Circus Starts Moving Again But
Without Clowns Of Yesteryear
New York.—-In glistening, fresh
ly painted wagon earn vans, and In
huge special trains, the circus is
moving again! It is moving down
metropolitan boulevards nnd plod
ding through the spring nuid of ru
ral roads.
Already the first crack of the ring
master’s whip has been heard in
Madison Square Garden, where the
lUngling-Barnum Show snaps into
pyganfzed shape for the summer
bounds. But even in the biggest
show on earth.'' elephants and
clowns remain the basic circus sym
bols.
The elephants are still the ele
phants, what with ‘"Uncle John,”
the famous pilot of the herd,
maintaining a disciplined leader-,
Ship taught him in the days that
old P. T. Barnum himself was king
of the white tops:
New Comedy Blood.
But the clowas are not exactly
the clowns of yesteryear. One of the
last and best of the old-timers went
to caper In the Eiysian fields dur
ing the Winter; Jules Tournour, the
Jester whose exploits are preserved
between the cover of Isaac Marcos
TRUSTEE'S* SALK.
Bv virtue of the power of sale contain
ed W e deed of trust executed by -i*m
Costner and wife. Ads Costner, on Decem
ber 1. 1939 to me as,trustee lor the Shel
by Building end Loan essoclallon. end de
fault having been made In the payment or
the Indebtedness thereby secured, 1. «»
trustee, will sell for cash to the highest
bidder at public auction at the court
hou.se door in tho town ot Shelby, N. C .
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Saturday, May tgrd. 1981,
•t 1* o'clock M., the following described
^Situated* In the southeastern part of the
town of Shelby, N. C„ fronting on Graham
street, being a part of the T. W Kend
rick property, end bounded as follow*
Beginning at a stake on north edge of
Graham street, Jacob H. Anthony's cor
ner, and runs thence N IS E. 200 feet to
a stone on south edge of an alley, thence
up said alley N. 87 W. 80 feet to a sta
thence 8. 3S w, aoo feet to a stake on
north edge of Orsham street, and thence
with said Orsham street 80 feet to the
beginning, contenting 12,000 square fc
more or less.
The foregoing helng the lot conveyed <o
Clem Costner by J. Lee Dover and wife on
April 13ih, 1938, by deed recorded in book
3-9. page 348, of the register * of lice of
Cleveland county. N. C.
This April 18th, 1931;
CLYDE R. HOEY. Trustee.
«t Apr 17c
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF CORA
COTTON MILLS:
Notice le hereby given that a special
toretmg of the stockholders of Cora Cot
ton Mills, he* been called to be held at
the principal olflca of the company In
the town of Kings Mountain, Cleveland
county. North Carolina, on Wednesday,
the 27th day of May, 1931, at .7 00 o'clock
p. m. for tha following purpose, to-wit:
lai To take Into consideration Agree
ment of Consolidation between the Arkray
Mils, Incorporated, Cora Cotton Mills,
tlray Manufacturing company. Mutual
Cotton Mine Company, Osceola Mills, In
corporated, Seminole Cotton Mill* coig
pany, Wlnget Yarn Mills company, Ar
lington Cotton Mill*. Elisabeth Mills, In
corporated, Myers MUls, incorporated,
I’rlRcilla MUls. incorporated, Victory Yarn
Mill* company, Myrtle Mills, Inoorpated
each being a North Carolina corpora
tion. which agreement has been entered
Into by the directors, or a majority of
them, ot each of said corporations, and
of voting for the adoption or rejeotlon o:
the said agreement, all—as provided in
chapter 22 of the Consolidated Statutes
of the state of North Carolina, and any
and all acts supplemental thereto or
amendatory thereof.
The said Agreement of Consolidation 1
an fUe and may be lnspeoted at any time
during business hours at said office of
this corporation by any stockholders ot
this corporation.
tb> To consider a resolution duly pass
ad by the directors of this corporation,
authoring, empowering and directing (In
ao far as the directors of this corpora
tion has power to do sol the acquiring
of least a majority ot the outstanding
voting stock of esch of the following
named corporations, to-wlt:
DUllng Cotton Mills. Flint Manufactur
ing company, Helen Yarn Mills, Lock
snore Cotton Mills. Ridge Mills. Incor
porated, Wymoja Yarn Mills
by exchanging for the stock of said six
nimed corporations the stork of the con
solidated corporation, upon a basis set
out In said resolution of this board oi
directors, a copy of which Is on file and
may be Inspected at any time during
business hours at said office of this cor
poration.
Stock transfer books will be closed fci
the purpose of Said meeting at 10 o'clock
A. M-, on Tuesday, the 19th day of M«Y,
1931, and will be reopened it 10 o'clock
A. M . on the business day next succeed
tng the date on which the said meettrg
shall be finally adjourned.
By Order of the board of directors.
W. 8. DILLINO. Secretary.
Dated at Gastonia, North Carolina
This the 14th day of April. 1931.
Geo. B. Mason. Atty. 4t 24c
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The clowns are younger today, j
almost an entirely new generation !
of them. A veritable veteran ant)
milking entertainer Is, for Instance 1
Felix Andler, who has spent but six
to eight years with the big show *
Therc’a Blufch who was uncle to
the Lillian Leltzel, whose tragic
death leaves the circus with no
"queen of the air" to fill her place.
And there’s Oharile Smith, also one
of the chief lunatics of the younger
generation.
Producers New.
The talking and singing clown has
practically disappeared from the j
; arenas of all but the smaller and j
more intimate tent shows. The |
"walk around” lias gradually "eased
out" the old solo-stair—the clowns
must keep moving now, working in
fast, acts and quick gags that will
take them all around the hippo
drome without disturbing the other
acts. Most of these new clown num
bers use "props" and require several
persons for the "cracker " The old
tableau Is fast passing and the
clown in the "No, 1 spot” Is more
rarely seen. A "producing clown,”
one who contrives rapid-fire origi
nal stunts. Is the highest paid oi
the prankers.
Where are the more eminent old
clowns; the rollicking veterans of
the tanbark? Some dead . . . some
retired!
Who remembers Spader Johnson?
, Spader, the jester who used to
mount a mock rostrum for a hilar
ious stump speech that became a
classic of the white tops? At last
reports he was a steward in a New
York suburban club
Ana Marry tiuinzr . . it ms name
Is unfamtliar, he’s the clown who
created that, funny old lady who
was always looking for a seat and
arguing with ushers and getting put
out of one section after another
She wore a venerable bonnet and
carried a dilapidated umbrella
which she would bring down over
usher's heads. She was the very
spirit of a cash customer In revolt.
Well,, that was Harry Stanz. And,
he has retired and was living In To
ledo when last heard from.
Oh yes, and have you forgotten
Hurry Ryan? He was another of the
famous before-the-perfovmance en
tertainers. He was the oaf who ar
rived carrying a bulky camera,
roaming about the tent looking for
timid souls, embarrassing them by
setting up his trick paraphernalia
and pretending to shoot pictures of
them In various poses. He is report
ed to be manager of a theater
somewhere in Michigan,
And there was the tragic Slivers
Oakley; with his one-man baseball
team.
Bill Stoddard was one of the fa
mous "rubes" who met you at the
entrance shortly after you’d cashed
in your tickets.
Or Randolph, the fellow who
walked about with a plank on his
head, always threatening to hit
someone with it when he turned
suddenly. And Fred Le Clair, who
conceived the man with a camel
like back; and those comedy cops
who anticipated the early days of
the old Keystone films, with the
troupe headed by such famed ones
of the sawdust as Henry Silow and
Bill Ford.
All of them were troupers who
made millions laugh for genera
tions! And there were many more
—such as Lou Nichols, who intro
duced the large dog disguised us a
lion or Bob Sherwood, the old Bar
num clown who now runs a book
store In lower Manhattan, or Herb
Jseph, one of the best known of the
rodeo clowns, or, one of the most
original of them all, Snelllng, who
chased a butterfly that- always was
a few feet, ahead of him because it
ws attached to a small wire; Slater,
who was chased by a bulldog that
fastened its teeth In a leather de
vice on the seat of his pants; Bill
Hamllg, who was a clown for some
35 years—
Just part of the vast motley pa
rade that has gone by!
Meanwhile you can take it from
Dexter Fellows, most celebrated of
circus exploiters, the big show' goes
merrily on—the thriller of this par- j
ticular season being a gent who
carries iris wife on his back in an
80-foot dive to land on his hands
and chest, a variation oh the ‘‘Des
perado’’ thriller of some seasons
back.
Clioseu May f^ueeu
Miss Shirley Newbould (above),
New York society deb, has. been
chosen to preside as May Queen
at the annual May Festival at Hot.
lins College, Virginia.
Chickens Forget
How To Peck When
Fed In Darkness
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Ann Harbor, Mich.—The instinct
for pecking has been lost by some
chickens under psychological tests
lit the University oL Michigan.
This blow to faith In instinct Was
developed by Sinforsn. Padilla, a re
search worker.
In 16 duys baby chicks lost their
Instinct for pecking so completely
they might have starved to death In
the midst of piles of grain-food that
they previously hnd learned to eat
Immediately after hatching they
were placed in dark rooms where
they could see nothing to peck at
and were fed by placing the food so
far back in their throats that t|iey
did hot get the sensation of having
received it through their bills.
A few days of this had little ef
fect. Ten days, however, made them
unable to peck accurately, and after
16 days, if they were not to starve,
it was necessary to gir o them a long
period of training in pecking.
Lost Tribes Exist
In Forgotten Area
Washington.—Tucked away In
odd corners of southeastern and
Gulf states, exists a number of lost
tribes, surviving remnants of once
proud and powerful Indian nations.
Forgotten by tire world, known
only to those immediately around
them, these scattered peoples ale
being sought out by the Indian of
fice. It wants to know how they
live and what they need.
For tills task they have employed
Roy Nash, a former soldier, forest
er, social worker and globe-totter,
who has spent three years In Bra
zilian jungles, and two In Philip
pine forests
In Robeson county, North Caro
lina, are 10.000 or 12,000 Cherokees
of mixed blood. These once were
known as Croatans with a legend
of descent from Raleigh's lost col
ony. They offer no problem to the
federal government, however, as the
state mr.lntains some 75 schools for
them.
Further south In the Peedec river
section of South Carolina exist de
scendants of Catawba Indians. Lit
tle Is known about them. Nash is
going to see. He will visit, too, the
Powhattan tribes of Virginia.
NOTICE OF SERVICE O* SUMMONS BV
PUBLICATION.
North Carolina, Cleveland County.
In the Superior Court. Before the Clerk.
Lawrence W Dill, PlatntIK
vs,
Mao Bell DiU, Defendant.
The defendant. Mae Bell Dill, will take
notice that on the !Sth day of AprU. 1931,
the plaintiff above lmnn'V commenced ac
tion In the superior court of Cleveland
county, N C. as above entitled, lor the
purpose of obtaining an absolute divorce
from the defendant on the grounds of
five ve«re separation; and the said de
fendant will further take notice that she
Is required to appear at the office of the
Clerk of the superior court of said county
at the court house in Shelby, N C.. on the
18th day of Juhe and answer or demur to
the complaint of the plaintiff, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded tn aatd complaint.
Title the nth dav of April. 1M1.
A M HAMB1CK. Clerk of Superior
Court of Cleveland County. N C.
Bynum E Weathers. Atty. for Plaintiff.
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Dixie Cotton
Farmers Fight
Russian Threat
Economy of Production, Improved
Grade Staple, More Home
Grown Feed, Food Weapons,
Atlanta, April 29.-—Southern
farmers have taken steps to meet
the threat of Russian competition
in the. world cotton markets.
Economy of production, improved
quality of staple and more home
grown feed and food are three of
the weapons being used to combat
the menace as the result of organ
ized campaigns which were formed
early this year in several states to
bring the farmers face to face with
the facts and to stress the import
ance of fallowing a definite farm
program.
Authorities now predict that the
1931 cotton crop will be produced at
less cost per pound than any crop
since the World war.
"The declining cotton prices In
recent years, ..and more especially
the terrific slump during the past
two years, has brought home to
all of us the necessity for producing
cheaper cotton," declared J. C Hol
ton, commissioner of agriculture In
Holton pointed out that cheaper
cotton may be produced by the use
of added machine power to take
place of expensive man labor; by
fertile soil, whether the fertility
be artificial or natural; and in its
final effect by the practice of
|economy generally.
| '‘The Russian government," Hol
ton said, "has employed experts to
supervise, the production of cotton;
they have supplied the most mod
ern machinery for cultivating the
crop; they have sent to America
and probably other countries for
the best seed available, and they
afe producing a uniformly high
quality of cotton which has a staple
superior to the bulk of American
staple."
Cotton experts at Clemspn col
lege in South Carolina says that
cotton contests conducted over a
period of five years already have
brought about Improvements both
as to lower costs and better staple
in that state.
Plant One Variety.
In Mississippi, which along with
Arkansas and Louisiana has two
I distinct types of cotton farming:, a
■state-wide effort has been made to
j encourage the growth of better cot
j ton through organizations called
"one variety cotton communities
Here all farmers in a given area
plant only one variety of cotton, se- j
lected by a vote of .those interested j
several of the best farmers near the'
eenter of the community are chosen j
as pedigreed cotton breeders, and j
tnese •furnish seed for all the oth
ers,
In other states various methods
looking toward Improvement have
been made and the experts say ex
cellent results are noted.
Coupled with these projects is a
wave ofr enthusiasm for production;
of food and feed crops at home, and j
agricultural authorities are reason
ably certain that the Fall of 1931
will find Southern farmers on a!
more self-sustaining basis than a t j
only time in history.
One evidence of this enthusiasm!
is tlie growth of the dally Indus- ]
try in practically every state. More;
winter crops as such Austrian peas.!
vetch, oats, rye and wheat were
planted last fall and winter than in'
any recently year. Reports indicate1
a larger acreage in most states
Home gardens and canning projects
have become a necessary part of
every farm program. The trend is
stronger than ever toward the
planting of more than one cash
crop.
However, it is established that
cotton will be the south’s chief cash
crop for years to come, and the urge
on every hand is to produce better
cotton, at a lower cost, to meet
competition of Russian and othe’-'
I foreign countries. ♦
| "We must produce better cotton
| than Russia does, at a lower cost
■ than Russia does," is fast becoming
j the slogan of the cotton belt.
A scientist says that some kinds
lot bacteria split every thirty min
utes, establishing a record which
even the Democratic party call n >t
I hope to equal —Springfield Union.
A correspondent in a woman’s
paper declares that her baby wrig
j gles out of everything. A successful
career as a politician seems to bo
indicated.—The Humorist.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of MassleA*. Hamrick, deceased, this
is to hereby notify all persons holding
clal is against said estate to present same
property itemized and verified to me on
or before April 8. 1332, or this notice will
be pleaded ‘11 bar of any recovery there
on; and this is further to notify all per
sons indebted to said estate to make im
mediate payment of such indebtedness to
me.
Thia the 7th day of April. 1031.
J. BROADUS HAMRICK,
Administrator.
Newton Ac Newtort, Attya. 6t Apr 8c
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Payable in Weekly or Monthly Pay ments.
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Carolina Writers
Attract Attention
Spartanburg Herald;
We, here in South Carolina, are
proud of our authors--our novelists
and our playwrights, particularly
DuBose Heyward and Julia Peter
kin, those who have so splendidly
word-puinted the Gullah negro in
works of art that grew well when
transplanted to the cold, hard
boards of the legitimate stage.
And again DuBose Heyward
scores; tills time in "The Brass
Ankin” a story of a girl in South
Carolina who, after the birth of lief
second child, was slapped in the
face with the realization that In her
veins coursed the blood of the ne
gro. The force of the tiling snatch
ed the spats off the blase critics
and had news services flinging their
tributes to the world. "The liras'
Ankle” must be admirably done
Following so closely on the heels
of the Immortal “Porgy" that
caught New York and London in
the throat and made of DuBn e
Heyward, the quiet, slended South
Carollanian, a world figure, this
creation is doubly interesting and
; worthy of this lofty praise the
critics have flung at its feet.
South Carolina's name hangs high
in the halls of dranru.
Timber-cutters in Russia urc not
compelled to work. They are taken
out into the Arctic forest and offer
ed a choice between cutting Wood
land playing the piano.—New York
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