Champion Marble
Shooter Is Wanted
Who is the champion marble shoot-,
er in Cleveland county? It may be a
grown man or more likely some
youngster in grammar or high school
who :k. doubt has practised more of
late. At ary rate the Raleigh Daily
Times wants to know the champion
in Cleveland county and on May 17th
each county is asked to conduct an
elimination contest to determine the
champion. Now some marble shooter
should take the lead and see that h«
has several to meet him in the con
test. After the champion of the coun
tv is determined on May 17th, said
champs n is asked to go to Raleigh
on the following Saturday, May 21st
and compete for state hohors. The
winner of the state championship
will be sent to Atlantic City, N. J.,
with all expenses paid by the Raleigh
Times. A letter to The Star from The
Times says:
“There may Ire some local civic
organisation that will assist you..
Your County superintendent of schools
will help. Kvfiryons will readily recog
nize this fine opportunity of touch
ing boy life through wholesome sport.
The very simple rules, publicity mat
ter and full particulars will be sent
when you toll me that you will take
hold and put the plan across.”
iMMm
Money back without question
If HUNT’S GUARANTEED
SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES
(Hunt's Solve and Soap), fail In
tlie treatment of Itch, Eeaema,
Ringworm,Tetter or other Itch
ing akin diseases. Tiy this
treatment at our risk.
I 'LL, tttHH, Pharmacist
Shelby, N. C.
RUSH STROUP
Attorney at Law
Royster Building
Phono 514.
DR. A. PITT BEAM
Dentist
Shelby, N. C. Phone 188
In Dr. Ware’s former office.
Shelby National Bank Bldg.
HORACE KENNEDY
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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OFFICE IN MILLER
block:.
T. W. Ebeftoft
Grocer and
Book Seller
Phone—82
Jno. M. Best
Furniture Co.
Undertaking
Licensed
Embalmers
Funeral Directors
Day Phone 365
Mght Phones:
364—378-J
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Having this day qualified as execu
(>,1 * he will of G. L. Moore, deceas
. late of Cleveland county, notice is
nereby given to all persons holding
'aims against said estate to present
tnem properly proven, to the under
siKned at Grover, N. C. or B. T. Falls
ihl' Vfnv? ?keiby, N. C., on or before
19tl* day of April, 1924. or thie
ice will be plgaded in bar of any
recovery on same. All persons indebt
1 to said estate will make immediate
Payment, to the undersigned.
1 his the 18th day of April, 1924.
II. MOORE, Executor G. L.
Moore’s Will.
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE.
Having this day qualified as exe
i ,utnx estate of M. W. Crowder
t deceased, this is to notify all parties
claims against said estate to
• hibit them to the undersigned for
Payment on or before the 16th day of
,I)n|’ 1?25, or this notice will be
.r aii ln any recovery there
Parties indebted to said estate
' I, Please come forward and make
settlement.
1'his April 10th, 1924. .
tpMARy jane CROWDER, Exocu
Eynum E. Weathers, Atty.
Man Who Was in the California Gold
Rush Dies Penniless and For
gotten by Old Friends.
Somewhere is written, “Seven cities
c< ntend for Homer dead, through
which the living Homer begged his
tread.” Sleeping in the soil of Lan
caster county, Pa., far from the mad
dening crowd, in one of the quaintest
nr.d most interesting of cemeteries,
are the remains of a notable charac- j
ter, who once contributed largely to !
the making of the Golden West. The
owner at one time of more than 250,
000 acres of California land, the cat
tle on a thousand hills were his, he |
was, in fact a multimillionaire, but j
Gen. John A. Sutter, in Lititz, was al-}
most, penniless and died a poor man. ,
The grave of General Sutter is in
the old Moravian cemetery and his
wife, Anna Sutter, who was born in
Switzerland in 1905, is buried along
side.
The general’s career was pictures
que. remarkable and pathetic.
Gold did nothing for him, but much
to him. Born in Switzerland, he was
educated at Berne Military school,
.became an officer in the French army
and was socially prominent. He was
an adventurer and encircled in travel
the globe. Visiting the Sanwieh Is
lands he was presented with eight
Kanakas by the king. Arriving at
M: nterey, then the capital of Cali
fo; nia, he was warmly welcomed by
Governor Juan Alvarado, who
promptly made the Swiss captain a
general and presented him with 11
square leagues of land, to be taken
wnhin 18 months from any section of
the domain that appealed to the re
cipient. He set out from Monterey,
explored San Francisco Bay, as well
as the San Pablo and Sunsun bays,
eduised up the Saera/nento and San
Joaquin rivers and finally reached
the present site of Sacramento, where
he encountered 500 Indians. Fortun
ately the chief of the tribe and the
general could concerse in Spanish and
no fighting was engaged in, but while
on the Feather river more hostile In
dir.ns compelled party to turn back
and they retraced to a point on the
Sacramento, where a permanent set
tlement was made and is today the
site of Sutter’s Fort. Surveying 11
square leagues and possibly taking
“good measure,” hi* acquirement*
amounted to more than K)O,f)O0 acres.
He built the historic fort, became a
citizen of Mexico, governor of the
the northern frontier, attained much
prominence and grew fabulously rich
while he found it necessary to
fight the Indians from time te time,
and though oftimes outnumbered ten
to one, invariably defeated the red
warriors. ,
In the twinkling almost of an eye
he became the most influential man
in the state, the ruler of a vast .do
main. Establishing stores, he traded
from Canada to Mexico and as far
east as St. Louis. Governor Micheltor
ena, successor of Alvarado, presented
him with an additional 11 square
league*: of land to encourage activi
ties in agriculture, and he grew great
quantities of barley and wheat, tak
ing fertile lands supposed to be bar
ren. The virtual owner of 260,000
acres of land, he was monarch of all
he surveyed.
Then happened the event that re
duced him from affluence to penury,
and paradoxial as it may seem, it
was nothing less than the discovery
of gold on his very own land, veri
fying that old Spanish saying, “He
who finds gold will die in the alms
house.v
Engaged in building a small saw
mill, with James W. Marshall as his.
foreman, the latter picked up the his
torical nugget of gold.
The discovery was made on Janu
ary 24, 1848. He told his emplpyer,
and they kept it secret until the fol
lowing 15th of March, when a'weekly:
paper in San Francisco, Cal., publish
ed the story. That news de-populated
Son Francisco.; crews deserted their
ships in the harbor, and the rush was
on. They came in swarms from every
section of America and foreign coun
tries. Many of them had money, and
tha earlier seekers were of the better
class. They patronized Sutter’s stores
and purchased his crops. He did a re
markable business and things came
his way, but with the influx came the
gamblers and bad men, booze artists
and booze. Indians became interested
in fire water. Even the faithful Ka
nakas yielded to the pirates and de
serted their benefactor. His mercantile
establishments were plundered, his
cattle stolen. Squatters on his lands.
California was being annexed to the
United States, and rights and titles
granted by Spanish governors were
not being respected.
He appealed to our courts in vain
for recompense and justice.
California did, however, grant a
pension of $250 a month to the man
who owned the gold lands, and he vol
untarily relinquished the bounty after
receiving it for for 1<4 years. In 1872
he sent his two daughters to Bethle
hem, Pa., to attend the Moravian
school, and, visiting that section la
ter, preferred the school at Lititz. He
remained in Lititz permanently and
became a citizen of the county.
While a resident of Lititz he built
a house on the main street, which is
still standing. He spent much time in
Washington, urging recognition of
claims against the government, which
he, as well as many others, thought
were just and he was a will-known
figure at tha national capital. Taking
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WALKED FROM FRISCO
TO DETROIT FOR A JOB
Detroit, May 2.-—John William
Walter, 74 years old, is today a guest
of a Detroit charitable institution aft
er walking from San Francisco to 'see
Henry Ford about a jofc.” Penniless
and without relatives in this country
Walter said he had heard of the won
derful possibilities in Detroit and so
he came here.
Asked what kiad of a job he wanted
he replied he wanted "to talk that
over with Henry Ford.” Walter said
automobiles helped him along the
journey. He begun his hike February
25 and arrived here yesterday.
Walter was born in Hanover, Ger
many, .and was in San Francisco at
!he time of the earthquake, when he
says four of his children were killed,
Dead men tell no tales, hut a lot of
their friends have been in the sena
torial investigations.
The future holds little for a wo
man who lias more beauty than she
knows what to do with.
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce that I am a can
didate for the office of Sheriff of Clev
eland County, subject to the Demo
cratic primary to he held on Saturday
June 7th. 1 will appreciate the sup
port of both the women and men of
this good county. If you honor me
with election to this important office
I promise Jo give my personal atten
tion to the duties of the office so fat
as possible. I shall *iot have time to
make a call on each individual voter.
Respectfully,
D. 1). WILKINS.
April 24, 11*24.
FOR SHERIFF'.
To the voters of Cleveland County,
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the office of Sheriff
Cleveland county subject to the action
of the Democratic primary to be held
June 7th, 1024.
HUGH A. LOGAN.
FOR RECORDER.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Recorder and Auditor of
Cleveland county subject to the action,
of the Democratic Primary of June
7th. If elected it will be my sole and
controlling ambition to do absolute
justice. I give my solemn promise to
be at all time impartial to protect the
interest of the state, but to treat all
alike, rich and poor, *»mall and great.
JOHN P. MULL,
S’
RE MUSCLES
Vacations are often
Lpoiladvby soreness ro
ll uIFing from outdoor
Lames. A good massage
with Vicks often gives
surprising relief.
Castor Oilf
Never Agqin!
That’s what numbers of mothers are
saying since they have tried Liv-o-lax
for the bilious attacks, indigestion and
similar disorders of their children.
Mother #drcads giving castor oil just
as much as the baby fears taking it,
and the same applies to calomel. f I
It was because the common family
laxative fails to act on the liver that
W. L. Hand began, experimenting to
devise a remedy that would act on both
liver and bowels and take the place of
calomel and castor oil, and the Liv-o
lax formula, as has been proven in
* thousands of households, meets this
need.
Liv-o-lax is purely vegetable and is
a liquid remedy, so pleasant to taste
that the children love to take it.
It is ,ast as good for bilious condi
tions and disorders of digestion' in
adults. You can get Liv-o-iax now at
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE.
Having c,ualified 3s Executrix of
the estate of J. L. Dixon, late of
Cleevland county, North Carolina,
this is to give notice to all persons
having claims against the estate of
said decedent to exhibit them to the
undersigned executrix on or before
the 20th day of April, 1925. or thin
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. And all persons indebted to
said estate will please make immedi
ate payment to the undersigned.
This the 21st day of April, 1924.
LUI.A ALMA DIXON, Executrix
of J. L. Dixon, deceased.
Quinn, Hamrick and Harris, Attys.
sick in that city, he died there in
June of 1880 and a few days later
was buried at Lititz.—High Point
Herald.
m STM IN
THIS COUNTY
I Nine Have Been Established For the
Convenience of the Producer*—
Shipping 18 Crates Weekly
(By R. E. Lawrence)
Tlu* Cleveland county ("onHerative
Egg Producers association which was
organized January 1st is making
cof/J under the leadership of* Thud
Ford. Mr. W. L. Padgett resigned
April 1st on account of not having
time to devote to it from his farming
interests. In the place of having one
central packing station established in
Shelby at the beginning, nine pack
ing stations have been established in
ar, many communities of the county
where the producer grades, candles,
stamps and packs eggs in crates ready
for shipment.
Two other communities have al
ready made application for packing
stations and others will be establish
ed later on in the county.
The 'association is putting on the
market a superior product of eggs.
Only clean, fresh gathered, graded,
and stamped "eggs with the associa
tion name and number of the produc- I
ei* are sold and the people are learn
ing to look for this stamp and guar
antee on the end of each egg.
After May 1st all eggs produced
by the association will Ik* infertile
jvhtch will add much to the quality!
cf the eggs during the summer
months.
. This is the first cooperative egg
association organized in the state und
»is making good. Other counties ex
pect to organize this fall.
The association is putting on the
market 15 to 18 crates of eggs each
week and Mr. Ford is having more
calls for eggs than the members are
supplying.
This egg association will do much
to stimulate the poultry industry in
the county and shows the people there
is a market for a product when it
is handled properly und put or. the
market in first class condition.
MAT
El
Will be Most Epochal in History of
College—Effort ha.®^isc a
Quarter of Million.
-— )
Mrs. Kemp Funderburk, of Monroe
formerly of Shelby, alumnae chair
man for this region, has just been in
formed by President Juffin -1. Foust
of the North fiarofana cofl^gc for wo
men that the alumnae-organization,
represented on every continent except
ing Australia, has notified him it in
tends making this year’s commence
ment the most epochal i^ the history
of the college. ‘ |
The graduation exercises, June 3,
will signalize the achievement of the
§250,000 goal for a student-almunae
building, alumnae leaders believe.
“Furthermore, the accomplishment
will mark the first organized effort
of the alumnae and North Carolina
citizens for definitely constructive as
sistance to a college that has effec
tively and quietly served the citizen
ship of the state' continuously for 32
SHVS thp olumnop efufomont
Permanent organizations of alum*
nae have been set up throughout the
state with the building movement as
the first objective. These organiza
tions of alumnae have been set up
throughout the state with the build
ing movement as the first objective.
These organizations have been the out
growth of enthusiastic rallies of alum
nae and citizens in Asheville, Ghar.
lotte, Rocky Mount, Goldsoro, 'Wil
mington, Greensboro, Raleigh and
Sanford, followed by group confer
ences in practically every county. The
last of the inter-county conferences
were held in Goldsboro, May 3, and
consisted of a luncheon arranged at
the woman’s dub by Mrs. John Spicer,
of Goldsboro, followed by a mass
meeting of its citizens in the cham
ber of commerce and exhibition of a
motion picture of the college.
Similar meetings in Rocky Mount
and Sanford brought enthusiastic re
sponse from local alumnae and citi
zens. The Rocky Mount meeting, call
ed by Miss Emily Austin, of Tarboro
was attended by 100 delegates from
practically all of the seven counties
in that district, and was addressed by
Miss Clara B. Byrd, alumnae secre
tary and A. J. Cash, director of the
building movement.
Miss Mary Arrington, of Rocky
Mount, one of the original students
at N. C. C. W was an honor guest and
gave an inspiring talk.
Interest here has spread outside
college circles to citizens who real
ize the importance of proper social
atmosphere and cultural college spir
it at the institution that is training
the state’s teachers. It has become gen
erally understood that the same ap
propriations specifically for mainten
ance and permanent improvement, are
inadequate to provide a student-alum,
nae building, and this fact is bringing
influential citizens to the fore as
champions of the alumnae’s endeavor.
Foremost among these leaders are
Secretary of State W. N. Everett, Jo
sephus Daniels, and J. E. Latham, of
Greensboro, •
Buy a E. B. Standard mowing ai.
chine from O. E. Ford Co., if you do
not admit that it is the best machine
you ever saw your money back with
out a word.
13- Mill YEAR
IS m PlAiEO
Wooster, O., May .3.—The world’s
calendar may Ik* changed all around
in 1928. The year then may consist of
13 months, each of 28 days, with no
extra day in regular years and two
•xtrft days in leap years.
Such is the objective of scientists,
according to Dr. B. F. Yannoy, pro
fessor of mathematics and astronomy
at the College of Wooster, and the re
vision probably will be acted upon at
a world oongress of scientists, likely
to be held in Geneva. Switzerland, in
October. A special committee of
which Prof. M. E. Cotsworth, Van
couver, B. Ca director of the Interna
tional Fixed Calendar League is sec-,
retary, soon will set a definite date
for the congress.
The committee was selected at the
Cincinnati meeting of the American
Association for Advancement of
Science.
International agitation to change
the existing foiin of the calendar now
has reached such a stage that organi
zation to change to a simpler type is
under way, Dr. Yatsncr said. He ex
pressed himself ae certain, of the
proposed Scientists Congress adopts
the thirteen month style, that senti
ment will be stroqg to bring about its
adoption in 1928 by all countries.
♦There are many defects in the
IM-esent calendur, Dr. Yanney assert
ed. It is of Roman origin with a num
ber of changes by Augustus Caesar
and Pope Gregory XIII.
“There ure 14 varieties of yearly
calendar,’’ Dr. Yanney continued.
“They depend upon the kind of year,
common or leap, and on the day of the
week that the year begins. In any
century these 14 varieties occur In cy -
cles of 28 years, but by reason of the
fact that of centurial yedrs only
those divisible fey 400 are leap years,
it requires a complete period of 400
years fo* a complete cycle to occur.
“Due to the number of days in the
. mon£h$j, there are eleven varieties in
a year. Apart from the year in which
a monthly calendar may appear, then
are altogether 28 varieties of monthly
calendars. The shortest perio.l o*
time in which these 28 vraieties nay
occur is 24 years and one month.
RUTHERFORD HAS WHOLE
TIME HEALTH OFFICER
Rutherford Sun.
Hr. J. C. Twitty was elected full
time health officer at the last meet
ing of the eoutity commissioners.
Contract was sent the State Board of
Health for approval. We suppose he
will begin work about July 1st. The
time, salary and other details will be
arranged soon. The salary was set a(
$3,500 per year, at first with the
state bearing half the expense.
The threshing season is not yet on,
but it is time you were investigating
if you are thinking of buying a
threshing machine. O. E. Ford Co.',
handles the Geiser line of threshing
machines. It-will pay you to sec them.
Tell your neighbor that he is
smarter than you are, and he will not
only agree with you, but lend you
money to boot.
SEAJBOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains at
* Shelby, N. C.
Lv.
No.
Between
No.
Ar.
7:40a
5:47p
4:50p
11:02a
34 Rutherfordton-Kaieigh
and Wilmington
31 Wilmington-Raleigh
and Rutherfordton
15 Monroe-Rutherfordton
16 Ratherfordton-Monroe
34
3L
15
16
7A0a
5:47p
4:50p
11:02a
Schedules published as information and are not
guaranteed.
E. W. LONG, D. P. A„ Charlotte, N. C.
or G. SMART, Local Ticket Agent •
Always On The Job
t
After Tuesday, April 1, we offer a 24
Hour service to the people of Shelby and
surrounding territory in the sale of Ice,
Coal and Wood.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
\
Ideal Ice & Fuel Co.
-ICE, COAL AND WOOD
A Welcome Member
of the Family
A MOTOR car is never more appreciated than in
the springtime. Its convenience and enjoyment
are shared by all the iamily—and by speeding, up the
day’s work, it provides more time for recreation.
A Ford Touring Car provides every motor car essen
tial at the lowest pike for which a live passenger car
has ever sold—a price only made possible by complete
manufacture, in tremendous volume, in the largest and
most economically operated plants in the automobile
industry.
Efficiency oi manufacture is accurately reflected in the i
quality and price of the Ford Touring Car
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Or you can -buy on our Weekly Furchase Plan.
The Ford dealer in your neighborhood will gladly
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