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One Art ton Concerned Rooster That Attacked Child 1*1 ay in* in Street The great American game of “go- j ing to law” is sometimes productive of extraordinary results. Court tidal? may bo tragic dramatic, melodrama tic, or—as for the most part they are—profoundly usual. Rut the ele ment of comedy may bo present. It often is, savs a writer in the Boston Herald. Odil cases, puecr cases, ppcu’rr cases, downright funny cases, are in termingled on the record with those of the customary type. In fact, it i: thus recurrent possibility that pre vents jurors, court clerks and juries from becoming out-andout m snn thropists. with a rooted and abiding distrust in the ability of the human race to direct its own nffa.rs. Court officials whose memory goes back through the vears recalls nuni-; hers of these “freak” rasps and there are plenty of yellowed old clippings preserved in scrapbooks, that have rescued from the limbo of oblivion the details of su.ts whosp oddities have aroused jaded public interest and caused a smile to illuminate the face of even the dignified justice who sits upon the bench. From $300,000,000 to 14 cents ,s» a big drop yet one may find these sums set down as damages claimed in actions in local courts. In the 14 cent case the plaintiff said that 2 cents of this amount was due him for postage expended in informing the defendants to the amount of their in debtedness to him. On the other hand, the case of the estate of Olea Bull Vaughan, of West Lebanon, Me., against the New Haven road, to recover $300,000,000, which it was alleged had been miss spent by the directors, heard in 1924, was the largest ever filed in Massachusetts. The 14-eent su.t, spoken of above was not the smallest on record. Wil liam F. Donovan, clerk of the civil division of the Boston municipal court, told The Herakl man that a suit of 10 cents had that distinction. If, was a contract action, said Mr, Donovan, reminiscently, “filed about 30 years ago and brought by an attorney against the Boston and Maine Railroad. It seems that the plaintiff had paid a cash fare on the train and had been given a rebate slip by the conductor. He waited too long before attempting to cash the slip, ar it expired. The company re fused to honor it. and the man sued for 10 cents. This is t'-..> smallest suit ever recorded here. “That suit is rather ancierft his tory. In my time the smallest was filed by a local laundry for a bill of $1.03. The defendants defaulted the case and judgiwunt was given for the amount with cost. Gloves Shrunk, She Sued “Another peculiar case I remember was the spit brought by a young lady, whose father was a lawyer, against a local department store for $1.75, which she claimed she had paid for a pair of gloves advertised and guaranteed not to shrink. She had been assured, she stated, that the glove* could be washed without their shrinking, but on washing them, she claimed, they shrank to such nn extent that she ”-as un..nie to get them on." Because he spelled the word “dau ghter” incorrectly as "duaghter’ in cutting it on the headstone for the grave of his customers child a Bos ton monument worker lost his suit to recover $30 as a balance due on the pr.ee of a stone. The headstone now stands in a cemetery in Doburn, with the word “daughter’ misspelled and a chip broken from one edge. At the trial the cutter at first denied that the word had been misspelled, then admitted that it was, bpWried to as sure the jury that he could correct the spelling and make the headstone “all right” for only $1.80 additional. The jury apparently did not believe him. A *100,000 suit for the loss of a woman’s eye from the shaft of n de scending skyrocket on a Fourth of July, brought aga.nst the town of Brookline and two fireworks compan ies, occupied the attention of an au ditor at the Suffolk county court house in 1913. The woman was riding jin an auto mobile wh.ch swung in by the Cy press street playground in Brookline during the evening of July 4, 1908. The occupants of the car were watch ing the fireworks display. Through the darkness the shaft of a rocket dropped, striking the woman in the eyes as the sat gaz.ng upward, and blinding her. The suit was eventual ly compromised. A rooster’s peck was appraised at $500, in the Worcester Superior court a few days ago. The little vic tim of the rooster, a boy of 5, never received any benef.t from the money as he was killed by failing from a piazza at him home after the suit was instituted. His father claimed that the rooster a bird of fighting breed, attacked the boy on the street in Worcester, one day in August. 1912, and pecked him in the right eye, inflictmg such Injuries t***t the eye had to be re moved. He sued in his behalf, and also for the boy; the jury brought in a verdict of $240 for the estate of of the victim, and $260 fc" the fatti er. The record is silent as to what became of the rooster. The fowl ha undoubtedly expiated his crime to the Shot in Church Flay A very unusual case was tried in the Suffolk Superior Court in March 192'!. when a woman brought su.t against a Roxburv church for $20. 000 on the grounds of the “conscious suffering anil death” of her daughter caused, it was alleged by the negli gence of the defendant. On the night of December 5, pre viously, the victim a girl of 15. was .Vo j?i tb" breast during rehears al of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” as Christmas entertainment, and died soon afterward in a hospital. The shot was fired by a young man, a performer in the play, who hod been allotted a part which called for the use of a revolver. The girl was seat ed at a piano and the young man was exam.ning th° nistol, which was dis charged, the bullet striking the pian ist. The actor was exonerated by the grand jury and a finding of “neith er party was entered in the damage suit. A Boston man told Judge Sheednn, in the Munic.pal Court one day in January, 1924. that his interior works had been seriously damaged by a piece of glass while lie was eating baked beans in a Washington street restaurant some t.mo previously. He said the glass was in the beans ara he whs not aware that he had swal lowedeit until it began to get in its fine work upon the l'ning of his stom pch. He sought $900 damages frofn the restaurant pronr.etor. The case was settled for a $5 bill. The proprietor of a Somerville bake-shop brought suit in the Middle sex Superior Court in 1917 against h's landlord because the latter had painted a huge “To Let" s.gn across the window of hia shop. The baker declared that the land lord came into his place of business and painted the objectionable words, with the legend ’“possession given m 24 hours’ on the glass. A big crowd collected and os the result of the dis turbance the plaintiff said his credit had been injured to the extent of $10,000, me landlord repi e<! that a pre v'ous tenant hail transferred stock and fixtures to the plaintiff without his knowledge and consent and. fur thermore. that the baker had failed to pay him anv rent and had disre garded five notices to vacate. There fore he had taken heroic measures. Eventually the back rent was paid and the offending sign painted out. In the superior court at Worcester, not long ago, a farmer demanded re compense for the alleged killing of a horse by a neighbors cow. He de clared that he had put his horse, valued at $102, in a pasture along with the cow. The usually placid and gentle bossy apparently objected to the introduction of the horse and used her horns. The ensuing scene | resembled that which takes place in i the hull ring in Spain when the steeds of the mounted picadors are attacked by the bull. The horse, se verely punctured by the cow’s sharp horns gave up the ghost, and the ag grieved owner Went to law. The collapse of a folding bed while the occupant* were asleep in it was the cause of a $10,000 damage suit in Springfield a year or so since. A man and his wife sued the owners of the furnished apartments they had rent ed. They sa.d that while peacefully slumbering in it the treacherous bed suddenly and without warning fold ed itself, up inflicting personal in juries and still more seriously hurt ing their pride and dignity, as all the human resources of the lodging house' were required to extricate them from their predicament. Several years ago a man alleged ,that a Boston druggists had caused his wife to contract the morphine ha 1 hit, and sued the druggist for $5,000 I damages. The woman sent her little daughter to the drugstore for a “cramp” cure 1 and the child returned with a bottle j of medicine alleged to have contain ed a large percentage of morphine. The medicine worked effectively and the woman sent for another bottle, j and another, ami according to her j husband, became a confirmed addict I in consequence. The jury gave the druggist the benefit of the doubt on the testimony of a physician that he could not swear it was the cramp medicine which was to blame. A study of China just' makes you wonder how a Chinaman can tell when he turns Bolshevik. Tiger woman: Any scared girl whose lack of sense made her the plaything of some sneak thief. Perhaps it would help to use few er pictures of the crimnal's victims and more pictures of the hanging. It is probable, however, that where people know least about evolution there is more of it going on. The swan song of a French Cabi net begins w.th the words: “Now as to paying Uncle Sam.” As to baing good to enemies, the class that hates Wall Street most provides the most lambs for it. realTestate for sale at Cleveland Springs. 62 1-2 feet ad joining the log cabin. Write J. F. Hull. Logan, W. Va. 3t-14c Radio And Science Turn* Over Things li radio follows its. present prom., isc it presages no less than the com plete revolution of the thinning of the world. It threatens to make ibai thinking scientific. It is obvious—-and dep'orable—that the world’s thinking i« not scientific now. “Scientific” is not easy to define, but one approxi mates a definition by saying that it implies facing the facts and judging by them alone. Very few of us do this either in our own affairs or in for mulating our opinions of public mat ters. One of the best ways to learn to think scientifically—probably the only way—is to practice it. It is not true, ihirk scientifically, but their average is high. There is something about continual contact with facts that teai it e.- respect for them. The radio experi menter, fitting tubes and condensers 'and wires together in his attic room, soon learns that these devices will not 1 eh a ve as he wishes them to, merely because he greatly desires it. No man can practice scoerce, as he might portly practice politics, and ignore the truth. The fine and hopeful thing about radi? is that it is inducing so many thousands of people, young and old, to practice science. Atoms and electrons ; and , ether waves are now household words in- America; a generation ago not even all the scientists knew them. Furthermore, an appreciation of the real basis of all science, a habit of relentlessly facing facts, is grow ing simultaneously. It may easily be that the beginning of broadcasting will mark for future generations a turning point of history, the point at which the habit of thinking began tc ; [’read among mankind.—-E E. Free,1 in the Knrum. It will pay this year to use good seed and heavily fertilize a small acreage of cotton to make the best yields per acre. Only in this way can the cost of production be held to where a profit can be made. This age will be remembered as one that kept on debating questions after they were settled. The only department of govern ment that seems actually to do any thing for the farmer is the weather bureau. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having this dav qualified as ad ministrators of the estate of I. J. Green, deceased, late of Cleveland county, N. C., notice is hereby giv en to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them to us | properly proven for payment .on or i before April 13ih 1927, or this notice ! will be pleaded in bar of their recov 1 cry. This April 13th, 1926. GEORGE W GREEN, JACOB GREEN. A dminislra• i tors of I. J. Green, deceased. ! R.vburtt & Hoey, Attys. MONEY IS SAVED! Illustration describes how easily it’s done with L & M SEMI-PASTE PAINT MBIT FACTS IT SIMPLY requires 3 quarts of Linseed Oil to be stirred into each gallon to thereby make 1 % gallons of BEST-PURE-PAINT Ready for use For $3.00per Ga,,on It is Pure White Lead with Costly White Zinc added to make the paint wear for 10 to 12 years. A gallon of L & M Paint will paint considerably more surface than a gallon of hand made White Lead Paint Proved by 52 years of utmost satisfactory use. tUMMMMTMK — Uoo a gallon oat of any you buy. and if not por footfy oatufaetory tho romaindor can bo rotumod without paymont boing mad* far tho on* gallon mod. roe male «* ' i PAUL WEBB & SON KEETER HARDWARE CO J. D. BLANTON INC. rhyne Hardware co. Shelby. Rutherfordton. Marion. Newton. TO OUR DEPOSITORS AND OTHER FRIENDS: # Simple friendliness and interest in your prosperity are two dominating traits of this bank. I ■ ' V. * ‘ ‘ We sincerely desire to have and to keep your friendship and to see you grow more prosperous with each passing year. As the money we deal in is a medium by which the fruits of your industry and interprise may be conserved, we feel that as a bank and as your friend, we can frequently be of real service to you. Great things may be brought about for our section and individuals in it if we all work together. We are sure that teamplay in our relations will result in more gener al efficiency and eventually in that abun dant prosperity to which our natural ad vantages entitle us. We want you to feel that a warm wel come waits when you call, that we are al ways delighted to see you, and that we will be glad to help in the solution of any problem that may arise. Yours very truly, CLEVELAND BANK & TRUST CO. SHELBY, N. S. Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Co. Shelby, N. C,, May 1, 192fi. NOTICE TO ALL. OUR SUBSCRIBERS:— This is to respectfully notify our subscribers connected with the Shelby, N. C., exchange that beginning May l, 1926, the rates for telephone service as approved by the Mayor, City Clerk and Councilmen of the City of Shelby will be effective and are quoted below. -RATES AND THEIR APPLICATION — A. Within the Base Rate Area, i. e„ the corporate limits of the city of Shelby as of this date which embraces Greater Shelby, flat rates are quoted as follows: Rate Per Month Business Individual Line —-----:-$4.00 Business Duplex (2-party) Line --— --- ---$3.50 Business Harmonic (4-party) Line --$3.00 Residence Individual Line _— --- —-—-$2.50 Residence Duplex (2-party) Line -—----- ---$2.00 Residence Harmonic (4-partv) Line —-----$1.75 B. Outside the area indicated in “A” and within the territory served by the special classes of service, tnere will be an additional rate for extra distance beyond the city limits of 42 cents per month per one-fourth mile or fraction thereof for individual line service and to be pro-rated equally between two party and four-party line stations. C. There will be no enange in the rates for farmer line rural service at this time. We take this opportunity of thanking you for your patronage in the past, and trust that our service in the future will be even more valuable to you. Respectfully yours, PIEDMONT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. PARAGON FUNERAL DIRECTORS, EMBALMERS SHELBY, N. C. For 8 years our establishment has been known to be Shelby's leading undertakers. Our Undertaking Dept, is fully equipped in every detail. Large stocks of caskets, coffins, burial suits, dresses, flowers, steel vaults, etc. on display floors. No funeral too large, none too small for our establishment. We are equipped to handle one and all. Our prices will suit all pocketbooks. Caskets carried in stock from $7.50 to $1,000.00. When you come to us for a bural outfit you may adjust the amount you wish to in vest according to your own wishes and you can get just what you want here. We go to homes and prepare bodies for burial without charge. We go anywhere in town or country, day or night, every detail is attended to buy us. Every job in trusted to us receives most careful and considerate attention. For the comfort amt convenience of those who may become sick or injured and must bf taken to the hospital or elsewhere, we have added to our equipment an exclusive am bulance ami it is at the public service day o.- niBht-only exclusive ambulance in the county. M. A. Spangler - Ro.coe E. Lutz . P. L. Hennessa IN CHARGE The Paragon Furniture SHELBY’S LEADING UNDERTAKERS FURNITURE DEALERS and EMBALMERS” “ON THE JOB DAY AND NIQHTW
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