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Even the larger cities were excit ed by the Cave City gossip of Collins and his cavern tonib, but in the small er towns the real kick prevailed. What Shelby will do for excitement now that the body of Collins hns been found Is only a matter of speculation.! The heated extension controversy j Was as cord a? an ice factory or coal J denier's office during the Collin's re gime. Heads of familms will at least be'joyful that it is all over. For in! the evenings when dad wanted to set tip down in his comfort chair even! the babv tried to lisp out an inquiry, if “Collins ho been found”; "reckon if’* a fake”? ”aint i! funny they, can fidt get him?" “v.'! ni.'s the latest, about Collins”? and on for IT days. And r that it's ov<-r did you say fake,” "just a publicity stunt"? If j Something happened h»re in North; ^bfolina while Max Gardner was j lieutenant governor and Mr. Gardner' with th" thief emr'neers and tiniver-1 ally professors of the state and other JWominen* men were on the scene per-| sunnily aiding in the work and somej one over in Kentucky screamed i ‘‘fgke, publicity stunt” wouldn’t it I moke you mad? All such officials and nemninent men were on hand at Cave Qily, yet more North Carolinians be lieved it a fake or hoax than believed that Collins was actually imprisoned. Which is no great tribute to our rea soning powers. i Now. more than likelv, some of the ftan who contended that it was all a hoax will continue to say: “Well lifter all that publicity Collins was Afraid to let it be known that it was an imposition and just killed himself to make it wem so.” And there you go. Some people say King Tut was nothing more than a Paris dress de signer and if he was he knew more about new-style dresses than the Egyptians did about building pyra mids. At a reeent Kiwanis meeting J. F. Ledford asked ‘how many steps to the postoffice building?" Do you know? When you answer “no” just try to imagine how many times you have walked up and down them. He also asked how many homes in Shelby have been built through building and loan and some one spoke up laconi cally: ‘Most of ’em.” Which was the truth intended for a joke and at the same time a tribute to a town that is growing fast—too fast to squeeze it in a three-quarter of a mile space.' I'p in the Cleveland county court house is i little room that in the far off future will he a relic and a curiosity to the generations to come. Something like the Sohinx or hoop skirts are to us. Thus little room might serve as a sample display for the greatest distillery American has ever known. In it yiev be found the choic est of “hottled-in-bond.” bottles bear ing In Dels that are onlv memories to the older residents—“Four Roses,” “Old Tavlor," “\ntioue”. And right opposite one of these bottles may rest n eo”iiT>''n old fruit iar bearing the liquid of the South Mountains. Next in the row is nothing else but the hro’vtdsh bottle in which “Walker’s Scotch” is stored, and next a little f'at. vial of “ieke”—Jania'ca ginger, Poptooo, Beef Don and Wine. Van illa, “Jump Rtuddy." “cawn,” home made rye and the entire lot. It’s a col lection of years, where the law stores the various liquors found that must, be used as evidence in court. The containers are of all sizes, all shapes, f’-om gallon tin buckets to one-ounce vials. It’s a curiositv shop now, but what will it be in 2025 when Vol stend’s little vaudeville skit realizes its ideal and liquor is no more? In fact John Barleycorn was supposed to have sung his swan song years ago, but since then he’s been singing encores. Now perhaps you’ll believe the le pend about the ground hop as a weather prophet. Some months back a ground hog was captured in the coun ty and Bobby Rudasill carried him to his home on South Washington street as a pet. The marmot was given a dark box for a home and apparently was enjoying life. On February 2nd he strutted out of his box home, just like the legend says, saw his shadow and vamoosed. It is only imagination that he saw his shadow, but he did vamoose. When a search was mnde the pet woodchurck was found over in the yard of the Ebeltoft home where he had burrowed a hole in the ground and from his actions intended to remain there six weeks or longer. One of the advantages of crossing one of the corners of the “court square” carefully fo that yen get on the other side. Stealing a march on our friend Fliv ver Sam, who is already quite a fav orite with Star readers, we would like to know just which of the follow ing epitaphs will be placed on the slnh of marble that heralds your earthly demise: “Tom .Tones has gone to heavenly heights; Tie tried to drive without his lights. Jack Hayes this busy life forsakes; He never would reline his brakes. Here’s all that’s left of Amos Bossing; He tried to beat it to the crossing. No more for Brown are earthly smiles; He took the curve at forty miles. Ted Small has gone to his abode; He kept the middle of the road. Here lies our friend, poor Tony Dix; For booze and gasoline won’t mix. Jim Henry’s friends are all bereft; He made a short turn to the left. Ben Gray is free from earthly pains; A rainy day—he had no chains. Poor Bill’s beneath the sod, alas! He speeded up and tried to pass. Now Tom has joined the heavenly band; He tried to drive it with one hand.” Speculations as to how far the job holders would stretch, if laid end to end, are futile. They’ll stretch as far as the public’s dollars will.—Colum bia Record. Old People In Cleveland County Gets Tired a Little Quicker at Churn ing—Adventure in Cave Recalled hy White. (M. L. White in Charlotte Observer.) It was published iff your columns, as well as other papers that Aunt Nellie Ledford attained the ripe old age of 103 wheat harvests and was gathered into the realms of the undiscovered country; and we have othe* very alert youngsters still upon the scene of action. Last Sunday I visited Aunt Jossie Phil heck who has registered 86 mile posts. She has a sprightly mind, a quick, nervous step; does her cook ing, washing, milking and churning; but says she doesn’t understand why she tires quicker than she did 50 years ago. Not being quite so old. I could offer no explanation. She makes no complaint about rheumatism nor high blood pressure; but scorns them as uncertain vanities. The whole country has been thrill ed at the wonderful experience of Floyd Collins who was entombed in a cave in Kentucks; and this calls to mind an adventure of your humble servant and Judge Rollin Hurt, retir ing chief justice of that martial com monwealth. When I was 18 and Judge Hurt was 15 years old, we decided to explore a large limestone cave situat ed on the farm of my father. J. C. White, foyr miles south of Columbia, Adair county. Both were high school pupils and were interested in seience of geology. Our text books and teach er declared that chalk as a mineral had never been found in the lime stone formation, and never would be. I had seen specimens from that c^ve, and we decided to inaugurate a voy age of exploration and discovery. Late one Saturday afternoon, we procured two tallow candles and hied us to the scene of our adventure. A large stream issued from entrance; hut we knew of a dry cavern that led us to the main cave; and we lighted one candle and proceeded on our journey. Like all other limestone caves, the ■ccncrv was grand, varied, and beau tiful. Some rooms were high and spa cious and contained a fantastic ar ray of stalactite* ami stalagmites. We paused on* very imposing waterfall l which had a fall of about eight feet and dee p dooIs which caught waters of thundering cascades, making deep nools asythe work of many centuries. Near this imposing waterfall, we found our bed of chalk and procured our pockets full of specimens. Lured bv scenes of striking beauty, our mot to was, onward. The main cavern had several branches, but we marked noth ing. In a cave you see no such land marks as you find on terra firma, and you are shut out from sight of sun, moon and stars. Simultaneously, we found we were lost. We tried to find our way: hut as is the case on land, when lost you travel in a circle. Every few minutes we found ourselves ap n'oaching that thundering miniature Niagara. We had lighted our second and last eand'" and tb° wick was burning my fingers. I ,rRollin, have you anv paoers ?” "Yes,” was the roily. “l ight them/’ said I. “and let i's s"p how to go down this precipice.” He did so; j,nt dropped them while 1 was trving to descend throngh the waterfall He drooped the blazing pa nels with the ejaculation, “God, I ; burned my fingers” and we scramb led down the declivity into a pool ot water five feet de-'-v Of course we were drenched, chilled and strangled. But we waded out: for each of us stood five feet, eleven in our shoes. Being exhausted, we found r shelving flat rock on which we rested. Neither had watch nor enmrass. and could not ! have seen the dials of either unless thev were illuminated. We first de cided to wait for a rescue party; but, became so cold and the memory that i we had not told where we were going, i caused us to follow the course of the water, trust in God; hut, for obvious reasons, not to bother about keeping our powder dry. I was leading the pro cession; but sometimes became wedged in until I could hardly evtri cate myself. But, of course. I found a way and we emerged at the mouth of Wet Cave. You may imagine we were glad to see the sunshine. We were underground 20 hours and crawl ing most cf the time. We directed our steps homeward and found the neigh-1 hors were forming e rescue party. We had told a negro, Ben Walkup, of our plans, and he told my father about ; noon of next day. I had not misses be > ing at Sunday school for two years, and my absence was marked. Tom Cravens, of Columbia, Ken tucky, was space writer for the Louis ville Courier-Journal and reported the episode. He claimed we were in the cave 72 hours and had made important discoveries. Among other things he claimed we had found pre-historic giants 10 to 12 feet in height and an array of stone hatchets spears and other warlike paraphernalia. The ar ticle was extensively copied and caus ed great excitement among scientists. This was u figment of the reportorial brain; but we found the chalk. I have never been a scientist so you would notice it; but claim this as an adventure perhaps experienced by no other North Carolina teachers. Later, Rollin and 1 got up a large crowd and found we were lost a half mile un derground. We marked every cavern entrance and built round stone mon ument at the end of our journey. EROVERlTiSBF RECENT INTEREST -- (Special to The Star.) Grover. Feb. 16.—News has just J reached here that Mr. Lawson Bell,' w'->n has lived about two miles south ; of Grover for manv years, died about j 1‘> o’clock todav. Mr. Bell has been, in declining health for some time, but no one thought the end so near. Ap- ^ parently the end came because the! hr>art failed to function. The deceased i is about 10 years of ace, was married twice and is survived by a good sized family of children and grandchildren.' He was ouiet. unassuming, honest and , onright in his dealings with his fel lowrnan. Mr. M. II. Austell of Shelby spent '•"sterday with his mother Mrs. J A i Ellis. Mrs. C. F. Harry and little Holmes j and Jeanette spent the week end in Chester with her sister Mrs. Low-1 ranee. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. White left last Tuesday for the southeastern part of Florida where they expect to remain for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beheler from Mountain Island spent the week end in Grover with relatives. Misses Mary Hester and Ruby El lis spent the week end in Spindale with their brother, Mr. Clyde Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dixon and Mrs. Toms of Charlotte spent Sunday in Grover with relatives. The many friends of Mrs. P. J. Keeter are glad to know that she has returned from the hospital and is pet ting along nicely. Our first case of mumps for this winter developed last Sunday when Master .Tack Pinkleton’s face began to swell. Mr. B. T. Randall, the son of Mr. R. P. Randall of Grover died Sunday morning at 8 o’clock. This voung man was reared in the Pine Grove com munity, three miles South of Grover, and was loved for his unobtrusive dis position and sterling qualities. He was one of those boys that went to France and did his part in the World war. When back to civilian life, he began as mail carrier on R-2, Kings Creek and continued that until about a year ago, when his health forced him to give up all work. Since the war, he married Miss Ethel Westmoreland, the daughter of J. H. Westmoreland. From this union, one son. less than a yea- old survives with its mother. The Woman's Missionary society will be entertained by Mrs. Allen and Mrs. J. II. Bridges next Saturday aft ernoon at 8 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Moss have an other daughter at their house. Dover Gin. The Dover Gin will operate Monday February 23rd to gin im all the odds and ends of cotton. This will he the last gin day this =eas an, so make ar rangements to gin un bfi this date. Those who hold receiuts for meal and hulls or owe for ginning please settle. Murder is murder, whether a re volver o'- '-n automobile is the in: '.ru in ent used. What a wonderful world this would be if we were all as smart as we t’.ink we are. q C|S>. u'8't — HOMES 10 room residence on N. Morgan St., 2 halls, bath. Woodhouse, smoke house, granary, lot I15x 200 feet. Price $10,000.00. Six room house on S. Washington St., 3 lots, one filling station all priced cheap. 8 room house at Rutherford College, five acre lot, orchard, lights, shade trees, 1-2 mile to grad ed school, 3-4 mile to the college. Price $2,500.00. Will exchange for Cleveland county property. Six room bungalow on Hudson St., corner lot, shade trees, a real up_to-date home, only $3,500. Five room house on Eastside Mill St, lot 100x175 feet. Water and lights. Price $2,350.00. Five room house near Arrowood-Howell Lum ber Co., lot 63x160 feet. Price $1,750.00. Four room house in West Shelby, lot 72x100 feet. Price $1,627.00. Six room house in South Shelby, extra large lot. Price $2,000.00. New five room house in West Shelby, lot 50 x200 feet. Price $2,100.00. New six room house on Fallston Highway. Price $2,750.00. New ten room residence on North Washing ton St. Lot 75x200 feet. Price $7,250.00. 10 room house oti Marietta St. A good in vestment, rents $600.00 per year. Price $7,500.00. New six room house on N. Washington St., lot 75x200 feet. Price $6,300.00. Nine room house on E. Marion St., lot 60x196 feet. Price $6,500.00. Six room house on N. Morgan St., basement, garage, lot 50x188 feet. Price $6,300.00. Seven room home on N. Morgan St., lot 65x 150, all paving paid, a real home. Price $7,000.00. Six room home on N. Washington St. Bath, basement, shade, brick hollow wall, brick garage, side walk paving paid. Price $6,500.00. Six room home on S. DeKalb St. Almost new, close in. Price $3,500.00. Six room house near Lily Mill, big lot Price reduced to $2,000.00. -LOTS One lot on W. Warren St., near J. Lawreifcc Lackey’s residence. Size 90x200 feet. Price is $3,500.00. 8 One lot 76x145 on Broad St., in South Shelby, near S. LaPavette St. Price $1,000.00. A 100x150 feet on Eastside Mill St., Pr'ce $2,000.00. Five acres near Rock Quarrv on road A good^buv. Price $6,000.00. 78x115 feet on Fallston road. Price $800.00. . Seven acres, the best unsold property on C leveland Springs road. Price $12,600.00. 269x183 feet on South LaFavett St. Price $8,000.00. ‘ Seven lots on West Warren St. Price $4,200. 75x160 feet on Lackey property. Price $400. 200x350 feet on Cleveland Springs road with good six room house. Price $6,000.00. 67x200 teet on N. LaFayette St. Price $1,000. * 50xl80 feet on Cleveland Springs road. Price $4o0.00. *i oS!10 feet on N- Wa«hington St. Price -FARMS FOR SALE 93 acres No. 9 Township on Shelby-Morgan ton highway, 9-room tinted residence, orchard pasture, 200,000 feet saw timber, two three-room tenant houses, 3-4 miles from FaUston. The be-t buy near Fallston at $180.00 per acre. 0. u100 acres in No. 3 Township, 7 miles from Shelby, adjoining land with Billie Hopper, Jim C amp and others, one 5-room house and 3-room tenant house, good out-buildings, 65 acres in cul tivation, pasture, 35 acres in timber. Price $75 00 per acre. 48 3-4 acres two miles south of Shelbv. 2 three-room tenant houses, about 30 acres in cul tivation, no waste land, saw timber, will easily produce bale cotton per acre. Price $5,000.00. 47 1_2 acres, 1-2 mile from Shelbv, on two sand clay roads, 8 room house, painted, basement barn, fine orchard, pasture, about 30 acres in cultivation. 46 1-2 acres three fourths mile from Sharon church and school, on sand clay road, new six room residence, painted, barn, pasture, orchard, adjoining land with M. M. Moore and G. A An thony. Price $125.00 per acre. 71 1-3 acres in No. 3 Township on Earl Grover sand clay road, 5 room house painted, ten ant house, orchard, pasture, about 50 acres in cultivation, adjoining land with Mr. Lavender and others. Price $90.00 per acre. loO acres in No. 5 Township, two miles from Waco, seven miles to Shelby. 8 room ggfffod residence, 5 room tenant house, on sand clay road saw timber, 75 acres in cultivation. Price $78 00 pep. acre. ‘ ~ *\rneVn N0< ? TownshiP- 1-2 mile from Beams Mill adjoining land with Thad Allen, Pres ley Costner, near highway. n r 4?vacres’ No. 6 Township, adjoining land with O. C. Dixon and Chas. Cornwell, four room house barn, pasture, wood. Price $125.00 per acre. ... 87 nCr» i? 1? TownshiP adjoining land Price ftooflU00 BiB Hi“ Church' 16 1-2 acres at Toluca. Price $1,260.00. 202 acres, the Cline farm in No. 10 Township on good road, 9 room painted residence, two good tenant houees, orchard, pasture, clover land, good bottom land, a small cash payment, balance liber al terms. Price $75.00 per acre. 56 acres in No. 5 Tbwnship, 3 miles south of Waco, 6 room house, 3 room tenant house, barn, good out-buildings, 30 acres in cultivation, tim ber and pature. Price $75.00 per acre. 52 1-2 acres in No. 8 Township adjoining Ep C hampion, P. S. Gettys, 4 room house, 35 acres in cultivation, known as the p. J. Lucas farm 71 acres known as the Sam Hawkins land 50 acies in cultivation, in No. 2 Towmship, 3 miles D-om Mooresboro, two houses. Price $78.00 per 64 acres five miles from Fallston. New 8 room house, 50 acres in cultivation, fine orchard all equipment goes with this farm. New Fordson tractor, Ford truck, Ford car. roofing, cow hogs chickens, $400.00 worth of new furniture rofd’ church and school advantages. This farm is prac tically level and very productive. You can e-et KSS TCrm5- Th» man mean,' w2™ timber, 4 room house, barn and out-building’s ’ or chard and pasture. Price $60.00 per acre „„w; VaCrCS one.mi,e from Fallston, 60 acres in cultivation, saw timber, pasture, two tenant hous e^barn. on aand day road. Price $150 00 £ 175 acres in No. 5 Township, one mile tn school and church. 7 miles from Shelby 6 room house, good barn, orchard, 100,000 feet saw tim ber. Price $52.50 per acre. 58 acres 2 1-2 miles from Cherryville. on Lincolnton-Shelby highway, 5 room residence ‘ {fo°d out-buildings, 40 acres in cultivation, or chard, wood. Price $8,000.00. 250 acres in No. 1 Township, nice residence and five good tenant houses. 100 acres in fine bottom land, 100 acres good cotton land, this D a tine quality of productive soil, a good farm a* a cheap price. Price $50.00 per acre. Fifty acres 1-2 mile north of Shelbv, a nice level farm, good 5 room tenant house, near Ross Grove church and school. acr.es near Waco on sand clav road, 100 000 feet saw timber. Price $100.00 per acre. r .. 6.f. U2 acres in No. 8 Township on Lawndale Folk ville sand clay road, 5 room house, new barn ?0C)d oljt-buildings 3 room tenant house, 56 acres waste land0"; f iUCeS,balG C°tton per acrt‘- "<* pel at-re. ’ Pasture. 9150.00 with runre‘Vn N°rh 3 Township adjoining land nth Clifton Davis, T. D. Hamrick. 6 room house noar churchrtrhr<?ardi 4° ,acres in cuUivation-’ ai chu,ch> school and road. Price $5,040.00. 120 acres, nine miles from Shelbv 5 room acrwT’in^uitf ,hf°use' J*rn* orchard, pasture, 65 fine cotton flvatlon- 10 acres {f°°d bottom lend, line cotton farm. Price $50.00 per acre r'a*h payment, balance liberal terms clav 3roaadCnSv 1-2 mil?s South Shelby, on sand uaj road six room house, good barn, granarv «hop pasture, orchard, 25 acres in cultivation a fine small farm. Price $175.00 per acre 50 acres in No. 2 Township, 4 room house barn, out-buildings, orchard, 30 acres in cultiva I P wiuning if"'1 eith Sam C‘ Lattimore and J. B. Wallace. Price $136.00 per acre 107 acres in No. 8 Township, 6 room hou^e (IS ClCaral’ 50'000 “w timber. Price ^hnih,38!1;2 ares in No- 4 Township, 7 miles to through farm* efit0i-hardtUrfUCe r°ad’ graded road house, good out-building, "retard! ftae'Xst^e'M Pr!« mot-r'Z;25 aCreS in '“'nd. S Of n I°ng T n* °n Any " in" 1_roperly lf wanted. This Is Only A Partial List Of TK P i Some Of Our Large., And Be., Offering. Are Not Adverted. If You Wan, To Buy Or SeH Rea! E. JeSEE - ncoi estate «*rK4Uns we Have To Offer. OFFICE PHONE 578. J. B. NOLAN CO. SHELBY, N. C. RESIDENCE PHONE 253.
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