SHELBY, N. C
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1927.
Publiahed Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
THE
News
THE STAR'S REVIEW
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The man who bought the third
Buto tag here last year bought the
thin) again this year. Automobile
license prices are given in this is
sue, there being several changes.
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Shelby paid less than $1 per per
son for fire losses last year. The
record is cited in the news columns
today- „ , .
\ C. Lovelace, principal of the
Shelby High school, has resigned
to become superintendent ut Hen
rietta-Caroleen. ^ ^
The city water of Shelby is near
perfect now according to the re
cent report of the state chemist. ’
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Are Cleveland county farmers
planting their cotton earlier be
cause of a lesson taught them by
Georgia farmers who migrated here
when their state was devastated
by the boll weevil ?
Xcw principals of Cleveland
county schools are named in this
issue of The Star.
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June, the month of brides, is a
dull business month with the mar- J
riage bureau here. Marrying par-j
sons and magistrates are having
verv little work.
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Dairy progress in the Fallston
section is related in a. news item
today.
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Are women’s feet increasing in
size? Read the news columns today.
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When the rabbits go to sec John
Barrymore the fellow must be a
real actor. Two saw him in Shelby
this week on the screen.
Mrs. Hamrick Is
Buried Thursday
Shelby Woman Passes Away at Age
of 43. Husband and Three
Children Survive.
Mrs. J. L. Hamrick, 43 years of
age, was buried at Double Springs
Baptist church Thursday afternoon.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
D. G. Washburn assisted by Rev. J.
W. Suttle and Rev. Rush Padgett.
Mrs. Hamrick was a daughter
of .Mr. G. Greene of the Double
Springs community where she lived:
until a few years ago, when the |
family moved to Shelby. She join
ed Double Springs church when a j
young woman, later taking her
membership to South Shelby Bap
tist church.
She was a noble woman a devot
ed wife and good mother, and a
good neighbor. She had been a pa
tient sufferer for many years.
She is survived by her husband
and three sons,, Messrs. E. Carl
and Lee Hamrick of Winston-Sa
lem., and Clyde.
The grave was covered with beau
tiful flowers w-hich showed the re
spect and love that her friends and
loved ones had for her
A most unusual death record has
occurred in the family of Acie Ham
rick, father of J. L. Hamrick, hus
band of the deceased wife above
mention. Mr. Acie Hamrick himself
is dead. He had three sons who mar
ried ar.d their wives are dead. His
daughter Mrs. Fannie Pruett lost
her husband.
thinks Mate Will
Get Tornadoes Here
May Kp As Prevalent Some Day
As In Middle West. According
To Weather Prophets
Kinston.-—Tornadoes and such
will be as nrcvalent in this part of
North Carolina as in the Middle
West some of these days, local
amateur meteorologists say.
This has been the windiest
apring in the history of the sec
tion. Few storms have occurred,
but brisk winds have swept the
district with unusual frequency.
There were many gusty days last
spring, hut this season has been a
little worse than that.
The woods in t.enoir and neigh
onng counties are disappearing.
1 hat, the amateur weather au
"rities declare, is the reason for
e bi)fh winds which have been
•wted almost daily since the warm
eathcr arrived. Farmers arc
r earing thousands of acres an
a ly. h orest fires the past two
years have swept great areas.
~noir' Pitt, Wayne, Dupljn and
<r counties are gradually be
C'"* denuded of forest growth.
, ■ , rate of destruction is main
v 11 . bbe next generation will
<■ in a desert so far as trees are
concerned, it is feared.
ada ° frequent Nigh winds now
ys are but a warning of worse
tLTmCJ When the forC8ts have en.
A,„t\l.dlSappcaredt il is claimed,
otk! Ire ls no natur«l windbreak
l5*n. the Geests within 300
“"'es of the territory.
ed^frl ’P' Abernethy has retui
held 111 Kastern Carolina where
fisbin*1 */" day meetinSb Wh
Mr- Abernet
* •'‘hark1 ^ for f'8b and eaug
Fire Loss here In Year Less
Than $1 For Each Citizen
The fire loss in Shelby during '
the past year was perhaps less
per citizen than in any town of
similar size in the state.
Statistics made public by Her- '
man Eskridge, retiring fire !
chief, show that fires in Shelby
during a year’s penod cost
each citizen of the town less i
than one dollar.
According to the figures i
given out the town suffered j
only $8,6l>0 in fire losses during
the year. According to the last
census there were 8,854 peo
pie in Shelby and an estimated
population now of over 9,000.
Added to that record is the
fact that over half of the to
tal fire loss, §4,600, waB in sec
tions beyond reach of water.
The volunteer fire depart
ment organized by Eskridge
to assist paid firemen was
largely responsible (or the ef
ficient fire fighting that held
down heavier losses. The vol
unteers cost the town less than
$100 per month with an aver
age attendance of 13 firemen
at each fire.
J LI" -■""L"!!1 la-.l ■ Jiff
Dodge Owners Benefitted By New'
License. Buy Year License
Next January.
Owners of all model Dodges,
and those possessing certain mod
els of Durants, Rcos, and Vclies
will pay less for their automobile
licenses this year than last by vir
lure of the last legislature chang
ing horse power brackets.
The raising of the $12.50 fee
bracket to include all cars of 25
horsepower or less accomplished \
the change. Last year the dividing
line was' 24 horsepower. This
year’s scale will be:
Up to 25 horsepower, $12.50;
from 25 to 30, $20.00; from 3ft to
35, $30.00, and above 35, $40.00.
As the license plates placed on sale
Wednesday will be good for only
six months the fee will be for only
half of the regular scale, but an
additional charge of 25 cents will
be levied to take care of changing
the license period to coincide with
the calendar year. The change
and the additional charge were au
thorized by the 1927 General As
sembly.
Next licenses will have to be ob
tained next January 1 for the full
one-year period.
The half-year tags must be dis- i
played after July 1, but not before
then. They are being placed on j
sale June 1 to allow all motorists
to get them in time to comply with
the law.
Rates for commercial vehicles"
(for six months period) follow:
Truck Plates.
Tractors 2 1-2 tons $12.75; trail
ers $.75 per ton; trucks 4 to 5
tons pneumatic tires $100.25; i
trucks 4-5 tons solid tires $134; 3i
1-2 to 4 ton pneumatic $62.75
(solid $84); 3 to 3 1-2, $50.25
(solid $67.75); 2 to 2 1-2 $25.25
(solid $34); 1 1-2 to 2 $17.75 (solid
$24); 1 to 1 1-2 $12.75 (solid
$17.75); half ton to one ton $7.75
(solid $10.25.)
Motorcycle plate $2.75.
Cars For Hire
Cars for hire having a capacity
of 12 passengers or less are li
censed as follows:
Twenty-five h.p, or less $9.63;
over 25 h.p. and not more than 30
h.p. $15.25; more than 30 and less
than 35 $22.75; 35 h.p. or more
$30.25. For each additional pas
senger a fee of $2 per year shall
be paid.
A list of the cities at which
branch offices will dispense li
censes follows:
Asheboro, Asheville, Burlington,
Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Eden
ton, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville,
Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greensboro,
Greenville, Henderson, Hickory,
High Point, Kinston, Lenoir, Lex
ington, Lumberton, Murphy, New
Bern, Rockingham, Rocky Mount, i
Salisbury, Sanford, Shelby, States
ville, Sylvia, Tarboro, Wadesboro,
Weldon Wilmington Williamston,
Wilson, Winston-Salem and Ral
eigh.
Old Ancestral Home
Of Shelby Family Is
Torn Down In S. C.
Gaffney,—A heavy sill taken
from the old Joe Gaffney house on
North Limestone street, said to
have been built about 110 years,
ago, is on display at the warehouse
of the Gettys Lumber company, on
N. Granard street. The sill is stud
ded with home-made iron nails,
dsed in the construction of the
house.
The Gaffney house was recently
demolished by T. J. Alexander, lo
cal contractor, who is now engaged
in completing the erection of a mod
ern home on the site for A. Pink
Bonner, who is the present owner
of the property.
The Gaffney dwelling was one
of the first houses ever built in
this vicinity, and was constructed
according to the customs of pio
neer days.
Famed Barrymore j
Ha* 3 New Fan* j
John Barrymore, popular- J
ly hailed as America's (
greatest actor, has three (
new fans here in Shelby.
Barrymore was on the j
screen in “The Beloved Ko- j
gue" at Webb theatre here
this week and at a matinee j
tl ree young misses carried (
iheir pets in to see the fa
mous star. The pets consist- J
ed of a young rabbit, an old- [
er rabbit, and a house cat, |
and the animals nestled in (
the arms of their young mu- (
tresses during the cinema
performance.
City Water Near
Perfect, Report
Of State Reveal*
The water the citizens of Shelby
are drinking today is as near per
fect as any city water in the state,
it is revealed by the recent report
of the state chemist filed in the of
fice of Supt. It. V. Toms, of the wa
ter and light department.
The water, the report show's. i=
four-tenths of one per cent alkali
water, with no sediment whatso
ever, no color or odor, no chemicals,
and no hardness.
The two most recent reports of
the water here were among the best
ever received by the city and ex
plain the worth of the new' city wa
ter plant for quality as well ns
quantity.
Local Club To Be
Host Of Lincolnton
Shelby Kiwanis club lost in an
attendance contest with the Lincoln
ton club and on Monday evening at
Cleveland Springs the local club
will treat the Lincolnton club to a
dinner and a program. For several
weeks the two clubs in an attend
ance contest, the Lincolnton club
winning by ten per cent Shelby’s
attendance average was 83 per cent
Dr. J. S. Dorton will have charge
of the program Monday night which
will be “All Kiwanis Night” when
the Kiwanis International is meet
ing in Memphis, Tenn., with 5,000
delegates in attendance from the
United States and Canada. Max
Washburn and Kush Hamrick are
representing the Shelby club at the
Memphis convention.
Inspector Warns
About Lights On
Cars And Vehicles
D. D. Wilkins, automobile in
spector, urges that all automobile
owners have their lights adjusted
by July 1 to comply with the state
law. "Those failing to dQ this are
sure to get caught and pay s
heavy fine,” he says.
“Every farmer, or other person,
driving on the highway must have
a light on his vehicle, whether
wagon, or buggy,” he adds.
SHEFFIELD ABOLISHES
NO. 13 ON ALL HOUSES
(By International News Service.)
Sheffield, Eng.—Builders hav
ing complained that houses num
bered thirteen cannot be sold,
Sheffield City corporation have
decided that on council estates in
future no house shall receive such
number but that the numbers shall
jump from twelve to fourteen.
Plants No Cotton.
The question has been how many
farmers are there in Cleveland
county who do not grow cotton at
all. One or two have been reported,
but another is added to the list in
the person of “Little” Joe Jones
of the Lattimore section. Mr. Jones
is considered one of best farmers
in No. 7 but he does not plant any
cotton himself on his plantation,
for he finds other crops more re
munerative.
LOME LEMS
IS PRINCIPAL TO
TIKE H PLACE
Will Become Henrietta Superinten
dent. Kendall Heads New
School Board Now.
Prof. A. C. Lovelace, for one
year principal of the Shelby
high school, has resigned to
accept a position as superin
tendent of the Henrietta schools
in Rutherford county, at a
more remunerative salary.
Professor Lovelace, highly re
garded here as a school official an<
I teacher by both Supt. I. C. Griffir
and patrons of the school, had do
j cided to return here for another
j year, but when the superintendent
| of the Henrietta school resigned
this week to become superintendent
at Brevard, Mr. Lovelace was of
fered the place arid put the matte1
before the new city school boarc
meeting Wednesday night. Thr
board felt as if it was the best
thing to do under the circumstance;
to release him from his contract
here so that ho might accept tht
promotion. Superintendent Griffir
left yesterday for sections in East
orn Carolina and it is understoot
that his trip may have somethin?
to do with seeking a new princi
pal. Mr. Lovelace and his famil>
came to Shelby when he was elect
ed principal last year to succeed J
Horace Grigg elected county super
intendent. He has been active ir
church and Sunday school work
during his stay and is now super
intendent of the Sunday school at
the First Baptist church where ht
will be greatly missed.
New Board Officers.
At the initial meeting of the new
school board Mr. B. H. Kendall, vet
eran member of the board, was el
ected chairman to succeed Mr. R
E. Carpenter, Mr. John McKnight
Was reelected secretary. The teach
ers’ committee is made up of
Messrs. Kendall, John It. McClurci
! and Wythe Royster, while the build
I ing committee is composed ol
| Messrs. Kendall, McKnight and R
I T. LeGrand.
SELLS MR
Fallston Community Goes In For
More Dairying:—7.000 Pounds
Cream Sold Weekly
(Special to The Star.)
Fallston, June 1.—Cotton is
looking fine in this section after
| the recent good rains, but cotton
i is not the only crop around Fall
, ston as there has been an average
j of 7,000 pounds of cream sold here
[each week. Eight thousand dol
; lars worth of cream has been sold
i here in the past six months.
Revr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mc
Swain who have just returned from
j the Theological Seminary of
I Louisville, Ky., where he graduat
ed recently, visited relatives here
last week. Rev. McSwain has taken
ministerial work at Harmony,
where Rev. and Mrs. McSwain will
make their home.
Master Blanche Beam is spend
ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
V. A. Gardner.
The following college students
are at home for the summer:
Misses Clara Williams and Fay
Ross from Cullowhee, Miss Nellie
Morris and Mr. Ptilla Bingham
[from High Point.
I Mr. and Mrs. Clem Hoyle and
I family spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bi£
[ gerstaff of near Hickory.
Rev. and Mrs. R. M.' Hoyle, of
Kmars Mountain, visited Capt Ed
Dickson Sunday afternoon.
| Mr. and Mrs. Tom Webb and
[family of Shelby visited Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Stanley Sunday.
Miss Rhea Lattimore spent the
week-end in Polkville with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. LattL
more.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bntne of
Lexington were Fallston visitors
Sunday.
Mj Hulo Sweezy who holds a
responsible position at Morganton
spent a few days with fiis parents,
Deputy and Mrs. Tom Sweezv, last
week.
Miss Blanche Hunter, of Pinacle
and Mrs, Moton Glenn of Lincoln
ton are visiting Mrs. S. R. P.
Glenn this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Agustus Chne
and daughter, Hester, of Gastonia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Claiide
Stamey Sunday.
Mrs. Alex Hoyle is spending a
few days in Shelby thig week with
her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Brackett.
Miss Thelma Stroup leftv Tues
day for Boone where she will at
tend summer school.
’ “Bride Month’” U
| Dull For Cupid
June, Ihe “month of brides”
* may put Cupid into bank
]! ruptcy hvre if business con
J tinues as dull as the two firrt
) days. Not a marriage license
} was sold on the two first
J* days of the month by Regis
|! ter A. F. Newton. And ap
pareritly all the June brides
j in Cleveland county motored
} back from South Carolina
j Cretna Greens.
A general fall-off in the
f sale of marriage license here
|j for several months has been
! noted. Licenses were sold to
only nine couples in this
< >unty during the month of
|j May- '
i
White Girl Assaulted in Wooded
Rath By White Man. Injuries
Are Not Serious.
A sheriff's posse is searching the
. country near Rutherfordton for the
; white man who late Thursday aft
j ernoon attacked an 18 year old
white girl in a field near the Cen
j tral high school building and just a
| short distance from the state high
way number 20. The girl was chok
ed into unconsciousness and struck
on the hack of the head several
times with a rock, but put up such
a terrific struggle with her assail
ant that it is thought he was fright
ened off.
After regaining consciousness the
girl struggled to the highway and
was picked up by a passing mo
torist who took her to the Ruther
ford hospital. Her wounds were
dressed and after an examination
physicians reported that her con
dition was not herious. She was
able to return to her home in the
Cleghorn mill village after treat
ment at the hospital.
She is a daughter of a family
residing in the Cleghorn section and
j she herself is employed at the Spen
cer mill at Spindale. She works at
night, being due at her post at 6
o’clock. It is her custom to walk
every afternoon to Spindale and ir
doing so cuts through a patch of
woods and a field enroute. As she
I was going through the field yes
terday afternoon she declared that
a white man approached her from
the rear and grabbed her by the
j throat, choking her into insensibil
; ity and hurline her to the ground.
Sheriff W. C. Hardin of Ruthcr
i ford county and R. L. Houser, Ruth
j erfordton chief of police, after
| retting a description of the assail
ant organized a posse to search the
neighborhood. Dogs followed a trail
to the highway from the scene but
on the road this traij was lost.
Fans Elated Over
Return Of Morris
Patrons of the Shelby high school
particularly sport fans, were elat
ed in perusing the recent list of
teachers for the Shelby High next
year to note that R. W. (Casey)
Morris will return as director of
high athletics and physical educa
tion.
Following Pat Crawford’s re
signation at Gastonia to become
Guilford college coach there was
I some talk about Morris returning
I to his home town as coach there,
but so far as is known Morris nev
er seriously considered any such
proposition and will be back here
next year, here he has enjoyed
great success with his athletic
teams and is regarded as a fine
instructor for the boys of the
school. *
Leaving For Texas
Saturday Morning
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar M. Suttle
expect to leave Saturday morning
for San Antonio, Te><is, where
they will visit relatives of Mrs. Sut
tle. While there they will visit in
Corpus Christi and other Texas
points. They expect to be away two
or three months, taking a much
needed rest. Mrs. Suttle has been
the efficient clerk and treasurer for
the town of Shelby for the past
eight years. Mr. Suttle was tax
collector for a number of years.
Home Has A Baby
Looking For Home
Want a baby?
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sahms, of the
Union Gospel Home Missionary
work, announce that they have in
their home a beautiful boy baby for
adoption.
Anyone wishing to see the baby
may call at the home at 311 W.
Graham street.
Big Enough for the Big Leagues
Trank BoVman Is only 6 feet G’£ Inches tail and mav not be bis
enough for the blR leagues. but he's the star of his hteh school
team In Cincinnati. Frank is only 18 He is shown here (with ex*
tension trousers) with a player of the ordinary size
Georgia Farmers, Migrated Here, Teach
Local Farmers To Plant Cotton Early;
Little Hay Being Sold in County Now
Cleveland county cotton farmers
plant their cotton from two weeks
to a month earlier now than they
did five or six years ago, agricul
tural leaders say.
Practically all the cotton in this
county was planted this year from
April 12 to April 20, it is said,
while back about 1920-21 the fav
orite planting time was from April
20 to May 10. This year due to early
season and weather a good stand of
cotton is reported over thj entire
county, already “thinned out,’’ and
growing fast
The early planting lesson is indi
rectly credited to the boll weevil.
In 1921-22 between 200 and 400
Georgia farmers moved to Cleve
land and began farming cotton
here in their endeavor to get away
from the devastation of the boll
weevil. The Georgia farmers are
advocates of early planting and
with the passing of several years
their early planting idea seems to
be taking with native farmers, who
in years gone by strongly opposed
early planting.
Make Own Feed.
“Speaking of hard times," said
O. Max Gardner, farm board chair
man, in talking over farm pros
pects, “the folks really having a
hard time are those who are trying
to sell our farmers outside hay and
feeds. Cleveland couhty farmers
learned their lesson about making
their own feed and they are mak
ing it. Very little outside hay has
been bought and the saving to farm
ers of the county runs into many
thousands of dollars."
Women’s Feet Increase Half Size In
Last Ten Year Period, Shoe Men Think
(By International News Service.)
Lima, 0.—Along toith a natural
complexion and long hair, bid
farewell to another attribute of
the maiden of yesterday—her tiny
feet.
A local shoe salesman, after a
long and purely analytical obser
vation, says that the average fem
! inine pedal extremities have in
creased a half-inch in length and
a full size in width during the last
jten years.
“In 1917, the average young
j woman wore a size 4D shoe. To
;day she takes a 5A,” is the way
I this scientist sums up his analy
sis.
Dancing, athletics and walking
on hard pavements are responsi
ble, he says; and further opines
that if the tendency continues the
flapper of today will have a daugh
ter whose “dogs” will rival those
of the corner policeman.
Simmons Visiting
New Bern.—(INS)—Sen. F. M.
Simmons, (D) of N. C. has left his
home here for an extended visit
among friends in Western North
Carolina. He expects to be gone
for about two op three weeks. He
will make no public engagements
during the visit, it was under
stood.
AFRICAN PANCER SETS
RECORD OF 274 HOURS
(By International News Service.)
Tangier.—At a Casablanca cab
aret Charles Nicholas, a champion
dancer, has set up a world record
by dancing continuously for 274
hours, 15 minutes.
At Clover Hill.
There will be a lawn party at
Clover Hill church Saturday night,
June 4th. String band. Refresh
ments served. Proceeds to go to
church. Everybody come.
COTTON MARKET
(By Jno. F. Clark & Co.)
Cotton was quoted at 11 o’clock
today on New York exchange:
July 16.68, October 17.05; De
cember 17.30.
New York, June 3.—8 p. m.
Southern weather Abilene partly
cloudy, maximum temperatures
yesterday 102. Fort Worth cloudy,
Oklahoma City, clear. Raining at
Raleigh. Forecast: West Texas
partly cloudy, warm, east Texas
and Oklahoma unsettled,, Arkan
sas and Tennessee showers. Ala
bama and Mississippi fair today;
showers tomorrow. Georgia show
ers; Carolina, rain.
Fair business in Worth street,
prices firm. No particular news,
Market will likely hold steady or
work higher unless west Texa3
and the Atlantic states gets good
rains.
New Members For
Rotary Club Taken
Messrs. Robert L. Ryburn, Felix
O. Gee and Gerald Morgan were
accepted as new members at the
luncheon of the Shelby Rotary
club today.
The program was in charge of
Mr. E. E. Scott and vocal selections
| were rendered by Mrs. A1 Bennett
with Mrs. Carey Boshamer at the
j piano. Two prominent Charlotte
i men will speak at the next meeting
at which time it is planned to have
the high honor winners of the
Shelby High school as guests.
The old, old question of the
place of Christopher Columbus’
birth is still unsettled. Don Pedro
Izouierdo Coral of Vigo, is soon to
publish positive proof that the
.great discoverer first saw light at
|Pontevedra in Galicia.
SCHOOL HEADS III
COUNTY GIVEN OUT
or SOFT. GRIEG
Loy (« Herd Casar School, Bird at
Grover Latham, Mooresboro.
Others Named. 1
H. M. Loy, well known Shelby
educator, will be the principal of
the Casar high school it is announc
ed by J. H. Grigg, county super
intendent of education. A list of
the principals of high schools op
erating eight months in the county
is given out as follows:
Grover, B. F. Bird.
Waco, J. A. Mooro.
Mooresboro, M. G. Laitham.
Lattimore, Lawton Blanton.
Piedmont, W. D. Burns. *
Fallston, W. R. Gary. r
Belwood, C. A. Ledford.
Casar, H. M. Loy.
Two schools in the county, East
Kings Mountain and Dover mill op
erate eight months but do not have
high school work. Mrs. J. H. Thomp
son is the East Kings Mountain
principal, while the school head at
Dover has not been selected.
Schools operating for a period of
less than eight months, but having,
five or more teachers, have had the
following principals named: Boil
ing Springs, Mr. Goode; Union, C.
G. Hodges.
TUX cm SEED By
NHJORBULWINKLE
Gastonia,—Taxes are going to, bo
reduced at the next session of con
gress, was the belief expressed by
A. L. Bui winkle, of Gastonia, and
"there is absolutely no necessity lor
corporations paying fees to the tax
payers, league at Washington,
which is soliciting funds with which
to fight for such a reduction.’*
“At the last session of Congress
every member of the minority
party and all but eight or ten of
the party in power were in favor of
tax reduction,” the major added,
“and it is bound to come when wo
meet again.’
One man cleaned up a million
dollars last session in a lobby for
reduction in the inheritance taxes.
Congressman Bulwinkle pointed
out, and “if the corporation heads
listen to this bunoh now operating
at Washington it will cost them at
least a million dollars;’ i rtioncy
thrown away because its expendi
ture is not necessary.” •' \
“Each one per cent taken from
the taxes will reduce the govern
ment’s income *96,000,000. On the
basis of the surplus as it now stands
a little more than *500,000,000 it
will be possible tc reduce taxes two
and a half to three per cent.”
A. W. McMurry Hurt
In Fall From Horse
Avery W. McMurry, prominent
local cotton man, was severely
bruised and shaken up yesterday
afternoon late when his saddle
horse fell with him at the McMurry
barn. The saddle, it is thought,
struck him as the horse reared and
fell backwards and bruises about
the back and abdomen were suffer
ed. He was taken to the Shelby
hospital for treatment and an ex
amination and according to word
from the hospital today it is under
stood that no hones were broken
and the injuries were confined to
bruises. Mr. McMurry may be iq
the hospital for a day or so.
-' "»’T!
This Man Favors
Third Auto Plate, *
Gets It Two Years
William Lineberger Buys First
For New Year at Local Bureau
Hoyle Gets His Third.
W. S. Hoyle, who lives on R-2, out
of Connelly Springs, seems to have
a peculiar “hankering” after the
third auto plate sold at the license
bureau at Eskridge garage hero
each year. Last year Mr. Hoyle
bought the third tag sold and yes
terday he again bought the third
tag, it being the first Ford tag of
the year sold here.
The first tag sold at the bureau
by Eubert Irvin was to William
Lineberger, local banker. * •
The Ford numbers for this sec
| tion Tun this year from 289-501 up
The S20 plates run from 90-601 up,
and the $30 plates run from 78-201
up.
Only eight licenses were sold on!
the first day of the tag sales and
the bureau urged that more motor
ists buy their tags now so as to
prevent such a rush with many un
able to get their tags by the £ug$
of the month. 1