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- -BILLIARDS Cleveland Cigar Store Rote] Charles Bldf.. Corner Trade and W. Warren St*. V , ... DR. S. F. PARKER — PHYSICIAN — Office Phones 64 and No. 2. Residence Phone 129-J DR. R. C. HICKS — DENTIST — Office Phone 421. Residence Isaac Shelby. Phone 74. CITY ELECTRIC CO. H. \V. HARMON, M.*>. Klrrtrical Con. and Kepairin*:. PRONE 230 — SHEUtY, N. C. fretful babies . Need OR. THORNTON** > M9T luintn Re Here* stomach and lx«v*<*l troubles, folds, and Indigna tion. 25c at drug gists or by mall. KAST TKFPHKft MEDICINE co: WoKtudnntfr, S, ('. I What A Cleveland Farm Boy Saw As He Traveled Westward To Enter Army Of Harvesters (Written for The Star by Wyan Washburn of Double Springs.) When five North Carolina boys left Cleveland county some time ago t.o enter the great wheat harvest of (he middle west, they left a county rich in many things that the more western states do not have. Some of these things, if I may be able, I will show In a small account of our travels,, experiences, and observa tions. Leaving the good old Tar Heel state one Satumdy night under a moon that rightly inspired the writ ing of a certain theme song, we. entered on a little jaunt of possibly seven or eight thousand miles, along with worlds of experience and ex citement. All being raised on a small farm and never having traveled any at all were almost green enough to grow and were soon to find that Uncle Sam's estate Is a very, very large place. Passing the Mountains. Alter winding up the hills and over the top of the Blue Ridge mountains we crossed the Great Smokies where, in the making, la a great national park. The Smoky Mountains In their grandeur and wildness are a thing at beauty and — FREE — — FREE — — FREE — HERE I. SOMETHING For NOTHING IF you want your RADIO Tested, and TUBES cheeked —FREE of all Charge, no matter what kind or Make, by AN EXPERT RADIO SERVICE MAN WITH UP-TO DATE TESTING EQUIPMENT And Ten Years Actual Radio Experience, Write Your Names and Address on here cut and mail to — RADIO SERVICE SHOP — Name ______ P, O. Box 867, Shelby. Address __—Phone 470 SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES TO GEORGIA, ALABAMA. LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1930. ROUND-TRIP FARES FROM SHELBY, N. C.: ATLANTA, GA____$ 6.75 CHATTANOOGA, TENN...$ 8.75 BIRMINGHAM. ALA. ..... $ 8.75 MOBILE, ALA....._ $21.75 BILOXI. MISS. ___._ $21.75 GULFPORT. MISS. .....$21.75 NEW ORLEANS. LA. _ _ _ __ $21.75 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE GULF COAST. — ASK TICKET AGENTS — SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM i s I : Why every telephone worker is a service salesman "TV lift that moT *h»n '',000 Southern (Veil tele phase men end women ere enthusiastically promoting the sale of the aervice, is more than a matter of salea, manship. , It is a manifestation of their interest in the niece** of their Compihy and an espression of the spirit of co operation which hat made possible the epochal achieve ments in the telephone industry. They are inspired by pride in fifty years of progressive, unfailing service and loyalty to the ideals and traditions on which the business is founded. They unhesitatingly recommend the quality, con venience and economy of the service, in the knowledge that no tidier comparable service or commodity gives to the consumer so ranch at such small cost. 'Whatever your telephone sermee needs mar be, do not hastate to eoesrult any telephone man or woman of your acquaintance. They are all anxious to give you the beet possible service at the lowest possible cost. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. • nMCOKPORATZDt when the park is complete will be a source of enjoyment and pleasure to many tourists passing through. Them came fhe Cumberland range, in the eastern part of Tennessee which is famous as a cattle coun try and also a backwoods district in which live mountaineers who still follow the same customs of a half century ago. Although they still, to a certain extent, cling to the old customs of long rifles, duels, feuds, etc., it was this people who fur nished the world with a hero such as Alvin York in the big fight across the sea. It was probably from these lanky mountaineers that he acquir ed the qualities of daring and cour age that made him such a hero in the war. See first Iron Mine. At a little town called Roekwood we saw our first iron mine, iron ore is mined away back in the heart Of the hills and brought down to I the plant to be smelted in the giant blast furnaces. The ore is brought to an intense heat in these furnaces until it will run like molten lead The Impurities are taken out and It is run into molds to cool before it is re-smelted and refined into steel, thus entering into the nation's in dustry being made into everything from a tiny needle to a powerful locomotive. Continuing on west to ward Nashville we entered ..Into what, might be called the aristocra tic part of Tennessee. Everywhere were spreading farms with an abundance of tobacco, corn, legumes, hay crops, cattle, etc., and almost every farm has a fine old house of colonist style. The large house with stately columns set lij a grove of oaks, elms, and maples gave quite an imposing appearance. But for ah this, progress did not seem moie evident than here in Cleveland coun ty. Through Kentucky. rmshvllle is a town of some note being the capital of Tennessee and also a center of industry. But It is a very smoky town down In a val ley and we were glad to head north west toward Kentucky and the Ohio valley. Kentucky Is truly a land of tobacco, blue grass and pure bred horses. Kentuckians take pride in the traditional derbies and In the fact that they produce some of the finest race horses.in the world. It. seems that the Ohio Talley has quite a reputation a* a fruit and vegetable growing center as well as for corn and truly it is a great sec tion for this because it is well wat ered, the soil productive and level, and it is also close to such markets at Louisville. Clnciratti. and St. Louis. We crossed the blue waters of the Ohio just at sunset and it seemed as if the rays of the sun in the west on the shimmering waters wera beckoning us on to a land pf adventure. Crossing the Mississippi river at St. Louis we went across a bridge more than a mile long al though the river was no more than a mile wide.' While on the crest of the bridge one may look for miles up and down the river, the mighty father of waters and see boats, both great and small plying their way helping to take care of the nation's commerce On seeing such a river it is very easy to realize the necessity of flood control measures whether done by congress or by the people themselves. It seems strange but it is true one has to gouphill to get to the river. The ceaseless washing of sand and silt each year has caused the river to be higher than the channel through which it flows. Thus if it is not kept in its course and allowed to spread through, the valley, the results are disastrous. m. Mum or Today. S(. Louis was by tar the largest town wp had ever been through be ing about 80 or 90 times as large as i Shelby, by population besides all the ! big buildings and skyscrapers around which we had to detour. We passed only two traffic lights In the whole town, one going in and one coming out. The other crossings were made when the other fellow was ready for us to cross. But St. Louis Is a famous old town being about the center of the nation commercially, and many statesmen think should be the proper place for the capital. A few miles west of St. Louts we entered the Missouri river valley, the part of Missouri which lias made the state, rank fifth In corn and first in mules. If any of us ever doubted that mules grew in Missouri we were convinced that we were wrong. Northern and Western Missouri is a great farfnuig country and it also produces some of the finest black walnut timber to be found. Until a few years ago this fine ttmer-was cut, split into rails for fences, parts of which may be seen along the way. At Independ ence, Mo., is the place where 50 and 80 years ago the pioneers gathered their pratre schooners together In great bodies to start, on the 3,000 j mile journey across the pratre and! mountains to Oregon and Callfor-' nla. More ot this trail we were toj see in western Nebraska, Farms Follow Buffalo. Kansas City Is, I believe one of the mid-west’s nicest and most pro gressive towns. Here we saw our first real skyscraper a great white building towering above the streets about 43 stories. Then too there art, the great stockyards of the Armou and Swift packing companies. Hen each day are thousands of hogs am cattle slaughtered to satisfy thi hunger of the world. Looking in thi yards one may see a healthy, hSppy live steer or hog and in about fit teen minutes see the same animal ir the cooling room a dressed, cliillec carcas. The skill with which thes< great packing plants have develop ed economy and efficiency is re markable. On crossing the Missour once more at Kansas City we en tered the eastern edge of our goal the wheat harvest. The Sunflowei state as Kansas is called is a wide level, flat country. It is 400 miles long and 300 wide and after getting to Kansas we had to get used tc something we don't have at home The land is all layed off in square miles or sections, each containing 640 acres. Kansas and all western ers use the terms sections, quarter, eighties, forties, etc. for their fields They would be surprised to hear of a 13 or a 27 acre field and it would seem odd to them 1 suppose. The old-timers say that when Kansas was first homesteaded the land was layed off with wagon wheels. Just so many turns of the wheel made a mile and thus it was measured and the roads and farms made. Former ly the state was covered with buf falo and prairie grass but now is covered with farms and each year contribute many million bushels of wheat to the world. In the Wheat Fields. The first day in Kansas we saw more wheat than we had ever ima gined was grown. As far as the eye could see were the waving fields of golden grain glistening in the sun light Our first real job was in a little town called—well we’ll call it Victoria just for luck. Kansas was first settled mostly by Germans and Dutchmen and it was in one of these good families that I got my first job. I could not understand much they would say except when to quite work and eat. This they did five times per day. There is one thing to give these study people credit for and that is they are rea,( good cooks and believe in living at home as much as possible. Each fanner has his few cows, hogs and garden and the good wife takes care of the chickens with much pride. I don’t believe I visited a sin gle farm with less than 200 chick ens, and some many more. But I suppose they have, to do this in or der to live because Kansas is a state of tornadoes and drouths, along with dry hot winds that burn and scratch every growing crop. The wheat is mostly harvested by com bines, a big machine that cuts, threshes, and takes care of the straw grain and all in one operation. Using the Combine. One machine can handle from five hundred to a thousand acres in one season. It is an inspiration to see and work in these new and bet ter methods of harvesting and com paring them to the old way of the sything, cradle or even to the bind er. Farmers say there arc three ad vantages and three disadvantages to combining. The advantages are that it does it easier, quicker and more economically. The disadvan tages are that it reduces the qual ity of the grain in part, it involves such a capital to buy such costly machinery, and tends to lower the price of grain by getting it on the market so quickly. Victoria is a town of only about 300 people and vet each year there is from three to four million bushels of wheat shipped away. Entering the Harvest Army. On entering the harvest we join 'd the army, that is the army of the unempolyed and it really was T. W. Ebeltoft Grocer and Book Seller ✓ Phone — 82 r Have Your Eyes Examined Regularly DRS. H. D. & R. L. WILSON OPTOMETRISTS Office Over Paul Webb & Son’s Drug Store. . ii# — BILLIARDS — Visit the Shelby Cigar and Billiard Parlor and BARBER SHOP F or Clean Spoils and Barber Work Corner South LaFayette and East Graham Sts. M. C. PUTNAM AND .1. E. ELLIOTT an army, almost three million peo • pie according to the census. Th« l business depression of the countrj ■ seemed to be centered over the ! wheat belt. At least men from every , section of the U. 8. are to be found wanting jobs in the harvest. One may easily meet men from New York, Florida, Oregon, Texas, or California. They are all here for the same purpose to work in the har vest and make a little money until conditions right themselves at home. Until leaving X had never seen the need for a labor bureau but now it looks as if we need two or three more. Then besides the men who want to work are the regular class of drifters, bums, tramps and what nots. At any railroad town they may be seen in droves. Some work enough to just barely exist while others steal, beg or whatever comes the handiest. It is altogether a very deplorable situation. Also there are the men who are always -seeking higher wages and trying to stir up trouble among men who want to work. It is very common for an I. W. W. to deliver an hour’s lecture on the subject of labor to this class of men. The I. W. W. may serve a purpose but they seem to be very unreasonable In their attitude to ward the relation of labor and cap ital. Fathos in Life. Yet there is always a serious side to almost everything. These unem ployed are here and have to live. They do not know how to do any thing except earn a little by manual labor. And with the condition the country has been in since the bot tom dropped from Wall street last fall they can hardly do even that. Indeed there is quite a bit of hard ship in the life of a travelling labor man. A little incident, touching in its happening and pitiful in its sor row passed by observation while in Victoria. It happened that a group of men of the type just mentioned were gathered together about sun set one evening, There were prob ably representatives of a dozen dif ferent states, four or five nationali ties and maybe some who were ex convicts or something. just as bad. At any rate they were all talking of experiences, harvest conditions, chances of getting to the next town and finally someone mentioned that he was hungry. This alone did not seem strange for it is a very com mon thing to be hungry among this class of men. But it seemed that there was one man in the crowd who had not said much. He was thin, ill-kempt' and poorly dressed and at the mention of hunger broke Into tears. One of the men ques tioned him in broken English. "Say, pardner, Y’aint got th' willies have ya?” At this query he straightened up a little and for a moment threw off his look of despondency as he began to tell his story. Boys, he began, I ain’t complainin' about me> having it so hard but over yonder, pointing to a clump of trees and grass, is somebody’s wife. She ain’t anybody to see aftre her for nigh onto a week an’ last night. his voice filling with, emotion, and with tears in his eyes, "a baby was born. ■ There wasn’t no doctor or nothin' I an’ now the baby’s most dead. She aii.it. my wife but she’s my brothers but he’s left her an, an—His voice could go no further. But it didn’t need to. These men though they had no morals had little feeling for common things, their hearts har dened by contact with the cold world were touched. And as the .. ~ sl DAN FRAZIER Civil Engineer And Surveyor Farm Surveys, Sub-divis ions, Plats and General Engineering Practice. • Phone 417 - j v- ' -. , j CALL MAUNEY BROS. For prompt and ef ficient RADIO SERVICE Parts carried for all popular makes. “Service Is Our Specialty.” - Phone 518 — -SPECIAL LOW FARES SHELBY To Portsmouth $10.75 J Va. Beach __$11.25 ! Old Point ..$10.75 | Richmond___$9.75 i AND RETURN | FRIDAY, SEPT. 12. 1930 Limited Sept. 17 Information see Agent, H. E. PLEASANTS. I)PA. RALEIGH. N. C. -SEABOARD shades of darkness fell on the group they gave cheerfully of what little they had to make the night more comfortable for the stranger and his brother’s wife who had given birth to a child under such condi tions. Neither of them knew the man and yet they shared with him simply because he was one of their clan and such a dire misfortune had come his way. But I suppose such la life. Perhaps Kipling was right when he said something about so much bad in the best of us, so much good in the worst of us and so much of both in the rest of us. State Stands Well. I To take it as a whole the western ! country is great in many respects, j Farming is done on a large scale | and all its gigantic resources are a j powerful cog in the nation’s indus j try. And still our own state of North j Carolina plays its part. On telling j people we were from N. C. some ex | claim, “Oh fine, that is the state ! where every man has a paved road jto his front door.” Thus our repu tation for good roads has gone a long way. Eating a meal one day with a man it was interesting for him to learn that the brand of cig arette he smoked were made in N. C., that the towel we used just be fore lunch was of the Cannon brand and that the chairs we sat in were made in High Point. While discuss ing this I glanced out in the yard at a goods box on which was this inscription. “One Dozen Wool Blan kets,” made in a familiar N. C. town. "Well,” he exclaimed, “it seems as if there is at least one more stale in the Union beside Nebraska. At another time, mentioning the fact that we were from the state of Tar Heels we were told that N. C. was the only state in which real “cawn licker” or mountain dew could be found. We were at a loss to know whether to take pride in this fact or not. Although not having seen many “Jake legs’’ in the west it is my idea that, prohibition conditions “might” be worse but should be a whole lot better. Even though we are only green farmer boys we never let an opportunity go by to boost the Old North State and Cleveland county. 63-Year-Old Mayor To Wed Girl Of 16 Tennessee Town People Don't Like It, Bnt Couple Doesn’t Care. Paris, Tenn.—The town may foe excited, relatives may storm and a committe of citizens may protest, bnt the wealthy 63 year-old mayor of Paris has a 16-year-old bride, and both he and the bride don’t care what folks say about it. The mayor is Frank B. McNeill, a wealthy retired merchant. His bride was Miss Myrtle Pauline Clark. Having moved their wedding date ahead to foil objectors, the two are now establish in their home, and. they remark:_ __ “We re going to stay right here and face the music: if we went away people would say we were afraid.” On the day before the announced date for the wedding a committee of citizens met in a lawyer’s office and called in Mayor McNeill, re questing that the marriage be in definitely postponed. The mayor’s brother. Henry, was a member of this group. What the mayor said is not known, but late that night he and Miss Clark were married at the home of a friend, with just four people present. Two of those at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. James Bishop, the girl's uncle an daunt. Mayor McNeill says he met Miss Clark when she was a little girl waiting on tables at the house where he boarded. “I thought there was too much difference in our ages, so I moved and resolved not to see her ” he says. "I dodged her when I saw her on the streets.” Then, one day, he met her acci dentally and changed his mind. “I decided it would be better if we did see each other,” he said. "We went on ah auto ride and I proposed. Two weeks later we were engaged.” Mayor McNeill, a wealthy bache lor, gave his bride an automobile as an engagement gift, and she wears three diamonds he has given her. She still calls him "Mr. McNeill,” while he calls her “Pally.” LEAVES 5100 FOR SQUIRRELS who made Mother happy Washington.—'The squirrels that , frequent the public parks of Wash ington can look forward to a win ter of comfort. This was assured by a bequest of *100 for their, care in the will of Clarence Gale Allen, Washington ian, who died on August 4. Allen said the gift was in appre ciation of the pleasure they gave his mother. The remainder of the *1,000 estate went to his wido^. Tariff board orders rate investi gation on 27 articles. Fate of ancient Greece seen as farm? Europe unless it unites. BIG HARDWARE SALE ON AT THE CLEVELAND HARDWARE CO. See Them. 2t-5c BAR SPOONERS FROM CEMETERY WHETHER IN AUTOS OR AFOOT Port Jervis, N. Y,—Automobile spooning couples who have been vis iting the Bloomington rural ceme tery, near Port Jervis, have been barred by officials of the cemetery after 8 o’clock at night. A constable is to patrol the ceme tery and seize any couples who en ter the burial ground in automobiles or on foot after the forbidden hour. Spooners who do not mind spooky places for petting parties have been invading the cemetery in large numbers .and most of them are said to come from Port Jervis, Middle town and other nearby communi ties. DON’T FORGET we trade Guns and Rifles. See Us. Cleve land Hardware Com pany. 2t-5c I POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTICE OF CANDIDACY To the Voters of Cleveland County: Having been selected by the Republican executive committee of Cleveland count . N. C., to fill a vacancy on the Republican county ticket to be voted for at the N , vember election for the office of coup commissioner - for said county, caused l>* the resignation, or withdrawal, of an oi ginal nominee, I hereby announce my candidacy lor the office of commission' r for Cleveland county, N. C. If elected T shall do all in my power to protect an conserve every Interest of the county a. to reduce the running expenses of ti county at every point possible without in Jury to the service. I pledge myself n stand by ihe Republican platform. I respectfully solicit the eupport of voters of Cleveland county, regardless o. political affiliations. This the 6th day of September, 193? 3t Sept 6c RUFUS A. LACKEY HOSIERY HOSPITAL, Inc (Ot Charlotte. N. C.) Branch At Mrs. Harmon’s Hemstitching . Shop V (Under Chocolate Shop> y Hosiery and Knitted Goods Neatly Repaired. All Hose Must Be Laundered. QUEEN CITY COACH LINES FOR, ASHEVILLE, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON FAYETTEVILLE. FOR ASHEVILLE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: Leave SHELBY:—9:45 a. ra.; 3:45 p. m.; 8:45 p. m. FOR CHARLOTTE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—7:50 a. m.; 10:50 a. m.; 12:50 p. m.; 4:50 p. m.; (6:50 p. m., Saturday and Sunday :>nly,) 9:50 p. m. FOR WILMINGTON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—10:50 a. m.; FOR FAYETTEVILLE AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS: LEAVE SHELBY:—7:50 a. m.; 10:50 a. m.; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION — PHONE 450 QUEEN CITY COACH COMPANY VV -EXCURSION TO TEXAS — Here is an opportunity to visit old friends in Texas at a mirymum cost. Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from all principal towns on its lines in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi on Saturday September 13, to all points in Texas, at rate of one fare plus 25c for the round trip, good starting September 13 and limited to return on any'day prior to October 5—good on regular trains both going and returning. For those traveling in Pullman cars, the usual sleep ing car rates in addition to the railroad, fare will' be charged. Special through Pullman cars or coaches will be arranged for parties. Please confer with or write to your nearest Southern Railway agent,and you will be furnished with the sche dules and prices of tickets, etc. This is an opportunity to visit Texas at the lowest rates ever offered. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ll&tMrniHttMIlilBKlIlWMI SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM 'ANNOUNCES important Changes in Passenger Train Schedules Effective 12:01 A. M., Sunday, August 17th, 1930. No. 35 Lv.' Ar. No. 36 No. 117 ‘ 4:27 P. M. Marion, N. C. 11:40 A. M. No. 118 6:35 A.M. 6:30 P. M. Shelby, N C 9.37 A. M 7:45 P.M. 7:15 A. M. 7:02 P. M. Blacksburg, S. C. 9:00 A. M. 7:10 P. M 8:40 A.M. 8:45 P. M. Rock Hill. S C. 5:50 A.M. 3:50 P.M. 12:57 P. M. Columbia. S. C. 11:25 A). M. Trains between Marion,v Shelby, Blacksburg and Kock Hill connect with main line trains at Blacksburg. __ — _/Trains 113-114 discontinued between Marion and Shelby last trip each direction Saturday, August 16th. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ... WITH A LITTLE JAM AND BUTTER ! No high sounding: dish (hat's set before a king embraces more nutritive value, palate pleasure and appetite satisfaction than a fresh, firm slice Grocer’* of Bost Bread. BOST BAKERY West Marion St. Shelby, N. C. At Your
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