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—A Son—Born Sunday morning,
at the Shelby hospital, to Mr. and
Mrs. Bynum E. Weathers, a son.
Mother and son are doing well accord
ing to reports.
—New Casar (din—It is learnet
that the old coiton gin at Casar wi •
be replaced by a new four stand Pratt
gin at an early date. The gin is own
ed by- a company of men holding 220
shares of stock, and the number of
shares will be reduced.
—Dixon Reunion—The Dixon re
union was given at the Logan Spring
near Kings Mountain, Sunday July
25. There was a larg > crowd attend
ed it and every one seemed to enjoy
it. It was given in honor of Mrs. 15.
S. Dixon and her 5 boys and one
girl. They all were present and en
joyed it fine.
—Summer School—A C. Lovelace,
principal of the Shelby high school,
and W. T. Sinclair and W. S. Buchan
an, members of the faculty, began to
day a summer school for high schoiv
pupils who have conditions to work
off. The school lasfs for six weeks
wdth daily sessions at Central high
school building. Those who have con
ditions on seventh grr.de work, may
also enter this school to remove such
conditions.
—Spinal Meningitis—According to
a Gaffney dispatch a case of sninal
meningitis developed in Gaffney
Thursday about noon, according to a
report filed with the Cher kce epunty
health department by the attending
physician. The patient is a 4-mor.ths
old baby in a Mace family, residing in
the Irene Mills community. The phy
sician rendered prompt treatment,
and the condition of the baby apnea’-,
ed slightly improved yesterday but
was considered critically ill.
QTARS
—Moves Jo Shelby—I’rnf. 15. A.
Stevens of Charlotte has moved to
Shelbv and will reside here in the fu
ture. He and his family, th" Rood wife
and four children, have leased the
Will M. Roberts house on the Cleve
land Springs road and moved their
furniture in. Mr. Stevens is connect
ed with the University of North Caro
lina but spends his time teaching in
the various schools where teacher
trainnie departments are maintained
whcih includes the Shelby school. II
and his family left Saturday for his
o'd home in Minnesota for a visit to
relatives. They return in September
to open house here.
THEATRES
Reginald Denny appears at the
Vtebb treatre Tuesday as. a special
attraction.
Reginald Denny is the one man who
can make you laugh every time he
staris without the aid if trick walks
and custard pies. There’s no doubt
about it—Denny was born with a
twinkle in his heart and a contagious
smile on his face. And when he gets
a story like Henry Irving Dodge s
famous Saturday Evening Post series
—“Skinner's Dress Suit"—you can
shuffle right down to wherever he is
showi/ig—sure for once that you are
going to laugh—whole-hearted, sin
cere, utterly abandoned chuckling
laughter that comes from good, whole
some spontaneous comedy. On, yes,
indeed! Hd’s the one real, honest-to
goodness happiness maker.
Numerous Shoppers
In Town Saturday
Rain, it seems, is the business
barometer of Shelby.
Following the rains of the lat
ter part of the week, local mer
chants experienced a big shopping
day Saturday—one of the best of
chants.
the year according to many mer
Some of the Saturday rush
perhaps was the result of the half
holiday Thursday, many waiting
until- Saturday to do all iheir
shopping, but for the most part
it is thought that the relief from
the baking, dry weather had an
encouraging effect.
The Saturday afternoon crowd
on the streets was commented on
as one of the largest of the sum
mer, and apparently the major
part of the crowd was out to
buy.
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Get all set for the comic ••
serial story which starts ^ in |j
The Star next Monday. ^ ou S.j
should have a copy of The Star Jj
all to your self to really enjoy it
“They Never Knew” so phone v|
your order for the paper to I he J.j
Star office or give instructions
to one of our eight carrier boy s
to leave it at yoi r home every
other day, while the story is J-:
running. Here’s one testimon
ials , J:
"I read ‘They Never Knew J.t
to my tomato plants. The re- |
suit was they' bore tomatoes in
cans almost as large as barrels. |
Imagine my surprise when dig- ^
ging up the plants, I found the r
roots had tomatoes on them. I *
can’t say enough for the great j,:
novel “They Never Knew'.’ ’ j]
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ERSONAL
Folks you know on the go
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L- \. Mulkey, of Shelby, .-.pent the'
week-end at High Feint.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Long were!
Forest City visitors the past Sunday.!
Mis. Deck \\ ilson, of Rutherfordton,!
was a Shelby visitor on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lindsay, of Gas- !
tonia, were the guests of Mrs. J. I..!
Dover the past week.
Rev. Zeno Wall leaves Friday for
Ridgecrest. He will attend a Baptist
j conference there.
: Miss Laura Burton Miller, of Char
lotte, is spending the week-end with
Miss Elizabeth Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Kd S. Beattie, of Dil
lon, S. ( ., arrived last week to spend
j a fortnight here with relatives.
Mrs. J. F. Roberts will spend this
week in Greenville, S. C., with her
kinsman. Dr. B. S. Allen and family.
Miss Margaret Willie ns who has
been visiting Miss Stroup in Cherry
vilie for a week bas returned home.
Mrs. 1. ('. Betty who has been vis
iting friends in Shelby has return
ed to her home in Gaffney.
Dr. and Mrs. W’. F. Mitchell spent
Sunday in Lincolnton with their son,
Dr. Tom Brice Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Proctor have
returned from a trip to Atlantic City,
the Sesqui-centennial at Philadelphia
and Harrisburg, Penn., tlu latter, be
ing Mrs. Proctor’s home.
Holly Ledford, of the Res Cigar
| company, spent last week in eastern
Cnrolinav lie reports c-on prospects
' t iy good, both for tobacco and cot
ro . in most sections.
Master Joe Rice Lit lie. of Salis
bury, son of Mrs. J. C. McN'eely’s sis
ter, is visiting his cousin he"o Mi;?
Margaret Louis McNeely, daughter of
, Mr. and Mrs. McNeely.
waiter Fanning, jr„ operated or. at
the Shelby hcspital last week for the
1 novel of adenoids nr', tonsil-, is
j at home and fast recovering.
Juiia Bridge-, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. I’.
! N’anney, of Gastonia, has returned
| home.
Miss Katherine High who has been
! the charming guest of Miss Rosjdin
Mix left Friday afternoon for her
home in Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid E. bridge have
i r< lined to their home n; WynncwOod,
Oklahoma, after a visit to their
father and sisters here.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Leverett have
moved from Hendersonville ami are
j now Hi the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.
; L. Hennessea.
| Mrs. E. Y. Webb, jr.. who has been
with her mother in Castalia who has
been ill, returned to Shelby Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs f.iving ton Hunter, c*
i Spartanburg, S. C.. spent the week-end
here with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rob
; erts.
Miss Ann Lutz. attractive daught'T
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. T.utz. has re
i turned from a visit to friends and rel
atives at Concord.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wood and Mr.
V N. Wood, of Gaffney, >5 C., spent
the week-end here, 'he guests of
M" anil George Rlan'on.
Mrs. McGlohorn who has been
visit'ng Miss Janie St-.fmev left today
fo* P’Uherfevdten where she will
visit Mrs. Dock Wilson.
M’v S. L. Thomnson. overseer of tVo
| finishing department at Cliffside
mills, spent Saturday here on busi- [
| ness.
| Miss Mattie Ad,am; who snrnt a
I few <iays in Bessemer City with lur
! bro'her-in-law Mr. Johnson, and Mrs.
1 Arthur Passeur, returned to Shelby,
lei Tuesday.
j Miss Bernice Borders has return
I ed from a teligbtful visit to G istonia. 1
1 Miss Borders was .given a most, en
joyable swimming party rind many
other social courtesies were extended
her while r.way.
Mr. Marshall McBrayer lett yester
l day for Baltimore. Md.. where he goes.
I to consult specialists about his health
Mr. McBrayer's health has been dc
, dining for many months.
Mrs. Wells Hamrick had as her
! guests the past week-end, Mrs. Mc
Cormick, Mr. and Mrs. McCormick
and Miss McCormick, of Jacksonville,
Florida.
Mr. Doris Willis left today for
Hickory where he takes a position In
the Jake White barber shop. Mr.
j White is also a native of Cleveland
, county.
Miss Dovie Hines of the Union sec
tion has returned from Rutherford
ton Hospital where she had a limb
I amputated, caused by an infection a
number of years ago.
Mrs. Mai Snangler and two sons, ol
Shelby, and Mrs. R. C. Campbell, of
Hickory, will return home the last
of this week after two Weeks vaca
tion at Ridgecrest.
Mr and Mrs. J. O. Propst and Mr.
and Mrs. Bovd Pronst spent last
week in Newton. Hickory and Blow
ing Reek. Mr. Propst who holds a re
sponsible position at the ShcVty
mill and bonded cot ion warehouse,
had a week for vacation.
J Talniage Gardner has returned
home from "a v- it to hir,;si«*ec M-s.
T. B. Carrick, at Jacksonville. Fla.
Mr. Gardner snvs he witnessed the
Phenomena on the Florida reads of
Ford cars passing the big busses on
ih-> highway, the onlv place where he
(v- r saw such a sight.
Mrs. J. F. Hull, of Loean. West
: Virginia, sister of J. R. Ligon, has re.
turned home following a visit to h«r
parents here, Mr. and Mrs. I.. F„ Ci
tron. and to Mr. Hull’s father. Mr.
T„ M. Hull. Harris Ligon and F.d.
Harris accompanied Mrs. Hull hack
to Loean.
Gaffney Man Mining
Unknown Substance
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Gaffney, July 24.—George 14. Jeffries, |
well-known Gaxncy business mars,
yesterday announced that his crew of
miners at work on the S. J. Evans’
farm, two miles northwest of Thick
ety, p expect d today to reach far
into a strata of a white, powdery
substance that has been discovered
on the place and which Mr. Jeffries
is planning to have tested and analy
zed to determine its commercial value.
The exact nature of the substance
is unknown, but Mr. Jeffries said he
considers it like that the commercial
value will be sufficient to justify
operations on an extensive scale.
Mr. Jeffries has obtained an op
tion on the farm.
The white substance was originally
discovered many years ago while an
attempt to dig a well was being made.
The powder was struck first at a
depth of about 10 feet under the sur
face. and continued digging failed to
reach 1 he bottom in 15 feet more.
The well was then filled in, and no
further efforts were made until Mr.
Jeffries took up the matter this week.
PERSONALS
Miss Kate Durham of Durham is a
guest at the Victor Hotel.
Miss Jane Shackleford is spending
this week at her home in Charlottes
ville, Ya,
Mrs. Miles Goodwin, of Raleigh, i.;
spending several weeks a* a guest at
the Cleveland Springs hotel.
Mr. f nd Mrs. C. I„ Self, of Marion,
snert the week-end with Mr. B. C.
Hicks, of Lawndale.
Fr d Culbreth of Shelby and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Allen spent Sunday in
Chimney Rock and Asheville.
Miss Lura Smith returned Satur
day from a weeks visit to Albemarle.
She was the honored guest at many
social functions while there.
Mr. and Mrs. Phocian V. Hamrick
who have boon spending ten days here
with relatives, returned to their home
in Ozark, Alabama, tomorrow.
Mr. A. N. Wood, of Gaffney, S. C .
has joined Mrs. George Blanton here
and they will leave Wednesday for a
two weeks stay at Blowing Rock at
the Green Park Hotel.
Mrs. ,1. Hill Blanton, cf Charlotte,
is visiting Mrs. James L Parker and
Mrs. Hugh Logan, and relatives and
friends in Grover also.
Mrs. F. C. Coleman spent the week
~nd at Hendersonville whe «> she has
business interest^.
Mr. end Mrs. John Bowling return
tonight frrm a week end visit to
Wrightsvi’le Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Beam and
Mrs. J .Calvin Beam have returned
front “a woHk’s'iSlay- at Brevard.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cab-ness and
deughfer. Miss Martha Wray, of
Charlotte, spent Sunday here with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. D. Barnett and
little daughter. Irene, are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyle Elliott at Forest City.
County Supt. and Mrs. J. Horace
Grigg left today for Roan Mountain
to spend a few days va"ation.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Duncan are
spending some time in Hickory.
Mrs. W. Y. Crowder is a guest of
her daughters in Char’otte.
Mrs. Wilbur Bib^r and baby and
‘-on, Jack, are spending some time at
Saluda, taking the baby there for
treatment at Dr. Smith’s hospital. Mr.
Baber spent the week end at Saluda
with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rav Allen. Miss
M'nnie Catherine Allen, Mr. and
Mrs. Summie Spangler spent Thurs
day at Blowing Rock.
Mr. Mai Spangler and Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Spangler and son. David, spent
the week-end at Ridgecrest, attending
the Christian Training School. Mrs.
Mai Spangler and rhildrer were al
ready there and will remain another
week.
Mrs. Lo'« Hollo. M-s. Margaret
'''ardne-v Mr. William Gordn"r, o'
Greenville, S. C.. and Mr. Bnvd, of
Spartanburg, S. C. were Shelby vis
itors Sunday, visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R land Elan spent
Wednesdav in Charlotte and were ac
eompanied hone by Mrs. Purnell
Elam who will spend several days
here.
Arriving today from Atlanta to be
the ho’*se goes** > r Mrs. C. R Sutt.1"
are: Mrs. A. F. Pierson, mother of
j Mrs. Suttle, Mrs. F. I). Pi°rson sis
| ter-in-law. and Miss Kathleen Pier
; son and Miss Elizabeth Talbot, attrae
tive nieces of Mrs. Suttle. They will
j spend a week or ten days here.
! Miss Edna Parker attended the
I funeral of her cousin in Greenville.
S. C. Miss Fay Chandler, who was
| killed in an automobile accident. Miss
Parker will remain in Greenville ami
will teach in the summer session ol
the St. Auburn School.
Mr. mol Mr. Charles Welib, of
, Birmingham, Ala., and yo'mp son,
I Charles, ir., will nrirve Wednesday
■ end join Mrs. G. M. Webb at the
Cleveland Springs hotel for a week,
and visit relatives in Shelhv. From
i here they go to Blowing Rock for a
two weeks stav at May View Manor
Miss Millicent Blanton will accompany
them to the Rock for a two weeks
stay also.
—Fin» Wh"«t Yield—Jackson Whitr
of the Polkville section has made one
of the largest yields of wheat in the
county. Mr. L. H. Eaker who was «
Shelby visitor todav, stated that he
threshed 247 bushels of fine wheat
for Mr. White.
“Thev Nevpr Knew.’ Beginning Mon
day, August 2nd in The Star.
Cotton Going Up,
Says Man In Gastonia
Gastonia Gazette.
, “Shut your eyes and believe in cot
ton; it is going higher,” says Mr. J.
S. Oliver, of New York City, who was
a recent visitor in Gastonia. This
man has been Saying all along that
cotton would be higher by September
than it is now.
We do not know whether lie knows
much about it or not, but at any rate
his observations are interesting to a
cotton community. Cotton is Amer
ica's chief money crop. Some may
doubt its intrinsic value but the out
side world never will. It is gold, he
says, not silver, and gold will never
be denied. The price of cotton is at
times jammed too low, but the value
remains intact.
Continuing, Mr. Oliver ay >: "This
country is richer than-the roseate
dreams of an oriental potentate. Our
j calm, wise leadens say conf id. ntly
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that we are on the eve of another
great commercial and industrial
boom. If thia is true, shall cotton, our
greatest single national asset, lag
behind? We say "It certainly Won't.”
"Allowing for natural setbacks oc
casionally. we believe cotton will
move up around 20c about middle of
August. If the St. Swithin Day legend
holds true, we are in for 40 davs j
rain. Southern mills should exercise
I the same foresight as foreign and
| New England manufacturers; they
! are, stocking up with cheap Ajueriean |
i cotton. Most everyone is convinced j
: that cotton is valueless; this is hut
; one of the reasons it is going up. The
: "public” is fighting each upturn, ndd
1 ing daily to the technical strength.
Doubters will have to pay."
I The world trade in cheese incrcas- j
id last year, which may cause some
I to doubt the world is growing hotter.
Experience is the host teacher, hut
the esurso is long and there are no
degrees.
Neglect your eyes,
you punish yourself!
Throb! Pound! Pound! dhrob'
A thousand sledt'C l.a'ifimer Ugv/j cA
torture on yo ir i cad!
“If on! I eould get rid of these ago
nizing headache?-!” you complain.
Yet do you know that your own
neglect may be t!.e cause of your
headache ? Seven out of tea head
aches are caused by eyestrain.
Have Your Eye: Examined!
V 'Cs "t\ T !•■ r
Lent s are t- ' i. • t
MHj. n *t> oyt.ai
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JEWELERS & OPTOMETRISTS.
WAIT ’TIL YOU SEE THE
SAVANNAH SHUFFLE AT
WEBB’S THEATRE TUESDAY
REGINALD DENNY With
LAURA La PLANTE In
‘ SKINNER’S DRESS SUIT”
It will give you nore laughs in every reel than a
centipede has less. It’s an uproarious business farce
showing what a dress suit can do for a small salaried
clerk when the right kind of wife knows how to Charles
ton. Laughs overlap like the scales on a fish.
Good Western Monday.
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Rutherford “Booger”
Evades Steel Traps
Harris Writes Of Another Episode
About "Lone Wolf” Of That
Section *
The following communication from
Ernest L. Harris relates more about
so-called “Booger of Bill's
Creek:” Having returned to this
neck of the woods from Shelby last
Sunday and being requested by sev
eral friends while in Shelby to write
any information that 1 might be able
'<> get concerning the "boogcr of Bills
Creek” to The Star, I take this op
oortunity of reporting the following
conversation with Mrs. Minter Wil
son, who lives in the community
where the booger is wont to commit
his crimes of thievery:
Mrs. Wilson says that Mr. Charles
Dalton conceived the idea of catch
ing the maurader in steel traps, and
he did catch it but it refused to stay
caught.
Mr. Dalton carried a pair of chick
ens into the woods, about a half mile
from the habitation of man and left
thorn in a coop, then,next he set ten
No. 2 double spring steel traps in a
circle around the coop, covering the
traps with leaves. He left them with
the living bait in the center of the
circle.
Going back to the traps twenty
four hours later, Mr. Dattmr discov
ered several of the traps had been
sprung, each trap containing a small
wisp of hair, or fur, corresponding in
color to that of the booger; however,
the chickens were tMimolefftcd.
It seems that thik night prowler
merely walked through this line of
traps just to show its contempt for
such insignificant methods of catch
ing boogers of his or Her size and
strength.
DROWNS IN DEEP POOL
OF THE ROCKY BROAD
Rutherfprdton, July 22.—John
Trammell, of Greenville, S. C., was
suddenly taken with cramps wfcile
bathing in a deep pool ot the Rocky
Broad river near Chimney Rock last
night and drowned before his com
panions could reach him. The body
was taken to Greenville today for
burial. ^ «• * ,1'ji
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