Around Our TOWN
Shelby SIDELIGHTS
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“Yoor contributors," comes the message from A. Z., "are all wrong
about the youngest looking Women in Shelby. Mrs. Rush Thompson should
lead the list."
Along comes this one from a man who keeps his identity secret, be
cause he has a wife of his own: "The prettiest and best looking woman
it. town is a doctor's wife."
Now, let's check over the list of doctors.
Contributors arc kind today. Here's a letter that is well worth the
.space:
"Tire recent reference in the Sidelights to Miss Christmas who taught
.school here many years ago brings back fond memories. I can lick Carl
Webb or any or the others who say that she weighed 300 pounds. You
see. she was my girl—my first sweetheart. I was sweet 16 and she was—
veil, a bit older, and to say that X was desperately in love with her is
to express it mildly.
"I actually walked to and from school with her every day. This caus
ed so much excitement and gossip that the school board met in several
extra sessions trying to devise means of stopping \y They finally called
me in and asked me to curb my courtship. I did, but love ahva.vfc finds
a way. That was back in the days when a young boy caught smoking a
cigarette was considered on the main highway to Hell. Not realizing
the seriousness of the offense, X walked down main street one day puffing
away, and the news spread over town like wildfire. Mothers began to
pray for me, the churches had special services, and a committee called
upon me. 1 thought smoking cigarettes no great sin for a boy of 16, but
agreed to stop cigarettes ai>X purchase a pipe. The members of the com
mittee felt as if they had saved a soul—but they hadn’t. Miss Christmas
(that snap for you, Carl Webb) was due the credit. You see, (pardon the
blushes) she said I could kiss her if I’d stop cigarettes. Being a good bov,
X promised,”
Wouldn't It be entertaining if all the boys of 40 years ago would
drop in and tell us the names of their sweethearts of that day?
Shelby, it seems, has always been fortunate in having big-hearted,
likeable Greeks settle here. George Smyrnioa and George Scordas will
long be remembered in the city by old and young. Since death has eli
minated both of them. “Dad,” the old fellow, has drawn unto him scores
of their friends. Right often he drops by with a present for The Star
gang—the latest being a box of cigars.
Back comes oar best and most faithful contributor, TV W. H Few
men in town remember more about Shelby of the old days.
He asks:
REMEMBER WHEN—
Covered wagons came in from the South Mountains, loaded with
eom liquor, parked on the street around the square and sold all the liquor
you could drink out of a tin cup for 10c?
Forty years ago the boys all gathered on the square moonlight nights,
about where the Confederate monument now is, and amused themselves
by having foot races around the square. Two boys would be started in
opposite directions and the one coming in last had to buy peanuts for
the crowd—that is if he had five cents to do it with. Strange to say, there
were only two boys In town that could actually run around the square.
Moet of them could only trot, and I am wondering now, if there is a
single young man in town capable of running around the square.
The railroad cut this side of the school house was dug in 1896 by
600 negro men, with picks and shovels? Several prominent men in town
were water boys. Wonder how many would remember or admit it?
Twenty five hundred or more people were at the Seaboarfcdepot about
1173 to see the first passenger train come in from Charlotte?
A colored man by the name of Baxter Lee who was holding a stick
•f dynamite in his hand at the overhead bridge on N. LaFayette street
When it exploded and tore his arm completely off—without injuring any
other part <51 his body, and he walked uptown without assistance to get
medleal attention?
Mr. Plnchback, Shelby's only policeman at that time. Once he ar
rested a big fat negro man for being drunk on the 6treet. The negro lay
down In the middle of the road and refused to go. The policeman secured
a rope, tied it around his arms and shoulders, summoned help and drug
him several blocks down the street to the calaboose.
The court square was covered with brown sage and rabbits with a
plank fence around it to keep the loose cattle out and the wild rabbits
in?
And what an eye sore the old vacant lot was before the Woolworth
building was erected?
The dwelling occupied by Jack Palmer’s undertaking establishment
stood up on Main Street where Wray’s garage now is?
A letter comes in from T. H. A., containing another interesting list
of remember wliens which will be published soon. Incidentally, the letter
was promptly delivered to this colyum without a single word of writing
upon it. On the top line was a sketch of a snare drum. Just below it, on
the second line, was a star. The third line was a picture of a shell by the
letters N. C.
Look out, Ripley!
If you’re in position to hand the bill collectors any today, be sure you
write it March and not February on your check.
Nobody’s
Business
SEE MeGEE—
flat rock news.
the mission nerry society hell its
reglar meeting at the home of mrs
hook wlrm on david street, and a
good manny old clothes was raised
for missions, and sent- to mr. blot
hedd who needs them for tal inaj
and may tal which he rote about in
dew drops last month, (p. s, they
are twins in jappan.)
the mad dog which went mad
last week and bit 2 of the riters pigs
and scared the rest of his fambly
might nigh to deth was killed by
square jones who shot him betwixt
the backyard and the crib, and they
sent his hed to the helth offiser, but
word come back that his hed was
so blowed off that he could not tell,
we was just getting reddy to kill the
ehote anny how.
mrs. katie reed hatched a freek
•hirken last' week about1 4 o'clock.
(and while they can’t tell his peddy
grce yet, everyboddy thinks he’s a
rooster, he has 3 legs and 2 eyes and
4 wings, she has alreddy rote to bar
num and bailey, but she can’t find
his address, so the letter is being
hell at the p. o. she wants to place
him in the managerry.
our little town was made sad last
sadday night when word come that
billie boots had rung his ford around
a tellygram post, and when he come
to in the horse pittle, he had 5 ribs
broke as well as sevral other bones
scattered about in his abderman and
collar, he had already met the 4th
payment, but they come and got the
car just the same and tolled it to
to the garrage. the kurriner went
to the seen and says he smelt licker
pretty strong: he hopes the inquest
won't be hell for 10 days, as he Is
verry bizry with his sallet patch.
prof, james of the flat rork hi
scholl was getting reddy to celly
brate Washington's birthday on
inartch the 22, but the pasture of
the method^ church here told him
that Washington had done had his
birthduy on februwary the 22, and
after some hot argymuent betwixt
them, the prof, give In and sed he
could be mistaken, so his program
was called off for the pressent. some
of the patrons told the prof, to go
on with his pro grammy, as rev
iking might be wrong his self about
jthe date he was borned, ansoforth.
!
—
a good deal of home gardenniug
jis now going on. none of the folks
who got help in the bred lines at
jthe city hall seems to be intrested
in them, but the folks who donated
means bizness. the riter has a I reddy
done planted spinneck and arsh-tat
! ers and lettis and cabbages and a
| few other vegertables of a like na
j ture. so, mr. editor—if you want to
j eat some good truck, just rite or
i foam me as soon as it comes in and
It will fetch you a mess of same,
yorei trulie.
ir.ike Clark, rfd.
cony spondent.
minuets of the meeting of the
farmers club.
the meeting was called to order
by the president which met in the
school audy torium last friday nite
with 9 members and 2 vissltors
pressent who come to explain about
guanner ansoforth. and the seeker
terry, mr. mike Clark, rfd., was In
the chair.
the minuets of last meeting was
asked to be read and approved, but
the seeker terry explained that he
had lost same, so the request was
tabled, new bizness was asked for,
and tlm seeker tery said there was
sent anny excep the guanner agents
would talk a little while befoar be
jing excused.
I mr. «. annimid made the first
talk, he is the agent for the hair,
(sand and sutt fertytizer company,
he asked the farmers to plant cov
ver crops, such as corn and pota
toes and watter mellons, and use
his morggage hister 8-3-0 which
would be sold for cash by local
tallent, meaning that humm and
haw would carry a stock at all
times.
the next speaker was the other
guanner agent who ancers to the
name of mr. fish scrapps, districk
mannager of the hall and bust
chemmical company, he talked at
length about a joke, and then drift
ed off Into "how to grow cotton at
c8 a pound.” he had sevrai testy
monlals from men who had used
10-4-2 and got rich on cotton, but
after he said it was worth of 32$
cash per turn, nobodd ydiddent pay
anny attention to him, and he set
down.
mr. mike Clark, rfd., the seeker
terry*, then took the floor and made
the followering speech: "ladies,
gentermen, and guanner agent*--ir
is a supprtse to me to hafter make
a speech tonite, but i will do so mi
ner count of noboddy else being
here who knows anything to say. if
guanner sells for over 15$ a turn,
and on creddick at that, none of
same will be used around flat rock.
after rar. Clark had set down, he
thought of something else and got
up and made a nuther speech, as
followers: “ladies, gentermens and
guanner agents: it behooves me to
tell all pressent that the farmers is
ruint without outside hepp from the
farm bored, but by all means we
should raise a beef or two per year
and i will buy same.’’ after that, the
meeting adjourned, and the pressi
dent made a request that annyboddy
who had annythlng else to say, to
plese rite or foam same into the
seeker terry.
yores trulie.
mike Clark, rfd,
seeker terry.
Mustard Plasters.
Well, folks, times are almost nor
mal at last. Shoe-shines are a nickel
and a shave is 15 cents and a hair
cut (male) is 25 cents. All we need
now* is—lower freight rates and
Pulman fares, o-cent street car
tickets, prescription adjustments, a
cut in picture show admissions so's
poor people can attend occasionally,
and a pretty cotton stocking that
can be bought for a quarter.
f arm Relief. Mebbe.
Prof. Parinsky says that the pea
nut is a fine brain food. Pshaw, he
doesn’t know’ what he’s talking
about. Half of our politicians don’t
eat anything else much but goobers,
and I wish you’d just looky how
foolish they act. Uncle Joe says that
most legislators think It is smart
and elevating to introduce a bill
every day or so.
Cotton Letter.
New York, Feb. 24— March con
tracts broke 22 points when it thun
dered in Texas (about noon today)
—where moisture is badly needed.
Liverpool came in as due, but no
body noticed it. Continental buying
was in evidence when call money
went to 1 percent, but as their credit
wassent good, they immediately sold
short or straddled. Cotton-aids,
bud’s eye, brown sheetings and de
nims will improve in price, accord
ing to Mr. Legge, when the present
stock of rayon and silk stuffs arc
worn out. We advise more night
life before it is too late, as silks will
help you to have a better time. Cot
ton mill curtailment is improving
some: In fact, several mills have de
cided to curtail from now on, but
their creditors arc working on full
time, both night and day. We advise
a democratic administration.
How To t ook Spinach
Take a gallon or more of nice,
well-washed, fresh spinach, place in
a large aluminum boiler (manufac
tured by Mr. Andy Mellon)—exam
ine each and every particle of this
vegetable and if you find a leaf
without vltinvin P, turn it over. Then
take the container and its contents
jout into the backyard and empty
| the spinach onto the ground where
; the chickens can lmd tt and eat It,
] if they ain't got no better sense,
«And last but not least—send back
:to your grocer and tell him to let
you have a mess of turnip-greens
for dinner and charge 'em—and
cook them over a slow fire.
Tun^: "Somebody Is Calling Today."
A man came to oui' house not long
ago to pay us a social visit. He
owed me 25 dollars, but he difldent
come to pay that, just a visit—
which he diddent owe us. Well, he
was welcome the first, second and
third day. bn! along about the
fourth day, we need his bed for
J another of my wife's cousins, and
we told him that we were looking
for more company, and he said it
woulddent, bother him to let it conte.
but he evidently reached the con
clusion that we had only one ''com
pany" bed and he said he would not
object to sleeping with the other
person, and before I thought. I said
—“Who would?" This other company
was a pretty school-teacher-cousin,
•but when my wife looked at me so
! horrified, I apologized and told him
why he would have to go tomorrow
and come back later. He went to
morrow and came back day after to
morrow. Her kinfolks have been
very considerate since Christmas,,
when I wrote that, piece about
them.
Pane lures.
If you guys listen to Lowell
Thomas every night on the radio,
you won't have much need for The
literary Digest. He tells nearly
everything it tells. But of course
you'd miss the pictures
We have had to buy several dif
ferent parts for one of our ton-and
half trucks here lately. We figgered
up last night—if we were to buy
one of these trucks piece by piece
and hire 'em put together on the
socalled “scale” basis—the Job com
plete ifor a $725.00 truck* would
cost us exactly $26,775.88.
State Aid: Ma getting Some
money from Pa to help Willie tllielv
| beloved son) buy a present for his
.sister, Sue.
Federal Aid: Pa taking 1 dollar
out of his vest pocket and putting it
jin his britches pocket with the 30
cents he borrowed from Ms, and
then hiring his mother-in-law to
go to town to buy an Inner tube for
their lizzie—-with the $1.50.
Committee: A number of men or
women appointed to do something
for nothing that doesn't amount to
anything at all before or after.
Investigating Committee: Usual
ly a bunch of resilient men with
taching palms and weak eyes and
deaf ears who are paid for trying
to do something they can't do and
wouldn't do if they could, who use
only white-wash brushes and large
pocket-books in their burlesque.
Voter: A bonehead that can only
listen and hope, possessed of ad
miration lor a sawdust-head candi
date during the campaign, and
cusses and fusses at tax-paying
time. Also the guy who gets it In
the neek hoth going and coming—
and is always ignored after the vot
es are counted.
Indigestion: A symptom entirely
unknown amongst washer women,
'well-diggers, ditchers, convicts,
bears, tramps, and lions, but is a pet
hobby with millionaires. flappers,
goldfish, dieticians, poodles and
candy salesmen,
Detour: Tire sofest route between
two places, common to road-build
ers. plentiful at the season of the
year when travel is at its highest.
Appreciated only by garage men and
tire dealers.
My First Love.
She was 16 and so was I. Her hair
was black; mine was nearly white.
Her eyes were brown and so was
sent mine. She weighed about 120
and so did I. We were walking home
from school. It was a fine walk, only
4 miles. I yearned for my pa and
her pa to move further away from
the-school house sots, we could walk
4 hours instead of 2 hours.
One day X was toting her 2 books,
spelling and reading. We both left
our slates at the school house. We
sat side by side every day on on old
slaw bench that dlddent have any
back to it, so it was my duty to help
her with her heavy books.. All the
other younguns had run on ahead
of us trying to catch up with the
first bicycle we ever saw.
We were walking along noting
our big toes Into the sand every few
steps 1 was mighty bashful back
then, but I said— ‘‘Sadie, you la the
puniest girl I most ever saw" and
she said—"And 1 think you is u!
purty boy. Gee." Then my heart
flopped over and nearly split my
User. I had never done any "cooing"
before, nor had 1 ever been "coo-ed"
at up to that time. j
The next thing I said was--“Sal
-lie, I like you better'll all the gills
In the world put together,'' and she
"crooned" back at me with1-"! wish
ever boy what ever was In the world
waif dead but you." My blood pres
sure hopped up to 325, and I com
menced to cry and reach lor her
hand. When I touched It, my heart
almost popped out of its surround
ings.
We stumbled on for 3 minutes
without uttering a sound. Then l
said—"Sallle, if I had 8 million
sticks of putry candy, I’d give you
ever one of them," and she mashed
my hand a little tighter and I said
- “And we would run off some -
where's and hide and eat them up,
woulddent we. Gee.' And t said
"We sure would, and we could tel!
our children about how much candy
we et when we wax little."
When I finally came too, I had
lost both of her books out of the
satchel, and one of mine was also
missing, and we had both kicked
the sand so hard while In transit, 5
Of our toes were bleeding. We walk
ed back about 2 miles and found our
books, and then we loved all the way
back home, but It wassent sundown,
and we coulddent do no hugglns or
kissing ansoforth. She soon kicked
me though, and l dropped out of her
life.
ThU Ik Station O. U. C, H.
I decided last night to stop tun
ing-In on radio programs at random,
so I hunted up the afternoon paper
—and finally found half of It in the
sitting room, a third of It in the
waste basket and a fourth of It un
der the baby who was asleep In his
kiddy-coop, and when he woke up
I got that part of the sheet that had
the radio program In It: that’s what
I wanted And here’s what I found;
Radio Program.
7:30. Same as WEFT, WOOF,
WRIT, WDOX, WLRG, WDTV,
OOOCr, WUUT.
7:45: Same as WREN, WART,
WOOP, WXEK. WRUH, WAMP,
WONT, WHIT.
8:30: Same as KDES, KRUZ,
KR1X, KIIWH, KLUT, KIXR,
KOFF, KATZ.
9:30: Same as PUNK. PLUX,
PIJK, PROT, PETE, PKRD, POKE,
PUTT’.
11 00: Same as WXYZ, WYXZ,
WZXY. WYYW, WOOX, WXOZ,
WETT, WEXT.
And It Ilaa Always Been Tims.
Now, folks, 11:00 p. m. Is my bed
■ Ime, so I missed everything. The
radio Is a great trick, but the latest
model is only 2 days Old before it
is superceded by a "Full grid, 8
tubes, no static, ansoforth, anaoforth,
ansoforth." By the time I got my
outside nerial up and my inside an
tenna adjusted and 2 installments
paid, the company that made my
instrument had got out 8 new in
novations and cut the price 64 per
cent. If it were to rain red lemon
ade, I'd be caught out In It with »
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Cotton Letter.
New York, March 2.—Due to the
Soldier's bonus agitation, spots de
clined to a new low for the money,
but Mellon Aluminum common ad
vanced 16 points In sympathy with
Andy Conda copper. Exports and
imports are the same as last year
as compared with the boll weevil
emergence of week before last,
therefore some gains are expected
as soon as southern selling and gen
eral straddling falls off as antici
pated by the shorts. We believe a
long hold, If the bank will let us, is
Justified.
Ive ridden the Western Plains
—savs Chesterfield
you 11 meet me in. the thick of a Broadway crowd
»»
It's a far cry from the cow country to Broadway. But what it takes to
make the broncho buster "open up" about his cigarette is exactly what you
want in your smoke. Good taste—and lots of it! And that is first a matter of
tobacco quality, never forget it! What you taste in Chesterfield is riper, better
tobaccos—not another tiling—blended and "cross-blended” to a fragrant, satisfying
inuuness mat is CJiesterheld s own!
For NINETEEN years, our Research Department has
kept intimate touch with every new development of Science
that could be applied to the manufacture of cigarettes.
During this period there has been no development of tested
vtlue or importance to the smoker which we have nor
incorporated into the nuking of Chesterfield cigarettes,
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
Greater mildness
. . . better taste J