i yirg wouldn’t be a convenient
: t-> do this week in Shelby!
; >ct is, ii you’re figuring on any
like that you haven’t a good
iness head.
\-,<iiding m what is heard about
vn the embalmers are away attend -
- the state convention in Goldsboro,
lifting '••ccnes to Goldsboro, don't
know they're having a big time''
idea is that convention of ur
lakers would be about as enter
ing as writing inscriptions for the
ii-tones in a graveyard,
u of which, however, does not an
te Shelly undertakers and erti
. r They’re a lively bunch of fel
Where other folks give up and
, hey start to work.
j hy paragraph is dedicated to the
of Shelby: From what can be
cd up from Mr. Marsh; 11, Florida
eloper of Cleveland Springs, he's
to give the children, boys and
of Shelby ami surrounding sec
"whopper” of a time this sum
[lack in his mind more lurks :.io
of holding tennis tournament,
mijiing races,-diving contests, hik
ai;-i camping out. There’ll be some
doing every week as he plans
; someone in charge of the a'h
progrant. Of course, the golf
< js'c will he there for the older
but the Florida man is a friend
children and he’s going to sec
i they have entertainment galore
■ the unshihe months.
i.i.hpgs more impossible have hup
And the Shelby High’s third
! brill championship isn't so many
off—provided they're all won.
\ i, is, i; the Shelby team would j c
ferihcr, there’s a compliment to the
i .aching ability of “Casey" Morris in
i t cord already established.
Taking a guerfs at' it the local baac
, am will rank as one of .he
_e;t to ever make a showing in
'm fate race. Several of the players
: ;ust getting out of the golf cad
ag age, while over half of the cluo
> •.(■!■ played in a real game of bub.
'•( thi- year. Las, year with most
;!. championship team gone fans
g vc Morris little hope of coming
t • ugh. However, Shelby waded -on
'• Chare! Hill. This year the cand-.
■ for the . baseball team looked
i . like young boys in a summer
; ip, and now Shelby’s talking of n
,-,j ..raight state championship ami
sing the cup for good.
Ail of which remains to be seen,
• don’t try to tell anyone here
in ,hat Morris cannot make base
H players out of anything.
It'; a dull week in Shelby when
re's not an auction sale in sight.
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To the ordinary visitor Shelby
means little more than a contented
i hustling little town, but there are
!!- to the City of Spring—and cf
v.vny varieties. - - -
1 >r. Frnest enucKcr, conducting ?\
■ gelistie services at the Presbyter
church -here, told his congregation
' he got ‘‘the biggest thrill of h ;
' • right here in Shelby.”
lie proposed to Miss Addie May
Pexon some several years ago in Shci
aifd she said yes. That is we «np
! she did for she’s Mrs. Thacker
V reader of the colyurn, who by the
w-y is a retired business man and has
••thing else to do but read it and look
the. clouds, dropped in to say that
’"o reason the big army balloon that
■d over Shelby last week trsivel
1 o fast was because it was pushed
by the hot air arising around the
I estate developments to the west.
Mrbbe so, but it didn’t seem to slow
: when it arrived in the Shelby re
Once and anon the movie houses
• show pictures of a rai getting the
1 .iter of Krazy Kat on the screen.
V|i(h seldom happens in life, but has
opened in Shelby with real ruts
■ '-o a cat that was a real eat.
^ ears ago Mr. Elobtoft had a cat
at answered to the name of “Joe.’’
1 e’ was well known about town
hd was the dread of the rat tribe
: "and Ebeltoft’s. Th«n one day
"loo'’ (tied, but sometime before he
1 '■<! a writer then employed on The
r. gave the feline a write-up,
'■ erhaps you wonder that since Joe
dead how the rats got even with
''bn. Rats don’t forget anything, you
o-'1'”; they hand hate down through
( generations—or at least we’ll sav
’' ■'*• to make our story better.
dnd in the course of time Mr. Ebel
"1 ’ t put away the paper containing
(’ write-up of Joe so that on oce'
'“ns he could go back and rend of
,!i s outstanding qualities as a feline.
Wherein comes the “evening up” < f
rodent trilie. Looking for the
'Per recently the bookstore s'ge
"ad nothing left but torn and much
r -caUered scraps.
■ ho rats had made good their re
’ !|ge. Joe was dead an I they could
’ “t trot to him—and parhaus wouldn •,
V;1nt to if he were living—so tt.ez
e .uul the paper carrying the story
■ ’,0ut their enemy and in rat fusbiem
' bliterated it so that there would re
'■ uiin no trace or history of the animal
that made life so hard for them.
Which is the truth, perhaps. Any
way Joe is dead ai,d the paper is
ton, up. Put the two together, mis
"ith a little imaginutip.ii, and shake
^i'U before using.
The eolyum taking an interest in
the young boys and girls in the coun
ty who would like to see the Spec I -
way races in Charlotte urges that they
come in and hear The Star’s plan
whereby they may see the races wit! -
out cost—except for a little spar'
time work.
Thos who get to go will never ie
t?ret the time pui in.
A Shelby lady, versed in the plant
U1* and care of flowers and shrub*,
takes a laugh at the expense of some
<d the high-toned editorial writers
and statesmen over North Caropr.a.
They've been suggesting that the dog
wood he taken up as the stute shrub
and planted along the highways o’
the state. This lady says the editors
are right about how the dogwoods
would add to the appearance of things
hut thut the ignorance is shown in
thethe fact that dogwood is hard to
tiansplant and will not live more than
■ wo times out of five.
All of which we pass on to those
who started it. I.ike the proposed
benches for the sidewalks, we're ft
of #ich things as suggestions.
Another source of information saj -
however, that if dogwood is planted
in the spring and defoliaged, it is
largely successful, in transplanting.
So that’s that.
Brother Of Mr. Tom
Wilkins Dies in S. C.
D.M. Wilkins was Native of North
Carolina-Mill Man and Truck
Farmer, Age 54
Mr. Tom Wilkins, West Marion
street, Shelby recently returned from
South Carolina where he attended the
funeral of his brother Dempsey Mark
Wilkins who died April 23rd at his
home near New Blooktand in Lexing
ton county after an illness of eight
weeks. Mr. Wilkins was a native of
North Carolina but lived in South
Carolina for 30 years. He was over
seer of weaving at Cherokee Fall*,
S. C. for several years, after which
he moved to Newberry and later to
Columbia, where he retired from rhe
mill business because of failing health
to locate in Lexington county where
he made a success as a truck farmer.
He was married twice: first he
was united in marriage to Miss Bash
A. WTilson Sept. 1G, 1804. To this
union were given two children, Mai 'ha
Ruth Wrilkins, (now .Mrs. Julius
Areheart and Mr. D. H. W’ilkins.
There arc three grand-children. After
the death of his first wife he was
married to Miss. Mary A. Frye, Aug.
5, 1906. In this happy relationship
they remained until his death.
He has two living brothers, namely,
Mr. Thomas Wilkins of Shelby,N. t
and Mr. .1. W. Wilkins of ( harlotte,
X. C.
Mr. Wilkins was a member of In*
Cleveland county Baptist church
for many years. After moving to his
late home he became a member to
Mt. Hermor Jb'v. Luth. Church Jar..
20, 1913.
He was made superintendent of.the
Sunday School at once, and romair.e i
superintendent until his death. He
taught the Bible class, was put on the
church Council as soon as he was re
ceived into the Church and remained
on until dpnth. Jan. 1920 he was made
a life lime member of the Council.
Mr. Wilkins whs a fine Bible student
and was well versed in the New
Testament.
Memorial at Zoar.
There will be memorial services
held at old Zoar grave yard on May
Uth in upper Cleveland near Casin'.
Public cordially invited to attend
these services and refresh your ac
quaintances.
L. H. BUMGARDNEH.
One difference between a jingle and
a poem is that anybody can tell what
the jingli; means, if anything.
I
TWO DAYS
Wednesday and Thursday
Webb Theatre
THIRD
in the World
-and Sales still mounting
During the first three months of 1926 Dodge
Brothers, Inc., built and sold more motor vehicles
than any other manufacturer in the world, except
Ford and Chevrolet.
71,189 retail deliveries were made by Dodge Brothers
Dealers in the United States and Canada between
January second and April ehi«-h i*n.
gain of 37 per cent over the s,. ,ast year
and 59 per cent over the first qua .924!
Third largest in the world! And saiw„ CONTINU
ING to mount w eek after week to new record break
ing levels
In fact, during the week ending April 24th retail
sale's reached the remarkable tots! of 9,566—the
g; cutest single week in Dodge Brothas history!
These figures are all the more significant when you
realise that the pain of the industry as a whole over
last year i3 only 12 ps-t cent.
There cotfld be no more convincing evidence that
today’s product is regarded as better than ever before
and that the present prices make it the most im
pressive value Dodge Brothers have ever offered.
Touring Car-$891
Itoadster -— $889
Coupe
Sedan
$942
$99S
DELIVERED.
m zx'i
CHAS. E. LAMBETH MOTOR CO.
Shelby Branch. — Shelby, N. C.
Brothers
MOTOR CAR5
#
LOGAN ESTATES
AT AUCTION
Saturday 2 P. M. May 8
MOORESBORO, N. C.
This property is located within a stone’s throw of new graded
school building on Charlotte-Ashevillc highway and in the pro
gressive town of Mooresboro.
It has been divided into residential lots and will be sold for
the high dollar.
Terms only five per cent cash, balance in sik, 12 and 18
months.
$50.00 in cash will be given away. Don’t forget tl\e date.
BE ON HAND.
SALE CONDUCTED BY
C. T. Morrison
Cool, crisp wash dresses of Eng
lish Broadcloth, Cotton Pongee
and Gingham. Sizes 7 to 14.
These are all well made and
daintily trimmed. See these
at—
89 c T0 $3.48
! CHILDRENS
I MILLINERY
I A varied assortment of Straw.
Braid, Straw and Braid com
binations and also Silk and
i
Braid Hats in the season’s new
est colors. Very reasonably
-priced at—
$1.49 t0 $3.45
The great outdoors invites you to enjoy the natural
beauties of the season. For hiking, picnics and spend
the-day parties, our knickers of Khaki, Tweed and Lin
ens in plain and checked patterns are just the things
you need. See these in our Ready-To-Wear Department.
Sizes 16 to 44.
Priced—
$1.98 $2.48 AND $2.98
HU OUO SEMI-ANNUAL SHOE WEEK
Our semi-annual Shoe Week continues until Saturday. Don’t miss
the big values being offered in footwear for the entire family.
Women’s Patent
Strap Slippers
A big table of Patent
Strap Slippers, in as-*
^ sorted sizes. Be sure
and see these numbers.
All to go at
20
off
Men’s Oxfords, made of all leath
er materials. Welt soles and rub
ber heels. Medium toes. Colors,
Black and Tan. All sizes. These
are $7,98 Values.
CHOICE_
$3.98