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Engineer Survey
For Gas Completed
Lincolnton To Have A Gas riant ]
And Estimates Cost To
Be $80,000.
Lincoln Times.
J Mr. C. F. Blount, who was in Lln
colnton recently making a survey for
Gr.s for Lincolnton returned to his
home office in Atlanta and submit
ted his report. The gas company,
upon receipt of Mr. Blounts report,
sent their engineer here to make a
survey of the engineering work
necessary to lay their gas mains
from Dallas to Lincolnton.
The Engineer, upon completion
of his survey, reported that the
amount which would be necessary to
lay the mains from Dallas to Lln
colnton and to put down the net
work of pipes in Lincolnton neces
sary to supply gas to the town would
be $80,000.00,
No final plans have been agreed
upon as yet by the gas company but
something definite should be learn
ed in the near future, states C'erk
R. H. Harrill.
Bowman Is Growing
More Cotton Locks
A E Bowman who works the
Forrest Eskridge farm on Buffalo
is improving on Coker's 855 cotton.
This cotton is ordinarily a five lock
cotton, yet Mr Bowman was. show
ing in Shelby Saturday some beauti
ful white fluffy bolls with six to
seven locks to the boll. He is hand
picking the choicest cotton and pre
serving the seed for planting pur
poses. In spite of the unfavorable
weather the cotton is white and
pretty He has 25 or 30 acres of this
strain under cultivation this year.
A. A Clcninger of Gaston coun
ty has developed a herd of 38 mire
bred Jersey cows from one pure
bred heifer purchased in 1017,
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—REAL ESTATE —
Farms and City Properly
UNION TRUST BLDG.
SHELBY
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Fares
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Washington, D. C.
Via
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Friday Oct. 18,1929
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From
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Regularly
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ROOD CONTROL Ml
FINDS BIG DAMAGE
Probably As Extensive In Eastern
(ami in a As Last Year,
Says Engineer.
Wilmington, Oct. 12:—Returning
from the flood district near Fay
etteville. Goldsboro and a number of
points on the Cape Fear. Ncuse, and
Tar rivers. R. G. West, flood con
trol engineer of the North Carolina
district of army engineers, slated
this morning that the damage from
the high waters womd be approxi
mately as great as that of last yea>\
being greater in the upper sections
and less on the lower part of the
Cape Fear.
Mr West said that the larger par?
of the flood was in the upper reach
es of the eastern Carolina streams,
due to heavier rains, than in the
lower sections where the waterfall
was not as great this year as ’ast.
in summing up the situation, he
stated that the crest of the flood
on the Cape Fear has almost^dlsap
peared but the highwater would be
experienced here late this afternoon.
There is a possibility of tt coming
over the government docks if the
tide is high-and there is a strong
northeast wind.
No official estimate of the damage
in the district has been made since
waters have not gone down in the
farming lowlands of the rivers, ac
cording to Mr. West, but the great
est damage has been made in and
near Gpldsboro. Acres of farm land
were covered, although farmers be
ing warned by the weather bureau
several days before the rise of the
river, harvested part of their crops.
The preliminary report of the dis
trict engineers concerning the Neuse
river will be filed the early part of
November and the one for the
Cape Fear is expected to be com
pleted the first of February Much
valuable information is being gath
ered by three surveying parlies in
different parts of the section and
will be used in making the initial
as well as later reports.
Harry Sinclair wrote to the iew'1
papers to say that there was no
sinister purpose in having that jury
shadowed. Probably merely an in
teresting bit of research work for
the Smithsonian Institution?
Trustee's Sale.
By virtue of the power and au
, thority vested in me? as trustee in
' a certain deed of trust, executed the
16th day of March, 1928, by Ida Al
1 lison Humphries to secure an In
1 debtedness to J A. Mc-Craw, which
deed of trust is recorded in book
I 152, page 12, of the office of the
1 register for Cleveland county, N. C.
i and default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured, 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,
Monday, November 4, 1929, at
- 12 o'clock,
or within legal horns, the following
described real estate to-wit:
All that certain parcel of land
situate in Cleveland county. North
Carolina, In No. 1 township, adjoin
ing lands of S. Bridges, Kester
Hamrick, A. G Humphries. Estate
of Plato Allison, and others; con
taining 16.62 1-2 acres of land more
or less. Being a portion of the land
. conveyed to Ida Allison by Plate
Allison, Commissioner, in deed dat
ed January 11. 1912, and recorded
in office of register of deeds for
Cleveland county. North Carolina, in
book 3-P. page 225.
This the 28th day of September,
1929.
B. T. FALLS, Trustee.
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WHAT WILL IT DO?
Nerve Saved Her
Fifteen-year-old Arveta Rogner,
the country’s youngest parachute
jumper, who in a recent exhibition
at Roosevelt Field, Long Island,
leaped from a plane 2,200 feet in the
air and fell 1,000 feet before her
parachute could be opened. The
girl’s pluck finally saved her, for
she disentangled her foot from the
pullcord and. made a safe landing.
Her mother, who was in the horri
fied crowd who watched her dizzv
descent through space, fainted.
International Newareel
Ground Continues
To Sink In Oil Well
I Section Of Texas
| Some Of Wells In Texas ..Fields
Yielding Salt Water. Several
Acres Sink.
Beaumont. Tex. Oct. 14— Oil
men who honey-combed the ground
in the Sour Lake Field in their
rush to rob the earth of its treasu-es
stood bv helplessly today as the
earth sank away under their feet
and a giant fissure which appeared
in the field Tuesday night continued
to grow.
The damage extended not only
to the 50 odd acres which 'were
sinking. The natural forces under
the surface which have made the
wells in the district productive
seemed to have been disarranged by
the same readjustment that caused
the fissure and production was fall
ing off.
They estimated that production
of the field had been cut at least
30 per cent by the vaguely expiat
ed phenomenum Wells counted
three days ago as good producers
are flowing salt w'ater instead of oil.
The physics of the field seemed to
have been turned upside down, be
cause a few wells increased their
flow with the appearance of the
sink hole.
No one was able to predict how
deep or how wide the depression
would grow'. Geologists were inclined
to believe that sand pockets ir.
harder formations, washed empty
by the flow of waters, disturbed by
drilling or blown out by wild wells,
were collapsing under the surface.
At the center of the big crater
a space of about three acres, which
has dropped away faster and Is
much deeper than the rest of *he
hole, is filled with water. Cracks
in the earth completely circle this
deeper depression, making a rough
2.000 feet.
The depression Is in what Is
known as the "Shoestring Section,”
which was drilled extensively early
in the century. Estimates as to the
depth of the crater have varied from
90 to 150 feet.
Peeler, Kannaolis
Merchant found Dead
Salisbury—Harvey J. Peeler,
merchant of Kannapolis, was
found dead on his farm three miles
south of Salisbury, near the Char
lotte highway, this evening about
6 o’clock. His body was discovered
in a creek face down.
The discovery was made by
two negro tenants on the Peelftr
farm. Near him was a single bar
reled shotgun, empty, and there
was a terrible wound in his neck.
Sheriff Lyerly’s force was sum
moned and Coroner Brown began
an investigation which will be con
tinued tomorrow.
Mr. Peeler was squirrel hunting
and all Indications so far point to
accidental death. Mr. Peeler was a
■well known business man of Kan
napolis and leaves a widow- and
several children. He was a brother
of Rev. Shuford Peeler, dean of
Catawba college.
Star Advejctisigg P|jfi
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And Seventh Man May Not live.
Tilden L. Carver Woundrd
At Gate, Dies.
Marion, Oct. 12.—The list of dead
in the battle between deputy sner
iffs and mill strikers In front of
the gatd|l|of the Marion Manufac
turing company on the morning of
October 2, was swelled today when
Tilden L. Carver, one of the union
ist strikers, died from the effects of
a gunshot wound in the neck,
The death of Carver at the locr.l
hospital at noon today brings tiie
total death list to six. The five oth
ers mortally wounded in the fight
ing were John Jonas. Sam ViokSrs,
Luther Bryson. Randolph Hall and
Jim Roberts. Roberts died two days
after the shooting.
It is expected that the death list
will grow to at least one more, W.
S. Black, also of the striker’s side,
Is in the hospital with a bullet’
wound in his abdomen. On account
of the man's weakened condition It
is impossible to operate and it is
not believed that he can recover.
Reports from the hospital are to
the effect that the patient is grow
ing weaker.
It is barely possible that Carver
has people in the north. Judge
Harding this week received a let
ter from a lady in Marion, Jnd.,
making inquiry concerning the man
Carver. She had seen his name in
the list of wounded and wrote
Judge Harding that her son left
home several years ago and It was
thought he was somewhere in this
section. The mother seemed to
think that the man shot during the
trouble here might be her son.
GAMBLER HELD
AS A SWINDLER
New York.—Samuel Garou. 67
year-old participant in a fight be
tween professional gamblers aboard
the Leviathan was held by police on
a charge of grand larceny in con
nection with a $37,000 swindle in St.
Augustine, Fla., three years ago.
Another gambler, described by
police as George Hobert, left the
ship when she docked yesterday
with 17 stitches in his face and
neck to close a cut inflicted when
he was struck with a chair in the
main foyer of the ship.
Detectives who went aboard the
liner to question the participants in
the fight arrest Garou because of
his resemblace to the man who Wm
G. Moore described as one of three
who obtained $27,000 from him in
a pool room swindle in St. Augus
tine.
Police said Garou was knowrj as a
member of one of the oldest* confi
dence gangs that ride trans-Atlan
tic liners preying on tourists.
The trouble between Garou and
Hobert was said by police to have
begun in Paris over a $135 debt.
The quarrel was renewed on the
ship and ended in Hobert being
struck with a chair.
Passengers said nine professional
gambler aboard the liner were ob
liged to play among themselves as
their usual victims were warned
against them.
SMALL CHILDREN
DIE IN FLAMES
Ragland, Ala.—The two children
of Mr. and Mrs. John Alverson,
aged two and four years, were in
cinerated by an early morning file
which levelled the Alverson'? farm
home today before they had awak
ened.
Mrs. Alverson was at a spring
drawing water when the small
house burst Into flames, presum
ably from a stover. The fire spread
quickly, preventing the mother's ef
forts at rescue. The father had
gone to his work.
DR. H. C. DIXON
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Office Over Woflworth’s.
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Store
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Trade and W. Warren Sts.
Poor Cotton Seed
Reduces Acre Yield
Plant Seed .Should Bf Saved From
Dry, Fluffy Cotton, Not
Storm Damaged.
Seed for planting next season
will give poor results if saved from
cotton which was open during the
continued rains of the past weeks
"This was demonstrated this past
year when v.c had a poor stand of
cotton over much of the acrengv
planted," says P. H. Ktme, plant
breeder and cottoji expert of the
North Carolina experiment station
"The poor stand was due to poor
germination and low vitality Iff the
seed planted. In many cases the loss
In yield, due to poor seed, would
have more than paid for buying
good seed, and, in some instances,
the Joss is equal to the fertilizer
bill. In other words., had a good
stand been secured, the Increased
yield would have paid the fertilizer
bill."
Mr, Kims says that planting seed
must be saved only from those bolls
which open normally, have been
exposed to little rain and were
picked when thoroughly dry. The
heavy rains of the past few weeks
have caused much damage to cotton
and planting seed should not be
saved from cotton open tn the fields
during that time Such seed are not
fit for planting, will germinate poor
ly and those which do germinate
will produce weak plants.
Tile first picking of cotton usual
ly contains a high percentage of
moisture and is liable to heat, ex
plains Mr. Klme. Unless such cot
ton is allowed to dry out for a few
days, no planting seed should ce
saved from it. Neither should seed
Modern Mothers Help
Create New Slogan
Miflkxu More Each Year Torn To
Famous External Method
of Treating Colds
Each year more and more mothers
turn to Vicks VapoRub, the modem
external treatment for colds, be
cause it is just rubbed on and cannot
upset children’s stomachs, as "dos
ing” is so apt to do.
Originally designed and first used
largely for children's colds, this
better external method gradually
spread as one enthusiastic mother
told another. Tears of actual use
also proved it equally effective for
the colds of grown-ups. Today the
whole trend of medical practice is
away from needless “dosing” and
Vicks—a household word in Amer
lea—is used in more than 60 coun
tries abroad.
The ever-growing demand for
Vicks is shown in its familiar slo
gan, expressing the number of jars
used yearly. First announced when
Vicks reached “17 Million Jars
Yearly”—later raised to "21 Mil
lion”—the figures are again being
changed, as there are now "Over 26
Million Jars Used Yearly.'*
be saved from frosted cotton. Aft
er ginning, that seed Intended for
planting should not be stored In
bulk but should be bagged, says
Mr. Kline. The bags should then be
placed so that air will circulate
freely between them.
Cotton farmers are advised bv Mr
Kline to pick out the storm-damag
ed cotton as early as possible so
that seed from bolls which open la
ter will not be mixed with t.nis
damaged material.
KABl'T CAPTURED
BY NADIR'S ARMY
Peshwar, India —An extra edition
of Nadir Khan’s newspaper, ‘Tslah”
containing news of the fall of Ka
bul, capital of Afghanistan, to his
forces, arrived here.
; The newspaper says that Nadir s
| army entered Kabul Sunday at two
p. m., the city being occupied offi
cially by Shah Wall Khan, brother
of Nadir at 5:30 p. m.
Habibullah Khan, erstwhile Ba
cha Sakao. waterboy king, had left
already and his whereabouts were
unknown. Most of Habibullah $
army officers were captured,
Twenty-three cars of fat ho^s
fed according to the Shay method
have been shipped from Onslow
county this year.
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For many year* the great distances that separated
the spacious plantations and the scattered cities of
the Southland isolated the southern states from
one another and from the rest of the world.
But no longer is the South isolated. Today it has
taken the place it deserves in the nation’s industry
and commerce. Modern transportation by land,
water and air carries the products of southern
farms and factories to all parts of the world.
An important factor in this modem era is the
telephone. Whether you depend on it to carry your
voice around the corner, across the continent or
over the Atlantic, you will find it ready to serve
you—speedily, efficiently, economically.
This company is ever alert to reduce telephone
distance, to make larger telephone neighborhoods.
To that end we are spending over $30,000,000
during 1929 in the nine southeastern states that
we serve.
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