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Around Our TOWN Shelby SIDELIGHTS By KENN DRUM. • in •*.".1 W. /W. V.A AW. AVA AIW. AV% Wrf w» An army of tree-sitters could be secured this summer, if some pro moter would merely volunteer to furnish the cats. But our idea is that Pete O'Shields’ 1930 record will still be a tree-sitting record hereabouts when they tear down the Masonic temple to build a larger building in the business district. GIRL'S LOAN OF IIALr A BUCK UNITES COUPLE Dan Cupid, the match-maker, should send a card of thanks to the accommodating, kind-hearted young lady, M. K, who helps Register Andy Newton keep things on the up-and-up in his office at the county court house. Last week a young man entered the register's* office and sought mar■> riage license. Scraping around in his pockets—now, of course, someone will blame this on Herbert—he lacked 50 cents of finding enough money to pay for the Hitching papers. The young indy promptly volunteered Ip lend him the necessary half buck and the grbom-to-bc accepted the oi ler. But the young lady lets it be known that she cannot be counted upon to lend a helping hand if half bucks run shy at Intervals in the future. r GO. LOOK FOR iSjjjgF. YOURSELF Ever notice what time it Is by the clock over the entrance to-the Davis watch shop, adjoining Eflrd's store? As you walk back, suppose you think It over and tell us what filling fetation Is closestgto the court square. Give Mr. Hoover credit for this if you desire to: A thin ten-cent Idem that wouldn’t get a shoe-shine without an accompanying nickel Up just a fear or so ago will now take you to the talkies In Shelby any day In tha week. Way back yonder, ylcnow, some wise boy, maybe it was Solomon or tnaybe it was Napoleon, said "talk Is oheap." The modern version of it is that talkies are cheaper. CEE! BUT GEE McGEE MUST BE LOSING OUT This from "Fallston’: "While In Bhelby one day last week 1 overheard two old gents ar tulnc on the court square. One claimed Oee'MoOee's column was bet ter than 'Around Town’ and the other said no. Both admitted they read both columns and enjoyed them, but they differed as to which was best. I lingered around listening. Finally, oaa said, ‘No argument about It, I Just get more kick out of Gee." And the other, as he got up and walked away, replied, ‘Well show me the bruises from the kick and I’ll give up.’ "If you want the latest in jokee, listen In on the Palace barbershop broadcast. "Know what person you may see out on her porch on North LaFay ette street reading her Bible every afternoon?" y ■ . ^ Thanks, "Fallstonbut Oee McGee and mike Clark, rfd may come calling on you, with a sawed-off shotgun and a machine pitter-patter, most any day now for pulling the South Carolina humorist off his pedes tal and classing him with this tangle o' type. Shelby Shorts: This corner’s toast for strawberry pie against Mc Intyre’s meringue custard was hardly In type until two sprightly misses, Gee Be* and I Bee, called by to inform where there was such a pie still warm tn the pan ..... H. R., another Davenport college contributor, says It’s easy to tell why peach ice cream Is so much like your best girl’s complexion: “It’s cream on a peach" . . . And occasionally it isn’t van ishing cream ..... Another thing, says "Epicurean," that Mr. Hoover has done for us "is to make frog-legs Shelby’s most popular dish this spring" ... That might be a winning menu In 1832 .The nearest thing In this county to the portrait of the old vine-covered well Is just on the west side of the Buffalo cotton mill several miles east of Shelby <m the Waco road. Ever notice it? .... It won't be long until the show houses will be advertising "the coolest place in town with the hottest shows" .... A rumor has it that after II consecutive rainy Saturdays • certain Shelby business man took Out rain Insurance last Saturday and ft didn’t sprinkle a drop ... He should have done that 10 Saturdays back ..... Misses and older girls in spring dresses ... Young gents and elder men lh their shirt-sleeves Galluses, it seems, are not as popular •* they were a year ago, but belts seem to be buckled tighter. "Dr. Pepper,” the new bottled drink, seems to be picking up a number of friends ..,,. Will or will we not get a crate for that?.Not a sin gle Miss Shelby candidate today BY TIIJE WAY, DO YOU REMEMBER—? When was the Red Pront department store operated In Shelby, who by and where? Think back about J7 years. That was the year they had an election to see who would be post master. The candidates were J. A. Wilson, S. A. McMurry, B. A. Wash burn, H. T. Hudson, W. J. Roberts and L. E. Llgon. On May 20, 1914, more Shelby people than you could shafte a sttck at, Including company O, attended the big celebration in Charlotte. Wasn't Vice President Tom Marshall, who made the immortal remark about a good nickel cigar, who spoke that day? It was In the spring of 1914 that seven Russians crawled off the Sea board train in Shelby and sought work. They knew only tiiree English words: "Jobs,” "no beggars.” Rev. W. E. Abernethy, Central Methodist pastor, delivered the annual address at the Shelby high school that year. * The Star that sprlr/g was offering a nifty rifle to Cleveland county boys who could bring in a required number of subscriptions. And the girls were still rearing hobble skirts and were adcimg one rufilo after another from the waist downward, Cute little parasols were all the rage and hats hr.d no backs to them but plenty of fronts. Re member 'em? Now who was :t that was wishing a month or two ago that hot weather would hurry and get »mre? It wasn't John Beam, Uat Bowman, or George Washburn? Who wa3 It? PRESBYTERIAN TREE OLD AS U. S. A.—IT’S GONE The big tree on the Presbyterian churchyard, which was cut down recently, had 142 rings, meaning that It was almost a.; old os the United States government and considerably older than the scienco of tree sur gery Buf It Isn't there any more now. Write your own ticket for the next paragraph, If you think there should be one, " . , Mad Dog Scare On Mother’s Day A Chase Follows in Big Springs Sec tion. Tribute to Officers of County. (By M.lT White.) As Is known to all men, this region Is noted for being the habitat of flourishing Sunday schools and church activities Tills claim applies to Polkville, to Palm Tree, to Big Springs and Sandy Plains. What few of otif population try to feature as agnostics and anti-prohibitionists find themselves rather lonely In vo taries of their faith. On Sunday, May 10th, Mother's day was duly observed at Polkville while Big Springs had its annual memorial occasion, with a bountiful dinner spread at the noon hour of Which an immense crowd partook. Among others, two gallant Confed erate veterans were present; booh verging upon their 86th year in the Journey of life. One "was James C. Blllott, a newspaper writer of some prominence while A. M. LatUmore la renowned as a sweet ringer In Is rael. Big Springs Is a storm center |of.vocal music; and on these memo rial occasions has the musical clans to gather and old time melody rings in the rafters of this commodious Baptist ehureh- buildtng; as well as reverberates in the adjacent forest. But with all the enjoyable occa sions that bless Polkville and Big Springs synagogues—this time an unbidden guest was theer to mar vhe festivities in the way of dogs reput ed to be insane. The dog is a true household god of this region; and when you cast gibes at a map’s reli gious faith, or stones at his dog you incur his lifetime enmity: which pursues you into the region where the woodbine twineth. An epidemic of hydrophobia is circulating among the canine pop ulation; and among the victims'was .■^7*7"'. THE NEW OLDSMOBILE is the LOWEST PRICED CAR WITH THE New Lower Price *845 tWO-DOOR SEDAN I. t. W. toneing. Sport tiro 6- kumpore tvtrt. Ctatt4tr tfeo Wtlirort^ prico •• wall •• tko list pmt wilts compering volte*. OUitf 4tlivor*d tricot induct only rauenibft ckorgoe far dm^.r, mad ©. M. A. C finttciM • . . wkkk wo will bo fl»4 Nl ditto ii for ytt syncro-mesh transmission I 1 Hawkins Bros. OLD S MO B I IE PRODUCT or GENERAL M; O T O ft * i a cur of massive proportions that answered to rolLeall when a colored preacher took an inventory of live stock. On Sunday he showed symp toms of rabies and on Monday ho ran amuck. As a result every man of lawful age sieaed his war gun and Joined the chase. Most of the guns of this region are shotguns, or cast barraled pistols that will hang fire until a dog can run out of range and then burst and kill the man behind it. your uncle Corn Cracker is an in valid and too old for military serv ice. When he was young enough to feature as a warrior, he had for of fense and defense a .48 repeating Winchester and a Colt’s six gun of same caliber. He was not In the chase; but learned most of the par ticulars. Two rabid dogs were on the rampage; and the "bar dog” of iho colored parson has been described; and the other was about a duplicate. I am not in full fellowship; be cause I don’t regard the dog as a patron sain. His canine excellency is regarded as useful for game hunt ing purposes as a successful trail er of criminals and as a guard sur passing any other animal quick or dead. We have nothing left to hunt but a few quail; squirrels and old field rabbits. I oppose the slaughter of innocents when it comes to these birds that feature as Insect destroy ers among which the quai\ is pre eminent; and what few squirrels are j left should be left to prevent exter mination of a lively and beautiful creature. As on all other subjects, I ora adjudged as an ignorant cuss who doesn't know what he is talk ing about. I am told by the wise and- haughty gunners that the more you kill out a covey the more you have: and that the quail nfever eats an insect; but gorges his crop with com, oats, wheat and rye. He does eat some of those grains; but the best authorities on the habits of this clean and beautiful bird find destructive insects in his crop. Getting back to the maddog chase this dog came near biting a very In dustrious and useful lady and one of her grandchildren. Her use as a cit izen surpasses all the dogs In Chris tendom. Then think of the horrible death caused by hydrophobia. Of course useful scientific men have in vented the Pasteur treatment. Like all other remedies, it is not always effective. Of course the votaries of corn whiskey as a cure all would fly to John Barleycorn for relief; but it, would prove efficacious except to sate the raging thirst of the one who loves corn whiskey with an affec tion surpassing knowledge. In other communications to your columns, at tention has been called to the fact that whiskey in two instances, prov ed to be no antidote for the bite of a copperhead. The dog with all his romantic virtues claimed by the late Senator Vest, is very susceptible tr AN UNUSUAL VALUE AT pirns frmifkt tmd 4»Uwj. Bumpmt «ut O ADSTGR Everything you want or need in a motor ear at a tow price Beauty of line and color Attractive upholstery 55 to 65 miles an hour Quick acceleration Fully enclosed four-wheel brakes Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield Four Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers Rustless Steel More than twenty ball and roller bearings Economy Reliability Long life See year dealer for a demonstration •i I THIRTEEN BODY TYRES *430 to *630 *• F*w /"!»*• W dttimmy. twf»< aW >f«« Or* aatra •MO awl. To aw k; • Fattf *» «raa—laaf u.»u UuoutK tfca fnt ftaaaca Flaw •/ aha VWwraal (Mil CWfo;. the horrid disease of hydrophobia: and when infected proceeds to scat ter the malady. Give me Sheriff I. M. Allen, Ed Dickson and Bob Ken drick; and they are worth a regi ment of dogs in trailing and making arresfU. As to guarding worldly pos sessions; I have nothing, to cause a man to violate the tenth command ment, not the one which says “'Thou shalt not steal.” We judge a man or an animal by whether it doesNmoro harm than good. The dog has to plead guilty as a dispenser of hydro phobia, in sucking eggs; killing sheep; and other high crimes and misdemeanors. We have a law against letting the obnoxious cur run at large without muzzle or own er; but like various other laws upon the statute books, it is not properly enforced. The people who proclaim in wild-eyed agitation that the eighteenth amendment is not enforc ed, are referred to the laws against murder, arson, larceny and private social misdemeanors. Generally, when a man is raising such wlerd and fantastic howls about the laws against making, buying and selling alcoholic spirits; really means that he either craves whiskey to drink, or wants to realize an unlawful pro fit as a bootlegger or the professor of a moonshine distillery. One dog died the death of the un righteous, which a platoon of aven gers are camping on trail of the sec ond. FOR JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS—CALL THE STAR FOR QUALITY PRINTING. Cooperative Buying Heavy At Ellenboro: Run In Connection With Schoo.I This Department Buys Over $10,000 Worth. tSpcciat -to -The-Btap > Ellenboro, May 19.—Jircport fust; compiled shows that the vocational! agricultural department of the El-! lenboro school did a total of $16,- j 752.18 worth of cooperative buying and selling for people of the com -' munity last year as compared with $15,000 the year before. Cooperative selling was done to the amount of $9,081.16 for the year. More than half of this amount ] came from the selling of sweet po tatoes for local growers without any selling costs to them. The cooperative buying totals $7,671.02. The following are some of the articles included in the buying: A total of 1,270 tin cans and buck ets fdr the members of the Ellen boro Canning association, more than 8,000 sweet potato crates, several thousands of dozens of eggs from local poultrymen for hatching done by the Ellenboro school hatchery, and more than 100 bushels of cer tified and pedigreed seed. Allowing a small percent for the buying and selling this work of the agricultural department of the school has been worth as much as $2,000 to the people of the cofnmun ity. Electrocuted. Nolle—How cltcl you get out ol ad mining that your father was elec trocuted? Prosse—I said he occupied the chair of applied electricity at one ol our public institutions. The best money can buy This pietars tills men tbsa e psge et words. Cotton in ionttound received no Cbilesn. The rich hesrp rows in bock were side dressed with Cbilesn. See the differ ence! ISO lbs. pet sere is sn economicsI, prsetiesl spplicstion. This i lustration it an exact copyif an imrttouche J photograph SIDE DRESSING THISYEAR? THIS QUESTION is uppermost in your mind just now. No doubt you'd like to discuss it with the men who know by experience and study, so we have asked this question for you, of hundreds of authorities. College offi cials, agricultural leaders, editors, success ful fanners, unite in the opinion that the answer is YES. j Here is a summary of their views: In view of light fertilizer applications under the crop, and because of the extreme importance of making high acre yields this year, cotton and corn should be liberally side-dressed with quick-acting nitrogen. Assuming a reasonably favorable season, this practice will pay any farmer who plants cotton and corn, even at present crop prices. SIDE-DRESSING with Chilean Nitrate of Soda is the sure way to reduce the cost of making a bale of cotton. E. C. West brook, cotton and tobacco specialist, Georgia ” State College of Agriculture, points out in .a survey of the cotton situation, that farmers who made a bale an acre last year, made their cotton at 8 cents per lb. of lint. Side-dressing with Chilean Nitrate alone, added nearly $7 per acre to the value of the crop. If you didn’t put Chilean under your crop, it is all the more important to side-dress liberally with this quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. It makes doubly sure of your profit this year. Because It’s NATURAL Chilean Nitrate of Soda is the natural ni trate, the original SODA that American farmers have used for more than 100 years. Because of its natural origin Chilean con tains a number of so-called “impurities” — Iodine, Boron, Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium. Each of these is a plant food in itself. They combine to make Chilean the Super-Nitrate . . . the fertilizer that is Nitrogen PLUS. At right are the fig ures of Chilean Ni trate on cotton for the past 8 years. They tell the profit storyr Read them! Act! • The figures at right show you the effec tiveness of Chilean as side-dressing for corn. They are an average of 8 years’ authentic results. CHILEAN SJVSfJi brought back ^ M-78 JVmGdAor J CHILEMW. brought back $Q37 tJonCOBN CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA -11'»r -V 1 '"I" IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY CHILEAN WHEN YOU ORDER YOUR ,NITROGEN FERTILIZER
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