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The Star Publishing Company, Ine.
LEE B. WEATHERS __President
Entered aa second class matter
January 1, J90b, at the post-.ffice a'
Shelby, North Carolirs, u"der th*
Act of Congress, March 3, lb79.
We wish to call your attention f- the
fact that it is, and has beei < it
rustom to charge five cents per lih*
fjr resolutions of respect, < > 01
thanks and obituary notices. ■ •-• r ,n
death notice has b’en pub! i.ed. T'li
will be strictly "dhered t *
By mail, per year _
By carrier, per year
RENN DRUM
Local Editor
MONDAY, MARCH 1. ir*2
St s-tn ilttSf*
COULDN’T >1 \ K f; THi:
GRAD!
A number of r;ewlv organ feed
newspapers in Nof Ctrohna
have recently corm i > d <
elusion that they coukin’t make
the grade and have been f >rced
to suspend. To > many people
think that all that is r -arv
in the newspaper field is t >
gather a handful of t ;>« to
gether. buy a second hand pre-s
and a typesetting machin<- on
credit and the she- kef- roll in.
Equipping a newspaper office
-up-to-date printing ma
chinery is an expensive busi
ness and if not dnJ'V takes busi
ness talent but editorial quali
fications to make a newspaper
go. The longer they are estab
lished in a field the better are
their chances of success,
A newspaper is the'result of
a period of growth and is not
boro in a day. Commending on
the tombstones along the news
paper highway t > prove this
statement ami referring to the
dailv which recer.t’y announced
in Statesville that it could not
afford to lose more money, the
Rock Hill Herald notes that “a
certain Carolina paper suspend
ed last year after losing $75,
000 in a period of less than tw
years. Another daily lost $30.
000 in three years. And still j
there are men, with and without
newspaper experience, who will
continue to venture into the
daily newspaper field when the
opportunity to succeed has but
one chance in a thou. andT*
SOME LIKE ’EM SOME DON’T
The stop and go signals were'
put in operation in Shelby Fri
day. It was interesting to
watch the pedestrians as they
observed the traffic officers
enforcing the regulations as to
vehicles. Some cussed the sig
nal system; others prosed it.
Some thought it would never
do to enforce such r-< oirem ' it a
others declared it will sive life.
limb and property, Ar.d r o it
goes.
It may take r.\vhil' t > v > !c
out the question of wh C ■ • I >
allow' or net to allow ‘ l » ’
“L” turns. The sip ml
will require some travel tli t
has not heretofore been m ale
under the old dangerous and ;
haphazard travel system, but
the new and modern system
which has proved successful in
towns that compare in size with*
Shelby will no doubt prove a
great help here when pedes
trians and autoists grow accus
tomed to the new-fangled way. !
But the spirit under which it
is instituted is refreshing. Cards:]
reading as follows were handed
out Saturday to autoists who un
knowingly violated the new re- J
gulations:
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i tiu na>e v luiaicu i; ruic ui
safely. Watch I he signal—stop
and go with it. Help us make it
safe for you. Lc.s play fair in
traffic. All together for safety
first.
Never cross streets at other
than regular crossing. Do not
jay walk. Department of Pub
lic Safety Division of Police,
Shelby, N. C.
The receipt of such a card
from an officer of the law was
first regarded as a summons to
court, but when it was read, j
faces lighted up with a smile at j
the sentiment the card convey-;
ed.
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CLEVELAND'S HEALTH.
Dr. Rankin brought the re
freshing fact that Cleveland is
not in the malaria zone and this
is largely responsible for the
county’s death being lower than
the state’s average. The rea
son why this altitude and cli
mate should appeal t > Flori
• dians and others living in low
er regions is that our climate
does not bring out the malaria
which is invariably in their svx
tcm. It’s a point in our favor
above the appeal of the moun
tain climate and scenery and a
fact which di add he broadcast
ed in the advertising literature
which Sht lie.' is about -to distri
bute.
R"t with our high birth rate
and low death rate, it is not on
ly e nomy but a public duty
wh: ;> the county owes to its ci
ti> - in maintaining a public
h . department. Thirty five
of tin progressive counties in
North Carolina maintain such
i ■ art merits and thev function
a a splendid way. With such a
> rfm-Tt at a cost to the
county of only $7,500 a year, it
is estimated that a score or
.a : of lives could be saved in
,i course, of a year and unto'd
'■fit-ring and anxiety avoided
'because of sickness. We test our
cattle for tuberculosis, we spend
money f >r farm demonstration
and home economics, but the
county as a whole has never
me anything in a big way to
prevent sickness and death of
Human beings. The township
hospital is the first and only
. top along this way ever tak
en. s i the county should at
la. t . uonort a health depart
ment. This will he done sooner
or later, hut while we delay,
precious lives are sacrificed.
Borov ed Epitaphs.
Toni Jor.es has gone to heavenly
he ghts;
He tried to drive without his lights.
Jack Hayes this busy -life -forsakes;
Il f sever would reline his brakes.
li.rt’s ail thatV 1‘ft of Amos Bos.'
ing;
He tried to beat it to the crossing.
N more front Br wo are earthly
smiles;
lie took the curve at forty; miles.
Ted Small has gone to his abode;
lie b ji! the middle of the road.
lit re lies our friend, poor Tony Dix;
For booze and ga-.olin- won't mix!
d . t Henry's friends are all bereft,
He a lts a short turn to the left.
iiviry farmer ought to thin his
f t ., just as carefully as he tilin'
hi corn and cotton and he should
lock on his timber as a < rop in the
same manner as h does the products
from bis cultivated fields.—Dr. Clar
ence Poe.
\ signal for a left turn by an in
closed car is usually a hand-out.
“MOUNTAIN
ACREAGE”
THE BEST BUY IN THE STATE.
756 ACRES KNOWN AS THE FA
MOUS AMOS OWENS CHERRY
MOUNTAIN.
ONLY $12.50 PER ACRE. ACT
QUICK. PROPOSITION WONT LAST.
J. B. Nolan Co., inc.
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47 th Series Matures
Wc are pleased to inform the share
holders of our 47th series that their shares
matured with the payment Saturday Feb.
27th, and we will be glad to have them ce ll
for their checks or cancelled papers.
There are 1099 shares in this series
having a matured value of $109,900.00, of
this amount £.52,409.00 represents paid up
loans, and $57,500.00 is ready to be paid
in cash.
SHELBY BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION,
J. F. ROBERTS, Sec-Ti eas.
Here’s Some Money-Making
Investments
HOUSES, ACREAGE AND LOTS
LOOK THEM OVER. ALL WELL LOCATED OUT CLEVE
LAND SPRINGS WAY.
HOUSES
One six room house cn East Warren street, lot 75x200. City
water and lights. Price—$2,500.
One 6-rocm new Bungalow cn Chestnut St., city water and
lights, lot 75x!50. Price—$2,250.
VACANT LOTS -
Four lots on Chestnut street, 50x150. Priced way down.
Five lots on Poplar street, corner lots, 50x150 feet.
Five lots on Maple street, 50x150 feet.
Five lct&xin Fast Warren street, 50x175. Beautiful corner
lets fer building.
ACREAGE—
Five acres in the tract. 550 frent feet cn East Warren St.,
goes back to E. Graham street about 400 feet with a frontage
on East Graham street 350 feet. This property is only three
blocks from graded school, four blocks from court house.
Beautiful elevation overlooking Belvedere park and the busi
ness section.
lam owner or this property, consequently you have no
‘ caIty commission to pay. Terms will be made to suit the buyer.
J. Lon Thomasson
SHELBY, N. C.
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To The Allan With A Mortgaged
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| WILL YOU LEAVE A MORTGAGE OR A H O M E F O R
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YOUR FA.MILY?
A large percentage cf hemes are covered by mortgages. 1 he
head of the family sometimes has difficulty in meeting the pay
ments which keep the home together. It is cnly natural that a
man should sometimes be worried about where the money for
; these payments would come from if his support were taken away,
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A life in surance policy for a sum equal to the amount cf the
mortgage on your heme will guarantee that you will leave a debt
free heme for your family. Many men are freeing themselves
i from moitgage worries in this way.
Perhaps you den’t realize hew very little it would ccst io
cover that mortgage with life insurance. It will certainly be
worthwhile to let us tell you abcui the plan of life insurance to
cover mortgages.
C. R. WEBB
GENERAL AGENT.
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J. G. MAUNEY
CALEB HOYLE
C. C. WILSON
L.3T W^lkth M09TH CAX0UM
THE PILOT
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SAFETY
FIRST
HEALTH TALK NO. 3
yOUR druggist is your official health censor
In h:s professional capacity he censors more than half cf his
sales.
By this we mean, that at least half of hie easterner, ash for cne
thinij and really want something else.
m»-fiCW '•hould Ke,:cil to ?r,y c”t;mer j^st what they ask for—
many serious results would occur. But by a few wall directed
questions he finds cut the use the d.ug is intended and so helps
Iry 'whaT^u anvdUCT-d f°“ ^ work- *• sales are second!
ry what yzu —ally need is more important with him.
years'been^old'inTrog’stcreTand HgSfunFbifo ^ XTa ^
store, articles that should he told u^ferthe^rSTupe^
of a registered pharmacist—therefore_if vn,. PT j
_.1,._ “u„_ul n_. .. yy ... lorc “ you want merchandise
plus Health Protection you will go to the drug store first.
RIVIEKE DRUG COMPANY SOUTH SHELBY PHARMACY
CLEVELAND DRUG CO. SUTTLE’S DRUG STORE
PAUL WEBB & SON
’Your Druggist Is More
Than A Merchant.”