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f, SEPT. 24, 1926.
TWINKLES
ugan’t be the pine on the toi
hill,
scrub in the valley; but be
at little scrub by the side of
the hill,
ish Jf you can’t be a tree,
can’t be a bush, bo a bit o
the grass,
some highway some happlei
make;
Hi can’t be a muskie, then be u
bass,
>e livest bass in the lake.
•#*t all be captains, some must
be crew,
e’s work for all of us here;
e’s big work to do, there lesser
to do,
task is the one that lies near.
)U can’t bo the highway, just
be the trail;
>U can’t be the sun, be a star,
»’t by eiz that y,Mi win or fail,
le best Of whatever you are.
—Swiped.
ft week is fair week, wenth- i
no weather.
quite cheering to some oi
Cleveland Springs golfers to
lhat even Bobby Jones gets
;h one nominee just selected.
Carolina already has ar
*d candidate for the next
Who says the sister state is
opying the Carolina to the
ipatches about the Florida
a in Eng-land say that the stave
populated mostly by million -
. That’s what we thought last
tight wme-i and beer should
back newspaper rivalry has
iced to such a stage in the
that the rival papers might
free beer and pretzel lines.
no trouble to see what our
1 education is coming to,
f our large state colleges pub
ifcs football schedule on the
W of the college stationery.
!• will be one difference be •
the horse show at the fait
ext week and those sponsoi -
society in the east. At the
most- attention is given t •
imeat of the riders ami on
i than to the horses.
Id-time citiaen lamented
bat politics “isn’t as she
hen newspapers carried
else than bitter partisan
But what does he think of
riving in the Davie Record:
£eman who is running for
i Davie county informs us
bed better not print his
I? more. As we are not the
; scared of this gentleman,
print his name whenever
■taad? sod if he raises a
pane we will try to give
worst lasting he ever car
grp your eyes open and
nr g foot race.**
WhmZf'-: _’
BRJ0VS ALARM
county farmers should
unduly alarmed over
to the county cotton
army worm. There will
wage of course, but not
■ring disaster. Fact is,
iy .be up to and exceed
its wop despite the <!( -
as to the extent of
CUudaer recently
army worm might
some 10,fm hales.
igHt in- bb surmise
1 on a few “ifs" the
* fswefecte of a
juld hover around
nt the other hand
r Raya the army
damage the cotton
xtent ami he dies
[ far his belief,
tm has hurt some
I
CLEAN ENTERTAINMENT.
There have been those who esV
"Why does Secretary Itoiion
bring back to the fair the same
show that performed there last
year ? ”
The answer is easy. It’s the
cleanest show of the type, espec
ially considering size, that has ever
played this section. Devoid of the
sexual lures and the customary
risque performances the Nat Reiss
! shows are nevertheless onUirtain
| irg. Sufficient proof Is to remem
ber that last year they entertain
ed 70,000 people here and not a
kick was heard.
The Free-Lance Star of Fred
ericksburg, Va., commenting on the
recent fair there had the following
to aay of the Nat Reiss shows.
While it is difficult to single
out any special feature In such
a variety of good attractions,
it was a matter of universal
comment that the midway this
year was made up of shows,
rides and concessions of a very
superior order. The Nat Reiss
Shows, without doubt the larg
est organization ever secured
for the local fair, consisted of
clean shows, courteous attend
ants and a well managed per
sonnel. Many objectionable
features sometimes found on
the midway were conspicuous
this year by their absence and
the public was pleased at the
high class of the Reiss organi
zation.
f
A PERSONAL Ql ERY.
This is going to he rather per
sonal.
It will start off with the query,
What was it you thought of the
fellow who hid back in the moun
tains during the World wnr ntul,
failed to show up, shoulder a gun,
and rnureh away with the rest ot
the boys ?
After answering the question ns
your conscience and memory guide!
think along the same line and •
what is it you think of those wh > :
show no interest in contributing
anything to a memorial for the
boys who did go—and never came
back ?
Apply the question especially to
those who declared then: “They
are fine fellows, 1 wmild do most
anything for them; nothing is too,
good for them.”
There is a slight difference in
the two comparisons: The fellow!
who hid back in the hills did so
fearing the physical destruction of
his life. The other fellow thinks!
more of his shekels, some of which i
may have Come from war profit*, j
than of the memory of those whoj
lest their lives.
Which is plain talk.
But had you noticed that The
Star’s fund to establish a memo
rial to the World war dead of this
county is growing none too fast
Think it over. If the conviction
you reach is that you shouldn’t
give to the fund, don’t do it. The
memorial should never be bdilt
wtih coin coming that way.
WITH JOHN ROBINSON S
CIRCUS. «
She has danced her way around
the world, before crowned heads In
Java, Siam, Japan, China and Asi
atic and European countries, os j
well as rulers and presidents in I
many other lands. The Charleston,
the fox-trot, the one-step, the waltz
the cake-walk and other nvodei r«:
and classic steps farm the basis of
the sensational routine, performed
on the tight wire by Miss Karolhie
Eddy.
Miss Eddy is one of the featur
ed wire artists with John Robin
son's Circus, coming to Shelby f©»
afternoon and night performances
on Tuesday October 5, The daugh
ter of a former star of the circus
world, Miss Eddy is upholding the
honor of the family, and every day
adds additional glory and laurels
o the name of Eddy.
! Simultaneously with the dances
of Miss Eddy on the silver thread,
her brother, Phillip Eddy, per
forms a series of somersaults and
flip-flaps on another wire. Young
Eddy is the originator of the som
ersault on the tight wire. During
the past few years many otheri
have attempted this feat, but with
varying success.
—Let Scoggins Weld it—
—Let Scoggins Weld it—
GHOST WALKS IN J/TIL DE
CLARES RED ROW SLAYER
(Continued Prom Page 1)
In her continued conversation
along the topic she displayed i
knowledge of having; heard of
Nellie Freeman era! Iier razor.
“Why, down in South Carolina
when a man pesters - won,an they
turn her lose if she has to kill
him. My sister-in-law shot a man
and they cleared her.*'
Nevertheless Euzclia says Gaines
her vitcim, has inaftlwo calls and
■she is positive about that. “If yu
hat seed him yo wouldn’t have tor
as,k if Ah was dreamin." she re
plied when queried as to' whether
or not her imagination had not
been playing pranks.
“Ah’ve seen enough ghosts to
know, cept they uint ghosts. They’s
just whoever they are ;uul arc
dead folks.”
Her ghostly caller by night hasn’t
said anything to her yet. she says,
and the fact that he might ask
her how she is going to wipe his
death blood off her hands doesn’t
seem to worry her.
However, she’d ^kc to htrs*‘ a
Bible to put under her head.
May Have Been Husband
A report has coine from the
colored denizens that Gaines
might have been a former hi sband
of the woman. Thin she denies ve
j hemently, declaring that she had
never si en the negro before the
night she killed him—"and Ah
wouldn't have killed him hadn’t
Ah thought he was go in to kill
me,” she says.
Recent, visitors here from her
! former home at Clinton, S. C.,
said something about another hus
band besides Kd .Junes, who lives
at Double Shodls, and rumors
sifting about the alleys where th
colored folk i other tu night
have it that the slain negro was
about the size of the alleged fii-st
husband arid that th-y might have
been one and the same. Kuzelia
declares she would like to get hold
of whoever said she had more
than one husband, adding that
she married Jones before she was
sixteen and had never thought of
marrying another man.
<k Max Gardner, it is sale, has
been secured as counsel for the
woman of Red Row. who declares
t he’ll never go back to the scene
of the killing even if she is ac
quitted.
“Ah’m n’goin back to South
Carolina and when Ah cross water
Ah’m gona leave dat dead nigger
behind me.”
The moral, be there any, should
be plain: If you believe in ghosts
don't send someone on to the
spirit world to make oner—that Is,
unless you’re no more afraid than
Euzellu, or have some water to
cross, or a Bible to open.
No other jail inmates can con
firm the woman slayer’s story. If
iho ghost has been paying visits to
her cell they know nothing ubout
it.
Thinking- Over
i Next Legislature
Much Depends On (lord Sense Of
Next General Assembly. Aus
tralian Ballet Likely
Charity & Children.
Much depends on tlfc good sense
of the General Assembly to con
vene next January. Many grave
(VJestiors of vital importance to
the state arc to be considered. The
question of lcngeT terms for th"
public schools is one that will
call for all the wisdom our solor.s
can command. Publ’* school -foods
are unequally distributed. Urban
children have better advantages
than those living in rural dis
tricts. They have longer terms and
better teachers. Every child in !
the state is entitled to an eight 1
months term. But the'question is I
flow can this be done? Must we
issue more bonds? We are already
taxed to death. Another bond is
sue will increase our tax burden
already as heavy as we can bear.
This is one of the great questions,
perhaps the greatest, the Legisla
i ture will have to face. A better
i election law must be provided.
! The Australian ballot ought to be
J adopted. But our law makers, if
i they give us this law which aJ
I'ready prevails in every enlightened
| state in tile Union, must do so over
j the protest and bitter opposition
I of many of our strongest political
j leaders, who do not want the deo
il.on law changed, because as it
j “fund;, now it suits their purposes
to a dot. Jt will take courage to
pass this law in the faee of this
powerful political pressure brought
to bear against it, but) a legislator
without courage is not fit to hold
nublic office. The endorsement of
Hon. Max Gardner and of the good
women of the state ought to he a
mighty stimulus to the weak and
wavering. Happily the religious
controversy that has raged for the
past year or two will not cut
much iee in the proceedings of the
Legislature. Mr. Poole may intro
duce the bill agair.st the teaching
of evolution in the schools of the
state, but it is not likely to arouse
very much feeling ifWiong 'the
brethren. Most of the people of
\oi\h Carolina believe the Bible
'roil first to last, and their faith
in it is so strong they do not think
•hat ;t need: to be propped up by
the Legislature. Owing to the wis
dom of Governor McLean in hi::
handling of the financial situation
this vexed problem which so har
asses the average Legislature,
will give von little trouble this
time. Many of the season im ruber.
will return and this will main
much to the harmony and cff.
ektuy of the session. ’
The Report of Fool-bra inch dims
Kinston Free-Press.
The Free Press curded i its
Monday’s issue excerpts front th"
report of the special advi.- ory com
mittee appointed by Governor Mc
Lean to study the problem of fee
blemindedness in the State and
make recommendations for hand!
ing it. The '’nil report ha. noi been
published. 7h» -even rnc<>r.i .endc.
tions. the outline of which war
carried in The Free Press’ story,
show that the committee headed
hy Ur. W. S. Rankin, former sec
retary of the State board of
health, has gone into the quesfi.m
very thoroughly and Studied it
from various angles. The report
and recommendations art, there-j
fore worthy of the closest study
and consideration on the part ol[
the people. an:l particularly theiii
representativec in the i cgi. lature
wh» till).,t pass upon the suggest
tions. {'■$
The Free Press believe- that
ci. e of the greatest problems inci
f'eo' to .hr n.dHrjg feeblemindedness
S-rt the s’ :.d • if. to arc. public in
terest in the qyeztiojt and i.npre#a
; po i tlie a verm; s citizen that only
by -mo h-g the cause.- which
to. tribute to the conditions aryl
rt'.j p'ng the nropng ition of .tfie
species can any real progress be
made.
The suggestion to increase the
capacity of the Caswell Training
school for the presold nerd* and
with a view to an ultimate capa7
ci" of merits th<’ ver$
'nr- fui consideration of the T.egia
l-t’.tro d (,f the psonle. The r-n- !
t're r-er.r' sh <aH be carefully
u -i (1 heferc- con-lu'-.ion • r"o ar
"!wd ot. It’- *no big a question thi
tab*; rn p jruiirmcn*. on. -
n> -v thir’i ■> train h-y n.tssed
iust because you Fee its tracks.
Some fellows who couldn’t 1. e the
r- od of goggles can’t so - any
thing r.ow.
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