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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Subscription Price. By mail, per year . By carrier, per year $2.00 $2.50 The Star Publishing Company, Inc. LEE B. WEATHERS President RENN DRUM _jl. Local Editor '"EjjJercd os second clnss matter January 1, 1005, at Iho postoffice at Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879. We wish to call j’our attention to the fact that it is, and has been our custom to charge five cents per line for ‘resolutions of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. TUESDAY, FED. 10, 1021. Henry Ford is said to have a great contempt for wealth. Fnm liarity breeds contempt. Spring can’t be so far away, judg ing from the seed catalogue-, that are now making their appearance. Those Detroit people certainly have their nerve. Charles B. Warren, of that city, will probably accept the ambassadorship to Mexico. A Spencer dentist has abandoned his profession to become a banker. L Perhaps seeking larger cavities for - gold fillings. Ford st'll defends the adminirtra t’on’s policy in the Teapot Home senn dav, Might it he said, Teapot Dome lubrication makes a Ford back-fire. Ilearst can’t, even be called “Col Pncl,” the fond title frequently given newspaper men. The war department ! ’• Tejected his application for a colonel’s ; .commission because of his age. ' Hatcher Hughes, the newly famous j playwright, is of the opinion he firs* j peeked at Old Mother Earth some -Jwhere around the Polkville section in stead of ^avvndaie. It happened in Cleveland county anyway and “Hell Bent Fer- Heaven,” his latest play, Is still an attraction on Broadway. LITERATURE’S GEM. In* the recent memorial services -’held in Shelby for Woodrow Wilson, Hon. Clyde R. Hoey declared in his | eulogy that it was a comfort to him | in a time when “pin-head theologians j are attacking the Holv Bible and the | doctrines of Jesus Christ to know that of "al lbooks. all literature and all doctrines, Woodrow Wilson in his “• last moments, as during his entire 1 life.* turned to the Bible.” In addition . to .toeing an international statesman, a lover of peace and the greatest man of his time, the late President was a connoisseur .of literature, a lovcr; writer and reader of books. K In h’s touching story of the 'aimpie j •funeral of the great man, th- Assn- j *" dated Press representative brought in Wilson’s books in his description of the scene in the room in the R, street home, where the casket rested v—(/on the walls about the studv clus tered the old, trusty friends of many u years, books ranking row on row 1 frorti floor to ceiling---.’’ In that col lectin was the literature of the ages, the selected gems of time’s greatest writers, but.—, “In the bed chamber close besid" him on n little table lay a well-worn volume—the Bible—from which he never failed to read a passage before going to bed,” read another story sent out by the Associated Press, a story telling of the last hours of America’s War President. Could there be any more forceful rebuttal to the puny ■ attacks on the Scriptures of the Ages, than the little table in the death chamber and the worn Book that rested thereon? OTHERS DOING THE “TOOTING.” For some several months Cleveland county, in the rolling foothills that break away into the towering peaks of the Blue Ridge mountains and the most southern of Piedmont counties, bordering on South Carolina, has be^n in the limelight of the state. the south, and the nation. During the past six months the county has re-eived more publicity, beneficial publicity, than in all the years of the fleeting past. An intelligent farmfolk and farm ' Program is primarily responsible for the wide advertising the county has ' r-'ecived and is receiving. Saturday’s , Charlotte News carries a column edi torial on the wonderful progress of the countv under the caption of “No Wonder they Boast.” The editorial ; makes a comparison of the county a few years ago and the county today, with Mecklenburg as a contrast. The ' article also devotes ouite a few' words ^ of praise to two of the county’s farm , leaders—Sam Lattimore and Max i Gardner. All in all it is perhaps one , of the best, boosts the county has yet i rece-’ved. Although the article says “No Wonder They Boast" and explains whv we ha*’e the right to do So. have we reaMv bee-1 boasting? Has it not been others after the countv had ad. va"oed auch an extent that a little praise eoul.l not be evaded? State naoers* for some t;me have been setting forth Cleveland’s nro e-~ese beoaimo jt was typical of North Carolina’s “humo” to the load, not Mrobe the vapit vof Cleveland re-! f-.-oc+c/j it. Notional publicity came a short time later through the me- j dium of The Country Gontlman. That widely-circulated farm paper told of “North Carolina’s Quickstep” ns it appeared in Cleveland county. State agricultural officials directed the writer here, no Cleveland money en ticed him. The Southern Planter, farm paper published at Richmond C: ir.es along later with a word of praise, derived from the organization and apparent success of a co-opera tive egg marketing association here. Few, if any natives, of this county knew the article was planned until it vris “off tlie press." Nevertheless it was a boo * to our enterprising farm people and farm lenders as were the preceding articles. Yes, fh • county has brought forth words of praise, praise of a section, | •i slate and land proud of a county of j ■oil tiller1, hut the praise has not -ansed any “swell heads.” An in«es '*raf-!bn a year from now, or several j 'itr« from now. will reveal these ; mvo farmers planning and working i 1 i Ic’cti the pare they have set. Not! ’-e'-anm the:r cars are eagerly attun- j ' I t > the plaudi's of others, hut he- j Ihev pride ther.’selves in their “fcompKshment. THE <: l BERNATOM Af FfGHT. The f:g',i between A. \V. McLean i and ,1. B Bailey for the democratic ■’''mince f*>r governor of North Car olina promises to be a lively one. Al ready the voters are taking n stand and by the t;ne (he primary draws 'ear. we might expect n battle that o'uials thn historic Kitehin-Rimmons row. Mr. Bailey has shouted “nia ehine” nn<l seems to prefer this erv *>n the main eamnab'n issue. Although Mr. Bailev is a brilliant, man he can »ot help but stir up factional strife the last week or more has been indulging in personalities with M t r'an supporters on the side-lines. The mu^h"talked of “nmehine" is the dominant wine of the party—domin ant in that mere folks vote on that do. If th> nnti-amtHtine side wins.! •hen that faction becomes the nia-1 •bine,so to rueak. We have never been | •Me to reach the eolt'Jvision that the '-rail'd machine is a,; powerful as mn w odd have us believe for in the — nks of the partv there ar" olTiee-; haiders who vote with and against the i arty traders. Senator Summons and | Vg crowd. Mr. Bailev wn collector of j internal revenue nn;|er 'Wilson’s nil-: ministration and if the holding of oohli'’ office brands a fellow as a ‘irm hinc man,” then ho is one too. He upported Governor Morrison, another j o-coiled machine man against Gard- ■ ’or. But evidently he has kicked over 'he traces and turned his puns on the dominant, winp of the party to which he drd belong- It is not becom ing, therefore, in him to fight that wing to which he has belonged. Bailev and McLean, however, ate l oth able men, fine Christian charae 'om. cither of whom would serve the .trite well. One is a lawyer and the other a banker. Our preference in the matter is McLean in the light of past history. State Board of Health Makes Re quirements Which Run up The Expense. The county commissioners were in pedal session all day yesterday con-1 ridering the plans and cost of the ■ proposed new jaij, plans for which j were drawn some time ago. The county commissioners are anxious to get out as economically as possible and had made up their minds to con fine the cost of the jail to $00,000 or 068,000. but under the state law all j new jail plans must he approved by ’ ' he state hoard of health and when • he plans for the new Cleveland coun ty jail were submitted after being re vised downward where they could pet; a sheriff’s home and jail for $62,000,! the state board of health refused tot approve and required changes which j the contractor says will , run the cost j to $75,000, or a little under. The statej hoard of health for instance requires! 650 cubic feet of air space for each I cell in order to give the prisoners plenty of air. Certain other changes were mode by the stuc board of health which the commissioners cannot un der the la wignore. Therefore, while | the commissioner have been trying j for months to get a jail for around $65,000. the interference by the state authorities makes it necessary to spend this sum or do without a jail j commensurate with the needs of the county. The commissioners have worried more over this problem than any oth er in a long time. They feel that they cannot ignore the repeated recom mendations for a new jail by the grand juries for the pagt several years and by the Kiwanis club repre senting the business men of Shelby. Nothing definitely had been done yesterday when The Star went to press. The commissioners were still in conference with the architect Mr. Wilson, the contractor Mr. Oakey and the county attorney, Mr. Ryburn. To avoid accidents, automobile driv ers should have an eye test, says a reformer. How about a breath test.— Hutchinson Gazette. Europe now contains fifteen mon archs end ten presidents. That is, up to the timeof going to press.—The Passing Show (London). WOMEN VOTERS WIUT FORM VOTERS LEAGUE Stale Officials' Visit ItutKerfordfon—■ Cooperative Purchase of Ferti lizers and Seeds. Rutherfordton, Feb. 15.—The peo ile of Rutherford county will have a new experience Saturday afternoon when representatives of North Car olina League of Women voters will speak hern and organize a county leAguo. Miss Mary Owen Graham, president of Peace institute, Raleigh, end a member of the national demo ■ ratio executive committee and mem ■r of Ihn advisory hoard of the state league; Miss Margaret Berry, well known Charlotte attorney; Mrs. P. L. McMahon, member of the program onimiCeo, Mecklenburg league, and Miss Eloise McCauslnnd, of Charlotte, -will he here and all deliver short a I 'res:,or-. Every high school principal in the ■minty has been invited to attend the '•’ebruary meeting of the Rutherford County club here next Tuesday at he Iso Thermal hotel to hear the ■fate superintendent, A. T. Allen ’.peak. The cotton growers association and county farm bureau held a joint nct'ng here and consolidated the or ganizations will he used. A haying committee from each township was appointed to purchase fertilizers, seeds etc., for theassoeia tion. This committee will meet here next Monday with the eountv demon t-rntor, F. E. Patton, to make up a fertiliser order. Several fertilizer ■ nnpanies will have representatives here and iho farmrs will get the ad vantage of the herd prices and eo operative buy. The association has over 500 tnemhers in this county now. Child Burned to Death. The two-year-old son of Mr. and 'frs. Arch Hardin, of Forest City, was burned to death yesterday aft rnoon when its clot him; caught fire o front of the grate. Only small rhil ’ren were in the house when it hap pened. The child only lived nine hours offer the accident. W. R. Hill, county superintendent, ■ onounced yesterday that a county wide teachers meeting will be held here March 7. The Shelby Choral society will give a concert here in the school audito rium March 7th. Efforts are being made here now to organize a chapter of the Sons of ths American Revolution. 11. L. Carpen ter is promoting it. - Miss Wallace, assistant home dem onstration agent,, will be in the coun ty next week with'Mis* Hattie Neill, county agent, to assist in. a clothing demonstration. Meetings will be held here Monday; Tuesday at Union Mills Wednesday at Henrietta; Thursday at Kllenboro and Friday at Forest iCty. Spfndale churches held a church visitation campaign fast Sunday. Ev ery home of the 3000 people was vis aed and urged to atend the church of their choice. Over 100 people help ed in the campaign. The Fred Williams post No. 75, \merican legion, met Thursday night ’n a most interesting meeting. Speech cs favoring the bonus were made and resolutions were adopted. Unique Operation, But Rather Snaky A newspaper in Union county wins the distortion prize for uncovering '•arns in early spring house-cleaning. The yarn follows: surgery bw ctaoin shrdl uun “One of the wonders of modern rurgery is being told of in the remov al of a snake from the stomach of a Hamlet youth by a surgeon at a lo cal hospital. -It appears the young man last summer while drinking wa ter from a brook swallowed a small snake. For some time the young fel low from time to time complained of something “wiggling in his insides*’. One dav recently the snake was re moved. But it happens that the young man is rra/.y and had a hallucination that, he had swallowed a snake and to relieve his mind one ofthe surgeons produced a two-foot rubber snake, simulated an operation and relieved 'he noor fellow’s mind. The yarn evi dently has lost nothing in subsequent telling.” Cl THINKS WEI L OF CLEVELAND SELLING EGGS AND POULTRY Charlotte News. Cleveland countv farmers arc be coming interested in the possibilities of Charlotte for a poultry and' etfg market. They have been sending em issaries down to snv out op the land and they have gone hack to report that there are- no Anakims here. Their far-sightedness, enterprise and progressivc^e-s is plausible. They will do a thriving business in selling eggs to Charlotte stores and fo'Charlotte households because then commodities are daily necessities and somebody must ship or bring this produce in here. For some reason or other, not any thing like enough of either poultry or omiltry products are brought from 'his county to the consumers of Char lotte. f In the meantime, we wonder where Mecklenburg farmers sell theirs. One wonders if Americans of the next generation will continue to de cide the league issuet every your years.—Trinidad *(Sol.) Picketwire. (I-ouisville Courier Journal.) I Of the twenty-nine men who have ! held the presidential office, two—Mr. Taft and Mr. Cndlktge — are still Yify irgj three—Lincoln,,Garfield and Mtj Kirdey—were sQ-jieJc down by ttyr ; hand of violence; twenty-four died 1 from natural caifse$; The average agg of the dead presi dents—excluding Lincoln Garfield i and McKjnley—is 70 years-. The shortest-lived of all the dead, presidents was Garfield, who died in his fiftieth year. , The shortest-lived of all presidents, who died natural deaths was James K Polk who lived to be 5.7. The longest-lived of all the dead presidents was John Adams, who liv ed to be 90. Three presidents besides John Adams lived to be 80 or more. These were Jefferson, who died at 87; James Madison, who died at 85. and John Quincy Adams, who lived to he 9D. Presidents who lived to be more than 70 were Monroe 78; Andrew Jackson. 78; Martin VanBuren, 79; 0>hn TvV-r. 71} Millard Filmore, 74; Tames Buchanan. 77; Rutherford B ■ Iisvi;is, 79; and Grover Cleveland, 7l. Presiifefits wffto died between the ages of GO and 70 were; Washington 07; William TTmrv Tlar-isdn. 68; Zachary Taylor, 65; Franklin Pierce 04; Andrew Johnson. 66; Ulvsscs* R. ('•ran', 63: Brr.janjJn Harrison. 67;, Theodore Rjposevelt, 60, and Woodrow r. 7 Wpi hijvrton and Wilson lived to he alrWt eio.-tly the seme acre—67. Presidents who died between th-> n"es of fiO pnd GO years were: Polk r'°: T.iprnH GG- Garfield. 50; Arthur, 5G; McKinley, 58: and ITardintr, 57. Onlv two p~p«sdents who died nat "rpl death'- -Potk and Arthur—failed I o reach GO. In the firsf '■o’-pntv years of the of fice—from Washington to Buchanan —the averoe--. avo of its oc"11 nants at the time oftheir death was 75. In the Ip "t re von t.v-three nf the office—from Lincoln to Hardin?— *he averne-p n^e of its occupants, in '•lndine the three ”'’tims ef violence, was G1 v"ars and 0 months. Fxcqvtiee- thp jures of Lincoln, Gar field and McKinley, who died viedent deaths, the avera?e acre of dead pres idents! 1/f this t-wj t,ye ve n t v - * h r ce vears —from Lincoln to Harding—is 63 ve*r«,, . - From th:s it will be peon that the | average: of-a president’s lifetime, that J ’"as 75 in the first seven*’- years ,ot. j the tlrdiltiential office, declines t.a an averae-e 0f 63 years in the last flew . enty-three yenrs of the office. exljii'* j imr tftiPfee-es- of •*&.'three tMMidentjl who h«-e died natural- dentil^ I Ucagaaented- iog-Dorcegtafli^. this change shows a decline of exactly IS per cent. Evidently the average ace of; thie nresiderafei of the United Ctates is fall I t.ion in pie wear and tear of increas ingly h«4ivv duties of the office that have struck Arthur down at 56, Boose, velt at 60, Harding at 57, and Wilson at 67. Investigators doubtless will discov er that the only thing about Germany that is unimpaired is her nerve.— Greely (Col.) Tribune-Republican. In 1900 capital invested in man ufacturing enterprises in North Car olina was §68,283,000. In 1920 this had increased to $609,144,000. EXECUTRIX NOTICE. Having this day qualified as .exe cutrix of the estate of the late E. L. Jenkins, this is to notify all parties that all ela'ms against the said es tate must be presented to md fot payment on or before the 2f>th day of February 1325 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery there of. All parties owning the said eptate are notified to make immediate’ syt tleoent with the undersigned. This February 16th, 1924. MRS. MAE JENKINS, Executrix of the estate of E. L. Jenkins, deekl. 0-19p DEFINITE MISSION UNDERLIES OUR UNDERTAKING The prime purpose of that mission is to'soften as fcri*' we can the grim ness and ftmetxml qualit-y>~pf. the uspai final ceremonial. Soleinflfiti arid ■ satrednees- are observed, and at the same time theBo? casion is made one of Divine blessing and a resigned feel ing of peace and optimism. It is our mission to serve as much as to sell. TIIE PARAGON FURNI TURE CO. “On The Square.” EVANS E, McBRAYER Sells Carharrt Overalls at $2.25. Work chills at 75c. 95c and $1.15. Better ones at $2.00. For Sale or Will Exchange for Farm Near Shelby Nice new bunga low cn South^De Kalb street. EVANS E. McBRAYER COTTON SEED FOR PLANTING Wnnnamaker’s Cleveland and Simpkins Early Bit? Boll from Petway’s ,'i,500 acre cotton farm near Goldsboro, N. C. Mr. Petway l as conducted an experiment station for the past 8 years and in 1022 £tew. two bales of cotton pci' acre of Simpkins Early Bic Boll and one and one half of Waiuianiaker’s Cleveland per acre. Yields Ginned in conditions. 5)0 pounds of lint from 1250 pounds of seed cotton, private Kin. Seed recleaned and bred up for boll weevil I i\ e bushel lots 1! per bushel, 50 bushel lots $2.50 per bushel. 100 bushel lots $2.25 per bushel plus freight. Special price on car lots. Place your order with me early that you may be sure to have them on time. Neighbors win do well to buy 100 bushel orders to 4tsthcr. Special price quoted on car lots on request. GREEN, Shelby, N. C. A HOUSE FULL OF HARDWARE Our big 4-story Hardware store and our big warehouse is chuck full of Hardware and Farm Implements. We sell cheap because we buy in car loads. Try us and see. FARMERS HARDWARE COMPANY Shelby, N. C. Phone 97. OPEN HOUSE haa long been a pleasant custom on New Year’s Day. but BERT PRICE and N. D. FRANCIS, Metropolitan Agents, go further and extend an open house invitation to include every work day of the year and, by apponitmcnt, every night. Mr. Price and Mr. Francis have joined fores in order to take care of the growing Metropolitan business in this vicinity. They are prepared to serve present and pros pective policyholders most effectively. You are invited to call and get acquainted, ask questions and, above all, to learn about the Metropolitan Life In surance Company. Local Offices:— Royster Building, Shelby, N C m . v’ ' - Buick Body Construction In constructing jts open car bodies, Buick uses bolts in fastening the metal braces to the wood, instead of ordinary screws. These bolts pass ing completely through the wooden frame prevent joints from loosening under driving strains. A more than usual number of bolts secure the Buick body to the chassis, holding it rigidly in position and entirely eliminatin'* ell squeaks and rattles. u When better automobiles are built BuicK. will build them K-J*-L5-N|> THOMPSON-LACKEY CO. DEALERS SHELBY, N. C STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS. —Birth Announced—Born, Thurs day, February 14, to Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Guthrie, Chestnut avenue, a son. Grabski is to form the next Polish cabinet. With himself as minister of finance the cabinet should be com plete.—Springfield Republican. In 1000 the assessed valuation of property in North Carolina was $306, 570.000. and in 1020 it was $3,139, 705.000. Never throw away anything. There may be another war and you can sell it to the government.—Anderson (Ind.) Herald. . The question is whether the big fellows shall get the tax saving now or take it from the little fellows lat er.—Chicago Daily Journal. RESOLI'TIO'N OF RESPECT. j Whereas, the Great and Supreme ! Ruler of the universe has in His in ; finite wisdom removed from among i us, one of onr worthy brothers, H. G. Stiainey; a"d whereas the long and intimate relations held with him in 1 the faithful discharge of h:s duties in the order makes it eminently befitting ♦ hat we record’our appreciation of | him; therefore. j Resolved, That, tlm wisdom and abil ity which he has exercised in the aid I of our organization by service, contri butions and counsel, will be held in grateful remembrance. Resolved, That the sudden removal of such a life from among onr,midst leaves a vacancy and a shadow that will lie deeply realized hy all the members and friends of this organiza tion and will prove a serious loss to the community and the public. Resolved, that with deep sympathy with the bereaved relatives of ^he de ceased we express our hope that even great a loss to us all may be over ruled for good by Him who doeth all things well. Resolved. That a copy of these res olutions be spread upon the records of the council, a copy be sent to each of the local papers, also to the Junior prder Journal for publication and a copy forwarded to the bereaved fam ily. E. W DIXON. J. W. BRACKETT, II: D. HOYLE, .Committee. J 250 PAIRS New Leonard Shav/ and Dean Oxfords jest open EVANS E. McBRAYER’S CALL AND SEE THEM. Men’s and Young Men’s Pants of all kinds. Serges and Cassimeres. at $2.95, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95 and $6.95. EVANS E. McBRAYER MR. MAN! EVANS E. McBRAYER Will give you a fine suit at $19.50 Ask to see those suits he is selling so many of. FOR SALE— or would exchange for farm near Shelby, nice new 6 room bungalow on P South DeKalb St. EVANS E. McBRAYER
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