** ********* * LITTLE “STARS" * * Cotton ...33 i_2c » * Cotton Seed, per bu. _ 72c * ****** ****:> —Preach in Chcrryville—Krv. C. F. Sherrill will preach in the Methodist church (lit Cherryvillc Sunday morn ing in the absence of the Cherryville pastor,. Rev. 1. C. Mock. —Board Mfets^—The county board of education Was in regular session Monday, but prarfirally all business transacted was routine and not of public interest. —Oyster Supper—An oyster sup per will be held at the LaFayette Street Methodist church Saturday, Jreginning at 5 o’clock* in the after noon. —Masonic Notice—Cleveland lodge nNo. 202 A. F. and A. M. will meet to night (Friday) in called communica tion for work in F. C. degree. Visit ing bretheren cordially invited. Lodge opens promptly at 7:30. —Colored Teachers—Helen F.sc ridge, supervisor of colored schools in Cleveland announces that there will he a meeting of the colored teachers Jn the colored school building Satur day, Jan. 12th at 11 o'clock. —Legion Meeting—A meeting of' the local post of the American Le-' gion will be held tonight, Friday, ai 7:30 in the Legion club room-. The annual election of officers will he held and it is necessary that all members i be present. —Mr. (•alinway Operator—F. I.. Galloway a former traveling represen tative foi a large broker firm and an experienced telegraph operator ha' been secured by Mr. McCarley as op -1 erator at the brokerage office of I! ; and B. Beer which opened th'» week in room No. 4 of Royster building. ■—Dr. (’happel Coming—Dr. Ashley Cbappel, pastor of Central Methodist i church of Asheville, will be the honor guest and chief speaker of the annual banquet of the M in’s Bible class of | Central Methodist church to be held at Cleveland Springs Tuesday ever - ing. Rev. Mr. Chappel is a “live wire’! and one cf the most entertaining talk ers in the country and members of the class and their invited guests should not miss the opportunity of nearing: him. —P-lav at Piedmont—‘Esther Wake' a historical play depicting the earlyl tvstory of North Carolina, will b’ given tonight* Friday, January 11 fit the Piedmont high school by the pu-i pi Is of the school. The'play is a f thrilling erne with gorgeous costume and arrays and* is one of the most dit- j fioult ever handled by high ,-:ch >nl s*'.'i dents. Admission will be 25 and 50; cents, the proceeds for the benefit of the school. —Mr. Churchill No Better—Mr. Frank E. Iloey returned this .week from Augusta, Ga„ where he has bo-mi1 at the bedside of his fatherin-Iaw Mr. C. N. Churchill who continues qvrlti ill with heart trouble from which he is net expected to recover. It will b> remembered Mr. Churchill became ill on his arrival here during the holi days for a visit and he was accom panied home by Mr. and ♦Irs. Frank j Hoey. Mrs. Hoey remained at h:s , bedside. Parent Teachers to Meet on Tuesday The regular meeting of the Par ent-Teacher's association will he held Tuesday afternoon at 3:20 in the school auditorium. The program ar ranged is as follows: • Music hy Mrs. Suttle’s class. Some health problems: The Work of a School Nurse by Miss Bowman Conservation of Eyesight by L)r David Morrison. Milk Campaign by Mr. It. E. Law rence. A Well-balanced Lunch Basket by Miss Cushing. TRY STAR WANT ADS. FOR LENT ONE O-ROOM NEW house on Gardner street to a n:c^ family. See J. A. Morrison at Thomp son’s shop. Water and lights, paved sidewalks. . illp r AFTER TOMORROW WHAT? You have, perhaps, trie ! ''‘every thing” in an effort to regain your health. Non are probably trying I something now. If it doesn’t pet you well, then what are you go ing to do? (lieo up and go through life handicapped by poor health? Many people have tried Chiroprac tic as a l ist resort and have got ten well. Chiropractic i ns built- up an enviable reputation by retting “hopeless” eases well. Why wait until tomorrow? - Take Chiroprac tic Adjustments today and get well. Bring Aii Y.tur Health Troubles to Drs. B. M. and E. C Jarrett Dr, Laudes B. Jarrett Lady Chiropractor Shelby, N. C„ Royster Building. Daily—Hours 9 ta 12 n. m.; 1 to 5 p .m. Evenings 7 to S p. rn. Phone 515. Forest City, Over Flack Hardware Phone 137. ********** PERSONALS **********.. Mins May me Jones left Wednesday afternoon for Charlotte. Friends of Mi. ; Ruth Moody will he triad to learn that .she is improv inK rapidly after a recent illness. ' Mil Bovd Bynum h is returned to slielby, where he attends school.— 1 K.-.leijrh News and Observer. Mr. Win. S. Buchanan, of the Shelby; •chool faculty, spent the week-end ini Greenwood, S. C. Or. Harbuon of the Shelby public hospital spent the week-end in (.oat lotte. Miss McNiehols the efficient super intendent of the Shelby hospital i spending a few days in Charlotte. Miss Gussie Sisk left Tuesday aft ernoon for Charlotte .where she will visit friends. vvaiton uavis and daughter, | Miss Kathleen motored to Clayton Saturday. Miss Davis is one of Clay ton s efficient teachers. Mr. arid Mrs. Ren Suttle have re turned from then- wedding tr:;> an I arc now at hom? at Cleveland Sarin hotel. Mrs. W. I f.ong of Chariot;*? vva j the guc.'l of Mrs. Pat tie Were at th Central hotel. She left Wednesday fo: j Florida. Mhs Annie Miller of the serial I staff o ft he Charlotte News, spent Wednesday here looking after her business interests. Mr. and Mrs. Davul Honeycutt and Mr. find Mrs. Carlos Grigg and little daughter, Justine, were Con . wd vis! tors for the week end. Mr. W. A. Gantt and Dock No on:, of Fall-don returned this week from a motor trip to Florida. While wo i were freezing, they werc-yi enjoy* u; I Florida’s sunshine. > Mr. Gerald Mo rage who aeconvpan ied his s:stcr, M s* Margaret Mot gat to New York wh-re he re-enters : music school, returned home the | week. Dr. R. M. Gainey who ha* been sick for some time at his home on Fas* Marion trert is still confined fb Id hom°, l>ut i.s showing some improvc meat. The many friends v. A. I.. Stanford, pastor of 6cn Dal Methodist church, returned to Shelby Wednesday morning after at-j lending the funeral of his brother.; Mr. F. D. 'Stanford, in 'Little Rock. Ark. .Rev. Mr Stanford was in Florida at the time of hts brother’s death. Messrs. Ward Arey. R. K. Camp bell and Chas. L. Eskt'dge are in New' York. Messrs. A rev and Esk ndgp are attending the national an-! tomobile show and Mr. Eskridge is I also at the bedside of his mother who j is undergoing treatment in a New York hospital. Her many friends will he pleased to learn that she is im proving. A PICT!'RE OF KNOCKOPTS Ax the princess Saturday _ Charles Jones as “Big Han" O'Hara a fighter who was safe until Dan Cupid donned the gloves, is the film booked tor the6 Princess theatre Sat j urday. I" the two. fisted man i7,ed role of ‘‘Big Den” Charles Jones has scored one of his greatest triumphs, I hut Cupid with h:s wicked little punch ‘ to the heart is the actual winner. A good comedy is an added attraction. Thrift Week is To Be Observed Here ISanks and 15. and L. Association Join Movement to Offer Prizes in The Shelby Schools. National Thrift week is to he ob served >n Shelby hoe in nine Wodnes da yof January 17th, Benjamin Fl ank 1 in’s birthday. The three Shelby banks together with the three loeal bnihline and loan association have undertaken to foster this movement locally which is national in its scope, being spon sored by Hoover and Finley, the na tional child welfare association and; the various departments of education. At a meeting of representatives of the three banks and three building and loan associations yesterday morn ing these institutions decided to of fer $2 cash prizes to ca. h of the fed- < lowing school departments for tltej best poster made by a student in these departments. Shelly high school, junior high school. Central elementary, Marion school, fca-KayetU school, South Shelby elementary, South Shelby high school, colored*ele mentary school, colored, high school. Also $2 cash prizes will be given to the students in each department writ ing the best composition on thrift. Some business men will be sent to each of the above school departments to make talks to the children on earn ing and saving with a view to cncour- ! aging the young people >o begin hah its of thrift in early youth which will' follow them through life. lau jS§!|w!^V OurTown fee Doubles Cp. It is (>H3 tlJuijj to sofl ice and an otln>r t^i buy it hack pays Clgroiicc C. i-rtnis., of llie Ideal Icc and Fuel *o. Saftuday, the day the cold woath 'r prophets will remember for year: ;o come, Sam Morrison bought 25 pounds of ice from Mr. Cabaniss. The ■ee was placed in a tub presumably with t ’lr intention of keeping the hot - tied drinks cold. There happened also to be some water in the tub, sc> Mon day morning when Mr. Morrison op ened up instead of having 25 pounds Oj ice and soifie cold drinks he had •’b pounds of ice decorated here and there around inside with “Coca Cola" bottles. Had Mr. Cabaniss been buy 'ng ice Mr. Morrison might have uadi; a good trade for after keeping Ins drink . cold over the week-end be had 25 pounds more ice on Monday h ' bought on Saturday. r« Menage Duke’s Farm. 'll'. - I (Dmt.ro farming talent lin grown without the bound. of Clevo ’atd county/ This week Eugene Lalti rrore, known to his friends in th county ur ‘‘Gene,” left for Charlotte' where he will make his headquarter. ;ts manager of the 4,!>0<»aere Mom. ♦ain-Inland farm of J. II. Duke, th •rower king. Previous t(> acceptin': h- r. i narerient of the b'g Duk fa yin. whYh is an honor to one of hi rears. yuimg I attimore had been en gaged in .farming with his brothc senator Sam C. Lattimore,' one of 0! weland county’s krgest farmers. No Hobo lltavcn. Sheriff Hugh Logan s' y.; his lav. ern of correction is getting nrghtv popular with “Knights of the Road ' mco th • corning of winter. Tuesday o’gl'.t he had two more volant a*' ! rucs's, both errant tourists, one hail - ng from West Virginoa and the oth j r f'-oni Tennessee. The two young < CT.~ tout a hard , luck story of com j ng to Nrrth Carolina to seek a job a the Empire state only to be rlisap ] ’ <> ntrd :n locating the job they vat \ U.i^k.vg lyi-. ^Wednesday njornin -j v.a-bji d: > >hefIff gave the boys the'1 ! ‘reeCoAi 4»o advised them they h.o ' | b^th r ’‘lay .bff’\ the unable.to. find- ; os rk tttrjy In the next town as th 1 latest f f. .C orn Raleigh advised o' ! a labor shortage a I over the s'.ati The C.tcCff does not mind occa^on ! •>llv giv’i g lodging to a “weary Wil ,!e” trying to get back home, h$»c sti!*g be doe not wish the lovers $ ft he open trad to get the idea he is tin proprietor of a “hobo heuven.'* Luscoiw Melon Gets Church Belli One of the largest church balls i; a rural church any where in this sec-j tion of ;iie country is in the Bel wood i luu>';h vi is county. The Star recorded j at the i rue the bell was purchase I * hat it waf the gift of J. 13. Duke, bu ] it was only recently the story \va i heard teifirg how the gift was ; brought about through a Cleveland I • aunty watermelon. The story may j have a concrete base and again it! ought have been constructed on u ! sand base. Anyway here it is: Mr. Duke was in Shelby last sum j nior attending a court litigation he j was interested in. One day "during hi I visit he -o Deputy Sheriff Ed Dixon i brought down a watermelon it was watermelon time and the melon would i have probably sold for about d 1 j cents—and gave it to Mr. Duke. Probably it was the generosity of the BoUvobd man that touched the heart of the financier or perchance it wa the melon that hit the “right pot", anyway upon learning the new Bel wood church was without a hell Mr. Duke gave instructions that a bell be ordered and the bill sent him. Tim instruct! )h were carried out, and j now the story goes the rounds in the ! Belwood section that a 110-cent water j mgiun earn ed them to have the largest' church bell in the county. For ac d phosphate, nitrate of soda, | potash and mixed fertilizers see O. E j Ford Co. They are authority on any j kind of fertilizers. Ad NOTICE! The Home Prevsion Co. is now ; located in the same room with the Piedmont Grocery Co. and is in a position to fill your G'ocery, Meat, Poultry, Fish and Oyster orders, ( all o70 and let me perncn ally take care of ycur meat i orders. Ernest Johnson Manager of Market. PHONE :>7t). FRESH MEATS Ah' ' - ill' choicest, because I select mv cattle and le vs ami see w hat i >.rt! for my customer*. All meats go to you lrom nn x nigerator, which assures quality. Oysters arid game iu season. e. f. McKinney We Ilurry Orders Out. * Phone 5. Radio Headquarters lOH CLEVELAND COC NT V Several complete seta on hand with large slock of 'Myiii'pmcnt and supplies. New 9 shipments arriving (l ily. Sets from $25 up installed Weekly radio programs on salt; at our stor**. ELECTRIC SERV ICE COMPANY PHONE 128. UWertising moans more money to any mer-j bant who does it regularly—Ask for our • i (, advertising and job printing rates. —i--- -t-<-- • BRING RESULTS. . ... . ~ ~ ____-_—_:.... ■ -- THREE* HOVILANI) DINNER SETS AT SPECIAL PRICE We have three pretty 100-picce Hoviland Dinner Sets, and for quirk sale offer them at the very low price of $37.50. Its a regular $50.00 set. If interested in a new dinner set come in and see these. T. W. Hamrick Co. .JEWELERS & OI*TQMETRISTS THE BEST FARM IN CLEVELAND COUNTY FOR SALE Its a part of the Bailey Weathers land, just 3 1-2 miles North of Shelby, on Main Highway to Lawndale and only a short distance from the new Dover Cotton Mill. There are 98 1 2 acres more or iess in the tract, fronts on both side of the Main Highway with 55 acres on the JSasfc : ide of road and about 1"> acres on the West side. , There is one new 0 room dwelling complete with large barn, double crib, garage and other outbuilding, a'l buildings fronting East. There is about 40,000 fc*t of saw timber on the place and enough oak to supply any need of the farm. 55 acres in cultivation, balance In wood aid pasture, land is almost level throughout and ev en y foot of the- place can be cultivated. This land will nev er be my cheaper. Our price will surprise you. It’s the best farm within five miles of Shelby that can be bought and wo are ready at all times to show you how* right we arfc. ANTHONY & ANTHONY FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Shelby RESOURCES FOUR MILLION. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CONDENSED STATEMENT, DECEMBER 3LST, 1923. RESOURCES i LOANS AND DISCOUNTS— The largest item of a bank’s resources are the loans mode to firms, corporations and in d'vidualr. Our loans are made with great care by experienced men with thorough knowledge of conditions and securities and amount to__$3,G32.771,4r> OVERDRAFTS— Credit extended to customers in the form of overdrafts. A large part of our overdrafts are secured bv cotton. This is a form of cred it that banks.do not approve of and we urge cur customers to discontinue this practice 22,685.90 TT S. BONDS— BojkU of .the United States owned bv us to seeire our circulating notes_1_ 225,000.00 OTHER STOCKS AND BONDS— Investments made bv the bank in Liberty Bond , State, County and Municipal Bcnds__ 303.3C9.lf REAL ESTATE OWNED— An i:.\ i tr. < nt in real estate, on part of which will be located the banks home in the future, and also house and lot taken in payment of a debt ___: 105,500.00 REDEMPTION FUND— Funds placed with the U. S. Treasurer to re deem circulating notes when presented_ 11,250.00 CASH ON HAND AND DUE FROM OTHER BANKS— The emh on hand and funds placed with the Federal Reserve Bank and larger banks in New Y(irk, Richmond and other large cities constitute tiie Reserve of a bank. Reserve is calculated-bv the proportion of these funds to the total deposits. On this basis our reserve is about sixteen per cent of our deposits or negrly one-sixth as much as deposits, amounting to _ 500,918.49 The items nbo\(g constitute the bank’s RE SOURCES, making Total Resources _$4,291,495.00 LIABILITIES CAPITAL STOCK— Amount paid in by the 125 stockholders as the Bank’s Capital_._ SURPLUS FUND— Amount set aside by shareholders as a fur ther protection for depositors and used the same as capital__._ UNDIVIDED PROFITS— 1‘rofits left on hand after paying dividend No. 4 t and setting aside ample amount for inter est due depositors and income tax__ RESERVED FOR INTEREST— .Reserved from profits to pay interest due to depositors____ RESERVED FOR TAXES— Reserved from Profits to cover Income Tax due _______ _ DIVIDEND NO. 11— A semi-annual dividend of six per cent to be paid stockholders _ _ _ CIRCULATION— A National Bank is allowed to issue their bank notes if secured by U. S. Bonds to the amount of their capital stock, which is called circulating notes. Ours amounts to_•_ Secured by U. S. Bonds amounting to 225,000.00. BILKS PAYABLE— At times demand for money is heavy and funds are secured from The Federal Reserve Bank and New York banks on security such a;; Liberty Bonds, State, County and City Bonds, to lend to cotton mills, cotton dealers and others. Our Bills Payable amount to DEPOSITS— Deposits are funds placed with a bank cither on interest or checking account by other banks, corporations, firms and individuals' The Deposit accdunt is the life of the bank and reflects the financial condition of a com munity. Our total deposits amount to All the above items make up the banks liabil ities. making TOTAL LIABILITIES_ 250,000.00 250.000. 00 82.lb7.58 25,109.36 10,000.00 15,000.00 210,200.00 180.000. 00 3.169.928.00 4.201.495.00 People Often aav they van not understand the usual published bank statement, so we have made the above explanations of eacn item, so that any one can read and understand the statement. We are naturally pleased with this statement as it is the largest one we have ever published and we want our friends and customers to.read it and be pleased also. We thank every one who has helped to make possible this excellent showing of your bank. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Shelby A BIG STRONG. I’KIENi)LY. NATIONAL BANK MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. n rran tT-V\ rra-. IS1-.