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January 1, 1905, at the p:». tmf.c.*
at Shelby, North Carolina, under
the Act of Congress, Mur.h ,i. I3i9.
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MONDAV, SEPT. 20, 192G.
TWINKLES
No wonder Italy wonders at
the deal, having a wild Due- that
overshadows a king contrary to all |
poker, and pokem, customs. j
The guy who asked “what wi 1
the highway of the future be like"
perhaps has never seen a come- ;
tary.
North Carolina editors it sterns j
have an agreeable habit of prais
ing each other's special editions,
so as to be praised in return.
It’s about the season now that ;
Cleveland county farmers arc ask
ing each other: “How mnnv days j
arc you going to the fair?”
The editor of The Charlotte i
News is not fond of the Meckcn
mind. Which is a disclosure of two
people who speak their minds.
It would be far easier to get in
terested in a free-for-all between
Mussolini and a Mexican bandit
than in the Dompsey-Tunney set
to.
Well! Well. Federal coj.t st:i'-|
fhlics show that this area is cue ;
of the dryest, speaking in terms
of booze, in the South. Proof
enough is it not that the folks of
our oncc-fan'.ed Sou.h Mountai: s
have gone to farming?
Trof. Knight, he who say3 day
light hasn’t completely entered
North Carolina schools, shoulJ
note that there has been pro
gress. 20 years ago Cleveland
county spent on all. of her schools
jtret what one school building m
the county this year cost.
-Apparently it’s up to some of thu
other denominations to pray away
the army worm that is cutting up
the cotton leaves. The Baptists
recently held a thanks service for
*tI*o rain received following pray
er and the bumper cotton crop that
resulted. Now these worms ?
Watch for a deluge of boo* log
gers now that Greensboro has in
formed the world that linu r law;
**»«•■ seldbm violated around fh thy.
Perhaps, though,/ Gicensboro doe",
n’t know that Recorder Mu ! h
losing weight trying to hand e all
liquor violations* that com >
before him in the county coj/t.
“Let nobody object to the spa* o
gi#n swimming facts. it i ? the
heat and cleanest of nil sport .’’ s i
"Says the News & Observer. P—
haps Editor Daniels never saw the
photo of Trudy when she was a I
greased up for her channel swim?
-Chairman Dawson has ou'lin-d
the record of his pa-ty, which
isn’t rews. Johnson Hayes recit
ed it and praised much of it in his
campaign against Overman.
1 WOULD BE INTERJ£STIN
f k -A couple of old-timer:: in con
Kyersation here recently stated that
in days of yore Cleveland county
‘officers were elected on their
ability to wric a good hand.
Which is without douSt interesting
Information to thr present genera -
'dfwp.
Squire J. C. E.liot and Corrcru k
with his biting pen, might seo
the thought material for some
lining historical sidelights
the county^ Who were the
Bty officers elected because
r wrote good hands? Who were
best writers of the old bunch?
not these county historians
writers enlighten us?
er being in his time a
teacher without equal should
rially welcome passing along
information. Not suggest
of course, that either of the
getting old, or that they
recall even s so far in thi
NOT DAWSON
state chairman
parties have tasks on then
L ‘ are Hard to dispose of
tasks come from th<
sin idea—of havin*
he party of the chairman emerge
triumphant from elections. A
hcadl.no informs one that John G.
ua.vson, Nortli Ca.olina Democ ru
ne eh irinnn, now “Occupies Posi
to;’ i Political Spotlight,” but
,wy it be f id Dawson is not an
overworked man far tile same rea
son as other state chairmen. He
never has to worry about the de
feat of his banner, although such
a scare is attempted every year
or to.
Put Dawson, nevertheless, has
hi worries. And they come not
from-Republicn: campaign threats,
but from his own party, Dawson’s
biggest task, as we see it, being
that of curbing the ambitions ot
about 10 Democrats who seek the
same jom, on all jobs.
With the thought it might be
added, u-> ail know, that Dawson
ms to fin l out of the bunch
those best suited for the place
nought; It’s harder to handle a
winner than a loser, and it’s to be
vnadered r,t the K'nstoo man’s
ability to remain so popular while
performing his tasks.
NO JUSTICE IN IT
If our courts have a weakness—
it'd there are those who say they 1
'.v'C- the most outstanding by the 1
opinion of this paper is that of
ban shi g a criminal from on'*
.lection into another. Wfcc.ro any
ourt. better; the world by such
nruccduro is hard tr> fathom.
The most recently discussed case
is tliat of Mack Crawford. He was
banished from Randolph county for !
liquor violations and Is now in the
marts for meat stealing in Mont- l
goniery county. No v because a
criminal was not fittingly dis
nn-jed of in Randolph added court
cost ia passed along to another
county. One trial might have
“ufficcd, hut it is possible, by the
banishment plan, that Crawford
ould dog op the rour grind in
•very county in the state if he is
kept shifting.
iv entuahy this paper hopes to
hear a Rood defense of punishment
by banishment. So far nor.e have
appeared on the horizon.
With no technical kno v! d"e of
lie background for court proced
ure one would suppose that the
first idea in the course of a crini
Tml trial would be to mete out
proper punishment. The second un
doubtedly wou’d be to improve th"
morality of the defendant, sueh
thing being possible, and, of
course, the community must be pro
tected from criminals. But how,
pray, are any of the three accom
plished by banishment?
What criminal, especially one
deemed worthy of banishment, con
siders It punishment to be sent to
a new section? Perhaps he is
only too glad to move on; and
mayhaps the folks in the section
are on to his game r.nd a new
section will afford a better field
for his criminal act’. And as to
improving the nature ard disposi
tion of a criminal, in there ; s r
possible manner in which bio'sh
mo, t c uld holp? A iti’n banish
'd f'otn one county will not nec
essarily enter Sunday srho i! an !
i.u..in' on th i “straight n 1 .sarr w"
ust hoc -.u c hn^'s io a n-»v .• tnj*..
‘he t T< r ’ ‘t t'l'f o' I'o’ P r| r'|r
'Oti'wr’ y. hmy accomplished
hv heoi hlet so; ,1 -i whi1 '
■y im ina’s l ie to bo at y too
lad t.» 1. ath • v? A.s I . re *
| >• r.g. a e i i-ml frm h> daily
: i o* a community to potcet it,
j hv wouldn’t a sen'en c on the
road gang, or in p-ison, serve just
s wel / At lo rst it would save
..omc other <5oun'y .the cost of a
court tiial and with the criminal
roper.y incarcerated two com
munities would be relieved of h a
presence.
And so might bo continued the
thoughts against punishment by
ban'shtnent. Mean lime there
ecir.s to he no excuse for having
much thoughts, for, a.s is said
above, no rca enable excuse for
banishment has’over wandered into
the information bureau of the
public.
Shelby in the course op recent
| years has witnessed several ban
ishment;. In some of the cases no
doubt the community was glad to
be rid of those banished, but,
frankly, lit' le benefit has been de
rived thereby. That is, if other
communities are to he given any
j considera.ion. Cn occasions with
jthree or four banishment affairs
here there have been some prone
; to questi >r, a law that banishes a
criminal from one section to
another—and some even doubt the
existence of such laws. Be there
such a law, or not, time continues
i to show that it is a poor one.
The Retort Direct
Labor.
Mistress and maid were engaged
in a battle of tongues.
“How dare you talk to me that
way?” the mistress demanded. “I
never heard such imprudence. You
■ have a lot of nerve to call your
. self a lady’s maid.”
“I don’t call myself that now
i ma’am,” came the sardonic reply
1 "but I was a lady’s maid before 1
: got this job.”
RAVAGES OF ARMY WORM
IN COTTON IN CLEVELAND
(Continued from first page.)
his fields about the middle of Au
gust had his tenants take weevil
dusting machines and calcium ar
senate, neither of which had evef
been used before, and go over the
cotton fields. This killed most of
the worms and stopped their rava
ges at the time, but they appeared
again in two weeks and Mr. Blan
ton started the dusting machines
to work the second time. It was
found impracticable, however, to
dust the second time because the
lower bolls were opening and the
mules and machine would knock
off too much mature cotton.
Shock to Stalk.
Max Gardner, an authority on
cotton culture and one who seldom
becomes alarmed unless there is
due cause, fears the cotton yield
will be cut 10,000 bales because of
the worm damage. He argues that
the loss of the foliage from the
stalk is such a shock to the plant
that the younger bolls cannot grow
to maturity. He likens it somewhat
to a surgical operation on the hu
man body. A man can hold ur
well when an arm is amputateit,
but when both arms and both legs
are taken off at the same time.,
the shock is too much to withstand.
The same thing is true of the cot
ton stalk. To have all the foliage
stripped in so short a time is ob
viously a great shock to the stalk
which cannot have pnough strength
left co mature the fruit, except the
July crop, low on the stalk which
is already opening.
There is some disagreement as
to whether the worm is a patcrpit
lar or army worm. It is a green
worm with a dark stripe down its
back. Every eight days it hatches
out eggs which prove to be flying
insects that go back to the worm
form and work again in great
armies.
Until now the crops have been
freer from insects damage than in
previous years but the sudden
swoop down of millions of worms
has wrought a damage to the
crops that is impossible to esti
mate at this cime. Farmers did r.ot.
become alarmed until last week.
They thought the worms would con
fine their operations to the top of
leaves but now since the entire fo
lingo is gone, a most gloomy situa
tons has developed. Some farmers,
however, seeing the cotton market
going off day after day and only Id
cents per pound offered for spot
cotton, are rather light-hearton
about the worm damage, feeling
that if the yield is cut general^,
the increase in price, if there be
any, might compensate the loss in
production.
Who? Which When? What?
From what port did Columbus
sail when he left for the voyage
which led to the discovery of
America? Palos, Spain.
Who said, “A pound of pluck is
worth a ton of luck?” James Gcr
field.
What country is noted for its
pyramids? Kgypt.
Where is the Eiffel tower?
Paris.
What river overflows its banks
annually? Nile.
i What city leads in fashion?
Paris.
What city was captured on
Christmas night? Trenton, N. .1.
What is the most beautiful river
in Europe? Rhine.
Where is the celebrated Newgate
prison ? London, England.
What state is called the “moth
er of presidents”? Virginia.
Who was called the “Black
Eagle?” John A. Logan.
What President was forced to go
to Washington in disguise? Abra
ham Lincoln.
Which Presidential campaign
was known as the “Hard Cider
Campaign?” That of 1840 when
W. H. Harrison was eleeted.
What Indian Chief was defeat
ed by Mad Anthony Wayne? Little
Turtle.
Whose dying words were: Th:s
is the last of earth; I am content.”
John Quincy Adams.
Who said. “We have met the en
emy and they are ours. ? Commo
dore Perry.
Who said»“I came, I saw, 1 con
quered?” Julius Caesar.
What is the oldest (Juniversily in
the United States? When found
ed’ Harvard, 1633.
What literary man was called
the Interrogation Point because of
his deformed body? Alexander
Pope.
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MONDAY
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Curwood Production.
Thrills! Action!
Romance! Adventure!
Lovfe! — Everything to
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Also Green Archie. Cjme
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VISIT THE PRINCESS WHERE THE CREAM OF PICTUREES 13 SHOWN.
CASH FOR POULTRY
Car to be loaded by Bureau of Mar
kets, Raleigh, at Seaboard Depot,
Shelby, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
23- NEXT THURSDAY,
Follov/ing Cash Prices are Quoted:
Colored Hens . 2lc per lb.
Leghorn Hens . 16c per lb.
Colored Young Chicken?. . 2ec per lb.
Leghorn Yeung Chickens* .. 20c per lb.
Roosters. 11c per lb
Turkeys.. 25c per lb,
The Harvest Of
Plenty May
YOURS
A few good dairy cov/s with care
ful feeding and attention, the steady
market for cream which you can find
with us,—-pigs and chickens to take the
ekiipmilk -these will esmbine to make
your dreams coma true if you grasp
the opportunity NOW.
’Tis true dairymen can’t run about
so much, their work keeps them at
heme and on the job, but the man who
works early to late, stays on the job, h
the man who is getting ahead.
Take the business man who is get
ting ahead, you’ll always find him on
the job, at. work, every day in the week,
except when he takes a few days eff—
and then he has someone to carry on
his work while away. Dairying keeps
a man on the job—but it pays, and
pays big.
Cleveland County has been going
forward for several years in dairying,
but there is lots of room for improve
ment and that REAL HONEST TO
GOODNESS WORK will put it over in
a big way. We need more and bette**
bulls and cows in Cleveland—and v/c
urge cur farmers to keep cn adding a:
few better bulls and cows to their herd
'-ach year, and grow your own feed.
You have a market here for all you
can produce.
Shelby Creamery Co.
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Wm. LINEBERGER, Pres.