IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
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GRADUATION CUT HEAVILY INTO LAST YEAR'S ROLL OF FOOTBALL ACES AND
MANY NEW NAMES WILL GRACE THIS FALL'S PROGRAMS
BY PHILIP MARTIN
IVfOW that we are sitting in on
another football season, it
teem* that a great many of our
favorite nice-running backs of last
season are not doing their tricks
for us this fall.' That is to say, so
many of the backftcld aces of 1927
are missing that we can look for
some new names to shriek at us
in the headlines.
No longer does Minnesota prate
of Joestlng, Yale of Caldwell, Ne
braska of Presnell, Pittsburgh of
Welch, Vanderbilt of Spears, South
ern California of Drury and Notre
Dame of Flanagan.
These young men, you may re
member, are the ones who graced
practically every all-America pick
last fall.
If you know your football well,
however, you know that some
mighty sweet ball toters remain,
even if there are not so many who
blazed a trail last fall in a national
manner. After you name Scull of
Pennsylvania, Thomasson of Geor
gia Tech, Howell of Nebraska.
Welch or Purdue, Marsters of Dart
mouth, McCrary of Georgia, and
Hoffman of Stanford, you’ve about
named them all. To be. sure, there
are a lot of good backs around and
about who did some nice work last
year, but few of them deserve rank
ing in this class.
In this group are tyro young men
who were sophomores last fall hut
were outstanding backs in a na
tional way. We refer to Ralph
''Pest'1 Welch of Purdue, and A1
Marsters of Dartmouth. And if
we’re any judge of football players,
those young men are going to be
far up in the running for football
honors this fall.
"jyiR. WELCH is from Texas, but
^ happened to decide on Purdue ;
for his higher education. No Pur- j
due.alumni will ever regret that;
taoye. - j
Welch was just a football player j
Among those vlio played stellar
backfield roles In their first year of
competition Inst year ami who aVe
expected to l>c heard from this
fall are “Pest” AVelch (top) of
Purdue and A1 Mnrsters (below)
of Dartmouth.
before the Harvard -game last fall
but after that game—well, he was
the well-known hero of the campus.
A young fellow named “Cotton”
Wilcox was the star back for Purs
due, ajid a mighty good back he was.
but he had one of those trick knees
you bear so much about, and that
trick knee kept him out of the big
Harvard game. In went Mr. Welch,
and what be did to old John Har
vard that afternoon is something
no loyal Harvard alumnus likes to
think about.
"Welch, weighing 190 pounds and
very fast was an all-Western half
back choice last fall. He does
everything that a back should do
He can think on his feet. He pass
es, punts, runs, blocks anti tackles
excellently. He is a modest young
lad and doesn't go for anything but
athletics at his- school. That is.
nothing in a social way As a re
sult, equipped with all these char
acteristics good football players
have, he should be heard from fre
quently this fall.
IF—his knee doesn’t worry him
He let a knee get "hurt this sum
mer and that may hamper his
work.
TMIE east will tell you that the
A best sophomore back field ace la
the whole country last year was
speedy A1 Marsters, with Dart
mouth
They dubbed this young man
"Special Delivery” last fall. Per
haps it was because of a 75-yard
run against Yale or it might have
been all those passes he threw so
nicely against Cornell, or for that
SO-yard run he made against
Brown. Anyway, that is what
they called him, and he seems to
have lived up to the name.
Marsters, like Welch, does every
thing well. And when you find a
back who does everything well
including headwork—you have a
real halfback.
DOTH Marsters and Welch will
be marked men this fall. They
will be the key men of the attack
of their respective teams and will
find it tougher to do their stuff
But good men do their stuff de
spite the hazards opponents make
for them and you will have to ad
mit that Welch and Marsters are
good men. If you don't think so,
just read accounts of the Purdue
and Dartmouth games this fall.
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•Mother’ Gwaltney Known To
Thousands Of Ex
Service Men.
Hickory;—After 10 years of active
service among the sick and disabled
veterans of the World War, Miss
Minnie Gwaltney, of Hickory, known
to thousands of former service men
and their families as ‘'Mother-’
Gwaltney, has given up her work
at Oteen. The committee, which
was appointed early in June to re
arrange the rehabilitation work in
this state, has taken charge, it is
understood here.
Miss Gwaltney's work among the
soldiers began in 1919 shortly after
she had come home to engage in
canteen duties after giving up her
settlement work In the mountain
sections of Kentucky. The sight of
the sick and wounded boys caused
her to follow them to the govern
ment hospitals in the western pan
of the state to see what could be
done to make life a bit more bear
able for them.
Her work increased with each suc
ceeding year, and five years ago she
was appointed chairman of the state
rehabUtation department while Mrs.
J. Renwick Wilkes, of Charlotte, was
president of the State American
Legion Auxiliary. During the pa/.
10 years Miss Gwaltney made 12)
visits to Oteen, ministering to the
material and spiritual needs of the
sick ones.
Miss Gwaltney’s activities in re
habilitation work ceased with the
n aking of her report at the state
legion and auxiliary convention oh
August 27 at Charlotte. This report
has been the subject of favorable
comment, not only in this state, but
in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennes
see. South Carolina and Georgia,
whose units have contributed large
ly to the work at Oteen.
News that her connection at Oteen
would be severed has brought a de- '
luge of regrets to Miss Gwaltney
from the veterans, their families and
friends, and from the department
in other states. The general atti
tude might well be summed up in a
letter from one sick boy who wrote:
“I certainly am sorry indeed to learn
that you won't be back with us. I
don't know what we are going to
do. You have been looking after us
boys, helping us to fight our long
battles courageously, that we have
come to think of you more as a
mother or big sister than anything
else. We are going to miss you
sorely.”
Miss Gwaltney stated that he in
terest in the welfare of the boys
continues in cooperation with
friends who are equally interested,
and that she will still be able to
do many things for their comfort.
We suppose the reason the moral
forces keep calling our attention to
the fact that they are the moral
forces, is because they’re afraid we
might not realize iit otherwise, the
way they often act —Ohio State
Journal.
Labor Picks Planks.
Birmingham, England. — Public
ownership of agricultural land, coal
mines, transportation facilities, elec
tric power and life insurance com
panies was favored in the platform
adopted by the annual conference
of the labor party here. On this
platform the party will stand for
the general elections that are ex
pected next spring.
Will Not Help Win.
Hertford County Herald.
Extreme statements directed
against candidates of either party or
thrusts hurled .it those who differ
in their political views should be
discountenanced by leaders in both
parties. Intimidations, vitriolic talk
and the making claims unsupport
ed by facts never helped a cause,
and it won’t help win this election
in November for either party or
candidate.
LACK OF LIQUOR CAUSES
MEN TO GET HANDSOME
Chicago.—-Prohibition is making
men more handsome, in the opinion
of Dr. James Doran, national pro
hibition commissioner.
Dr. Doran’s argument follows this
reasoning:
"Under prohibition the average
man has more money to spend.
And since he cannot spend it legal
ly for liquor, he spends it for shaves,
facials, haircuts and manicures.”
Men who buy hair tonic now
adays, he added, use it for hair
tonic.
Double Springs
Community Items
Miss Ella McSwain and Mr. Pre*w
ton Neal Marry—Personals Of
« People On The Go.
(Special to The Star.)
A wedding of n uch surprise to
their many friends was that of Miss
EUa McSwain to Mr Preston Neal
last Sunday afternoon at the home
, of the bride's mother Mrs Jane
McSwain. Rev D G. Washbur.t
performed the ceremony. Im
mediately after the ceremony the
happy couple left for their home
near Grover.
Mr. Bate Bridges and Miss Pathia
i Hamrick and Mr. and Mrs. Chivos
Bridges spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Greene.
Mr. A. V. Washburn, jr.. a stu
dent at Boiling Springs spent the
week-end in the community.
I Mr. Tom Tucker of Shelby, .visit
1 ed Mr. W. W. Washburn and R. C.
i Covington last week
Mrs. D. G. Washburn is very
sick with Pneumonia. Hope she
! soon regains her usual health.
Mrs. Jane McSwain is spending a
i few days this week visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Weil Humphries.
' Misses Annie Belie Davis and
: Dorcas and Ida Lattimore visited
| Misses Venue and Lois Brooks Sun
j day.
mi. uuiayc di iusci sjjcm ounaay
; with Mr. Everette Brooks.
Miss Daisy Crowder visited her sis
ter, Mrs. A. L. Calton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Falls and
; Miss Willie and Mr. and Mrs. John
Williams and son \isited Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Edwards Sunday.
Mrs. A. C. Hamrick and daugh
! ters, Miss Katie and Mrs. Fannie
Privette visited Mr. Grover Hamrick
i and family recently.
Miss Francis Greene spent Sun
day with Misses Mary Sue and
Jennie Blanton.
Master Byrd Edwards is spend
ing this week with his grand-par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Falls.
Mr. Clarence Bridges from Char
lotte visited at the home of Mr. C.
A. Bridges Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner visit
ed Mrs. Lindy Stroud of Hollis, Stui
day afternoon.
Marietta the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Crowder has
been quite sick for sometime, they
carried her to Dr. Smith, a baby
specialist Monday.
Mr. Olin Greene was able to re
turn home from the Shelby hospi
, tal this week.
Unbigoting Bigots.
C. G. in the New Bedford Standard.
There is a man. let us say. who
is terribly down on some one be
cause he is a Roman Catholic, or
a Methodist, or a Jew or an atheist.
What is the obligation of the good
citizen with regard to this man?
To set him an example of tolerance,
for one thing. That would be ad
mitted. But has he an obligation
to proceed against this man to
make him tolerant, or to organize
a society for that purpose? Un
doubtedly he has the right to do
this, but even then how is he to go
about the task? How is $150,000 to
be made to yield results in the
scotching of intolerance? Suppose
you were given $1,000 to expend in
making Senator Heflin tolerant
toward Catholics, or Mr. Men
cken tolerant toward Methad
dists. What would you do? Perhaps
i Ralph Adams Cram, the reputed
head of the newly formed Anti
Bigotry society, will reveal to the
world the technic of unbigoting
bigots. Perhaps he won't.
Many a Democrat is afraid that
this year the G. O. P. is going to
hit his party below' the cotton belt.
—Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
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Neuro—Meaning Nerve — itis
inflammation of: Neuritis, in
flammation of the nerve. The
greatest majority of neurtis cas
es are caused by pressure on
the nerve in the spine, (see sec
ond nerve in cut) causing your
pain in the muscles in the shoul
der, arm or leg, where the pinch
ed nerve supplies or ends. Rub
bing liniment or alcohol on the
muscles will not replace this
small bone in the back that is
pinching the nerve causing Neu
ritis.
Correct spinal analysis and
Chiropractic adjustments are the
only thing that wil replace the
bone to its normal position, al
lowing natural contraction and
ease in the inflamed muscles.
Dr. B. M. Jarrett
Office Phone 515 — Res. 324-R
Office Hours 8:30-12 M. — 2 to
6 P. M.
Royster Bldg., Room 3. Shelby
—• Tenth Year Practice —
IV
Wonders Of Chemistry Seen
In Making Of Dyes, Perfumes
Laboratory Now Rivals Nature.
Some Things Made Others
Dependent Vet.
Are the ends of the earth becom
ing- useless appendages?
Can we do'without Reunion Is
land. the Ciuianas. Bulgaria's Vai
1 ley of Roses. Tibet. Formosa, Malay*
: an rubber plantations and other ou'
i of-the-way places?
Can th.e modern world abandon
I these sources of rare flavors, per
; fumes, gums, dyes, spices and medi
cines?
! Modern chemistry says “Yes"
I with but few reservations.
Modern chemistry has declared
. the world's independence dye woods
from distant tropic forests, per
j fumes from closed valleys, resins
from damp jungles, and medicines
from rare herbs, says a bulletin
from the Washington. D. C . head
! quarters of the National Geographic
• society
j Chemistry Rivaling >attire.
Independence has not been achiev -
;ed entirely, but it all the flowers
j lost, their perfume and color, all the
j spices their pungence. and most
j fruits their flavors, chemists could
• closely imitate most of the lost fa:
■ tors synthetically,
i The indigo blue of India cdmes to
I day from Wilmington. Delaware, the
! precious musk of Tibetan mountain
j deer is imitated in Delaw anna, New
; Jersey, the equal of the tannin from
Argentinian quebracho hales from a
Renssaiaer. New York chemical vat
Balsam of Peru (a natural product
of Salcadon might logically be re
named balsam of Pennsylvania.
The year, the very day, in fact,
when science began to free the
world from economic bondage to'
far places and obscure islands, can !
be fixed. It was Easter 1856. Wil
liam Perkin's London technical
school was closed for the holidays
but he was in a chemical laboratory;
his own home-made laboratory. Per
kin was laboring with an assigned
problem which has never been solv
ed; synthesizing quinine, White
cleaning up his glassware he noticed ;
that the water was colored violet by
a gummyblack waste in the bottom
of his test tube. He investigated
and dicovered mauve, the first coal
tar dye, now called, in his honor.
Perkin violet.
Underwear From Wood.
The gummy black waste Perkin
found proved to be the same nasty
black stuff that used to clog gas I
mains. But no longer does It stop :
i pipes because coke ovens carefully
; extract twelve gallons of it from
| every ton of coal. Basic coal tar
gives up more than 300 intermedi
ates; l. e esters, ethers, alcohols
etc., from whicn dyes, flavors, per
fumes. resins'un i medicines can be
made. Using the 300 intermediates
chemistry has contrived upwards of
200.000 coal tar products which have
reserved the trade geography of the
world. - To these must be added the
other important synthetics from air
nitrogen, cotton, corn and wood,
ranging from fertilizer to rayon un
derwear, and from paint to artifi
cial pearls.
Science fighting for civilization's
economic independence has proved
more ruthless than the machine
The machine will take away a mail's
job but will give him another. Sci
ence, as the stories of some of the
synthetics reveal, take men's jobs
and then tries to sell the former
producers the very same product
which it has denied them the rigid
to market 1
Thousands of Levant farmers
grew madder plants from whose
roots came madder fed until the in
vention of a coal tar red wiped out
the natural madder market over
night. Today the New Zealand go . -
ernment labors desperately to help
the kauri gum diggers out of the
slump into which they have been
thrown by the creation of synthetic
resins. The Chilean government
has had to overhaul its natural ni
trate production to compete witn
synthetic nitrates which have stolen
a share of the world market. Malays
and Sumatra tremble in fear of a
successful synthetic rubber w;h;ch
would bid them give back to the
jungle their hard-won groves of rub
ber trees.
American Laboratories Attect Mi
kado's Purse.
What has happened to the mil
lions of acres in India once devoted
to the indigo plant? Their owners
must grow something else. And how
do the India distillers of thymoil
from the ajowah tree feel? Their
market has dropped away and the
United States now ships to them
tooth paste and medicinal products
flavored with synthetic thymol
from New Jersey laboratories. Nor
does science respect kings more then
commoners. The Emperor of Ja
pan must run the royal household
on less funds since American and
European synthetic camphor has
come into competition with the
royal camphor monopoly of For
mosa.
If these extreme election claims
continue, some one is going to be
put in the Pollyannanias club.—
Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
The Place
For The Whole Family Is At
Paragon Department Store
A Shoe To Fit Every Foot And
Pocketbook.
A £20,000.00 Stock To Select From.
Shoes for Women - Men — Girls - Boys
Children.
Here You Will Find Shoe Satisfaction,
Reasonable Prices.
Come Here For Your Shoes And Save
Money.
The Paragon Dept. Store
“SHELBY’S BEST.”
New Shoes — Styled Right, Priced
Right — Well Known Makes.
Dress Sale Saturday, October 6th —
Dresses Worth Up To $25.00 - Sale
Price $9.75 and $16.75 Cash. Re
ceived From New York This Week.
FARM LANDS
FOR SALE BY
J. B. Nolan Co., Inc.
180 acres No. 7—Home tract R. C. Covington.
4 houses, i) room residence. School bus, mail route,
cream route. 100 acres in cultivation. $80.00 per
acre.
481 ■> acre No. 8 Township, 3 room house, barn,
orchard, on road from Earl to Grover. C. T. Barrett
farm, $1,500.00.
64 3-4 acres, 5 room house, 53 acres in cultiva
tion. A good productive farm at a reasonable price,
near church and school.. Between Cherryville and
Bessemer City. $4,400.00.
* 40 acres in No. 3 Township, 6 room house, good
barn and outbuildings, 3 miles from Shelby. Now
owned by Mrs. Josie Wilson, being a part of the W.
S. Pruett farm. Price reduced to sell.
116 acres in North Brook Township, Lincoln
County. 6 room house, barn, orchard, pasture, 150,
000 feet saw timber near school, church, on state
highway. Will make further reductions to sell now.
Known as the J. S. Williams farm.
51 acres No. 8 Township, 40 acres in cultivation.
5 room house. W. P. Cogdell farm.
Ill acres No, 8 Township. Fine land, good build
ings, road, school, church advantages ideal. The J. E.
Champion Farm. Priced to sell.
21 1-2 acres No. 8 Township adjoining Abe
Whisnant and others known as the Anderson Ca
nipe farm, only $700.00.
117 acres known as Jim Packard farm good
home, orchard, pasture, barn, 70 acres in cultiva
tion, only $80.00 per acre. Now owned by Ernest
Elliott.
74 acres known as J. W. Grigg tract, 8 room
residence, good barn, pasture, 45 acres in cultivation,
one tenant house. Now owned by Ernest Elliott,
$80.00 per acre.
33 acres No. 1 Township, 3 miles from Bridges
filling station, 15 acres cleared, 7 acres bottom land,
only Thirteen Hundred Dollars. The B. S. Green
land.
54 acres No. 8 Township-—Part M. M. Mauney
land. 44 acres in cultivation, 4 room house, barn,
etc. Owner E. G. Gold. $3,000.00.
82 acres in Catawba County on hard surface
road from Lincolnton to Maiden, long road front,
good farm. Part J. W. Harrelson estate. Price
$9,000.00.
121 acres No. 9 Township, 11 room residence,
lights, bath, 2 tenant houses, on highway No. 18,
fine orchard, fertile land. One of the best farms in
Cleveland county. See us for price and terms’. Own
er A. G. Higgins.
100 acres in No. 6 Township, 6 room painted
residence, 2 tenant houses, good barns, pasture, a
good farm. Almost level. 5 miles to Shelby. Peyton
McSwain, owner. See us for price and terms.
204 acres almost equally divided by First Broad
River. 35 acres fine bottom land. Good building, but
need some repairs, adjoins J. M. Brackett, Amos
Ledford and others. A fine proposition for a lumber
man as three fourths of farm is in timber, good
roads, 1 1-2 mile to Mariah school, $25.00 per acre.
D. G. Melton, owner.
44 1-2 acres, 1 mile Patterson, 6 room house, 2
barns, orchard, granary, crib, good productive farm,
fine crop now. Will exchange for house and lot, pre
fers South Shelby.
20 acres all timber, adjoining Cicero Falls and
others, No. 10 Township, also 40 acres practically
all timber. Now is the time to buy this land. Let
the timber pay purchase price. Look it over and
talk to us. Price reduced. Dr. J. C. Osborne, owner.
30 acres No. 7 Township, adjoining Gideon Price
and others. Near Lattimore, the best land for the
money in this section. $135.00 per acre. Terms to
suit purchaser. The A. C. Jones land.
27 1-2 acres, No. 4 Township, almost new 4 room
painted house, barn and outbuildings. A good farm,
only $2,250.00. Terms.
154 acres 5 miles Shelby, 5 room house, tenant
house, good well at each place, 60 acres of rich bot
tom land not subject to overflow, fine for cotton,
corn, grain, hay or trucking, a lot of wood and fine
timber. The best value for the money you can get
anywhere. So low in price—just see us. F. R. Turn
er owner.
51 acres No. 4 Township, 5 room house, good
barns, granary, poultry houses and other good
building, all in good shape, painted. Fresh land,
stumps all out, 30 acres in cultivation. This farm
will interest you, look it over. Price $110.00 per acre
Lee Yarboro, owner.
Reasonable terms on any of the above farms.
We will be glad to show you any of this property.
Come to see us.
J. B. Nolan Co., Inc.
SHELBY, N. C.