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fr~—. YES | YOU CAN GET IT AT * THE* PARAGON DEPARTMENT STORE —and their prices are so reasonable—that’s_ the way peop’e are talking* We hear it and hear of it every day. People are talking about o*'r store— our merchandise, our prices and it’s the kind of talk >ve like to hear, too. —when we bought this store, we made up our minds to cause folks to talk—and believe us— we put it over. We Stocked this store with the right merchandise. j we put the price to suit | prtc and ail—We give i service. That’s us, every j day in the year—make : us a visit, we’ll prove it. A$ TO PRICES _well of course we must make money, but we are workincr on a mighty dose mvrgin. We count on volume and to this date we are rat sfied. Our rales are better than we expected. It is our aim to save oar folks money and to make money. So far we are do ing both. Every day we hear customers say that ..... n-iees are so reason able in fact, many tell us that our prices are best. All this makes us happy. GIVE US A CHANCE IS ALU WE ASK. If our merchandise and prices are not right, then we do not expect your business. Come to see us, tell us frankly what you think about these things. We will appreciate you speaking frankly—a n d to. us. A SECRET —when we purchased this well known store, well, it was a new ad- j venture for us. Our J minds were not quite made up—just what, oh ; well—Any way we made up our minds, rolled up j qur sleeves and went to it. We set our pegs pret- I ty hiffh perhaps, but we f got lots of encourage ment from our good folks around here, who wmted this high class individual store to go on. -i-well wc decided to make our sales reach a HUNDRED THOUSAND by January, and they arc going so good we have decided not to keep all this a secret anv longer, but to just spill the beans. We want you to kpow that we are pleased with this new adventure, and that \Ve appreciate the fine sup port our good folks arc , giving us. If sales keep j up we’ll reach the hun dred thousand all right that is since we opened lip irf August. TO DO IT •—we have slocked this store, every department with the right merchan dise at the right price, and we cordially invite one And all, come to our Store, view the wonder fur displays of merchan dise end comnare prices. WE HAVE IT, WE ARE DOING IT COME AND SEE You’ll make us happy and you will be happy, do come often— ft* • i We thank you, t THE , PARAGON ^DEPARTMENT STORE THANKSGIVING WEEK SPECIALS Our entire stock of Table Damask, Linen and Mercer ized, bought on the low market including Napkins to match for this week only, 10 Per Cent Off For Cash. 40 INCH SHEETING I Or, A wonderful buy of heavy weight 40 inch Sheeting or Factory Cloth, so de sirable for Sheets, Pillow Cases and domestic use. A 15c value. In order that all my customers may share in this special we are forced to limit this item to 20 yards to customer. Special for this 1 BLANKETS $1.39 A real large beautiful plaid cotton Blanket, single assorted patterns, made of the best cotton, just a real pick up for this week. They wont “The Home Of Star Brand The largest stock of Star -Brand All Leather Shoes in this entire sec tion. This is why we can fit and Shoe the whole family. Comforts and Comforts Cold weather and comforts go hand in hand and we have a real special of pure white corded cotton, assorted colors. Sizes 72x84, Q C Extra large, Special week last long, SPECIAL Shoes” i DOLLS! DOLLS! GOO (SIX HUNDRED) MORE DOLLS TO GIVE AWAY BEFORE CHRIST MAS—So trade at WRAY’S and .save your TICKETS and you will have a BIG DOLL for the little t>ir! ABSO LUTELY FREE if you trade at WRAY’S and save your CASH REG ISTER TICKETS. Cotton Flannel 15c & 20c 3 cases of Bleached and unbleached Fepperell grade cotton flannel for underwear. Values cheap at 25 and 35c. Our Thanksgiving Week price— 15c d 20c BOY’S CLOTHING Two big shipments Boy’s Snappy Suits with two pairs of pants. Extra Values— $650 $6 95 $7*95 $$'95 Christmas Special $5.00 Beautiful Comforts of puce corded cotton and wool filled. Borders of pure satin and centers of floral satin I atterns—a f 6.95 value, bought at clean up price to d*C flA run special »__ Trade at Wray’s and get the Girl a BIG DOLL, for Christmas. A. V. WRAY & SIX SONS ’’SHELBY’S BUSIEST STORE” —PRICES DID IT _ STANDARD The year ’round popularity of '$tandard”Gasoline is strong evidence of its year ’round superiority, i A “STANDARD GASOLINE Star Want Ads Always Pay V A1 Smith May Well Serve Country In Arousing The Dying Interest Of American People In Self-Government (By RENN DRUM.) A1 Smith, the stormey petrel of American political environment—; an en^ircment that is fast losing the glamour and attraction of other days—may, despite the dissension he brings, well serve his country. An odd statement that, but the 1 colorful Smith with his religion, wetness, and principles, is awaken- ' ing a new interest in politics and 1 government America over. That in terest is needed, for with general prosperity and the machine-like system of various political organize- : tions the average citizen gives less ■ attention to his political duties and his right to have a hand in his gov ernment these days than he does to his radio aerial. For several years now. as is mark ed in this section. Mr. Average Man cares just about as much who is elected to Congress, or other offices, as he does as to who 4s vice presi dent of Barney Google’s order of, billygoats. That lack of interest in the government, he cusses at peri ods and ignores at ethers, may eventually prove to be the down fall of the world’s "example nation” of self-government—which is any thing else but these days. There may be those who will say • that A1 Smith will not bring any thing worthwhile into the political world by his proposed candidacy. ; That, instead, he will only arouse , animosity, bigotry and hate bred of narrow-mindncss. Such may be' true. A1 Smith may arouse a lit- | tie bit of everything, but out of j the jumble end Jargon of the wran gle may come renewed interest in i government and the making of the i government. Smith may or may j not be a candidate, and may or ! may not be elected. Likewise he \ may be a wolf in sheep's clothing, ! or one of the greatest public leaders in the country Smith’s ability, or lack of ability, and his prospects 1 are not being talked. This view is merely an advanced claim that | the New York man may prove of I real worth to his eountry by arous ing something that is now in its doldrums. And if you do not be- ; iieve Smith can arouse interest, pro ' and con, just cup a hand to the ear and hark about you. Men who can j not name three North Carolina ! congressmen can tell yeuevery fault in the Smith make-up. while oth- 1 ers, who could not, to save their neck, name two members of the , cabinet, can point out every touch , of greatness in the popular New ' Yorker. — As the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot pointed cut recently it is almost an i impossible task to arouse the in- j terCst of the people in any section I to the importance of voting and Soda low! HAVE you bought your Nitrate of Soda? Now is the time to do it. Last season many farmers waited too long...then were unable to get it and had to use other things. “Once is enough,” they say. This year they’re making sure of their Soda by ordering now. Chilean Nitrate of Soda is the only nitrogen that meets every cotton requirement. It sets a fine crop ahead of weevils and makes good in spite of fleas, flood or drought. It h~s no add eSect on your soil. It won’t burn your hands or your dothes. There is no substitute for it...and farmers who realize this are farmers who make money. * - Now, with cotton high and Soda low, you are in a fine position. Don’t take any chances. Put in your order and be on the safe side, whik» the price of Nitrate of Soda is so favorable. It's Soda—Not Luck! Almost every cotton champion in ’25 and *26 used Nitrate of Soda. Do you think that just happened ? Think of the best crops in your section this year. Does it just fiaf>j>en that they were Soda crops? Check back on field demonstrations. Does it just happen that Nitrate of Soda always shows up best? Everywhere it’s the same story—it is Soda, not luck—that makes profitable crops. That is why we urge you to buy now. “Wo o*a and have used Nitrate of Soda for years i[ with results on cotton of 86 bales on 75 acres in |i 1935 and 100 bales on 100 acres in 1936." L. D MOSELEY Edgcwood Farm, Kinston, N. C. / Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU DepL 65- t, Professional Bldg., Raleigh, JY. CL FREE—Write for 24i*xgt iUux tratdd book. ' Low Cast Cotton TcUs how to make money on cot ton in 1928. Kituat Book No. 2. TktChdeanNitraUof. .*!*}/ .»• ager in ytrtr state is a cottf*n au fJwtity. U ri#^ him for hook and an> iptciai information JUsiruL having a say in the men who rep resent them. Year after year in this county, this state, and all over the nation the number of voters are decreasing while the population increases. “A government of the people, for the people and by the people." Pooh! More people have talked the harmful effects, of the beneficial effects, Smith will have on the nation if elected than have talked every candidacy combined the past six years. Maybe this man, who we seem to hate so fervently down South, can- make it such a government as Lincoln visualized whether he's elected or not. Yes, the wagering odds are two to one that there will be fist fights galore, street squabbles, and rows of all types if Smith really gets in the running. But, hark back a bit. How long has it been since you’ve seen that much interest among a people supposed to take a hand on election day in governing them selves? Chalk off the state situation seven years ago when things waxed warm in the Morrison-Gardner contest— an affair of one party only—and the McCall-Hoey congressional race and it has been many colorless years since there was political interest to speak of in a state that once had its Vancc-Settle settes and some of the most gloriously amusing and colorful elections ever known. Many reasons might be assigned for the lack of interest by the peo ple in elections those days. Some will tell you that voters, or should- i be voters, have far more intelligence j nowadays than in tlie past and that ; having such they realize that in the •! long run it matters littlo how they j vote, cr whether they vote. This impression has the general idea that the political machines will have [ it their way regardless and it does ' not make much difference from an economical standpoint which way it goes. Good reasoning, perhaps in a way, and although we see fearful visions of ruin anrj^revolution at ; election time if the Ooner candidate 1 should be elected this ruin seldom \ comes along and events transpire i about as they would hack the defeat- ! ed candidate been elected. Yet things have come to poor pass when I the people drop into a lethargy irom j which they can scarcely be awaken ed at a time when their vote would ! iiave seme effect on conditions, ; Have you noticed how elections j work in recent years? Instead of i the old fist-fight days, which are so abhorred by the politicians, when : the people rolled in of their own acccord to vote and were mighty ! particular how they voted, it is now j necessary that the candidates and ! their paid hirelings employ taxi cabs and ether free methods of : coaxing the public out to vote. Load I after lead of “just so many votes” , are piled in taxis,dashed to the polls, and voted with not more than 40 per cent knowing what they voted for. and then rushed back to their labors and other interests. In the old days such methods were not necessary. The people may have been dumber then but they at least took an interest in the principles advocated by the men they voted for instead cf piling blindly into a taxi and voting for the favorite of the man who paid the taxi fare. No matter how it comes about, can you fail to agree in the belief that A1 Smith if he does nothing else may awake an apparently dead political situation? Mark it down for future reference that if A1 Smith is a candidate scores of people right in this sec tion who haven't taken time off to vote in years, unless sufficiently urged by a candidate, will swarm to the polls of their own accord —some with the deadly intent of blotting this “wet Catholic" off the map, and the others with the view cf backing “the only Democrat Who can win.” (Noteboth quotations,) the A1 Smith magic, anti or pro. will bring far more voters out than every hired taxi in recent years. Isn't it worth something to get back even a little of that fleeting interest th%t was? Will not Smith have served some purpose after all? Get the old-timers about Shelby to relate the “red shirt” days when Senator Overman was not so feeble as some would-be-senators would have him now. Particularly the day when Overman spoke in the old tabernacle, stripped off his coat, his vest, his collar his eight-inch stiff cuffs, and kept the stage moist as he speke heatedly for several hours tc a gathering that filled the taber nacle in every proverbial nook and corner. Compare that scene with a political speaking of the present day. At the last election neither Demo crat nor Republican could fill half of the court house gallery. Neither speaker took any considerable trou ble to berate the other party and both affairs were extremely tame as compared to “ the good old days.” In fact, the audience at a modern “ w here sav.ngs are greatest’’ I Men’s Beacon | Bath Robes I Nothing could be more acceptable lor a man’s gilt than one ot these warm Beacon Blanket Kobe*. Cut full and well shaped; b i g pockets, large shawl collar, silk cord. Big values at— $4.98 »$8.90 Men’s Shirts For Christinas Stripes, novelties, checks —exclusive patterns, con fined to our Stores—light and dark grounds; finest quality thruout. Buy your Christmas shirts now—buy them economically here at, $1.98 Imported Flannel Scarfs fc r Boys j Of imported all-wool French flannel. Big, cheer ful checks, stripes and plaids in ga7 tolors; fringed. Every boy likes a muf fler for Christmas. One of our most exceptional values b priced at— 98c Mechanical Toys That Cost Very Little Even the smallest boy ;»kes -toys with action— >ou will find many here to delight him. Intercity bu» with fric tion motor .......$1.69 Fire Truck—with norial ladder .$1.69 Dump Truck* .98c Brougham, handsomely built .$1.98 Trolley, with gong....96t Give 'Underwear To Any Miss The fcnfinine heart thrillj to a gin or' lingerie every timet Rayon gar ments ate irresistible, j 98c to $2.98 T-a i 1 o r e d styles — and frilly lace trimmed and ap',>lif]'ieri gar ments. Our prices an moderate, too ‘Get Acquainted’ Set of Our Own Jaciel Toiletries A handy set to familiarise our friends with a new line of fine toilet .preparation v I A rcguia; i size bo\ oi 3 p o w d e v and a jar ■rtf cold and > a n i s 3 : Z c earn. 98c Powder Puffs With Ribbon Trim Fancy puffs; ribbon trim Brings in two-tone effects. Lumberjacks For Boys Warm mackinaw cloth clastic bottom, 2 big pocket $2.98 This Leather Bill Fold Three-fold bill fold it* black or tan ostrich gra'n leather. Very low priced at, 49c Others 49c to $1.49 I jviiUcul speaking rcsemiai . | neral siesta and for the most part k made up of old-timers who are ijv,n» in the past and^ust by habit wander to a political speaking hoping J seen an outbreak of firworks that , might remind them of their voun. i er days. After a Republican candidate for ; the United States Senate spoke here I jn the last election so-called --ood l Democrats” walked up and grasped' his hand. He hadn't said a thin, about their party which would eon* near hurting their feelings or arous ; ing their animosity. Now supp0^ I some politician would come here next year and make a speech fot j or against A1 Smith, can you j;nag. ine these on the ether'side ,,oing up to pat his back and fondle a hand calloused with vote-catching hand pumping? Not hardly. There will be these who will say that the view is nothing more ihan that of a news hound, as such an election, or primary, would i urnish geed newspaper copy, it surel, would, reams of reading th..: would never be tossed aside, and with a scrap likely over every paragraph. What a newspaper period it will be but every newspaper office, especial-' iy where there is a heated differ ence ever Smith, should along about primary time employ some 15 fictit ious writers upon whom ccnlcl be laid the blame foT every disagree able article—and it will be hard to write anything about Smith -al ready is, for that matter—which will not draw the ire cf r.cne one. But .what an crcdiing time that would be? Only time will tell how Al Smith will go down in hist ory, but he should rank as a greater tcnic for American politics than the adver tisements say Herb Juice is for hu man frailties. .And that with neith er love nor enmity for the prodigy cf the East Side. New York World figures that it would take 15,000,000 prohibition agents to enforce the Volstead Lav in the United States. The World is optimistic. It should have made it "non-corruptible prohibition agents."—ricrida Times-Urtion.
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