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TIIE STAR’S REVIEW
Auction sales are being announc
ed again. Another forerunner of
siring despite the groundhog.
Will, or will not, cigarettes be
sold again at Boiling Springs? Re
presentative B. T. Falls in an in
terview with a Star reporter tells
just how the repeal bill was intro
duced and a school authority is said
to have offered no strenuous op
position.
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A bootleg distillery is still worth
f >0 to the Cleveland county of
ficer who captures it. Cleveland
was not included in the counties
that will pay rewards only when the
operators are captured.
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i Divorces are all foolishness if
judged by the record of County
Commissioner W. W. Washburn and
Squire T. C. Eskridge. The latter
v a; best man for the former in
1877 and a few months later was
married himself. And they’re both
living with the brides of a half cen
tury ago, says an article in this is
sue.
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The court controversy between
Uev. C. B. Way a former pastor,
and the Methodist Protestant
church here is not over yet, church
I counsel informs The Star.
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Reuben Bland is left in the lurch.
A negro parson in Eastern Carolina
has him outnumbered in “chillum”
says a special INS. story to The
Star.
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The Winner Hosiery mills at
Boiling Springs have been sold,
says an item in this issue.
I.attimore has been eliminate'!
in the state basketball race; Shel
by lost to Boiling Springs, and sev
cia! good games on for this week.
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Community items, personal men
tion. business events. Cleveland
county news in The Star.
Upper Site Wins
In School Contest
Five or Seven Room Brick School
Building to be Located Near
Elizabeth Church.
In a warmly contested straw bal
lot election held Saturday in the
Elizabeth and Roberts school dis
tricts, the voters decided by a ma
jority of seven to locate the pro
posed new building at a point near
the Elizabeth church rather than on
the old site near the county home,
whore is now located the old wood
en buildings. Two hundred and
twenty votes were cast. The new
brick building which will have from
five to seven rooms and a large au
ditorium will be built during the
coming summer and be ready for
occupancy when the fall term onens.
In the balloting Saturday, there
was considerable interest, voters
in the lower part of the districts
preferring the county home site
and voters in the northern part of
the districts preferring the church
site. Workers were at the polls
from sun-up until sun-down, but
everything went off with apparert
pood feeling. The patrons had ask
ed the county board of education
for the privilege to decide their pre
ference as to the site in a straw
ballot election and this was agreed
to, the county board saying they
would be bound by the will of the
majority.
.Julius Mull, I. B. Allen and El
zic Lee Beam are school commit
teemen in the Elizabeth district
while Otho Cline, Hudson Ham
rick and John Harrill are the com
mitteemen in the Roberts district.
Suttle Again Heads
Cleveland B. & L.
Three Names Added to Board of
Directors, Association Had 8,
704 Shares December 31.
At the annual meeting of the
Cleveland Building and Loan as
sociation held Friday in the direc
tor’s room of the Cleveland Bank
and Trust company, Wm. Lineber
Ror, was elected president, W. f\
Lackey, vice president and J. L.
Suttle secretary and treasurer. The
names of M. A. McSwain, A. P.
Poston and George P. Webb were
added to the board of directors. At
tlie end of the past /ear the asso
ciation had 8,704 shares in force
and since then more than a half
thousand more have been sold. The
association is only four and a half
years old, but has enjoyed a re
markable growth and will be able
to mature the first series in the
usual length of time. The interest
earning has been well up to the best
because of the low cost of opera
tion.
The wets idea of a zealous
champion is Senator Jones, of
Washington, a dry who challenges
the we^s to a vote on dry repeal.
Bo more of your trading at
Campbell’s during 1927 and your
hank balance will grow. adv
Even a man, like Roger Bacon,
"'ise for his time, some seven
hundred years ago, had an elixir of
life. It didn’t work.
CHURCH HERE 10
CURRY FIGHI Oil
II m AFFAIR
Not Re; Jy to Give in Yet, Counsel
For Church Says. They Re
lieve They’ll Win.
The Shelby Methodist Protestant
church will not be sold on the auc
tion block to pay the claims of back
salnr.v alleged due him by a former
pastor, Rev. C. B. Way—at least
the church will not go on the bloclc
yet, and for that matter not until
several more rounds are refereed
in the court roon.,
The information that the church
affair isn’t ended was learned here
Saturday from Judge B. T. Falls,
who represents the church and
trustees. Mr. Falls, who has been
in legislature and could not be
reached to secure information about
recent stories that the church might
be sold, says that as far as he is
personally concerned as counsel
two trips more will be made to
Supreme court yet before such hap
pens and he is of the opinion that
his clients will take the came atti
tude.
In fact, Mr. Falls is of the opin
ion that after the two trips, should
they be made, the church will not
even then have to pay the entire
sum asked by the plaintiff. Of
course, however, that is the view of
one side, but it offers an offset to
the apparent view of recent new3
stories that the church might be
sold.
f urthermore, the attorneys for
the church rates recent publicity
matter about the suit as partly
propaganda to bluff the church into
paying the salary claimed due
without continuing in court. He
continues further to say that he is
none too pleased with the manner
in which the recent judgment was
secured and that that also may
come to light if the action goes
again to the high courts. The defen
dants attitude is that even thougn
judgment should finally be given
the plaintiff that it will not call but
for little more than $100 or so.
Church books, Attorney Falls says,
show that more salary was paid
than it is alleged while added to
i that a major portion of the tithing
promised by the former pastor was
not kept and that if a judgment be
rendered on a church contract, such
| would also follow with the thing
which in total was $110, it is said,
with an amount paid off. These de
ductions, according to Falls, would
leave something around $100 even
if a final judgment is secured by
the suing pastor, but the church
attorney hopes that his case is
sound enough not to necessitate
that.
The next formal move in the
matter, it is understood, will be
made at Lexington about Monday
week.
Lattimore Out In
Forest City Quint
Game Was Close Affair. Shelby
Loses Another Floor Game
To Boiling Springs.
Playing at Rutherfordton Friday
night the fast Lattimore basketball
team lost to Forest City’s Golden
Tornado 34 to 31. On the same
night the well trained Boiling
Springs five -defeated the Shelby
highs in a game at the local gym
nasium. Forest City’s defeat of
Lattimore eliminated the strong up
county team from the state race.
From practically every angle the
game was a “heart-breaker” to
Lattimore fans, their boys dropping
a game by a bare margin when it
was generally expected they would
move along in the state race. At the
end of the first quarter the score
was tied; at the end of the first half
it was tied; at the end of the third
quarter Lattimore led by two points
and at the close of the game the
score was again tied although Lut
timore missed a free shot that
would have won the game just a
minute before. In the extra period
Forest City scored seven points to
Lattimore’s four, the biggest mar
gin of the entire game.
Auctions Herald
Spring’s Approach
The J. B. Nolan Real Estate com
pany is putting the springtime on
the map today by an advertisement
of an auction sale—harbinger of
the glad season. The W. A. Grigg
farm in Lincoln county is adver
tised for sale—plus most of the
presonal property along with the
acreage.
rM .Grigg has heard the call of
the big open spaces, and is going
west, and is going to sell “every
thing”. The sale is advertised to
be held February 16th, this coming
Wednesday at 10:30. There are 166
acres in the farm. The Carolina
Land company is joining with the
Nolan company in the sale.
Never Thought Of Divorce
In Fifty Years Marriage
Squire Eskridge Was Best Man For W. W. Washhurn 50
Years Ago And Was Married Few
Months Later.
“Ho, hum! These young folks
make me tired geting divorces
r.fter being married just 15 or
20 years.”
Such might be the contem
plative thoughts of either Mr.
W. W. Washburn, C leveland
county commissioner, or Squire
T. Cling Eskridge, Shelby's
marrying magistrate.
And they have reason where
of to speak. ’
Mr. Washburn took unto himself
a bride just 50 years ago Febru
ary 8, as was recorded in the recent
anniversary write-up in this pa
per, and he is still living happily
with her in the second home on the
same spot where they started mar
ried life together.
And on the day that Mr. Wash
burn promised to “love, cherish and
protect” something he has done for
50 years, the man who stood at his
side as best man, was Mr. T. C.
Eskridge, who in a few months fol
lowing the wedding of his pal
jumped off on the “long, long trail”
himself with the result that in Oc
tober coming Mr. Washburn’s best
man and his wife will also celebrate
their fiftieth wedded year together.
Meaning that if Squire Eskridge
fa: "s well until that date he will
have participated in his second
golden wedding event within the
same year, he having participated
in the two weddings in 1877, ore
as best man and in the other as
groom.
Perhaps marriages like that are
largely responsible for Cleveland
county’s steady, progressive life.
Both men were young in that day 50
years ago, but since that time they
have made good and are prominent
in the county, both holding county
offices. And different from the
movie stars who have attained the
bmelight they have found one wife,
if she’s a good wife, enough for 50
years and more.
There may be other counties in
Married 50 Years.
When Squire Cling Eskridge
Shelby’s “marrying magistrate”,
marries a couple he should do it
well, for late this year he will have
been married 50 years himself Last
week he attended the golden an
niversary of W. W. Washburn
whose best man he was in 1877.
the state that can claim more
couples wedded for 50 years, and
such is likely, but few counties will
have in them a man who can easily
remember the roles of best man
and groom back in 1877.
Newspaper interviewers haven't
i been able as yet to ascertain wheth
er the two “young couples” still
“love, cherish” and even “obey”—
for that was in the ceremony then
—as promised but with divorces as
easy to secure as they are it is pre
sumed that they do or these golden
wedding anniversaries wouldn’t be
celebrated. /
Colored Parson Of New Bern Has
“Dad” Reuben Bland Or “Chillun”
Claims Title With 47 and Says
Teddy Roosevelt Received Him.
Quality and Quantity.
New Bern, (INS.)-—Reuben
Bland, the Martin county "cham
pion father," who went to Wash
ington and received the congratu
lations of President Coolidge and
congress, has started something.
Still another claimant to the title
of “champion father of the United
States" has been found in
New Bern. He claims to have own
ed the title for a long time, but the
exploits of Bland caused him to re
iterate his right to the title.
The newly-discovered champion
is Anthony Shields, 79-year-old ne
gro parson. He claims the cham
pionship title with 47 children by
two wives.
“Mista Bland had a good time
thinking he was champion daddy
of the United States and I let his
claim alone for some weeks,” ‘Un
cle’ Anthony declared. “But it’s in
the records at Washington how
many chillun I have, and lots of
folks up there remember how I was
received by President Roosevelt as
a champion daddy back in 1904.”
‘Uncle’ Anthony said that when
he went to the National capitol to
receive the congratulations of the
President, he didn’t brag about the
number of his children.
“I wasn’t so proud of the quan
tity of my chillun, but as their
quality,” he said.
SHSlClB
rMnnsr
Rev. McKendree Long, Bible Lea
gue Head, However Favors
Church and State Apart.
Raleigh, (INS.)—Rev. McKen
dree Long, champion of anti-evolu
tion legislation, and newly elected
head of the militant band of fun
damentalists, the North Carolina!
Bible league, favors the complete
separation of the church and the
state.
The anti-evolution proponent,
who visited the capital last week to
lead the fundamentalists 'n their
support of the 1927 Poole evolution
bill before the house education
committee, declared as much in an
interview here today with Interna
tional News Service.
“However,” the evangelist declur
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School To Present
Stage Show Here
—
Three Hundred and Fifty Local
Adult.® to Take Part in High
School play Here.
Local stars r.ro to shine in one
of the most brilliant home taler'',
theatrical affairs seen in Shelby in
many a day. George M. Hall pro
ducer of plays has been engaged
to stage with Shelby talent his
“Home Town Follies’—‘Smiles’ in
the Princess theatre one night only,
Thursday March 3. The production
has been launched ts a community
play under the auspices and for
the benefit of the senior class of
the Shelby high school. “Smiles” is
a musical extravaganza presented
in three parts with eight scenes. It
is built very much on the plan of
the New York Winter garden show
without a plot, but with a theme
which speaks of “Love, Life and
Youth” songs, dances, comedy.
pantomime, spectacular scenic and
light effects make up the material
for an evening of clean, interesting
entertainment put on with local tal
ent. The blending ami harmony of
the production, in which so man:
things from the ‘j:\zz’ to the clas
sic are used all go toward making
the successful presentation of the
“Home Town Follies.”
Three hundred and fifty local
adults and children will comprise
Director Hall’s cast he states be
fore he completes the organization.
Mrs. F. R. Morgan is chairman
of all committees for the affair.
Mrs. Grover Beam has charge of
the chaperone’s committee. Patron
and Patronesses, Mrs. O. M. Gard
ner, chairman. Miss Mary Helen
Lattimore will be the accompanist
for the entire production. Mr. It
Lee Wray is the general business
manager of the senior class. Troy
McKinney is president of the sen
ior class. Mrs. Mae Bussy Saun
ders, flower committee.
Oliver Day To Be
Observed Tuesday
The Cleveland Hardware Co.,
which sells genuine Oliver plows
and farm implements will observe
“Oliver day” on Tuesday February
15. All farmers and others interest
ed in modern farm machinery are
cordially invited to be at the store
where a day of fun, entertainment
and profit is assured. Modern la
bor saving, cost reducing equip
ment will be demonstrated and at
poon a free lunch will be served to
all farmers attending. A special fae
tory representative will be on hand
to conduct the demonstration.
DEIS ILLEGAL
ACTS 1K. K. K.
Forest City Indigant Over Ashe
ville Klan Talk, It is Said.
Not Expecting Arrest.
Asheville,'—The declaration of
Dr. A. ('. Duncan, great titan of
.province No. It. Ku Klux klan, that
he had obtained the robes and hoods
of the local outlawed unit legally
and without force, was hurled back
in his face Friday night.
Leaders of the ousted klansmen,
meeting in secret conference, laid
plans to prosecute alleged members
o fthe “hooded mob’ that they claim
raided the local klavern las tnight
under cover of darkness.
Klan investigators were still at
work tonight, and no further war
rants have been issued pending u
report of their findings. Reports
indicate that the outlawed moun
tain klansmen have used the day
in invading the camp of the enemy
in an attempt to glean information
that may be used if the question
comes to a battle in the court
room.
With instinctive caution the klan
leaders here have shrouded the
movements of their “spies’ in For
est City with the utmost secrecy,
but no apprehension was expressed
because of their failure to appear
for the meeting tonight, when the
next step was to have been planned.
However, there appears One voice
in support of the great titan, T. I).
Grimes, reputed to he the exalted
cyclops of the Asheville klan, says
that the property was taken legal
ly. This is seen as a move on the
part of the exalted cyclops to stay
in the good graces of the powers
that-be in the invisible empire, and
does not express to any great de
gree the sentiment of the klan it
! self.
Whether or not tjere was a “sell
out from above,” as was intimated
by some of the members, could not,
of course be established, but the
Statement of Mr. Grimes has lent
considerable color to the factional
differences within the klan itself,
apparently a “house divided.”
Forest City,—Residents of For
est City were reported as indignant
over newspaper reports from Ashe
j villa to the effect that Dr. A. C.
i Duncan, one of the county’s leading
| physicians, had led a “raid” on the
j hall of a revolutionary Ku Klux
klan branch in Asheville last night.
I Dr. Duncan refused to make ar.y
| statement to newspaper represei -
‘ tatives, but advised go-betweer.s
i for himself and the press that ev
' erything which occurred in Ashe
j ville was done in an orderly and
strictly legal fashion.
IBffSli
MILLS ARE SOLO
tom™
Name of Roiling Springs Plant
Will Likely be Changed. Oth
er Associates in.
A business deal of interest last
week was the sale of the Winner
Hosiery mills of Boiling Springs
to W. G. McBrayer, of Shelby. The
purchase price is rumored to have
been around forty to fifty thou
sand dollars.
It is generally believed that Mr.
McBrayer has several other prom
inent business men of the section
interested with him in the deal.
Practically all of the machinery
in the Winner mill is new' but it is
likely, it is said, that more machin
ery will be added. Mr. McBrayer
states that he hopes to secure an
experienced superintendent for the
plant from the East or North. The
mill is now running under the su
pervision of Mr. John W. Cash, who
will likely remain as an executive
with the new organization. The
name of the plant, it is said, will be
changed, but the new name has
not been agreed upon as yet.
Joe Blanton Of
South Shelby Dead
Mr. Joe Blanton died in South
Shelby Monday and his remains will
be buried at Sharon Tuesday at 11
o’clock, the funeral services to be
conducted by his pastor Rev. D. P.
Waters. Mr. Blanton had been sick
with pneumonia for a week and at
the time of his death was 61 years
old. He was born in Cleveland
county, the son of Mace and Bar
bara Blanton. He married Miss Su
sie Black who survives with four
daughters and one son: Miss Belle
Blanton, Mrs. June Moore, Mrs.
Clem Cook, Mrs. Arch Lane and Mr.
June Blanton.
Arms and Women in Nicaragua
Many of the women of Nicaragua have been trained an soldiers
and are proving as good «:s the men—at least so lar. One of the
infantry-women Is shown above as she takes » lesson on the rifle. ;
Boiling Springs Citizens
Sought Cigarette Repeal
Bi?l Was Introduced By Falls After Receiving Petition Signed
By Many. Authorities Not
Fighting.
Scores of citizens in ant]., about
Boiling Springs are said to be the
ones who sought the repeal of the
anti-cigarette law at Boiling
Springs and for a three-mile terri
tory surrounding. The bill repealing
the cigarette ban there, it will be
remembered, has already passed
the house and now is up to action
in the senate.
The cigarette controversy in Its
original bearings was somewhat
clarified here over the week-end by
Representative B. T, Falls, who
after coming home to attend the
funeral of his father-in-law, W. H.
Eskridge, remained over until to
day before returning.
v ounseiied r>cnooi.
Representative Falls, according
to his own statement, received a
petition some time back from Boil
ing Springs signed by many citi
zens of that community asking him
to introduce a bill repealing the
cigarette ban there as it was an in
justice to the merchants and others
of the community. With the signed
petition on hand the county repre
sentative felt that it was his duty
to his constituency bo at least in- j
troduce the bill, but before doing j
that, he says, he got in touch with
an official, or officials, at the'
school and asked what they thought
about it, wishing the matter to be
as amicable as possible. In reply
he was told, he says and it is born?
out by others, that the official with
whom he communicated, stated that
he would not fight the repeal as
it-was not effective for its original
purpose anytvay in totally keeping
all the boys in the big Baptist
school from smoking.
In other words the youths at th >
institution who would smoke any
way could secure their cigarettes
when on a trip to Shelby or some
other town, it even being possible
that cigarettes could be bootlegged
through the ban of the ‘‘three mile
limit.” Thereby merchants of Boil
ing Springs, who depend to an ex
tent upon the trade of students
there, are prohibited from selling,
an article that may be bought, and
possibly is, in nearby towns. Furth
ermore the ban prevents the mer
chants there and within three miles ■
from selling cigarettes even dur- j
ing the vacation season when no ,
school is in session and by doing so
makes it impossible for the per
manent residents of the section who
do smoke to obtain their smokes by
patronizing home stores. Those
were some of the points cited by
the ones asking for a repeal of the
law.
Passed in 1907.
That the ban is somewhat out
of date was revealed when Repre-1
sentative Falls began looking back;
to find its inception. By some it
was thought that the ban was a
town ordinance of Boiling Springs,
but it was found that the cigarette
ban became effective back in 1907
before Boiling Springs was incor
porated.
After hearing from an authority
of the school who did not seem ;
to oppose the repeal Mr. Falls says
he introduced it and that it was
quickly sent on up, by the commit-1
tee on grievances and was favorab-;
ly passed by the house. Abeut this
time opposition developed. Editor j
Page of Kings Mountain, and clerk
of the Kings Mountain Baptist as
sociation, called on church members
of the association to help stop the
repeal in the senate and it is learn
ed that one or perhaps more B. Y.
P. U. societies have gone on record
in a resolution opposing the repeal.
The bill will likely meet opposi
tion in the senate, and perhaps de
| feat. Senator Fulton was at his
; home in Kings Mountain when the
i bill passed by the house reached the
senate, but it is said he wired Sen
ator Whitmire to hold up action on
; it until he returned. So, it is pre
sumed that the show-down on the
hill will not come until late this
week or next when Senator Fulton
returns.
Just what stand Senator rulton
will take on the ban and its repeat
remains to be seen. Opponents to
the bill, it is understood, have been
making an effort to have him fight
the repeal, while it was learned here
Saturday that citizens asking for
the repeal would try to arrange a
conference with him after seeing
school authorities and members, or
heads of the school board.
And, by the way, the cigarette
matter is the first little tiff of the
present legislature to interest or
effect this county.
Expects His Ballot
Bill To Go Over;
Poole Bill Beat
Representative B. T. Falls, of
Cleveland county, is of the opinion
that his Australian ballot bill will
go over at the present legislature.
However, Mr. Falls is not overlook
ing the strong fight made on his
ballot proposal by some, but still
he is of the opinion that be has bis
forces well lined up In the house al
though he cannot b* so sure about
the senate.
Mr. Falls, it will be remembered,
introduced his secret ballot plan at
the last session but lost by a smail
margin. Since that time sentiment
for a secret ballot has increased
over the state, numbering among
its supporters leading women. Mr.
Falls speaking of his bill says that
he believes he can practically count
on around 80 members in the house
and that he is of the opinion that
his colleague on the bill, Senator
Broughton, has a good voting
strength in the Senate.
f rom the standpoint or observa
tion Mr. Falls is of the opinion that
the Poole ati-evolution bill is in
for hard sledding, “However,** Mr.
Falls stated, “the bill restricting
the teaching of evolution will have
more strength when it comes to a
vote than opponents think.’’
Two Games Will Be
Played Here This
Week At New Gym
Two basketball games are sched
uled for the Shelby High “tin can”
this week. The first game here will
be on Thursday night at 8 o’clock
when the Highs meet the fast Cher
ryville team and the other game
is with Fallston here Friday night
at the new gym.
Tuesday night Coach Morris will
take his High quint to Morganton
where they will play the quint at
the School for Deaf. The silent five
will return here for a game on Feb
ruary 25.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
HERE TO RECEIVE
REGULAR REWARDS
Cleveland County N'ot in List Thnt
Would Require Operator's
Capture With Still.
Deputy sheriffs in Cleveland
county who capture illicit whiskey
distilleries will receive their $20
reward per still right on, accord
ing to Representative B. T. Falls.
Although a bill passed legislature
requiring that the operator also be
captured before the reward could
be collected Cleveland county was
not included among the few coun
ties accepting the restriction.
The bill to make the capture of
the operator necessary berore se
curing the reward was introduced
by Representative Connor who in
formed the house that it was not
literally a state-wide hill but that
it was introduced so thnt it might
apply to his county. He added the
information that representatives
who wished to do so might have
the bill apply to their counties and
several representatives added their
counties to the list.
Reward Insufficient.
Representative * alls, it is under
stood, was inclined to have the
law apply to Cleveland, but did not
ask for it as the capture rcwarc
was not raised to what he consid
ered a sufficient sum to repay of
ficers for capturing a still with an
operator. In other words counties
where the law applies will now pay
a deputy sheriff only $20 for cap
turing both still and operator.
Compliments Officers.
In declaring that this reward is
not sufficient for the work that
must be put out Judge Falls paid
a high tribute to the deputy sher
iffs of Cleveland county.
I "In my work as county judge I
gained the idea that the deputy
sheriffs of this county do not in
fringe on the reward statue of $20
per still. Had I thought they do
I would have had Cleveland added
to the list regardless of the reward
amount'*
The county representative point
ed out that to capture the operator
of a still necessitated lying in wait
for long portions of a night and
some instances for a dozen or more
nights; that usually the presence
of two or three other officers is
necessary to catch an operator, and
that on many occasions all the work
would prove a failure, with the add
ed risk of getting shot.
“If they would have agreed to in
crease the reward for a still and
operator to $40 or $50 I would have
added this county for then perhaps
it would have been worthwhile for
our officers to hide out for nights
to make a capture. As it is our of
ficers do not seem to be dodging
the capture of operators, but in
stead get them when possible.”
It was also pointed out that if the
capture of an operator was made
a necessity that likely the number
of stills captured would decrease,
and as the producing end of boot
leg is not so highly profitable
enough still being captured will
eventually put quite a number of .
the operators out of business.
Homeless Twins To
Ha.ve Home, Report
Star Advertising Finds Several
Homes for Motherless Young
sters. To Select Home.
According to information receiv
ed from J. B. Smith, county welfare
officer, the gurgling, cooing twins
at the Shelby hospital will likely
have a home very soon.
“The Star sure is read and I ca
easily understand why it brings bi
siness to merchants who use its c<
umns,” says Mr. Smith. “Since ths
notice about the motherless twir
at the hospital I have had nume
ous applications for the boy ar
girl of four months. By anoth<
issue perhaps I can definitely U
you that the twins have hapi
Cleveland county, homes and a
being well taken care of.”
Pastor Abernethy
Gets Big Pounding
Rev. G. P. Abernethy was the re
cipient of a bountiful pounding
from members of the Fallston Bap
tist church congregation on Satur
day. When he had finished his ser
mon and went to his car to leave,
he found it full of pantry supplies
and other good things. Mr. Aber
nethy is beginning his fourth year
as Fallston pastor and the work
there is in better condition than
ever before. The Sunday school has
been recognized for the third time
for having obtained the standard.
Mr. Abernethy, his wife and five
children are making inroads on the
good things with which they were
pounded Saturday.