ESSAY CONTEST i SET FOR STATE Halhlgh.—The department of con servation and development announc ea a statewide essay contest, open to every public high school pupil In North Carolina, on the subject, "Develop a Suitable Woodland Tax ation Policy for North Carolina.” This-eubject haa been chosen State Forester J. L. Holmes said, as the first In a three-year contest In augurated by the American Forest try alsoclatlon and to be carried on in North Carolina by the forestry division of the conservation depart ment. Two nedals will be awarded by the American Forestry association, one to the pupil whose essay Is ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having this day qualified as ad-4 mlnlatrator of the estate of E. E. Cablnias, deceased, late of Ccve land county, state of North Caro lina; this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at Shelby, N. C., or to his attorney, Peyton McSwaln, on or before the lath day of December. 1930, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons Indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 13th day of December. im. E J. CaWness, Administrator E. E. Cabbies*, deceased. Heyton McSwaln, Atty. Motto# Dlaaolutlon of Partnership. Whereas. L. A. Jackson. R. E. Campbell and J. O. Lutz have been running a grocery store In the City ot Shelby. N. C.. under the firm name of Cash Orooery store; and whereas, I*. A. Jackson has purchas ed this day the Interests of R. E. Campbel and J. O. Lutz in said bun inees; and whereas, said partnership has been dissolved, and L. A. Jack son la now the sole owner of said Cash Grocery store, and said L. A. Jackson has assumed and will pay all indebtedness ( now existing ' against said Cash Grocery store: This Is therefore to notify all .persons that the partnership ex isting between L, A. Jackson. R. ft. Campbell and L. O. Lutz has been dissolved, and that R. E. Campbell and J. O. Lutz shall not be respou eible for any obligations hereinaft % er contracted by or for said Cash Orooery store. And this is to fur ther notify all persons holding claims against said Cash Grocery store po present sa|ne to L. A. Jack son for iquldatiou. t *ln witness whereof, the said L. A. Jackson. R. K. Campbell, and J O. Lutz, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this the 1st day of Jan uary, 1030. L. A. JACKSON. (Seal) * R. E. CAMPBELL. (Seal. J. O. LUTZ (Seal) It 3c 111 .... “Send your gar ments to the Whiteway.”—it’s a habit that makes the proper cleaning and pressing of your clothes a certainty. —-s BE SURE! .That You Have Plenty Of FIRE INSURANCE. You never know when fire will break out and burn your property. We write fire insurance covering all risks in town or country. INSURE Your home, your store, rcur furnitux'e, your stock if goods, your barn, your automobile, your church. TODAY With The Insurance Department CLEVELAND BANK & TRUST CO. Shelby, N. C. judged to be the best, and the other to the school In which the winner is a pupil. The medals will be of bronze, outlining the General Sher man tree. The school medal will be in a case containing the engraved name of the school and will be come the permanent property of the school producing a winner for three times. A similar bronze medal will be given to the pupil who submits the best essay. In addition to the medals, the conservation department is offering cash prizes aggregating $25 to be divided into six awards. Besides these state-wide prizes. ! efforts are being made, State For ester Holmes stated, to have some organization or citizen in each county offer cash prizes aggregat ing $10 for county winners to be divided as follows: First, $5; second, $3: and third, $2. The forest taxation problem, Mr. Holmes said, is one of the most im portant to come before the people of North Carolina this year. Ma terial for the essay, it was announc ed, will be furnished by the depart ment of conservation and develop ment, or the tax commission, NOTICE OF LAND SALE. Under and by virtue of an order of the superior court of Cleveland county, N. C.. made In the special proceeding entitled 8. E. Bridget, administratrix, and Quay Bridges ct al vs. M, G. Gillespie and hus band. Howard Oillesple, ct al, the same being No. 1785 upon the spe cial proceedings docket of said court, the undersigned commission er will, on Friday, January 31st, 1930, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the late resid ence of J. O. Bridges, deceased, in No. 2 township, Cleveland county, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidders »t public auction the fol lowing tracts or parcels of land ly ing and being In No. 2 ts*a».$h'p, Cleveland county adjoining the lands of M. M. Jones end others, and more particularly described as follows, to wtt: First Tract: 7 egifting at a stakJ In the Roberts’ Spring branch, cor ner of the widow 8. E. Bridges' dower, and running thence wltn the Dowe.r line N. 3 W. 34.96 chains to a stake in the center of the CUffslde and Bolling Springs road and opposite the Burrus gin road; thence with the Burrus gin road, vie: 8. 60 E. 7.50 chains: S. 26.30 E. 6.00 chains; 8. 67 E^ 3 50 chains; 8. 1.15 W. 3.60 chains: 8. 23.15 E. 1.75 chains; 3. 67 E. 2.00 chains; N. 85 E. 65-100 chain to a stake in south edge of road; thence S. 1 30 W. 90 100 chains to a stake and old point ers hi the branch, old corner ot original tract; thence up with branch as it meanders to the place of beginning, containing by estima tion 19 1-2 acres, more or less. All of the above lines, except the dowe** line, were run In 1921. The above is that part of the home tract rem,,.*i Ing after allotment of dower and is a part of tract conveyed to J. ’V Harris by R. C. Burrus and Others by deed dated November 19, 192), as appears of record in register • f deeds' office of Cleveland comity, In book KKK. page 325. Second Tract: Beginning at a cher ry tree. A. Holland s dower corue.*, thence N, 55 W. 24 poles to a sour wood; thence S. 87 W. 20 poles to a stone; thence N. 16 E. 23’* poles to a stone; thence 8. 86‘a E. 100 pole*, to a stone; thence S. 4 \7. 84 poles I to a stake In the creek; thence down the creek as It meanders, 30 poles to a stake In the creek; thence N. 47 W. 60 poles to a stone In the old line; thence with said line N. 29 E. 22's poles to the beginning, 40 acres, more or less, and benj the tract ot land conveyed to T. A. and J. O. Bridges by A. B. B-idC" by deed dated January 23, 1897, r. appears of record in book of weds LL, page 320, of register's office ol Cleveland county, N. C. Third Tract: Beginning at a stuke in the mouth of a small branch and runs tlUlice up the branch N. 33 '•> W. 44 poles to a ftone In the old line; thence with said line N. 20 E 18 poles to a small white oak; thence S. 69 E. 16 poles to a stone; thence N. 29 E. 21 poles to a stone; thence S. 47 E. 60 poles to a stake in creek: thence down the crock, as it meanders, to the beginning, containing 26 acres, more or less, situated on the waters of Sandy Run creek and adjoining the lands of J. O. Bridges, H. S. Blanton and others, being a part of the land-, of A. B. Bridges, deceased, and being that tract conveyed to J. O. Bridges by E. B. Hamrick and wife, by deed dated December 13th, 1902, as ap pears of record in book of deeds LL, page 439 of registers office of Cleveland county. Fourth Tract: Beginning at a stake In the Roberts Springs branch in the old ford. S. E. corner of the sale to A. I. Jolley, now M. M. Jones, coiner, and runs thence with his line N. 13.30 E. 26,71 chains to a stone on the south edge of the sand clay read leading from CUffslde to Bolling Springs: thence with the road S. 80 E. 3.54 chains; N. 76V4 E. 2.00 chains; N. 70 E. 3.15 ohains to a stake in center of road, opposite road to Burrus' gin: thence a now line S. 3 E. 34.96 chains to a stoke In Roberts spring branch; thence up and with said branch, as it meanders, to the beginning, con taining 30 acres, same being the tract recently allotted 6. E. Bridges, widow, as dower, and same is being sold subject to the life estate of said widow therein. The second and third tracts de scribed above will be sold first^iep arately and then as a whole, .he highest aggregate bid being the sale. The other tracts will be sold ! separately only. Terms of sale: One-half cash on day of sale and balance due k>x months after date, the deferred pay ment to be secured by approved notes. Title to be reserved until all the purchase mcney Is paid. This the 31st day of December. 1929. B. B. HARRIS, Commissioner. Quinn. Hamrick and Hariis, Attorneys. _v 4t 3c -'--L~ What Our Descendants Will Look Like A tall, thin, large-headed, thick necked fellow, with lot of brain and little hair—such will be our grand son of many “ great-greats”—10,100 years In the future—as anthropolo gists of the current year see him basing their vision on the changes that have already taken place in man, and are now progressing. Cays a contributor to The American Weekly (New York), In an article based on a comparison and assem blage of expert opinion on this sub ject: "Ten thousand years from now the average American business man will be taller and thinner than his fellow today. His large and high domed skull, thinner of bone than today's heads, will.be set on a thick, sturdy neck, able not only to cany tho weight of a larger brain bit with room Inside for the great blood-vessels to supply that organ. Outside this future man's head there will be little hair, but he prVi ably will still be able to raise a good crop of whiskers. "Thus science paints the por tralt of the creature toward whicn mankind is moving. Human evolu tion in the past lias displayed cer tain definite trends. Some of these are continuing. "Women will be taller than their sisters of today, Just as will be the men—larger of body and stronger of bone. Their hair, while still sur viving more than the masculine quota, will have become thinner and silkier. On the whole, women will have changed less than .nen, and the sexes will have become more alike In appearance. For one char acteristic change that is expect»« i.3 an Increasing refinement and deli cacy of line In nose, mouth, r.nd other features; more noticeable in the masculine half of humanity be cause that half lacks such charac teristics now. In one Item of appear* ance women will have grown mere masculine, for the woman of t.ie future, like the man, will need a hroad, strong neck to support her enlarged skull. "Voices will be softer, more ex pressive, higher pitched than to day. Even the men, It Is probable, will sing soprano; bass voices will be atavistic rarities. Women will possess, perhaps, voices like a young child of today. Yet there will be nc lack of virility of the men nor of Inaturlty of the women. •‘Chief of the differences wUl be undoubtedly, the changes in the brain. This master organ of the b jdy will Increase In size to some extent, but that will not be its chief change The main one will be an increase In organization and activity, the brain cells being coupled to each other more accurately and complexly, so that thinking abilities now possessed only by the rare genius will be the common possession of men und women, "Many scientists have contributed to this prophetic portrait, and the majority of them agree on the chief details. Most definite and complete, perhaps, are the predictions made not.long ago by Dr. Elex Hadlicka, of Washington. D. C., at the Phila delphia meeting of the American Philosophical society. “ 'The main changes,’ Dr. Hrd licka continues, ‘will, it Is plain, be tional organization of the brains, in a greater blood supply, a greater general effectiveness.’ The skull will be thinner, higher and probably broader. Body height will be great er, but not great enough to be call ed giantism. The face will increase slowly in refinement, handsomeness and character. ’The eyes,’ Dr. Hrd licka continues, ‘wil, it is plain, be rather deeper set, the nose promin ent and rather narrow, the mouth still smaller, the chin more prom inent. the Jaws even more moderate, and less regular, the teeth tending to smaller, diminished mostly In number, even less regular and even less resistant. The future of tne beard is uncertain, but no such weakening as with the hair of the head Is as yet observable. inc Doay win tona to slender ness In youth, the breasts toward small the pelvic parts but little af fected, the lower limbs toward lone, the upper rather toward short, the hands and face toward narrower the fingers and toes toward more slender, with the fifth toe probably further diminishing. "'As to the Internal organs, the probabilities arc a further weaken ing and distribution of the appen dix, and a shortening, with diminu tion in capacity of the intestines. As fcod may be expected to be more refined and digestible, the necessity ! of a spacious large intestine will diminish in proportion.”’ Physiologically. Dr. Hrdlicka ex pects a slightly faster heart-o=nt and respiration, with slightly more bodily energy: people of the fut’*r«, he thinks, will be active and nerv ous. Disorders of digestion and of glands, interference with sleep, mental and nervous disturbances are expected to Increase. Teeth, mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and feet will give more trouble than these or gans create today. We read further: '•‘The changes that HrdUcka foresees are already In progress to day. Increases or body height have been observed all over the modem world In countries where food is plentiful. ‘‘‘The narrowing of mouth and jaws is already evident. Sir Arthur Keith has examined lar^e numbers of skulls from ancient cemeteries. The skulls of early races very sel dom show, he reports, narrowed Jaws and crowded teeth. As the centuries have passed mankind nan become, he says, more and move 'rabbit mouthed.' “Undoubtedly this is due to changes In human food. Poods arc now softer, more easily swallowed, less gritty and tough. Less chewing Is necessary. Change of the chew ing muscles experts believe to be responsible not only for the nar rowing of human jaws and over crowding of teeth but for increasing refinement and beauty of feature. "The continues effects of foods that are easy to eat are expected to be responsible also for part of the predicted trouble with the digestive system. Improved medical scien'.e is looked to, however, to care for these troubles. “These facial changes are also expected to affect the human voice. The coarse, loud, ‘bull-roaring’ voice common a few centuries ago, has largely disappeared. Dr. Hrdllck'i and the others consider it partly due to the narrowing of the mouth, the nasal passages, and the jaws. Refinement and precision of lan guage will probably be aided, also by these changes. "The brain, too, Is becoming ever more important in human evolution The comparatively small enlarge ment, which is necessary, will be met by the expanding skull. Dr Parsons has found from compara tive studies of ancient and modem English skulls that the modem skull is already bulging at the sides anu the top. "The decrease la chewing and the increased demand of the brain ior blood may have something do with mankind's growing baldness, which the experts predict also fig- future man. More bleed has been taken for the inside of the head. Thus the hair cells get less, perhaps, than they did 10,000 years ago. Anoor.er biologist, Dr. Riddle, of the Carnegie institution, suggested that per naps man can effect some of th.se changes purposely, foregoing a new humanity which shal be Just whst humanity which shall be Just what nature deals out to it .Dr. Riddle's suggested way of doing this i' through gland chemicals and simi lar materials." PLEADS AGAINST ii ini LIFE Ohio Students Urged To Evade Living A Purely Mechanical Existence. Columbus, Ohio.—The life of the average man, in the opinion cf Dr. William L. Graves, professor of English at Ohio State university is epitomized by the following: He got him a job. He married a wife. He bought him a Ford. And was fixed for life The average man. Professo: Graves believes, is living tn thr materialism cf a noisy, mechanical civilization and if lie would save himself he must draw away from the machinery of existence which ' tends to destroy his capacity for much that is finest in life." Prof. Oraves, a general favorite among the 18 000 students at Ohio State, addressed the graduating class. "Jobs you must havt," said the Instructor, "but you are trained for those; and wives you will tuke whether or not you are trained lor matrimony; and automobiles, well— I read of one man who traded Ids wife for a used car. ' Domestic happiness is not enough nor are all such pleasures as are typified by the symbols of swift transportation, pnysioai excitement, personal risk and danger. If your capable and materially successful life la to be given breadth and rich ness and color, it you are to achieve magnamlmity as well as wealth and power, If art and music are to lend their indispensable aid In making you a cultivated person, it in a word, you are to enjoy the enlarged happiness that only culture can give, you will have to save yourself, even desperately, from some of the | things that will tend to draw you into the machinery of existence and destroy your capacity for much tnat is finest In life.” Dr. Graves assailed current 'en tertainments as “fit for, and one might almost say planned for. mo rons," the Idea of appreciating beautiful skyscrapers solely in terms of office space; the current public taste In books and magazines; and the public mind that Is “touched to momentary appreciation of the ro mance in the discovery flights of a great aviator and will the next hour respond just as eagerly to the voice of a broadcaster dramatizing with sobe, the story of a prize fighter. He urged each student to main tain within himself “a quiet place where the sense of beauty and dig nity may spring to fruit, that they may cling to their own individuali ties in the current of an almost ir resistible sweep towards uniformity* Try Star Wants Ads. FOR A LONG LIFE Poplar Bluff, Mo.—"Uncle Tom my” Kemp likes to remember when women used "to wear dresses.” "Nowadays they wear handtcer chlefs sewed together, or something not much bigger than handker chiefs,” he said. And Uncle Tommy is rather qual ified to remlnesce as he is looking forward to celebrating his 118th birthday next September. Uncle Tommy attributes his long evity to his philosophy of life which he brought to Missouri with him from southern Tennessee 70 years ago— eat what you want, drink what you want, and do as you please so long as it does not Intrude on the rights of your fellowmen. "I Just live a normal life,” Kemp said. “X walk plenty, work all 1 want to, and eat and drink what I please, and that includes coffee and tobacco. When I could get it I used to chink considerable whis key, too.” Discussing the farm problem Uncle Tommy spoke of conditions 50 to 75 years ago. “Farmers never hauled their produce to town,” he said. "In those days the towns folk came out and bought what they wanted. Turkeys, for instance, sold for 60 cents each; ;chlckens sold for 15 cents or so; and other produce was priced in proportion. Even with the low prices farmers were well fixed, had plenty of clothing and food.” Kemp explained how people made thetr Qwn clothing when he was a boy in Tennessee, and how It was dyed with a liquid made from walnut hulls. “We ate sub stantial food, and drank lots of hard cider as well as other beverages,” Missouri’s oldest resident said. But when Uncle Tommy recalls days gone by he is more than likely pictured as a feeble old man, a pic ture belied when he is seen tramp ing across the fields with his gun under his arm and a couple of rab bits hanging from his belt. Uncle Tommy can't find any glasses which Improve his vision, and consequently doesn’t wear any. He does use a cane, but not because he is feeble. He broke his hip a few years ago, 98 to be exact, when he was traveling by stage coach to see his girl and the coach tipped over, rolling down a Tennessee hill. Uncle Tommy owns and maintains a small farm. “It gives me some thing to do.” he said, “and I would die of lonesomeness if I should quit work altogether. You know, there !s no telling how long I will live and I am going to keep preparing for the future. 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