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VIEWS MDINTERVIEWS
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Storing CWncetatftg Phrka and Thingt,
Some of Which You f^ow and
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For Quick Reading.
Asked Saturday, how he was coming
along with the work of having cooperative
marketing contracts signed,
Mr. John R. Blair said that he Was do
Ing only fairly well; not nearly so well
as he would like.
"Almost every man I talk to agrees
that cooperative marketing is the right
thing; but the trouble is that they are
slow to come across with their signatures
to the contract. Some are signing;
but others lire slowntelgout signing. '
They seem reluctant to surrender their ,
rights to their cotton to anybody except
regular retail buyers. Most of the
best business men among the farmers, 1
however, are signing up with but little
hesitation.*1
Thinks Ttisy Will Do It.
"Yes," said a large farmer, who for
many years past has been producing
about as much cotton as any other one
farmer In the county, "I believe I will
have very little trouble in getting the
croppers on my farms to pick up and '
burn the boll weevil infested squares, j
I am aware that many people say that '
the negro simply wont do that; but I
believe he will. AU the men on my
place seem to realise that picking; up
and burning squares is the best way 1
to fight the weevil, and I believe they
will do it. But if they don't,' I think
that J. 6. Glasscock has struck the
bull's eye. If they don't piok up the ^
squares, we .lust wont feed. them. <
What's the use in planting cotton un- j
less we do everything possible to keep j
it from being ruined by the weevil?" {
Long Staple Cotton. 1
"While farmers of Gaston county <
are taking on to the cultivation of 1
long Btaple cotton almost to a man i
due to the fact that practically all of i
the mills In Gastonia and a good many (
others outside the city in Gascon uoun- (
ty are usid'g long staple cotton ex- j
clusively, farmers on the York county I
side who sell most of their cotton on (
Gaston county markets are not taking j
on to long staple so fast," said J- Ed 1
Harper, well knojyp farmer of York
* No. 8, who was in Yorkville Friday. <
Mr. Harper who is.one -of the best i
known fkrmer3 in the Point section of ]
York bounty has been growing long <
staple cotton for years. In fact practi- ;
cally all,of t$ie cotton he grows is long i
staple and he finds it more profitable <
than the short staple variety, i
Had Hard Time of It. '
"Cokuflbl? folks *ho are promoting : <
Palmafesta Week, a celebration to be ?
held in Columbia this week had a 1
mighty hard time selecting a queen to 1
represent Yprk county," said a Rock 1
Hill citizen who was talking about the 1
matter the other day. "You|aee the idea 1
of the Columbia promoters was to have
a queen from every county/in the
state, the idea being that the queen in
each county should be elected by vote
of newspaper readers of the county.
But no votes were cast in York county
and none of the beautiful girls were
interested. Finally the publicity chair- (
man in Columbia called me up and
asked that I try to get a queen to rep- (
> resent York county. I teleohoned
numbers of girls here in Rock Hill, all ]
of whom declined saying that they had (
not had sufficient notice and had no
clothes ready. I tried a number in ]
Yorkville and got the same answer- ,
Finally a Rock Hill girl who is making
her home with a relative in Columbia
agreed to represent York county as
queen. It was evident, however, that
York county people arc not much in- (
teresled in Columbia's Palmafesta
week."
Cities of the Dead.
"One of the best kept cemeteries in
the county," remarked a gentleman ,
u who is well acquainted with the subject.
"is Laurelwood in Rock HilL
Some years ago the Yorkville cemetery
rather had it on Laurelwood, but
now there Is noticeable some change in
favor of LaurehVoqd"Of
the country ecmetcrlQS, perhaps
Ebenezer heads the list. Tlie graves
are more generally marked with suita
ble headstones, and the whole place is
.pretty well looked after.
"There are in the Bethel country a
number of people who show a proper
interest In that cemetery; but there is
not so much cooperation as there
should be and there are many headstones
that are down on the ground in
a fair way to be broken up, which if
they had proper attention could be
saved for many years yet, indefinitely
maybe. It does not require any considerable
effort to restore the average
fallen tombstone. There are men in
every community who could do the
work if only they would, and more attention
to this work would be very
creditable.
"Some of the Bethel people talked
for a while about building a good fence
around their cemetery and turning in
some goats to keep down the grass;
but as yet nothing has come of it. With
the grass, weeds and underbrush
cleaned out there would come up a
carpet of clover that would look
mighty well.
"The Clover cemetery is very well
kept and so is the cemetery at Bethany;
but there is room for more and
still better attention to both places.
"Bethesda shows more neglect than
any other cemetery in the county.
There are thousands of dollars of
headstones there that have fallen and
broken to pieces, and others that are
Inclined in the same direction. It is a
pity to see such neglect."
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"Here," said one Uiis morning:, "is a
bit of verse by Edgar A. Guest in which
he describes the home town. It fits
yours and mine wherever it may be
and I know it will be appreciated.:
It doesn't matter much be its build.
ings great or small.
The home town, the home town is
the best town, after all.
The cities of the millions have the
sun and the stars above,
But they lack the friendly faceB of
the few you've learned to love,
And with all their pomp of riches
and with all their teeming throngs,
The heart of man is rooted in the
town where he belongs.
Thore are places good to visit, there
are cities fair to see,
rbere are haunts of charm and
beauty where at times it's good
to be.
But the humblest little hamlet sings
a melody to some,
And no matter where they travel it
JS caning mem IU tumc,
Though cities rise to greatness and
are gay with gaudy dress,
There is something in the home
town which no other towns
possess.
The home town has a treasure
which the distance cannot gain,
[t is thfere the hearts are kindest,
there the gentlest friends remain;
[t is there a mystic something seems
to permeate the air
To set the weary wanderer to wishing
he were there;
knd be it great or humble, it still
holds mankind in thrall,
For the home town, the home town
is the best town, after all.
Boll Weevil a Blessing.
"Speaking of the coming of the boll
weevil," said a farmer in an adjoining
;ounty, "do you know that many peojle
who have lived or done business
n counties where the boll weevil has
lone his work regard the weevil as a
Messing in disguise. I was talking re:ently
to a gentleman in Rock Hill,
ivho has money to loan and who told
ne that recently *an eastern capitalist
wrote him wanting him to handle $500,)00
or $1,000,000 I have forgotten which,
)n farm lands around Roek Hill. The
igent wanted to know on what basis
the capitalist wanted to loan his money
ind was told to make $50 an acre as a
areneral basis although the agent would
lave to be governed by circumstances.
Then the agent wanted to know it the
japltalist didn't fear the boll weevil [
ind the reply was: 'Not a bit of it.
If I loan this money In Rock Hill I
ion't expect to be paid for a couple of
years or more. By that time farmers
will be down to business and the period
3f reconstructive farming will be well
under way. By that I mean that the
men who own land but who are not
:ontent to sit on goods boxes in stores
md let the colored tenants- run the
farms while they run the government
will get down to business after the
uoll weevil eats things up once or
twice. Then this country will bloom
like a rose."
UNPROFITABLE PRODUCTION
Why the Cotton Farmer Loses Out in
His Efforts.
The editor of the Dillon Herald
strikes a keynote as to the reason for
unprofitable production of cotton, as
rollows:
"Men are gathered in convention at
New Orleans to find out why the production
of cotton is unprofitable.
Every delegate to that convention
knows in advance why the production
ot cotton is unprofitable, but it does
pood for them to pet together and talk
it over. Cotton production is unprofitable
because cotton is made with
free labor. The man who runs the
farm works for nothing and makes
his wife and children work for nothing.
If it is a family-owned or family-rented
farm there Is no pay roll to
meet every Saturday night. If Standard
Oil or the U. S. Steel Corporation
was operated on the same principle
they would have pone into the
hands of receivers long ago. If a
man owns or rents a farm he ought
to get a-,salary for operating it.. If
his wife and children are required to
work on the farm they should be paid
the same wages they could earn in
some other kind of employment.
Every day of free labor the owner or
renter of the farm and his wife and
their children give to the farm is a
contribution to the world. Every year
since the close of the Civil war the
South has contributed millions of dollars
to the world through the free
labor of its women and children.
Taken in the aggregate it has been a
tremendous drain on the resources of
the south, and if the south had not
been blessed with marvelous natural
resources it would have gone into
bankruptcy many years ago. That is
why the production of cotton is unprofitable.
When the Southern farmer gets it
under his skull-cap that he and his
family are just as entitled to a living
wage for the labor they use in producing
their crop as the laborer in
any other industry is entitled to such
wage and then by organization puts
himself in position to demand that
wage better times will be just around
the corner for him and his family,
and cotton production will cease to
| he unprofitable.
ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET
KIwanlans Hear That Convicts Have
Nothing to Eat With.
DOCTORS AND MINISTERS COVINS
Couterg are Plentiful in Wild Cat
Creek?Fatty Arbuekla Continue#
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to Please Theatre Goers?Conerstone
of New Confederate Monument
to be Laid Today.
(By a Staff Correspondent)
Rock Hill. April 15.?Action of tho
Kiwanis Club at Its meeting: last Tuesday
to appoint a committee to investigate
conditions at the county chaingang
followed reports to the club
members of alleged unsanitary conditions
and ill treatment of convicts, a
prominent member of the club stated
today. The member who gave the information
and who does not care to
have his name mentioned denied reports
that the discussion relative to
the chalngang had any political nigniflnance.
"We have been told," said the
Kiwanian, "that convicts on the York
county chaingang are required to eat
cornbread for breakfast that .was
cooked the night before and that all
convicts at meal time were required
to drink from the same cup. We were
also told that the convicts are not
supplied with knives and forks; but
that such of them as have knives and
forkB have been given these necessities
by friends. Desiring to be of sdme
humane service, the Kiwanians came
to the conclusion that if conditions at
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the chaingang are so oaa mvy mivum
be remedied and hence the discussion.
The Kiwanians are a non-political organization
and have no intention of
goiqg into politics of aiding the candidacy
of any candidate. We feel that
as citizens, however, we have a right
to inquire into the chaingang affairs
or any other public matters." The
speaker said that the Kiwanians expect
to visit the chaingang in the near
future.
Stocking the Ponds.
Sam Friedheim and R. A. Wilson,
both of whom own large fish ponds
near here have recently received shipments
of several thousand black bass
from a government hatchery for the
purpose of stocking their ponds. The
fish were received the past week and
came here in good condition. Both
ponds are already pretty well stocked
with black bass, although the 'supply
Wilt be greatly increased. OtheV
owners of ponds around Rock Hill have
applied to tho Federal government for
fish, it was learnedPlenty
of Couters.
Do you like couters?
There are Just plenty of them in
Wild Cat creek near Rock Hill. In
fact, it is said that the couters are almost
as numerous in the creek as fish.
There was a young fellow on the
streets here this afternoon who had
seven couters for sale and he sold them
readily at 12 1-2 cents a pound. They
were easy sales except the largest one
which weighed eight pounds and which
the owner dragged along the street for
some time before he found a purchaser.
"It's easy to catch couters in Wild
Cat creek," the young man explained.
"I caught these out of the water with
hooks All you've got to do is to put a
piece of beef liver on the hook and sink
the hook. The couters love beef liver
better than a hog loves slop and every
colored man and lots of white folks
like couter meat. That's why couter
fishing is profitable."
Medicos to Meet.
Secretary Fewell of the Chamber of
Commerce and other members of that
organization were busy today making
final arrangements for the annual convention
of the South Carolina Medical
Association which is to be held in
Rock Hill next week- Entertainment
is being provided for at least 250 physicians
who will come from all sections
of South Carolina. The convention
will be in session three days.
10 l-ay Dwrn?i?i?i.?,
Ann White Chapter U. D. C. is expectins:
a large number of people present
for the laying of the cornerstone
of the new Confederate monument in
Confederate Park here next Tuesday.
Rock Hill Masonic lodge will be in
charge of the cornerstone laying exercises
and Grand Master J. Campbell
Blssell of Charleston, is expected to
be present and officiate. Many
Masons, Confederate veterans and the
general public in large numbers are
expected. The annual dinner given by
the chapter to Confederate Veterans
and Widows of Veterans is also to be
hold Tuesdav following the corner
stone exercises and many veterans are
I expected to be present.
Confederate Park, the new city park
! which is located near the Fennell Infirmary,
is now in course of construction
and City Manager Goodman and
his assistants are quite busy in beautifying
the park and making it attractive
for old and young during the summer
season- A large swimming pool is
now in course of construction and in
addition to this the Chamber of Commerce
has supplied the funds to build
a wading pool nearby for children.
The park comprises about fifteen acres
in all and it is the hope of the local
authorities that it will become one ot
mnet iwmiilm- nlavirrounds in the
city.
Legion Planning Hut.
Frank Roach Post of the American
Leprinn is planning <> huihl a "shack"
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or "hut" something on the order of the
Y. M. C. A. huts that were built in the
various camp# and cantonments during
the war. .The post has recently
been presented with a fine lot by a
public spirited citizen and it is proposed
to build the hut on this lot with
funds to be raised by the post. While
definite plans regarding the project
have not yet been worked out, the
scheme will be a' go according to Rock
Hill legionalrei.
Presbytdfy Meets Tuesday.
The spring meeting of Bethel Presbytery
convenes In the First Presbyterian
church here next Tuesday
morning. Ministers and elders from
the various churches will be entertained
in the homes of local Presbyterians.
It is expected that Presbytery will adjourn
on Wednesday.
Rook Hill Case May Come Up.
There is considerable speculation
here as to whether or not the case of
the state against M. F. Owens charged
with assault and battery with intent
to kill in connection with his shooting
at Policeman 8. M. Williford on the
streets here several months ago will
come up for trial in the court of general
sessions ill Yorkvillo next week.
The defendant gave bond shortly after
the trouble and in view of the fact
that few cases are tried at the April
term where the defendant Is on bond
there i# little probability that the case
will be tried.
Farmers Signing Up.
Farmers in the vicinity of Rock Hill
continue to sigrf agreements to market
their cotton crop through the cooperative
marketing plan and those interested
In soliciting signatures are well
pleased with resylts obtained thus far.
It is stated that many more farmers of
the eastern section have signed than
have in the western section of the
county.
Not Afraid of Flu.
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MISS HjUIU. Xinnupouil, it luuuci liuvn
Hill girl, now Mrs^Arthur G. Austin of
Chester, isn't afraid of flu. Neither is
her husband, because tho two were
married in Chester last week by Rev.
D. W. Garvin, who was ill in bed with
influenza at thg time of the marriage.
The young couple went to the minister's
home, where he lay ill, and he
performed tho marriage ceremony
while lying in bed.
Fatty Still Popular.
"Fatty" Roscoe Arbuckle, funny
man of the moviejB, is still popular with
moving picture goers here despite the
fact that he waa acquitted this week
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of Miss Virginia Rappc, a
moving picturo actress in Los Angeles,
Cal., some time ago. One of "Fatty's"
pictures was shown by a local moving
picture theatre today and Judging from
the size of the audience, the fact that
Arbuckle has been the subject of much
unsavory publicity of late and that his
reputation as a moral leper has been
firmly established, did not serve to
keep the crowds away. "Most of the
folks who are condemning Arbuckle
are people who do not go to the movies
anyhow," was the comment of the theatre
manager.
CHINATOWN GERTIE BURIED.
8ome Laughed While Others Cried at
The Funeral.
All that was mortal of Gertrude Merrltt,
known to the lowly of New York's
East Side simply as "Chinatown Gertie"
was laid at rest last Thursday at
Linden Hill cemetery, Brooklyn. For
years an outcast in the streets and
alleys of the bowery when that
thoroughfare was the synonym of
crime and degradation, she became,
almost in a single night, a ministering
angel to the suffering, an interceder
for the erring a counsellor of the weak,
and an avenging shadow to those who
had broken their promises to follow
the straight and narrow path.
Funeral services for the woman were
held, last night in the little ahnpel of
the Midnight Mission of the Rescue
Society in Doyera St., the heart of
Chinatown. Men and women who knew
her laughed as a score of speakers,
hardened to the ways of the underworld,
told stories of "Chinatown Gertie."
These had known her when she was
a pariah, even on the lower East Side,
and most of them had been led to better
things by the woman whose flowercovered
coffin stood before the little
pulpit. It was not all laughter, how
ever, for here and there hands unashamed
brushed away tears that (lowed
in tribute to one who had been as
strong in doing good as she had been
weak in following the thorn-paved
path.
Tourists who had gone to see Chinatown
tried to get into the chapel, but
only those who were respectful were
allowed to enter. Those who did not
show a real sense of propriety were
cast into the street, and a policeman,
standing near, wj always looking the
other way when this occurred.
It was a strange funeral to many of
tlhe strangers who witnessed it. But
it was a sinning, loving, remembering
throng that attended. It was a little
fragment out of the kaliedoscopic life
, of a mighty city, and it was all that
CLntOlo nrnuM havp wishf.fi
it'TCattle feed, absolutely fast dyes,
motion picture films and many other
things can be made from the 120,000,000
tons of corncobs and stalks nt.vv
i going to waste annually in the United
' Stairs, according to chemical experts.
IN CLEVELAND COUNTY !
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People Are Not Much Concerned ;
Abont the Boll laetfll. !
SHELBY CEBTTEB OF GREAT ACTmTY J
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Farmers Were Paid $300,000 for But- {
ter Fate Last Year?'Thousands of
Acres Devoted to Food 8tuff??Observations
and Impreeeions of a
Rich and Prosperous Seotiort
Cleveland county, York county's
prosperous and progressive neighbor
to the northwest, Isn't worrying a
great deal about the Invasion of the
boll weevil. There's a reason. Farmers
in that county have for years been
in the habit of raising almost all their
foodstuffs for mar and beast at home
and then planting cotton as a surplus.
"And so," as a Cleveland county farmer
put it to a representative of The
Yorkville Enquirer who went from
Yorkville to Shelby by automobile the
other day, "if Mr. B. Weevil gets our
cotton crop why we will Just naturally
devote our energies to some other
crop for surplus." And they will.
While Cleveland ranked sixth among
North Carolina counties last year in
cotton production, farmers of that
county have long ago learned not to
depend upon It absolutely. Corn and
wheat and oats and cattle, hogs and
chickens and eggs and things like
that come first. The consequence is
that Cleveland people are not experiencing
unusually "tight times" jUBt
now. Farmers have money in the
bank. Merchants in the several towns
in the county are doing big business.
The town of Shelby has a big street
building programme in force; the
state highway commission is building
hard surface roads through the county
and in fact practically everything is
on the hum.
Mr. Lee B. Weathers, editor of the
Cleveland Star, unquestionably one of
the livest and most enterprising county
newspapers in North Carolina and
himself perhaps the best posted man
in Cleveland county on affairs of the
county?socially, commercially and industrially,
explains the prosperity of
the county on the "ground of diversified
farming. Mr. Weathers long ago
realized that diversified farming was
the life and growth of any agricultural
section and like the Yorkville Enquirer,
the Cleveland Star is forever
dftd eternally preaching and trying to
teach that doctrine. According to Mr.
Weathers, the two co-operative
creameries In Cleveland county?one
at Shelby and the other at Mooresboro,
are among the most important
enterprises of the county and have
long since prdved great benefactors to
the farmers. They paid Out approximately
$300,000 to farmers for butter
fat last year and the indications are
they will do it again this year. The
two creameries had rather hard sledding
immediately after organization,
but they are running smoothly now
and there would be a big reduction in
ine size oi me Dana roii or me county
If it were not for the creameries.
There are numbers of forward looking
farmers in Cleveland county who
believe that Mr. B. Weevil is going to
put a quietus on the cotton growing
Industry in that county sooner or
later. Instead of weeping about it
they are looking now for something
else. So tobacco cultivation is being
slowly introduced. A number of progressive
farmers have planned to go
into it this year and there will be
many others to follow. It Is said that
there is no reason why tobacco cannot
be grown in Cleveland cotmty and In
northwestern York county for that
matter as well as it can be grown in
the eastern section of North CaroUna
and Cleveland farmers are going
to give it a try.
North Carolina and especially
Cleveland county is never satisfied
with her roads and is constantly trying
to build better roads. For Instance
the distance from King's Mountain to
Shelby is fourteen miles and the road
between the two towns is so good
that there is nothing in the way of a
sand clad road in York county to com
pare wun it. une can anve a I'aige
along that road at thirty-five an '
hour and not know It because ruts
and bumps are as rare as men at
prayer meeting. Yet they are pre- <
paring1 to build an asphalt road be- 1
tween the two towns. The progres- }
sive city of Shelby has streets that 1
arc far superior to those in the aver- '
age South Carolina town. But work 1
has already been started on a project '
to build every principal street in the
city of asphalt. Those folks quite
properly believe that good streets and
good roads are necessary to prosper- '
ity of any city and county and they
don't mind putting out the money to
do the job, realizing that it always 1
comes back with interest. '
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One sees five times as much wheat i
and oats and rye and clover growing 1
in the fields along the road between <
King's Mountain and Shelby as one
would see on any road In York county <
for a similar distance. There are hundreds
of acres of it, looking healthy <
and green and folks familiar with all J
sections of the county say it is that 1
way all over. In fact, such a little 1
bit of feedstuffs for animals is ship- i
pod into Cleveland county that few 1
if any folks get rich out of it up
here. In the barn yard at every farm
louse there are not a few chickens
walking about the yard; but scores
ind scores of them?pure bred chickens?mostly
Buff Orpingtons and
White Leghorns and Rhode Island
Reds. There are large orchards, the
:rees luxuriant in foliage and there
s a general atmosphere of prosperity
ind every indication of successful life.
Speaking* of roads, Shelby will be
ible to supply crushed rock not only
tor the streets of her own city and
:be roads of Cleveland county but for
i large part of the state. On the
lortheastern outskirts of the city
here is a strata of roc*: that covers
icres and acres and that is many feet
leep. A great rock crushing plant
ins been erected there and convicts
'rom the state penitentiary are enraged
in blasting this stone and
:rushing it for road purposes. This
rreat mass of rock is said to be the
rery best that can be obtained for
oad purposes and there is enough of
t to keep the crusher going for years
f necessary. The great mass of stone,
part of which is bare and a part of
which is covered with a thin coat of
:arth, has been a favorite spot for
picnic parties for many years. There
s a legend that "The Hocks" as the
place is fcnown in Shelby was a public
hanging ground long before the
War Between the States. hTen there
is another story that only one man
was lynched there, being* carried to
'The Rock8" and af*er having a rope
3wung to a tree and a noose placed
iround his neck was hanged when the
horse on which he was sitting was
iriven away. Anyway some good
?'.K>8t stories arc connected with "The
Flocks" which will doubtless prove entertaining
to the convicts who are to
ipend a long time making little rocks
jut of big ones.
Shelby will soon have a public hospital,
bonds in the sum of $100,000
laving been voted for the purpose some
time ago. A site for the hospital has
seen purchased and construction work
will soon be under way. Shelby has
For a long time been contributing
nany patients to the hospital at
Rutherfordton and to those in Charotte;
but with the completion of the
hospital they may remain sick at
lome. Shelby folks believe strongly
n that tradcyat home principle?even
>n the matter of being sick in the
dome town.
There are bther bdlldit) projects
>n foot. They include n >w school
buildings and a number of new resilences.
There is talk of new stores
tor Shelby. One of the most palatial
moving picture houses in the state is
being erected in Shelby. In fact, contractors
have their hands full all the
time. Nobody has much time to talk
ibout stringent times.
The state highway commission is
building a hard surface road by Cleveland
Springs hotel, Shelby's resort
place opened to the public last summer.,
The hotel has had rather hard
sledding so far. It was the hope that
t would prove popular as an all the
year round resort; but the hope has
lot been realized the first year.
However there are some of the most
mterprising men in Shelby interested
n the hotel proposition and they beieve
that it can be made to go yet It
s proposed to make the golf links at
:he hotel one of the finest courses to
pe found in the south. In the east
ind north especially there are thoilsmds
and thousands of men and women?who
have plenty of time and
plenty of money and with an ambition
o do nothing but play golf. Cleveland
Springs will be held out to them along
vith the golf course and confidence is
sxpressed that they will come to regard
Shelby and Cleveland Springs
is home. ,
Almost everybody in Shelby goes to
:hurch on Sunday as they should do.
n fact, the town has the reputation
>f being1 one of the greatest chui*ch
?oing towns in the state. Lots of
'oiks there believe there's something
iad wrong with the fellow who doesn't
jo. Shelby has several fine churches
md most able ministers and a popuation
deeply interested in the spiritjal
as well as the temporal side of
ife to an unusual degree.
Shelby business men and Cleveland
:ounty farmers are very modest about
:heir prosperity and progressiveness
ind are not inclined to brag about it;
3ut any of them, if you ask them the
oasis of it all?will come very near
inswering in two words?"diversified
'arming."
"SHOOT TO KILL."
Pittsburg Police Get Orders to Treat
'Em Rough.
Shoot to kill orders were i3sued last
-veek by Chief of Police John C. Calloun,
following the equipping of every
police station in the city with riot guns
in an effort to check the crime wave
:hat has been spreading throughout the
iistrlct recently.
"We must do something to check the
:rime" Superintendent Calhoun stated.
'I have equipped every station in the
nty with new guns. Men have been as
{orno/l r\ fflvn InotnipHnnfl in t h p
handling and shooting of the riot guns.
It is up to the officers now. They
nust obey the orders ajid shoot to
cill."
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GREATEST RUM SLEUTH I
Izzy Einstein Stands at the tip #1 I
the List. ;< I
A HAN DF MINI SHREWD DIS60ISES i
Wonderful Dstsctivq Who KseJ>s Now ,
York City Guessing and* Who Rfeij
niahea Much Readable Copy for the
Newspapers. J
Literary Digest. ^'
In the populous rum-running B>
cles around New York City, the es3|e
of Ixzy Einstein has become an epithbt
of terrible meaning. No other prohl- I
bition agent has been half so succe^ /,
ful In collecting illegal liquids, ?i landing
the possessors ip Jail. Hes is
a new type of detective, it appeal^,
produced by the dry age, and in tin
hands the ancient and more or leiffc
honorable art of sleuthing has moWn
new and dassling developments. Ijjtfy
Einstein stands forth with his trusted g
lieutenant, Moe Smith,-says a journalistic
appreciator of the metropolis.
"as the master hooch-boung.
alongside whom all the rest of tne
pack are but pupa." Next to Volstead
himself, Izsy Einstein represents
all that is good or bad, depend- ,4
Ing upon the point of view, in tW
matter of prohibliion. He is ruthless.
i.
cold, clever, and horribly unsympathetic.
He has been known tp plaV ;
on his violin until the gentler feeling*
of a large-hearted restaurant pro
prletor were so stirred that a drink
was proffered, whereupon Itsy at qnqe
added another arrest to, the thousands
for which he is responsible. Thiers is
hardly a dealer In wet goods withip.
fifty miles <oi thp metropolis, sajs
Truman H. Talley, writing in the Nsgr
York Tknes, "who doesn't keep a
weather eye out for 'that Izzy Einstein,'*
whose seven-league methods
have played havoc with the bootleggers,
and whose next exploit, is awaked
among that gentry about as eagerly
as the plague." Mr. Talley proceeds,
in appreclatory vein: t ' / iki, j,S
The failure of most plainclothes
men to disguise their true statue -h
almost notorious. "A ' bull" Is a "bull.*
the crooks say, whether in unlforup dr
not. Whether it is poor stage management
or bad acting, > the . coif "k1
civilian attire and the agency dttofe"
tive usually stand Q?t as though tHhJIng
a Cardinal's hat, and it was to the
task of effectively overcoming thht
Station K and joined the rum squad.
He decided Upoh a category of
to-life disguise* that would fit ram
for all the avenues, highways and .
leys in the labVvitUfe he was entifirtaf,
and, like the true Sfctor rehearsing for
a long run, ho hot-only learned his '
parts but grew into them. He bdcame
a man of parts. He' prepared hknsetf _ ]
to move in high, low and motiluta
circles?on the excellent theory thgt
the taste for HQuofand the deMfg \o
sell It are no respecters of perSogsj;
and in all those circles he has singe
been whirling with rapidity and a J
quick-change adeptnesa."Drees
clothes tot Broadway add"
overalls for the water-front,"' Jkgy
says In partial explanation of hli method,
but that by no means tajfrv.
the story. For all his 'careful eMf**:
training In the false-whiskered agt,
Izzy is blessed With a foundation admlrnhiv
fntr the HeeentfvA Mm.
mlnga he assumes. Heavy-set, sraM-nf
Ing, broad-faced, an earnest and convincing
talker, a man who look# you
straight in the eye as beguiling)? as
a shrewd poker player with at
four acres, he woiiid appear upon brief
observation to be the quick-sale tyjib
of merchandise dealer?an energedt*
business builder, pet-haps.
To others, in a change of clothing*"
a marked resemblance to the nelghe
borhood butcher or grocer might b*
noted. He mlgtit be a manufacture?
of garments. To hear him talk of att-*
tomobile accessories, or. kindred! sut>-?'
Jects, would not be surprising. He lb
the twin of many a merchant Hm>i~' 1
literally looks tty} part of New York'*'
man in the street. Yet though In
every-day attire and for purposes of j
getting evidence oh the average Netk 1
York saloon he may appear t(j be i
composite picture of.all the cltys del-- <
icatessen dealers, he becomes the
husky hanky in hie rough duds when?"
he sallies into longshoreman territory.
That done, and presto, he is faultless*
ly accountered for an evening's round
of the gay jaw palace, where he apw.?
pears to be nothing so much as the
man who has just put through a big
deal and wishes only to celebrate his
success, regardless of expense. i-' '
A day wttta Izzy woijjd make g .
chameleon blush' ftfif rack of variations.
Up wl?h the milk strikers and
car crews, along the docks In Hie *
morning hours of ship-to-track loading,
in and out of (he best and the
worst of noon-hour lunch bars, o*.
one or more of any number of special
coups in the afternoon, to the restaurants
in and near New York for dinner,
and an evening devoted to social
and semi-social events where flask,
private stock and cellar contribute to
the festivity?his day is Just bud
booze complex after another.
No stock is too sniall and no still
too large for Izzy to tamper with and
tap. Even the sum total of his conquests
Is so great that he has long.
since lost track of it So crowded
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