North Carolina Newspapers

IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department, VOL. XXXIV, No “Covers Cleveland Completely.” y " 1 SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joi.is With Climate In A Call For You, . v- . ..... t By mail, per year (in advance) $2.50 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 1 SHELBY TUNES IN 1 RADIO BIS Broadcasting From Miami Shelh> Man Tells Hearers North Carolina Is Talk of Florida. Shelby “tuned in" for tin first t:n ■ Saturday night on a good hearing a speech by a favorite son, A In o’clock in the evening radio fans of ti ■ section caught the Fleetwood hr .ac cost studio at Miami and heard l). Max Gardner, there with the Char lotte booster party, put on the air. a brief summary of his trip in the land of flowers and a boost for the state back home. Clarence Kuester, secretary of the Charlotte chamber of commerce, spoke before Mr. Gardner, and the Shelby man was followed by Commo dore Stoltz, owner of the chain of ex clusive Fleetwood hotels. The tallcs of the three pien filled the air waves wdth glowing boost's * , Florida and North Carolina, and .Far ing Mr. Gardner’s talk this state re ceived some valuable advertising, es pecially the section from Shelby to Asheville, including Chimney Id.cl-. Hendersonville and Brevard: “Florida is not broke end is t .>t going broke,’’ Mr. Gardner .declared, "but everywhere here the talk i- * North Carolina." Following Mr. Gardner, the builder of F! ; two. I-, who is erecting a big hotcd at Hen dersonville, referred to hi- predeces sor on the air as the ‘next govern, - of North Carolina’ and North Caro lina as the sister state of Florida'in. catching the attention of the wo:!d” “Paradise All the lime." Mr. Gardner’s talk as pinked uj by friends here follows: “I greet the people fr m .nn hor " state, North Carolina, and bring ’ them a message of enthu/i; -• is. m mined and renewed pride in our great d'mmonvvealth. If the’-" should he the least doubt as to the i utstumir I osition of our state i the pubic eye, one has hut to come to Florida. “Here one finds an interest in Noi.h Carolina truly universal. We her,' traveled the east side, the west side, and all around the : hate. They tell us North Carolina is the talk ». f Florida. “The entire South is greatly in debted to the awakening of this mar velous state. It has brought from the congested east and north thousand who have gained a finer appreciation of our entire southeast section. North Carolina especially owes a great 'debt to Commodore Stoltz, the owner of this wonderful hotel in Miami Beach, who with a vision and foresight char acteristic of the man is now erecting at Hendersonville, N. a duplica tion of this handsome hotel, it is through his courtesy that I am per mitted to bring this message. “The slogan, ‘young man go to-;' has lost its charm and the finger of fate now points to the land of sun shine and the land of the sky. “Florida and North Carolina are twins in the sisterhood of states ard the ties that unite them are cordial co-operation and friendly rivalry, rivalry free from envy, jealousy amt distrust. Twin Combination. “We are in a sincere coniliinat.'ii to. bring happiness to America ami 1 offer to the entire country outlet for the pent-up play spirit in our nation, al life. The rivalry between Florida and North Carolina consists in the struggle for each state North Carolina in the summer and Florida in the winter, to serve best the yearnings ami aspirations of the great and growing country. “Florida is nearest heaven in the winter and North Carolina a veritahl paradise all the time. We may eopfi dently expect a massed movement t- r Floridians to western North Caro lina this summer, and I catch a vision of an advance for our state, commenc ing at Morehead Cityand terminating at Murphy, Asheville and surrounding territory may prepare for an unpre cedented summer season and I urge Kenneth Tanner, J. S. Thomas and associates of Lake Lure to build then dam as fast as possible to take car ‘ oi the thousands who are talking air lit the Chimnev Rock development. “Visit Florida.” “I wish more of our people would visit Florida in order to gain a finer conception of the prospects for our own state. They are doing things here cn a gigantic scale and on a basis so substantial that there can be no ques tion as to the permanency muii «a to toe fiet fl. s great construction. I am coming back to North Carolina with anew Vision for our state and with a deep con viction that we should engage in a campaign to advertise North f aro bna to the utmost of our capacity have made 20 speeches before the l(od ini' chambers of commerce of Honda and, if they believo one-half of want 1 have said, Florida will be depcpu.ut ed this summer. “The only backwash in 1" lortdu l-~ iue backwauh to q • mi Eight Months School Term Denied 374,826 Children • 'Ihir States Have I.anger Terms. Rural ( hild'ren \ri* \ ictims of Short Term A to ;.| to. 474, 8h(i or 4th.'5 per cent "■ fit ko-*l ch.i lr. 11 in North Caro lina tip not have an r pport unity to utter-.1 -choul for a- much as eight nor th . according t . the last issue of "Sent'iii' Facts", semi-monthly pjbli-, 1 fa;.on .of the State Department of. hiluc.'.t.i.o, w! idi is just off the press. " 1 he significant feature of this ' tab <. declar-s th>. publication. “is that all the city children, both white and colored, have had the opportunity to , ’' end school for eight months or ; more-during the last uu.irter of a cen tury At the present rate of progress 1 it v, ,1 take, at least 10 years for the avo.ng- t- rr.t -*r. the rural white school o. rea.-h eight months, and at the a.nJ of toil time some of the schools would ' till be kept open o ily six norths, the present min mum.” Of the }.*> tat- from which fig - i ures could he obtained, it was shown | that, nine states had an average I*, mi of le - than 100 days. North < ardino had an average school term i <>f 14.A.1 day -s. an average of about i -even month.-. A great majority of 1t! e -ao have ail the r pupils in schi.dk with ■’■minimum' terms of 100 d; ■ or. more, according to the pub i licit > Twelve, of the states listed i have averaged terms of ISO days or i more. Tb ■ ■■eight Southern States with terms of ! than 160 days follow: Alabama.. Arkansas, Florida, Geor K• r.t i kv. South Carolina, MisS . .s. ip. and- Texas. . V lilt IIU III V II i. The cur re; t issue of School Facts ; deal.1 with the school terra in North ('prolina.'public schools, and discuss es the-proposed constitutional ame nd in'ent to provide for an eight months term over the state, quoting fjgure-t with reference to city and rura1 school terras. The average, term in the schools ,f ’he- state during the school year. ! 192 l-lio, \va> 144.9 days. Tire actual ti-niis vari'd all . the way from the cor: titut Ona! minimum of 190 days, . or six- school months, to 180 days in ■ the-Asheville public schools. Ih the city schools, only 300. white pupils irv city schools were not given the opportunity to attend school as ! much .as 160 days, or eight school most. and these 309 were attend : ing school where a building was in ■ process of construction. _ lii the rural schools, on the'-other • hard. 195,519 of the white children Ur 46,4 I per cent, and 174.074 of the : negro children or 90.9 per cent at tended schools of less than eight : months. i New Hanover leads all the coun ] ties of the state in length of term. ! In that* county, all the children, city i and rural, white and negro have the | advantage of school terms of eight months nr more. In this county -ays School Factsj every child has an equal opportuniiy w-th every other child in regard to school term. Air the rural \\.r;e uiuuuh, • »* ,;v emir ifs. New Hanover, Curri • ork. Edgecombe, Pamlico. \a.ice an,j Wilson, are offered the oppor tunity to attend schools with terms of not less than eight months. I 21 counties, 75 per cent of the rural children were provided w>th a- much a- an eight months school tcrm But in 15 counties, only 2d , r cent of the school children and ,ht. ,,immunity of attending school l,ing iis eight months in the year. In the city systems, both white and negro children were provided with eight months’ terms; in most of t!u' cities', the terms were nine months. City Systems Superior. The city systems are divided into il r-c groups, according to popula i'ii.i 1" grout) 1. Asheville, with a iol term of 185 (lavs, or slightly more titan nine months, led, while Charlotte with a term of 17.'? days [railed the .other larger cities. -Concord, Elizabeth City. Gastonia Cold'boro, Henderson. Kinston. New P,,r„ Knckv Mount, and Wilson all had’ terms 'of 180 days. Salisbury, the only other city listed in „ this group, had a term, of 177 days The cities in group III all had a c'-oo! term of 180 days or exactly nine months. In this group were Burlington, Dunn. Greenville. Hick ory Lexington, Mooresville. Mor gantun. Mount A.ry. Reidsville, Roa mike Rapids. Shelbv, Sm thfield. St ytesvilli'. Tarboro, Washington and Kavettville. millions made here in North Carolina The foundation of Florida is absolute ly secure.” Back He Comes. ii. Max (Jantner blew into Shelby from his Florida jaunt a little after I •* o’clock Monday. North Carolina s next governor was on tip-toe of en thusiasm over his trip, wha. he saw (Jang Cleaned l'p Meat Houses Of .Mooresboro Section Friday Night Of Last M eek. Somebody enjoyed fine Cleveland county hams over the week-end; oth- j ers did not. Wh;ch is to sav buyers of meat over the section dur’ng this week should he careful to learn the origin of the hams and shoulders offered, j Meat houses in the Mooresboro and western section of the county were1 railed Friday night of last week and a total of 17 hams. 10 shoulders, sever middlings and a bunch of sausage was taken. Thi first raid reported to the sheriff here was that of the meat house of M. M. Green one mile be yond Mooresboro on the Henrietta road. At this place seven hams and five middlings were taken. Then at the home of Mrs. John E. McBraver two hams, two shoulders, two middlings and some sausage were taken frorji the meat house. From the meat house of Mr. Nolan on the Blanton Brothers farm just! west of Shelby eight hams, and eight shoulders were taken. At the latter place the middling meat was not bothered and it is thought that the thieves must have b?en loaded and decided to take only ihe choice meat. Air. viieen louim ni»' im*at nu«ac door unlocked and it is presumed that the thieves in that instance had a key for the lock; at the two other places the staples holding the locks had been twisted off. It is the rresumption of officers that the entire raid was made by one Kang. As far as could be discerned the same car tracks led from cue raid to the other and was perhaps a Ford. So far there arc no clues to the thievery, Home of M. W. Owens Destroyed Saturday In Sharon Section The home of M. W. Owens, who lives in the Sharon section of the county, was completely destroyed by fire early Saturday morning togeth er with practically' all the furnish ings, it is understood, Mr. Owens, who on Friday night, was raised to the Master Mason de gree at the Masonic temple here by the local lodge for the Sharon lodge, with his wife spent the night with Mr. Henry McSwain, his wife's father, ana (.id not return home. The mother of Mr. Owens spent the night with n neighbor near the Owens home and ear:y Saturday morning returned to the house and kindled a fire and was doing or started to do other hot e woi k, it is reported, when in some way a lighted lamp fell to the i'ber and started the disastrous blaze. 1 lie mother ot Mr. yvens, it is said, had a near narrow escape from I the burning building and so rapidly! diu the flames spread over the building that there was no hope of saving it when help arrived. It is understood here that Mr. Otv-1 ens, well-known in that section, had I some insurance on the home. D. Z. Newton, lawyer, told the chil dren of the Shelby High school .Mon day, in a Washington birthday a ' dress, that he is with ’em, believes in ’em, in their program of advance which is so much criticised these days. “It is essential,” Mr. Newton t Id the attentive group, “that if you would succeed you must do things different ly from the way they were done by the past generation. You are differ ent, and you are criticised for being different. But I sympathize with you. believe in you. “Remember this; that whatever is done must have as a fundamental base religion and morality. Any conduct ! based on these qualities is right. Ycu j can not go wrong if you adopt those I principles, and you cannot be right | unless you do.” The children, as they say in the street, ate up the address. Aside from the exercises at the | school, the closing of the banks and I the postoffice. Washington's birth I day passed off quietly in Shelby. The ! day was notably warm, with a decid | ed touch of spring, for the most part ’brilliant with • unshine New Record* Here In Realty Game The Star is reliably nformed by real estate men of Shelby that more individual ppecoi of property changed hand.* last week than at any time during the history of later day real estate trading in this vicinity. Which is to say that the an tci rated spring real estate rush is materializing. Practically every real e«late man in town reported greatly accelerated business. One firm reported that they sold more separate parcels last week than during any previous two weeks in their history. The opening up of the weath er. ai d signs of early spring is believed to have had some in fluence on sales activity; that, and the natural momentum that the business is accumulating from week to week. MM IK Three important transactions took place in acreage for sub-division last week, thus continuing the activity in real estate circles leading up to what many think will be the most active trading and building period the town has ever had. The Shelby Building company purchased something over six acres from Monroe Wellman ad joining Mr. Wellmon's home on the northern edge of town on the Fallston road. Consideration is said to have being $650 per acre. This land will be cut into about SO desirable building lots and sold privately by the Shelby building company composed of M. A. Spangler. Wm. Lineberge rand J. L. Suttle. Deal was made through A. M, Hamrick company, realtors. Lee B. Weathers and associate purchased 12 acres from J. D. Al'en on highway No. 20. adjoining the lands of the Gardner Land company, where a big development is being planned with hard-surfaced streets, water, sewer, etc. This newly purchas ed tract fronts 750 feet on the hard surface highway and is well situated for development purposes. A survey is to be made and the property sub divided into residential sites. Deal | was made through W. C. Harris, real 1 tor at a consideration of about $9,000. It is understood that the Cyclone Auction company has secured an op | tion on ten more acres of the -7. D. ! Allen farm at $1,600 per acre net to | the owner. This property is ideally located with a long frontage on the : state highway No. 20 and also on the [ old post road, being the corner por ; tion of Mr. Allen’s farm and just ! across the road from the Julius Mull , farm recently acquired by the Gard ner Land Co., in a three-acre for one | trade for a portion of Gardner’s post j road “Moreperacre” seed farm. This ■ property will probably be sub-divided I and placed on the market in the . spring. Thieves Break In Campbell's Store Thieves broke into the Campbell Department Store in Shelby Thursday night. The extent of the haul they made, insofar as could be discovered, was afew pennies which were left in the cash drawer at the close of busi ness Thursday. The intruders got into the store by breaking the glass in the front door on the grocery store side. Appar ently they succeeded in finding the cash drawer, which was found empty of its contents, and standing open Friday morning. The managers of the store stated that insofar as could be discovered the thieves did not bother the stock. The police believe the> were in search of money. Union Children Read 29,833 Bible Chapters i i Children of the junior department of the Union Baptist church Sunday school of which Mr. George M. Gold is superintendent read during the past year a total of 29,2,‘W chapters of the Bible, an average of t>78 chapters per pupil. The average attendance was 41 pupils. This is a record which is prob ably not surpassed by any Sunday school organization in state and one which the Union community should be proud of. Avery Bridges is dpeart mental superintendent while the fol lowing are teachers and secretaries: Misses Nellie Weathers, Susan Gibbs, Zona Hord, Almu Champion, Frances >l?lH Wv;v; S Shelby Officers Staging Drive On Booze Handlers 29 PITIEIiTS 1 live if Thi'm \rt> Now Born Babies l-ast Birth ttas to Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Pippin. \V ith the five now born babies in j lho Shelby hospital there are 2U pati ents anti of course the babies an* very impottam personages. Born Saturday j to Mr. and Mrs II. M. Pippin, *i a or.. Mr. Pippin is musical dir *, tor at the First Baptist church, Mrs. A. II. Gal loway and her baby art* potting along . nicely. Miss Rebecca Austell of )•' trl who was. operated on for appenduvu* J a week ago is improving rapidly, j Mrs. L. ( Bos. who underwent an op iration i. also improving. Mrs, ('. C. Beam who was a treatment patient for some time was dismissed Satur day. Mrs. Clarence Rogers of Cherry- ' ville. operative patient is improving rapidly. Mr. Cline Lackey operated on for appendicitis a week ago is im proving fast. Mrs. Gordon Dudley and her new-born baby expect to go home this week. Mrs. J. A. Anthony is much improved by her treatment and may go home this week. Mrs. Claude Mabry and her new horn son are both improving satisfactorily. Mrs. R. P. Philbeek of Lawndale who was operated on recently is doing well. aviu Master ot. Mieltjy u-s was operated on Friday for goiter; J. H. Toms who has been a patient for some time, suffering with a scald is improving, Robert Crowder suffering with a kidney trouble is doing wadi. : Mrs. Judson Jones, treatment patient is improving. Joe Del’riest of Latti more was admitted Saturday night for treatment and is very sick. C har lie Patterson, kicked by a cow at Kings Mountain recently, was dis missed to go home Sunday. Freeman Sailers, operative patient is improv ing. Julius A. Lail of Kings Moun tain is a treatment patient. Mrs. W. I. Beaver of R-5, Shelby is recovering from an operation. Mrs. F. F. Borders of K-7, Shelby operated on about 10 days ago expects to go home this week. Miss Gillie Jackson of Shelby is a treatment patient and is doing nice ly. One colored patient is in the col ored department. MR. JOEDOll IS BURIED RERE Old Time Resident of Shelby ‘ Passes way in Atlanta. I'ncle of Miss Hattie Durham Mr. Joe Durham, for many years a staunch citizen of Shelby, died in At lanta, Gu„ Friday night following a three week's illness with influenza j and'pneumonia. Mr. Durham left here in November 1911, going with his fam ny to Atlanta, Via., wnere ne nvtu since that time. When a Shelby resi dent he was a member of the Baptist church and clerk in the South Shelby church for many years. The funeral was held at the Atlanta residence: Sunday afternoon at .‘1 o’clock, and his body was brought to Shelby Mon day, interment being held in Sunset cemetery with a brief service at the grave by Rev. J. W. Suttle and Rev. Rusii Padgett. Mr. Durham was married to Miss Carrie Sullivan who survives with the following children: Mrs. Huff, of At lanta, Joe, Falls, Wellie and Riley. His wife and children accompanied the re mains to Shelby except one son, who is in the navy on a ship at sea. Several Speeches On Co-op Marketing During This Week Co-operative marketing is to be put over with Cleveland county farmers during this week according to Carl Hamrick field representative the coop marketing association. During the week five speeches on co-operative marketing will be made in this county by Mr. T. D. McLean, prominent planter and interesting talker. The dates and places of the speeches will be as follows: Boiling Springs, Monday night, February 22; Lattimore, Tuesday night; Earl, Wed nesday night; Fairview school, Polk ville, Thursday- night; Casar, Friday' night. It is the hope of Mr. Hamrick that every business man and farmer in the county will attend these meetings, which should mean much to the future farming and business interests of the county. In addition to being an interesting practical talker Mr. McLean is well acquainted with the marketing ques tion and the message he brings will 1»* " orth "'hi!*- t*?r ihr>: *. 1 ot tui.i him Nine People Get In ( Indus of l.an d'er I.i ;u: r I ron Or.« Section , Act'an null a carried on during the pa.-t two weeks by Police Chief B i). Ham-'.irk ami his officers bids fair to rii| Shelby of considerable li quor ' r iffi •. U ul:s i bta ii il during the period are fli*' inii t Miecssful recorded in noiti.hs in liquor law enforce nr u‘ V. i h a half (In n i r more arrests F' ’i.• • ■ ■' t ! . -il officers ran their t»-’ ! o' liquii" acres‘s in two weeks <’P ' i a.ii • to nimbus, they say, o I fun the one section of i--it own" in Ka -I Shelby, this it be.nu i vpi, -t (i hv officer* is separ ate fir; , the t< v i e village known a Ki>; I. and i not a part of the mill property; I»Uri»s Fvidav night Chief Hamrick end Off -r M’B-idi Poston, Mar shall- Mt>o:e. and Jim Hester nabbed a Ford roadster and one gallon 0f li uuor near the rock quarry, Odell Grieg and ,1. 1). Branton were taken w th the car. A search on back down the road front the place of arrest dis closed another gallon of booze cavil ed by the side of the road. Grigg and Branton were given a hearing Saturday morning before Recorder Mull and sente-^ »<i to four months each on the roads on the charge of transporting. Branton filed notice of appeal; it is said. A short time later Policeman Pos ton and Officer Bob Kendrick visited the home of Mrs. Minnie Peeler at the Ora mill, where five gallons of liquor was located in the closet of the home. The closet door was locked and the officers were told that ‘‘the baby had lost the key." Officer Pos ton used a pair of pliers and a screw driver for a key and found the liquor inside. Mrs. Peeler was also tried Saturday morning, sentence being withheld until Monday. Along with the other raids Offi cers Hamrick. Hester. Moore and Poston visited “Chinatown” where Elide Grigg, G. A. Styles and Raw rhon Gr.gg were taken into custody. According to the officers a pint of liquor was found under" the cafe operated by Styles and a number of bottles found in the kitchen; two pints were found in an out building nearby, and a pint under the steps at the house where Elzie Grigg lived. Elzie and Raymon Grigg and Styles were placed under bond for a hearing Monday. With a few more raids such as those of Friday night officers feel that they will have eliminated much of the bonze traffic infesting the town. Of recent months liquor has not been so much in evidence owing to their strict observation and within the past two weeks the wet atmos phere is declared to have been on a general decline. Th swooping down with a general net Friday night was not merely a matter of luck, according to the of ficers, hut an opportunity awaited for and brought about through the run of circumstances at the time. MRS. W. T. WILKINS DIES Ilf RUTHERFORD Mrs. W. T. Wilkins, age. 74 years and mother of Mrs. Louis Gardner of Shelby, died Friday afternoon at 0 o’clock, following a protracted illness. Mrs. Wilkins was one of the best known and most beloved women in Rutherfordton county, living just outside of the town of Rutherford ton. Mrs. Wilkins was stricken with paralysis Feb. 7th, and never fully recovered consciousness. She was a very active woman prior to the stroke. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Presbyterian church of which she was devoted member. She leaves eight children, as fol lows: John H. Wilkins, at home; Mrs. Clara W. Geer, principal Chim ney Rock school; Dr. T. A. Wilkins, Gastonia; Dr. W. P. Wilkins, North Wilkesboro; Dr. Frank Wilkins, For est City; Mrs. Louis W. Gardner, Shelby, and Misses Sarah and Madge Wilkins at home Mr. Nash To Hickory To Manage Fanning’s Mr. Joe Nash who has been mana ger of the W. L. Fanning company store at this place for several years and is considered one of the most ef ficient and popular store managers in this part of the state, leaves the first of March for Hickory where he be comes manager of the Funning de partment store. Shelby regrets exceed ingly to give up Mr. and Mrs. Nash. Mrs. Nash is one of Shelby’s most talented musicians. She will remain in Shelby until school closes, being tench, er in SouG. SLclbv. so'tiuoL SHELBV DEBATERS SELECTED FOB BIO CONTESTS GOMII Lula Moore Suttle And Mary Sue Borders In Webb Contest. Trian gular Debaters Are Named. During the week just enJTed the Shelby High School has been in the midst of a series of preliminaries for the selection of representatives in va rious inter-scholastic contests. Selec tions of representatives were made for the Selma ('. Webb recitation con test, the Selma C. Webb essay con test and the state triangular debate. Due to the fact that there were sixteen contestants fo rthe Selma C. Webb recitation contest it was neces sary to have two preliminary contests. The sixteen contestants were divided into two groups and three chosen by the judges from each group. The six thus chosen took part in the final preliminary Wednesday afternoon The six girls surviving the first prelimi nary were Lilly Webber. Mary Sue Borders, Alice Sanders. Lula Moore Suttle, Margaret Menton anil M.iv Suttee The judges "or this prdim . nary «<re, first section: Miss Coro oel Le <i, Mrs. Han,' Hudson, Mrs. B. O. lirmrick; Se.iT.rI section: Mi>. '>uroam Moore, Mrs P.ush St, up, ..ml Mrs. R. N. Gu ky in liii? imai prtM,miliary w*kiikf •lay Lulu Moore Suttle and Mary Sue Borders won the places as school representatives. Margaret Blanton was selected as alternate. The judges in 'his contest were Misses Albergott; Moses and Walker of the Central Elementary school faculty. The three representatives for the Selma C. Webb essay contest have been selected, but their names will not be divulged until after the final contest Friday n.ght February 26;h. Triangular Winners. The debaters for the state triangu lar debate were also selected Monday afternoon February 15. Ther> were fourteen contestants discussing the query: “Resolved, That the legisla ture should levy a property tax to aid in the support of an eight months school term. The judges, Messrs. Buchanan and Hunt and Miss Bussey, all of the high school faculty, select ed Dorothy McKnight, Jennie Mae Callahan, Virginia Hoey and Vernon Gngg. with Charlie Mae Laugh ridge and Martha Eskridge as alternates. These speakers will engage in a de bate against both Lincolnton and Gas tonia Friday night April 2. In case either school wins both sides of the debate it will be entitled to send its teams to compete for the Ayeock memorial cup at Chapel Hill on April 15. Shelby has won both sides of the debate for two consecutive years. In lf*24 both Shelby teams advanced to the semi-finals at Chapel Hill while last year one team went as far as the semi-finals arid received the vote of one judge for the final contest. Economics School At Lattimore Successful Home Agent Believes Daily Attendance of fi5. Good Three Day Program and Prize Winner Given. The program of the Home Econo mics school, put on at Lattimore three days of last week by Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demonstration agent for the county, was a decided suc cess. The average daily attendance, dur ing the session, was 05 and there was very decided interest shown in tho contest. A prize of a bag of flour offered by Mr. Will Roberts, of ihe Eagle. Roller mill, for the best biscuits made during the demonstration, which was won by Mrs. John Hunt, of Lattimore. The demonstration took place Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday. The Wednesday’s program was in charge of Mrs. Oliver Anthony, home econo mics teacher of the South Shelby school; the Thursday program was in charge of Miss Edna Jordan, home economics teacher of the Central school, in Shelby; and Friday Miss Caroline Garrison, of Boiling Springs, was in charge. The three days’ program consisted I of a demonstration of home cooking, interspersed with talks on food val ues, balanced menus, and such related topics. Shelby Folks Hear Former Local Pastor A party of Shelhy folk, composing Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Coley, Mrs. Coley’s father and siste, Mr. John S. Carpenter and Miss Ina Carpenter, motored to Charlotte Sunday night, and went to church services of Rev. Mr. Stanford. Mr. Coley said Monday that the church was filled to over flowing. “The former Shelby divine is evi dently very popular in hls w ‘brtieg**/ Mt. Coley said.