Singing Tower Now
In Florida Garden
Is Bird Sanctuary
tuna Hill Transformed Into
Bird Paradise By Ed
ward Bok.
O (Lee Harrison In N. Y. Times!.
% A lew weeks ago I stood before
the Taj Mahal at Agra, India. Now
X surely stand before the Taj Ma
hal of America." So spoke a wide
ly traveled American as he regard
ed the Singing Tower at Mountain
. Lake. Fla., dedicated, m a speech
by President Ooolldge, to the Amer
ican people. That the tower In
its “sanctuary” will become a mecca
■for innumerable American admits of
little doubt. It is. as another visitor
said, “the most beautiful spot of Its
area la America."
The tower Is In the centre of the
■ Mountain Lake club grounds, sit
uated in what Is called the Ridge
•action of Florida, In the very heart
of the state, sixty-seven miles from
the Qulf of Mexico In one direction
and the Atlantic Ocean In the other.
The nearest town Is Lake Wales, a
mile and a half distant, and from
' Wales a specially constructed
boulevard brings the visitor to the
tower and the sanctuary In which
it rises. Both are free to the public.
waffh day at sunset the carillon in
the tower gives a recital and also
on Sunday at noon, the concerts
' tifing already attended by a line of
' parked automobiles from one to two
miles Jong.
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It nu taswn tne wont oi more
♦Km 100 men five years to trans
form this spot of beauty from a
barren bin of sand. It Is as if a
miracle had been wrought. The
sanctuary Is a natural spot of repose
' ’ situated on what was formerly
known as "Iron Mountain,” said to
be the highest land In Florida, 324
feat above sea level. It had on It
nothing but a hundred or so pine
trees. But Edward W. Bok had a
dream, and this he told to Freder
ick Law Olmsted. He asked the
landscape architect to go and make
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notice ig hereby given that I
have this day qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of B L. Oantt,
i deceased, late of Cleveland county.
N. C. All persons Indebted to aaid
estate will make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present thorn to me
properly proven for payment on or
before January 12, 1930, or this
notice will bei pleaded In bar of
« . their recovery. This January 12,
* 1929.
* J. T. RAMSEY. Administra
tor of the Estate of S. L.
Oantt. deceased.
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of fifty acres “the most beautiful
spot in America ” Mr. Olmsted did
—no one on seeing the work will
question his achievement.
The place is a superb garden. It
Is the refuge of birds, of which
thousands sing daily in its trees and
shrubbery. An aviary of night
ingales Imported from England
gives variety to the song—the only
nightingales in America. On the
two artificial lakes there are the
only flamingoes in the misnamed
"Flamingo State.” the flamingoes
having been brought from the
mountains of Chill. Small ducks
of the teal variety dot the lakes.
Tall Pines Frame The Vfclley
The towering pine trees are flank
Ing sentinels for superb vistas forty
to fifty miles long. Soft-footed and
already wooded paths of grass
extend In every direction; trees and
palms Irrom thirty to forty feet
high have been moved from a grove
thirty miles away and are in full
leafage. More than 1,000,000 shrubs
and trees have been garnered from
neighboring woods and lowlands,
more than 8,000 azaleas give a
touch of luxuriant color in which
ever direction the visitor may wan
der. Dogwood and magnolia trees
are in full blossom on every aide
the acacia and wild plum are there
by the hundreds, with the whole
prospect one of almost unbelievable
beauty and soft coloring.
Not the (lightest vestige oi tne
former dresry waste of sand Is visi
ble. Instead one finds a huge gar
den beautifully laid out and ablase
with the color of every flower
known to Florida; for the effort
has been made to keep the sanc
tuary Is representative of what Flor
Ida offers In verdure and bloom.
Nearly every bush has been plant
ed for Its berries, and these the
birds In hundreds have readily
found. Shallow bird-baths are
placed In every path and every
shady nook. The place Is essential
ly a blrd-paradlse, and nowhere
else can the songs of birds be heard
In such numbers at sunrise or at
sunset as at Mountain Lake Sanc
tuary.
Entering the garden one sees only
the mass of grean-planting brought
here by the landscape architect;
then reaohlng an open space on the.
summit the visitor Is confronted
with the Singing Tower. The view
is almost breath-taking. The tower
rises to a majestic height of 305
feet, the pink of Georgia marble
and the tan of Florida coquina
stone giving It color. It Is the
work of Milton B. Medary. Phila
delphia architect. Scores of archi
tects who have visited It unani
mously declare it to be second to
no architectural work in this coun
try. Its lines are singularly sue-1
cessful. Having a base fifty feet
wide, it Is forty feet wide at the
top. There Is sculpture upon It as
delicate as lace—the work of Lee
Lawrle of New York. Bands show
ing the flora and bird-life of Flori
da are carved at the base. From
a height of 160 feet to the top the
entire tower la of pink marble, all
sculptured; the eight great bell
windows are decorated In the most
gorgeously colored faience.
The whole suggests the great Eu
ropean bell-towers, particularly the
tower at Malines, Belgium, but with
an exquisite finery and delicacy
that adapt It to Florida. It Is es
sentially Gothic In style, but light
er In lines than the examples of
Gothic architecture In the colder
capitals of Europe. It is the wealth
of sculpture, calling for the steady
work of more than forty sculptors
for a year, that suggests the corn
ier Ison of the tower to the Taj
vfahal; the pink marble gives It a
■.oft and beautiful effect. The com
parison to the Taj Mahal Is fur
ther suggested by the reflection
lake Vn front of the tower, which
gives back a marvelous Image of
the entire tower.
The tower aoor is morr uhm»
twelve leet high and of solid gold
en bronze on which there are twen
ty-four panels, hand-carved, por
traying the creation of life in var
ious aspects. The door is the mas
terpiece of Samuel YelUn, the Phil
adelphia ironworker, and Is a ver
itable museum piece, so beautifully
wrought is its workmanship. It Is
flanked on each side by majestic
palms.
To add a further Old World flav
or, an old-fashioned English water
moat fifteen feet wide surrounds
the tower, in the inner walls of
which have been made pockets of
earth filled with rock-plants. Live
oaks have been planted, with a
wealth of aseleas and tropical ver
dure between the tower and the
moat. Surrounding the tower, more
than 300 live-oaks, each from thirty
to forty feet high have been set out.
As it Is not unusual in Florida for
live-oaks to make a spread of 100
feet, the tower will in time rise out
of a thickly planted forest, which
will heighten the already beautiful
effect.
Inside the tower is a private room
constructed for the special use of
Mr. Bok. It Is as superb as the
tower Itself. The entire room,
thirty-five feet high, is construct
ed of pink; marble, its ceiling of
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coquina stone, the upper part of
the two large windows and a huge
fireplace a mass of decorative sculp
ture. In a comer is an e ectrlc ele
vator. The furniture is of the
Gothic period which the tower sug
gest*. Here also is the first auto
matic attachment by which a caril
lon may be played from rolls sim
ilar to those used on player pianos.
This Is an emergency attachment
to be employed in the event of the
illness of the bellmaster.
Above is the room of the bell
master. Anton Brees, the most fa
mous of the thirty bellmaeters in
the world. Brees is a Belgian, and
learned his art in the carillon
school at Mallnes. Higher yet hang
the bells, sixty-one in number, said
to make up the largest carillon in
the world. The bells, all told, weigh
133,000 pounds, the largest, called
thb tenor bell, weighing eleven
tons. The smallest weighs seven
pounds.
Few would imagine from looking
at the tower that altogether it
weighed 5,000 tons, or approximate
ly eleven million pounds. It is
built on a foundation base of 160
reinforced concrete piles sunk into
the ground from thirteen to twenty
four feet, with a covering concrete
mat two feet six Inches thick. It has
| three walls; one of steel, one of
j brick and the outer layer of marble
| and coquina. It is thus as safe from
destruction by hurricane as human
engineering can make it.
| Many visitors ask. “What is the
difference between a set of chimes
and a carillon?" The word carillon
: la a misnomer, as it is the French
word tor chime, and there Is a vast
i difference between a set of chimes
1 and a carillon, as we understand the
word. A chime is a set of bells,
eight, ten or twelve in number, tun
. ed to the notes of the diatonic scale
| (that is, proceeding by a definite
order of tones and half tones). A
carillon is never of less than
twenty-thrift bellg tuned to the In
tervals of the chromatic Male, that
Is proceeding entirely by half tones,
the compass being three octaves or
more, the bells hanging "dead’* or
fixed, 60 that they will not swing.
The Room Of The Tower.
Another oft-asked question Is,
"Whence the name 'Singing Tow
er’?” This came from the Nether
lands, where Mr. Bok was born. It
Is the traditional name of a carillon
tower. From early medieval times
In the Netherlands, Belgium and
the North of France, watch-towers
were erected from which sentinels
could see the flooding of the dikes
or the coming of Invaders. In such
a crisis the blowing of a hom by
the watcher summoned the people
to meet the threatened danger.
Gradually a bell replaced the
horn. Then clocks were introduced
Into the towers and bells were
struck to mark the passing of their
hours. More bells were added: then
chimes on which simple tunes were
played at the quarter hours and
more elaborate ones before the
big bell struck the hour. Slowly
through the succeeding centuries
still more bells were added, until
In the seventeenth century the car
illon was evolved.
Bell towers built in Europe were
of great Importance in community
life, calling people to war, to peace,
to prayer, to work and to feast.
Each country saw its national his
tory reflected In the architecture
of the tower, and heard It In the
music of the bells. When you hear
the carillon at the sanctuary send
out Its melodies you lose the idea
of the tower as Just a building, or
of the bells as only bells. You feel
the whole unit alive. \
Thus is completed the latest con
tribution of Edward Bok to Amer
ican life. Incidentally Mr. Bok has
carried out his grandmother's In
junction: "Make you the world a
bit more beautiful because you have
lived in It.”
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NOTICE OP SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred by deed of truat
I by B. R. Shuford and wife. Sallle
■ Shuford to the First National Bank
| of Durham, N. C., trustee, dated
1 May 15, 1928, and recorded in book
180, page 252. Cleveland county reg
istry. the First National bank of
Durham. N. C„ trustee, will on
February It, 19*9, at 1* o'clock M
at the court house door in-Cleve
land county, sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder the
following described property:
Beginning at a stake on west edge
of Wilson street the northeast cor
ner of the T. W. Wilson lot, and
runs thence with the west edge of
Wilson street north 22*4 east 88 feet
to a stake in said edge of said
street: the southeast comer of the
rails lot: thence with the
south line of the Lizzie Falla lot
north 60*4 west 115 feet to a stake
In the Dr. Hord line; thence with
Dr. Hord lot south 22V4 west 64t4
feet to a stake In the north line of
the T. W. Wilson lot: thence with
the north line of said lot south 5914
east 115 feet to a stake, the place of
beginning. Same being that lot con
veyed to B. R. Shuford and wife,
Sallle Shuford, by deed recorded In
book 3-S, page 442 in the office of
the register of deeds of Cleveland
county. North Carolina, reference
to which deed is hereby made for
further identification and descrip
tion.
This sale Is made on account of
default In the payment of the In
debtedness secured by the said deed
of trust
This the 18th day of January,
1929.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA,
Trustee.
W. S. Lockhart, Atty., Durham, N. O.
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Looks Forward To
Vegetarian World
English Woman Telia Of Abattoir
Where Animals Are Killed
Palnlcss.ly.
(Reporter In Philadelphia Reoord)
As the Record's Roving Reporter
roved up to the desk of the Ben
jamin Franklin hotel and asked for
the Duchess of Hamilton, prior to
her exclusive Interview with the
lady, a tiny voice emanating from
a little girl of the same dimensions
timidly asked: “Is she a genui
wlne Dutchess you're going to see?".
I was soon to find out, In her ex
quisite bearing that although her
"grace" was moat obvious, It was a
"genuwine" woman who spoke to
me.
Although a Duchess of Hamilton,
Brandon and Cliateleraute, it is
the animal kingdom that she has
taken as her province since her
earliest childhood.
| “From the time I had my own
home, 20 years ago," said the Duch
ess, "I have never allowed any but
I humanely killed meat to come into
! It. Personally, I am a vegetarian,
although the Anti-Vivisection So
ciety, as such Is not.
“Only In the last seven years'
have I become a public speaker in
the cause that Is a very part of
' myself, because before that my
soven children needed my personal
and maternal supervision. They
are now mostly on their own, so
I give my time for those dumb
animals who cannot defend them
selves."
I asked the Dueness acorn. me
model abattoir at Letchworth,
Herts, for which she and Mrs. Lind
Af-Hageby are personally respon
sible. Their untiring efforts raised
from voluntary subscribers 17.000
pound sterling for the building of
this unique house where the neces
sary slaughter of animals Is done
In the most humane manner pos
sible, and the meat Is treated In
the latest approved hygenlc way.
At this point the Duchess sud
denly leaned, forward and took
from her overnight bag an unfa
miliar but formidable weapon,
which she pointed directly between
the temples of the utterly astonish
ed Roving Reporter. And thereupon
she gave her a bulletless demon
stration of the newly Invented
tortureless "temple cox,” an In
strument of death absolutely pain
less and Instantaneous to the an
imal, when manipulated by scien
tifically trained men, as the abat
toir affords.
The Duchess’ tone became one of
spirituality as she quoted to me the
inscription on the cornestone of the
abattoir, laid by her grace: ‘'Bless
ed are the merciful, for they shall
receive mercy.” On one Of the
walls of the building Is graven, “No
civilization Is complete that does
not include the dumb defenseless
within the sphere of charity, and
mercy."
“What of your English hunts,
are they not merciless?” I asked.
> Hesitant in replying, she finally
answered.
“I don't think we shall be free
from hunting until we cease to be
carnivorous: Love of hunting Is due
to carnivorous habits. When people
cleanse themselves of these habits,
they will revolt against the killing
of animals."
“It’s about time the Prince of
Wales ‘took a tumble’ to that,” was
my mental observation.
Do you find that Americans react
responsively to your cause?” was my
next query. There was no hesitancy
here. She freely and spontaneously
responded:
“I love America and Americans. I
love their freshness and their re
sponse to spiritual appeal. I have
great hopes that America may lead
the world to a real awakening of a
spiritual life.”
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The stockholders of the Cleveland
County Fair association are hereby
called tb meet in annual session In
the court house in the town of
Shelby, N. C. at 11 o'clock Monday,
February 18, to hear the annual re
port and for the election of direc
tors for the ensuing year. This
January 30, 1939.
J. 8. DORTON, Secretary.
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Forbidden Love
Was stan accident...or a jealous wife's revenge?
A SHERTDN tank back into the cab.
At I ait he had eluded hit wife. Now
he and Marie Norton could enjoy their
forbidden rendcsrout.. •
Ahead of him the glare of headlights
from Marie's roadster cut into the black
ness. Sileotl y ,hii cabfollowed. Soon they
would be together at the roadhouse.
Suddcoly the glare of the road bright*
coed as another car, with its siren
shrieking, shot around the bend behind
them. "Soma drunken fool,'* Atherton
thought.Tbcft nit blood
frote with horror. The
big cor headed straight
for the roadster. In an
othcr insunt they had
crashed!
Atherton leaped from
hit cab, and fought to
release Marie's uncon -
ecioat body from the
March
unglrd wreckage. Then -1 indng toward
the other car, he taw, coming toward him
—bit wifi.
Hit twn wifi! What did it mean? Had
the in tome way discovered their secret
rendezvous? Was this tragic wreck an
accident—or had she, in a jealous fury
and at the risk of her own life, coldly
determined to take revenge on the
woman who stole her husband's love?
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ALVIN HARDIN,
COUNTY FARM AGENT
EXE! IJ'IOR’S NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given that 1
have this day qualified as Execu
tor of the will of Lenora Beam,
late of Cleveland county. N. C All
persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to pre
sent them to me properly proven
for payment on or before January
3rd, 1930, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar o± their recovery.
All persons Indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment to
the undersigned. This January
3rd, 1929.
6HUFORD BEAM, Executor of
the will of Lenora Beam, de
ceased.
Ryburn St Hoey, Aftys.
Physicians Announce Scale of Prices
We, the undersigned physicians
practicing in Shelby, N. C. agree to
adopt the following scale of fees,
beginning February 15, 1029:
Day visits within city limits $3.00;
night visits $4.00. Dover and Ora
Mills, day visits $3.50; night visits
$4.50. Obstetrical fee and calls In
the several districts to remain as
heretofore.
B. B. MATTHEWS,
E. A. HOUSER,
E. B. LATTIMORE,
BEN GOLD,
D. F. MOORE,
THOS. B. MITCHELL,
W. F. MITCHELL,
E. W. GIBBS.
S. S. ROYSTER,
T. G. HAMRICK. adv.
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of P. P. Ivester, de
ceased, late of Cleveland county.
North Carolina, this is :o notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased L exhibit
them to the undersigned at Shelby.
N. C„ on 01 before the 14th, day of
January, 1930, jt this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This 14th, day of January. 1929.
FRANK L. HOYLE, Admin
istrator of P. P. Ivester,
Deceased.
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