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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the postoffice
At Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
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our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect,
cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has
been published. This will be strictly adherred to.
MONDAY. SEPT. 2"., 1D2D
TWINKLES
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Today's problem: What will the bare-legged flappers
hang up for Santa on Christmas eve?
Another one of those names not spelled exactly right
every time: Tesiicair, Tcssner, Tesncr, Tessener?
' ■ .
They, meaning everybody you talk to, say that it is go-’
ing to be the biggest fair this week of all. That depends on j
how we all turn out. Take it in.
Well, this is the week when parents will find out if it
was worthwhile to send the boy to college. Ills name may
appear in the lineup of his college eleven, and it may not.
Some of these days, perhaps, some of our North Caro
lina mobs and flogging parties will wake up and decide to
take out the right men—those fellows who have been pass
ing hundreds of laws for us each year without ever giving ns
a single law as a cure, or preventive for our labor disturb
ances.
A question Ye Twinkler hears on the street occasionally
of recent weeks: “Well, is the Charlotte Observer for Jonas
to succeed himself as Congressman for this district?” We’ve
never answered, for we do not know. One thing we do re
call is that Jonas wasn’t for A1 in the last election because he
was a Republican even before that memorable season.
Ren Bronco, editor of the Wilkes Patriot, recently wrote
what we would term a masterpiece in depicting the industry
of his section—the fine apple orchards of Wilkes and neigh
boring counties. So masterfully did he describe the luscious
fmlt he tasted in travelling from orchard to orchard that
several lowland editors are wondering if Ben did not also find
out that there are vises for apples other than eating and
cooking.
WHAT OF ENLARGING OCR
SHELBY HOSPITAL.
JJP AT MORGANTON last week the people of that section
staged quite an occasion in the dedication of their newly
constructed Grace hospital. That Morganton, thanks to the
open hearts of Burke citizens and the Duke fund, now has
one of the best equipped and most modern hospitals in the
section is not to he doubted, judging by The News-Herald’s
special edition telling about the hospital and its building.
They are to be congratulated.
'And while we are speaking of hospitals—Are Shelby and
Cleveland county people going to sleep that $25,000 offer for
the hospital here by not matching the gift from Duke?
(il’ARDIAN ANGELS STILL PROTECT
COt RTING COCPLES, FOOLS.
’T’HE WOULD MAY BE jazzing along at a faster clip these
days hut guardian angels still try to keep step and protect
the foolish. That’s the opinion of Eugene Ashcraft who
writes about it in the Monroe Enquirer as follows:
The longer 1 live the more I a|ji convinced that certain
grown-ups arc encompassed by guardian angels as well as
little children.
E’r instance. One day last week I saw a young man and
his sweetie unconcernedly back their little flivver right in
front of a rapidly moving four-ton truck. A good driver
stopped in time to avoid a smash up.
The young man. still lookin’ into the soulful eyes of his
inamorata, ran down to the foot of the hill, the truck trailing
behind, turned, and again came near being knocked into
Kingdom Come.
Now. who’ll say they ain’t no sich thing as guardian
angels which cares for courtin’ couples, fools and kids?
DIFFERENCE IN OPINION ABOUT
GASTON LABOR TROUBLES
"T"HE STATESVILLE DAILY remarks that “Newspapers
in Gastonia and Charlotte are quite impatient of outside
criticism” and then quotes the following from the Gastonia
Gazette:
“Nothing is easier to give than advice, especially at long
distance. When, however, one is in the heart of a fury in
which the public mind is plainly inflamed and not at itself
is quite a different proposition. Circumstances still alter
cases.—Charlotte News.
These editors and correspondents who are setting them
selves up as the critics of everything and everybody in Gas
tonia and Gaston county have been urged and invited more
than once to come and see. They might change their story
if they could once listen to a typical communist speech in
which the flag, the constitution, our religion, our customs
and institutions are ridiculed, and murder, violence and dis
order preached/'
The Daily takes up again at this point:
“Having at all times expressed sympathy for the good
people in the midst of the trouble, along with the expression
of opinion that the Gastonia people, who have had to bear
the brunt of it, are not different from others but that similar
troubles might happen in any community, tpis p’at>cr takes
none of the foregoing criticise to itself. It appreciates the
provocation of the Gastonian.s. And this writer is willing to
go so far as to admit that, under similar circumstances, it
he were to yield to the natural inclination, he would probably
feel as they do. But that wouldn’t make it right. Human j
nature being what it is, provocation does invite to retaliation
—violence for violence. But that can’t be justified in the
light of reason, unless it be admitted that violence is a proper
method of settling disturbances. We don’t think in their
calmer moments any of these papers will agree that it is.
Nobody’s
Business
GEE McGEE—
Hal rock. s. C. srp the 21 1929.
deer mr. editor:
The pasture of my church has
asked me to rite up the obitu
wary of jil lemon smith who died
seized and possessed at his home
a few days ago and 1 will do so as
followers;—
gone on befoar lo rest on the
beautiful shore where he will suf
fer never more is the remains of
Jim lemon smith who passed to
the sweet land beyond where there
is no return with roomytism and
lung trouble which he ketchrd 2
yr. hence while running a saw
mill ansoforth down on the creek,
ns he slept on the cold damp
ground.
Jim will be missed a great deal
by all concerned. he was close
ly afflicted with st. paul metho
dist church since childhood and
always took up the collection and
rung the bell and he never failed
to drop something in the hat his
self when he set it, down on the
little mahoggony table which set,
near the organ where his hat was
always left. his regular pasture
preached the last sad writes.
his first wife succeeded him to
the grave in 18 and 95 during the
long douth which worried her
mighty bad and his second wife
passed on by be'ing run over in
the lot by a cow In 18 and 98 and
his third wife survived him till
last yr. when she laid down with
newmony which she taken after
she had the flu and dor. smith
treated her to the last for gall
bladder.
aomewhere* about 14 hairs are
left behind to mourn his loss and
all of them are boys except 9
girls whose* names is Jim and Joe
and sallle and rubln and bob and
sam and 5 others which i have
forgot, and in fact-1 have never
sawr them since they moved off
with different peddlers and agen's
which they married from time <n
time. he was buried on tuesdav
j with 8 pole bearers present.
Jim was kind and gentle to every
bodd.v, but he never quite got
over that installment, collector who
repossessed his ford last yr. but
when anybodd.v needed help in
the community, he would general'y
pass around the prescription list
for them to sign on and wou'd
turn In nearly all of the money
he took in after taking out his ex
penses. rar. editor. befoar you
print this, plese rite or foam me
and let me no if it is o k , and .f
it ain. i will add something to it.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd
P»v While You Ride.
Highway department employees
I are being divided up into squads
i of 3 men each, as follows: A boss,
a time-keeper and a laborer. This
was deemed necessary on account
of a recent accident. While 28
men were engaged in marking a
white line In the middle of the
Oraftall highway last Tuesday, a
one-horse wagon ran into them
and crippled all of them but 19
They escaped by reason of the
(act that they were sitting out or.
the side of the road.in the shade.
There Is some talk of changing
the time of going to work on high
ways from 8 30 a. m. to" 8.29 a. m.
The quitting time will remain ns
heretofore. vizzly: 5.00 p, m.
That is, if they are not already
quit before then. Some of the
employers. (Yes, that's what, they
are called' are insisting that the
department furnish an offirial cig
garette lighter whose duty will
be to light, rigarettes for the em
ployees who are busy and must
smoke. It is a pity to have to ’ay
down a pencil just to light a eig- '
arette.
All gasoline taxes are Intelli
gently spent. Everywhere you goj
nowadays, north, east. south, or j
west., you find men putting out
grass on both sides of the pav*.
ment. No matter how dry it b
or how impossible it might be for
the said grass to take root. it is
being set-out nevertheless. The
boys must be paid and if they
must be paid, they must hats
something to do. and if they muv
have something to do. why. a job'
is the only thing that will keep
where and work for a living. Wr 1
understand that two of tlie bunches I
of grass they set, out last month
on the Sugar-tit road lived and is
possibly still living.
If a farmer could systematize' his
work like the highway department
has systematized its work <?>.
he would function in this manner:
He would have a man to ring (lie
bell every morning at 8 o'clock to]
wake him up. and a helper would
pull on his britches and an assis- '
tant helper would put on his shirt !
and wash his face and 2 other boys i
would fetch his breakfast into him ;
and he would tell the mule catch - 1
er to take the gear fetcher and ]
go out to the barn and assist the!
barn attendant to get old Beck
ready to go to work, and as soon
as she was properly equipped, hi*
would let the assistant plowman
go and bring the actual plowman
out to the field and put him in a
cushion seat on the riding plow
and then the "gid-dap" man would
drive on off through the field, and
Mr. Farmer would light out to
town.
So, In my opinion, highway dc-;
partments are all operated on an j
extremely economic basis. and
most of them are saving money The
maintenance head of the depart-1
inent employs less than 10 men per
mile on highways, and it is not ;
true that every shovel of dirt'
moved stings the tax-paver to
the tune of 50 cents, and further
more, it is not true that 6 men
are engaged at one time putting
up “Si" curve signs: there arc
only five—the hole digger, the
.sign holder, the nail driver, and
foremen, I am heartily in favor
of hard-surfaced roads and short
dresses and like the "system” O K.
Merchants Save On
Rejecting Scheme?
It is estimated that several thou
sand dollars have been saved with
in the past two or threa month) by
members of the Merchants associa
tion of Shelby because the secret
advertising committee rejected cer
tain advertising schemes. When
advertising schemes are worked,
members of the Merchants associa
tion, refer all matters to a secret
advertising committee which passes
upon the merit or unworthiness of
the propositions and many of the
schemes are rejected to the saving
of the merchants members. These
members do not buy advertising,
other than legitimate newspaper
and billboard copy, without the
solicitor shows an approval card is
sued by the secret advertising com
mittee.
In a letter just issued by the mer
chants association, a list of adver
tising schemes turned down is given
as follows:
Banners with merchants ads to
be hung in tent shows rejected.
$300.00 advertisement to appear :n
book of Confederate war veterans
rejected.
Solicitation of advertisements io
appear in J. O. U. A. M history, ad
vertisements costing $15. $30 and
$60 respesetively rejected
Carpenters union year book vvi'h
one page advertisement costing the
merchant $100 rejected
Police magazine $10 and up re
jected
Sheriffs magazine $10 and up re
jected.
Advertising on shirts of baseball
suits for team of* ball players with
merchants furnishings suits reject
ed.
Solicitation of ads for school
curtain not approved
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
L fltul POWER COMPANY
I. Boa Wo. Mmi. 11 tb. 1929.
The Board ol Directors declared a rejru
lar quarterly di\ idend ot one and three
quarter* v>er cent on the
Cumulative 7% Preferred Stock of thi*
Company, and a regular quarterly divi
dend ot one and one-half per cent
(IH%) on the Cumulative t>% Pre
terred Stock ot this Company, lor the
current quarter, payable (kt 15th,
P*29, toholJeis of ievord at the clove of
business Sept. 25th,
Checks to be mailed. Transfer books
a ill not close.
(s ! *T>r», /f ’j! f r\
Death Cars In Gastonia Riot Recently
These two smashed machines figured in the shooting of
Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, mother of five, during an anti
Communist mob demonstration at South Gastonia Saturday.
Mrs. Wiggins was in the truck with other workers fleeing
from the mob when the automobile was driven in front of
it. Shortly afterward, Mrs. Wiggins was fatally shot.
Seven men, including the occupants of the automobile, have
been arrested in the preliminary investigation of the shoot
ing.—Photo by late: national Illustration.
Onr Of Defendants Saws W'av Out
Of Jail, strike Trial.
Halts.
Marion. Sept. 2.--A mistrial was
declared in the trial of Alfred Hod
man. southern representative of the
dJnited Textile Workers, and five;
associates here today when it was1
discovered that J. Hugh Hall, ope
of the defendants, had sawed hi*'
way from jail during the night.
They were charged with inciting 3 !
rebellion and insurrection against
the state.
N. A. Townsend, executive coun
selor to Governor Gardner, at court
at ihe time immediately called
the governor and November 11 was
the date set tor a special term to
try the cases.
Judge John Harwood, of Bryson
City, presiding, announced that a
special venire of 10 men would be
called from Rutherford county, ad
joining McDowell. in which the
trial was being held.
On learning of the delivery. Judre
Harwood announced the trial could
not continue because the other de
fendants were under joint indict
ment with Hall. The trial had be
gun yesterday. The jury was select
ed and testimony of one witness
had been completed when court ad
\ jouined.
Hall escaped with three othy
men. the quartet sawing the bars in
; a jail window With him in the de
livery were Ernest Brow liin
charged with fighting; Frank Wells,
held for making liquor, and Turner
Harris, charged with temporal y
larceny of an automobile.
Hall had not been employed in
textile mill work and was not rep
resented by counsel during the trie!.
He. with Hoffman Lawrence Ho
gan. union leader ; Wes Fowler, W1.1
Russell and Del Lewis. strikers:,
were on trial as a result of disor
ders on August 19 in connection
with a textile strike. Sheriff Oscar
Adkins and a group of his deputies
were attacked when they attemp
cd to return to a company hone
furniture belonging Co a worker
that had been removed by striker..
Sixty men' were indicted for par
ticipation in tlie disturbances but
only six were brought to trial thi-s
week,
Nash county cotton growers plan
to reduce their aceage to cotton he
cause of heavy losses from belt.
wce>vil infestation this summer -
W. L Adams has been appoint -1
county agent in Wilson county to
succeed J. E. Michael.
Results of variety tests with
wheat during the past six years rr'e
given in Agronomy information cir
cular 30 which may be had free of
charge on application to C. B. Wil
liams, State college. Raleigh,
BIG NEWS!
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