ITTLE gTARS Cotton (Shelby spots).. 17, —Car Load „of Trucks—The Esk ridge agency in Shelby has./eceived « car load of eight Ford trucks for dis tribution. Mr. Eskridge says business is looking up, that the Charlotte agency js running seventy-five cars bfeh^nd thAldtfiand. —Fisst Edition Car—Mr. Will Are\ went to Charlotte Saturday to bring to Shelby a specimen of the new Pon tiac SedaiL This is the first edition, so to speak, of this class of car turn ed out by the Pontiac manufacturers, this car being an offspring of General Motors. ” —Attending Convention— R. V. Toms, superintendent of the water anj light plantq left Sunday for Wilming ton to attend the state convention oi water and light superintendents in session there. Mr. Toms was accom- , panied by Mrs. Toms and will be away ; several days. —Laying Concrete—The actual pouring ofather concrete base for S. LaFayette str%«t in South Shelby b gan this morning by the Ely Con | struction Co. One newly paved stre< •. 1 between LaFayette and Washington streets, was opened for traffic Sat-! ufday. — i —Dn t fmmittee—Prof. Joe Nivor, of the CWiryvllle schools, has been - nApied a uttmber of the reunion com mittee of nfe University of North Car olina cientg&l^lumni association for t':e 1B27 ■’commencement. Mr. Nixon was fc*aduate Shelby. The Shelby Woodmen report that the membership of the organiza tion voted unanimously to come and if the vpte gets the endorsement of the high officials the encampment vill be Held here next year. —Mr. Bateman Coming—Rev. T. D Bateman, former pastor of the Pres byterian chyrch at thjs now pastor at .Columbus, Miss, preached at Grover fyjhdaf to a large ^congregr tion. He and his wdfe and son will eome to Shelby tomorrow' to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mil ler and on Wednesday night Dr. Bate, man will conduct prayer meeting Mill, who was bitten by a mad dog days ago, died Friday night at 6 o’clock from a form of hydrophobia brought on Hy the bite. He lived at tr.c-, home.of his aged mother, Mrs. Maggie Hubbard, who depended upon her son for her sole support. Hubbard was bitten on the hand by a fine German police dog, which hart been brought to the orfice of Dr. R H. Parker, for treatment, but the young man ofiectcdSto havtng the ai« mal killed. He kept him for a while and sold him to Carl Moody, the lai ter, however, bringing him back in a day or two. While attempting to feeo it one morning two months ago, the dog bit the owner on the hand. Pasteur treatment was immediate ly given the patient, but no symptoms of the disease apeared untiTlast week. Since that tiine he suffered from a racking paip, and he gradually be came paralyzed until his death. The case -attracted a large amount1 of. attention among the medical pro-i fession and-atnong the morbidly cut-, ious. ' * DAVID CLARK FORECASTS GREAT FUTURE FOR TEXTILES Charlotte.-*-Forecasting that Char lotte and North Carolina in the near future will see a tremendous move ment of textile nlants from the east, David Clark, editor of the Southe-n Textile Bulletin today urged that the citizens of the Piedmont belt culti vate a more friendly spirit with each other.} 8, This is necessary, he added, that native citizens may share in this new' prosperity. He was addressing the Monarch Civic club. * “It is jult as important when Salis bury secures the location of a new in dustrial plant as it is when Charlotte gets one, for as Salisbury grows, Charlotte will benefit," the speaker declared as an illustration. The depression of lgfee in manufac turing circles has been better weath ered in the Piedmont section than any ether in lift country, he said. Tt»i* was pointed to as a magnet for draw ing eastern, manufacturers to North GfcWbliaa. •?'. 3: olflL V ’•> • Mr. J, I). Barnett is in Matthews assisting in a revival there. , Judge James L. Webb is holding court in Lexington ibis week. Mr. Louis Stovall spent the week end in Luniberton. Mr. and Mrs. (ieorge Blanton and family have returned from a three week’s stay at Blowing Rock. Mr. and Mrs. i». \V. Royster and young son, David, spent the week-eng at Mooreshoro with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Bollinger and little daughter left this morning To: a week’s stay at Chimney Rock. Mr. Albert B. Spangler is spending awhile with his cousin, Billy Han,, rick, in Asheville. Miss Marguerite Hale, of Jackson ville, Fla., will arrive this week to lie the guest of Mrs. T. W. Hamrick. Miss Mabel Parish and Mr. A. I. Ferree, of Ashboro, are visiting Mi. and Mrs. William McCord. Mr. and Mrs. (’has. II. Shull, Miss Lalage ahd John Keith Shull leave t > day to spend a week in Asheville. Mrs. R. W. Ward leaves this ween for her former home at Jacksonville, j this state, to visi, relatives. Miss Dorothy Clem-a-, < f Creens- 1 boro, is the guest of Miss .Mathilda Lattimore. Miss Aileen McRrayer, of Chariot!e, is visiting her cousin, Miss Margaret, Elam. Mrs. Charles Wall, and sister-in law, Miss Dib Wall, of Lexington, are visiting Mrs. Wall’s parents Mr. ami Mrs. L. P. Holland. Mrs. Grover Beam has returned from Ridgecrest where she was the guest for 10 days of her sister, Mm. R. J. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Ley and family and mother, Mrs. Ward, have return ed from a stay at Boone on Friday evening. Mr. John Phifer, E. Ruttle strec., has returned from a vacation spent with relatives in Burke and Ruthe ford counties. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grose and baby and Miss Francis Putnam motor ed to Chimney Rock and Ash.vide Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Major Hopper and son Major Lee, Jr., spent Sunday in Char lotte with their daughter, Miss Paul ine Hopper. Miss Ruth Hopper has return <; home from Salisbury after spending a week visiting her sister Mrs. He belt E. Smith. Miss Minna LcGrand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It. T. LeGrand has as her guest this week, her cousin .Miss N.-» • fMflwt 11. of Charlotte.** Rev. 7,£nn Wall Wont to Asheville yesterday to see an old friend who,, was a deacen of Dr. Wall’s churcn in Mississippi. Mrs. Burton Mitchell and baby, who lave been visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Mitchell, returned to their home in Mt. Holly on Saturday afternoon. Mr. James Roberts who now lives it Hickory Grove, S. C., spent the wreek-end here with his parents, lot and Mrs. J. F. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Goff, <.*«.■ j Charlotte, and Mr. ami Mrs. Baxter! Moore, of Winston-Salem, were Cleveland Springs guests for Sunday lunch. Mr. and Mrs. w. u. i.rigg, Mrs. .1. H. Thomas and son, Johnny, of Sav-' annah, Ga., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. ! Maynard Washburn. They spent Sun dav at Blowing Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Falls and Mrs. J. D. Falls, of Newark, N. ■>., have been the delightful guests at! the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Houser. Attorney H. R. Edwards of the law firm of Bennett and Edwards has-1 returned from his former home at! Scotland Neck where he visited rela- | tives. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morgan, of Forest City, and Mr.' W. G. Morgan, j of Union Mills, were the week-end j guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mor- 1 gan, West Warren street. Mrs. Joe Wray, of Gastonia, nr- | rives today to spend a week with Mr.-. Carl Thompson. The many friends o, Mrs. Wray will be glad to know that her daughter, Miss Cm., -yn, is improv ing after a long and serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Weathers, ot j Fayetteville, are visiting relative. 1 here this week. Mr. Weathers is super- I intendent of the water and light plant there. He formerly held a slnr | ilar position in- Shelby. Miss Wilma Burgess who has ho.i; spending the week here with her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Burgess at the home of Judge J. L. Webb returned to her home in Gaff nrv. S. on Sunday aftenio£>>, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McGregor and daughter Miss Kittie Belle McGregor, left for their home in South Carolina today after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McGregor on S. Washington street. Mrs. Leslie Hamrick and children and Miss Ruby Mitchell, who have been visiting Mrs. Flay Hamrick left Monday for iheir names in Montana and Asheville. Mrs. Hamrick will have as her guests this week her brothers and si.vers. Misses Sarah and Lillian Michael and John and Walter Michael, of Asheville. Miss Mildred Hackney, of Char lotte, spent the week-end with Mrs. Ogburn Stephenson. The many friends in Shelby of Miss Hackney will he in tc.ro*t.pd in the -announcement of her engagement which appeared in th» Charlotte papers on Sunday, and hot picture also. Miss Hackney will be married in the early fall. (Continued on pafee 8) THEATRES “The Combat” starring that exert lent actor House Peters, is the stellar offering at the \r»hb theatre today Wanda Hawley appears in the sup porting role, she and Peters heading a big cast. 1 he play is a Ilig Woods thriltei splendidly presented by Universal. It abounds in dramatic situations. The scenes are laid on a gigantic scale, for est fires, lumberjack fights—danger and effort and through it all runs a scarlet skein Jewel'Cotton mills here, died in a hospital at High Point Sunday mornituf. He we. :!2 years of ajre. The body was removed from High Point to this plaee Sunday and taken in a casket to the Harr, home. While he lay dead n child Was h ,> n to his wife, his fifth child. Tt died today and the casket contain'! k tin body of Mr. Harris, which was hrunr I buried from Unity church, near here, i . •ns rni'cil from the (jravr, and the Inniy of the infant was placed in it with its father and then the casket attain lowered into the crave. Funer al services were conducted by Rev. " I.. Hutchins. Interment was made in I'nity church cemetery. Just An Kxcusc "Where have you been?" “Kishinjf.” “(Catch anything?" "Ttidn’t expect to. I mentioned hahintr merely as an excuse for get tinsr off to myatlf." Waterman’s Idc^I Fountain Pen has been imitate^!' ahd emulated but it has never beerf duplicated. Only two movements are required to fill a Watei man's pull out the lever and puih it bark; When the pen i* filled it automatically t UJi-i-.'y, This i", just cne of the good feature* that add 1,0 Waterman’s popularity. Ask u* to tell you about the Waterman spoon feed. T. W. HAMRICK CO. JEWELERS 4c Ol'TOMETRISTS HOUSE PETERS in “COMBAT”— —TODAY^-MONDAY— With Big Cast Including Wanda Hawley. (Flaming forests and burning hearts— lumberjacks fighting to the death—a strong man and a beautiful woman strug gling thrcmrhjtf?te into Steadfast love— th^fyVCOMBAT.”) NORMAN KERRY in “THE LOVE THIEF,” with GRETA NISSEN TUESDAY Big sets, beautiful costumes, glittering sur« roundings, fast action, absorbing romance. That’s “THE LOVE THIEF.” Good comedy with both shows. -WEBB THEATRE car satisfaction In the 1927 Buick you will find a host of im» provemcnts. Here are some of the luxurious details: Balanced Wheel'. Heel Operated Heater Control. ThcrmoMBtigr Circulation Control. Cflant YpAtljh Quiet Transmission. Jet-Black Tire' with Jet-Black Rims. Section Tit1 (°n Windshield Wiper. Exclusive Upholsterings and Inrftloi a IT®. Arm Rests on Rear-Deck Seats. Recessed Window*. Coronation Colors in Duco. BUICK EVER BUILT J. LAWRENCE LACKEY, Dealer - - - - - Shelby, N. C. When better automobiles are built, Buick will build i SKUNK OF DEBT II Ul SHELBY IDES Monro* Paper Introduces Town Char acter On Words and Ideas of This and That Monroe Journel: If you were to call Casey Caldwell, the chief of the Monroe fire depart ment, a philologist, he would probably be surprised. Nevertheless, he is a philologist in a sense, about the same sense that we are, that is, his love at language goes to the extent of wel coming a new word which pops up through the channel of what is known as slang. ’Way back yonder when those of us who are older now were younger, a slang word was regarded in polite circles as about on a par with a cuss word. Now a new slan* expression is at once welcomed, and if it be picturesque enough, straight way becomes embodied in the lan guage and receives a place in tho dictionary. Language grows, and u grows more rapidly today than ever before. A new word is coined in on* part of the country and in a little while, through the newspapers and by word of mouth, it has spread all over the country. And while speaking vt this fact to The Journal, Mr. Caldwelt convinced us that he is a near philolo. gist, for he pointed out that new words mostly originate among people wh*» know nothing of grammar and cart loss. In fact, it is his idea that lan guage came first and then the gram tharians came along and made the grammar according to what they found in use1. So in language, as 1*. everything else, the masses run the 'show' sooner or later. The sum of it all was expressed by Casey when l.c said, “Boisy Stockton gave us a new Word the other day at the negro baseball game when he cried out his watermelons for sale as ‘August he™.’ Watch that ‘August ham’ I stick.” from Words to ideas * But the conversation went from words to ideas and as Casey and The Journal had shown themselves to be near philologists, they now proved | equally to their satisfaction that they are near philosophers. “We still us« 1 Words and expressions,” said Casey, “that no longer stand for the idea that they once stood for. For instance you hear it said that people are money mad, and that everybody is chaslna the dollar. We are not money man. If we are mad at all it is pleasui* l mail. My observation is that people I care less for money now than they I -ever did. They want pleasure, and to ! get pleasure they have to hustle to 'get money. But the old idea of sacred ncss which, attached to money and property is passing away.” I And this called to mind what a Shelby banker said the other day about debt. "People have got into the habit of | running into debt,” he declared, “and they are becoming more and .more careless about dobt. It used to he with most people of they contracted a debt it worried them until it wa^paid. They weren’t accustomed to he cramp ed by obligation, and the rule was th<* j old folks did not rest until they pain I every cent they owed. | "But that is so no moi-e. Debt has I ceased to worry us. We have become , too much accustomed to it. It used to : be that when a man had a note com it g : due at the hank, he would attend to it promptly. It might be that he couldn’t pay it but he would be on hand [ promptly when it was due fo make, ! some arrangements about it. Nmv i j days, the falling due of a note is of is n , overlooked entirely. We have to jack many people up with a second notice. And I observe that certain people get into the habit of perpetually borrow ing from the bank. They .com to take the position that the bank just I ought to carry them. "All of which represents a changed attitude of the public toward money. | We have become too careless about ■ debt and obligation generally. We ! have got the debt habit and that ap j plies not only to the bank here hot j to stores as well. It is so easy to rut, • into debt; it is a habit so easily form jed. "A man sees something he wnnl ; it can be bought on credit; why net get it? He can’t resist the tempta tion. “It used to be that we thought i f money as a commodity to he saved. Now we, think of it as something to spend." NEW YORK IS SAI> BURG, SAYS EDITOR New York, Aug., 21.—This is not an American city, in the opinion of Huriy Ainsworth, editor of The People, ore of the largett Sunday publication ru England He has found New York u> be inhabited by hybrids not American in type. "Not cron in China and India art. people more leisurely and waste mor, i time,*’ he said last night as he was ’ leaving for London on the Comma. ! “New York is a very sad city,” he added explaining that while marj i pemple laughed he saw only one smile i in the whole town. He thought th;: i might be attributable to the targe number of straw hatsi “In England i thoughtful people do not wear straw hats, he said. _''Ll Satisfaction ‘Guaranteed “Are you sure,” asked the old wo i man, “that this century plant will | bloom in a hundred years"'' " Positive, ma’am.” answered the florirt. “Ilf it doesn’t bring-it right back.” *V- turf There Is Dignity In A Good Bank Connection A bank account in a good bank—a bank account that is hold in proper respect by its owned invariably lends a certain dignity. We sincerely believe there is not a depositor of the First National Bank provided he enjoys the reputation of never attempting to abOrte his account by giving checks that can not be paid when presented—there is not a de positor, in our opinion, who has not just a little more assurance in his busi ness dealings, because of his bank re lationship. He knows he is a depositor, having funds to his credit. He knows his bank is owned by 120 stockholders, representing several • millions of dollars in wealth. . He knows his bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System, which is one of the most important items in the banking world today. He knows that his bank is his friend. First National Bank SHELBY, N. C. RESOURCES OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.