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,.rf< t Towering Lighthouse To "it, Known As “Wright Bea con." In Virginia Dare Area )tj II UN BY LESESNE 'ntefnatibf'.al News Service Staff Correspondent M'lnteo, Roanoke Island, N. 0.— v‘c tranquil, semitropical shores, which man first, learned to .will come into the na rom lv. again , i'nal spotlight one year hence. The memory of Orville and Wil ur Wright, the world's pioneer irdsmen. who singled out this re beginning-place of Eastern j, lization Cm their first airplane |iirht wilt ho perpetuated. \ lavish celebration, probably ; Kill Devil Hill, in Currituck ounty. commemorating the first light"in heavier-than-air craft, is l0w being prepared for the next ear- „ , , , The exact date of the epochal, lias not been fully decided. |Ut j, ^cnerallv accepted that he celebration will be held simul anewslv with the completion of he proposed federal memorial off (ill Devil Hill to the Wright irothers. .According. to .tentative plans,me neroorial will take the form of a frantic, towering liffhthou.se, to k. railed “The Wright Beacon.” judication of the site of the pro K„,.,l memorial was to have taken dace this moikh, but was post poned. ; Suggestion has been heard from a! ions rmarters that the celehra ion he held aloriff with the annual uremia-Bare celebration on Roa oke Bhi'id. The celebration an uallv brines thousands of per on- here to witness the eerc imres. Under the auspices of the Roa oke ( ninny Memorial Association, H ••Vireinia Bare Dav” exercises w, held here each August IS on ho birthday of America’s first alive hern who went to an un wiwn fate with the remainder of ir Walter Raleigh’s “Lost Col ne." The everdses ere held pi the V of/Old Fori Rale’gh. and each par smile notable speaker i« oh rned to make the main address f the occasion. The ceremonies bersonalp I ERSONALU -- The many friends of Mrs. Mamie W are Crews will regret to know that she is in the S.ielby hospital fr treatment. Mrs. J. I*. Jenkins and daughter, Lucile, of Gaffney, S. C., spent Monday here, the guests of Mrs. J. H. Quinn. Mrs. H. A. Logan, Mrs. J. A. Ellis, Mrs. D. F. Duncan and Mr. Mike Austell were Asheville visit ors yesterday. Miss Elva Lee Sctsm who has been the attractive guest of Miss Cura .Smith returned to her home in Greensboro Sunday. Mr. E. T. Switzer has returned from a business trip to New York City. He accompanied Mr. O. iff. Mull and family in the Mull car through the country. Miss Clco Cochrane w*io holds a position with the Metropolitan Life Insurance company with headquac tors at Mt. Holly spent the week end in town with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cochrane. are largely religious in character. The celebration commemorating the beginning of aviation is in the hands of the Kill Devil Memorial Association, recently formed at a meeting in Elizabeth City. The association consists of an executive council made up of the president, three vice presidents and ,the sec retary-treasurer. A regional council, made up of two representatives from each of the counties surrounding the Al bermarle Sound, and a national council with Congressman Lind say C. Warren as chairman, arc to be appointed. The construction of the giant bridge across Roanoke Round, connecting Roanoke Island with the “outshie World” will tend to bring additional thousands to the celebration, it was believed. The bridge is expected to be fully com pleted by the time of the event. Members of the Special Federal Commission, appointed to choose the site for the memorial, and the type of memorial that should be erected on the spot, already have v\sited Kill Devil Hill and have 1he proposition under considera tion. Another suggestion that has been advanced as a part of the celebra tion is a review of the progress of 'aviation since it had its beginning here a quarter of a century a?n. Under the plan, an attempt would be made to obtain the attendance and nartie n 'tion %■ the celebration | of* the leading aviators of the world. r — AT THE PRINCESS - Home Of First Run Attractions. — TONIGHT — Superb mile-a-minute comedy with health-promoting laughs in every foot. §ee_ “NO CONTROL” With Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver. Also other attractions. — TOMORROW — Bubbling over with delightful hum or! See ALBERTA VAUGHN in— “THE COLLEGIATE” A riotous story of college life—Love affairs and a thrilling football game as the big climax! Also good comedy. COMING SEPT 5-6—BEAU GESTE Watch for our Specials and the Big Announcement Soon. —— Quality Is Our Motto — Must Pay Dog Tax In City Of Shelby Tax must be paid on every dog in the city lim of Shelby by September 1. Every dog owner must pay this tax and have a special numbered dog tax tag for the collar. "No bull dog shall be permitted to run at large v>'it hout wearing a muzzle, and the penalty for vio mting this provision shall be $5 for each offense.” Dog tax may be paid at the city office, where t . proper tag will be given those paying or will be delivered by Chief upon request. The tax as re Muired by the city code of 1921 comes under the j ad of special taxes and is $2 per year for male dogs and $5 per year for female dogs. The city code •Stat€‘s that after the required day all dogs found rilp.ning at large without the tax tag shall be de <lart'd a nuisance and shot, and all owners with dogs °n the premises and taxes unpaid after the date are subject to a penalty of $5. This ruling is in section 33 and 34 of the 1921 f itv Code. Please pay this tax prior to Sept. 1 and remove cause for any strict action. A. L. RICHARDS, Chief of Police. 0 n C c I J^ITTLE —Marriage License— License | have been issued here recently for j the marriage of Thos, H. Borders j and Lula May Falls. —A Birth—Born to Mr. and Mrs j Albert Sweatman on Sforrison St. Wednesday morning a fine nine | pound baby girl, Celeste Elaine, ! --—Masonic Notice— Cleveland lodge No. 202 A. F. & A. M. will meet in regular eor.iinunlcatic.il j Friday night 7;;i(lj|>.^n. A full at j tendance is urged; —Visits Company—rapt. Henry B. Edmunds, of Chailotee, was in' i Shelby this week visiting Company K of the national guard. Officers i of ihe company were praised for the showing of their man in drill. —Sunday School Hally—A circuit ) Sunday school rally will he held at; 1st. Paul ivTethodist church Sunday August 28th. All day services. Speaking and dinner on the ground.] Public invited. —Surprise Birthady—There will be a surprise birthday dinner at t he home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A Whitesides August 2Kth. Public u. I vited to spend the day and bring j baskets of dinner. —Paving Alley—Tne alley be tween Arey Brothers building and the Chrysler garage owned by. Charles Hoey leading out from S. i Washington street is being paved l.'iO feet by the city and i.Tie prop erty owners, —Negro Dies—Will Stokes, twen- ] ty l ive year old colored man ot ] the Waco section dic<» rn the Shelby hospital yesterday ol general perl-1 tonits. His condition was very grave when he entered the Hospital several days ago. An operation re vealed that his appendix had burst, and general peritonitis had set up., —New Operator—George Gurry,, former Shelby you^h. \v!io has been operating motion picture machines j in Charlotte for a number of year. 1ns moved with his family to Shelby. They ocupy quarters in the ; Weathers apartment. Mr. Currj i succeeds C. C. Mize as operator af i the Webb theatre. —Schedule Changed—Train No. J :>fi over the Southern which has | been passing Shelby at 9:'57 a. in. j en route to Marion rias been | changed. Now this travi passes at j 9:10 in order to ma'.e certain thej I connection with No. ;2 at Marion j for Asheville, which connection was missed at,time3 under the old | schedule. —Opens Garage—Tracy McGin , nis, well-known Shelby automobile I mechanic who has been with the' Hudson-Essex shop for five and a half years, has opened a garage I and electrical repair shop in the building to the i>ar of the Shelby Hardware company. While he does general repair work, special atten tion is given to generators and starters. —The Long Green—E. R. Ellis brought to The Star office yester day an article which hacj been a long green—n»t a government cer tificate, but a cucumber, except ; that it had discarded the green color and ripened into a golden yellow. The cucumber measures 14 ! inches in length. 12 inches in cir , cumference and weighs four | pounds. Mr. Ellis says it was grown by his neighbor, Stubbs and 1 will be shown at the county fair —Muzzle Hull Hogs—In addi I tion to the license tax on dogs in ; Shelby to which attention was call ed in an advertisement by tne city in Monday issue of The Sar, Mayor j Dorsey also calls attention to Sec tion o.j which rays that no bull ; dog shall be permitted to run at j largo without wearing a muzzle and the penalty on the owner for ! violating ih!s provision is S5.” The ordinance requiring bul dogs to be : muzzled is found in the city code i printed in 1921. Card Of Thanks We wish to than*: our friends end neighbors and Mrs. r.ee and Bridges for their kindness arid sympathy shown us during the sickness and death of our husband and father. MRS. J. L. MeSWAIN and Children. COTTON MARKET (By Jno; F. Clark & Co.) Cotton was quoted on New York Exchange at 11 o’clock tofiay: Oct. 21.42; Dec. 21.08; .Tan. 21.58. I Yesterday’s close Oct. 21.20; Dec. I 21.48 Jan. 21.49. I I I i I New York, »Aug. 24.—Liverpool 12:51 pm Oct 2, Dec *2, March 10 American pints lower than due, Jan 2 better, spot sales 7,000, mid dling 1122 against 1098 yesterday. Eigh^ pm weather map mostly clear except clotidy at F*ort Worm, Shreveport and Macon, stiowfers re corded at Fort Smith, Oklahoma City and Macorr, forecast is for showers in all cotton states except South Carolina and Oklahoma. The tropical storm has veered away from the Cotton belt. Memphis cotton review in Jour nal of Commerce is bullish, weevil have spread in central and eastern districts and there has been heavy shedding in Texas. Good business in Worth street, prices show upward trend. Weekly weather report today is likely to be bullish in reference to the weevil, favor purchases on all lit tle reactions. clevenburg; PERSONALP | Home folks you know *J cn the k<\. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Tedder are visiting relatives in Lumberton. Miss Louise Flemming, of Green ville, is the guest of Miss Eliza beth Webb. Mr. anil Mrs. Rice of Gastonia, are spending two weeks here'at Mrs. North’s. Mr. anil Mrs. H. A. Walker art4 now at Mrs. North’s for the win ter. Mrs. Kemp Funderburk, of Mon roe, is visiting her father, Mr. D.! Augustus Beam. Miss Mary Sue Beam is spend-! ing this week in Asheville with j relatives. Mrs. Kuttz and Mrs. Ayers of j Forest City were Shelby shoppers : on Saturday. Mrs. Randlph Logan is in Ashe- j ville this week visiting Mrs. Ra- ; leigh Armstrong. Mrs. ,J. I). Linebergcr has re- i turned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. j Frank Sherrill in Charlotte. Mrs. Bessie Gray left Sunday | night for a business trip to New j York to buy Fall millinery. Miss Mary Yarborough, of Aug-: ustn, Ga., is visiting Mrs. Bessie Gray and Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Gray’s; mother. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull, of ' Asheville arc spending two weeks here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. j L. E. Ligon. Miss Sara Ormand of Kings Mountain spent the week-end wolh: Miss Matilda Dedmon at the homej of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Washburn, j Miss Dorothy King Is spendingi this week at Blowing Rock with the Areys who have a cottage there for: a few weeks. Mr. T. J. Teague, of Greenville. S. C.. who is a returned missionary fr-nre China, is visiting Miss Judith Bostick. Messrs. Charles Alexander and Sloan Elliott spent Sundav <n! Gaffney. S. C. with Mr. and Mrs. T. .1. Alexander. Miss Connie Wilson who has b^en visiting relatives here return ed to her home in Gaffney this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, ,ir , who spent the week-end here re turned to their home in Canton on Monday. Mrs. Collier, of Atlanta. Ga. is visiting her brother and sister Mr. and Mrs. McCauley at Mrs. Kate North’s. Mr. R. T. LeGrand and Miss Minna LeGrand have re'urned from a visit to the mountain of Carolina. Mrs. R. L. Lirieweaver and chil dren and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoffman of Staunton. Va.. are the guests of their sister Mrs. C. B. McBrayer. Dr. and Mrs. J. M Wells and t-v daughters. May and Elizabeth, have returned to tleir home in Middleborough after .1 visit to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wells. Misses Louisn and Mary Grace Ledford and Miss Nell lloid of Kings Munta n have returned front a ten days visit to their ant’d. Mrs. T. C. Baumgardner of Erwin. Term. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Dixon and daughter, Miss Dorns, • o* Kent, Ohio, are visiting ttietr daughter Mrs. Hackett Wilson and Mrs. J. A. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Jenks and daughter Tillie left this morning for Whittier where they will spend a fortnight with friends and rela tives. Mrs. I. C. Griffin and I. C.. jr., who have been visiting Mrs. Lori mcr in New York return home this week. Mrs. Lorimer is the daugh ter of Mrs. Griffin. Mrs. Jessie Ramseur and daugh ter. Miss Edith Reid, returned Sunday afternoon from a two month’s visit to Chicago and De troit where they visited Mrs. Ram seur’s son and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Mull and daughter, Miss Montrose, return ed yesterday from an extended au itomile torbip to Washington, New 'York, Niagara Falls and Canada. i They were gone about two weeks. Mr. J. J. McMurry and grand daughter, Miss Hannah Washburn, and niece, Miss Reeker Gardner, left today for a stay at Atlantic City and New York. Mrs. T. A. Robertson of New York a sister, will join them. Mr. Tom Eskridge, Miss Ora Eskridge and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Blanton spent Sunday in Asheville going up especially to meet Mr, and Mrs. Ab Eskridge and daugh ter and Mrs. Ramseur and Miss Edith Reid Ramseur. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thrift and j family and Mr. Wm. Jackson re turned last week from Altoona, Fla., where they have been visit ing Mrs. John L. Dawson who was formerly Miss Edith Thrift of here. Mrs. ,T. S. McKnight and chil ! dren, Dorothy, Bill and Colbert, | will return tomorrow from Greens 1 boro where they have been visiting relatives. The family bas *»een on I a trio to Wilmington, but Mr. Mc ! Knight returned to Shelby several l days ago. Miss Mary Osborne Wilkins left Tuesday for her home in Brevard j after a most delightful visit I with Miss Alice Sanders. Miss Roberta Bryant, of Tampa. Fla.. ! who has been visiting Miss Sanders also, will visit with relatives In J Brevard before leavmg for Nasb | ville Tenn.. where site will attend | school this fall. GOOD SIGHT U Necessary To GOOD HEALTH. Keeping our sight is a most important thing, Most ail eye troubles can be cor rect :tl with properly fitted glasses. Many people have bad headaches that are due to eye. train. We will gladly give you a scientific test without cost and if glasses are needed will fit you with the highest auality at a reasonable price. We have been fitting glasses successfully for 20 years. T. W. HAMRICK COMPANY JEWELERs & OPTOMETRISTS. ( I ( New Auto Hospital I I wish to announce to. my friends and patrons, that I have opened an up-to-date parade in the building to the rear of the Shelby Hardware Co., and do general automobile repairing, i — ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT — My specialty is vcpeiiiiUT generators and start ers and I am completely equipped for this work. My long expcricncve enables me to serve you better and cheaper.- A trial will convince you. Tracey McGinnis Garage j| REAR SHELBY HARDWARE CO. I Webb Theatre PRESENTS SHELBY’S FAVORITE v i JA j^coQ yer shows you the gaiety and the tragedy of Broadway in a picture of sheer thrill and adventure. It is a vivid moving nar rative of what happens when a wall-flower blooms amidst the night life of the Great White Way. It’s so good, we are running it THURSDAY and FRIDAY. Good COMEDY and NEWS REEL. Miss Shearer The Bank THAT MAKES YOU FEEL AT HOME The friendly atmosphere and the fair treatment that surrounds the work ings of this institution make it a pleas- j ant place to transact your banking business. You will feel at home and comfort able here. Let’s have a call from you. We can please you. First National Bank — OF SHELBY — RESOURCES OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. I i N I NEW SUITS FOR THE MAN GOING I AWAY TO SCHOOL The NEW SUITS are here in all the new things for Fall. Made in Snap* py College Models. Tans, Grays and Blues. Some with 2 Pairs Pants. Come in and let us fit you up be fore you leave for College. PRICE RANGE— $25.00*> $45.00 BLANTON-WRIGHT CLOTHING CO. “SHELBY’S BEST MEN’S STORE.” ^. =- ...iJ
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