ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES EVER WRITTEN, “ TOO MUCH EFFICIENCY”, IN EACH ISSUEOF THE STAR. A LAUGH IN EVERY LINE. RELIABLE .HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, l ebeland SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You, . VOL. XXXIII, No. 98 “Covers Cleveland Completely.’ SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 23, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE i Sunday School Program Here Cleveland County Sunday School Convention Will He Held At Pres byterian Church Dec. 6-7. An interesting program has been arranged for the Cleveland County Sunday school convention to be held with the Presbyterian church in Shel by, December 6th and 7th, under the auspices of the Cleveland county and 'the North Carolina Sunday School associations for Sunday school work ers of all denominations. Local as well as speakers of the state boards are on the program which is as fol lows: SUNDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER, 6. Mr. G. G. Page, County President, Presiding . 2:30— Song. Scripture Reading and Pray, er. Rev. H. K. Boyer, Pastor Central Methodist Church, Shelby. Song. 2:40—The Child in the Midst. Miss Daisy Magee, Raleigh, Ch\l dren’s Division Superintend ent North Carolina Sunday School Association. 0:10—The Sunday School Meeting the Needs of the Young Peo ple. Miss Flora Davis, Raleigh, Associate Superin tendent North Carolina Sun day School Association. 3:40—Record of attendance. Song. 3:50—-Getting and Holding Adults. Mr. D. W. Sims, Raleigh, General Sup ertcncient North Carolina Sunday School Association. 4:25—Announcements. t 30—Adjourn. SUNDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER, 6. Mr. B'm. Linebcrger, County Vice President, Presiding. <:■jO—i>ong. Scripture Reading and Prayer. Rev. H. M. McDairmid, Pas tor Presbyterian Church Shelby. Song. 7:1.')— Stories and Story Telling. Miss Flora Davis. 8:15—Song. Record of attendance. 8:23—Trained Workers—Why and How. Mr. D. W. Sims. 8:55—Announcements. 9:00—Adjourn. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER, 7. Conference for Cradle Roll. Begin ners, Primary, And Junior Workers 3: HO—Song. Scripture Reading ar.d Pray er. Song. 3:40—Expressional Activities. Miss Daisy Mageo. 4:10—Discussion. Led by Miss Magee 4:3(1—Adjourn. (onference for Intermediate, Senior, And Young Peope’s Workers 3:30—Song. Scripture Reading and Pray er. Rev. H. N. McDiarroid. Song. 3:40—Organization and Activities for Young People, Miss Flora Davis. 1:10—Discussion. 4:30—-Adjourn. MONDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER, 7. Mr. W. A. Ridenhour, County Secre tary, Presiding 7:30—Song. Scripture Reading and Pray er. Rev. Zeno Wall, Pastor First Baptist Church, Shel by. song. i 10—The Teacher and the Method. Miss Flora Davis. 8:00—The Challenge of the Child. Miss Daisy Magee. 8:00—Song. Record of attendance. 8:40—Better Results Through Better Cooperation. Mr. D. W. Sims. 0:10—Offering for Support of Coun ty and State Sunday School Associations. 9:20—-Adjourn. SPECIAL NOTICE A pennant will be presented to the Sunday School having in the Conven •'on the largest number of represen tatives, sixteen years of age and over, according to the number of miles traveled. Records wil* be tak en at each session of the Convention. The pennant will be presented at the close of the session on Sunday after noon. C. G. PAGE, County President. A. RIDENHOUR, County se cretary. 2*>TH CHILD OF GREENS BORO PARENTS DEAD Greensboro, Nov. 20—Coolidge Hy ”tt Walker, 2Gth child of Mr. and ‘ ,8> _S. L, Walker, who reside near this city, died at 7 o’clock this morn mg. The father is caretaker for the 1 ‘nodale Club. The infant is sur '1 •1 *i by 10 biAtheis and si; ter-.. Bouncing Boy MiUliul II .. with hr,,:; . . Her first h.it v. Charlie Chs.olin : Henry Mc Millan, lot on Buffalo street for $150. Grady Withrow, J. P. D. Withrow and wives to M. I.. Thompson. 24 3-4 acres in No. 7 township $10 and othei consideration. C. C. Blanton and George Blanton to R. P. Weathers, 11 1-4 acres on little Beaver Dam for $1,687.50. R, P. Weathers and wife to C. C. end George Blanton 14 1-2 acres on little Beaver Dam for $2,508. R. I.. Thomason and .1. P. D. VI ilh row to Grady Withrow. 65 acres in No. 7 township for $10 and other consid eration. Cleveland’s Quota For Park $5,000 Cleveland county’s quota for the National Park movement in the Mountains lias been set at $25,000. The quotas for Western North Carolina, outside oi Asheville and Buncombe county, which is pledged to raise $250,000 of the half million dollar purchase fund, are announced as follows: Ashe, $2,500; Avery, $1,000; Burke $10 000; Clav, 81.000; Cleveland, $5, 000; Catawba. $5,000; Caldwell, $5, 000' Cherokee, $15,000; Graham, $10, 000; Haywood, $30,000; Henderson, $25,000; Jackson. $20,000: Mason, $10 000; Madison. 8&.000; Mitchell. $1, 000; McDowell. 810,000; Polk, $2,500; Rutherford, $5,000; Curry, $2,500 Swain. $25,000; Wilkes. $1,000; Wau tuga, $1,000; Yancey, $2,500; Trans yhaniu. $15,000. 1,463 B. F. 0. ROUTES The postojfice department has made available some facts relating to the rural mail delivery service. The figures reveal that on June 30, j 1925, there were i'i op, ration in the | State a total of 1,403 routes, a slight | increase over the year previous. In ! North Carolina, as iji many other j states the growth of the R. F. 1). busi ! ness is indicated, not so much by the establishment of new routes, but ra ther by the extension of long estab lished routes. There were 253 ex tension in the State during the la .t fiscal year, while only a single route was discontinued. In \ irgin.a this year there were ; 1.148 routes'in operation, and 100 ex 1 tensions, as against the 253 extensions I in North Carolina. | In the general information g'ven with l “ference to the service it is stated that the network of rural free uelivery routes which honecombs | the United States was enlarged by I the addition of 498 new routes and • the extension of 4,228 existing ones i during tire fiscal year ending June 30, ; 1925 On June 30 mail was delivered on | 45.189 rural routes as compared with | 44.760 on June 30, 1924. Rural mail routes in the United States have ar. aggregate length of 1,223,391 miles, ar.d serve 6,598,178 families or 30, 351,618 individuals. During the past fiscal year in the . rural mail service there were 840 re , signations, 174 removals, 23 retire | merits, 203 vacancies caused by I deaths, while 9 carriers were killed i n accidents. ! Of the nine meeting accidental I deaths two were killed by railroad , trains, one was drowned, one was ! killed when his horse ran away, one I by a falling tree, two were struck by ; automobiles and two others were j found dead beneath their overturned j automobiles. Record Consumption of Cotton Look ed for this Year—Spinners are Buying for Future. | New Orleans, La. Nov. 21.—Prior to ! release of today’s government crop re | port the market was depressed ovv j ing to further liquidation, influenced ■ by the possibility of the Government | indicating a larger yield than indi i cated Nov. 1st. | Contrary to general expectations, | returns' to the Government as of Nov. 14th indicated a production of 15, 298,000 bales vs 15,386,000 indicated j on 1st instant, showing a decrease of | 88,000 bales. i After trading was resumed, after release of the Government report, values advanced more than 100 points ! which attracted realizing, causing I market to ease off again. In view of the prospects for a re 1 cord consumption by tbe world of American cotton this season, probu 1 My fifteen million bales to 15. I 500,000 bales as indicated by spinners takings to date running on a basis of ! 15,384,00 bales, with prospects of the basis increasing eventually, we favor buying cotton now, especially on de pressions. There are prospects for less favor able weather in the southwest and Missippissi valley states over the week-end, exports Continue large, and the December option in New Orleans and New York is in a strong position. The smaller, instead of an expect ed larger crop estimate, will likely encourage owners in south to hold for a better price, especially for the bet ter grades, offering of which will pro bably continue light during the re mainder of season. This year’s large crop was due mainly to a dry, hot summer, and Fall, there having been no rain of consequence until October, which per mitted the plant to make, particular ly in the central and eastern portions of belt, because of the inactivity of weevil, which was virtually a repeti tion of last year, for while the crop is larger than one year ago, much of increase was due to a larger acreage than last year. There is no telling what is in store for the cotton grower next year in way of climate conditions, if a wet season is experienced, weevils may become numerous, and active again, as has been the case in previous wet seasons when small crops and very high prices resulted. No one knows this better than the spinners of world, and they are likely to take advantage of prevailing prices which are the lowest in years to pro vide for their present and future wants. II & B BEER. j Mere’s Something For Cleveland To Be Thankful About j Ginning1 figures issued \ todav by Milos II. Ware. : special agent, show that | 33,366 bales of cotton had ) been ginned in Cleveland | county up to November 14. This figure is considerably i bettor than many expected | for the entire year. 28,958 j bales had been ginned up to ( November 14, last year, i Quite a bit of cotton has j be’fen ginned in the week | since November 11, and i then is still a small quan | t ity to be ginned. i * v# • 1 ( < 1 < 1 < t City Schools Will Distribute Gifts Among The Needy To the Friends and Patrons cf the Shelby Public Schools: This is an appeal to you to aid us in making; our annual Thanks giving offering. There are many destitute homes in Shelby where food and clothing are needed in i excess of the amount provided by the meagre incomes. There are children out of school because they do hot have shoes to wear There are many children in our town dependent upon this annual Thanksgiving offering for school hooka. There are some with physi cal informatics who are not able to buy the necessary medicine, j Certainly the good people of Shel by have enough of this world's goods to “provide for their own households” ard to share with oth ers not so fortunate. Money ami fruits of the earth will he accept ed end distributed by the chil dren anti the teachers among the poor and needy of our community If there is a destitute family in your neighborhood, you are re quested to report it to your near est school. All offerings should be sent to school on Wednesday morning, November 25. Each child is invit ed to bring an offering Wednesday morning. Shelby Highs Down Fast Hickbry Squad Playing at Hickory Friday after noon the Shelby Highs defeated the Hickory High eleven 21 to 0 in a game that was more interesting than the score would indicate. The sidelines were given a thrill by the stubborn defense put up by the Hickory eleven during the last three quarters, Shelby scoring all ffiree touchdowns early in the game. The rapid scoring of Shelby in the op ening of the game apparently infuri ated the Hickory boys and they held like a wall for the remainder of the game. The entire Shelby eleven per formed well there being individual stars in the line and backfield with the speedy Magness showing the way with two touchdowns, one from the kick-off through the entire Hickory eleven. Hospital Shower Set For Saturday The Thanksgiving shower for the Shelby Public hospital has been set for Saturday afternoon, according to Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey. Any time in the afternoon from 1 until 5 o’clock those who give to the hospital may leave | their gifts at Central Methodist' church or take them to the hospital. Mrs. Hoey and officials at the hos pital say that anything that can be used by a housewife will also prove beneficial at the hospital—linen of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, canned goods, etc. Every housewife in Shelby and ever the county is asked to bring in something for the shower. TOM Till MB WEDDING AT EARL SCHOOL AUDITORIUM There will be a Tom Thumb wed ding at Earl school house auditorium Tuesday evening of this week, the in vitation reading as follows: ”Mr. and Mrs. M. H.’ Midget re quest the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Fairy to Mr. Tom Thumb Tuesday evening, November the 24th at half-past seven Earl school auditorium, admission 10c and 15c.” “Havoc" is a Tremendous drama of society, woven into a realistic back ground of the war. No it's not a,war picture. Don't forget, it’s Wednesday only. ad . Don’t miss this mighty drama of war dazed woman with George O’Brien in “Havoc” Princess Wednesday no titra charges. adv District Agent Regrets Departure of Lawrence And Speaks Well of Alvin Hardin. In a latter to th ■ fafmes and other ; citizens of this county E. L. Millsaps, | district agent of farm extension work i introduces. the new farm agent to tin [ county, speaks well of his r cord. and mentions progress und r the hustling Lawrence. Mr. Milisaps rays: Mr. It. E. Lawrence, who has been the County Agent in C.evehnd coun ty for the past several years, is re signing Noven her >'*Q h to e g«.g} i.i private business. 'I he District Ago t and t e College give up Mr. I awivme with sincere regrtt as he has male a faithful and ii.dusi r.ous ( putt y Agent for Cleveland county. He en ters upon h s new work .th the very best wishes of the entire Extension staff. Last Monday 1 had three fine young fellows to moot With the County Commissioners and myself at Shelby for the purpose of selecting a suc cessor to Mr. Lawrence, After dis cussing the matter fully and after hearing the young men talk for a few minutes telling of their training and experience, the Commissioners selected Mr. Alvin Hardin of Kings ton. Tenn., and he will enter on his work December 1st. Kearecl on farm. In introducing Mr. Hardin to the people of Cleveland county, 1 want to say that he was reared on a farm in South Carolina and had all the hard ships and experience of a South Carolina boy. At 19 he entered the preparatoiy department of ( lemson College and alter spending four years there, he was drafted into th • service and spent two years in the army, a part of the time in France. After returning home he entered Clemson College and. took his degree.! After that he taught in the Smith Hughes school in Tennessee, and was County Agent for a year and a half, and manager of a big orchard for a bout two years in Tennessee, I have no doubt the fanaftttt