OIL FIELDS III i C. KiTorls Arp Now Beinp Made to Open l p Fields in Beaufort County. Faith in Project. F“T“J Efforts arc now hoin.fr mjulo to oporj up oil fields in North Carolina, th"; most promising section of the state1 being Beaufort count v, according t<>; reports received in Raleigh. Theodore Hamer, manager of the J. and VV,! Land Co., of Pinetowp, stated that ! a syndicate had been formed for the purpose of making Investigation *and . experimentations for oil and miner als in Beaufort county. The syndicate has expended sever al thousand dollars in having; geolog ists and oil experts make tests and investigations in Beaufort County, said Mr. Hamer, and the general opinion of these experts is that there are good possibilities of oil and other j minerals in Beaufort County. According to Mr. Hamer, an oil well drilling company has offered t come to North Carolina and make deep well drillings to determine de finitely whether or not there is oil ir. Beaufort in sufficient quantities to be profitable for such operations. The; conditions. under which the company makes the off-r that it will come and dp the drilling without charge is that | the syndicate secure a lease on ntj least one hundred thousand acres of land surrounding the place where th"; drillings will be made. Mr. Hamer said that the J. and W. Land Co..; through its .board of directors had leased 40,0000 acres to the syndicate j already. Railroad Men Hit Hard. Statesville Daily. Without questioning Judge Webb’s ruling as to the law, it would seem that its operation was rather hard on i the railroad conductors who were as-1 sessed $500 each because some ne groes transported prohibited liouid on j the railway train. The conductors I claimed they had no knowledge of the! liquor being on the train, tt was found in a ear n^aipicd bv colored nasser- | gers. It is easy to understand that rail wny passengers could secret, quite a bit of booze in suit ci ses without even arousing the suspicions of a conduc tor. The.: only way that official could; make sure that he wasn’t transport ing contraband would be to examine the baggage of all and sundry, which would hardly be practicable, even if the conductor had the time to spare from his'other duties. But Judge Webb is sound in hold ing that transporting liquor on a train is just as reprehensible as transport ing it in a vehicle, and it follows that the entire train might be seized just RUN-DOWN WEAK, NERVOUS 4 --— Benefited by First Bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound Lancaster, Pa. — “ After I was mar ried I became terribly run-down and liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii'iiilwas wea.k aPd npr' wuii. cuawt-in law told me to try Lydia E. Pinlcham’3 Vegetable Com pound. My husband got me a bottle at once, and it did me ao much good that I kept on taking it. I began to feel well and strong again and was able tcKdo my j La A a a A — a A . A — ■ 1 _ A a - K A. X r time my baby was born—a nice fat little girl in the best of health. I surely am recommending the Vegetable Compound to my friends when they have troubles like mine, and I am perfectly willing for you to use these facta as a testimonial. ’ ’ —Mrs. Frank IT. Orisim, 5U3 Locust Street, Lancaster, Pa. Women should heed such symptoms as pains, backache, nervousness, a run-down condition and irregularity, aa they indicate some form of female trouble. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound is a dependable medicine for all these troubles. For sale by druggists everywhere. MORTGAGE SALE. . By virtue of a mortgage made by Charles A. Wortman ami wife to the Cleveland Mill and Power Company on December 2nd, 1915, and recorded in Book 88 of Mortgages. page .'102, of the register’s office of Cteevland coun ty, N. C., and default in payment of part of the indebtedness secured there in having been made', the Cleveland Mill and Power Company will sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Shelby, on Monday, March 3rd, 1924. at 12 o’clock M., the following describ ed lot That lot in Cesar. N. C.. on which the old Cleveland Mill and Power Co., store building was located, and de scribed as follows: — Beginning at a stake in the public road and runs thence South 45 west 16 3-26 poles to an iron stake, thence north 80 east 5 3-26 poles to an iron stake, thence east 17 1-5 poles to a stone, thence north 46 west J5 10-25 poles to the beginning, containing 125 square poles, or 5-7 of an acre. This February 1st, 1924. CLEVELAND MILL & POWER COMPANY. Byburn & Hoey, Attys. ns vehicles are seized and confiscated. ‘ It must be that his honor didn’t be lieve the statement of the conductor" that they hud no knowledge of the , contraband in possession of their pas sengers. If they were really innocent j and unsuspectintr they were hit pret- '■ ty hard. His honor’s ruling presents a j new problem for the railroads. They j will have to put on aids to conduc tors to examine baggage, same as at I custom houses, at least ontbe lines where'the transportation of spirit:-, is I believed to be common. Week Lnd visitor* In Grover Section Special to The Star. Grover, Feb. 12.- Mi so Addle Mas? 'I'-ifnt Inv nigM wit!’. M<‘vn-| thia Sepoch nt her home in the coun try. Mies T. ’is Moore spent (he wek end with friends in the Elizabeth romupmitv. I Miss Mageie Sheppard spent the; week end with her parents near Gro ver. Miss Sheppard is teaching in the northern pert cT the county. Mrs. C. C, Wallace, who underwent a verv serious operation in Gastonia last, Thursday is reported to be doing welt. Mr. D. ,T. Elector attended a meet ing of the hoard of Gnjrtoer of noi,:”o. Springs high school at Roiling Springs yesterday. Misses Thelma and Gwendolyn Itrllii's spent the week end with their parents near Grover. Hilda th.> litle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Herndon was right sick last week. Mrs. F. V. A. Hamrick of Moores villo is spending some time with her son Mr. T.. C. Harurick in Grover. Mr. H. S. Huffstetier of Kings Mountain was in town Saturday. Mr. and Mr-. B. P. IlambHght, Mr. lame.- Hairdirioh* Mrs R. P Rob -f and Miss Edith Hambright spent Fri day in Charlotte attending the Sun da" meetings. Rev. tV. O. Johnson is attending the musters and workers conference at Betting SorinVr this week. Messrs C E. Byers ary) M. H. Belt; attended services at the Sunday tab- j erne.de in Charlote Sunday afternoon.; The children of Mr. and Mrs, Brown Roark who^have been sick with measles and pneumonia are reported t.r> he improving. We are sorry to report that Mr (I. I . Moore of the Mt. Parran rom munitv in. South Carolina is right sick at his home. Mr. Moore who Sts near 00 year of age, has developed bronchial pneumonia and is consid ered to he in .a critical condition. Memorial services Sor Mr. Wilson were held at the Baptist church Sun dav night. Mrs. D. J Keeter wns right, sick Sunday night and yesterday, hut is reverted to bp much better. There will he,sendees at the Bap tist church next Sunday morning and nieht. Messrs. J. I-. Herndon and W. O. Johnson spent Friday in Charlotte. The Boll Weevil and Zero. Birmingham Age-Herald. Intimation from both official and unofficial sources that the recent zero weather w>)l have any »ghu1t. in de creasing boll weevil damage next irnffler are unfortunate and th?i- ef feet, can onlv be harmful if they cause cotton farmers in any degree to relax their efforts at Control. Insects go into winter duarters in such a pro tected manner that even in the Arc ms c.-dd has no appreciable effect upon their ability to reproduce /their ‘ Vn-ir usual number the following summer. It is well known that th«' •’erisest swariiv. of mosquitoes, the insects that are chilled into inaction by the slightest drop in temperature, /ire found in -Maska and the far-north ern reaches of Canada, where even man himself is hard put to it to sur Watch the Kidneys Before and After Childbirth During the period of pregnancy tho kidneys have double work to do, which is apt tc strain and weaken them so that they break down and fail to keep up their work of filtering the uric poisons out of the blood-stream. This condition, unlese looked after promptly, may kill the baby before birth and ruin the mother's health, too. The expectant mother, should have her urine examined every two weeks. This should be done by the attending physician, or send sample to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' ITotel, in Buffalo, N. Y., for analysis. For toning up weakened kidneys,* Dr. Pierce's An-uric (auti-urle-acld) tablets provide effective treatment, ami a bottle should he kept in the house and should bo ueed for a time after baby has come to keep the blood free from poisonous matter that might affect the little one dur ing the nursing period. “An-uric” can now be had from all medicine dealers. C. J. WOODSON, Life anti Fire — Insurance. , Assets of companies repre sented 1300,000.000. 32 years in business. Unsurpassed rec ord for a prompt and satisfac tory settlement of losses. In the last analysis experience is what counis. vivc the winters. Cotton planters may recall that last winter, -a‘tor the se vere cold of February, they were told that they might rgpect some relief last summer from the weevils. The planter by now knows how unreliable that assurance proved to be. For n long time it was thought by the cotton planters of Arkansas who live north of the mean winter zero line that, they would never be trou bled by the boll weevil. Two years ago the in ert made its appearance in ravaging quantities north of that zero line, and for the past two year has been steadily working its way fcli!l further into the prohibited zone. There is good reason to believe that the boll Weevil will be able to survive wherever cotton is grown, zero or no zero. The boll weevil carries no ther mometer and he has no imagination. All he knows is that cotton >s indis pensable to his existence, and he means to extend his frontiers to the very limits of cotton growing, unless halted by the intelligent and con certed attack of cotton producers. The best advice that can be given to cot ton planters is to prepare for the worst siege of boll weevil they have eve’- experienced!. It’s safer. *-■ ■ -—----- ■ . Health Hints For Star Readers V-,---f Haywood County Genera) Hospital, j Haywood county takes the lead; among North Carolina counties in i the establishment of a general county, hospital. On December 22 at a special election the people of Haywood, by a majority in excess of two ' hundred, j voted bonds in the sum of £150,000 for the construction and furnishing- of a modern building-, and the levying of n special tax for maintenance, and for i the retirement of thp bonds. Added! to the sum provided by the bond is-: re will he the proceeds, derived from’ the sale of hospital property now own ed by the county. In 1916 a number of the progres-! sive citizens of Waynesville inaugu rated the movement for a public hos-; pitnl. Sufficient funds were raised to! make a nflrtial payment on a large residential property in the town, and. this was remodeled and furnished.! and the hospital opened early in 1917,! Though badly handicapped by lack of: equipment and by debt, the institution: steadily grew in popular favor and in ! usefulness. In 1921 the General as-i sombly passed an enabling act, and: the board of county commissioners ac quired the property ami began its op eration as the first public county hos pital in the state. Two years later coiintv was ready to go forward still further, and the| general assembly enacted a special art Providing fop the bond election re-1 centlv heli. f| While it has long been a custom for, municipalities and counties to eon tribute from the public funds to the support of privately ow’ned or endow-. e,I hospitals the movement for pubs] lie fupds to* the support of privately: oWrifed or endowed hospitals. the! movement for public hospitals sup-' ported from public funds has beer, slow to develop in North Carolina. In 1916 Forsyth county erected a hos pital with 32 beds for the care of the DR. A. PITT BEAM Dentist Shelby, N. C. Phone 188 In Dr. Ware’s former office! Shelby National Bank Bldg. Jno. M. Best Furniture Co. Undertaking Licensed Embalmers Funeral Directors I Day Phone 365 Night Phones: DISSOLUTION NOTJCE. This is tq jrive notice that J, H Webb has sold his interest in the s&rc of J. E. Webb and Son to Giles Wdbb, and Charlie Webb, and that the sfljdd J. R. Weub fe no lonper responsible for any obligations made in the name of the firm is Webb Brothers and the said Giles and Charles Webb will col lect all accounts and pay all bills made in the name of J. E. Webb and Son. This January 30th, 1924. J. E. WEBB, GILES WEBB, CHARLIE WEBB. tuberculous of the county. In 1922 Gudford county erected a sixty-four bed' hospital for the tuberculous, in the same year the town of Shelby and the township in which it is situ ated voted S100,000 in bonds and a special tax for maintenance for a( g eneral public hospital. The realiza-. tion of the fnct that h >.;pital facilities i beyond those possible through pri-] vate agencies must be provided is1 sinking into the minds of the people., fntt Higent local leadership is devel-j •iphtg this- const!, asne..- of a vital r.i.d, and the cxamnle set by the j re. 'triiit county pf Haywood will, ih * t nl ability, He followed soon by a number of others. Attended Funeral Andrew Jacksoil Possibly' the ody living men • who attended-the funeral of Andrew Jack- ! son at the great generals home,. The Hermitage, near Nashville. Tonn., is ! $o Rev. VV. M. Norm cut, of White- j vfllc, Tcnh.,'a’border t-own. Rev Nor- j mettt is now 95 year, old according to | tlm Associated Prcr The recent statement of John Trot wood Moore, state librarian and ar ehivian of Tennessee and an author of nary stories and negro tales with many of the scenes la’d in North Caro- ; lina, that Colonel W E. McElvrce of Rockvyood, was the only living man who saw Andrew Jackson, has brought a letter from G. H. Rhodes, of White ' illc, telling of the distinguished citi zen of that town, who knew General Jackson and attended his funeral. Mr. Rhodes said in his letter to Mr. Moore: “in the interest of accuracy and I know that yea will be interested to know, I desire to inform you that in this town lies Rev W M. Norment. now 95 years old, who visited General Jackson at The Hermitage in 1845 in ; company with a number of Rev. Nor-| ment’s schoolmate:; from Cumberland University; At that time Rev. Nonhent tv as If! ’cars of age. About sire weeks later Rev. Normer.t attended- Andia-.v Jackson’s funeral at The Hermitage. No doubt Rev. Norment is the only living person who attended the fnner al of the Ramons general. “Rev. Norment while somewhat fee!:!:.- in body, has a very active min i and reads the daily papers with in terest. rle has preached here at the Cumberland Presbyterian church s’r.ce he was 2T years old. He gave up his pastorate only about three years ago. He still frequortiy fills the pulpit About two yehrs ago he preached 1 i Memphis at one of the Presbyte * a i j churches, the them- heing “Old Folks Day." ,.34* t Talked With Jackson, " I he Rev. Norm 11 has the distinct ion of hiving talked with pjac4:son, P< Ik and Johnson. Tennessee’s % «vc Prer dents. ' h “P.ev. Norment introduced William AcnnlngK here about five years h :c and the fion)month declared hin• to be th<\ nurd rerqa<kable man plgit he hail Cjter met. At that time Rev. NVrmeuC had preached 70 /*;« • 4*i one pfthiM, 'art! in his own towr “Whhevrile is v< , protill of thin Wmlijiguiahed cithern and his birth lit always an occasion Of ftis friends gathevitg to wish lim many happy re turns of the day.’’ ■t -: . Do it today, ov you won’t be able tc frog: et it tomorrow: RONCHITIS Apply Vick*-at bedtime, rubbing it well in. Then spread on thickly and cover with hot flannel. Arrange bed-clothes so vaporfe will bo inhaled. Over 17Million.taT» UseJ Yearh ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I have this day qualified as Administrator of the esiat" of S. M. Moore, deceased, late of Cleveland county, N. C., and -«*!1 persons having claims against said estate are notified to present them to me properly proven for payment on or before February 2nd, 1926, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery, and all persons indebted to said estate are notified to make im mediate payment to the undersigned. . This February 2nd, 1924. WILLIE F. MOORE, Administrator of the estate of S. M. Moore, dec’d. Iiyburn and Hoey, A tty a. ANY PART TOU NEED on your ignition plant we can supply. If we hate not got it ii\ stock we can quickly get it for you and will not keep you wait ing long. But the chances are we have it right in our stock. Anything from a spark plug up to a magneto or generator. STEWART ELECTRIC REPAIR COMPANY Automotive Building. Big Gastonia Plant Destroyed By Fire . A loss of between 75,000 and SloO,- I )00 was •sustained in Gastonia Monday | night when the Spencer T.umber com pany, large plant in the heart of the city owned principally by S. Elmer! Spencer was totally destroyed bv fire which was discovered near the boiler room of the plant et 10:15 o’clock The machinery in the plant was totally ruined, and the large stock of" lumber practieal'V all hurned. The insurance r.n the plant was stated to be very small. Fire Chief George F. McLaughen brought all the apparatus in the city to bear on the blaze, but when the fire men reached the plant the flames had ready burst forth so fiercely that very little could be done besides sav ing the adjoining buildings. The fire men fought a losing fight from ,tho beginning in trying to save the lum ber plant. The loss is the third the Spencer plant has sustained in 15 yeriH, two damaging fires having occurred some years ago. Merry regardless of what you pay for a suit from us we tailor it to fit. Grove's Tasteiess Ghill Tonic Restores Health, Energy 'and Rosy Cheeks, coc SUITS For Men & Young Men for Spring at $19.50 to $37.50 Spi at mg $37 Doll For Your New Spring Suit, Pants, Oxfords, Shirts at a live and let live price see— EVANS E. McBRAYER He can and will give you more for your money in wear and satisfac tion than any con cern in Shelby SHELBY SHOE SHOP Remember this is the only shop in town that repairs shoes wRh the Goodyear Welt System. . , We do not c*>bble your shoes but rebuild them by the Good year Welt System at the low est possible price. All work guaranteed. SHELBY SHOE SHOP Next door to Kendall Medicine Co., jlVest Warren Street. AN INVESTMENT Which assures an annual return of not less than 7 per cent, and which pays an additional 2 per c<3«t annually whep net earnings on the total capital amount to 9 per cent in a corporation under the direct management of a group from among the most suc cessful executives in the Pied Sont Section. • • ‘cured by one of the most mod ern and best equipped weaving mills in the south manufactur ing a consistently profitable line of goods. IS WORTH LOOKING INTO For Full Particulars Write (Bond Department) AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY Frank B. Green. Manager. Charlotte, N. C. t C. Perncll Elam. Former Shelby Boy Believes Goddess is in one of Varying Moor's. Shelby friends will be interested < in the following from a rerent is-1 ?uo of the Charlotte News, becnUR" j Mr. Elam Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. j George Elam of Shelbv: The Goddess of Luck is one of vary-; ine moods of frowns and smiles, think | C. Perm!! Elam, attache of the .T. M. Harry and company, funeral direc- ] . I The Goddess of Luck frowned in | disdainful fashion upon Mr. Elam and (hen turned around and smiled bland-1 ly in the same direction. Mr. Flam was in receipt of .SSh j in cash, ft was made un of a 820 bill i a $10 bill and four SS bills. In one of • bis trouse^ pockets was a larire hole. ; The Goddess first frowned when Mr. j Elam slipped “his roll” into the j "vacuum” pocket. Immediately thereafter. Mr. Elam; act. out on a lour no v to the Winches-! ter Surgical Supply company. When j he reaehc 1 (here, he discovered that | his S50 was gone. Back to his place of business he went on a search for his lost cash. He carefully scanned the street as he went. The sight of the wandering dollars did not reward hi® ‘.onreh. Half an holm later he decided to -etnrn to the Winchester store but there his money was .not to lie found. With the frowns of the ill luck God dess still upon him, he started hack. As he neared the new Ivev building, ho spied a hit of trreen in the gutter. He picked it up. It was his lost *20 hill. He glanced up and saw a $10 bill fluttering down the street. With $20 of his S50 back in the fold. Mr Flam took a new lease on life. He walked across the street and on a sand nile found one of the $5 bills. A little farther he found anoth er. About that time a messenger boy honed off a bicycle and rescued an other from the caprice , of the wind. He had found all but $5 of the total. “Couldn't you find the other $5?” he was asked. “I didn’t bother much, I was too glad to get the forty-five,” he said. Bargain counter double in the end. marriages cost 9 Old Folks’ S "I began taking Black Draught over fifty years ago m and my experience with it m stretch*. «m a good long ■ time,” says Mv. Joe A. Bkke-' II more, a Civil War veteran HI and former Virginian, who is now a prominent citizen of IS Floyd, Texas. “It is the best Jgg laxative I know of for old am people... A good many years la ago, in Virginia, I used to |g get bilious and I found that m Thedford’s SLACK-DRMT wa3 the beat and quickest re lief I could get. Since 1 came to Texas I have these bilious attacks every now and then— a man will get bilious any where, you know—and I find that a little Black-Draught soon straightens me out. After a few doses, in little or no time I’m all right again.” Thedford’s Black-Draught is a purely vegetable liver medicine, used in America for over eighty years. It acts on the stomach, liver and bowels in a gentle, natural way, as sisting digestion and reliev ing constipation. Sold every where. _ E-102 m 091B9SS999969 DR. R. C- HICKS DENTIST Office Shelby National Bank Building. Phone 421 Shelby, N. C. DR. T. O. GRIGG, DENTIST 320 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, N. C. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. This is to give notice that B. Roy Wilson has this day sold his interest in the grocery firm of Hull and Wil son, Shelby. N. C., to F. G. Hull who will continue the business at the same stand, yhe said F. G. Hull will pay all outstanding bills and collect all out standing account9 and the said B. Roy Wilson is no longer responsible for any accounts contracted in the nsime of Hull and Wilson. Thi* January 21st, 1924. F. G. HULL, B. ROY WILSON,. 4-22 FEELS MADE OVER McLoud says friends now re mark about his fine health since ho took Tanlac. Was physical W/HPSCSti /MCXOVD I-1 1 1 i “When I compare my present per fect health with the physical wreck I was a few years ago, I can say Tan lac has accomplished something bor dering on the miraculous,” is the pre cise statement of Harry McLoud, prominent fraternal order man and veteran employee of the Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation, Sparrows Point, Md. “Everywhere I go ray friends ask me what has given me back such ro bust health, and I answer with one word—T anlac. “At forty-five I was almost a com nlete physical and nervous wreck, and had to spend fourteen weeks in hos jrital. About a year and a half ago I took my first Tanlac, and three bot tles made a marked improvement in my appetite and general condition. Last March I resumed the treatment, and half a bottle a week has run my weight up thirty-five pounds, leave ing me just like a man made over. Tanlac is . imply great.” Tanlac is for sale by all good drug I gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40 i million bottles sold. Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills. Ad The braggart is never happy when he runs up against another of his i kind. } DR. DAVID M. MORRISON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined. I j 108 S. LaFayette St. Shelby, N. C. Office Phone 412. T.W.Ebeltoft Grocer and Book Seller Phone — 82 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior court of Cleveland coun ty. North Carolina, made in the Spe cial proceedings entitled, Frank L Hoyle, administrator of J. C. Phillips, deceased vs C. A. Phillips and wife! O. M. Phillips, heirs-at-Law, upon the special proceeding docket of said court, the undersigned commissioner will on the 3rd day of March, 1924, rWr'" tunl'Uv’ at the CoUrt House I door m Shelby. North Carolina, offer i lor sale to the highest bidder for cash ! that certain tract of land lying and I be,n? ln. .No- 8 township, Cleveland i ‘oumy, Nnrth Carolina, and more par I ticularly described as follows Beginning on 3 P. O.’s old corner, -hen runs a new line S. 67 1-2 W 120 j poles to a stone pile on South side of meeting house or Big Springs road, | then with the road south 75 E. 12 poles to a stone, then S. 34 E. 20 poles to I stone on the west side of road (pub *ben 46 W. 95 poles to stone on W hisnant line, then S. 30 1-2 poles to a P. O., then S. 56 E. 72 poles to a B. O. (now down) on Elliott’s line (but pointers are there), then with same N. 35 E. 100 poles to a stake in the road, then with road North, nearly, or up the road 9 poles to J. B. Latti more’s corner, then N. 42 E. 98 poles to a stake in the old line, then with the same N. 32 W. 40 poles to the begin ning, containing Eighty-five (88) acres, more or less. Excepting therefrom the following *;raet ®old °ff; 63 1-4 acres deeded by J. C. Phillips and wife, L. C. Phillips to T S, Peeler, deed for which ™ re! corded in the office of the Register of Deeds-for Cleveland county, N. C. in Book QQ page 530, reference ’ to which is hereby made. „ lb deeded by J. C. Phillips to j A uP!",hp? and wife- A,lie Phillips, deed being of record in said Register’s office in Book AAA, at page 281, to which record reference is hereby made. , Note: A correct survey of said tract of land will be made before the °' sale by a competent surveyor. This 1st day of February, 1924. FRANK L. HOYLE, Commissioner. Bynum E. Weathers, Atty.

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