where are we?” “I’ll see, ' said our Jimp, because he intended to investigate. Approach ing a reci earned porter, he said, “Where*are wcT?" “In the Pennsylvania: station,” came the quick reply. “Oh, heck,” moaned the young- hus hand, because the reaTword for “heck” isn’t being used in this story, c “Herb we are in Pennsylvania. And I told the conductor to let me of? at Now York.” “Oh,” rejoiced the porter, who had a wife and three children, “this is New York. It’s the Pennsylvania sta tion in New York." “Fine,” expostulated Jimp. “Let's see the city.” Hardly six hours l-ter, the young husband and his blus~njr bride found their way out of the Pennsylvania station. There they stood upon the thres hold of the pulsating city. Even though Jimp had Only $938,896 left from his original million, he was de temined to explore Hew York. Wasn’t New York the city of op portunity? If he did spend all his money, what was the difference? He could make more money there. Only recently ho had read of a fel low who went to New York broke, and in less than ten years owed seven millions, “Wo must find the hotel first.” said Pearl. “Then we can see the city. I have Borne shopping to do.” “Where's the hotel here?” asked our Jimp of a r.tranter. But the stranger lived in Brooklyn and didn’t know much. Or, perhaps he did know much. Anyway, the sirangor said, "Grab a taxi and tell the driver you want to go to the aquarium.” Jimp* however, wasn’t so silly. He knew what the aquarium was. It was a good suggestion. They would visit the aquarium and find the hotel later. So in a few minutes they entered the aquarium. It was a huge mint] building. Eisth (f every known dca-;! crlflion peeped oiit at .;imp amLP^ori from glass tanks. But it was dull to Jimp. He bod forgotten his fishing tackle. Let’s go.” said he to Pearl. The young honcymooners started to leave. As they passed through the door a guard grabbed Jimp. And just as the chapter closed Jimp realized he hid been mistaken for a fish try ing to escape. (To Re Continued) Now There Are 49 Barber Chairs In City Of Shelby Now there are 49 barber chairs in the city of Shelby. Not 49 yet, ' bur, there will be in a few days when a new ; hop opens. Blume this on the women or thank them for it. Every barber shop is now a “bobber” shop. One barber says 25 per cent of his custom ers are females who want a bob, a trim or a neckshave. Another barber says 40 to 50 per cent of his custom ers are ladies or girls. At any rate the number of barber shops and chairs has increased to 49—quite a differ ■ "ce from the day when "John thi Barber” did all the tonsorial work, to be followed by Watt Elliott, Sam < rater and Zeke Shiver, all colored ar* lists of latter years. Counting the present “beauty shop” with three chairs which is exclusive for the fe male sex, there will be six other shops when the new one opens. Over at r.asisme mere ave three, down in South Shelby one. It is convenient to drop into one as you pass along and evidently the males and females arc dropping for they continue to increase. Hut there is more excuse for multi plied shops and chairs, now .han five years ago. The women and girls need tonsorial service, not quite as often as men but they need it just the snmu And while women visit the shops anti add to the patronage, there are men who used to get a trim four or fiva times a year but not require attention every two weeks or oftener. Then the, i home barber has passed out. There ' was a time not so long ago when some man or woman deftly wielded a pair of shears and did all the cutting for the lads and lassies in a neighbor, hood. This type of home barbering has disappeared and the lads and lasslts go to the shops where there are ar tists, chairs and sweet smelling appli i cations. With a dozen shops within the cor porate limits there may be a barbei shop funeral, but not so if present tendencies keep up. MRS DI KE APPOINTED DAUGHTER’S GUARDIAN New York, Aug. 17—Mrs. Nnnaline H. Duke, tobacco magnate, was ap pointed ancillary guardian for her daughter, Doris Duke, aged 13, in an an order signed today, by Surrogate [ Foley. Mrs. Duke and her daughter sailed for Europe Saturday. Mr. Duke died October 10, 1925. According to the petition, Doris is possessed of personal property within the Sta^e valued at $15,285,000. U> the will of her father she may become entitled to a remainder interest in real and personal property including the Duke homo at"1 East 7#th'street. '■ W->T *-T-T’-- ; The Crepe Myrtles Statesville Daily. The crepe myrtles have been in their glory the past few weeks,, and they seem to have multiplied greatly within a few years. Formerly there were so few that one attracted un nr.ua 1 attention. Now they are all about the town and all through the countryside their blooms of varied tints brighten the landscape. No doubt Dr. Clarence Poe’s campaign for crepe myrtles in the Progressive Farmer has helped to pface this beau tiful flowering shrub about so many homes. Of course the crepe myrtle la a part of the growing custom of planting shrubs and flowers in the yards. The growth cf the custom oil beautifying the premise is most grati fying. We have a far piece to go, but considering the progress in that respect in a few years We are on the way. The appeal is irrestable oneo the work is well begun. Formerly, even in our towns, attractive grass ana shade, flowers in the yard were rarer In the country they were rarer still. But in former days they thought they had to give all their time to the strug% gle for existence. Cultivating flowers was a work for the women and few of them could give the time and at tention necessary to make an attrac tive showing. We could have ha^ the flowers then if we had thought so. But now it is becoming a habit. W* aren’t just being educated to an ap preciation of beautiful things. We ar: just beginning to learn that we can have them at comparatively little cost and that they are worth more than the price. But the purpose was to mention the beauty of the crepe myrtles this sea son, the more noticeable because, there are so many of them, and to ex* press the hope that the number will increase. Facts About Progress Of Schools In North Carolina That people in other slate* of tiic Union may leafhi of the progress North Carolina has made in putUe school education since 1900, when edu cational leaders first uegan layiriv, the cornerstones of the',iTTjcation of Heel youth, -the current number of!State BthooPtpacts, publication of tht* State Department ot Public Iri-. strueticn, will b* placed on exhibit at the North Carol) rtti booth at the Sck ipi* Centennial Exposition. ^ie current ’ issue is called th; Scsqui-CentcnniaT TTunuier. DevWled entirely to sumtnaiies of the accom plishments in education in the State during the Hast ^5 years of the-pres ent century’, the facts and figures show the bCfcles the Tar Heel state has made in educating its children. Notable Increase Shown An increase of approximatey 3,300 per cent in the total cost of- the pub lic school system in North Carolina has occurred in 25 years. This does not include the colleges. In 1890 • 1900, the total expenditures for edu cation in this State amounted to §1,062,303.71, while ir 1924-1925 the amount had jumped to $33,978,0G3.68. But the greatest progress along edu e^tionjdl* line* baa been made during the* pAtfr -five years. For the first ten years of the present century, the growth was not so pronounced as the amount expended in 1909-1910 was ?3.178,050.50. Ten years, later, in Ufl9'192d, cite amount had increased to S12,2li,250.00. Sir.-co that school j yeag. the .nmounj, has nearly tripled WffHer millions' of dolalrs have been expended in the instruction of the Tar Heel youth, the value of school prop erty has also materially inefeased. j Iri TlRifUliftiO'* ' ' the" school property I was valued at 51.097,504, while 25 years Inter the valuation is placed at ! $70,705,835. Afe an indication of the | progress along this particular line, a j school building in Winston-Salem ha.", •a greater valuath n than that of all i school property. in the State 25 years ! ago. I- rom n capital outlay in 1900 nt $56,207.6$ for new rural buildings and equipment in 1900. the amount spent in the modernization of the school system in 1925 was approximately eleven million dollars. } . In 1900. the t^tate was spending $2.87 per year for the education of its children. In 1925 an average amount of $41.9t> was ’spent on each child. In 1900, 8..120 teachers were employed in thie school^’(while ih ’1925 22,248 were employed. The scnolarship ol these teachers also showed great im provement. ‘••fUrtce 19J 9-1920 when ac curate records were kept on this sub ject to the present Qrrve thc^f Jyas beet a decrease in thetmiitfh*r40T<4eaehers from 7.182 to 1,116 who are not equip ped according to standard require ments. On the other hand there hm been an increase frorrv 10,814 to 19, 785 In the teachers wmr tire equipped according to the standard require ments: standard requirements indicate that the teacher graduated from ?, high school or better. Enrollment IjM'd's The total public school enrollment in 1900 was 400,452 while in 192> it was 809,8114. An indication of th. increasing importaance of schooling in the minds of the parents is shown by the fact that in 1900 only 59 per cent of the enrollment were in aver age daily attendance while in 1925, 74 per cent of the children atlendcd schools. The history of the development of the high school is also interesting. Educational officers everywhere be lieve that much is accomplished when boys and girls enter high school ami ido ifht .drop out'-pf Educational ranks [after the. grapimfr gi^idgs. <ireat im iport»p44’‘!irfeo isfattA'ched to complex tion of high school" courses. In“1900 only 2.000 pupils were enrolled in the high schools. In 1925, 67,086 were en rolled. In 1900 there are no figures available cpi graduates from high schools but in 1910 there' were 510. In 1925 there were 8,-248 graduates. These figures are for white children and approximately 2,200 negro chil dren also graduated from high schools in the last named year. During the 25-year period, trio school year has been lengthened for both races. The Constitution now pro i-iHos a «-i>c months mimimum and in many school districts this is augmen ts tiy county funds. In 1900 the white child had an average school term of 80 days while in 1925 this had been increased to 148 days. In 1900 the negro child had an average term of 79 days which In the 25 year period was increased to 136.3 days. Vocational Education The Siate entered upon vocational education in 1917-1918 nnd£ in that year 21 schools handled 3^3 pupils in agricultural courses. In 1925, 11.0 schools taught this sublet" Co 5,800 pupils. In 1917-1918, .three schools Home economics 100 girls. In 1925 147 schools instructed 6,261 girls in this subject. In 49l38-I9l!> there' were five cesses itt trades arm industries with 128 pupifs! ‘while ‘iii 1925 there were 246 ,£ clgsses with 3,699 pupils. ’ Visual education has become a reg ular part of the school work. In 1922 23 the first year, 29 schools with en rollment of 79,772 had three courses. In 1925 there were 90 participating schools with enrollment of 198,9880. The old “red school house” with its one teacher for all is passing ’n th<* State. In 1900 there were 7,829 of these one-teacher schools. In 1925 this number had been reduced to 2 - 77720. JFrom 1917, the number of four or more teacher schools in rural centers has increased from 409 to 1,082 in 1925 While there has been a tendency toward consilidation. This is illustrated by-the fact that in 1922 there were 850 consolidated, schools and in 1925 there were 796. 'increased highway facilities has aid .fepjfthe development of' consolidated ,B#hcols and it has also brought about transportation of! (Children to schools by ihe State. In' 1915, six vehicles carried 150 children to school. In 1925,‘it is estimated that 2,500 vehi cles were employed to transport 90, 000 children. Morganton, Aug. 17.—Self-defense is the plea entered by Bcw Franklin whose trial on the charge of killing his son-in-law, Charlie Smith, began this morning in Burke superior court. The trial will like occupy the entire day tomorrow. The scene of the hom icide was Jonas Ridge in th-> rnoun. -Urinous section of Burko, and the kill ing was the climax of a scries of al tercations and separations between Smith and his wife. Their differrn •'s involved Mrs. Smith’s father, tile defendant. Charged with aiding and abetting in the murder Ernest Barrier, who was killed, n a co-defendant in the case. Franklin and Barrier c7aim that the former did nil the shooting. Bur the prosecution had introduced ovi deuce tending to nroVe that Barrie also had part in the gun play. Smith had been drinking heavily and when the three met in the road the two de fendants and the man who was killed the trouble began. Smith opening fire, it is claimed. Lower Rates Or> Fertilizer Freight A widespread revision of freight rates on fertilizer and fertilizer ma terials in the S-nth ■"!•« iWi-led -n , ’.yesterday by the Interstate Com merce Commission. Railroads were ordered to nut- the new scale of rates into effect by Jan uary 1, 1927. The decision followed a two year investigation begun by the commis sion on its own motion. It was found ♦ '’at >n view of the characteristics of the fertilizer traffic, it was “reason ably entitled to a relatively low basis [ of rates.’’ i Maximum re&onablejraSes'based on a distance scale were prescribed for standard lines, but certain smaller lines were allowed to make* exceptions. • Nndue prejudice was found to exist vi<rain«t persona and localities in in terstate commerce and unjust discrim ination against interstate commerce by reason of the intrastate rates in | Alabama and the effective intrastate j rates in Georgia and South Caroline were found not to be unlawful for 1 t*e future except in individual in stances. ! Killed By Lightning Aiop Blowing Rock David Anderson, 33 years of age, of fforth Wilkesboro, was instant ly killed when struck by a bolt of lightning at Blowing Rock Sunday morning and three young son; of Joe Brestwood, of Lenoir, were 'n jurod. The party of four was standing nlon of the main rock when Ander son was killed. '1 ho bolt struck him in the forehead, making several gashes in his head. His ivnt.cn chain was melted and one shoe was burned. The injured boys are Raymond }-restwood, 18; Albert Brestvocd, 11; and Clarence Brestvcod, 8. Raymond and A loci*- were seriously hurt and were tallied to a Lenoir hospital, Clarence was knocked unconscious bnt mt seriously injured. The Brest wood boys are relatives of Anderson. - ■ ' ■jut". ■ . ARE YOU STED IN BUYING FARM LAND? IF SO YOU WILL WANT TO SEE OUR LIST OF GOOD FARMS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. Any juze farm you want from 30 acr£s ~ up. Price ranges from $25.00 per acre up to $250,00. Cotton conditions indicate big crop til Cleveland County. The wise farmer or tenant doein’t wait until fall to buy. Let us show you the farm you want. You’ll find the price right. Anthony & Anthony —Lineberger Building— -SALESMEN J. T. Beason, O. S. Anthony, J. A. Anthony \eteran cars shed theircarbon 0 -M: : New lubricating oil proves it with Snicks, Packards and others A TEST on a Buick for carbon deposit with the new “Standard” Motor Oil showed amazing results. When the err,was examined be fore the test there were heavy accumulations of carbon on cylinder heads and pistons. The new “Standard” Motor Oil was then put in the crank case and the car run 2,969 miles. Again it was examined. Most of the carbon had disap peared—the slight amount remaining was easily wiped off with a cloth. The new oil is a perfect all ’round lubricant, giving a complete piston seal; smoother operation at all speeds; cooler motor; increases in oil mile age of 12% to 40% and in gas mileage of 10% to 20%. Verify these astounding results with a crank case full of “Standard” Motor Oil in your own car. You can actually feel the difference. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) 7 Advantages of "Standard” Motor Oil 1 • Constant lubrication. 2. Minimum friction. 3. 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