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rtifteral Of Bill Peeler Carries Mind Baek To Days Before Coming ' Of Undertaker, Hearse And Auto (R. R. Clark in Greensboro News) A correspondent of the Shelby 'tar tells of the burial of Bill .^Peeler, Confederate veteran of Rutherford county, which was con-' icted according to the custom of half century ago. Mr. Peeler 'requested that lie be buried ns imply as his father was laid J away—in a home made coffin, ti-.i ’ trimmed 'and lined with black t enllco; that he be laid in the coffin 'without shoes; that the grave he „ dug square that his remains be | hauled to the cemetery (he called ; it graveyard, of course) in a wag-1 | on. His request was complied with ; as nearly as possible. Friends | made the coffin. Black calico was : unobtainable arid satin was used. | rMr. Peeler would no doubt have | objected to that if he had been in [ position to object. Satin wasn’t j Fused on his father’s coffin. His! I feet were unshod. The corpse was | hauled to the graveyard in a wag-1 I on. The services of an undertaker j I were unnecessary. Friends and j rtieighbors performed the simple i: services for the dead, just as 1 others had performed a similar I service for Mr. Peeler’s father. But | it was impossible to follow the Style of father’s burial to the let - * ter. “Many were the flowers sent j cs a mark of respect and tribute I;to the dead veteran,” says the re-; r port. There were no flowers i\t hm I father’s funeral. Funerals In the £ ancient t>mc were flowerless. There 4 were few flowers in season and | POhe out of season, and none jgTcfl0ld be bought. While it isn’t 1 I mentioned in the report there' * Were of course automobiles in the' ■[funeral procession. They would I have to ride in cars or walk. r7 There were no cars at father’s fun j eral. I Multitudes of people now living' ; who were raised in the rural dis 7 trieta (they were “raised,” not | reared, in the country in former! I times) remember when an under-1 ’ taker was unknown. Generally! I there was an old time cabinet ' maker somewhere in the territory ‘ who made coffins on order, keep-’ v ing seasoned lumber on hand for. I the purpose. Lf a cabinet maker | wns not available there were some, who could handle carpenter tools, j | All coffins were made by hand anti that means that two or three) | men worked all night, maybe, to | get the coffin ready for the fu * neral. Friends and neighbors gave! | their services freely, and Sympn-' pthetlcally, to the simple duties1 | necessary to prepare the corpse for burial, flnd the dead were laid ■ away as decently as circumstances |; would permit. A wagon was fur t nished by a neighbor—there was ftpo other moans of transportation f —to haul the remains. The dead | man’s team was never used. *t me burials o( tormer flays were ’ nimple and crude an compared with the present. But Hhcy didn’t cos- much. There were no big bills for the family to pay. The sym-j pathy and help at such times were • ! abundant. The neighbors turned i out en mass as a token or respect.1 And there is no reason to doubt thet, the dead rested just ns well. But the styles in funerals change ; same ns styles of living. It costs more to live now than it did in the time of Mr. Peeler's father and it! costs more to die—to get buried • rather. A funeral such as Mr. i fleeter insisted in having would > -now be accounted a dishonor to j the dead if it was put on except! by request, and in few causes; would the request be honored, the j demands of fashion being inexor- j s able. And often a serious burden is , entailed on the family to provide style for a funeral. Usually it is easy for an editor to condemn something wrong in another state. The present styles for women make even the blase man sit up and notice. ^11 JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS g, CLUB NOW— Last week We paid out newly three thousand dol lars to our 1926 Club mem §bers — and they were de lighted. You can have money too for Christmas if you will ortly start and save |i little each week. [ Come in now and start Hie « Cleveland Bank and Trust Co.) SHELBY, N. C. Jim Jeffftes In Fight Over Small Poodle Dog Title Bin-bank. Cal—Many’s (bo drop tb.it Jim Jc'ffriea, mighty warrior o" pugilism, has battled hir. v.ns;: .* : ;take that could be figured in thousands of dollars. Today, however, Fighting Jim is engaged in Brother kind of battle —a battle thut is being waged in the law courts of Glendale, near here. i The stake, too, is a different kind of stake. It’s a dog “Toadies,” diminutive French poodle. Fighting Jim contends the dog is his nnd declares ho intends to keep it. All is not, unanimous, nowever for Mrs. Marve Swift of Burbank, likewise claims "Toodles" is hers. She declsfres the dog; was receiv ed ns a wadding presen. four years ago. Two months ago, she says. Toodlea disappeared from her home and Inter was discovered on the Jeffries ranch near BurhanV Jeffries conies right back with the assertion that Toodles belongs to him and war lost from his motor car'more than three years ago. Ju-.t where Toodles will make his home in the future will he deput'd in Glendale January 11 when Jus tice Harry Chase is scheduled to play the part of referee in the ai falr. A feature of the court hearing will he the part to be plaved by “Peggy,” beautiful collie belonging to Mr*. Swift; According to Mrs. Swift Peggy will cinch the case for her by re cognizing Toodles in court. Peggy, Mrs. Swift -says, has long been a boon companion of Toodles. and has been grieving over the little poodle’s absence. lligbt now Peggy is Itfouing aft er a new family of four bouncing puppies but it is expected she will be able to take a day off and take the witness stand for her mistress when the case is henrd in court. Outs Army Paris, France.—-Franc? plans to cut her army from €50,000 men to 400,000, if three bills introduced in the Chamber of Deputies are fav ored. The measures also reduce the period Of compulsory military service fl>om eighteen to twelve months. Items Washington School Gathered (Special to The Star) Tho Washington school will ren der the following Christmas pro gram on Friday morning at 8 o'clock. The patrons and friends arc most cordially invited: Pro cessional, We Three Kings of Orient are, fifth grade; Quotation, Why do Bells for Christmas Ring?, firrt grade; Song, Santa Land, second, grade; Foefti, A. C. Love lace, jr.; Song, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, first grade chiluan; Christman wreaths, sixth grade children; Song, Christmas is coin ing, Mary Margaret Mull ami Rebecca Hopper; Song, The Babe in the Manger, third Grade; Pageant, fourth, fifth and six grades: A Christmas Carol Comes to Life. Characters: The Christmas Child, Helen Jean Jordan; The Shepherds, Elgin Caruthers, Holland Bridges, Banks Maurey; the Three Wise Men of the East, Junior Post, Sam Ledford, J. B. Crow; The Angels, fourth grade girls; The Children,, fifth grade girls; Song, Jingle Bells, school. The following musical program Wits Riven by the piano and voice pupils of Miss Mary Adelaide Roberta at the Washington street school, Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 15, at 4 o’clbok: Savatte, Bach, Colbert Me Knight; Souatina, No. 2, Reineeke. Margaret Ford; Cinderella, Slater, Mary Margaret Mull; A Merry Gathering, Floridia, Vera Arro wood; Valse Plaintive, Ward, Ruby Bridges, Vocal solo, Somewhere, Thomas C. Clark, Kathleen Hord; The Merry Farmer, Schumann-, Elizabeth Campbell; Pussy Willow Walt/., Story, A. C. Lovelace; Lit tle Sewing Girl, Orth, Rebecca Hopper; First Melody, Thorne, Dorothy Leonard; Duet, Porter. S. M. Blanton; The Thoughtful Little Mother, Cramm, Margaret Louis MeNeely; The Little Brook, Bug bee, Nancy Coble; The Four Leaf Clover, F.nglemann, Lolage Spurl ing; In the Star-light, Kohlmann; Margaret Ford; Waltz—I Began, Willy,, Ellen Ford; The Witch, ischaikowskjr, Elizabeth Campbell; Vocal solo, Laddie Mine, Lily Strickland, Kathleen Hord; Chas ing Butterfly, Eilenberg, Colbert McKnight. The third grade of the Wash ington school has organized as a grade and elected the following of ficers: president, Anna Coble; vice president, Haiotd Bettis; sec retary-treasurer, Morris Lucas. The class motto is “Climbing Higher’’ and the class flower is the <«weet pea. A literary society has also been organized in the third grade, with the following officers: president, Rufus Weathers; vice president, Madge Denton, secretary treasurer, Alphonsine Harris; program conir mittee, Anna Cline, Clyde Tram mel, Marguerite Wall. This society presents a varied literary program in the class room every Friday afternoon. The program committee planned the program for chapel Tuesday morning. A Christmas pro gram will 1k> given. The second grade has organized a book club which meets every Fri day. Jeannette Poste is president for the first term, Earle Hamrick ard A. C. Lovelace compose the program committee. At this meet ing class read, tell and discuss in teresting stories from their li brary books. Contributed by fifth grade: Our Longfellow Club. In our room wo have organized a Longfellow club. On Friday of every week during our English period we have our club. We bring out the important facts about Longfelow. He was born in Portland, Maine, Feb. 27, 1807, was graduated at Rowdoin college, was called the Children’s Poet, because ho wrote poems about. children, was a lover of children J and children loved him. Longfellow was one of Ameri- j osi’s greatest poet. The most fa- i mous of Longfellow-, poems are The Courtshio of Miles S^andish. The Sor.g of Hiawatha. Evange line am! The Childrens Hour. Mur garet Ford, fifth grade. The Sistine Madona. The Sis-: tine Madona was painted by j Tfanhael. Raphael was born at Urbina, Italy, in 1483. His father wan nn artist and also a poet. At the ntre of twtitv-five Raph ael accepted the position of de corating the ‘Vatican at Rome. ArrtoofT the meture he minted was the Sistine Madona. which is now regarded as the world's greatest single picture. The characters in the nictur" are Maw, hold'hg the ChriRt child. Pone Sextus on the rirht. Sa*rt, Katherine on the left and the Cherubs. The Madona is advancing on the clouds botworn Pore Soytus end Saint Katherine, toward the Cherubs. The picture is now in the Dres den Gallery at Dresden. Germany. Raphael was a true Christian which hojrip him with the expressions on the faces he painted. They look kind, tender, and patient. Raphael was a painter of Madonas. Junior Post, fifth grade. j Correct this sentence: I want something more valuable. I must give her a better present than she gives me. It is a wise parent who knows mote than his children. ah BEWARE THE SOUL KISS: PERIL IS LURKING IH LIPS Millions of Germs In Waiting For Osculating Sweetheart, Says Health Officer New Yctk.—Thttt “long, Wg kiss—a kiss of youth and love”-— may be just right under a warm, moonlit sky, but during these days when something like a million pneumonia germs nestle in the throat and rose it’s decidedly ris!:y business. The authority for this statement is Dr. Herman N. Bundesen. health commissioner of Chicago. Here fer two days to attend the meeting of the executive council of the American Public Health associa tion, Dr. Bundesen, when inter viewed yesterday, sounded a warn ing against promiscuous osculation. He said: “Don’t kiss in this season of colds. “Dop't shake hands—it’s just rs bad. “To the million or so perms al ready in the throat the close eon-| tract affected by kissing adds an other million or two. Handshaking “Handshaking is one of the greatest spreaders of disease germs. Say you have a cold. You sneeze and, placing your hand to your nose, you gather thousands of j germs. Then you meet an old friend. You instinctively shake hir. hand and unwittingly hand him an j invisible parcel of germs.” Even the most tender of kisses, j that of a mother to her babe, causes tragedy, Dr. Bundesen said. He added: “Many mothers literally kiss their babies to death, they may be strong enough to withstand the germs in their own throats, but the child is not fitted to fight^ off so many.” Scores Women Dr. Bundesen also scored \woman who sap their vitality through re ducing methods. He said they were participating in the tragedy of “The Bunk of the Perfect Thirty Six.” He declared: “How much better is the socially imnerfect, but healthy. Young women are also making a mistake In wearing so few clothes and sheer stocking!* in freezing weather In the opinion of Dr. Bundesen. He satfl: “Young women should dress sanely, not vainly.” ..— * 150 COMBINATION GIFTS THE GREATEST TREAT EVER OFFERED IN SHELBY AND THE VALUES .ARE WORTH MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PRICES* EACH SELECTION CAN BE MADE RIGHT FROM OUR ENTIRE STOCK PER SON ALLY. COME DOWN AND GIVE THESE TWO VALUES A PEEP AND * OU WILL APPRECIATE WHAT KELLY HAS MADE POSSIBLE FOR YOU. THESE 150 COMBINATION GIFTS Go On Sale Thursday At 10 A. M. Selection No. 1 Wc will yive you your choice of any $2 Shirt $1 neck tse and 75c pair of Interwoven hose valued at S3.7 5 in any size color or selection for the three items only. $2.65 Selection No. 2 This selection gWes yotl a $4 shirt, $1*50 necktie and one pair of $1 Interwoven hose valued at $6.50, in any size, color or selection for the three Hems Only. $3.95 150 Ladies Can Solve Their Gift Question In This Sale-Be Here AND GET FIRST CHOICE A Real Sale Do you khOW that we have marked down eve in the store in order that we can secure our s the $100,000 drive that ls now being made in chain stores. This is a real sale. ry item hare of all our Everything: Goes All our merchandise including thousands of apprecia" live Christmas Gfts that were bought to make a profit on. go right in at sacrificed prices, ftrop in and make it profitable. Kelly Clothing Co. Suits And Overcoats Marked Low We have one cf the largest and finest stocks of furniture in North Carolina and you arc invited! to come in and inspect it5 then compare our prices with others. On that basis v/e invite your patronage. We have seme delightful GIFT ITEMS here to beautify and brighten the home, that will prove most acceptable to any member of the family FOR EXAMPLE, we have in a big new shipment of LAMPS (Just arriving as this advertisement is being witten) FLOG A LAMPS and TABLE LAMPS — 3ome elaborate, seme more simple—but all beautiful, USEFUL and objects of beauty for any room. We have TEA SETS—beautiful gift items—of IM PORTED CHINA. Also we have in imported China both SPECIAL PIECES and OPEN SETS, from which to select one or more items. There are SMOKING STANDS from $2,00 on up; and there is in the store a number of SECRETARIES, one o f which, the GOVERNOR WlNTHROP design, is especially attractive. Made of MAHOGANY, of the old PURITAN MODEL, ft seils for $65.00. As a gift for the home this is Cv. V/* 1*^0 A SPINE r DESK is always a. highly acceptable gift. We have them in WALNUT and MAHOGANY, ran glngin price f. cm $18.30 to $57.50. And there are VACUUM CLEANERS, attachments complete, at $30.00. We have every sort of TABLE for every sort of use, from the SMALL ORNAMENTAL SCATTER and TILT TOP hand painted, the chartning little TAB 'V ^ TABLES, through to the more elaborate CONSOLE, DAVENPORT and PARLOR TABLES. Wea. so have some very attractive MIRRORS for various OBD CHAIRS, TELEPHONE SETS, BOOK CASES, ETC. - • Remember our prices are RIGHT, and we will treat you when you come in the 3tore. John lit Best Furniture Co. NOTE: We are never tod busy, at Christmas, or arty other time, to give STRICT and PROMPT attention to all calls on our UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
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