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<l|||om Carolina with the
class "of ^10 and is a native of Lin.
colnton.
—Messages From China—Prof. G.
W. Greene, translator and author In
the Graves Theological Seminary m
Canton, China, delivered two very in
teresting addresses Sunday morning
apd'evening at the First Baptist
church. Prof. Green is a layman anil
the son of * former professor of Wake
Forest college who became a foreign
missionary at an advanced age and
foyr of his five children remained
there in missionary woe:.
-—23 AAteBded-rTwenty-threc mem
bers of me local Camp Woodmen of
the WorW «tetvd<id the encampment
at Morehead City last week when an
invitation wras extended for the nexv
annual encampment to be held i>
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 <u
the Presbyterian church. Dr. Bateman
is one of the most beloved former min
isters of Shelby.
Hydrophobia Kills
Man At Gastonia
Victory Mill Employee Succumbs To
DreivHul illness. Was Bitten
.. , By Polite Dog
.Gastonia, A'^’ist 21.—Will Hun
bard, young employe of the Victoi >
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 <rf romance.
Tuesday brings “The Love Thief”
with Norman Kerry and Greta Nls
sen.
The action takes place against a
background of gorgeousneas and gilt.
t'T. Ii is a society picture-—with Mu.
■ tor a I ton Juan. It is a story of lovo*
brilliantly set, and filled u^th humor
ous incidents.
A mashing, racing comedy riot,
packed to the <udm with the seream
ing humor and flaring feats of whim
only Riehard Talmadgo is capable.
The funniest, fastest, xnnappiest pic
ture Talmadge has ever made.
That is “The Better Man” at the
Princess today.
The Shelby favorite, Reginald Den
ny, appears torn morrow in “I’ll Show
You the Town.” Denny is one of the
leading comedians of the screen, aial
“I’ll Show You the Town” is one ot
his very best pictures—good, whole
some comedy that all will enjoy.
Wednesday brings "The Gildeu
Butterfly,” a society drama that all
the women and many men will find
absorbing.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their kind
le ss shown us during the sickness
and death of our beloved mother.
May God's richest blessings rest
upon you each and everv one.
MRS. W. L. DEDMON’S
CHILDREN.
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Clark and Co.)
Cotton was quoted on New York ex
! change .today Monday) 10:30 a.m..
Jan 1070; March 1691; May 1703; Oct
1063; Dec 1663.
New York, Aug. 23, 1926—The aver
age of private reports in condition 65,
crop 15,100,000. The data was taken
a week ago and since then crop de
terioration adives have been persist
ent. If the market breaks on the re
port think it should be bought. Light
business in Worth Street Saturday,
CLEVENBURG.
ALL TCftERl CLOSIsTn STOCK
HELD DANGEROUS TO MAN
All forms of livestock tuberculosis
are potentially dangerous to human
beings, the Department of Agricul
ture says in a statement just issued.
The full text of the statement fol
lows:
The degree to which animals af
fected with tuberculosis are danger
ous to the health of other livestock
and of persons is a topic widely dis.
cussed, especially in arcap where
eradication work is being planned or
conducted.
In answer to a recent inquiry, the
Bureau of Animal Industry, United
States Department of Agriculture,
has expressed the following opinion:
Tuberculosis is regarded as dangerous
in any animal, in any location, and to
any extent.
—The- discharge of tubercle bacilli
from the mouth, nose, or the excre
tory organs, infects the barnyard
dust which may settle in the mill-;
-•’d th" transmission of the disease
through milk by this means is regard
ed as one of the most common causes
of its spread. The danger is mate
rially greater when tuberculosis in
fection occurs in the udder or as open
gland lesions, extensive intestinal or
pulmonary lesions, or any other form
that may contaminate the milk, feed,
or litter.
Briefly, all forms of the disease
are potentially dangerous, the risk
being a question of degree depending
on the nature and location of the
lesions..
- Princess Theatre —
HOME OF HIGH CLASS
ATTRACTIONS.
—The Coolest Spot In Town—
—SPECIAL TONIGHT —
A whirlwind of Laughter,
a cyclone of thrills—See Rich
ard Talmadge in— — • * „
“THE BETTER MAN”
“The Green Archie” also
comedy.
Watch for Tom Mix soon.
TOMORROW—TUESDAY
Here he is in one of his best
pictures Reginald Denny has
ever made, bar none, entitled
“I’LL SHOW' YOU THE
TOWN”
Come out and be convinced.
Also Fox News.
-COMING WEDNESDAY—
‘THE GUILDED BUTTWR
FLY.”
Attend The Princess Where
The Cream Of Pictures are
shown.
QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO.
*
■
RAISE CASKET TO ITT
ANOTHER HODY IN IT
Thomasville, Auk 17. \V Travis
I Harris, employee of tlu> 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.