BUILDING MOVES FAST IN SOUTH
this paper has It been possible to
jmblish such a list of great enter
prises now under construction m
* the South as we arc giving today,
gatd the Manufacturers' Record in .
Decent issue. "Hydro-electric enter
prises by the dozen, involving ex
penditures for individual. plant.,
from a few million dollars up to one
jphksh will require an investment of
Over 50,000,000; great cement plants
posting from $1,000,000 to $5,000,00ft
Enormous hotels and office build
ings; railroad brjdgf*, . highway
bridges, bank buildings, harbor im
provements all combine to make
pi showing for construction work n
the 8outh. as has never before been
made in this section, and possibly
llever before made in any section
of the United States. Here is un
rolled a panorama of vast enter
prises of every variety.
: "Capital from other sections i;
pouring into the South by the hun
dreds of millions. Southern capital
jp Joining in the work of Southern
upbuilding
' "In this survej wc nave noi
touched on the great htghwaj
building work under way, wc have
bot Included thousands of sraalle
isnterprises under construction, but
have only selected here and there
In different parts of the South
tome striking phases of material ad
vancement, leaving to the reader1:;
Imagination to fill in the picture
tihe outlines of which wc have sim
ply broadly sketched.
[j "Here Is a story of material ad
vancement that really beggars de
scription, and somewhat staggers
6e Imagination as one attempts to
asp Its full meaning and the cl1
lect which the enterprises now un
der way will have in tremendous v
(Stimulating further development
f] “8urely Secretary Hoover made a
Eife prediction when a few days agf
i an interview with Nashville Tqp
essean and other Southern papers
be said:
4'f “‘Industrially, the South is a
geetton of the world where the la;;r
tst development must take placo in
the next 29 years.’
", “Shortly before his death Kenry
M. Flagler, the great t.npire build
«r of Florida, said to the editor ol
the Manufacturers Record in a
twhat stronger statement even
that of Mr. Hoover:
“ ‘The next quarter of a century
qf material advancement belongs t >
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"Mr. Flngler had backed h!3
the South.'
faith in Florida and the South bv
the investment of from $75,000,080
to $100,000,000 of his own money,
and his prediction as to his own be
loved Florida and the South ut
large, and the predictions of the
Manufacturers Record for more
than forty years, are now being ful
filled almost beyond the dreams of
the past.
President’s Home
On Auction Block
(Lester B. Finkelstein, INS Stall
Correspondent, i
New York One hundred year;
ago a magnificent mansion occupied
a dominant position in what was
then the heart ol the most fashion
able section of New York City,
The stately edifice was the mecca
of the elite. Foreign diplomats,
statesmen and others of the cream
of the social and political world
rolled up in smartly liveried equip
ages and entered its portals. Visit
ors and townsfolk.1; alike garni at it
Ill awe a.s they passed.
It was tlio home of a man who for
eight years hail occupied the high
est position in this country and ad
ministered its affairs in a number
which gained him the respect and
admiration of the world.
It was the home of Monroe, the
fifth president of the United States,
A few days ago it was sold at auc
tion for $10,000.
When President Monroe lived in
i.he house; it v as situated at 03
I r nee street, on the corner of La
Fayette street, after his death on
Julv A. 1831, it was occupied by hi.;
sen-in-law, Samuel Gouverneur.
The building eventually passed
into other hands. In 1912, Hi nry
Fruhauf, a clothing manufacturer,
interested in the building and it.;
history, sought to found a Monroe
Museum there.
Luter, threatened by building
operations in the rapidly changing
neighborhood, Hie weather-beaten
structure was moved to its present
side at 95 Crosby street. The Monroe
House association was formed for
the purpose of preserving the struc
ture. This organization tried to
raise $20,000 to buy the site of the
bt.ildint but failed.
Every husband admits iris wile
showed sound judgment when she
picked him out.
When the average man thinks of
home lie has in mind the stump of
a good cigar, an old pair of slipper*
an old chair and a footstool.
A cigar smoker never held up a
train.
If you want to flatter a man ask
him for advice in a loVe affair.
All’s Peaceful
This novel nu.ftod of keeping
restless youth quiet ivns devise*
nt a recent contest to select tU;
healthiest child In Los AiiKelet
The tots were kept happy will*'
the Judges a ere* choosing,
TAR HEEL HENS STEP
IJP EGG PRODUCTION
I Five million, three hundred and
ninety-five thousand hem- ill North
Carolina laid 27,000,000 dozen eggs
in 1926. figures compiled by the
state department of agricultme
show. This was an increase of ap
proximately 3.500,000 dozen stnee
1920, when the total production was
23.560,000 dozen. In 1924 the hens of
the state laid 25,000,000 dozen eggs.
Counting the roosters and other
members of the chicken family not
able to produce eggs, thne wore
more than 7,000,000 in the state last
year. Many of these were marketed.
It was also pointed out 'hat, in
there were in the irt.itu 695,
Ci'O milk cattle, which gave a total
lea Ct;000,000 gallon, of milk, of lies
amount, 41 per cent, was manufac
tu’.ed into 16,000,00*) pout d; of but
ter, while 43 per cent, or oT.OC.iC'O
gallons was consumed as milk by
babies of the -state and others re
quiting or preferring this form of
iievori fc,e.
One hundred and ninety-six thou
sand colonies of Tar Heel bees in
1926 produced 1,341,000,00.) pounds
of honey.
A New Kind Of A
Doctor
That Always Makes
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Time and Look
Young.
Special attention is given to our Repair Department, in
cluding Watch Repair, Clock Repair, Jewelry repair and the
setting and remounting of Diamonds.
Our prices in this department may not be the cheapest
but our work is of the highest quality and satisfactory and
prompC eourteous service is our motto.
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JEWELER SHELBY, N. C. •
NEXT DOOR TO WOOLWORTHS.
Takes Stitches In
A Wounded Heart
Washington, N. C.—One of the
most remarkable surgical operations [
ever performed was successfully
consumatod at the Washington hos
pital when Dr. D. T. Taylor, jr., took
several stitches in the heart of
Augustus Lucas, colored, age 18,
closing a wound which had been
made in the left auricle by the blade
of a penknife. Lucas was reporte 1
as being in a satisfactory condition
and it is' believed that he will re- I
cover.
The young negro was brought to
the Washington hospital Monday
evening, and physicians immediate
ly diagnosed his condition as being
due to a punctured heart. The youth
was rushed on the operating table
A verticle incision was made down 1
the middle of his chest. At each cr d
of this were made horizontal inci
sions, also of considerable length.
The skin, muscles and tissues were
then folded back.
Before the heart could be reached
it was necessary to make an open
ing through the ribs. Four ribs were
severed from the breast bone, and
Dr. Taylor was then able to get to
the pericardium, or the sac in which
the heart itself lay exposed. The
place where the organ had been
punctured was plainly visible, but
in order to sew up the wound, it
was necessary for the surgeon to ex
ercise the greatest care and discre
tion, for the heart was pulsating
steadily.
Think Son Czar
Still Living Now
(By International News Service.)
London.—The heir to the Russian
throne, son of the former czar, and
who would now be the rightful em
peror, is believed to be alive.
Czarevitch Alexis, as the former
prince and heir apparent, was
known, was supposedly killed dur
ing the massacre of the Russian
Royal family, when Russia was in
the grip of a revolution. Reports
reaching London, however, give
evidence of the discovery and mys •
terious story of a twenty-two year
old-man living in the Polish town
of Bygoszcz. Were the Czarevitcn
alive, his age would be the same.
This youth calls himself Eugcn
Nikolaevitch IcanolT, and says that
he fled to Poland from his native
country, Russia, nine years ago in
; the company of a Cossack.
He denies that he is the Russian
heir, but every Sunday for the pas.
five years, has adorned himself in
the uniform of a high officer in the
Russian nobility; Russian monar
chists, who have seen him in Po -
land, declare that the likeness be
tween him and the ‘‘dead" Alexis
is remarkable, lvanoff also suffers
from the same mysterious malady
as did the boy Czarevitch—-haemo
philia.
At present this young man live.;
by embroidery work, at which is he
an’ expert, as was the boy heir.
The Polish Catholic clergy have
declared themselves supporters of
lvanoff. and It is rumored that he
Is bidding his time, remaining *n
seclusion until a time when he wili
attempt to overthrow the Soviet
Republic, and regaining his throne
bring back the reign of m march;'
to Russia.
"Sow By The Year."
Chatham Record.
Our Irlcnd Roland Beasley, ol the
Monroe Journal, will not, we fear,
make a reputation as an etymolo
gist. He wrnt off into the sticks of
I Union some time ago and heard a
I woman us a the word "souging”, in
the sense of large or overwhelming,
and came back and introduced
"souring'' as a new word and ad
vised its use. Others have com
mented upon the “discovery.” We
assume that the "new" word is only
a Union county variation of the
good old word "sousing,” which, for
instances, we found ourseii using
thus the other day, “a sousing
rain." That is the proper etymolo
gical use of the vyord, then infer
entially applied in the sense of
large, as a sousing crowd, etc. Ev
erybody. presumably, knows what
souse, and therefore there is no se
cret about what "sousing” means
and a few students of words would
find any difficulty in accounting
for a rustic woman’s variation of
it to "souging.”
Just Green Greed
Behind Big Coin
Capitalist Honeymooning In Europe
At 77 Tells How Millions
Arc Made.
Charles R. Flint, the seventy
seven-year-old New York capitalist
who has been visiting England on
his honeymoon, has given London
ers philosophy of a millionaire; the
low-down on what' the big fellow
thinks of the little fellow’, and the
world in general, relates a London
dispatch to The New York Times.
“Can you tell me,” he was asked,
"why a multi-millionaire like your
self, after he has amassed millions,
goes on increasing his collection in
stead of retiring and enjoying life,
as one of us would?”
He smiled: “Sure! There is only
one reason. Greed.!”
"Is it not because of ambition, a
craving for power,” said the inter
viewers, thinking they might have
misunderstood him.
He smiled again. “No. It is pure
green greed,” he replied. "Ambi
tion and power certainly play a part
in keeping him keen, but greed, and
greed alone, is the reason for a
man's wanting to swell his wad mil
lion after million.
“But if he had, say $250,000,” his
questioners assured him, “we would
retire to the country and enjoy our
selves."
“You might,” Mr: Flint conceded,
“but if I or some one else fixed you
up as millionaires, how many ot
you would ask to be relieved of the
responsibility at the end of the
week? None."
"No, I would not care to be poor
again,” he continued in response to
a further question, "not a bit.
Nevertheless, a big fortune is a
great responsibility. And I admit,"
he added, in reply to the next
question, "that, of course, I would
not be as happy without my bank
roll,”
“How do some people make such
vast fortunes while most can not?"
echoed Mr, Flint to his questioners.
“Well, God has favored some men
highly and has given them gifts
which they use to make money. The
last business I started ran on an
even keel for some two, or three
years, but from a financial point of
view was not a great success. I in
vited a man I know, the best busi
ness man of his type, to take cha-ge.
He asked for $25,000 a year salary
and 2,000 shares. I agreed. Tne
' business started to pay.
“Next year he asked for $150,000
salary and a percentage. I agreed
quickly. He was worth it.
“Now the business is earning two
million dollars a year. God has been
good to that man.”
How Flint Started Life
Then Mr. Flint let the public a
little into the secret of how he made
j his money, although without giving
the exact recipe.
“When I was a kid," he confided.
! “I went round to fifteen offices try
ing to get a job at $4 a week. They
all threw me out. So I wrote ‘Dock
Clerk' on my cards, went down to
the docks and got a job at $4 a day
instead.
“Then I got to know Mr. W. H
Grace, a rich business man who had
been mayor of New York several
times. I went up to him and said:
‘Mr. Grace, I’d like to work for you
for nothing.’
“ ‘That's probably what you'ie
worth. I’ll take you.' he answered.
1 In nine months I w:as his partner.
"Men who make millions and
i keep them have to be keen judges
of men. They have to fight for
their money with the men as keen
as themselves. They don’t often
mistake a man.
How J. P. Morgan Helped Him
"When I was involved in one of
the biggest financial fights of piy
life I found myself in a corner. I
j wept to J. P, Morgan’s office, mer
I J, P. coming down the steps and
1 said to him: 'Mr. Morgan, I want
j half a million dollars on a security
, that’s not w-orth a whoop.’
, “You can have a draft when jou
1 you want it,’ he answered. And I
! got it.”
Defeated, but still unbowed, his
| questioners trieHLa final sally. “But
; hugely rich men like you cannot
possibly get the fun out of the litiie
I things of life that we can,” they in
| slated.
“No. of course not,” admitted tne
[ millionaire, "their heads are full of
the big ideas, negotiations in huge
I
SCHEDULES
Inter-Carolina Motor Bus Company
Shelby to Charlotte—7, 9, 11, 12, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9—Charlotte to
Sh»lhy—8. 10, 12, 2, 4, (
Kings Mountain to Charlotte—7:30, 9:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30,
?:30, 5:30, 7:30. Direct connection made in Kings Mt’n. for
Spartanburg and Greenville at 12 o’clock—One hour layover
on all other schedules.
Bessemer City to Charlotte—745, 11:45, 12:45, 3:45, 5:45,
7:45.
Gastonia to Chari jtte, leaves every hour on the hour, from
I au,m „to 8 P- m- Connection made there for Rock Hill,
S. C.; Spartanburg, Greenville, Cramerton, Lincointon and
Cherry-villa, York and Clover S C.
Gastonia to Shelby—On the odd hours, making connections
for Rutherfordton, Hendersonville, Asheville and Statesville.
Gastonia to Cherryville—8:30, 12:10, 4:10 3 10,
.Cherryville to Gastonia—7:15, 10, 2, 6 p. m.
Caarlotte to Rock Hill—8, 10:30, 4:15.
Bus leaves Spartanburg 6:15 p. m. Connection at King*
Mountain, Charlotte.
Telephones;
Charlotte 2671; Gastonia 1051; Shelby 450; Shelby to
Rutherfordton—8 a. m. anJ 1 p. m. Rutherfordton to
a- m. and 2:15 p. m.
Shelby to Asheville—7, 10:00 a. m„ 12., 2, 4, 6, P. M. Aslie
ville to Shelby—8. 9 and 11 a. m. and 2,4pm.
Shelby to Lincointon—7. 9:15 a. m., 12:30, 3, 5:15 p. m„
Lincointon ShelbyS, 10:30 a. m., 1:30, 4, 6, p. m.
Schedules Subject to Change.
sums, the fun of big business.
They’re different. Marriage is right,
though. I spent forty-two happy
years, with my wife as my best pal
and now I’ve been lucky again m
my second.
‘‘The only two women I ever car
ed for.”
New Way To Certify a Check
The Robesonian.
It came out in the trial of E. Gar
land Brown at Whiteville recently
that this sometime attorney ad-'
vised a new way to certify a check
It was in evidence that this erst
while limb of the law had a pen
chant for uttering checks that did
not speak with authority. Those
checks had a way of falling down on
the job and coming back to roost
with the persons to whom they
were given. It came to pass that an
old colored woman to whom the
aforesaid E. Garland tendered a
check for $10 for value received had
heard of this inconvenient habit ol
the E. Garland checks, also had
heard that a certified check was
the ace of the checks and could
hold up its head and speak with au
thority in any company. So she told
Mr. E. Garland that she didn't
want anything but a certified
check, that no common everday j
check would pass with her.
"Here, I'll certify it,” said Mr. E.
Garland, and taking his pen in
hand he turned the check over,
wrote across the back, "I hereby
certify that this check is good " :
signed that, and handed it back to |
the lady of color.
And she went on her way rejoic
ing.
And she learned about checks
from 'im.
KING AND QUEEN
DECLINE TO POSE ,
FOR MOVIE CAMERA
(By International News Service.)
London.—Despite a very tempting
offer King George and Queen Mary
have declined to pose before a cam
era recording not only their fea
tures but their voices also.
Richard Washburn Child, reprey
enting an American Firm corpora- i
tion called "Movietone,” using all
his diplomatic experiences and in
fluence had practically arranged for
the “Camera interview”; so much so '
that a special camera and recording
instrument had been sent via the 1
Aquitania last Monday and was al- I
ready ori its way up to Hollywood,
where the Royal family is at present
in residence.
The King declined because he way
afraid of starting a precedent Al
ready the Movietone corporation
has obtained camera interviews
with the King and Queen of Spain,
Marshal Fosh and Mussolini.
lien Laid 24 Pounds of Eggs.’
A white leghorn pullet owned by
George Weathers chicken farmer
of Orangeburg, county, South Car
olina has laid 24 pounds of eggs
during the past ten months.
This hen was entered by Mr.
Weathers in the National Egg Lay
ing contest now being conducted at
McCormick, South Carolina, and
weighed, when entered, slightly over
three and a half pounds. She has
probably developed Into a lour
pound hen and consequently has
laid six times her weight in eggs
in less than one year.
Such production as this makes
the egg business a profitable one
and proper selection and breeding
go a long way to growing out hens
to make such records.
OUR
25“
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September Introduces a New Season and
For Women, For Misses, For Children
Do You Ever Skip
The Last Chapter?
Did you ever skip over to
the last chapter of a detec
tive story? Most of us have,
and it is quite an under
standable impulse.
But not many of us ever
refused to read the last
chapter, and yet there are
people—customers of ours
—who do not understand
many things about our way
of doing business, and never
ask about them.
Why don't we sell on in
stallments, for example, or
deliver your purchases, and
whv can we give such ex
cellent quality at a rock
bottom price?
If you don’t know the an
swer to these questions, ask
us. Our manager will be
glad to explain. Don’t skip
the last chapter. Find out
the whole story.
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