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Ht******* * * * !* LITTLE “STARS” * * Cotton _____ _ 30 1 -2c * * Seed __ _ 51 1-2 * * * * * ******* —Take Nash Agency—Grjgtr and Hamrick, coal and wood dealers, have taken the agency for the Nash automobile which is well known in this section. Thpy have received several demonstration cars. —Move Here—Mr, T.- M. Lee and family, who formerly lived at Lawn dale, have moved to Shelby and will make their home here, Mr. Lee holds a position with the J. W. Spangler garage. —Masonic Notice—Cleveland lodge No. 202 A. F. and A. M., will meet in called communication tonight (Fri day) for work in the M. M. degree. Visiting brethren cordially invited. Lodge opens 7:30 p. m. promptly. —Choral Club—The Shelby Choral and Dramatic club will meet at the city hall Monday evening, Ap -il 11, at 8 o’clock, for a rchear-al of the Easter cantata. All members are urged to be present for thy rehear, al. —Building New Home—George Moore is having a handsome two story brick veneered residence erect ed on West Marion street .iust beyond the new two story brick veneered home of M. L. Leverett which is un der construction. —Arch Deacon Coming—Arch Dea con J. II. Griffin of Asheville, will preach at the Episcoopal church Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. Mr. Grif fin is a very popular preacher and his coming is always learned with in terest. —Post O Banquet—The annual T. P. A banquet of Post 0 will t>e held at Cleveland Springs hotel Friday night April 18th. F. O. Gee, secretary and treasurer, says he expects 50 < r more travelling men to be present. He is sending out cards to members to ascertain the number that will, attend. —Last Tax Call—The month of April is the last call for the tow;i have given notice that property will be advertise^ for sale if taxes are not paid by May 1st which is listing time again. Already a penalty is being add ed to county taxes, but no penalty is prescribed against unpaid towntnxe.. —Fence O. i Fire—The fire drpaU ment responded to an alarm we<,:'< ; day afternoon about 2 o'clock fro: the hotne of William Crowder o North Morgan street, where tit • y. .•< and garden fences had caught on 1 , < while' the garden was being bur . off- No serious damage was d*>.—. —Field Day Called Off—Because of inclement weather again Thursday the high schol field day exercises had to be called off a second time and it is now thought the field day contests will not he held this year because a number of the high schools of the county are closing this and next week —Memorial Servers—The annua memorial services at Sandy l’i r, Baptist church will be held Saturdu; May 10, instead of Saturday, Mar 17, according to :>n announcement mad this week. The change was made on account of the Southern Baptist eu vention, which will be in session c May 17. This annual service at Sand; Plains is attended by many forme residents coming from other sections wi vi vuuuu jr. —Kil!s Horned Owls—A. E. Elliott who lives on route 1 killed two horn ed owls on his plantation recently. The horned owls are strange birds for this section. They have feathers or. each side of their head which run to a point like home, thus they are call ed horned owls. These measured 30 and 38 inches from tipe to tip and were being; chased by crows when Mr. Elliott saw them and brought them down with his gun. —Off to Chapel Hill—The four Shelby high school debaters, Frances Whisnant, Caroline Blanton, Nelson Callahan and John MeKnight left Wednesday for Chapel Hill where to day they are competing with 70 other high §chool teams of North Carolina for the Aycock memorial cup given by the University of North Carolina. They were accompanied by J. Horace Grigg, Mr. and Mrs. John MeKnight and Mr. and Mrs. George Blanton. —New Family Comes—Mr. Georg-' Tompkins, traveling salesmah for the Western Electric Co., has moved bis family to Shelby from Gastonia rnd are accupying the J. Horace Grigg or Frank Whisnant house on N. Morgan street. Mrs. Tompkins is a granddaughter of Mr. John Shuford of the Earl community. Mr. and Mrs. Grigg and Mrs. Whisnant have moved into one of Col. Gardner’s houses on West Marion street which Mr. Grigg purchased last week. —College Studc. Us — Cleveland county ranks 52nd in college students I in North Carolina colleges according to the population of the county, ae-, cording to an estimate made by the University News Letter. This county! lias 98 students yi North Carolina colleges, or 33.1 students per 10,000 white population. Orange county with 129 students per 10,000 popula- j tion leads the state. Guilford and Mecklenburg with 500 and 410 re- j spectively have the largest number ] of students in college. •—Haymakers—The Carolina Play-j makers, composed of university stu-1 dents, whose fame in presenting folk plays has spread out of North Caro-: lina, are now on their tour of the western section of the state and will appear in Lincolnton Saturday night 1 of this week. Through the activity of the state highway commission the Playniakers are now traveling old circus stylo, by highway. Mr. George Mattison, of Greenwood, S. C., broth-! er of Miss Kathleen Mattison, of the Shelby school faculty, is stage man ager of the Playniakers. ***********! * PERSONALS * *********** Mr. Earl Lybrand was a Charlotte visitor Wednesday. Rev. and Mi's. Beverly' Wilson spent Tuesday in Spartanburg, S. C. Mrs. John Schenck, jr., s-pent sev eral days last week in Southern Pines. Mr. Ralph Hoey was in Spartan burg, S. C„ on business Wednesday. Mr. W. J. Arey who has been spend ing the winter in Florida returned home this week. Mrs. Paul Webb spent Wednesday in Charlotte. Mr. end Mrs. C. R. Hoey motored to Charlotte Wednesday. Mr. John Wynn Doggett, of I)og gett Bros., has returned from a busi ; ness trip to Asheville. Mr. I. M. Selzer, of Spartanburg, S. C..,, was a Shelby visitor Wednes day. Mrs. Colin Hull is in a Charlotte hospital undergoing treatment at the hands of a specialist for several days. Mrs. Ibuninn Eskridge and Mrs. j Talmadge Gr.rt icr were Charlotte ; visitors Monday. Mrs. Roberta Royster of Fallston is spending the week end with Jliss iMertia Aberntthy. Mr. Bynum Buff, Mrs Will Turner and Miss I.alage Dover motored to Charlotte Sunday, Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Gettys motored to South Carolina Wednesday to spend several dayos at the Brice farm. Mr. J. 1.. W. goner is on a business j Gup to Clinton, S. C., where he has 1 some work under construction. Judge J. I,. Webb who has been holding court at Bokersville is at. , home for a few days. Mrs. Willi • Turner, .Mi s Lairg >oyer . r:d Mr. Bynum Buff r.p'en* rhiuday in Chariott * with Mr. and Men. Li : hugh Wilkins. Mr. and M • . J. C. Smi b. Mr . W. d. Fe.nnim Mr. . C E. Hoey and Mr. ‘do Hoey verF Charlotte, visitors Tiler l;.y. - Irn \\ . A. Murray left Wednesday for ( hariptte where she joins her sis ter, Mrs. Bridg e on a motor trip to Florida to visit relatives. Mrs. Reuben MiBraver, Miss Eliza-' both McBrayer and Mrs. P. L. Hen n ssa motored to Charlotte Wednes day. < ill. and Mr:-. -T. L. Ludlow of Win ■ ton-Sali :n spent Monday here with l>r. and Mis. Reuben McBrayer on N. Lafayette street. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eskridge and baby of Winder, Ga., are spending1 three weeks with their parents Mr. and Mrs. John Eskridge. Miss T ay M:ntz, of Cliffside, spent the week end with Miss Janelle Wil son who spent this week end with Miss Mintz. Mrs. Mills Lsittinrore who i now making her horn'" with her sister oi tiastonia. is spending several days M»:s w It '■ Mr. anti Mr . J. J •Mrs. Robert Sullivan his returned from Southern Pines where she visited b hu: ••aad who is takijivr treatnu".' ‘nere. Mss. Sul!i art says the peach i'ecsi in the sandhill section are in] o*'. ,m and present a beautiful sight. Annual Banquet At Piedmont Saturday The annual aim uni banquet will ho held at Piedmont high school Satur day night, April lpth. Those desiring; t'ckets should apply to C. A. Led ford, B x ltd, LawndaL, sending $1.00 for each plate.to be reserved. The fol lowing is the program: Opening promptly at 7:150 p. m. Chorus—Blue Danube Waltz. Address of welcome by president. Vocal solo “On the Road to Man dalay” by Thomas Cornwell. Alumni address by John P. Mull. Vocal solo, “L’ete” by Miss Beulah Rowland. Kings Min. Baptist Association Second The Womens Missionary Union of the Kings Mountam Baptist A ■■■-::> fiatioii came second of all the 62 Bap tist Arsocie’ions in the state in the progress made •(hiring the past year and just missed the first prize given at the state convention held last week at Goldsboro. Mrs. John \Vae‘>st,T of Waco who is general superintend ' nt of the W. M. IT. v/oik in tip Kings Mountain association attended the Goldsboro meeting and made the ! report which was most gratifying- I The Roanoke Associate) i in the east-1 ern part of North ( arolinn won the ! first prize and the Kings Mountain Association came s.-.ond with hon orable mention. Well Known Young Man Dies in Asheville Alec Hamrick, son of M. Willie : Hamrick who married Miss Vernic Putnam daughter of A. R. Putnam of! this place, died in Asheville Tuesday j night, at the age of 22 years Young Mr. Hamrick was single and a very ( promising young , man who had to I give up his school work some months i ago because of a complication of trou-! hies which confined him to his; bed since Christmas. The sad message of hi; death came to the families of! Mr. Putnam and Mrs. ,J. W. Spangler1 Wednesday morning. Deceased is sur-f vived by a brother Roy Who lives at home and a sister Millie who teaches in Cuba. —Gypsies Leave—The band of gypsy fortune tellers and basket makers who had a camp on the Cleveland Springs road for six weeks left Shelby this week for another town. t Mrs. C. L. Weathers Died On Monday Mrs. Cynthia L. Weathers died Monday, April 7, at her home in S. Shelby. Mrs. Weathers was born Jan 30, 1808, and was at the time of her death aged .r>G years, two months and eight days. The funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 8, at Bea ver Dam church, the services being in charge of Revs. J. C. Gillespie and Rush Padgett. The deceased is survived by four children, two sons and two daughters, as follows: George and Glover Weath ers, of Shelby; Mrs. Hattie Smith. Shelby, and Mrs. Lola Fox, of Jack son county. Four brothers and five i sisters also survive as follows: J. P. Barnett, Oaroleen; W. A. Barnett, Mt. j Holly; W. B. Barnett, of Shelby; David Barnett, of Sharon; Mrs. Mary Conner, Boiling Springs; Mrs. Ollie j Queen, Sharon; Mrs. Fannie Williams] Gaffney; Mrs. Dovie Denton, Grover,] and Mrs. Daisy Smith, Shelby. Ten-Year-Old Buys Ford Of His Own Greenwood, April 10—Carl Winn, j •n y«iir old boy of Plum Bran' ll, is * probably the youngest Ford automo bile owner in the state. Salesmen for the John I. Chipley Ford exchange here thought somebody was trying to ] ofay a belated April f«fbl joke on thm j Monday when Carl, barefooted, walk ed 'n and requested that he be shown I the’r stock of roadsters. To humor him they asked him how he wanted ■ it equipped and if he preferred a new er to a second hand one Budnes-dik he replied that h ? wanted a :-' H I .starter and a “brand new machine.''] After examining several he picked, >ut the shiniest looking one and. . •vHe.n told the price, took out his j check hook from his po k: t and: •v^c-te a chock for $400.70, which. Mr ; ’hinlcy raid, was found to be abro- : lut' lv good. The transaction completed, Car' ; “mounted” h’s Ford and drove away) 0 Plum Branch, a distance of 30 miles, : > HEAVY DOCKET SCHEDULED FOR YORK COUNTY COURT York, S. C., April 10.—A heavy docket will confront the court of gen oral sessions for York county, here Monday, April 14. Fifteen prisoner" are in jail awaiting trial and a num hcr of cases are scheduled for trial in Which the defendants are out on bond. What judge will preside is not known here yet, as Judge J. W. De Yore, of Edgefield, has given notice that he will be unable to hold court on account of the illness of his wife. Criminal court will be followed by a r eek dfrvote l to common pleas. Jim Hampton, negro, who was ar rested on the charge of murder in connection with the finding of the' keleton in a wool near York hut whose wife, the supposed victim, has now turned up in Raleigh, X. C., very much alive, will now face trial on the charge of bigamy, he having mar-; raied again, it is alleged. BAILEY GROOVE IIOOKTS SHELBY HIGH OUTFIT i Chadptte Observer. The Shelhy ball club seems to be ] going pretty strong thV, season. The I Clevelanders have dropped only one j "ftne, and that to Mt. Pleasant Co’- ; higiate institute. Tuesday, however i they came down and won from that j 'earn by a score of 4 to f. Dick Gur- 1 ley is getting pretty good Work out f Shelby, when it is considered that this is a small town and that the available material in the high school is limited to a very few boys. He ban to make good with what he has. FARMERS GIVE AWAY EGGS IN KENTUCKY Eggs have become so cheap in the Maysvilla, Ky., section that farmers have quit taking time from their planting to gather them, according to reports. When the quotation drop ped to ten cents a doien, farmers be gan giving them to produce truck 1 drivers if they would gather them Mere For Funeral. Lincoln News. Among those who were in Shelby. Fridry to attend the funeral of Mrs. j eBtty Lineberger, were Mrs. *M. II. '■ Kuhn, Mrs. J. L. Lineberger, Misses i Minnie and Elizabeth Noe, Mary' Spencer Love, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Philips, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Perkins. It you arc not a member of any Bible Class the Methodist Men's Bible Class extends you a cordial invitation to join us. Service Sunday 9:45 a. m. HON. C. R. HOEY, Teacher. THE DANGER POINT When your eyes refuse to do a normal amount of tvdrk without fatigue it is time to look for eye strain and subsequent danger* Headaches dizziness, neu ralgia and nervousness are symptoms of defect ive vision. In cases of that kind have your eyes looked after at once. We will gladly advise you free of charge. T. W. HAMRICK CO Optometrists. AT THE NEW PRINCESS THEATRE -SPECIAL TODAY— i' Ini ( ■ !.i • Office presents “The Fan- Cheat” featuring Dorothy- MactVidi, Edmund Brcese, Wilfred Lytell and an all star cast. This is a "pedal society picture that you'll like. Watch f ‘Tlobifi IIooj” a big special with Douglass Fair banks, May 4-5th. - SPECIAL TOMORROW— Lon/, nu ■ li you like break neck horsemanship and romance of the .j^re.-tt open -ffcces—you have a treat in store. See Hoot fITl s;;n in “It Ho 1- ,r Vmtr It’s a .thrilling picture of the California gold rush da; .. with Iloot Gibson in the thrilliw role of a irood nctui d cowboy lover of the early western days. E tru:- A u nmirtg l-'o,t Comedy. A lmL: 'iti !f> and 2">-. - MONDAY— Don’t mi: : reiag the v.’orld famous hand cuff king, Houdini, in h . late.* sp < ;-ii pi •ttf • entitled “Haldane of the Secret Ser tice” si.ppn.-U'd by Gladys L-.li also “The Fox News” Educational. See ILth i' l':; “Jack'and Jill Girl Musical Comedy.” A vaudeville you will Hk-. Special show for matinee. General admission -5 end 50c. ;'i-. ' ,,-tls r iaid to b - on" of the best Blackface Comed ian n thr ii id s.> be prepared to laugh. DRIVE A NEW CHEVROLET IT MAY MEAN $25.00 TO YOU. Comic Oration On Pants Later The letters in the square, if arranged correctly will make two words describing someth ini: that everyone wants. HERE’S YOUR CHANCE We will give to anyone who guesses the above puzzle cor rectly, a credit of $25.00 to apply on the immediate pur chase of a new CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILE or any used car we have for sale. Have your answer, with your name and address, in at our office before noon on _ __ Mail them or bring them in person. Watch The Star Tuesday. AREY BROTHERS, S. Washington Street. Shelby, N. C. NOTICE! Wo are pleased to advise that vve have opened a garage in Lawndale. We will carry Accessories, Tires, Etc. Our motto is SERVICE. We handle the well known and always uniform Texaco Gas and Lubricating Oils. It has paid others, it will pay you to use TEXACO. Also we are associate dealers of AREY BROS., for the famous line of CHEVROLET Cars and have several in stock at all times. Get a CHEVROLET NOW. We will appreciate your patronage. LAWNDALE MOTOR COMPANY Lem Elmore. Stanly Morrison. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Shelby RESOURCES FOUR MILLION. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CONDENSED STATEMENT, MARCH 31ST, 1921. RESOURCES LOANS AND DISCOUNTS— The largest hem of ;i bank’s resources are the 1' ms made to firms, corporations and in dividuals. Our loans arc made with great care by experienced men with thorough knowledge of conditions and securities and amount to__$3,337,387.85 OVERDRAFTS— Credit extended to customers in the form of overdrafts. A large part of our overdrafts are secured by cotton. This is a form of cred it that banks do not approve of and we urge our customers to discontinue this practice _ 13,502.23 U. S. BONDS— Bonds of the United States owned by us to secure our circulating notes ____ 225,000.00 OTHER STOCKS AND BONDS— Inve-tmepts made by the bank in Liberty Bonds, State, County and Municipal Bonds.. 283,340.56 REAL ESTATE OWNED— An investment in real estate, on part of which will be located the bank’s home in the future, and also house andjot 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 cash on hand and funds placed with the Federal Reserve Bank and larger banks in New York, Richmond and other large cities constitute the Reserve of a bank. Reserve is calculated by the proportion of these funtis to the total deposits. On this basis our reserve is about twelve per cent of our deposits or nearly one-eighth as much as deposits, amounting to -,- 368,905.28 The items above constitute the bank’s RE SOURCES, making Total Resources___ .$4,350,945.92 CAPITAL STOCK— , Amount paid in by the 125 stoOcholders as the Bank’s Capital _______250,000.00 SURPLUS FUND— Amount set aside by shareholders as a fur ther protection for depositors and used the same as capital_ 250,000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS— Profits left on hand after setting aside ample amount for interest due depositors and in come tax _______________ 106,802.21 RESERVED FOR INTEREST— Reserved from profits to pay interest due to depositors __________- 27,315.56 RESERVED FOR TAXES— Reserved from Profits to cover Income Tax due -- 15,000.00 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_ 218,000,00 Secured by U. S. Bonds amounting to $225,000.00. BILLS PAYABLE— At times demand for money is heavy and funds are secured from The Federal Reserve Bank and New York banks on security such as Liberty Bonds, State, County and City Bonds, to lend to cotton mills, cotton dealers and others. Our Bills Payable amount to_ 325,000.00 BILLS RE.DISCOUNTEI)— Choice notes of our customers sold with our endorsement* to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, thereby using the excellent Fed eral Reserve System for the benefit of cus tomers and community to. the amount of__ 155,000.00 DEPOSITS— Deposits are funds placed with a bank either on interest or checking account by other banks, corporations, firms and individuals. The Deposit account is the life of the bank and reflects the financial condition of a com- ^ munity. Our total deposits amount to __ 3,003,798.15 All the above items make uf> the banks liabil ities, making TOTAL LIABILITIES_$4,350,945.92 $ 1 eople often say they can not understand the usual published bank statement, so we have made the above explanations of each item, so that any one can read and understand the statement. We are naturally pleased with this statement as it is one oi the largest 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-fiANK of Shelby A I>IG STRONG, I R1ENDLY, NATIONAL BANK-MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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