Dearth Of Leaders
In Southland Now
.Gastonia Gazette.
' That there is a dearth of sfates
, manlike leadership in the South
Is a truth that needs no demon
stration. The saute might just as
truthfully be said ot the other
•actions of the Union but we do
not propose to take In that much
‘ ’territory lor discussion just now
Virginia was once the "Mother of
president*,' and the South boast
ed such leaders a. Thomas Jeffer
son. John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay.
Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs.
Alexander H. Stephens, to mention
only a few. In recent years we
have had the Vardanians. the
Heflins, the Bleaser
Occasionally in modern days we
have produced an outstanding man
of statesmanlike qualities. Such
was Oscar W. Uffdcrwood. of Ala
bama, who died a few day? ago
The number, however, ha been
pitifully small.
This is a perplexing fact, too,
when we consider that the South
ha* more and more complex prob
lems io aolve today than it has
tver had, social, economic, indus
trial, educational and religious.
We think It unquestionably true
that the real statesmanship of the
South today Is to be found very
largely In Us colleges and unlver
Mttee—far-seeing men of vision
i<kc Pr, ®dwln A Alderman at
the University of Virginia; Dr.
it W. Chare at the University of
mwth Carolina; Dr. W. It. Few
at Duke University; Dr. Henry
Ixrnia Smith at Washington and
Dee; Dr. Henry N. Snyder at Wof
ford and scores of others whose
' nes are not familiar to the pub
it who are exerting a mighty
■ce on the trend of the pub
of the South, and of the
n.s Underwood's death which
illan Harris to thinking and
tig on this subject, bringing
„h the following comment from
The Hew York Times:
Realisations brought to mind by
the death of former Senator Un
derwood of Alabama Impel The
Enquirer-Sun of Columbus, Cla . to
apply the rule of reason to a
recent romantic address made at
Emory university by Ivy Lee of
New York. Mr. Lee. of distin
guished Southern ancestry, follow
ed the Impulse of most voluntary
expatriates returned to native soil
by descanting on the purity of the
Nordic* HMUt of the South and
calling for Southern leadership in
the social and governmental prob
lems of the nation. The editor of
The Enquirer-Sun, a ion of Joel
Chandler Harris, takes up the
' poetic suggestion and dismisses It
with tho sensible reminder that,
before important leadership can
come from the South, it must de
velop such leaders as in Senator
Underwood It unanimously reject
ed before his death.
Underwood refused to de
stroy the logic of Democracy by
A UNIQUE FEATURE
of some people’s vivid im
agination might be gather
ed from the dumb Dora who
read the sign over a theatre
ticket window, and turning
-to-her sweety said delight
edly, “Entire balcony 40c,
let’s get it and we’ll be all
alone.”
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; supporting a sumptuary law and
j rejected the assumption ol the 100
i per < ent Nordic masked gang that
. it. could control a decent, courageous
j representative of the people. He
| made way for Heflin, Idol of bigots
i and masked gangsters. And while
Glass of Virginia has not yet de
l elded to quit the political struggle,
| he is discovering that his following
has turned to Btsh.*> Cannon, the
Cardinal Htchelleu of the new poli
tical dispensation.
The pulpit, is in politics, thinks
Mr Harris, and it will require a
j long pull and a strong pul! to
get it out. Meanwhile, such sug
gestions ns Mr. Lee's con be dis
missed as mere rhetoric ior an oc
casion Upon the press and the
universities of tire South depends
Its hope to develop again such
j men as Underwood and Watter
1 son. To this the University of
North Carolina and Emory Col
lege are contributing noticeably,
and although Mr. Harris docs not
mention himself, observers from
afar know that he is doing his
share He says:
If the press of the South holds
steadfast, there will gradually de
i vciop a citizenry which will demand
the highest type of leadership. And
when that demand is strong enough.
I the leaders will appear. Then and
! not until then will It be time enough
to talk of Southern leadership in
i social and governmental problems
of the nation.
Hte quotes the Rev. Samuel Small
ns supporting his point that big
otry and politics in the pulpit are
the present political mainspring of
the South. Mr Lee may not heed
this, for rhetoric and poetry are an
indispensable part of a press agent's
wares, but the thoughtful and the
observing know' that Nov. G, 1928.
proved it.
A Ucl iff Ions Oog.
N. C. Christian Advocate.
The Living Church carries an in
teresting story of a dog that was
quite observant of the forms of wor
ship. The story la by the Archdea
con of Brecon. South Wales, and
concerns his own fox terrier. The
arch deacon says:
"Jack v as ns well known as, and
more widely loved than, his master,
i His especially marked feature was
j tuidoubtedly his remarkable and
I entirely self-taught love of religious
exercises.
"He attended the daily service in
church as often as he could, and
had be been allowed to do so would
have come on Sundays too. When
ever he heard the church bell, no
1 matter where he was. he would
i scamper off to obey Its summons.
| On the morning on which he was
I killed 1 found him in church when
II got there for Mattlns, and he sat
I quietly by my side In a pew
throughout the service.
“At home, when I knelt by my
bedside to say my own prayers, he
always, if present, came and laid
his head on my arm or shoulder
and remained passive till I got up
from my knees.
"From my long experience of the
wonderful sagacity and untiring
faithfulness of a dog, X have never
had any doubt that doga have soula
I am bound to confess, quite can
didly, whether it shocks or not, that
ior me the Joys of the next world
will be incomplete unless I meet
there for renewed fellowship thoee
fourfooted friends that have help
ed to moke this life happier for
me.”
Thoee Coming On.
Dover, Del.—The state senate h»s
voted 13 to 4 that school children
shall be taught the evils of drink.
Senator Latchum, whose name the
bill bears, said the present genera
tion is beyond hope of being influ
| enced to submit to the eighteenth
1 amendment, but the purpose of
the MU is to make a start at the
i root of the great dangers that ex
11st to coming generations.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
By \lrtue of the pow«r and au
i thortty vested In me In a certain
deed of trust, executed on the 88th
day of November. 1038, by Robert
Hoyle and wife, Ella Hoyle, and re
corded In book 135, page 186 of the
off tee of the register for Cleveland
county, N. C. to secure an indebt
edness to the Cleveland Building
& Loan association, in the sum of
$1200.00, and where as default was
made in the payment of the said
indebtedness as provided by the
constitution and by-laws of the
ssid association and demand hav
ing been made upon me to execute
the trust, I will sell to the highest
bidder at the court house door in
Shelby on Saturday, March 18,
1929. at 12 o'clock noon, or within
legal hours, the following describ
ed reel estate"!
Situated in the northeast portion
of the town of Shelby, N. C. and
being a portion of the Z. Green 19:
acre tract, as subdivided by F S.
Parrigtn, C. E. on November 1, 1922.
and recorded in book No. 1 of!
plats, pace 45. of the office of the
register for Cleveland county, N. j
C. and being portions of lots Nos. |
11. 12, and 13. as same are refaced
on Carolina avenue.
Beginning on a stake on the west
side of Carolina avenue near the
corner of lota Nos 10 and 11. and
runs thence N. 43** W 170.8 feet
to a stake in the old line; thence!
With it N. 534 E. 15 feet to a stake,
old comer; thence S. 864 E. 494
feet to a pipe; thence S. 34 W. 35
feet to a stake in line of lot No.
13; thence S. 854 E. 20 feet to a
stake In said line; thence a new
line 8. 58 4 E. 90 feet to a stake in
west side of Carolina avenue; j
thence with }t 8. 54 W. 60 feet to!
the beginning.
icrma ui saie, wn.
This the 11th day of Februarv
1929.
B. T. FALLS, 'trustee. i
Death Uncovers
Remarkable Life
Story Of A Woman
Newspapers in I’hoentx, Ariz., an
nounced the accidental death of
Mrs. Charles Waterhouse recently.
A boy on a bicycle had struck her
and she did not recover from the
fall.
| That was all—just tiro bare news
| of her death, for she was almost
i unknown to her neighbors and pen
niless too. She had lived there In
obscurity, had almost no intercourse
with her neighbors and kept her
past a secret even from her inti
mate friends.
Now it has been learned she was
a member of one European royal
family and married into another
She was one of the heroines of tin
World war, wounded four times and
decorated with highest honors Six
times for her war services.
At the beginning of the war she
was the Countess de Merods, wife
of a Belgian noble. A Rumanian,
she was a direct desccndent of the
deposed Queen Sofia. Her husband
Counte Merode. was killed on the
first day he went into action Put
ting aside her grief, the young
widow took command of a field hos
pital near Ypres.
Twice the countess was gassed
She suffered a broken back when
her hospital was borflbed. In an
other bombardment one side of her
i face was shot away. Later plastic
j surgeons restored this so well lew
persons were aware of her Injury.
8he was twice decorated by King
Albert of Belgium, and Premier
Poincare and General Paul of
■ France each awarded her their
! country’s highest medals of honor.
: Two awards for her valor came from
; King George of England who also
; bestowed upon her the title of
‘Lady Meda,”
After the war she came to the U
S. to forget her sorrows and the
horrors of war If possible.But even
here she was not permitted to live
In peace. She was twice kidnaped by
Rumanian political conspirators
who wanted to take her back to
Europe and place her on the Ru
manian throne. Once she was car
ried to the Canadian ooMer where
American federal agents rescued
her. On the second attempt it was
a signal known only to medical of
ficers overseas that enabled her to
f scape.
A few years ago she married
(.'has Waterhouse of Los Angeles.
Wishing to live the remainder of
her life -n peace she and her hus
band went to Phoenix to make their
home. Life was a struggle for them
there but they were content In their
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During all the years she liver
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