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The Webb Theatre TUESDAY “Lost at the Front” With Charles Murray and Geo. Sidney A rollicking farce comedy, starring the inimitable Murray, rated as one of the three greatest screen comedians. A show funny enough to make the prover bial cat laugh. Coming Thursday Billy Dove in— “THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE” Friiijjy- “DANCE MAGIC” Next week-the best of them all— Norma Talmadge in “CAMILLE” Another Poultry Car To Be Loaded At Seaboard Depot In Shelby Wednesday August 10th, (Next Wednesday.) rThe following cash prices will be offered: Colored Hens .. 15 cents lb. Leghorn Hens. 13 cents lb. Colored Fryers. 20 cents lb. Leghorn Fryers. 15 cents lb. Cocks.8 cents lb. Turkeys .16 cents lb. ALVIN HARDIN, County Agent. Closing Out Prices on Millinery! Big Assortment of HATS MUST BE » SOLD to make room for leesee of our Millinery Department All Felt Hats worth up to $5.95 to o<close out this week at. . All hand blocked Fur Felts worth up to $12.00 this week Only.. $3.00 $5.00 Many other specials in the store inci 1 dent to closing out of summer stocks Dresses Bathing Suits Linen Knickers Hosiery Scarfs Brassier* Hand Bags Corsets r°r Genuine Bargains this is the Buy cr*’ *uperlative opportunity J. C. McNeeiy Co. j) ITTLE —At Camp Call—Camp Call Lodge No. 534 will meet Tuesday, •August 9, at 8 o’clock for work in the fellowcraft degree, it is an nounced by A. A. McEntire, sec retary. —Black'Reunion—There will be i a reunion at Mrs. Frank Blacks Sunday, August 14, 1927. Seven miles west of Shelby near the No. 20 highway. Everybody is invited. Come and bring a well-filled bas1 t ket. —To Build Cottage—Dr. R. C. Ellis has purchased a lot at Boone and let the contract for the erec tion of a summer cottage. The hous<^ will be of native rock and will be erected this Fall. Dr. and Mrs. Ellis expect to spend their I summers at Boone hereafter. I —Helps Celebrate— Attending | the 76th birthday of Mr. H. C. Cornwell at Lincolnton Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. M .A. McSwain and Mr. and Mrs. Yates McSwain of Shelby. Mr. Cornwell is Mrs. McSwain's oldest brother. Fully 300 people W'ere present and a bountiful dinner was enjoyed. —14 Found Cantaloupe—Willie W. Smith is one of the champion cantaloupe growers In the county. He brought to The Star office this morning a cantaloupe of the Nich olson variety that weighs fourteen pounds. From the same vine last week he pulled an eleven and a half pounded. The Nicholson variety has a delicious flavor and the ones he : brought to town ai>- without 1 blemish. He has had a great de mand for seed. ✓ Two Denver pathologists claim to have perfected a method for the use of potatoes instead Of guinea pigs as mediums for cultivation of tubercle bacilli to aid in the diag nosis of tuberculosis. Fanning’s Opens Friday Morning The announcement of the anti cipated sale of the Fanning stock by the Paragon Department store, appears in today’s Sfar. The big event opens Friday morning at nine o'clock. Mr. M. L. Sullivan, sales expert, in Shelby to aid in putting over the sale, says the stock will be sold “to the bare walls.’’ Joe E. Nash, manager of the store, is back from a few days’ rest in the mountains, hard at work getting ready for the mer chandising feature Following the sa'.« the Paragon owners announce the store will be completely re-stocked, and the business of conducting a first class department store will be on. PERSONAL!} r ERSONALU Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McCorley have moved back to Shelby from Wadesboro and Mr. McCarley will open a cotton, stock, and grain market in the Arey building short ly. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Hull and son have returned from * a few o vs visit to Junaluska and Ashe ville. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Arey and daughter, Miss Lula Agnes, re. turned yesterday from Blowing Rock. They are going back and if a cottage is available they will re main for awhile. Miss Myrtle Aired, of Morgan ton spent the w eek-end with Mr<. J. F. Ledford on N. DeKalb street. tyr. and Mrs. H. T Bess and children spent the week-end at Wrightsville Beach Mr. J. N. Quinn left today for Burnsville, Bakersvllle, Marion and Asheville. He has a brother in Burnsville whom he will visit. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris, jr., of Anderson, S. C. are spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harris on West Marion Mrs. J. L. McDowell who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bowers in Galax, Va., has returned to Shelby. En route home she attended the wedding of Mr. McDowells sister Miss Ger aldine McDowell to Vice-Consul Manuel Croz, of Mexico, the cere mony taking place in Greensboro. COTTON MARKET (By Jno. F. Clark ft Co.) • • • Cotton was quoted on the New York exchange at 10:30 o’clock to day: Oct. 17.08; Dec. 17.34; Jan. 17.38. Saturday's close Oct. 17.14; Dec. 17.43; Jan. 17.45. New York, Aug. 8.—Liverpool 1,2:15 p. m. Oct 12, Dec 18, Jan 14 American points better than due, spot sales 5.000 middling 917 ngainst 947 Friday. Eig ht p. m. weather map clear west part cloudy central and east, rainfall Atlanta .04, Montgomery .18, Memphis .70, maximum temp erature at Ft. Wcrth 100, fore cast is for showers in parts of all cotton states except east Texas. Manchester cable says slump in cotton has unsettled the trade in quiries fell off and weeks turnover limited. Worth Street easier nwaiting report. Government condition and in dicated crop due at 11 a. m. stand ard time. The pivotal figure is prqbably 14 1-2 to 14 3-4. CLEVENBURG. ERSONAL Horn*' folks you know cn the fa, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burgess spent Sunday in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberta are spending a week at Chimney Rock. Dr. Tom B. Mitchell, of Char lotte, spent Friday here with Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Mitchell. Mrs. E. E. Briggs of Raleigh spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Aaron Qunin. Mrs. B. L. Green and children of Charlotte are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Crowder. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Holt and children of Greensboro visited Mrs. Lamar Gidney/last week. Rev. J. E. Thompson has return ed home after a visit to High Point. Messrs. Leroy Bagwell and Jack Wright of Spartanburg, S. C. were the guests of friends here Sunday. Mr. J. S. Lowe, a prominent citizen of Charlotte, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Joe C. Smith on S. Washington street. Mr. E. A. Rudisall Mr. and Mrs. Harris Bailey and son, Harris, jr., and Miss Lillian Rudisall spent Sunday at Asheville and Lake Lure. Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Gold and young daughter, Miss Germaine, spent Sunday in Brevard at Camp Sapphire with their son T. B., jr. Misses Mattie Sue Allen and trances Roberts arc visiting Miss Allen’s sister, Mrs. L. P. Ownes in Rdsman, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daniels ahd family of McBrayer street ate spending this week in Atlanta, Gs. with relatives and friends. Miss Blanche Burr us of Ruther ford .college, is visiting her broth er and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burrus on Cleveland Springs Road Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Smith, Mrs. Josie Hord, Mrs. Bob Andrews spent the week-end in Greensboro with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Pyle anJ daughter, Mrs. John Schenck, Jr., and son, John, are spending two weeks at Wrightsville Beach. Miss Emily Camp of Forest City and Miss Calla Clement of Ches nee, S. C. returned home Sunday after spending last week with, Miss Adelaide Cabaniss. Mr. A. V. Wray has left Shelby for a rest of a week or more in the hills. He is aT^mpanied by Mrs. Wray and the two youngest Wray children. Mrs. Henry E. Kendall returns this afternoon from Danville and Charlottesville, Va., where she ha? been spending some time with relatives. - i Mr. Herman Murray and son oif Spartanburg ' are spending the week with relatives here, Mrs. D. G. Mauney and daughter, Miss Nancy Mauney. Mr. W, C. Jones and young son Millard of the New House section passed through Shelby Friday en route to the eastern part of the state to see that section. Mrs. W. C. Martin, of Mocks ville, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Burrus, for the past week returned home to day. Miss Ella Rudisill i.\ spending the week-end in Bess« mer City with Mrs. J. E. Dixon, vho before marriage was also Mis: Ella Rud sill. Mr. and Mrs. Will Roberts and daugh^rs Misses Minnie Eddina and Adelaide and Mr. Forest Esk ridge spent the • dayin Blow ing. Rock oh Thursday. Miss Frankie Borders who has been attending summer school at Chapel Hill, returned home last' week after an extended visit to. friends in Raleigh and Norfolk, Vh. Mr. and Mrs. George Dover, of Chattanooga, Tenn., spent the week end here with their kinsman, Mr. John R. Dover on S. Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Smith and sons, Ned and Dixon returns Sat urday morning: to their home in Columbus, Ga., after visiting their parents here. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Baley and two sons of Asheville spent the week-end here with Mrs. Lewis Baley who is visiting: her mother, Mrs. C. B. Suttle on West Marion street. • Mr. Willie Philbeck and mother and her sister, Mrs. Lula Wagoner, from Spartanburg, S. C. and Mr. L. E. McKee all went on a visit near Richmond, Va., to see their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stockton. Mrs. B. A. Lefler and daughter, Mary Virginia, have returned to their home on Westfield Road aft-. 1 er visiting relatives in Aberdeen j and Laurinburg, accompanied by ' Mrs. Lefler’s niece, Miss Juanita Benton, of Laurinburg. Rev. and Mrs. H. N. McPiarmid and children and Mr. and Mrs. A1 1 Bennett leave on Thursday for I Lake Waccamaw to spend the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett will also visit his relatives at Whiteville while away. Mr. and Mrs. George Blanton and Mrs. Madge Webb Riley and Mr C. C. Blanton spent the week-end ; at Brevard at the hotel Franklin. They went up especially to see ; George Blanton, Jr., and Ralph Webb Gardner who are at the Sap phire Camp near Brevard. Forrest L. Ellis is busy these days making photos of the moun tain camps up in the tourist sec tion of the state. He was engaged last week on the job, and is back this week traveling from camp to camp registering the joy of the kids in the out-of-doors on the photo plates. . , Finis Written To Hollywood Romance i Bodies Slumped Down In Auto Tell Mute Tale Of I-ove Drown Cold. In Hollywood. Hollywood,, Cal.—Finis was writ ten Friday jp a tragedy of love (frown cold an police apparently ac cepted th#t explanation of the [ deaths from (funshot wounds of Hamilton W. Mannon youthful I motion picture executive and Betty | N. Gottiob a striking beauty of | 25. Slumped down together in the front seat of an automobile in a residence district the two were j found late las.t night. Mannon was j dead, the girl, unconscious and mor i tally wounded,'clutched a revolver. Film chiefs deplored the death of Mannon, only 26 years old and vice-president of Tec-Art Studios, I “who was respected and loved,” i according to one producer. Mean while, detectives were unable to 1 learn more of the woman, who they believed shot Mannon and then ended her own life. ' Mannon’s business associates said he had known the girl about n year and a half and recently had tried to sever their acquaintance ship? In her room at a private home, where the mystery of her past was as deep as among her close acquaintances, investigators found a little book of verses. A poem en titled "Shadows,’■ tne last line n( which said: "But can’t you find a little good to love in me?” was followed by an underscored passage from Omar Kha^-Yam, as follows: “And fear not lest existence, closing your Account and mine, should know the like no more.” Mannon, one of the youngest executives jn'the film colony, came here two years ago from New' York. He also carried the title of vice-president of the New York of fices of Tec-Art Studios. FARMERS GO AHEAD i -- Wilmington—(INS)--Fifteen ag riculturists and farm agents, rep resenting all 3ections of Eastern and Piedmont North Carolina, sailed from New York August 6 on a tour of Europe to study farm conditions. The t<yir was started primarily for educational purposes. The far mers will observe foreign opera tions with the view of introducing some of them to North and South Carolina. Wc are offering some of the most fascinating MESH BAGS that have ever been produced and price* are exceeding ly low—$2.50 to $30.00. Up-to-the minute in Style and Qual ity. Please come and look at them. T. W. HAMRICK COMP'Y. Jewelers and Optometrists. The Princess Theatre “Home of First-run Pictures” TONIGHT The most poignant mother story ever told; the irama of a coal miner's wife Who wanted her son to be a white flannels college boy V “WHITE FLANNELS” With Louise Dresser and Jaason Robards OH, BOY rrs SOME GOOD PICTURE ALSO A GOOD COMEDY TOMORROW SPECIAL She had a perfect right to wear it—also a per fect left—well you will have to see it. “GETTING GERTIE’S GARTER” ONE OF Marie Prevost’s Biggest Hit* NO EXTRA CHARGES WATCH FOR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT SOON QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO -IF Yb'u had but one suit and used it day in and day out, it would in a short time become very shabby and would show signs of neglect which would tend to lower your personality. -but Most of us are fortunate enough to possess several suits that are always looking their best because we change them regularly and have them cared for. This is a wise step of economy. We get more wear, more service, and our personality is beyond reproach. -and With our service you are assured of always having your wardrobe at its best, that hidden newness is always at the front. Let us put that personal touch in your wardrobe today. A phone call is all the time it takes. -WHITEWAY DRY CLEANING COMPANY “QUALITY” CLEANERS — DYERS or this 106 Phone this . . . 105 THE FIRST REAL SYMPTOM OF SUCCESS IS THE DESIRE TO REGULAR. LY SAVE MONEY. Your money works for you all the time when you save with us. ■ , YOUNG MEN AM BITIOUS TO GO INTO BUSI f NESS WILL DO WELL TO -j BEGIN SAVING NOW i ■<;. ir . ■ ?J$, Your money will earn interest and j be safe with ut. I First National Bank — OF SHELBY — RESOURCES OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. Bargains For The Week Large residence lot 100x200, south ern frontage, beautiful view and in the midst of Shelby's best homes. Price very reasonable. $3,500.00 will buy a very attractive bungalow, all modern conveniences, ori well shaded lot, good residential «ec tion. $500.00 cash, remainder at pur chasers convenience. This Is an timti ual bargain. Ten Room two story dwelling, two blocks of Square. First class condition, rents for $45.00 per month, large lot, fine shade. Easy terms for $6,500.00. A good farm, 45 acres, near church and school. Fronting the best of sand clay road, practically level land, 25 acres iti cultivation, balance wood and pasture. New 4 room sealed dwelling, attractive location. Price $80.00 per acre, easy terms. We have one of the best located farms in the County, that owner wishes to trade for City property. His land can be bought at a bargain. We have his price and if interested in trading come let us give it to you. \ We have an applicant for 40 to 50. acre farm near Slffelby with improve ments, will pay $100.00 per acre if suited. Oliver S. Anthony Lineberger Bldg., Over Woolworth’s. -4**. 'ifa *i
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