Brown sheeting
at _..-. .
Long Cloth (yard
wide)
Good Apron
ginghams __ _
32 inch dr.\ ■ ginghams
at
71
21
Oc
j c
*«: 2.
Good Ticking
15 and
8 Ounce Feather
Ticking ..1—,
40 inch fine colored
voiles
18c
38c
38c
Yard wide ^Iress
Percales _
DRESS LINEN
Rose, Cope, Orange, Green, Lavender.
Brown, Peach and white, yard wide.*
Guaranteed all Q r*
linen __ ODC
LA DIE’S SILK HOSE
In all the loading colors, 45c, f sj
88c, $1.10 and . .
Men’s wide brim farm
hats. 25c and
Childrens Sun hats
18c and
e -K-? iV1
38c
25c
:* » N S KTR\\V HATS GALORE
K .»h, ' ii • * ,.t vv ;^ul smooth O P* £\
i,»«'Uid <b&>*
f*u\v ‘1 , »
. h i! work
-shots .
$1.98
Ml;
I
fijrr
hr
m
f.!n
M >n’s fire .s and work shoes worth up to
■""•j'r-a»9 oe
1-'l '.lwjoD
c?U
Ml
Pn
:■• work ;’U) •, j'ua*,an
f - ' a!! leather
T.adii pat m leather Pumo.
low licet _
$3.85
$1.98
?n
Jc
< !ii!;•'r. r)’ patofit and kid
i
pump; and %p X ,c-±i
’■’iill slock of I. ..dies Pumps and Oxfords
tor Piling and Sure mar vVeor in Patent,
• u d . I and Satin. bow gfcgj i\ g
• ! tin dium h* ;1. $i.9K to
<-'Kh' ove’-.dis with bib front, f r% »h
$I.Gb .value, "peria' ^
I’otl.r ;overall 220 white back
denim.
Special___ . .
PXil
$1.85
flood work pant • for nun, «j rj p*
- - — I ,
$1.48 and .
o
.Uur b i n ware. Every pi t! worth 75c,
coin- 'choice Saturday, while it
lasts ___ ___
WE SELL McCALL PATTERNS.
Shelby, N, C.
Have you ever noticed that it makes
a liar angrier tube called a liar than ,
it does an honest man?
We should all so drive that the
manufacturers of automobile horns
would have to go out of business.
We are not fading to worry much so
long a: the senate doesn’t appoint a
! committee to investigate the coffee-j
| Pot. . j
COM MISSION EK’S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Clerk i
• >f tic.; Superior Court of Cleveland
i, county heretofore made in Special
Proceeding No. 1401, the same being
' entitled, Tlmd Allen and wife, Nancy
E. Allen ct-ai., vs. Ida Allen, et-al, i,
commissioner will re-sell at pub
i lie auction* for cash to the highest
bidder at the court house door in Shel.
1 by, N. C., at 12 o’clock M., or within
legal hours, on
Monday, May 2tith. 1921.
j the following'described tracts or par-I
] of lan|l, situated in No. 1* town. <
, ship,' Cleveland county, North Caro
lina, and being known as the li. L. AI
i ien old home place:
Lot No. 1: Beginning at a stake, a!
• new corner, thence S. 28 1-2 W. 6.00
chains to a stone thence S, 20 1-1 E.!
IV. 12 chains to n stone, thence S. B
1-4 W. 12.50 chains to a stone in old
road; thence K. 87 E. 7.GO chains to a
; stor.e in old road; thence S. 22 E. 1.00
i chains to a B. O., thence 82 1-2 E.
18.70 chains to a stake, a new road;
{thence X. 41 1-2 E. 12.28 chains to a
stake in Ohelby-FaJIston road; thence
i N. 411. \V. 4(t70 chains to the begin
ning, Containing 51 3-4 acres, more or
I less.
j Lot No. 2: Beginning at a stake,
[■Corner of Lot No. I. run; S. 41) E.
‘40.76 chains to a stake in Shelby.
FaJlston road; thence N, 41 1-2 E.
10.20 chains to a stake in said roau,
thence N. 46 1-2 W. 5.95 chains to a
! stake, thence N. 24 1-2 E. 5.25 chains
t a stake in old road; thence N. 37
W. 17.22 chains to a stone, thence N.
j 79 VV. 19.60 chains to a stone, thence
j S. 28 1-2 W. 9.40 chains to the begin,
i nine, containing 58 acres, more or
less., '
Lot No. 0: Beginning at a stake in.
Shelby-.Fallston road, thence S. 83 1-2
1.. 35.20 chains to a stone, thence ft.
1 1-2 W. 20.10 chains to a stone,
thence S. 85 1-4 E. 4.25 chains to
! pointers, thence N. 20 1.2 E. 12.82 to
a stone, thence N. 27 1-2 E. 12.50
(bains to a pine, thence N. 73 1-2 W.
13.00 chains to u stone, thence N.l
0 4 lb 3.50 chains to a stone, thence
N. 40 1-2 W. 15.75 chains to a stake
1 in Hhelby-Falisten road, thence with
the said road S. 41 1-2 W. 23.00
I chains to the beginning, containing 5”
' 1-2 acres, more or less.
! The bidding at said sale will begin
at sixteen thousand nine Hundred
I Thirty-one and *10.931.25) 25.100 Dol.
lars for the entire three tracts of land
This May 5th. 1924.
THAD ALLEN, Commissioner.
Bynum E. Weathers, Attorney.
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Your House Painted Faster
Easier and F
at Less Cost
T^CONOMY and satisfaction in
XJrrf painting a house are reckoned,
not by the cost of the paint per can,
but by the beauty and durability
of the finished job, and by the
spread. . . . (ho number of square
feet a given quantify of paint will
cover properly.
Devoe Lead and Zinc House
Faint goes farthest, looks best and
lasts longest, because' it' is made
from pure white lead, pure white
zinc, pure linseed oil, pure turpen
tine dryer and nothing else
It will give better results and
cost less per job than any other
paint you can buy.
Assert your pride of Ownership.
A well painted house is the best
evidence of a man’s prosperity. A
comparatively trifling investment.in
Devoe House Paint will strengthen
your standing in the community and
add materially to the value of your
property.
This Coupon is Worth 40 Cents
Fiil out this coupon and present it to us within
30 days. We will give vou Free a 40-Cent can
of any Devoe Paint and Varnish Product you
want, or a reduction of 40 cents orru targe can.
Your Name___Address______
To*n--Stme__
/V>c>e Agent’s Name 5 “7
One ..Aufon m i t nv>ii T» b* usis) by xlults only.
SHELBY
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5
ISH PRODUCTS
Band Of Robbers Is
Caught In Hickory
Alleged To Have . Police Records In
Various Towns n The State.
Ten Are !n Jail.
Hickory, May fi.—A g;nog of allow
ed robbers wh > have given vfork to
police officals throughout the state
were captured in this city tonight by
the Hickory police force, assisted by
officers from Lenoir. ,
The band, 10 in number, has a po
lice record it is alleged in Winston
Salem. Crnmerton, Lc oir, Hickory
and other cities whe-e ,hev have
made wholesale raids on dry goods
coid clothing - tores, making its get
away in stole i auior.iob i . Part of
the SI,000 worth of pooch stolen
from the Brook ford mill tore in tbit
city arid a number dl shir!:• stolen
from a Hcdk store at Crnmortoh w; -r■»
remove-ed toryghi.
Two of the leaders, Albert Shook,
and Ernest Parker, the .last to bo
caught, were : leeping in house in
West Hickory when Lenoir policemen
given the trail by Rhodhme o.Ti.-ers,
arrested and brought them t -> Hick
ory jail.
The Rhodhiss officers attempted to
arrest Parker- and Shook last night
hut they escaped after a ■:>-riffle,' The
two men who arc' about '0 years old
have confessed to ;• number if rob
beries.
Other members who am believed to
belong to the .nine ,-an.rr arc in the
county jail in Newton, The names of
those suspected in conn- etion with the
Brookford robbery are, J,c>-o- Co-)!;,
Ernest JParkcr. Albert Shock,"Charles
K.\ Ie, Jessie Smith, .vierion Smith,
Durant Buff a id Mi-ivin Couch. Sev
eral of thorn give Brookford and
Rhodhiss as their boric.;.
According to one, root of hands’
activity has been between Hickory
and Winston-Salem id on side dribs
to Charlotte, the eonv r.Ynt freight
train schedules, being ideal.
High School Player
Makes Fine Record
Hitting safely in 17 consecutive
games: -is the unusual record estab
lished by Cline Lee. brilliant short
stop or, the Shelby high (bool club,
that is making a afro: r fight for The
Observer cup and slate el ampioiTshin.
Friday’s championship game with
Stnrtown was the first game this sea
son in which L- <, who is hitting well
over .100 failed to connect safely.
Lee, a fall rangy youth and consid
ered one of the best high scnool play
ers the state lias ever known, bar
bobhled only three, timer in ihe IB
games, in which he has handled from
five to 12 chances each game and cov
ered considerably-more territory than
the average high school in fielder. The
youngster has two more years in, high
school and should makr an exception
al college player if he is not lined in
to professional hall.
Pains In The Side, Back And
Kidneys Show That Some
thing Is Wrong With Your
System—Nervousness, L o s s
Of Appetite And Sleeplessness
Are Advance Warnings That
If Heeded Will Save Serious
Trouble Later On.
TANLAC HAS HELPED
THOUSANDS REGAIN
NORMAL HEALTH
Over 100,000 Persons Have Tes*
tified That TANLAC Has
Corrected Stomach Trouble,
.Indigestion, Rheumatism, Ner
vousness And Kiudred Ail
ments—It Builds tin The
System And Starts Rich Red
Blood Coursing Through Your
Veins. All Good Drue: ists
Sell TANLAC.
you co„ depend
J on
our Met/to&of
VULCANIZING
Thin statement should \
| explain to the wise mo
torist what we are ea
I pable of doing for him j
when it comes to re-1
I building and repairing
tires. Vulcanizing of the
proper kind is had here.
MIHENHEI1V1ER
TIRE GO..
Tires-and Tubes.
Shelby,
N. C.
Ii—iipiufiw5r
MAY I IN!) 70.YEAR OLD
BRANDY IN COI’RTHOISE
Wilson, May 2.—While a group of
men were standing on the courthouse
green this morning discussing what
might be found in the cornerstone of
the old court house that is being razed'
to moke room for Wilson's half mil
lion dollar temple of justice, an old
man from a rural district butted into
the conversation and remarked: “Gen
tleme . I don’t kn.'.vv just what all lies
buried here, but this one thing I dis
tinctly remember: In 185S when Will
son county was formed from portions
of Mash, Edgecombe, Wayne and
•John -Lon counties, on the day of the
laying of the cornerstone my father
brought me from Nash—just fill years
ago—to take part in the celebration;
and 1. also well remember that he
brnugh along a bottle of aftple brandy
- the brand that made Nash county
world famous, and this nectar was
placed in the cornerstone w;th great
ceremony.”
ROOSTER GETS BEST OF
FIGHT WITH FELINE
Jack Howard’s prize cat fell into
had company when it strolled into the
chicken yard at Howard’s home yes
terday and got too familiar with the
fowls. A Rhode Island Red rooster
attacked the cat and spurred it on the
face. Howard found the feline in need
of veterinary attention. He went into
his home to procure materials for
first aid treatment. When he return
ed to the poultry yard he discovered
that the rooster had renewed the com
bat and killed the cat. The owner’s
thirst for revenge was sated by the
fact that the rooster was value*! at
$50. and wringing the bird’s neck
CALCIUM
ARSENATE
Kills BoSJ Weevils
Write today and get our proposition for supplying
your Calcium Arsenate at lowest prices.
Eoll weevils will prevent profitable cotton production
if not controlled.
ACT TODAY!
AGENTS WANTED
ASHCRAFT-WILKINSON COMPANY
ATLANTA, CA.
The Durant
Tubular backbone
(Patent applies for)
A NEW principle in automobile
construction is found in the
Durant Tubular Backbone. It causes
a grRatei* smoothness and freedom from
vibration.
It gives a comfort tint yw. Mill feel
immediately, and a saving in wear that
you will most appreciate ifter driving
your Durant many tbojuand miles.
D. A. BEAM MOTOR CO.
Just a ^Rcal (Jood Car
Model A-12 Touring, $8$o
F. o. b. Lansing, Mich.
sure fit;
even afteg;
it rains, “
\\v
shrinks
SURE;Frf,2ra*vCAPS
MADE BT FINE & LEVY.INCX, 702 BROADWAY. NEW YORK CITY
SOLD AT GOOD STORES
. Look for Them in the Window
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