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Entered as second class matter January 1 1005 at the postolfice
at Shelby. North Carolina, under the Act of Congress. March 3, 1870
We wish to cal) your ut tent ion to the tact that it la and has ocan
our custom to charge live cents tier line tor resolutions of re ect
cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has
been published This will be strictly •dherred to.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1JKW.
TWINKLES
Thin, if you hadn’t noticed, is the last week of ground
hog weather, but Blum’s warns that there are a couple snaps
of wintry weather ahead yet.
Wonder If the fellows working on the recently started
construction of the P. and N. extension will credit their jobs
to Hoover prosperity ?
The Tuesday ni*ht. fire at Lattimofe, fanned by a high
March wind, did considerable damage and was u heavy blow
fco that enterprising section, yet the make-up of that com
munity is such that it may be counted upon to stage a come
back and continue to hold its place among the leading agri
cultural communities of the State.
Congressman Jonas says there is some likelihood of
Shelby getting a third story to the post office here after
Charlotte get* a needed addition to her post office.. And, of
Course, Mr. Jonas isn’t to be blamed, for Mecklenburg is ihe
pivot county in the voting of this congressional district, and
Cleveland can be counted upon, as he knows, lo go Demo
cratic, post office or no post office.
Dr. Douglas, of -Raleigh, writing to the Charlotte Ob
server thinks that A1 Smith, Jacob (?) Raskob, Cam Morri
son and Clyde Hoey should lay off Mr. Hoover and give his
promised prosperity time to get working. Perhaps Dr.
Douglas is more of an observant I How, but we've failed to
note a single instance where Smith, Raskob. Morrison or
Hoey has chided Mr. Hoover about his failure to “abolish
prosperity,” although they may be wondering, like others, if
the Hoover ship “Good Times” will over reach port.
OFTEN BRIDESMAIDS, NEVER BRIDES
1UORTH CAROLINA is offering Judge John J. Parker and
^ Chief Justice Stacey to fill the Supreme court vacancy
caused by the death of Associate Justice Sanford, and, in
wishing the Tar Heel candidates luck, it occurs to us that
North Carolina can always be depended upon to offer one
, or more candidates for every opening that bobs up, although
very few' of them, if any, have been successful applicants
under the Coolidge and Hoover administrations.
WHERE AND HOW Dll) THE WORD
“DIXIE” ORIGINATE?
t_|OW, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY did the word Dixie
A originate ?
Carl Goereh propounds the question and then answers
I ' it In the Raleigh News and Observer. -
Before proceeding to the Goereh answer of the query,
lett the reader try to answer it for himself or herself. If it
is beyond' you to explain how the name of Dixie, or Dixie
land, originated, try the question out on a friend, school
teacher of historian.
The Goereh answer is that before the Civil War, a
Louisiana bank issued its own currency. The bills more in
evidence then than any others were ten-dollar bills. Louisi
ana, as is known, was populated by the French and their
word for ten is dix, which is pronounced "dee” by them. They
spoke of merchandise costing eight dixes or 12 dixes, or, by
tieir pronunciation, eight “dees” or 12 "decs.” Outsiders
then-began referring to the South as Dix-land, then Dixie
land, and later Dixie.
That is the Goereh explanation, one that he was given
after making a/ search for the origin of the word. It is a
plausible story and perhaps is the correct story of the coin
, jng of Dixie. If s me reader has a better explanation, pass
I it along, as it is, undoubtedly, an interesting query. You’ll
1 find it is so by querying,your friends about it.
; DARROW OFFERS A FARM RELIEF THEORY
► o TO AMERICA AND ENGLAND
t > ■
> A STUDY of economical and agricultural conditions the
.'World over brings to light a very peculiar situation. In
■ numerous European nations there are hundreds and hun
* dreds of people on the verge of starvation and in dire need
of food and clothing., while in America our farmers are
* struggling against the gigantic handicap of overproduction
of food and crops that go to make clothing.
Other nations are cursed with a shortage of crops and
America is cursed with an overproduction, yet the two ex
tremes cannot get together. Could they there is little likeli
hood that one would ever hear of farm relief for there would
be no need or demand for such.
In America more wheat, corn, and cotton than we can
use, and, therefore, our farmers are receiving a low remun
eration for their crops. In England not enough food crops
frown to feed the people. England is only one example of
;; the contrast, yet—and it is there, of course, that the tariff
question enters—the two extremes do not combine and farm
relief is a world-wide problem. England has an open market,
America does not, but just now’the English politicians are
protesting the dumping of grain there, despite the fact that
England is filled with hunger, by America and Germany.
Clarence Darrow, whose opinions are usually taken with
‘ a pain of salt. If taken at all, in conservative circles, writes
atypical Darrow article, filled with satire, on this topic iti
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the current issue of Plain Talk. Writing of the English pro
test against foreign food while the English poorer classes
are near starvation, Darrovv says: "The (English) farmer
talks as if these foreign ships should not be allowed to land.
England is at the point of starvation now; she is hungry
enough without the world dumping its food into her ports.
In olden times when famine beset a people, a ship sighted in
the offing bearing food was hailed with joy and thanksgiv
ng. Under our new economy it is an enemy ship because it
brings food to the famishing people and thus cuts down the
price of grain. Verily we live in a crazy world.”
Continuing he points out that England by putting an
embargo on grain would benefit only ten percent of the peo
ple, the farmers, and would increase the cost of food for the
other nt'hety percent. Along the same line he depicts how
American tariff benefits certain classes and a small percent
age of the population and makes living harder for the aver
age consumer. His deduction of the problem is that “Eng
land and America ought to meet and consider the solution.”
In expressing that opinion he is none too hopeful, realizing
the important role politics plays in such things.
Agree or not agree as you will with the Harrow views in
this instance, it is an interesting picture he paints of this
“crazy world” wherein one nation, plentifully blessed, is suf
fering hard times because of an overproduction which gluts
the market, while other nations are suffering from shortages
of some of the very things this nation is over stocked with.
Nobody’s
Business.
GEE McGEE—
The Back-Fire.
flato rock s. C., martch 13, 1930.
the pay & ride moter company,
244 ellum street,
deex sir:—
if you know what is good for
bill Jones, yore stall ment collec
tor, you will keep him away from
my house hear after, he claims that
i owe him the third stall mer.t
which i paid him in januwerrv
and you told me 1 could ride while l
pay, but if i do, it will hafter be on
my old beck, but i am walking now
and he can’t run over me no
setch of a way as long as my heltn
is good and if i lose my temper, send
the ambulance for him and yore
wrecking car for his old ford, and
he allso says i owe him the second
stall ment when he know i paid
him 4$ and c25 in december for
same and the radiator has been
leaking ever since i got home with
it. and so did the clutch.
and If he ever calls me a lie again
to my face, he won’t know whether
it was me or lightning struck hint
and the generator never did worn
and the battery run down the first
week and i have had to crang same
ever since, so make nim show you
the yellpr card where he wroie
down that payment ansofortli. and
so is the universal jint.
and he makes like the check
give him for the second stall meat
has come back. but it has never
come back to me. so he lied there,
and further more, the tale lignt
has short circuses in it and ms
burnt out the front lights, and he
had better not cuss me no more in
the presence of my wife and the
spark plugs Is broke too, and the
oil pan fell out allso.
and If he ever says fifth 'stall
fnent to me, he will hafter to bi
intro duced to his wife when lie
finely gets home, if he gets there
a tall, and the back axle roars like
a pea thrasher and he don't try Ui
remember about me giving him 1$
and a quarter of beef in november,
do he? and so far as i know, th^
differ renshall was busted and the
tires was blowed out when i made
the down payment, so keep him
away from me and my genner ra
tor befoar i wind up for a salt and
SPECIAL SALE
Stunning.... New
Spring Coats
SATURDAY!
Within the short span of two months,
this store lias become known far and
wide for its marvelous values, Satur
day .the values we are offering in
coats will make many new' friends for
us. If you need a spring coat, don’t
fail to take advantage of this oppor
tunity. Every coat in our store is
offered at a very special price for
Saturday.
$1275
Many Worth
Double!
$14S0
Values
to $29.50
ALWAYS NEW
DRESSES
At prices that are the talk of Shelby
»$9*95 and $14*75
CALVERT’S
SMART WOMEN’S APPAltEL.
South Washington Street
Shelby
bat try ot a high'and aggrer vating
nature and be took to law. rite or
foam if you don't happen to kno.v
whit i mean.
yores trulie,
x mike Clark, rfd.
Meeting of Ways and Means.
Mr. Ways: We must"have some
thing rise to tax. Before we ad
journ. we will have to devise a plia
| to raise not less than $7,000,000.(>)
In addition to the $13,500,000.00 we
I have already appropriated.
! Mr. Means: How about reducing
ithe sums promised to our state in
stitutions by about $2,000,000,00? it
seems that they could get along all
right with a cut by charging rich
folks tuition and expenses.
Mr. Ways: Why. man—that would
nevet do. We1 would lose the votes
of the alumni of every college in
the state, and furthermore—the per
sons that might have to be dis
charged by reason of a cut would
never think of voting for us.
Mr. Means: Don’t you think the
asylum and penitentiary could get
along on $750,000.00 instead Of $1,
245,000.00?
Mr. Ways: Well they might, but
don't forget that some of those
folks will sooner or later be out oi
confinement and if they shorn 1
happen to find out that we hit a.
them in any such manner, they d
actually work against us rather
than vote for us.
Mr. Means: I understand that
Messrs. Dedd & Goan have offered
our state 450 acres of fairly fertile
land in the east corner of hell pro
vided we will build an institution
thereon for the drunks that are
down there. What ought we da
about it?
—
Mr. Ways: I heartily recommend
that we accept this property and i
shall introduce a bill tomorrow to
appropriate $2,000^)00.00 to erect
suitable buildings on this real es
itate. We can't turn down such a
gracious gift. Their loved ones will
vote for us as long as they life if
we provide suitable quarters for
their forbears.
Mr. Means: Well, let me see: W
have nearly everything double-ta -.
ed already except BVDs. electric
(Tons, bow-legs, potato bugs. ax»
handles and the air that is blowe 1
into automobile and truck tires
How about putting, say, 4 dollars
per each on these items?
Mr. Ways: That would be risky
We’d never get another vote from
any of the people affected. We will
sleep over these matters for a fe-a
nights and have another meeting
How about another little drink oe
fore we go? I tell you this haul
work is getting the best of me. W:
lhave to be tight here ^ days in th j
week and 2 hours in each of those
days. See you later.
The Chicago man who was evict
ed from a theatre for making lot *
too fervently to his wile was mere
ly taking her for a bride.
JOBS SECURED FOR 330
IN STATE IN PAST WEI S
Raleigh. Mar. 11.—Jobs were sec
ured for 330 of the 740 applicant
in North Carolina during the wee.
ending March 8, the state-feder
employment bureau announced ne;
today. But six industrial workei
were placed.
The Charlotte bureau led ti
placements with 65. Placements b
other bureaus follow: Asheville 62
Raleigh 44: Greensboro 41; at.
Badin 10 _
Returning home after a brief ah
sence, Archibald Calaer. of Mon'
gomery, Mass., discovered some on
had stolen the chimney from n
'residence.
| __
Alamance farmers cooperated t
:buy 12^)00 pounds of grass ac
clover seed for pastures and 12 50
pounds of lespedeza for pasture a
soil Improvement as a result of t
recent campaign for more pastu.;.
In that county.
HURRY UP PAT* I OOT LOTS OF
ORDERS TO OELIVER AND QSS
MUST MAINTAIN IT^ REP 1
g^>\ for Quality service J
PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE .
DELIVERY SERVICE WHEN J
YOU TRADE AT QUALITY*
SERVICE STORES
SUGAR
I01fcs
Green Beauty
PICKLES Ol n
Pint Jars . * 1 C
— WHITE HOUSE COFFEE —
Pound ... 39c
1 lb. Rumford Baking Pow. 33c
Becker's Master Loaf
Bread 3 For . .
25c
CLEEN-MADE MACARONI
Full Half Pound, 3 for.25c
VJ9UU
OCTAGON
^ OAP, 6 Cakes
25c
Irish Potatoes, 5 lbs.
15c
CHEESE
Pound
10 Pound Bags
CORN
MEAL .
Carolina Made, Plain Flour . $1.15
Carolina Made, Self-Rising Fleur. $1.20
- BORDEN’S MILK -
Small . 6c
Large . 11c
LETTUCE
Large head 25C
SAUERS EXTRACT
Large S~‘ze .. 29c
Pink Salmon, 2 for .. 35c
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Antrim’s Beacon
Light Coffee 39c
International Salt
3 lb. pkg.9c
Newport
Beans—
Large Size
String
14c
Bananas,
4 lbs.
28c
VAN CAMP’S PORK
and BEANS.
23c
DUKES’ MAYONNAISE
8-Ounce Jar.
24c
MOORESBORO Creamery ^r
BUTTER LB.
Eagle Brand Milk ». 23c
JERSEY CORN
FLAKES 2 for 15c
Great Northern
Bean*, 3 lbs. .. 25c
Southern Biscuits’
Cake*
Per Pound ... 32e
ceETry 25c
THESE MERCHANTS ARE MEMBERS OF QUALITY SERVICE
— SHELBY —
Chas Buice — Phone 722-J.
T. B. Mauney — Phone 465.
Baber Grocery Company — Phon
es 286 & 783.
Chas. Reinhardt — Phone 137.
Kj?eter Brothers — Phone 684-M.
R. B. Keeter — Phone 382-W.
R. H. Champ:on — Phone 350-R.
Jackson’s Cash Gro. — Phone *24.
— RUTHERFORDTON —
K. E. Simnson.
J. Cal WiHams.
WiPiams Brothers
C. E. Justice & Son. .
SPINDALE —
W. C. Ellis.
Spindale Grocery Company.
Sparks & Parnell.
Green Grocery Company.
— FOREST CITY —
J. W. Sanders.
Jones Grocery Company.
— AVONDALE —
C. F. Ward.
J. D. Wells.
— HENRIETTA —
W C. Phillips.
— CLIFFSIDE —
7,. 15, Hawkins.*
— ELLENBORO -
P, P. T’sdale, Jr.
H, L. Green
Cuitbreth Gro.
— MOORESBORO —
D. C. Wright.
_ RUTH —
E. H. Walker.
— LATTIMORE —
Hunt & Hewitt.
— GROVER —
IF. S. Keeter & Company.
There are now over a Million Housewives in 6 States tiadipg the Quality Service Way. WHY NOT YOU?