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•swwwBeawwsamj? “THE MAN NOBODY ;v, th KNOWS" r s :: By BRUCE BARTON 8 New And Inspiring Picture Of Jesus. ii INSTALLMENT II Jesus the Boy Theology 'as spoiled tfic_ thrill ,f jt«us’ life by assuming that he Knew everything from the begin ning—that his three year; of public work were a kind of dress rehearsal, with no real problems or crises. What interest would there be in such a life? What inspiration? You who read these page* have your own creed con cerning him; I have mine. Let us forget a!! ere id for the time be ins.' and val.e the story just as the simple narratives give it—a poor boy, growing up in a peasant family, working in a carpenter rhop; gradually feeling his pow expanding, beginning to have an influence over his neighbors, recruiting a few followers, suffer ing disappointments and reverses, finally death. Yet building so solidly and well that death was inly the beginning of his influ ence! Stripped of all dogma this q ihc grandest achievement story if all! In the pages of this little >ook let us treat it as such. If, n ?o doing, we are criticized for overemphasizing the human side pf his characte'r we shall have the •itinfaction of knowing that onr overemphasis tends a little to off pet the very great overemphasis which has been exerted on the other side. Books and books and books have been written about him as the Son of God; surely we have a reverent right to remember that his favorite title for himself ires the Son of Man. wneic w: J5,c,v UIJ> Has a little town in an outlying ; province. In the fashionable cir <Ies of Jerusalem it was quite the thing to make fun of Nazareth- - it? crudities of custom and speech, its simplicity of manner. “Can anv good thing come outo f Naza reth?" they asked derisicely when the renort spread' that a new prophet had arisen in that coun-, try town. The question was re-' garded as a complete rebuttal of his pretensions. The Galileans were quite con- i scious of the city folks’ contempt, but they bore it lightly. Life was a cheerful and easy-going affair with them. The sun shone almost every day; the land was fruitful; to make a living was nothing much to worry about. There was plenty of time to visit. Families wont on picnics in Nazareth, as elsewhere in the world; young people walked together in the moonlight and fell in love in the fprir.g. Boys laughed boisterous !v at their games and got into trou We with their pranks. And Jesus, the boy who worked in the car penter shop, was a leader among them: _ Later on we shall refer again to those boyhood experiences, noting how they contributed to the vig-1 orous physique which carried him triumphantly through his work. We are quite unmindful of chron-; Wogy in writing this little book. We are not bound by the femil’sr outline which begins with the song of the angels at Bethlenen' »n<] ends with the weepiwr of tho "omen at the cross,. We shall thread our wav back and forth through the rich variety of his life, picking up this incident and that bit of conversation, this dramatic contact and that auda C0Us decision, and bringing them ■ogether rs be«t to illustrate our narpose. For that purpose is . not to write n Biography but to paint a portrait. So in this first chap ter we pass over thirty years of his life, noting only that sow1 ™'vi somewhere there occurred in those years the eternal miracle— the awakening' of the inner con •eiousness of power. The eternal miracle! In New ,rk one day a luncheon was ton oered by a gathering of distin W'shea gentleman to David Lloyd George. There were perhnos two hundred at the tables. The food "as good and the speeches were Impressive. But what stirred one’s Pagination wa3 a study of the men at the speakers’ table. There hey were—some of the most in uential citizens of the present ly World: and who were they? t one end an international finan r,er—the son of a poor country ^rson- Beside him a great news [. per proprietor—he came from a my town in Maine and landed in •ew York with less than a hun dollars. A little farther Pg the president of a world i 1 e Ptess association—a coby boy n country newspaper office. n i in the center, the boy who ,<rtw Un 'n the noverty of an ob (."re Welsh village, and became n* eomm“nd!ng statesman of the Empire in the greatest of history. IPn and how and where did ljC etcrnal tpiracle occur in the lta/! t,10se men? At what • ,n th» morning, in the af ternoon, in the long quiet even ings, did the audacious thought enter the mind of each of them | thni he was larger than the limits of a country town, that his life ! might be bigger than his father’s? i When did the thought come to i Jesus. Was it one morning when I he stood at the carpenter’s bench, the sun streamng in across the hills? Was it late in the night, after the family had retired, and Ihe had slipped out to walk and , wonder under the stars? Nobody knows. All we can be sure of is | l^‘s—that the consciousness of his divinity must have come to him in a time of solitude, of awe in the . nresence of Nature. The western hemisphere has been fertile in material progress, but the great religions have all come out of the East. The deserts are a symbol of the infinite; the vast spaces that divide men from the stars fill the , human soul with wonder. Sumo- ! ! where, at some unforgettable hour, I ' the daring filled his heart. He knew that he was bigger than 1 Nazareth. Copyright, 1925, by Bruce Barton! Union Farmers See No Worry In Army Worm •4, _ Says Cleveland County Farmers! Should Not Be So Excited. Appreciated There Monroe Enquirer. Cleveland, one of the State’s largest cotton producing counties, is greatly excited over the advene of the army worm. Estimate has been made for 50,000 bales cot eon for Cleveland county this year, but a press dispatch of Tuesday states. “Max Gardner, one of the county’s leading farmers, esti mates that at least 10,000 bales will be lost to this county owing to the worm. The great damae-e from the worm, it is said, is due to the shock to the stalk, which keeps the young boll from matur ing. In fields where or.ly leaves at top of the stalks have been eaten no great damage from the worm, it is said, is sunshine into the bolls, aiding them in opening. However dozens of fields are en tirely devoid of foilage.” Cleveland county farmers are unduly excited. Their field will produce more cotton where leaves are eaten' by the worms and growth of plants checked, than if stalks continued to grow and de velop. Rarely, if ever does cotton that blooms after September first mature, and the young stuff is the only part of the plant damaged by the army worm. Most Union county farmers, who are acquainted with the “destruc tive army worm,” hail him as a friend when he comes the latter part of September. Farmers who raise something to eat will have less cause to raise a row at home. Sure this is the smile season for all except the cotton-tot. r RESERVE STRENGTH AN EVIDENT NEED IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE In business, home or ill ness, what greater strength and comfort than the as surance of a reserve fund to cal! upon? Make sure of your re serve strength by opening a Savings Account here and keeping it going. New Interest Period Starts Friday, Oct. 1st SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Cleveland Bank & Trust Co. SHELBY. N. C. >A m-: AT - THE FAIR - Rated a: one of the beat fairs in the South the Cleveland county fair is also one of the most popu lar in America with »how folks, race track followers, and the gen erai hangers:on of a fair event, “They turn out here, spend money and tnu a fellow- so white that he ulmost wants to live here,” declared one of the Nat Reiss show officials Tuesday. All the others agree. • * A lot of the shows have the “lot g and the shoit” of it, but the one playing at the county fair this week has the “length and breadth” in Happy Jack, rotund freak, tnd the woman who measures her height at. seven feet “and then some.” Neither, however, have re ceived marriage proposals' while playing in Shelby. * * * The Cleveland county fair offer.; additional proof on an opinion held by Federal Judge E. Yates Webb. The well-known jurist has long stuck to the belief that prohibi tion has had more effect than many believe. Tuesday afternoon he occupied a box seat at the fair grounds and after several hours of watching more than 20.<X)0 people he failed to see a single drunk. Perhaps you can better answer his query: “Would that have been possible before the days i" prohibition?” « * * The trained flea, have you seen it? If not you have missed one of the rarest treats along the freak line ever exhibited here. No doubt the canine papulation of this sec tion has ben aeequainted with t’no flea’s ability to hop and skip for many years, but those who pay dog tax here never before saw a flea that could jump through a hoop apd play ball. * * “Dad,” dusky veteran of the race track, is back with his master’s stable. To “Dad.” a character about dozens of race tracks in the South and East, there’s but one better place to race than here and some saint with a halo will do the starting there. * * * Love doesn't mind a rush or the hurrying crowds. An officer had to get up close to a young couple behind one of the tents before he could make them understand that one of the show wagons wanted to nass by and just bated to run over them. So far a:: they Aeemed to. care nothing surrounded them but n desert—yet some two hun dred people watched them advance from the hand-playing, stage on. ♦ ♦ ♦ Apparently the exhibit halls are attracting more attention than ever. One hardly finds any Por tion of the dav when the aisles "re not jammed and packed with hundreds looking over Cleveland’s agricultural prowess as displayed in the many booths. * * * Puzzle: Find Secretary Sib Dor ton doing nothing anytime from now until the opening prayer at church next Sunday morning. (Those doing so will be given the gate receipts.) Farmers Busy Picking Cotton (Special To The Star.) Shelby R-2, Sept. 29.—The farm ers of this community are very busy picking cotton and pulling fodder but doubtless most of them will spend at least a part of their time and money at the Cleveland County Fair this week. The army worms are plentiful in our fields and it is feared that they will do much damage to the cotton where the bolls have not yet matured. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Hamrick and little daughter were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harrill Sunday. Mrs. Fred Turner and children and Miss Pearl Jackson of Shelby were callers in the community Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Weaver of Gaffney spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Docia Rollins. Miss Oveda Putnam spent the week end at Boiling Springs. Miss Annie Lancaster and Mr. Clarence Lancaster accompanied her home and spent a few hours in the com munity Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard West moreland visited relatives in this section Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Padgett spent Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Ellis. Mrs. Josie Gramlin Af Gaffney is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Harrill and oth er relatives. Episcopal Services. Services at the Episcopal church Sunday October 3rd, will be at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Rev. W. E. Allen, the rector, will officiate and preach. All welcome. A pedestrian isf lWtfcRX'safe ex cept when riding fills™ oefeatei m miwi» 1 Did Not Expect to Score Against Mor.Tanton's Creek Team but Made a Touchdown. (Special to The Star.! Fallston, Sept. 25.—Fallston ; high football team had some reul i experience Friday, September 24. ; The team played us second game 1 of its first season with Morganton ! high and was defeated 39-0. Mor ! gant.cn' has a heavy experienced I tam with a wealth of material as ! can he seen by the fact that they j ; gave 25 players a char re to show I their wares. Fallston has only ; ; three substitutes. * Fallston High did not expect to j score and would likely have failed I to do so had not Morganton sent : in some substitutes which should j have still held the green Fallston team but pould not. As soon as the boys discovered that their equals were before them they riddled the opposition and scored a touchdown • promptly with another a certainty when the whistle ended the half. It I was an amusing touchdown because the ball was hidden and carried 12 yards for the score wriiJe no Mor ganten player knew where the ball was until the referee motioned for the player to hand him the ball. Fallston played through its sec ond game without losing the ball on a fumble and without having any punts blocked while the boys recovered three Mcrganton fum bles and blocked one puni. This preen eleven has already shown that it has a ball carrier who could make most any high school team although he is playing his first year. He returned a kick off through ten of the' Morganton first eleven and was tackled by the last man who got a handful of shirt sleeve which prevented the touch down. Floyd Cline is the lad’s 1 name who did not run with daz zling speed but who kept his head up, his hips wiggling, his direc tion changing and straight arm working while he passed them one by one. Three long runs were to his credit against the Morganton first string. , We are proud of the boys al though they were no match for Morgantcn’s best. Morganton’s second team play ed 10 minutes. The automobiles get much un just criticism when there is noth ing the matter with them but their drivers. This has been a busy summer for English channel swimmers’ greas ers. f IS m FlllSTOl Was Hurled at Salem Church l>y Juniors. Mr. Stroup Grows 97 Pourd Pumpkins. (Special to The Star.) Falls-ton,, Sep,. 2K.—Monday morning about -1:15 the death an gel visited the home of Me. G. (' Biggerstaff and claimed the fath er. Mr. Biggerstaff had been iri failing health for about a year, but his condition wasn’t considered se rious till about weeks ago when he became unable to work. He had felt better Sunday .halt usual Heart trouble was the cause of his death. He passed off quietly in his sleep. Funeral-services were eon-' ducted bv IV v. John Cline assisted by the Junior order of Belwood Tuesday at 12 o'clock at Salem: church Lincoln county. The Fallrton high school has bt cn suspended for n short while so ,hr* children can pick cotton. Mrs. ,1. H. Quinn. Mrs. G. D.: L- velace, Mr -. Aaron Quinn and Miss .la,lie Blanton r-f Shelby vis ited at Mr. T. A. Stanley’s last week. Mrs. J. II. Green underwent a serious operation at the Lincoln hospital last Saturday and her con dition is still discouraging. Mr. C. I). Stroun is proving him ■self efficient in lines other thnr the hardware business. He grew in his garden a hugs pumpkin that weighs 07 1-2 pounds and measures 65 inches around one way and 72 i inches areund the other way. It is now on display in the Fullston booth at the Cleveland county fair. Misses Charline and Janie Stanl ey left Wednesday for school, Miss Charline going to New York city to take a course in interior decor, j ating and Miss Janie to Beachwood j school, Philadelphia. Several Fallston people attended the exercises by the Belwood jun ior order at the Belwood High school Sunday when the Junior or der presented a Bible ,and Flag to th< r.eheol. Miss Iva Mauney of Cherryville spent the week end with Miss Car rie Helton. Mr. and Mrs. Tra Elmore spent Sunday with Mrs. Elmore’s sistrir Mrs. Claude Stanley. Miss Mary Wacaster of Marion, visited her sister Mrs. Hall Tillman last week. Wonder what Ben - Franklin would think of a heavyweight prize fight at the aesqui. . Woman’s Tongue Slip Bares Mail Robbery—Headline. It was |ver thus. I'Mil it last, another year f This is the question many home owners should ask themselves right now. If there is any doubt about the ability of your furnace to withstand another long winter, now is the time to replace it rather than take the chance of it giving out in zero weather. ^ It is not economy to patch up an old furnace, for you spend almost as much for fuel in a few months as the original cost of a good steel furnace. If your heating plant needs repairs it will pay you to replace it with a riveted and calked all steel gas-tight TORRID ZONE furnace which is guaran teed for ten years and has an average life of 3 twenty-one. Call us today We will inspect your heating plant free of charge and explain the best method of obtaining cle£n, moist, warm air for your home the TORRID ZONE way. Ask us about the TORRID ZONE easy payment plan. - 1 I. G. WATSON, Dealer Weathers Apt. Shelby I Ten-Mile Hole In Earth One Of Science Dreams—May Find Minerals The possibility of digging or bor ing a hole in the earth several miles deep hut been discussed for many years by scientists and en gineers. It would be a worthwhile exploration of the earth's crust, in the view of both the scientists and <>f many pr:u tioul men who forsee the need to know more about what is inside, how to get to it. hov> the temperatures range and tiie like. Pretty nearly all the earth’s surface has now been ex amined, albeit much of it in a pret ty cursory fashion, but the possi bility of exploration underneath is still almost untouched. In the quest of gold, coal and oil mei. have penetrated as far as a mile and a half into the earth, • he greatest depths having been reached bv oil drillers. Lately some detailed studies have been made of the results of these bor ii gs ard minings. Temporatur risen as depth increases, but not uni formly. Temperature tests of very deep boring in West Virginia, New Jersey and Colorado show that temperature rises faster in Colorado than in the other states; *n f'i"t, in n Colorado bore the boiling point of wate was reach ed at the depth of 6,600 feet while the records of the New Jersey well Indicate that a depth of 21,000 feet would have to be attained be fore the boiling point would la> reached. Ii. Wert Virginia the boiling point should be reached at 0,500 feet; in n California well at 0,000 feet, and in a Wyoming well at 3,500 feet. Suppose a well ten miles deep could be bored! Some soculative scientists are sure it would open up reserve on the earth’s internal heat so vast that the problem of fuel and power would be solved. A commur.itv would dig its own well and distribute the heat in the form of steam or other ower. These and many related prob lems are nowadays under the study of expert geologists, oil en gineers. and physicians. Not a few students of them believed that power and heat will ultimately come from inside the earth in the way. They point out that in the “newer” geologic areas temera tures rise at much less depths than in the “newer" geologic areas temperatures rise at much less depths than in the older. The earth has cooled less uderneath the “new” Rocky Mountain area than under the much “older” Appala cinns. Such are the problems that the scientists of the old industry find engaging their more speculative hours. As the years pass and knowledge about the earth's inside 1 increases the speculative element lessens. Everywhere men are search , ing for rew stores of the necessary minerals and meals pn which mo. ilern civilization is built. Why not go straight down for them? The globe is made of them if only by some such method we could make {them available. Will .science nad engineering turn the trick ? Quite plainly, they are already doing the preliminary work.. Oil well physicians have under analy sis the exfSerience of deep bores and are reaching some pretty positive coix 1 unions. They are spurred to special efforts by the developing lxdiof that otic indication of (>etro leum's existence is afforded by the t internal temperatures. It appear* , that heat*increases faster in the vicinity of oil deposits than else ' where; so the technicians o£voii « fil.d it desirable to learn all they can about the earth’s structures and geologic backgrounds. Science is every year enlisted in new de partments of the search for new stores of oil. In that search it is making available an ever-expand ii.g store of knowledge about this • wonderful globe on which we lWfe. Some people think women make politics safer. Ar.yway, a politician can keep his job in his wife'j ■ name. A baby and an automobile cost ; about the same, but atfe decreases f the value of one anJ iuvfeaaea tlu» value of the other. 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