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' This Ever-Changing World
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Excerpts from Popular Science.
A double-deck Pullman of the
highways, providing berths for 26
people and hot meals during the
long Journey,' recently was com
pleted for service between Los An
geles, Calif.,' and Philadelphia, Pa.
Each of its 13 compartments has,
among other conveniences, a wash
basin with runn ng water and a
built-in thermos bottle. At the back
of the coach is a lavatory.
The cdhch is 34 Xeet long and 8
feet wide. Although tt has two
decks, it is only 10 ft. 3 inches high.
A unique feature is its detachable
motor. At certain points during its
long run, the motor will be remov
ed and a new one substituted. This
requires but a short delay and elim
inates long stops for overhauling
during the trip. Besides the driver,
a porter and a chef arc included
in the crew.
In magnitude of preparations.
Commander Byrd's Antarctic ex
pedition is without doubt the most
stupendous undertaking in the his
have spanned the continent during
daylight. It will be no wider than
that for all of us .when there are
KNOCK-OUT
THAT SALE
At The
PARAGON
Store Crowded
ALL DAY FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
We were told that “times
were tight" and frankly we
were not expecting such
I '
mobs. They came and they
bought. Our sales went Into
the thousands. In fact It-set
a new record for Opening
days.
It makes us feel mighty
good to have our friends and
customers respond to our ad
vertising.
A number of pepple In
congratulating the manager
Opening Day, remarked that
“We always watch the Para
gon’s Ads, cause you back
It up 100%.” We appreciate
that confidence. And frank
ly, If your purchase Is not
entirely satisfactory when
you reach home, bring It
back and we ll make it satis
factory.
WE ARE WELL
ARMED
To make this week the big
gest in the history ot our
business. Wise and thrifty
buyers will come from miles
away to take advantage of
this great Clearance Sale.
THE PARAGON
I DEDT. STORE
tory of exploration. The bill for
dog biscuits alone, nearly $8,000,
was greater than the cost of dis
covering America I Forty tons of
them were taken to feed Byrd’s
100 sled dogs ... On the lonely
wastes of the Antartlc a little vll
age of some 80 inhabitants will be
set up, with houses laid out on a
street, gasoline engines supplying
electricity for lights, and with a
public library of 2000 volumes.
The latest use for the X-ray is to
peer into the heart of a tree. With
the new apparatus perfected by the
Eastman Kodak company, experts
determine the extent of decay, thus
safeguarding against damage from
falling trees or telegraph poles. The
apparatus also is useful for inspect
ing wooden parts of airplanes.
Which wear more sensible clothes,
men or women? The noted German
hygienist, Dr, Ernst Frledbergcr
found the answer by placing ther
mometers and other precision In
struments beneath the clothing of
both men and women, and so mea
sured the temperature and humidity
next to their skins. He found that
the temperature next to a wom
an’s skin is as much as ten de
grees lower than next to a man's
and that the humidity is from a
third to a half less.
"The ayerage modern man,” he
concludes, “spends moat of his life,
winter and summer. In the debilitat
ing climate of the tropics. Only his
face and hands are allowed to stick
out into healthier surrounding^ The
average woman, on the other hand,
lives in a climate like the cool, dry
air of the Alps.’’
•’Billions of dollars" is the value
placed upon the recent discovery, at
the University of Illinois, of a meth
od of coating metals with aluminum
by electroplating. So many are the
uses to which aluminum has come
to be applied in industry, that it has
come to be known as "the modern
metal." Yet, pure aluminum lacks
strength and toughness. It dents
and nicks easily. But now, with
aluminum plating made practicable,
steel or tough aluminum alloys can
be given a coat of the corroslon
rerlstlng metal.
Milk bottles soon may disappear,
along with bottling machines and
the dally rounds of milk wagons.
According to Prof. Victor E. La
mer, of Columbia university, chem
ists are at work to produce milk
In powdered form to simplify the
problem and save costs of distri
bution.
Within the last few weeks, two
young Jobbers of hosiery have seen
their invention of an amazing stock
ing repair machine valued at $20,
000,000. Thanks to their device, a
disconsolate maiden with seemingly
ruined stockings may soon walk to
the nearest store and for a quarter
or more, depending on the damage
have the pair returned to her as
good as new. The machine auto
matically weaves a broken thread
back into the fabric. It can make
300 repairs a day.
"Hlt-and‘run”, drives and traffic
law violators generally will not es
cape so easily if new luminous au
tomobile license plates, now being
tried in Melbourne, Australia, are
required by law. The numbers shine
out visibly for several blocks.
Lumber in ‘‘packages’’ is now put
out by an enterprising producer.
The ends of the boards are accu
rately squared and finished, saving
carpenters much time. The ‘‘pack
ages’’ arc fiber caps put on the ends
to prevent marring in transit.
A phonograph record, Invented by
an Englishman is flexible so that,
no matter how it is folded or bent,
it can be restored to its proper
shape and the fine impressions
which reproduce sound are un
changed.
By this time next year America
will have more than 1700 airports.
At the close of the Civil War,
America \vas a continent more than
three months wide; today, by the
best trains, it is three days wide;'
in a few years it will be half a day
wide. A few adventurers already
suitable airports in every American
community.
During the World War, and for a
time afterward, a person's equili
brium was tested for flying by an
elaborate turning chair. This now
has been replaced in the Army and
for commercial flying by a much
simpler test. The candidate is told
to stand on one foot, flex the oth
leg at a right angle at the knee
(keeping it away from the other
leg), close the eyes, and maintain
the position for 15 seconds.
In the recntly perfected outfit, a
plane need carry only a short pole
antenna and a receiver wishing but
a few pounds. All of the expense
and powerful equipment i; on the
ground. Two white lines on a black
instrument dial shrink o rextend
unequally before the pilot’s eyes to
show him whether he is flying t<*
left or rigrtt of his course. When
they are equal, he is directly on it.
Try Sar Ads
Beauty Who Escaped Kidnapers
Pretty Doris Turner, 16. Atlanta. Ga., high school girl, stolen
bv a “man who carried a cane and treated me nice, c*
back with her hands tied, a gag in her mouth and story o
the weirdest kidnaping in Georgia police annals. 1 hysici o
' who attended girl say she had been kept under influence m a
drug.
Some Folks Will Regret Leaving
Of Coolidge From White House
Especially Newspapermen. He Ukes
To Be “Shot,” Mr. Hoover
Does Not.
(By Allene Summer
NEA SERVICE WRITER.
Washington—A lot oI people
In Washington are going to regret
the departure ol President Coolidgc
from the White House next Mach
4, but none will regret It more
than the capital’s small army of
newspaper and movie reel photo
graphers.
For Mr. Coolldge is regarded
by them as one of the best of
"subjects" — while they think
President-elect Hoover Is about the
worst.
Mr. Coo lid Re doesn t mind do- |
InR photographed; Mr. Hoover
does. Mr. Coolldge is wining to
pose in almost any way requested;
Mr. Hoover isn’t.
One learns a lot about big men
from the fellows whose job it is
to photograph them on all sorts of
occasions and under all kinds of
conditions and circumstances. They
come to know them well.
“Yeah, Coolidge is okeh,” one of
the picture hounds will tell you. “He
always sees to it that every one of
us gets our pictures. Some times j
several of the boys are late and '
they’ll come running up just after
the pose is finished. The president
will wait for them and do the
handshaking stuff all over again j
He never leaves but what he turns j
around and smiles: ‘Well, boys—:
got all you want?’ ”
But Hoover’s entirely different, j
according to these fellows. They I
have known him as food adminis- j
trator, secretary of commerce.!
food relief director and nr.any of
them were with him in Belgium.
And they call him the hardest
man in Washington to photograph.
An outstanding complaint seems
to be that Mr. Hoover, when be
ing photographed, dislikes to re
move his hat. always prefers to:
look the lens full in the face and
utterly refuses to button his fa
mous double-breasted coats.
“He should know better than to
wear double-bresteds, a big fel
low like him,” said one of the
cameramen. “And if he must, he
ought to keep ’em buttoned—but
he won't.
And. to prove his point, he
drew forth a file of Hoover pic
tures. All were in the double
breasted coats and the double
breasted coat was open to the breeze,
regardless of the weather.
Another difference — from the
cameramen's standpoint — is that
Mr. Coolidge is willing to wear
clothes that make good pictures,
and Mr. Hoover isn’t. For instance,
when he goes trapshooting he
dresses as a trapshooter should
dress.
But with Mr. Hoover, regardless
of the occasion, it’s nearly always
the slouch hat and the double
breasted coat. Once, i nthe west
breasted coat. Once, in the west
ture of him in fishing togs—and
half of them wr.-ted to frame it,.
"ht then and there.
Romance Crashes
Alimony of $1,000 a month is
asked of court by Mrs. Percy
C. Healy (above), who is fight
ing annulment of her marriage
to Percy C. Healy, Wall street
broker. She told the judge he
proposed to her during an air
plane ride.
An expert has figured it out that
the electrical energy ti n eloped by
five million persons, all talking at
once, would keep just one incan
descent light going. That helps to
understanding of how little illumi
nation comes from most conversa
tions.—Manchester Union.
War-clouds have no silver lining
except for profiteers.—Norfolk Vir
ginian-Pilot.
Chicago has an “Awkward Club."
It is for gunmen who miss their
targets?—Tampa Tribune.
Railway President j,o Testify in
Union Suit—Head-line. At a very
informal hearing, one imagines.—
Arkansas Gazette.
When a man begins to feel that
hjs wife doesn’t understand him,
the chances are he'd be lucky if
she didn’t —San Diego Union.
HAMRICK BELIEVES
CITV MIGHT TAKE
OVER SCHOOL HERE
(Continued from first page.)
are high enough and that econo
mics could be exercised to some
extent.
"The school election was also
held at the wrong time. That’ is, it
was held in December, Just whe
taxes were due, and a tax election
of any kind at that time isn’t look
ed at very favorably. Another
thing, it was held in the middle ol
the school year and people couldn’t
quite understand that—as the tax
books were already made up and no
tax could be levied for this session.
Got In Hole.
"I believe I am safe in saying
also that many people believed the
school board has gone ahead, blind
folded as it were, and got them
selves in a hole and decided sud
denly to call on the people to help
them out, which I feel sure they
would have done had. they taken
the people in to their confidence
and published a statement of re
ceipts and disbursements and
proved to them by figures, the ex
act situation.
"Many people believe that sal
aries could be cut and many ex
penses cut out. Whether that would
be a good idea or a safe thing to
do must be explained. Another
thing the people cannot become
reconciled to, is the twelve months
pay for nine months service—even
though the nine months salary is
divided into twelve payments. I
would suggest to the school board
that they close the school when
the money gives out and that they
hand in to the mayor and city
council an estimate of the cost of
| continuing the high school to a
! finish, and if it isn’t too excessive,
they can bear the expenses with
out any criticism. The city coun
cil has of course made up their
budget without any provision for
such an expense, but it's the cus
tom to Include an emergency fund
and from that it could be paid.
His Suggestion.
"The city council has come to the
rescue of the school board quite a
number of times in the past and
I don’t believe they would refuse
this time. Another thing I would
suggest is, that they call for anoth
er school election in May, at the
same time the city election is held,
as that usually brings out the vot
ers and they will be in better spir
its by then. •
"Another school board will be
elected at that time and whether
it's the same board or a new one,
they will know from the election
just what the people expect them
to do.
"T. W. HAMRICK.'
(Editor’s Note: In connection
with the suggestion of publication
of school expense figures it is re
called that the board decided to do
this before Christmas and an audi
tor is now working on the figures
I which will probably be ready for
| publication in The Star this week,
i according to B. H. Kendall, chair
| man of the school board.)
Wants Profit Split
Of The County Fair
Editor Cleveland Star:
Many farmers and business men
who own stock in tire Cleveland
: Fair association have been talking
| to me of the injustice done them
by the present management so far
; as distribution of surplus and pay
' ment of dividends is concerned. In
; fact I have for years been reading
[ of the profits made by the associa
' tion, and at the same time have
! been listening to the curses of
! stockholders because they got none
; of those profits. The stockholders
are still complaining. Some want
1 an auditor to investigate the whole
| business. This is the wise course to
, pursue. I urge that the stockhold
| crs demand this at the annual
meeting.
D. A. TEDDER.
Shelby, Jan. 7, 1929.
Mr. Gillespie Buries
His Mother Saturday
The many friends of Rev. J. C.
Gillespie, former pastor of a num
ber of Cleveland county Baptist
churches will regret to learn of the
death of his aged mother. Mrs.
Johnnie Gillespie, age 89. Mrs. Gil
lespie who lived at Henrietta had
gone on a visit to her son at Reids
, vllle where she died. She was bur
j ied Saturday at High Shoals
i church in Rutherford county. Mrs.
i Gillespie is survived by three chil
dren, Rev. J. C. Gillespie of Reids
ville, Mrs. J. W. McGinnis of
Chase City, Va., and J. H Gillespie
, of Henrietta.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
I MEETING OF FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF SHELBY, N. C.
_
The stockholders of the First
National bank of Shelby, N. C„ will
hold their annual meeting for the
! election of directors, to vote on a
proposed increase of capital stock,
\ and any other business which may
come before the meeting, at eleven
o'clock a. m. Tuesday, January 8.
1928 at their banking room, Shelby,
N. C.
I’ll never fly until it is possible to
keep one foot one foot on the
ground.—A1 Smith.
Thinking is hard work. That may
be the reason so few engage in it.
j —Henry Ford.
Eat, Drink, Smoke and Be Beautiful,,
Artists Iconoclastic Recipe
L. to r., Miss Gladys Cooper, of
Jacqueline Schelly, of Paris, and
London; Mile. I
Mrs. Esmond
O’Brien, of New York, whom Artiet Styka aaya ara
three of five of world’s most beautiful woman.
Styka Says American Girls Are
Over-Fainted But “Full Of
Living.”
(By International Illustrated News) !
New York.—Eat, drink, smoke
and be beautiful!
This iconoclastic recipe for
' American women, striking at the
very roots of generally accepted
prohibitions, is pronounced by no
less a craftsman than Tada Styka,
who is said to have painted more
noted beauties than any other liv
ing artist, and who believes, there
fore, that he is competent to anal
yze charm.
Mr, Styka is a native of Warsaw
and a resident of Paris. In addi
tion to painting stage, screen and
society belles, he has achieved dis
tinction ar.d critical praise for his
portraits of Foch, Flammarion and
the late Senator W, A. Clark. But
it is beauty that he likes best to
delineate.
“It is ridiculous,” he explained,
“to say tha|»gmoking, eating candy
or drinking is detrimental to beau
ty. Of course, there is the right way
and the wrong way of doing every
thing.
"In smoking I like to see a woman
use a cigarette holder. She should
hold it gracefully, avoiding any
jerky motions or any contractions
of the face in exhaling.
“In America everybody drinks,
much more than in any other coun
try,” he continued, “and I think it
is very charming, although, of
course, a woman should drink in
moderation.”
Mr. Styka holds that the Amer
ican girl is the most beautiful in
the world, says that her greatest
attribute is charm and regrets that
he is unable to furnish a formula
for it.
FOR RENT: TWO HORSE
farm, good house and good out
buildings, near Boiling Springs. A.
R. Hamrick, R-3, Shelby. 3t 7p
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING. *
The stockholders of the Union
Trust company will hold their an
nual meeting for the election of di
rectors and any other business
coming before the meeting, at 11
o'clock Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1929.
FORREST ESKRIDGE, Cashier
Her Troth Plighted
Announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Mary Virginia
Nellis (above), of Rochester,
N. Y., to Richard Kidston Law,
youngest son of the late Pre
mier Bonar Law of England,
has been announced in the
London papers Their wed
ding is scheduled to take place
in the Spring.
Hungary’s King?
Hie Archduke Otto (above), I
whom the Legitimist party in
Budapest contends is already !
king of Hungary under an an- j
cient hereditary statute. He is
living with his mother, the for- |
mer Empress Zita, in the tiny
fishing village of Lcgueito, j
Spain. >!
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According to Will Irwin, we cou>d !
promote better relations with South j
American countries if we had bet
1 ter manners. Well, may be it
| those countries had better manners
two of them would not r v ts cn
the verge of war.—Cleveland Plain
| Dealer. j
Shelby, N. C.
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