North Carolina Newspapers

Beg pardon, no mayors today, but one or two candidates for aldermen. ? ' • * • Since Cleveland county couples can get married in South Carolina on Sunday not a single marriage license was issued here in two weeks. Compare the local divorce and marriages in a news article to day. * * * A news item today tells of in creased enrollment in the city schools. An account of Dr. Littles Sunday sermon here^may be foupnd in the news columns of The Star today. * * * Two hundred and twenty-two ■ people are enrolled in the Sunday school rtainiiv work at Central Methodist church. A colorful runaway of a portion of a freight train between Ellen horn and Bostic is described in this issue. • * • Embryo Speakers, Cobbs and Ruths will begin to “do their stuff’ on the high school baseball team - this week. The Highs with two state championships to live up to have a game with Kings Mountain Fri day. * * * Lattimore won the county title in rural dramatics. * » * The great open spaces where men are men and a fellow is it: freedlom itself appealed to two Shelby boys last week. They got all the way to Mooresboro—and that's a long ways from home for a youngster—and then they reversed. Horace Greely’s “Go West, young man’, is all bunkum to those young sters now. • * * All the news of Shelby and Cleve land county in The Star, which car ries more local and county news than any newspaper other than a daily published in this state. COUNTY FORMERS TO GET (31,300 Distribution Will Shortly Be Made To Members of the Cotton Growers Association The North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative association is making a distribution of ap proximately one and a quarter million dollars to its members who have pooled in the short time pool, according to an announce ment received from association headquarters at Raleigh. Checks are being mailed as fast as they are written and it is expected that the distribution will be completed inside of 10 days. The distribution to members in Cleveland county will amount to approximately $31,383.00 dollars, says C. C. Hil ton. local field representative. The present distribution brings the price of all cotton up to 10 cents per pound, basis middling. About 60 per cent of the associa tion receipts has been sold and if there is no radical change in the market, it is likely that all cotton in the short time pool will be closed out and final settlement made to members sometime in the early part of July as usual. Out sales up to this time have been satisfactory and unless there is a marked decline in the market our members can look forward to a very satisfactory settlement for ' otton of the 1926 crop. While there has been no clamor from any member, or any group < f members for a Spring distribu tion, it is quite generally known that they are looking forward to this payment very eagerly as a means for paying cash for spring fertilizers. Shelby Men Sell Big Lumber Plant Howell-Pless Firm at Henderson ville. Bought by Rigby Morrow Company. Hendersonville News-Times. Announcement is made that the stocks of lumber and supplies of the Howell-Pless Lumber and Sup ply company will be disposed of m bulk, and the business discontinued, following the purchase several weeks ago of the interests of J. E. Claitt and G. S. Dellinger in that concern by the Rigby-Morrow Lumber company. The Rigby-Morrow I.umber com pany has also purchased the stocks of builders’ supplies of that concern as of March 1, and will dispose of all materials possible from the Howell-Pless yard, Roy C. Bennett of the Rigby-Morrow company, said. J. W. Howell, who was manager of the Howell-Pless Lumber and Supply company, will remain as secretary of the corporation to as sist in winding up affairs of the firm with which he was connected. He is also to be associated with the Rigby-Morrow Lumber company in the capacity of sales and plant manager. ...— Odd News, This Not A Candidate Comes Out Today When a thing keeps happen ing it eventually becomes a part of the daily events not listed as news. But when a thing happens regularly for a time and suddenly drops off, that’s news, ladies and gentle men. All of which leads up to the announcement that there are no announcements today for the next mayor or Shelby. It’s the first time in several issues that The Star has not sent a candidate skimming along to the “dear public.” Better luck next time, maybe. However, observant readers will notice that one candidate for alderman is announced and another is boosted. It's about time for prospective ‘city dads’ to begin lining up to the right. GETS UNDER WAY HERE THIS WEEK High* Will Play Kings Mountain In Early Season Encounter On Friday. Baseball news trickles up from the swiing training camps of the ma jors regularly these days and about the streets the talk is beginning to veer around to the anticipated ac tivities of Ruth, Cobb, Speaker an.| the various lights of the national pastime—and just as the fever be gins to set in word comes from the high school that the Shelby Highs will this week start the local sea son off in a game with the fast Kings Mountain feanr. The initial horsehide contest is scheduled for Friday afternoon, but as yet there is some doubt as to where it will be played. The ori ginal schedule calls for the game to be played here, but Coach Morris says there is n^w a likelihood that the first taste of the season may ; go *o Kings Mountain. Just how the Highs, who fall , heir to uniforms that have gone vic , torious through two state titles, i will stack up is a mystery as yet. “It all depends—as usual—on how the new bloods come out.” These , youngsters coming up to the team are reputed to be heavy hitters and ni.'ty fielders. They usually are you . know. In the majors when a classy fielder comes along from the min ors they call him another Spcakc’ and if he’s a hitter he’s known, for a time anyhow, as the second Cobb Hereabouts if he can gobble up screeching grounders like a three year-old hen picking up corn then he’s a Cline Lee, and if he busts the fence with his drive it’s anoth er Big Beam, and so on. The Highs have already started training. Saturday Coach Morris had his candidates going through a 1 workout on the South Shelby park, j the school park being under repair. Near a half dozen, or perhaps more of last year’s team—barely elim inated by Gastonia—are back in i addition to several husky boys com i ing up and one likely looking hurl j er. If the weather remains suitable thi3 week the Highs will continue ’through their paces until Friday 1 when they stack up against about the strongest baseball team in the state. Kings Mountain it is under stood will have practically the same squad as last year including I Skates and Hord, and those two J alone form a nuclues for a real high | school team. j. So, Friday is the day when the ; big sport breaks. Thereafter the Highs will be playing regularly fol 1 lowing the Morris plans, of getting real training in games prior to the state series. Ship 40 Locomotives Philadelphia.—Contained in the cargo of the Norwegian motor i ship Betjeanne are torty locomo tives for South American con signment. ing the story offered to bring them to Shelby. Meantime the parents of the two i lads had a drab night Friday. Billy as you probably are aware is the son of Mr. and Mr*. Z. J. Thomp son and Bud is the son of Mr. and ' Mrs. “Heavy” Lybvand. i “Heavy’ and Julian Thompson, Billys older brother, put in a hectic i night Friday looking for the wan derers in the mountains. They did not get back until well toward Fri day midday. Now that the kids have had their fling, it is said they are prepared to settle down in the dull town, and go on living as before, and let Mix and Hart do their stuff on the plains of New Mexico. Cat they had a fine time up until about t) o’clock Friday night. Shi lbv Bovs Decide to Go West, Hike Nine Miles, and Finding No Eldorado Come Back. Here’s a story about “Billy” and "Bud.” Billy and Bud are two Shelby youths—say roughly 14—for whom life went drab and stale, lacked kick and punch—so they decided on something. They planned to go “out west”, the land of thrill and action, and become cowboys like Tom Mix and Bill Hart. Just how long it took them to lay their plans is not revealed, but the hunch was said to have been cooking for some time. Last Friday they put it over. With an outfit of a blanket, three cans of pork and beans and an exchequer of $30, Fri ady afternoon they assembled for the jaunt, and as the sun started over tKe meridian, they set out on their long hike to the wide open spaces. They got as far as Mooresboro, where as Joe Cawthorn says, they bivoucked for the night. And there our youthful heroes met with diffi culties, and the plot of our tale be gins to thicken. They walked all the way to Mooresboro, with the exception of the last long mile, which they were helped over in an auto. Mooresboro is about 10 miles fi;?jyi Shelby, so they hiked nine miles that after noon. As the shades of evening descend ed they looked fo» a place to camp, and made their bivouck in a wood— a wood in which the shadows were very deep, and in which the owls have a habit of hooting as dark ness falls. They ate a can of work and beans, and being tired with the first aft ernoon’s adventure, turned in. At nine o’clock ft is said Bud said to Billy: “Billy are you game to go on?” About that time you see the dead still night had settled down, as dead still nights have a way of doing. It was very dark in the wood, and the night air was cold and raw and the lads had but one blanket. At 12 oclock Bud again asked Billy what he thought of going on. “Sure,” said Billy, “We’ll go to Ne vada, and maybe from there to California.’ At three o’clock, so the story goes, Bud again repeated his ques tion. This time Billy said maybe they would go as far as Brevard, this state, where Ins brother lives. By morning they were ready to return to Shelby, and at 9:30 they were trekking into town. As a mat ter of fact they ’phoned home early in the morning that they were com ing back, and Ralph Blanton heal SHELBY’S “TIN CAN” GYMNASIUM BEING COPIED BY MANY SCHOOLS Shelby’s “tin can,’ already a fa mous spot in the athletic whiil of the town, has introduced a new era in school gymnasiums the state over, it seems from recent inform ation. During the past winter " hen school athletic officials here found it impossible to locate an indoor floor for a basketbaTi court for the boys and girls of the school it we3 decided by school officials to build one. There not being any great sum of money to be extended for this purpose school officials inspected the plan of the well known “tin can’ gymnasium at the State uni versity. The result was that the Shelby High school soon began construc tion on a similar building here on n small scale, however. The build ing was completed at ;i very mod erate cost during the winter and no came a mecca for indoor sports. Ic for the first time ever furnished local school children a "place to play during: winter weather and at the same time offer gymnasium facilities to all school children. In formation about Shelby's “tin can’ began to trickle over the state and numerous inquiries have come into the school office here asking for data on the building. Last week Superintendent Capps of Catawba county, came, to Shel by and brought with him the buihi ' ing supervisor of Catawba schools | for the purpose of inspecting the | "tin can”. After a general investi gation Mr. Capps stated that he ex pected to build ten such gymna siums for the larger rural schools of a Catawba county next year. By ■ the coming of another basketball ! season it is thought that at least i 15 “tin can” gymnasiums will have I i,t.en erected on the local plan. Cops Records Che:'it.* McGinnis, \V iscor.siii captain, tarried o2 major btnnra at the iadoor Illinois relay carni val at the University of Llinoii this year. Ho rolled up 5<6'J points, the second largest record in the history of '.ho all-round teat FACT OF JESUS IB LITTLE S SEMI Eloquent Charlotra Pastor Gives External, Intern; 1 and Super nal Evidences of Christ. Dr. Luther Little, pastor of the First Baptist church, Charlotte, through an exchange of pulpits with Dr. Zeno Wall of the First Baptist church here, preached a sermon of wonderful eloquence and power Sunday morning on “The Fact of Jesus’, the congregation filling both the church auditorium and the Sun day school room. Dr. Little referred to all the disturbance, lire restless ness and the deflection from th? truth that abound through this and ether nations of the earth and fact that we do not now see every thing put under the f?et of Jesus, but we do see Him and must admit the fact that he was, is and ever will be. We do not understand the trouble in China and why Chris tian missionaries are at boy, but we must come back arid admit that we see Jesus. Even heathern India with its strange contradictions and stulifying customs, they see Jesus and with this brief introduction. Dr. Little made three telling points to prove the fact of Jesus. Historical Testimony. In the first place, many who deny and doubt, declare there is no other evidence of Jesus than the Bible alone. Dr. Little brought fV-th oth er conclusive external evidence by quoting from Tactius the Roman, Lucius the Greek, Josephus iiu-'He brew, Rosseau the French skeptic and John Stew-art Mills the grcE t skeptic of the English tongue, all of whom some tinny asknoviedged Him and testified to the fact of Jesus. He brought Napoleon's tri bute of Jesus when the great French warrior declared that Christ’s spirit overawed ami con founded bint and impressed him with the profoundness I' His doc trine and His empire. Jesus Christ founded His emprie upon love alone and millions today honor and ac cept Him as theiv leader and Sa viour. Dr. Little brought further e\ i dence of the fact of Jesus from ti e men who lived w'.tii and around Him, men from all walks of life for he was popular with the mass es. Those who hated Him as well as those who loved Him bow their heads to His matchless greatness. In concluding historical testimony of the fact of Jesus, Dr. Little de clared that while the histories may vary somewhat in the by-roads, all agree in the high-roads that Christ was and is. Internal Evidences. In the next place there are inter nal evidences and testimonies of Christ. The men who became bene ficiaries of His matchless touch say they can testify and here he point ed out many of the Bible characters who were healed of various afflic tions and gave undisputable testi mony of Him and His power. In our own lives and in the lives of those about us today, we know of souls who have been revivified, rejuve nated and made-over l>y His match less touch and whatever may be the confusion today, Christ is just as vital as He was when he walked inns iii no oh on MILES OF HICK Sixteen Cars Hr oak Away a'. HI lenhoro and Plunge Wildly Down Track to Bostic. As the liour neared mid nitrht Saturday a freight train | not scheduled, unchaperoned j and w ithout a guiding hand, j d;.'hed madly in its freedom across six to eight miles of steel rails between Ellenboro and Bostic. I nofficial accounts term it one of the most spec tacular runaway trains in the history of the section. Final work in (Hearing up the de bris, smashed cars and freight, was completed late last night, it is learned, and in railroad circles the talk is of what migfit have been in the mad dash of 16 freight cars over a downhill stretch to another station where they piled up and de railed. Information here is to the effect that late Saturday night a Sea board train was making up its load. At Bostic the train had picked up Id loaded car.-; from the C. C. and (). tracks and pulled them on to El lenboro. At Ellenboro, it is said, the freight flopped on a slight grade to pick up other cars there. It is un do stood that the 16 loaded cars wei-c cut loose from the locomotive while the other cars were being at tached, Slowly the cars cut loose began to roll backwards- Little by little they picked up speed and when next noticed the 16 cars were roaring out of sight back towards Bostic. Back through the night they hurtled, gaining momentum in their journey enough to shove them over the small grades, from the ton of which they sped downwards to {iick up speed for the next, and bus they roared on to Bostic, ploughed into the town only to de tail at the crossing of the C. C. and f) tracks. There sometime later the tunaway cars were found by the i from which they had de parted. Thirteen cars were derailed, it is said, smashing up into a great pile of cars and merchandise. No one was injured in the spectacular flight of the cars, there being no one on the cars and the track was forsaken back over the miles to Bostic owing to the late hour of the night. Lattimore Takes Dramatic Honor* In Local Contest Championship of Rural Dramatics Awarded on Presentation of Play “Peggy.” Lattimore high school is the un disputed dramatics champion of Cleveland county rural schools. That honor came to the school in the final county-wide dramatic con test held at Central auditorium hers Friday night. Three schools, select ed as the best in the county, offer ed plays Friday night Lattimore emerging winner over the Grover and Casar schools, all presenting fine one-act plays, Lattimore’s one-**.ct offering was “Peggy” and the brief presentation by the players won high praise from the judges—C. C. Sorrels, Mooresboro; Misses Selma Webb and Elizabeth Ebeltoft, Shelby. The contest brought to an end the first county-wide movement in dramatics. It is now considered too late for the Cleveland county champion to get in the state con test. the hills and plains of Judea. Supernal Facts. Then there is the supernal fact of Jesus. If we would have meekness we would find it tn Moses, long suffering in Noah; patience in Job; courage in' Elijah; keen insight in all that is beautiful and good in David; fortitude in John the Bap tist; enthusiasm in Peter; intelJi gence and erenity in Paul; love (that finest and best of all) in John the beloved. All of these splendid qualities combined are found in Je sus of Nazareth, the only perfect man. He can’t be classified because he has no comparative relationshin with other men. 1-fe lives alone in His majesty and power and we can not think' of Him being better than he was. He reached the goal of hu man perfection and measured up to the top notch of His teachings. Lastly, Christ is eternal. When Mary went to the tomb and found her Master gone, she said they had taken Him away. Jesus has never been taken away. Men can’t steal Him. While he has been transplant ed back to glory he liveth ar.d reigneth and will live and reign for ever. Reading free verse usually makes us feel that w'e have been swindled. 18 Divorces Line Court Calendar In March Term And No Marriage In Month Disaster, brought about by a slump in business, is staring in the face of “marrying magistrates’’ in Cleveland county and in the mean time the divorce courts of the coun ty roll merrily along and the ans wer to the double-faced -situation seems to be nothing other than the cheap marriage license of the sis ter state of South Carolina. Cleveland county, a border coun ty and once a Gretna Green in it own right, feels the slump in local marriages even more than the coun ties located some distance from the South Carolina border. An Odd Record. Some people may believe that the talk about decreasing marriages in North Carolina and increasing mar riages in South Carolina, because i f $5 marriage license in this state, iR all bunk, but the official coun ty records here fin- the first two weeks of March show such to br true. With two weeks of the month gone Register of Deeds Andy New ton states that he has not sold .1 single marriage license during the month, and not one application has been made for license. So far as if remembered, and so far as the re cords reveal, this is the first tw< weeks in many years that h marri age license has not been issued un der the official seal of Cleveland county. Divorces Anyway. At the present rate ( Icvelund county divorces this month will greatly exceed marriages—that is, marriages in the county, it being impossible to check up on the num ber of Cleveland county couples married in South Carolina. Local barristers say that there will be 18 divorces in the March term of court here, and judging by past records practically every one of the 18 will be granted. Eighteen divorces, no marriages! Cleveland county is no longer a Gretna Green for eloping couples, hut is instead a muchly-sought spot for divorce aspirants. Sunday Business. Golfing in South Carolina on Sun day is banned, but marriages are not -or at least haven’t been for a couple of weeks. It is surprising the deductions that come from sur veying marriage records here since it was announced that North Car olina couple motoring over on Sun day could be married in South Car olina. Up until the first of March Reg ister Newton had been selling near one marriage license per day here. Then came the announcement from South Carolina thut North Carolina couples could motor there on Sun day and be married. Behold, not a single marriage license has been is sued in this county in the two fol lowing weeks. In addition to securing license at almost one-fourth price in South Carolina, not to mention tfie ex pense saved by not having a physi cal examination. Old North State couples can now motor over on Sunday, be married, call the trip a short honeymoon and be back home by Monday. So it is that Cleveland county will this month have 18 divorces, if all those in court are granted, and judging by the license record not a • single marriage at home, although names of Cleveland county couples hob up frequently in the marriage i reports from South Carolina. sens ML Enumr» Bf LITE REPORT Total Enrollment Now Runs Over 2,800 Students. Morgan School in Lead. Each monthly report of the school year here reveals a gain in school enrollment. The report of the sixth month just issued from the office of the city superintendent shows a total enrollment of 2,815 in the city schools—a new mark. In the following table enrollment for the fifth and sixth months is given, together with the gain and ittendance averages: School Marion . _ Washington Sumter lefferson -- Morgan - .aFayette — figh school _ Sfegro 5th Mo. 275 150 253 295 528 361 461 449 6th (lain 6th Mo. 278 162 3 258 295 637 280 475 460 2,845 5 0 9 19 14 11 63 pc. 95 90 93 91 90 1)0 94 90 91 TOTALS . 2,781 School Honor Roll. The honor roll for the 6th month ; as follows: Grade 11: Irene Bridges, Alice antes, Maude Rollins, Madge Spur ling. Grade 10: Minnie King, Lalage Shull, Milan Bridges, Billy Mc Knight. Grade 9: Lula Agnes Aroy, Gladys Colquitt, Mary Frances Car penter. Bertie Getty s, Virginia Hunt, Ada Laughridge, Pearl Ly hrand, Annie Louise McSwain, May Ellen McBrayer, Madge Putnam, Dorothy Putnam, Mary Faye Pen ninger. Dorothy King. Beuna Rol lins, Alex Gee, Robert Gidney, Char les Hunt, Oakland Morrison, Cleo Alexander, Gary Bridges, 1 lorine Richardson, Warren Stamey. Grade 8: Lillian Crowe, Mary F. Dellinger, Ray Gibbs, F.lsie Gidney, Ruth Hamrick, Mildred Hamrick, Sara Hoyle, Raymond Hord. Aldermen Start Announcing; Sam Morrison Is In Another No. 7 bonnet was hurl ed into the local political arena to day. when S. M. Morrison announc ed that he had decided to run for alderman in his ward, which is num ber three. It is understood that Morrison’s friends have urged him to keep a promise made two years back, that if he would run this term. Morri son told The Star Monday morn ing that he had about decided to make the race, and go ahead and put him in the running. He said he Uiade the promise to run this year, two years ago, and Tie felt it was incumbent upon him to keep it. Ho Alleges Malicious Assault and False Arrest at Statjon In Queen City. Charlotte, Mar. 12.—Based on an | alleged brutal assault by John H. Armstrong, member of the city nolice force, on Charles P. Strick land, 27, of Shelby, crippled World war veteran,-4tt the Southern rail road station here on February 26, notice of an impending $25,000 dam age atcion was filed in Mecklenb burg superior court yesterday by the Shelby man against the police man and the Southern railway sys tem. J. D. McCall, attorney for Strick land, said that the complaint, which will be filed within the next few days, will ask for the damages on grounds of malicious assault and false arrest. Beaten With Stick. Strickland will charge Armstrong with beating him with his police men’s stick while he was seated at the passenger station after he pur chased a ticket for Shelby, Mr. Mc Call declared. The lawyer claimed that the at tack took place after the policeman had abused Strickland and asked him “What are you doing sitting here?’’ The Shelby man was al leged to have replied "None of your business.’ Mr. McCall said that Strickland will charge that Armstrong then commenced to hit him in the face with the club, inflicting severe in juries, while the passenger agent of the railroad company stood fcy and made no move to stop the pro ceedings. Strickland was then tak.n to city police headquarters but was soon released when it became ap parent to officers that they could not hold him under any charge, ac cording to the attorney. Basketball Sings Swan Tune Tonight Two fast basketball games are scheduled for the “tin can’ tonight. The girls’ team, according to , Coach Tollison, is playing its final match game of the season, meet ing the aggregation from Caroleen. When that contest is over, there will be another brush between the mens’ faculty team and the hope fuls among the boys. (Continued to page five) John Schenck jr., is the present alderman from No. 3. Whether or not he will be a candidate to suc ceed himself has not been revealed. It is believed that Morrison will < make a strong race. 222 ENROLLED IN TRAINING SGROOL AT CHURCH RERE Cleveland County Standard Train ing School. I’resbytcrioais and Methodist* Opens. The first session of the Cleveland County Standard Train ing school for Sunday school lead ers was held yesterday afternoon at Central Methodist and $jgri{y terian churches of the oouSty, will continue through Friday March 18. Classes hereafter will be held each night beginning at 7:30. Reports from the first meeting yesterday state that 2?2 were en rolled in the classes representing 17 different churchea in the coun ty. The directors and instructors of , he school are 0. V. Woosley, Claude T. Carr, Rev. C. S. Kirkpat rick, Mra, 15, R. Michaux, Miss Gorin ne Little and Miss Atha Bow man, .The course will cover Chris tian Religion, Pupil Study, Junior Pupil, Primary pupil and Beginner Pupil. William Lineberger Is president of the board of managers. J. S. Mc Knight is vice president; Mrs. F. R. Sanders, secretary; and J. R. Wikle treasurer. The board of managers is as follows: Wm. Lineberger, Marvin Blanton, Ogburn Lutz, I. C. Griffin, Mrs. C. R. Hoey, J. S. Me Knight and C. B. McBrayer. This is the fourth year of the training school. liKElSS FILLED TO BRi Lake Lure.—In several days le than five and a half months fro the date the mammoth dam w: ‘(■Inked the end of last Septen her, the waters of Lake Lure com pletely covered the 1,500-acre basin and during Thursday night for the first time poured over the top of the dam, having reached the maximum 104-foot stage. Speeded considerably by heavy rainfalls, the filling operation took far less time than many anti cipated. While unforeseen delays made it impossible to have the big generators in operation in time to .take immediate advantage of power, engineers at Lake Lure be lieve that it will be only a mat ter of a few days before the auto matically controlled plant will bo transmitting a full load to the Blue Ridge Power comnany lines. The estimated annual output is around 13,500,000 kilowatt hours. Long before the maximum stage was reached, owing to the great depth and spread of the lake, it was possible to introduce a num ber of water craft that have beer plying regular about the aquatic playground. Actual construction operations upon the million dollar dam start ed July 1925, with Mees and Mees of Charlotte, in charge of the en gineering, and the Clement-Duna vant company, also of that city, handling the contracting labor. Nearly 30,000 cubic yards of con crete were required to pour the masonry monster, that measured. 585 feet long. Three distinct types of dam construction were em ployed: Multiple arch or the greater portion of the distance gravity type at the triple spillwa: and hydraulic core at the far end Several hundred workmen were given many months’ employment Much of the labor was performe< with the aid of powerful f!oo< lights at night, in order to exped ite completion. McConnell Sells Out To Stillwel Mack R. McConnell who has bee one of the popular and courteou Piggly-Wiggly boys has sold hi interest in the store on S. LaFay ette street to his partner I. J. Stil well. The business will continue : usual at the same stand. The Pi gly-Wiggly operating in She1 holds the Piggly Wiggly franc? for Rutherford county and in probability Mr. McConnell \ move to Rutherford county i open a store either at Rutherfc ton or Forest City as the Pigj Wiggly corporation has been i ing the boys to invade that te tory which has never before hs Piggly-Wiggly store. The i whereby Stillwell acquired the terest of McConnell in the lo store was consummated a few da ago. The many friends of Mr. as Mrs. McConnell will regret to si them leave Shelby if they find necessary to do so.