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1 THIS IS OVER ll_ J (THEY NEVER KNEW, in cluding the adventurers of Jimp . and I'earl, and many other ex tras thrown in for good measure, , appears exclusively in Shelby In ■ The Star. Despite this astound ing fact, we wish to state posi tively that the price of The Star j will not be changed. It "ill not he increased. Furthermore, it t ’ won't be reduct d.) JJMESON WEED was born in- ! to a poor hut honest family in J OMEDMV, Ohio. Realizing that being poor hut honest didn't j keep them front being poor, JIMP https up and makes mil lion dollars. So he’s rieh, hut I honest, and finds it quite an im provement. A girl, PEARL HANDLE hoprt up and marries JIMP. They go <tn their honeymoon together, i JIMP loses his million hut I'EARL sticks to him because she lost it. Jimp makes another million. PEARL'S old man, Mr. HAN DLE, wants to shoot, poison choke or stab JIMP. Working with thr villain are DETECTIVE GUMSHOE and hie wife, MRS. GUMSHOE. | Or something like that. You »-»* ? *>, f 1 t • « Ret the icle THIS ISN’T CHAPTER XI The author here takes the lihcrt;* of refreshing? your memory with » '•* few details from the end of the pre vious chapter. Detective Gumshoe, his wife and Mr. Handle, disguiised themselves ana sneaked into Pearl and Jimp’s luxur ious suite nt the Pennsyltucky Ilotet in New York, Mr. Handle, Peary’s father, trie I - to sheet Jimp, and wou*! have •ne 'e ooerled had not the quick-witted au thor ended the chapter. “So snapped the dirty ecroundrei, ’ you escaped my tire Monday. But i w have you now. And you are as Rood as dead,’’ * “Father,” warned Pearl, “don’t you * shoot the only husband I got.” m “I will so shoot him.” And the, y aiming the pistol at Jimp, he said, “Have you anything to say before you * die?” “Yes,” said Jimp, "I have. You » know as well as I do it’s bad new* * paper serial technique to shoot the , hero at the beginning of u chapter ** You were warned of this not lorg * ago.” w, “Good or bad. I’m going to do it,” snarled the scoundrel, “If you shoot me I’ll tell the an a thdr,” warned Jimp. ' “To hell with the author,” cried Handle. “I’ll do as I please.” * As the words left the cruel lips of * .the dirtv bum, the author seised hi-.n nnd kicked him out the window. Rushing to the window Jimp saw his father-in-law tumble the twelve ■ stories and land upon the sidewalk. There he lay a few torief seconds t then got up, shook his fist at Jimp, ; and walked away. “He’s all right,” said Jimp, turning „• to Pearl. “Wasn’t hurt a hit. Must ■ have hit upon his head.” “Probably did.” said Pearl. “Poo*. father, he doesn’t like you.” . “So I gathered. Where’s Gum and ’"the wo pi an detective?” “They slipped out the door an<l got f* away.” * * * “Soup's hot " sang the cook, pas* ?• ing through the spacious room upon *j a pair of roller skates. It was her, „ -way of announcing dinner. 21 “Jimp.’- said Pearl, when they were seated at the table, “how often have -, J tokl you to keep your feet off the s table when your shoes are not shln r ed?” e* Jimp apologized. The one point of “i irritation between the otherwise pe f< fectly mated pair was table manner*. Pearl, now that they were rich, nai •: lirally wished to put on airs. She ate her pie with a spoo.fi instead of a 1;knife, and had mfthy other little trick* r- of polite society which Jimp cou,tl ^.not aetpiire. 0, Women pick up such things mud'. ®-mgre quickly than men. ' But the one thing which'Jimp could stdo gracefully was eat soup. He ate ^#tn a rich bass, hitting off even the -Slowest notes in perfect order when there were enough vegetables in the ‘”isoup. M Pearl drank tenor, and their voices * went well together. .After a couple of duets their bowls scwore filled again. The cook and her J,helper were called in and seated at -►the table, making it a quartete. The ^four drank Home Sweet Home. il'-' The cook called for un encore, but fc:$*earl and Jimp could remain no long *fw. They had *kk«ts for the theatre. zgmw** • • * *; . It was a musichl comedy and re * minded Pearl very much of her ad, 4 Wcnturq in the hotel room when some* * cne swiped all her clothes. . ^ « She whispered this to her husband ft who was highly amused. “If I ever 5^1ose my clothes again,” whispered ,>«Peari, “I’ll come down here, take a ~J>atil for a costume, and be an actress.” gf- But Jimp was too busy watching a * alsorus girl who was posed as a statue, geene was a garden party. The girls danced about the status, wondered if she would turn and audience. She didn’t. That ild have been considered indecent. "Jimp,” Pearl, “I have been & talking to yen for the.pail fifteen j minute:, and you haven’t b yard a' word.” “Yea, my dear,” aid Jimp, b^usl. ing furiously. For the first time sir ol their wedding he fult the old niatri j menial ball and chain heavy about hi - i ankles. Husband and wife lapsed into ai strained silence as another dance J number began. Seated in the. first row because h, i had bought the tickets himself. Jimp! leaned forward expectantly. It wa« the dance of the seven, veils. The same girl who had posed as \\ statue tripped lightly about the stage ; She discarded a veil. “Six more veils to go,” figured Jimp. He was afraid she would stick a splinter in her bare foot and leave the stage. She discarded another veil. rv/t- ' more to go,” counted -Jimp upon hi--! fingers. Me wished the music would j speed up a hit and hurry her along. A third veil fell to the floor. Jims - was worried. Evidently the eleotri , cian was a jealous friend of the girl.; The lights were growing dim. Another veil and another fell to t*n ; floor. The dancer’s flitting f irm wo, ! harely discernible. Only one veil remained. It slip ( ped from her shoulders—and fin ; lights went out, leaving the theatre | in darkness. Amid the thunderous applause, Jimp stood up, fumbling in his pock ets. “What are you doing?” whispe cd Pearl. “Looking for a match.” said Jimp, thoughtlessly. When the lights came on, Jimp and Pearl were gone. The wife had seized her husband’s car and yanked him out of the theatre. >» ♦ * A cab stopped in the heart ot Greenwich Village. Jimp and Penn stepped to the sidewalk. “That was a hum show,” said Jimp to his darling wife. “Awfully bum," replied his darling wife wiih a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Pearl was jealous. A red light shone before a cel In entrance. Strains of what was con sidered music were wafted toward them. The pungent odor of gin and orange juice tickled their noi.es as Jimp unn Pearl went into the basement. | Hows of tables half-hidden par titions lined th< walls An orchestra at the far end worked feverishly. 'Numerous couples wire drunk enough I to he dancing. “Ah,” said Jimp as they sat at ?. table. “This is the famous “Pirati • Den,’ about which we have heard so , much.” “I don’t sec any pirates," snapped t Pearl, still jealous. “I was looking at the prices,’ gig ! gled Jimp. “Want to dance?" a tall figure in a flowing black tic leaned across the ! table. Me was speaking to Pearl. “Yes,” smiled the bride, without se much as looking at Jinrp. The furious young husband saw his darling wife whirled away in the arms of the stranger. “Let’s go to my apartment,” sug gested the stranger. “Having a big party there.” Pearl was thinking fast. Jimp’s | actions at the theatre still rankled. ; Perhaps a little jealousy would he good foi the brute. “Let's ask the brute,” said Peart. The . trnnger laughed as they cross ed the floor to the table where Jimp sat chewing on a nail which he hao pulled out of the wall. "L,Vi go to this guy’s apartment, said Pearl to Jimp. Beside himself with jealous anger. Jimp kicked over the table aril leap ed for the stranger. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” sereamCc. the bystanders. The lights went out A pistol flashed. The lights came on. The stranger lay, dead. The cops entered jugi. as the chap. ! ten- closed. (To lie Continued) Conscience Pricks; Gate Fee Is Paid Spartanburg, S. C.—Conscience stricken because he slipped by the gatekeeper without purchasing a tick et and witnessed a high school base ball game, some person, signing him self anonymously, has sent 50 cents to I)r. Frank Evans, superintendent of the Spartanburg city schools. The communication to the superin tendent suited that the writer had witnessed a high school baseball game without purchasing a ticket. He rather enjoyed (ho novelty at first, he stated. bu«, that the more no thought of the matter the more he realised what a belittling act he had eotnnutteiV ( “Therefore, I am enclosing 50 cents which covers the price of the ticket to the game. My identity is of no In j terest to you.’ I His Big Chance “Do you think you can make a sue- j cess of agriculture?” “Yes.” answered Farmer Cortas-; sel. “By hangin’ on till suburban de velopment comes our wuy, nicbbe I’ll 1 git to be a realtor.” The vacation often begins when vou get back from the hectic life at the summer resort. T Kings Mountain Budget Of Interesting Varied News (Special to The Star) King< Mi iintain. A up. 2:!.- Bethele hi.ni Haptis, church closed a very sur er Tul revival last Sunday evening. The preaching was done by Rev. H. I;. Waldron, < f Eai 1 Shelby. Tin- paster, Rev. W. X. Cook baptized the con verts from the meeting Sunday after noon. Th< re were several of them. The old house on the corner of Pie* mrnt avenue and King stree,. is being torn down this week. This house was ')p of the old landmarks of our city, but it is no more. The Standard nil company of New Jersey is going' to build a nice filling station on th-* j lot. Whu a nitv. We do net need fib- ; ing stations in the center of our towns ' "od especially adjoining our churches. j Rut what are we going to do with the fi 11 i• r sWti.en: any w.-vt The roads] are lined with them. There must be! ■me kind of line, or they could noi. live. Our now concert band is doing fine row. They gave a concert at the l'hocnix Mill last Saturday evening. If the bm s practice os. much the next | four wt cks as they have ,he past four. | they are going to.be so that they can j give a very creditable concert by Pit middle of the autumn. The band Is cf mpo-ed of some of the very best boys we have in our town. They have .new instruments of the very best make. If any bedv, or anything in Cleveland county needs a band, please call on our boys. They are going to ho able to nut on as fine a program art Can be given in this section of the state. Their director is an expert. The new th< ater building is nearing completion. It if a beauty indeed. Work on the new Sunday school an nex at the First Baptist church is moving on treelv. The workmen hone to get the most of the outside work done this week. It is going to ho easy for it to be finished by the 1st Sun day in October, That will be Pally Day with the Baptists of the town. Then hone ,o have one thousand pre» < nt in Sunday school that daw. The regular annual revival nt Macedonia is in progress this week. The preaching is being done by thy pastor iT the First Baptist church. Our Methodist folks are all astir ihis wei k getting ready for (heir ex cursion next Friday. They are plan ning for a big crowd, and hope to have ♦ he best day the Methodist have evoi had in this county. The trip to Wc stop is a very fine one for any urn pose. This excursion is offering the round trio for two dollars and fifty cents. We feel sure that many will take the trip not only to visit the Me *■’' * '"•nbenage at Winston, hut t\ hoe the largest city in our state. The ’’ *ave Kings Mountain at seven o’clock in the morning and re tina- at nine in ihe evening. Misses Nell and Sue Tlord, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Hard spenV the week-end in Gastonia visiting their aunt, Mrs. Frank Weir. They re. tui ni I late Sunday afternoon. F.ditor G, G. Page and his family snout las week down east visiting their kktsfolk. They returned late Sun day afternoon. While away, they tend* d the Fisher reunion near Fay ittevi’.le. Miss Bryte Richardson returned home from Boone last week. She has been attending the summer school there this year. She is going to touch at Greyer this fall. We are always glad to have our young people hack home for the litle time they have tv spend with their home folks. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Souther have moved into the house or Kin^s street .hat was, vacated by Mr. Peterson a Pl’RLICATION OK SI MMONS North Carolina, Cleveland County. In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. * Ci. W. Green and wife, Mollie Green, Jacob Gj*> and wife, Mollie Green, and Lizzie Pruett, widow, Petitioners, vs. , Eliza Rosa and husband. William Ross, Sallie Smith and husband. Ly man Smith, .Annie Davis and husband, Stougli Davis, R. M. Wilson and wife, Winnie Wilson. Mary Myers and hus I band. George Mvers. Elizabeth Peck anil husband, Elisha Peck. Sarah EiUkson and husband. Rudolph Erick - ror. W. V. Wilson and wife, Maude Wilson. Winona Geneva Ferguson and husband Eric Ferguson. Henry Wil son and wife. Ella Wilson, Joseph Wilson and wife. Pearl Wilson. Lucy Peterson and husband, Albert Peter ■ son. Defendants. To Eliza Ross. William Ross, R. M. Wilson. Winnie Wilson Marv Myers, George M.ver- Elizabeth Peck. Elisha P. "k. Sarah Erickson, Rudolph Erick s'-'. W. A, Wilson, Maude Wilson, Winona Geneva Ferguson. Erie Fer -isoe F'-nry Wilson, Ella Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Pearl Wilson, Lucy • i --"oir and Albert Peterson, non , resident defendants: Vou and each of you are hereby notified that e Special Proceeding has been instituted hr above entitled in the Superior Court of Cleveland, County. N C . for the purpose of havii'" a V\le for partition and dlv»*v ion of the i-vil estate belonging to the lato I. J. Gi-oen. which real "state ':s '"*im ‘ d i” Number t Township, Cleveland Countv, X. C. You are roi-tVu'- no*ibed that said oetition sets forth the interest of all the parties as hdlrs at law of the said T. J. Green -•U|4n" petitioners are asking for ait mwr for the side of said real estst**, ami "aid pet i ion is returnable be fort me at my offiee in Shelhy, N. C., on Thursday, September 23rd, 1926, at my office in Shelbv, N. C., and you • r« further notified that, unless you appear ami answer the petitioners will ask for the relief prayed for in the neti'ion. This August 21st. 1926 GEO. P. WEBB, Clerk Superior Court, Cleveland County. ltn4w-25 few day* since. Mrs. \V. J. Crawford who was so seriously injured in an automobi e wreck the 26th of June was at church yesterday for the first time since ?*r was injured. She has to walk with a staff, hut this is so much better thAu we expected that we rejoice over it. ShQ is going to be able to take up he, I Sunday school work again the first of i the associational year. Mr. J. B. Keeler is in New \ork buying fall goods. Ho ox poets to be' homo some time this week. He is one 1 of the most wide awake men wo have in our town. He makes himself useful in every way he fan. Mis. J. B. Kceter is visiting home folks while hm husband is away in the north. We ur* glad to ace Mr. G. D. Ham bright getting along so well now. He is almost well, it seems. He is a‘.ways busy when he can get about, and he can get about some these days. He getting ready for the hig fall ginning season. We enjoyed a very fine season here last Friday ’evening. We are needing rain very much, so the showers cams in so good1 that we all rejoiced. Crops are looking fine around here now. Mr. and Mrs. Marvip Odom las* their hew born baby last Friday night. It wgs buried Saturday afternoon at the Mountain View cemetery. The fun eral was conducted by Rev. C. J. Black, pastor of the First Baptist church. There yrung parents have our heartfelt sympathy. Miss Janie Bell Odom is spending a few days in Atlanta visiting friends. She will return home this week. Miss Lunette Odom spent, last week in Statesville visiting friemta. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sapoeh and their little daughter, Elizabeth, sent last Sunday with Mr. J. R. Rob i ts. M > Sapoeh lives at Grover. Mrs. R. S. Cooksey " an* her two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Willeford. They live in Spartanhur*, S. C. Rev. C. J. Black returned home from Salisbury last Saturday morning. He held a meeting nf-ar Spencer last week. SCOTCHMAN S. A. L. Reported to Seek P. & N. Lines Faith Larking In Rail Rumors At Charlotte. More Talk Of, Road Extension Charlotte £jbierver: No credence is given in railway cir cles here to rumors, reported as cur rent in western North Carolina ami South Carolipa, that the Seaboard A:r Line railroad is contemplating the purchase or lease of the Piedmont and Northern lines. 4 Presidency. S. Leo, Vice President nd ManageBE. Thomason, and Chit J Counsel N. A. Cooke of the Piedmont and Norther# were all out of the cltv yesterday and could rot be consults-». about the rumor. Other officials of the P. & N. and officials of the Southern Power cor - pany, the Southern Public UHliticr' company and other affiliated organi zations professed ignorance of any plans of the Seaboarcl to take over the P. & N. Editorial Comment 5ofial Comma enderson ville Both the I: Times an.-' The Index-Journal, of Greenwood, S. C., freai. the rumor editorially, agree irg that the idea is a nlausible one and that it would be a logical thing for theSeaboard to do, both the Nort'.i Carolina ami South ^Carolina papers agreeing if ilie Sfabdjird ecquired tla P- & N. it would glso be a Logical step for the S. A. L. to extend its lines to Hendersonville and beyond. “In nj^nnootion with the discussion of Seftbqprd expansion into South Ca olinfi,” sltys The Times, “it has been talked for some time past that this road would acquire control of the Georgia and Florida, which wou|ft build into Greenwood from Augusta “If ihese plans materialized, fiuy Seaboard would have new lines of road from Spartanburg ipto Georgia and Florida, and it would be a natural develf pmert tn^seek- to extend the line north or west—the logical extension would be .hrough the mountains ol North Carolina into Tennessee er other states west of the Blue Ridge, i “The work cf preparing to build the Georgia and Florida railway from Augusta into Greenwood is already- In progress Yhr linking uo of the Geor ria and Florfda. the Piedmont am, Northern and the Seaboard Air Line would form a railway combination that should prove profitable to the owners and that would aid materially in development and upbuilding ot Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.” Referring to the rumrr that the Seaboard may seek to buy qr Wise the Piedmont and Northern, The Green wood Index-Journal argues; “Natural ly. the talk leads- to the completion of the link between Spartanburg and Gastonia and from Charlotte as Tar north and west as the imagination cares to take it. “And there is good ground for h closer alliance between the Seaboard and the Piedmont and Northern. They connect here at Greenwood and have alwavs operated in friqndly manner as far as tbfe public knows and h is natural tlu»V4Jie two should have a common interest. Ga. ate Prospects ‘Greenwood View “The* possibilities are un<|iiostion ably inspiring. The man who does not realize that the we*t is becoming more and more the producing section of the country is not alive to what is going on. The south is growing rap j idly in population and other ways.; Western freight has 10 come in some way. A large part of it now comes from Atlanta, and much of it, is bounn 1 to come through Spartanburg ovev the (’. G. & C. anad the Southern. A. C. L. Wisdom “The Atlantic Goast Line ha-' shown its wisdom by developing its Georgia, and Alabama connections. The Sea- < board as in position to handle busi ness from the west, bin it cannot cone ! in ie with the Southern and Coast T ’oe through the south into Florida.1 If it can have another line it will be in fine shape to compete with both these rc-'G." i The discussion as to the possible ab-! sorption of the Piedmont and North-, ern by the system, serves to revive discussion as to whether the proposal! U» extend the Piedmont and Northern • from Charlotte by way of Salisbury, Lexington and Winston-Salem is like ly to be carried out. HAD BUSINFSS Gastonia Gazette: An unpleasant situation has devel oped in Charlotte in connection with the new county market opened Satur day. It turns out that many of the farmers do not want to carry their r'-'«dure to the city-county market. They have been in the habit so long of huokstring their produce from the curbs on East Avenue that they do not wish to change. They say, too, that the market is inconvenienced by being in the sun too long, as a conse quence of which the vegetables and produce spoil. A boycott has been threatened ami grocers fear for the food supply. It seems a pity that some amiciable agreement could not be reached be tween the farmers and the city au thorities of Charlotte. This year fruit and vegetables are abundant. Much of it is now bjing lost on ar count of lack of market'facilities, and such ought to-be encouraged in every way possible. It is our opinion that farmers and truckers ought to be given liberty to sell anywhere they please so long as they do not interfere with the orderly tranisaction of business and do not distrub traffic to a great extent. Few things ever turn out as badly as the chronic pessimists predict. DR. DAVID i I. MORRISON Optometrist. EYE SPECIALIST Telephone 585 Eyes examined, glasses fit ted, lenses made and dupli cated. Farmers - Farmers RAISE BARLEY WHILE YOU RABBIT HUNT. 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