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—Mot# to Lawndale—Mr. and Mrs.
fe. G. Gantt who have been living just
west of Shelby, moved last week to
Mr«. Gantt’s farm near Lawndale
where they will reside.
—Lj«ense Issued—License were is
sued during the Thanksgiving holi
days for the marriage of the follow
ing couples: Lee Crowder and Winnie
Small; Vistes Williams and Lottie
Mae Smith. Also two colored couples:
Avery F. Hoyle and Olivia Webber;
Bascum M. Martin and Ola Turner.
—Mrs. Wallace in Hospital—Mrs.
Irma Wallace, home economics demon
strator, will not be able to attend to
her duties until further notice because
she has entered the hospital for treat
ment. Club members will take due no
tice thereof as she cannot attend their
meetings for the present.
—Operated on—Worth Williamson,
well known mechanic at J. L. Lackey’s
garage was operated on Sunday aft
ernoon at 6 o’clock at the Shelby Pub
lic hospital for appendicitis. His con
dition was favorable yesterday. Mr.
Williams came to Shelby from the Un
ion section.
—Coining to Shelby—Carl B. Wil
son. former assistant cashier of the
Lattimore branch of the Union Trust
i-nrnpany has rented the Horace'(Trtjfg
house, formerly the Mrs. J. Frank
Whisnant house on N Morgan street
and will move his family to Shelby
this week. Mr. Wilson will write in
sarance.
—Under Operation —Mr. Charlie
Laughridge, popular traveling sales
man for the A. Blanton Grocery Co.,
wbnelsale, was operated on for appen
dicitis at the Shelby hospital at mid
night Friday. He was taken ill at Har
ris station in Rutherford county and
was hardly able to drive his car home.
He was resting fairly well yesterday.
—In New Home—County solicitor
and Mrs. Chas. A. Burrus have moved
into their handsome new Spanish bun
galow home on the Cleveland Springs
road which has just been completed.
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Quinn have mov
ed into their beautiful new two story
brick veneered home on DeKaJb St.,
which is one of the prettiest and most
convenient homes in Shelby.
—Coming to Shelby—J. B. Nolan
and family will move from Lawndale
to Shelby about the first of January
and occupy the Spangler house which
is just being completed on X. Morgan
Rtreet. Mr. Nolan has a six months
lease on this house. He has not decid
ed whether he will buy or build, but
Shelby is glad to have him as a citi
zen.
—Coining to Shclhy—Mr. Columbus
Beam of the New Prospect section of
No. 5 township, has rented the A. M.
Hamrick residence on N. LaFayette
street and will move with his family
into the same about the middle,of De
cember. Shelby welcomes Mr. Beam
and his estimable family. Mr. Hamrick
moved a short time ago to th£ Mills
Lattimore house which he purchased
and remodelled both inside and out.
—Going to Mexico—A letter from
Mr. Clarence Stamey of Fallston, now
at Lubbock, Texas says he is going
this week to New Mexico “where it is
not so cold. The cold winds age too
much for me up here on the plains,—
I can’t keep warm on the streets. I
will give you my new address in a
few days as I don’t want to miss a
single copy of Tire Star for its a let
ter from home to me out West.”
—Another Reduction—Charles Hoey
proprietor of the Hoey Motor company
announces another reduction in Hud
son-Essex Coach prices, effective No
vember 26th. The Essex is now selling
for $895, while the Hudson coach has
been reduced to $1.‘>,450 f. o. b. fac
tory. This is the second reduction in
60 days made by the Hudson-Essex
manufacturers on their coach models
wnicn are proving popular.
—At Delight—The Shelby sextet,
or the Fire Department’s Novelty or
chestra, will give a concert Wednesday
evening at 7 o’clock at the Delight
school. The orchestra is one of the
most unique in the country and the
performances they have been render
ing have met with approval all over
the county. The Delight people are as
sured something original in the dis
pensing of harmony.
—Visit Cherokee Farm—Mr. Hitch
cock’s white leghorn poultry and egg
farm just north of Shelby on the
I'allston road is a show place for
poultry fanciers. One day last week
Miss Hattie Neill, home demonstra
tion agent and F. E. Patton county
agent of Rutherford county, togethei
with 28 leading citizens of that county
visited the Cherokee Farm. While or
the trip they went to Rudasill's Cedar
Phest factory at Lincolnton and the
Hilton Pottery in Catawba.
—Postpone Trail—The trial of Ber
Purtist well known Shelby contractor
that was to have been held Saturday
was postponed and will be held at f
later date following an affidavit pre
sented by his physician declaring that
the physical condition of the defen
dant made trial at that time impos.
"iblc. Several charges have been pre
ferrod against Curtis who is repre
rented by Clyde R. Hoey. At presen!
Mr. Curtis is recuperating in an out
of-town hospital.
Mr. Julian Hord spent the week
end here with his family. Mr. Hord i.
* student at the University.
Dr. W. F. Mitchell left Monday foi
JtnnesEce and will return Friday.
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ERSONAL
Folks you know o.t the go
Miss Milliceht Blanton is spending
two weeks in New York.
Miss Reed a teacher here spent
Thanksgiving at her home in Saluda.
Miss Olive Singleton spent Wednes
day in Spartanburg, S. C.
Miss Bernice Hamrick spent Thanks
Rivmg in Raleigh.
Miss Caroline Blanton spent Thanks
Riving in Charlotte with friends.
Miss Margaret Williams spent the
Thanksgiving holidays at Chimney
Rock with relatives.
Mrs, 1). O. Wilson and family spent
Sunday in Kannapolis, making the trip
hy automobile.
Mrs. John I>. Cole of Raleigh spent
| the Thanksgiving holidays here with
i her niece. Mrs. Ben Suttle.
I Miss Martha Eskridge. Alfred and
James Eskridge spent the week-end
| in Charlotte.
J. J. McMurry of the State Univer
j sity spent the week-end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. \y. McMurry.
Mr. Lorin Goodwin of State univer
jsity spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with his aunt, Mrs. Fields Young. '
Mr. John Tucker has accepted a po
sition in the grocery sore of Mr. Ceph
Blanton.
| Gene Miller spent the T]*.nks
: giving holidays in Charlotte with rel
: atives.
Mr. Draper Wood of Hig^ ..Point
spent Thanksgiving h"ro the guest of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. I.. M. Hull.
Mrs. J. Fell Bahington and son,
Richard, of Blacksburg, S. C., spent
1 the week end here.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander spent
I hank, giving with relatives in Mor
ganton.
Mr. \\ . P. Cabaniss and Misses Ado
laide and Sarah Cabaniss sper.t Wed
nesday in Charoltte.
Mrs. Oliver Anthony has returned
;rom a visit to her parents in Winston
Salem.
Mrs. S. O. Andrews and Mr. and
Mrs. \\ illiam Andrews motored to
Gaffney, S. C., Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gardner and
Miss Madge Wilkins of Rutherfordton
spent Friday in Charlotte.
Miss Ellen Brice of Charlotte is the
attractive house guest of Mesdames
O. Max Gardner and S. R. Riley.
Mrs. .Janies L. Webb is spending
, several days in Gaffney with her sis
ter Mrs. T. Davenport.
Mrs. E. A. Houser who visited her
son Mr Everett Houser in Greensboro
returned home last week.
Miss Drye one of Shelby’s popular
teachers . pent Thanksgiving in Char
lotte.
Miss Emmaline Gillman has return
ed from a delightful visit to Davidson,
| Charlotte and Hickory.
Mr. and Mrs. Bate Gardner and fam
ily of Gastonia spent a few days here
last week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Falls
■ at Fallston on Wednesday of last week
a fine daughter.
Miss Vivian Dellinger who is teach
ing school at Marshville. Union coun
ty, spent Thanksgiving here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Dellinger.
Misses Evelyn Dover and Helen
, Campbell of Converse college spent
the Thanksgiving holidays here with
their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cabaniss and
daughter, Miss Martha Cabaniss and
Mrs. Marne Wray Webb of Charlotte
spent the Thanksgiving holidays here
with relatives.
Mrs. J. Frank Jenkins and daughter
Miss Mary, who have been the guests
; of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Laughinghouse,
in Greenville, this state, have return
, ed home.
Miss Helen Morton, who spent the
Thanksgiving holidays in Raleigh and
Greensboro has returned. She was ac
! eompanied home by her attractive
' friend, Miss Alma Wren of Raleigh.
Mr. Evans McBrayer, clothing mer
i chant, spent the week-end in Asheville
looking after valuable suburban prop
j erty interests which he has between
Black Mountain and Asheville.
Messrs J. B. Francis and R. I*.
Hunt of Lattimore left Sunday for
1 Tennessee to buy a carload of shoats
and probably a lot of mules which will
arrive this week at Lattimore.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dover, Misses
Evelyn Dover and Ktaherine Doved
land Esther Ann and Bill Quinn motor
! cd to Lincolnton Thursday and were
| dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Love.
| Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Phillips and
children, Miss Sara Hamrick and
mother, Mrs. Susan Bowen took
; Thanksgiving dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Phillips at Boiling
; Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Wray returned
1 Friday night from Lynchburg, Va.,
| where they have been visiting Mrs.
I Wray’s relatives. Mrs. Wray has been
| there several weeks, while Mr. Wray
| went up before Thanksgiving to ac
i company her home.
I Miss Mae Belk, Messrs. Horace and
Herber Latham of Monroe spent
Thanksgiving and the week-end with
Miss Kate Harmon on N. Washington
street. Misses Belk and Harmon are
teaching in a Consolidated school near
Monroe. While in Shelby they visited
Chimney Rock, Kings Mountain bat
tleground and other points of interest.
Miss Elizabeth Webb had as her
guest during Thanksgiving Miss Amy
Burbage of Cape Charles, Va. Miss
Burbage was en route home from Sa
vannah where she served as apage at
the U. D. C. convention. Miss Webb
accompanied her to Virginia Tuesday
and will address some of the colleg
es on the student movement while in
Virginia.
Since time has been puns emit on
the “stingiest” man and the economic
buyer. Here in a Shelby hardware
store they tell the latest, and perhaps
the best. You’re all acquainted with
the “I’ll look around’’ shopper, the
fellow who has the clerk to exhibit
everything in the store and then walks
out with the remark: “I'll look around
a bit and if I can’t beat it I’ll be back”.
I Some time bark a man entered this
particular hardware and asked for
spring or some small piece of farm
machinery. The part wanted always
went with the machine but the clerk
happened to find the desired piece in
some left overs. He handed it to the
customer and suggested ns it was just
a left-over and went with nothing in
the store that it could be taken as a
gift. The prospective buyer looked it
over and after remarking that it was
the identical thing he wanted, saunter
ed out with the statement that he
would be back if he couldn’t do better
elsewhere. It was habit perhaps, but
the clerk declared it happened—and
stillfrAome people ^yonder why mer
chants and their employes have gray
hairs.
When things get dull and it’s hard
to see things “Around Our Town"
there is always a story in "Beck’s
Fountain” on the square. Americans
soon forget and time with its new ad
ventures and wonders leaves little time
for regret or reminiscence. Not many
moons back the little yellow building
on the “east corner of the ‘court
square’ was the haven of Shelby’s el
derly set. Many momentous questions
in time past have been settled there,
and the jokes cracked under the eaves
would do credit to an Knglish ale
house. But the center of the humor, the
arbiter of questions under dispute and
the big attraction of the gathering
place must have passed with “Uncle
Beck.” Through th» summer and the
sunshine a few—-what an exclusive
club would call charter members—
came back dav after day for their
chat and talk. It was hard to break the
habit. But as the fall days crept down
with the wind whistling round the
corner only one or two straggled back,
and now the chairs with their cane-spit
bottoms are seldom occupied. By an
other summer those left will have
found a new place for their round
tory that will pa-s itself in few years.
“Beck’s Fountain’’ and its little group
of notables will only be history—his
torythat will pass itself in afew years.
As it is now some of the youngsters
know it not as “Beck’s Fountain.”
The most quoted advice about this
season of the year in Shelby is:
“Wrap your packages securely, and
mail them early”—You see Christmas
j comes on the 25th of December to cv
; erybody, including postofficc clerks
and mail carriers.
Bascom, our janitor, is on a “vaca
tion.” Bascom M. Martin, preacher,
janitor and umbrplla-fixer—'he one
that rides a bicycle when he is not
driving an ox. Last week Bascom
eased up to the boss: “Cap’n I wanter
git off fer a little vacashun.” The boss
looked up kinder surprised-like, and we
all wondered if Bascom had come into
mon^y and was taking time enough to
celebrate. Anyway Bascom got his
three weeks and with the exception of
cold radiators and overflowing waste
baskets the episode had almost slip
ped the memory of the force. But Sat
urday in investigating the “hitchin’ ”
book to see who all had secured mar
riage license the mystery came to
light. There in black and white was
♦ he explanation of the “vacashun '—
Bascom had decided to get married aft
cr 6 years of plodding down the high
way of life alone. The only mystery
left is the three weeks. When any of
the others get married a week-end
bridal trip to the Mountain View at
Kings Mountain would be considered
wonderful, but for the janitor it takes
three weeks. We're wondering now if
he’ll ride thebike and patch parasols
when he gets back.
Sometime back when the corner
stone of the old Central Methodist
church was opened it was found that
a bottle of wine had spilled and ruin
ed the records. In a recent quip the
Union Republican published at Win
ston-Salem queried: “What was the
bottle of wine doing in the church
cornerstone anyway?”
This is the only season of the year
that the ice man does not get “cussed’
—that is unless he also sells coal.
MR. LEWIS GREEN IS
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Mr. Lewis Green who lives on the
Cleveland Springs road was stricken
Sunday with paralysis and his condi
tion is reported to be quite serious.
Box Supper at Beulah.
There will be a box supper at Beu
lah church on Friday night of this
week. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church. Public cordially invited.
■Using sand to disperse cloud isn’t
new. The go-getters have been doing
that for centuries.—Atlantic City
Press-Union.
THE CHRISTMAS STORE FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE
Invites you foTmmlTcmd inspect an un
usual display of Christmas “GIFTS THAT
LAST”-—gifts of charm and quality—
gilts that your friends will appreciate—
and the prices are so very reasonable that
all can afford a generous supply.
Our showing of watches for MEN and
WOMEN ,Diamonds, Silverware,, and all
kinds of ornamental jewelry has never
been equalled. And in Novelty gifts we
doubt if you can find such a variety in any
store in Western North Carolina. ’
We could not begin to tell you about
all the pretty things we have in so small
a space. Please come and take a look. And
we urge you make your selections now.
Christmas will be here before you know it.
T. W. HAMRICK CO. .
Jewelers and Optometrists. £
TWO DAYS, DECEMBER 5th AND
6TH, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
SALE TWO BIG DAYS SALE
Prices Smashed One - Fourth on All
Sweaters, Dry Goods, and Shoes. Hosiery,
Shirts, Overalls, Caps, Children’s Dress
es and Suits for Little Boys. Flour at $4.15
a Bag. Come to See Us Friday and Satur
day, December 5th and 6th.
J. H. WASHBURN
Washburn Switch
IF NOAH
HAD
ADVERTISED IN THE “PENNY COL
UMN” OF THE CLEVELAND STAR
FOR A BOLL WEEVIL, WE BELIEVE
THE PEST WOULD HAVE BEEN A
PASSENGER ON NOAH’S FAMOUS
BOAT—FOR
Somebody in the County would have found
him one.
No matter what you have to sell or buy
it will move faster or come in quicker if
you advertise. It’s hard to beat the “Pen
ny Columns” for small needs. Some
15 OR 20 THOUSAND
people read the advertisements twice each
week in The Star.
TRY ADVERTISING—
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET
IN SHELBY SATURDAY 6TH
There will be a teachers meeting
of all white teachers of Cleveland
county in the Shelby graded school
auditorium Saturday morning Dec.
6th, beginning at 10:30 o’clock. As
signments in Type’s Elementary
Teaching and Learning the fir .A fhc
| chapters and assignment in Tests and
Measurements first four chapters.
Reading circle books may be hed at
the office of the county superintend
ent.
Miss Ruth Yelvington of Grover is
visiting Miss Roberta Royster and
Miss Willie Mae Cline.
Farming & Banking
Much has been said about the need of a
system on the farm for accounting for the
money which is spent and that which is re
ceived when the crops are marketed.
The way to get such a system is sup
plied very largely by a bank account. This
bank account is convenient, it increase*)
economy, and the bank keeps your books,
giving you a record of the money which
you receive and that which you pay out.
This Institution takes pains to make
banking transactions easy and pleasant
for its farmer friends.
It is a law of nature that we must use
or lose and it is a positive fact that those
who donot use the'bank lose the helps that
are afforded, for no man is forced to keep
his money in bank but does so because of
the benefits thus secured.
Many farmers do not pay out cash for
any amounts of consequence but use
checks to keep a record of the transaction.
We cordially invite the farmers busi
ness.
First National Bank
OF SHELBY, N. C.
Capital and Surplus Half Million Dollars.
Resources Over Four Million Dollars
GOOD PROPERTY TO
BUY IN SHELBY
This week we offer as a special bar
gain, a new two story dwelling with all
modern conveniences, large bath room,
three bed rooms, large living room and
dining room. This home will be complet
ed within ten days. It is nearing comple
tion at this time and is open for inspection
now. Only two blocks of the Court House
square and in a fast growing section, we
know of no property that can be bought at
such a bargain. The price is $3750.00.
A vacant lot 50x150 feet, close to
square, only close in lot in Shelby that can
be bought for $250.00.
On North LaFayette Street facing
East 50x200 feet we have a bargain in a
vacant lot. Nice location for residence and
in good section. Price $750.00.
5-room almost new residence on S.
DeKalb Street, plastered house and paint
ed. There is a vacant lot on the rear of the
house facing good street. Price for house
and extra lot only $2350.00.
ANTHONY & ANTHONY
ROYSTER BUILDING