North Carolina Newspapers

Around Our TOWN UK Shelby SIDELIGHTS Bv KENN DRUM. NOTE Ol THE TIMES It's “court" neck in Shelby and now that Hooveicartf are threaten-! ins to supplant lhr Austins, etc , there should be much activity this neck along Shelby V once famous "boneyard alley." Anything to swap, mister, from a ’possum do*g or pocket knife up to good work plug or a high-stepping buggy horse? HHELBV SHORTS: They tell u- that near Shelby there is a filling station with a leed trough and watering place for the motors of the depression carts , . . hewn near Raleigh, -ays H. L. W„ one of Shelby’s college boys, there is a filling station at a road intersection and the name of the station is! "Thumbers Union station." It's an ideal terminal for hitch-hikers A Shelby girl inquiring, after seeing him in Shelby, if the new coach! f< Boiling Springs Is married ... Is or is not a certain attractive! t k nde in town about ready to permit a ring to be slipped on her ' huger? .... Whit Blanton, the electrician, once, when a boy, tried toJ lu-int his bicycle with printers ink If you’re' not acquainted with1 printer's ink. you'll miss the laugh . . Mac" McCoiribs. former pro ei the Cleveland Sewings Country club, is now with the Concord golf < ub. Anti shooting the best game of Ills life we hear .... Tim Pridgen, l ie entertaining columnist of The Charlotte News, has talked it over " th the goose-bone weather prophets and predicts a hard winter ahead I ’ " s?ya corn shucks are unusually thick, ’simmons are sticking on th? (tecs, etc., and so on. But before well vouch for Tim’s forecast, we i”U t look at nur old Salem almanac and be sure about it ... . "Snook" " ebb. the weir known young Shelby golfer, is planning to start back in school, and he may enter either of two prep schools .... Chief ' Mat ro.ton and several of his war buddies are planning to take in the re union nf that Old Hickory dl-vision in Knoxville next week ... Hubert Wilson, at Suttle’s can tic a knot in a chain inside of a milk bottle and untie it w ithout taking the chain out ... "Who the heck,” r. k cover? 1 readers, "is this guy 'Sam ?" Search us; we re wondering the f me thing .... And you have no idea what a stir was raised by the ifdfhig . pcakcasy item .... Clyde Hoev predicted long before the Dem * rratic convent ion that Roosevelt and Garner would be the nominees. ■Now he's predicting they'll win with 400 electoral votes. We hope he's right this time and bats one thousand .... A letter came to the police department here last week from a man who said his mother, an orphan ■ i l. v a■ bound out." many years ago to the parents of a Shelbv man ;v jio r, now dead. The writer of the letter hoped to get in touch with .ay? member of the family who might remember his mother. Behind r at there is a story, surely .... This week the race horses will begin •min; a' the fair grounds and all week long people will be motorina i to . er the preparatory work for the event .... As we predicted - mtmissed a real treat if you did not hear those 16 colored boys in the Crvcland Choral club program Friday night. Some of the civic clubs f bout town could secure an interesting evening s'entertainment by see ;% the director and booking the boys .... "Are there,” ask., -another -'er. "more good-looking brunettes than blondes in Shelby, or vice ?" What a question; Solomon would have yanked his hair out over ' err .... And don't forget to see "Blessed Event" and "Brine 'Em • r '■ Alive" at Shelby theatres tonight and tomorrow • < \\ VOIU BE M'OD MAYBE O'T of Shrlb; newly married voung men 1- "one up' on a -prank - > ■ ,»g friend of hi:-. Tii’' friend, jujt after the marriage, went to a local furniture store ? nd purcteced a present for the bride and groom. He noticed a high Oo.ir in the -lore and a_ked the clerk to send it over with the other -.err: “Later," he told the clerk, "you can send for the high chair. J ju'.t wain to ha\e a little fun out of it." And did he? The young couple decided they might as well put the t a air in the Closet, and there it is, and the furniture -tore is preparing to bill the frietid for the extra gift. ■tOirs THAT NOW? t or FIGURE IT From a colummng pal up on the Polk County News we borrow the following. H an "S" and an "I" and a O ' and a "U" With an “X " at the end spells Su, And an "E' and a "Y" and an "E" spells "X", Pray what is a speller to do? Then if also an "S” and an "1" and a "G" And an "H", "E". "D” spell cide There is nothing on earth for a speller to do Bn' to go and commit Siouxeyesighed. STEP I'P Two constant readers of this column ask that we find out, if pos itale. who has been attending Sunday school longer in Shelby and the fount" without being ab rnt We re asking you. and the records will >•<" published. today's rone "T notice:" speaks up a lemmjnf. .reader who must be of the Derno p"atle faith, "that President Hoover has reduced his salary 20 percent, but be doesn't know yet what a real cut is. This fall the Democrats intend to reduce it the other 80 percent." Seam? Mill Dots Of Personal Item? IIqvIj* Here New Daughter. Paul Hamrick. Kuth Latlimore Married. (Special to The Star ' There were regular preaching | services Saturday and Sunday., Rev. D. G. Washburn delivereo ' ery Interesting and inspiring ser mons at both services. In confer ence Saturday the delegates were apointed to the Kings Mountain Baptist association at New Bethel, October 7th and 8th. They were: Mr, Virgil Gardner. Mr Bynum Mauney, Mr. Richard McSwain. Mr Zim Williams and Mr. Fdar Ham rick and Mr. Chesley Hendrick. Mi and Mrs. Clarence Hoyle.are announcing the birth oi a dainty daughter. Margaret ftutn Sunday September 1, Mother and daughter • re doing nicely. Mr Paul Hamrick .urprised his mativ friend.1 and relatives by get ting married Sunday September 4. to Miss Ruth Lattimore of Shelby They are now making their home with the groom s mother, Mrs. Car rie Hamrick, here. Their many uends wish them a long and happy life together. Miss Velva Hamrick has return ed to college at Boone after spend ing the summer with hei parents. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hamrick. Misses Essie Adams and Wilma ( Wright spent the week end with j their grandparents, Mr and Mrs. j W. E. Wright of the Lily Mill. The following were dinner guests! of Mr. and Mrs. Sherril’ Hamrick Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Wray Wil- j son and daughter. Betty of Sugar j Hill, Misses A. U. Costner and ■ Ophelia Hendrick Mrs. Ed Bridges and children, j Bobbie and Joanne, spent the day with Mrs. Austin Kennedy of Wal lace Grove Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens Rnd children. Lee and Betty, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs Clarence Whitesides of Waco. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norman and daughters, Minnie and Margaret and son. Edward and Mr. Turner, of East Gastonia, visited Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bridges Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Phifer. Miss ies Lona and Ollie Mae Seism ot Patterson Grove spent Sunday aft ernoon with Misses Ethel and Mat tie Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seism and family of near Fallston spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Rufus Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wright spent Sunday with Mr. and Mis. Let Dellinger of Stony Point. Miss Verlie Glascoe en'ertained a number of her friend* with a party Saturday night. All reported a nice time. Mr. and Mrs Ed Bridges and children spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs, Luthei Sellers of near Lawnda’e. Rev. D G. Washburn spent Satui day night in the home of Mrs. Caleb Hoyle. He was dinner guest of Mr and Mrs. Everette Wright Sunday. Mr. Chivows Hoyle was a visitor at Columbus Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Williams and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Webb Barnette of Shelby. Mr. Robert Putnam i? suffering from a bone fellon Those on our sick list last week were: Miss Dovie Wright, Messrs Kim Wi'hams and Leonard Wright. All inimproving we are glad to note. The many friends and relatives of Mrs Caleb Eddings surprised her Sunday with a birthday dinner. A bountiful dinner was spioad and all reported a nice time. Textile Graduates Located In Positions With renewed activity in the tex tile industry, there has been an in creasing demand for the graduates of North Carolina State college tixtile school. Of the 2fi graduates from the textile school in June. 12 have ac cepted positions in textile work. Eighteen of the 22 will stay in North Carolina, while four will be in other states Dr. Thomas Nelson. Clean of the textile school, stated today that during the past two weeks he has had several requests 10 recommend graduates of the textile school for positions Prospects for the tall enrollment at the textile school arr encourag ing. Best 1 ime To Set Flowering Plants Perennial Plants .Should he Sel In Early Fall to filr* Them Time To Root Before Freerrv ■By State Department Perennial plants that were seeded in July or August now have the sec ond set. of leaves and should he transplanted In coldfrnmes. small pots or in a permanent location. "This latter practice may he fol lowed in the lower piedmont and coastal section where the winters are comparatively mild" says O. O Randall, horticulturist at State college, but in the western part of the state it is best to keep plants over winter in a eoldltame or pro tected In bed Where well-developed sturdy plants are bought from the nurs ery they may be set cither in the tall or early spring. states Mr Randall. For fall planting, however, they should be set early enough to get well established before the freezing temperatures Tr.eSc plants if well establishd in the permanent location, w ill flower cat her than those set in the spring Mr Randall advises the dividing and resetting of most. perennial plants every three or four years. This may be done either in the fall or early spring and the grower must be governed by the climate as to when the work is done A pood practice for gardeners in the pird mont and coastal plain sections is to set the divided plants in the fall about three months before freezing weather. Thorough preparation of the soil Is necessary for this oper ation and care should tv taken that the newly set plants have protec tion for heavy, cold rains. In the higher altitude where the winters are more severe. the best practice is to divide and . reset in early spring as soon as the soil can be prepared, advises Mr Randall Go To The Coast Of Carolina And Come Back With More Pride That You Live In The Piedmont Bv w. B. i . The story as told to me is that God made man and ~a'c him i»o hands and one stomach. With those two hands he was to work and feed that one stomach. Man got too in dustrious and by keeping those two hands busy he made more than enough to feed that one stomach. This brought on a surplus of food stuff and consequently low prices throughout the world. That East Wind. Having a desire to believe in this story, a party of feu. Shelby men decided a few days ago to cease production for awhile and curtail the surplus. They stole away to the coast to try fishing where fish were said to be hungry for bait. These men were ashamed to Jet names be known because creditors might crowd them to pay pa-r-due bills. Now that they are back they are it ill ashamed to divulge their names for "they fished all day end caught nothing." Well, they did catch a water bucket full, but that was so little compared to wha* they had expected, they were keenly disap pointed. But the food surplus has been pulled down because they ceased producing for a couple of days. They did find out however, that when the wind is from the east, fish bite the least.” or the benefit cf others who might go fishing they advise you to find out the direction of the wind before you go to the coast When we four drove up to the home of an old 57-year-old "salt", he was honest enough co say he held cut very little hope for a successful fishing venture. "The wind ts from the east and my expori'nce of 57 years teaches me and evhers who follow fishing for a living that you can't catch 'em with a barrel when the moon, the wind and the cur rent are wrong We thought «t would upset me old salt s superstitions. There was the water—the New Rtvei down in Onslow1 county, thirty miles north of Wilmington on the Carolina sea board where fishermen had suc ceeded befere. There was the inland waterway that skirt: 'he Atlantic seaboard almost from F'orida to Boston and we knew fish couldn't help but meet us there e nd feast on our choice bait. But all day long we fished and less than a water-buck et full was the result of our days labor—the four of us. A Mullet Fishery. Storm warnings were sent out along the coast and the Wind did blow, the current ran swift and the old mullet fishermen over on the beach beyond the wa lei way hadn't wet a net for four days. They, too, know the “signs" were wrong and they lounged around the qauint fishermen's shacks, waiting, wait ing, waiting for the weather to break. Five days before they had a 1.500 pound net of mullet which were dragged out on the sand beach, dressed and *?ltecl for a market that would bring no more than $5.30 a hundred pound barrel and the barrel cost the fish farmer $1.35. Sixty cents a day and board himself is all one of these fisher men gets for his constant vigil and labor. Such conditions as those men have to put up with ‘o catch fish ( for a living should make a tenant cotton farmer in Cleveland county feel proud of his lot Tins one more word about catch ling mullet. This kind of fish do not |bite a hook. They suck he food into their mouths. In schools they run a short distance on. from the shore lline and upon the keen sight and .discernment of the ‘lookout" de pends the catch. Some men live on the coast all their lives and are un able to see a school -ot mullet. Bui the lookout at Grant's Fishery can tell by the movement of the water's ’surface when a .school ts running and he gives the signal for the fishermen to take to their boats Quickly the nets are spread and it 1 depends on the size of the school [as to how long It takei to bring in [the haul. A heavy net may take an hour or so—a small net twenty to thirty minutes. The sorting, dress ing and salting requite some time and then there are nets to patch for a shark or two might have torn them to pieces. A Monotonous Life. The sea has a certain fascination about it for those who live there The water never looks quite the same and the weather, moon and barometer readings are a constant study. The life of fisherfolks is droll, and quiet. Hours and days are spent in waiting. There seems to be a limit to their industry and ambition and nothing pushes or hurries them. Life is easy and slow and although the sea is restless they seldom hurry I They know all the boa's by name and -their passing off-shore is the chief topic of family conversation Politics and the depression little concern them. They arc resigned to ;a sea-faring life that would be monotonous to a mountaineer The outside world has little interest for them. In most cases their habits are primitive and although the sea and the rivers are abundantly sup plied with fish, oysters, crabs, scal lops. etc., their diet is varied with Boston beans, canned milk and a few vegetables. There is no more needed place in North Carolina for Governor Gardner live-at-home program to be emphasized. And It would not be amiss to stress before the housewives a balanced ration and palatable coooking. Piedmont The Pride. Piedmont Carolina is the ideal place to which to live. Even with the depression on, go down to East ern Carolina and there will grow a pride and contentment within vou that you live In the Piedmont. Now and then we should explore other section to study the people, their modes of living and their home life When you do. you come back more ‘grateful for our section and more Iconvinced that the pastures are no! |as green elsewhere as we find them at home. We have our problems o( living, but the Piedmont living standards are much higher1 than in Eastern Carolina and when one gets the wanderlust and makes compari sons, he comes back satisfied with our lot here in the barner cotton county of North Carolina, in spile of seven cent staple. (Our reader* ran tel an amwri In The Cleveland Mar, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, N W'.. Washington. II C. Write yooi name and address on one side ot the paper, slate your question clear Iv and enelose ,'i rent sin stamps for reply postage. Ilo not write legal medical or religious questions.) Q How long did Carter CU. •serve a.s secretary of the treasury? A He served under President WisidiOw Wilson from December 1918 to l-eb.uary 1920, when he re signed and was appointed lo the U S. Senate by the governor of Vii guna (j Q Please give linal returns in the (it inian elect Ion for the prc.ti deni last April? A Hiridenburg. 19.3b9.f542, Hitler, 13.41 *'.388 .and Tliaelmann, 3.608. 388 Q 1 loc.y Bohemia still ti e the ancient white flag with a crowned lion rampant? A The present flag was adopted aftci the formation of the Caccho Slovak Republic, m which Bohemia is a component state, following thf World war, Q What is the address <>! Both Parker ' ihe radio nrtlst A 4 West tilth Street, New York City Q How much butler will a gallon of cream make? A A gallon of cream containing ,10 pet; ceu! butler fat will yield about 3 pounds of butter Q What is the distance between the earth and mooli? , A it varies, but the mean drs Vance ts 33H.R40 miles Q. How did Is Douglas Fairbanks Jr? A IJe war, twenty five last Decern ber © Q How many ounces in a deka avoirdu gram? A It is 0 7727 ounrrs, jxils. Q What is a moratorium'' A An omrtgeney druee author izing a debtor to defer p«yment for a given period. t} How mHnv naval vessels did the United States build from 1927 to 19.71. inclusive? A Nineteen. Q What are the real names of the four Marx Brothers? A Chico s name is hennaed Har pos is Arthur; Groucho’a is Julius and Zcppo's is Herben Q Does the mayor of New York City receive n larger salary than the governor of the slate'' A Mayor Walker received $40rKHt a year, but his successor Joseph McKee ha reduced It. to $25,900 which is the same as the salary of (tie gmernnr. Q Name the months in the Greek calendar? A Heratombeon, Metagyit nton Boedromion Pysansopsion. Memar terion. Poseidon, Poseidon 2nd tin leaf) years!, Gamellon, Ant.hc.ster ton. KlaphebolJon, Munyehlo, Thar gelion, Srleophortnn Classwork Starts At Wake Forest Wakr Forest, Sept 10 Classes at Wakr Forest college began this! morning with 732 students enrolled This number is eight per rent greater than the 078 who were irg i tered at this time last session Counting oihers who will regis-! ter late and the group that will en-{ ter in spring, the total enrollment for the year will approximate B.w Registrar Oradv Patterson stated Grain, Hay Crops Are Short In Stale Not I-muich to Fred rhree Million Population. More Arree But Production 1* Cut. ‘By State Department,> Tlit' protracted drought this sum mer lias materially lowered the pro duettoo of all (train aprt hay crops even though the acreage for most crops was larger than that planted last year "To feed Its three million popula tion and all livestock. North Caro lina needs to produce fifty million bushels of com." says C A Shef field, assistant director of extension at State college ‘'Forecasts by the U. 8, crop reporting board gives the production this yeai at 35,520. (100 bushels of approximately 15 million bushels under ihe apparent needs The production of wheat la alao one million bushels short of last year and other grain crops, such as oats rind barley, show n consider able decrease over 1931 yields Mr. Sheffield states (Hat while there were liti.OOO more feres plant ed to hay crop* in 1932 than in 1931 the indicated production is 175,000 loirs less than that of last year With this existing shortage, farmers in North Carolina must either buy feed and liny, sell the livestock, or grow some winter grain and hay. Mr. Sheffield also states that feed ing imported grain and hay Is poor economy due to the high freight rates which often equals the pur chase price Hr therefore advises farmers to grow winter grain and hay crops for winter and spring feeding Both barley and <mls are splen did gram crops and can tie gaown successfully on most North Carolina farms Barley is equal to Corn in feed value and the yield is. on the average slightly better than corn. "Heavy plantings if these two crops together'with a good acreage sown to oats and barlev and vetch nr Austrian winter peas and cloy |Scotland Farmer Figlits Billy Goat ■ ; Might Have Bren Rutted to Death Rut For the Arrival Of Aid. I Laurinburg Elijah Pate, 55-y*aT ;<>id former Scotland county farmer. ; according to hi;; own admission | here today ‘locked horns” with « I hilly goat and still is nursing a bruised and battered head, although the affray toook place a. week ago Pate, better known hern a* ‘Lige" I now' lives at Hamlet and It was near | Hamlet, on the William Brown place, that he gonght the ruminant He went, to visit a friend, and 'during the day lay down too dose in | the edge of the porch. A 100-pounri goat was browsing nea.1 the house In an awkward moment. the man The goat took one look at the prom figure and charged, butting Pate savagely on the head. The helpless man veiled and grabbed the goat s horns as the animal backed off for a .second clrarge just as a white man and a negro rushed to his as sistance With a elub. »hey flnallv managed to beat off the goat and Pate says thev probably saved hr life Now, lie added ruefully, any time tic approaches any of “them drrn boys” around Hamlet, he is greeted w-itii a chorus of "ba-a-as." Hr fur ther says hr never expects to take another drink of Richmond rountv corn liquor If he know's there la a goat anywhere in the neighbor hood. Four horses entered by the Aga Khan, Indian potentate, In a recent British racing classic finished first second, fourth and fifth. British race horse owners probably are'be ginning to feel that the only good Indian is a dead Indian. era for pasture would beep several million dollars in the state that would otherwise go out for the pur chase of com and hay.” aays Mr Sheffield. 07/7/7 1/07/ 007/7 This picture will bring back memories to a lot of people of the days when the boys went marching away with flags flying and bands playing. Chesterfields were very popu lar wiLh those men who went over seas. They were "rookies” then. They're "old vets” today. And that milder, satisfying Chester field flavor is still their steady choice . . . after fifteen years! It was mildness that first at tracted smokers to Chesterfield. And it's mildness and better taste that is winning new friends for Chesterfield today... all over the country. Next time you’re short of ciga rettes, ask for Chesterfields. They satisfied in '17, and you can’t beat ’em today. ( h^tmrfutld Radtn Pmgr-rrt sight o* cept Sunday. 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