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Two Old Dwellings In This County And Gaston Described i ___— One Supposed To Have Been Built 180 Yeargs Ago. Both Occupied Now. Cherryvilie Eagle. There are two very old dwelling", not very far from Cherryville that very few people know anythin? about, one located in Ga.si.on county three miles from Dallas, the other In Cleveland county about two miles northwest from Kings Mountain Battle ground. The one in Gaston Is supposed to be about 180 vein old and is a large two story log house, and known as the old Hoyle house, now owned and occupied by a Mr. Stroup. In 1741 pioneer Peter Hoyle came from Germany to America and lived in Maryland three miles from Dallas in 1744. According to tradition Pioneer Hoyle built a cabin in w hich lie Ilv * rri four or five years before he built the house in question, his per manent home The house is a large two story log house ceiled witn walnut celling. About two hundred yards Horn me house is a .faintly grave yard with several graves marked with the fin est. kind of tombstones that tame from Germany, but strange to s iy that while the inscriptions on the tombstones shows that Hoyles are buried there, the resting place of Pioneer Peter Hoyle is unknown, though it is thought that lie is buried somewhere on the place The grave yard Is enclosed with a strong rock wall with a heavy iron gate The grave yard is only a few yards from the hard surfaced road leading to Stanley yet .t cannot be seen from the road on account of the dense growth. The Hoyle clan is going to hold a reunion on the premises some lime next year and Mr. J, C. Hoyle of this place is in the meantime going to clean off the old grave yard and make a road to it from the hard surface road The Rock House. The rock house is located ill Cleveland county about two miles Irom the Kings Mountain Battle ground. This is a large two story house built with rock, the walls of which is as smooth® as a brick wall Above the front door is engraved on the wall "Henry"Houser stone mason" under which is engraved "Jane Houser, 1803" the year in which the house was built The house has six rooms three above and three below. The front rooms Rbove and below extend clear across with a petition In the center and a cross petition making two rear rooms. The door and window facing is made from Chestnut the roof was originally of Chestnut boards but has been replaced with a met.i! roof. This building is now owned by a Mr. Gaffney of Gaffney. S. C. with a tenant now living there The family grave yard is situated a couple hundred yards from ine house in a clump of woods uncared for. We noticed 10 graves there. One tombstone contained the epl laph: Henry Houser d.ed March 4. 182.1, age 66 years. Adieu to atl both far and near Farr "1! my wife and children dear For my immortal soul Is fled I am now numbered with the dead. On another tombstone was the epitaph "Henry Houser, jr., died 1842, age 48 My day was come, my time was run My body now lies here Now caution take before loo late For death is always near." On another tombstone was: Cyrus Houser died 1857, age 23 years. Stop my friend as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me." On another was: •'Nancy Houser died 1840. age 40 years. Farewell children scattered near and wide While by your fathers side I li-' When Christ appears I then sha’l rise And see you with immortal eyes.” Another grave was marked. John Housed died in 1844. age 4 years. We could find no one that could give us any information pertaining to either of these old buildings— The Hoyle building supposed to have been built 180 years ago and the Houser building 126 years ago. All that we could learn about eith er was what we saw. CANDLER BROTHERS ARE HEAVILY INSt'KKD According to figures compiled bv The Spectator. New York insurance publication, two Atlantians, William Candler and his brother, Asa G Candler, have life insurance poli cies in excess of $1,000,000, The publication lists William Candler's policies at $1.385 000 and his broth er's at "over $1,000,000." Rogers Caldwell of New York and Nashville. Tenn. has his life insur ed for $3,000,000; Victor Hanson publisher of the Birmingham New* and Age Herald. $1,750,000; Colonel Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, S. C., for over $1,000,000. A second crop of apples and pears was picked in a garden in Seven ■**,. oalyt. Eng., one apple weighing 13 •unces. ! I»«»rs Own Typewriting. Made Sn. rrss of Engineering. Organization and Economies in Armv. I Vienna When a few weeks ago a ii’laIivplyjJ.bsrure ex-army officer walked into the chancellor's oilier in Vienna, with Uis American type writer Under Iris arm and began typing his own state documents on the desk which Monsignoi Seipel . had Occupied as chancellor lor sev en years, officials, clerks and ste nographers sat in breathless inent All of Austria’s traditions of! centuries were broken. The tall, energetic businer*-like military man was Dr Ernest Street-- i uwitz. now know n ns ’ Austria's j Hoover " Because he had made a success of engineering, organization and economics in the army, tie wa selected to steer the little republics ship of state out of the dangerous waters Into which it was drifting Although he has not yet succeed-i ed in the same measure as Herbert Hoover in his reforms at home. Dr j Strerruwitz. is considered even by Ids strongest political opponents to | have accomplished great economic and political improvements since taking office. As an expert, on in dustrial organization and economics tty. new head of state has thrown politics to the winds and has con- j centra led on the country's critical economic and financial situation. Dr. Streeruwttz believes Austria can be saved, not by political expedients and compromises, but by a complete overhauling of the state's economic j edifice. Interesting Figure*. There are many interesting fig ures about this new figure on the European political stage that arrest attention. Like Mark Twain, Dr Streeruwitz does most of Iris own writing in bed Long before the break of day the energetic, practi cal engineer, with his American typewriter on his knee, is tapping out the day's correspondence and state papers His typewriter is an inseparable part of hirA. Dictating to a stenographer is too slow, so he puts his thoughts directly to paper on the typewriter. Dr. Streeruwitz accepted the chancellorship at, great personal and financial sacrifice and only after all other political leaders had failed to form a government. Since his re tirement from the old Austro-im perial army as a colonel, he directed the activities and policies of many large nnd important Industrial com panies and factories and might have amassed Immense wealth had he wished. But he pul patriotism above wealth and chose to give his servic es to the state. Dr. Streeruwitz believes Austria’s ultimate destiny and salvation lies in union with Germany, but he thinks the country's straitened eco nomic and financial situation can be vastly improved by the adoption of American business methods, mass production, longer hours of labor, reduced taxation and modernization of equipment writes on Engineering. Dr StreeruwlU has written a number of book* and pamphlets on engineering and economic subjects. Hp is an acknowledged«expert. on economic problems, and has among Austrians the standing of Owen Young in the United States, Josiah Stamp in England, and Raymond Poincare in France Already he has reduced the number of unemployed in Austria at the rate of *20.000 a year. Austria's "new chancellor was born in a village near Marionbad. Czeeho Slovakia, in 1874. the son of a Bo hemian nobleman. He was educat ed in the local high schools and military academy, and served four years as an active officer in the! army ,After graduating with honors ! from the technical university, he as sumed the management of a textile j factory. He served with distinction ' as an active officer throughout the ! world war and was cited for gal lantry and conspicuous performance : of duty. GOVERNOR RICHARDS READY ! TO QUELt MOB VIOLENCE Columbia, Sept 18, Governor’ Richards this afternoon instructed 1 Sheriff Wright at Gaffney, Chero- j kre county, to lake what steps arc ; ' npvessary to keep down lawlessness j j m that section which may come out 1 I of labor troubles in North Carolina. ' The governor telephoned Sheriff j t\light alter being shown an As-i sociated Press dispatch relating that Cleo Tesneair. 'organizer for the j National Textile Workers' union, had been taken irom his home i:\ Kings Mountain, spirited across the South Carolina line and beaten. Sheriff Wright said North Caro linians were guilty of the deed but it was committed on South Caro lina soil. He was told by the gove-- 5 noi to advise of any developments and if any aid was needed to !e I him know. j • '■ . • ____ | A woman vendor arrested by fed ; eral agents in Chicago had a box of chocolates which were tilled with t drugs. Want Horned 1 oad? Bill Will Send It l<amillin' Bill Sends letter By Air Mail. Also Horned Toad Offer. Kdt I or ol The Star: Please publish the hour and date this is received by the Shelby post otftce In order that we can make a check on how lohg it takes a let ter to go from Arizona to Shelby, N C , via air mall. This is posted on the train at a 20 p in. Wednesday. September 11, 1029. at Douglas, Arizona. It should reach Williams. Arizona where it will be picked Up by T. A. 1' plane, at i p. m. September 12. I have noted Unit a letter through ordinary mail process arrives in j Douglas fout anefone half days aft - er being posted in Charlotte, N C Douglas, is located on the Stands’. .1 | Air Line route from Los Angeles ' to El Paso. Texas but this line does , not'/have the mail contract; yet. al- ! though maintain schedule with! one tri-motorrri fourteen passenger plane each way every day. It is I hoped that tIvey will have the mail contract soon, which would make! the mail front here lo Los Angeles j just about as fast as a night or day ! Intel sent over the telegraph. Douglas has the only Interna tional airport in the southwest making it possible for planes to land in either Old Mexico or the United States. i wisn io lniorm me gooti ioiks back in Cleveland county that my pet Hob Cat got into a mix-np with a German Police dog and the Boo cat Is no more. To be frank the po lice dog does not look .so good. I did not witness the. fight myself but some boys saw the whole thing from first to last, round and they state that the Bob Cat gave a good ac count of himself and several times tlie police dog tried to quite th" scrap but tlie cat would not let him do so and finally the police dog got the cats head in his mouth and brought his jaws together with fatal results for the cat Its Impossible to get loose from a Bob Cat, and this reminds me of the story of Pat and Mike Mike it seems discovered a wild rat up in a tree and went up to catch him leaving Pat on the-ground to watch. In the melee there seemed to be quite a b‘t of action and Pat in quired if Mike needed any help to hold the cat whereupon Mike re plied that lie did not need any help to hold him but, would like some help to turn him loose. Horned toad racing in this part o\ the country has become quite a sport. They simply select their fav orite toad and bet their money. Get Mr Toads on the line and twist their tails antife turn them loos". They will run In a straight corn's for several yards and the firitt on* over the line wins the money for his master and those others who have bet on him. And there Is quite a bit of history to Mr. Horned Toad. They are tn fact not toads at all. hut a short flat spiny lizard, with a very reduced tall, a character that evidently suggested the name toad for tt. Scientifically it is Phrynosoma cornutum. fledgling of the tribe of modern lizards. It is the (treat granddady or th“ PalcozQtc nge represented by quick running slender lizards, and was ancestor to the reptilian fanrili.u which gained world supremacy m the Mesozoiz age, exercised und.s puted sway over land animals, chased fishes- in fright about the seven seas, and dominated in wh it is known in the Golden age of Reptiles. Cornutums living sisters, broth ers and cousins arc found today adapted to running swiftly over the ground, to tree climbing, lying, living in water and are of the fos sorial and ant eating type. Many of its Blood relation are well known and called by common name “Gila Monster" (pronounced Heel 'a!. Al though the horned toad, unlike his terrible cousin the Gila Monster, is not poison, neither is he vicious, but apparently gbod natured and takes life easy as well he can for he has been known to live for thirty years inside a solid block of con crete where no food nor water could be had. If there is anybody that reads The Star who wants one of these little fellows. I will gladly .send them one. They make a very good pet and novelty and will destroy ants by the hundreds. They can also be effectively use to frighten the ladies, and any wife who will slip one into her husband's pocket and make the fact known need not be afraid of said hubby stepping out with any ladies if they are aware of the fact that Mister hubby is carrying around a reptile of the Paleozoic age in his pocket. It would make no difference at all to the horned toad. He would get along just as well inside a cake of ice or sealed in a b.ock of concrete as he would under one's door step in the cool shade Business houses out here use toads in decorating their windows I will gladly send one to anyone that wants to use him for this pur pose or to anyone that wants to use him for keeping hubby straight, i Mister Editor. Now I do not mean to imply that it is necessary, that any Tar Heel hubbies need keeping straight 1 I will glad'y supply any park, zoo cr anyone interested with1 a Gila Monster, if they are willing to pay the strial# price necessary for cap CHARLOTTE BBS THIS nous i Shortness Of Cotton In Belt Is , Likely To Boost Prices. Crop Is Good. Mr. J. H. Cutter, cotton man of 1 Charlotte, thinks North and South | Carolina cotton growers arc going to sit pretty this tall. With a crop of 14,825.000 bales of | 500 pounds each predicted for the | present season as compared with an i estimate of 15,542,000 bales on Au gust 1. the supply likely will not reach the demand, Mr. Cutter said, j hast year's final cotton crop was s estimated at 14,450,000 bales of 500 | pounds eacli while the consumption j was 15,275 000 running bales of i slightly more than 500 pounds each. I The carry over or surplus of co|lon on August 1 was estimated to be 4,- j 395,000 bales For the past three years. Mr. Cut ter continued, the cotton mills of the world have been consuming more cotton than was produced, thus making inroads into the surplus which has been a large factor n keeping the price of the staple down. Carolinas In first Place. Should the consumption, during I the present year, remain the same j as last? year, approximately 700,000 j more running bales of cotton will j be produced, according to the lates, j cotton report. This still will leave a | surplus or carry over of 3.7000,000 j bales, however. While the prospects for good prices in cotton ere common to the entire belt. North and South Caro lina growers have reason to be un usually delighted with the fore cast released yesterday. Mr, Cut ter pointed out. Since the prospective crop is com paratively small, and since the de mand for cotton probably will in crease. the law of supply and de mand will send the price of the | staple to a slightly hlgljer level, i A rise of approximately three cents ! per pound was noted on the market [ yesterday immediately after the crop report was flashed to the world i and made public. With the general cotton supply low. the Carolina crop promises to be better than in the past several years. Mr. Cutter said. The govern ment report preaieted^Jorth Caro lina would produce 942,000 bales of 300 pounds each, according to the crop indications as of September 1. while the report on August 1, in dicated 787,000 bales Last year’s production was 830,000 bales The prediction released yesterday Is for the largest crop in the past three years. Almost Bumper Crop Here. In South Caroina. a crop of L 044.000 bales is predicted as against an estimate of 909.000 made on Au gust 1. and a production of 724.000 bales last year. Should the predic - . tions of the government experts re leased yesterday prove actual, the largest crops for South Carolina in the past year would result, Mr. Cut ter explained. The crop in Texas, the largest cotton producing state of the west, shows that a very small rrop will be made west of the Mississippi as an estimate of 4.107,000 bales was made by the government on September as compared with a prediction of 4, 798.000 bales on August 1 and 5, 105.000 bales produced last year. This shows that while the entire crop over the whole cotton belt* Is small, the loss is to be sustained in the western end of the belt where crops have been good in the past several years. ‘Tlie law of averages is now be ginning to work out in favor of the southeastern states," Mr. Cutter ex plained. The possibility of a large cut in the surplus cotton supply is not due entirely to the crop, but also to the fact that mills are now operating full time while 12 months ago many of the mills were shut down or op erating on limited time, Mr. Cut ter explained "The favorable rotton crop w'il not only aid the farmer and planters i of the Carolinas, but will have a favorable reaction upon the mills of the section." Mr. Cutter said. ‘‘The increased demand and redac tion in supply will tend to stabilise the entire cotton and cotton goods market." lie said. “Many of the mills have been unable to dispose of cot ton goods Which may now be so'cf at a good price. Others haie sold s turing same and the express charges : from Arizona. But these are poistn. ] even their breath are poison, so j they tell me here—those supposed ! to know. We also have the tarantula, ten- j tipede, rattlesnake and a number of j other dangerous reptiles. insects j and animals. As well as the "greas- | er” (Mexican) who, after all is the most dangerous animal in this part ■ of the country, if he can catch yow [ back turned to him when he gets i on ftie war path, or when he has i been smoking Marihuana or bet- i ter known as ‘‘Loco Weed " With the bes' wishes to The |. Star and its many readers. I am. Sincerely. RAMBLING BILL. j Box 1125. Douglas. Arizona. September 11. 1029. (Editor's Note, Ramblin' BUI.'-1 letter at 5 o'clock on the morning j of Sept, la Figure out the time I t yourselt.) Don’t Kid Yourself —Money In Goats Fifty rents a quart for milk! And not enough t.o supply the demand! Yes, indeed, money in goats Goat s milk is wanted everywhere, and especially in hospitals, for in valids and babies. No one need fear contracting tuberculosis from drink ing goat's milk, because goats are not subject to that disease. Hundreds of farmers are begin ning to raise goats as a. means oi making money. It is simply another one of those many phases of the agricultural enterprise which pays big profits when properly managed There are live breeds of dairy goats known in the United State-, of which only three are present m large numbers—Saanes, Nubian;, and Toggenburgs. Alpines and Royal Mureianas are increasing in popu larity. Sa aliens. The Saanens came, originally from the valley of that name in Switzerland. They are large, white, and usually hornless. They are the ■'Holstein'' of the goats, giving huge quantities oi milk, but comparative ly low in butteriat, I do not know of any goat of any breed that ex cels any of the quantity records held by Saanan docs—the best daily record 21 pounds 3 ounces and the best for 300 days is 4.5J70.3 pounds The popularity of Saanens has in creased tremendously in the past five 'years, until they are almost tied with Toggenburgs in numbers. uuiain. The Nubian, originally called the Anelo-Nubian. Is descended witit stdck imported from India, Arab's, and Egypt to England and the-e crossed with native milking goats to increase hardiness in the colder cli mates, They are characterized by the large variety of colors, long, drooping ears. Roman nose, ten dency to carry more fat, docility, and extremely large size. They are the butterfat breed, w ith tests run ning from 5 per cent to 8 per cen>, and a few even higher. Highest dai y yield, on record is now being made by Shirley Uona, with over 13 pounds a day. Toggen burgs. Toggenburgs conie from the Tog— genburg valley of Switzerland and were the first dairy goats imported to the United States, and. therefore have been most numerous. They are varying shades of brown, with white markings on face, tail and un derneath. A good quality cf milk. their products and are now ready to buy more cotton from which to produce additional finished products to replace that already sold. A gen eral wave of prosperity for the Caro lines should result,” he concluded. [ quite rich in butterfat, with a very j lung lactation period has made them i very popular. Alpines. Alpines are the originally parent j stock of all Swiss breeds. They vary i greatly in color, but closely resem-! ble the Saanen in type and produc tion. but with a higher butter fat! test. The Muriclana comes from Spain. ] They are a small, red goat, ieatur- | cd by unusually rich milk. A few , score constitute the entire numb i m the United States.—Frank R ■ White, in Alabama Times. - | A tennis match In Chicago be-j tween Williams Fiddes and Lewis Crowder caused the men to come to blows and Crowder was seriously hurt when knocked down. Twelve relatives in Hexas, Eng lost their claim to the $250,000 ac cumulated by Mrs. Isabella Hopper who lived as a miser here. All walks of life have their dan gers. Ask any pedestrian. # ___ __—-— -PRINCESS THEATRE SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY “THE WRECKER” Smashing - Crashing Throbbing Thrills i The Greatest Train Wreck Ever Filmed. Also Comedy And Serial. No advance in pric es for this extra at traction. 10c - 20c “We Thank You.” Smartest Winter COATS and FROCKS DURING THE WEEK MANY NEW NUMBERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ADDED TO OUR ALREADY LARGE STOCKS. You may select your Coat or Frock here now^with the assurance that you are buying the very latest in style and mater ial and at the lowest prices possible. May we have the pleasure of your early visits. Campbell Dept. Stores SALE OF FINE COATS AT McNEELY’S The manufacturers have co-operated with us in putting on one of the greatest sales of FINE COATS we have hereto fore held. We now have about 200 COATS in the newest materials, gorgeously fur trim med. They come in black, "brown, wine, red, green and deer. And we are actual ly going to sell you a coat manufactured to sell up to $79.50 for $59.75 Today we received a big shipment of FOX NECK PIECES which will be on display and sale THREE DAYS ONLY. They are very attractively priced for quick sale. Visit our store and you will see one of the biggest and best selected lines of La dies Coats, Dresses, Millinery, Under wear and Accessories we have shown. And always remember, in wearing a gar ment from our store you are assured of being dressed in the latest and the best. J. C. McNEELY • Company STORE OF STYLE — QUALITY — — SERVICE —
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