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hi What’s THE News A woman storekeeper, age -grj, of age, celebrated her birth j„v Sunday. She is still active and lends the store every day. ♦ • • John Dixon is another probable candidate for sheriff. Rumor has it that he will be in the race, making thp 5th to try for Sheriff Logan’s i°b' * » . One man severely injured in a wrctk near Kings Mountain. * * * Two hundred and eighty people na ,j Federal income tax in Cleve land county in 1925. Were you one of them? ^ ^ # An auto owner junked hie “li applied for” car rather than pav the hack license tax. p i), Williamson, another veter an of the Confederacy is dead. Mr. Williamson lived in No. 8 township ,nd is being buried today. * * * A batch of correspondence from the rural sections and suburbs, to other with interesting Shelby news, makes this an interesting is sue. Read every column. There are bargains in the advertisements. Former No. 10 citizen returns after an absence of 50 years. Op? Man Jailed at Kings Moun tain After Serious Collision. Policeman Was in Car. Gastonia, Sept. 1.—J. G. Jones, of Rocky Mount, is in the city hos pital here, suffering from serious injuries as the result of an auto mobile accident which occurred late this afternoon a mile east of Kings Mountain on highway No. 20. His most serious injury is a crushed chest. He has a long gash on his head which had to be sewed at the hospital. Information from his bedside, however, tonight is to the effect, that, barrtng complica tions, he will recover. Brother Hurt, Policeman L. G. Jones of Dur ian. brother of the seriously in jured man, suffered a bad bruise on his left ankle, a scalp wound on the back of the head about two indies long and other flesh wounds The third member of the party, Raymond Campbell, of High Point, suffered a had bruise over his left eye a broken finger and minor bruises. After bring.ng the most serious ly injured member of the party to the hospital here, with the aid of Gaston a Motorcycle Policemen tarl F.lliott, and Charles Hord, the less seriously injured, did not wait to have their injuries dressed, but hurried back to the scene of the wreck where they secured the ar rest of the man whom they alleged caused the accident. He was at work in a mill near the scene of the accident and was taken to jail in Kings Mountain. J- Jones stated tonight that the man under arrest, whose name ,s not known here, cut across the road in front of their car and forc ed them into a ditch, causing the car to turn over. According to Mr. • ones the man acknowledged that w did this without giving any sign. After securing the man’s arrest L. G Jones and Campbell returned to Gastonia and had thefr injuries dressed. The two brothers and their com panion were enroute to Winder, Ga., to spend their vacation with home folks. At ( hina Grove this afternoon o young men named Carroll and Pauls, who had picked up a ride , the Jones party, Jumped out J „ . car an<d Carroll was pain wo injured. They were wanted in wham for some offense and war n"ts Wer<‘ out for their arrest. Discovering that a Durham po Jyman was 'n the car, they prob > became frightened and made a rh, for liberty. Carroll, the in jdred one was turned over to the , wa Grove officers. Hauls made "ls escape. U Baptised At The Age Of 82 J W. Parker, aged 82 and 'High far from well, was aptisod while seated in a a,r during the recent suc fPssfui revival of the Big Baptist church in Ruth f,r °5- c°unty according to p bun. Mr. Parker had been '■ c'n,llnBr the series of meet ,Ks fn<1 decided to join the urch. He was tOQ fee|jje to “f ,m merged in the usual *eth;>d. It is believed this is f,rst time at Big Level Ul' , anVone has been bap l , in this manner. After , baptism the hand of fcl ' "ship was extended to Mr. VOL. XXXIV, No. 105 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1927. Published Monday , Wednesday and Friday Afternoons "TNh ** 8 PAGES TODAY By mail, per year (in advarce)__$2.5# By carrier, per year (in advance) fa.00 TIX III CLEVELMID In 1925 there were 280 people in Cleveland county who paid a Federal income tax according to the University News Letter, just published: This represents one out of every 135 people in the county: Cleveland ranked 42nd, a little above the average for North Carolina in the number of people coming within the provisions of the Federal income tax law: Continu ing the University News Letter ,says: There were 38,740 returns filed for the year 1925, or one return for every 72:2 people: The distri bution of returns was uneven: “Naturally, there are relatively more people who file returns and pay income taxes in the urban counties than in the rural coun ties: Mecklenburg leads both in i the aggregate number of returns filed and in the ratio of returns to population, there being a total nt 4,470 returns filed or one for every 20:1 people: Buncombe oc cupies second place in both parti culars with 3,210 returns or one for every 23:0 people: Guildford is third in aggregate number of re turns, 3,190, but is surpassed bv Henderson and New Hanover rela tive to their respective populations: “It will be noticed that there are nine counties with one return for fifty people or less: There are eleven other counties which exceed the state average for one return for 72.2 people. At the other ex treme there are eleven counties which vary from one return for 502 nrople in Madison to no returns at all in Clay. These computations are only approximate, for the Treasury department does not actually count the returns from each county, but measures the thickness of the file and its count is therefore occur-. ate only to the nearest five. This slight inaccuracy would make no appreciable difference in the com putations for the counties with several hundred return*. It would affect the accuracy of the ratios worked out for the counties With few returns. “This table has little value, per haps, except to indicate what a small proportion of the people in the rural counties contribute di rectly to the support of the fed eral government, or to the state government. The present federal law exempts married men with an income of $3,500 or less and single men, without dependents, with an income of $1,500 or less. An addi tional exemption of $400 for each child or dependent is also allowed. Finally, no public school teacher or other state employee is subject to the federal income tax. After ex empting these classes it is appar- j ent that there are few subject to j the tax in the average county less than one in two hundred in forty counties of the state. It must be remembered, too, that the fig ures given here are the number of “returns filed,” and less than half of those filing returns actually ( paid a tax. “While relatively few farmers pay federal income taxes, it does not follow that the farmer is en joying special favors. To the con trary it indicates that his income is so small that it falls below the exemption point. Most farmers would be glad of an income suffi cient to pay an income tax.—Paul W. Wager. John Green who lives over in the riiffside community had “replied’ for his auto license for two and a half years and the license never came, although John operated his car when it was in a humor to run. Deputy Wilkins of the State reve nue department had him before Recorder Mull this week for op erating his car without license, but John was sure he had “replied that he could use the public high way in perfect safety with a sign on the rear reading “license re plied for.’’ An officer saw the sign so often that he made inquiry and found out John had never bought no official plate. He bad traded his mule for the old flivver to a man who got the car as a gift, but it would run when properly coaxed. When it was learned that it would cost $35 to nay un the li cense for the two and a half yen/' it had been in his possession with out the customary “tin plate” on the rear, the judge let John off on his agreement to iunk thp car for it was unanimously agreed that it wasn’t worth the back license due. Mr. P. D. Williamson Veteran, Is Dead A*ed Citizen og No. 8 Township Buried Today at Rehobeth Methodist Church. Mr. Perry Decator Williamson, 82 year old veteran of the Confed erate army and one of the most re spected old men in No. B township, died at his home Thursday after I noon at 8:20 following an illness . of only five days. Mr. Williamson was an industrious and greatly be loved citizen, a member of the Re hobeth Methodist church where his remains are being interred Friday, the funeral services being conduct ed by the pastor, Rev. S. M. Need ' ham. He was married to Martha J. Elliott August 23rd 1866. She died 1 last winter. Surviving are two chil-1 1 dren, Mr. Charlie Williamson and Mrs. Hattie Mauney ci Lawndale. Also surviving are four brothels' and two sisters. Requests Come Into City Hall Ask ing the Street Department to Even Clean Yards. “The city wants to function to the satisfaction of the citizens, but if you knew the requests that come in day after day, you would he surprised ” said Mayor Dorsey this morning. "Most of the unrea sonable demands are on the street cleaning department. Why, we get. telephone calls most every day I from citizens who want the trash | wagons to clean up their back yards I go up-stairs into offices and take | out the waste baskets, and do gen-' eral cleaning up of the back prem ises. We are glad to answer the calls for the trash wagon, but some time a hurry call comes In wanting the wagon to get a pile of trash a mile away. They want quick serv ice as a rule and if the wagon is not there in a few minutes, the call is repeated. In some instances where these calls have been ans wered, the pile of trash would not weigh over two pounds and there was nothing in it offensive or obr jectionable. The trash might have waited awhile until the wagon got around on schedule In that com munity. “The street cleaning department Is functioning fine,” says Mayor Dorsey, but the folks should be rea sonable in their requests. We do not clean up yards or back prem ises or even go up-stalrs for trash. Put your trash in containers where the street department wagon can reach it and if it has not been moved when as much as 25 pounds have accumulated, call the city hall an the matter will be promptly at tended to. “It is not always necessary to put the trash in containers, but it must be in piles so the wagon can get it up easily. There are others wait ing and the wagon must move ps fast as possible. “So many calls come on Satur day, it is impossible to answer them all. The street department is supposed to cease work at noon, but some people wait until Satur and then expect the whole city to be cleaned that day for Sunday. All we ask is that the people be reasonable in their demands and you will find the street department ready and willing at all times to do all tha: is expected of It.” Rural Carriers To List All Patrons To determine the names of the families served by the various let ter boxes on the rural routs, Post master J. H. Quinn has issued the following statement: “Beginning with September 1st, the rural let ter carriers copy of form 4232 for each family to furnish a new list of all members of the family in or der to revise and bring up to date their rolls of patrons. All patrons are urged to fill out the forms and return them to their boxes to be taken up by the carriers on their next trip. If more than one family uses the same box, each must furn ish the list, even if a prior list was furnished within recent months. This is a new enrollment through out.” Only 57 Dogs Have Street Privileges Mayor Dorsey says only 57 dogs have a right to walk the streets. At least only 57 dogs have had their license tax paid in accordance with the city code and the police officials are at liberty to “shoot on sight' because a dog without a li cense tag on or after September 1st is somewhat of an “outlaw.” Mayor Dorsey gives fair warning that if your dog is not one of the “67 varieties” on which the license tax has not been paid, you should call at the city hall at once and at tend to this matter. Thirty Miles From a Railroad Standing solitary on the pfains oi western Kansas. 30 miles from the nearest town or railroad, qtajfds this engine of a bygor.o day. The locomotive was the property ojf the Scott City & Northern, once a prosperous road through the tapea* belt. "’hPn the road, jvent broke during the World War, a yedltor attached the engine. Of ficials of the road then junked tie Une. leaving only the rails on which die engine >>,.c,s. Now If the creditor wan(3 to realize on his engine he «nust lay JO miles of track to get the old steamer to a railroad. - Produces Mortgage Lifter Potato Tom Lattimore Tolls a Great Yarn About a Yam Growing Si* In a Cluster. Tom Lattimore, LaFayette street merchant, Morgan street chicken fancier and talked-of candidate for the position of high sheriff of Clev eland county, has a yam potato about which he tells a typicnl Tom tale. The potato In question is net a single or a double or a triple po tato, but there are six distinct po tatoes in a cluster. It is some-what larger than a man’s size fist, but Tom explains that it was pulled green: Had it been allowed to grow to maturity it would have been, (the cluster of six would have been) as large as a bushel meas ure. This modern Luther Burbank, looking for a name for the new yam has decided to call it the "mortgage lifter". If a man has a mortgage on his ground, all he has to do is buy one of Toms 'taters, grow one crop and prosperity is s1 abounding a man can “eat, drink and be merry,’ then have enough money left from the sale of the sur plus crop to lift the mortgage. Tom has 1000 acres of these “mortgage lifters’, at least that is the way the story goes to make it more interesting. “Saving seed?’ Why of course, who wouldn’t save the seed from such a wonderful variety. To produce such a marvel in the potato world, represents lots of work and study. He has set a price of S5 per potato, not per bushel, hut if Tom runs for sherifl, which he “does not choose to do", he may swap a potato for a vote. There is more tale to this potato which Tom only relates privately and when pressed to do so, in which event he tells the truth about it. Arrested, Claiming To Be From Kings Mt A dispatch to the Greensboro Daily News Thursday carried the information that William Albert White and Clarence Garren Tate, both of Kings Mountain claiming to be students, were arrested togethei with two youths from Washington. D. C., on the outskirts of South Richmond, \ a., on acharge of steal ing the car in which they were rid ing. The two Tar Heels, the cor respondent stated, were later re leased when their statement that the others were merely giving them a lift on their way home was ac cepted. The Washington hoys gave theirj names as Hyman Lazarus and Ir ving Denenberg. They were headed towards Petersburg, at the time of their arrest and Washington offi cials latr wired that they be held, j Back In County After 50 Year* Born on Knob Creek, Mr. Warlick Return* After an Absence of Half a Century Seeking relatives that he has not seen for over half a century, A. J. Warlick, of Birmingham Ala. is . blK'*< in Shelby today. Mr. Warlick JLnative Cleveland county drove through the country yesterday and today on the trip back to his home, reaching the city about 11 o’clock this morning. It was 58 years ago in November that he left the county, as a boy of j 10. He was born at Knob Creek, the son of Philip Warlick who was a brother of Abe Warlick and until the time his family moved south. Jived in that section. At long intervals, Mr. Warlick says, he ran across relatives meet ing up with a nephew in Lubbiek, (Texas, a cousin near Childress, Texas, and one or two others at widely scattered points. It was not until he came back to this county, however, that he found many of his family. A second cousin, W. T. Warlick. of this county, who is a '■grandson of the older man’s uncle, accosted him on the street this morning with the remark that “he looked like a Warlick,” and the two compared notes on the vari ous members of the family. Mr. Warlick declares that despite the changes time and progress have wrought in Shelby, it still re minds him of the little town it was .when he left. The friendly spirit is still here, he adds. John Russ Raises Prize Watermelons John Russ who grew an 80-pound watermelon which took first prize at the county fair »as: year, brought a ninety pouncer to Slielbv to place on cold storage. It hasn't been a good year for melons at that but Mr. Russ raises them when others fail and one of ttie secrets is that his ground is prepared and manured in the winter an.7 ample space given between the hills. He has sold $150 from an acre, using the North Carolina Bradford va riety. He planted an acre and a half and his choice melons have brought from $1 to $1.25 each. Ir. addition to watermelons John :s successful with tomato culture. His tomatoes have been large and per fect. One lot of 20 sold to the Shelby hospital weighed twenty five pounds. Rutherford Man Buys Boat And Rides Home From The News: Attorney and Mrs: N: C: Harris returned Sunday from an extended and unusual trip: They would have been gone seven weeks Tues day: Mr: Harris purchased a lux urious boat some time ago in Ohio and drove it to Newport News, Vn. where it will be shipped to Lake Lure later via rail: They travelled via boat on Lake Erie, Hudson and Delaware rivers, Chespeake Bay and other bodies of water and had a most enjoyable time: They spent the night in their boat: They vis ited a number of large cities, also Niagara Falls: Their daughter, Miss Angeline accompanied them and stopped en route in Richmon, Va:, to visit her grandmother: I DO NOT CHOOSE: I POSITIVELY REFUSE Raleigh, Sept. 1.—(INS)—“I do not choose” means “I positively re fuse.” That, anyway, is the way Gov ernor McLean, of North Caro'»:na, figures out President Coolidge’s “famous ten words.’’ “Personaly,” declared the Gov ernor, “I never doubted that Presi dent Coolidge did not mean he wouldn’t run for a third term.” COTTON MARKET (By Jno. F. Clark ft Co.) Cotton was quoted at 11 o’clock; today on N. Y. exchange: October 22.63; December 22.87;! January 22.94. Yesterday’s close,' October 22.92; December 23.19; January 23.21. New York, Sept. 2.—Eight p. m.j weather map raining at Abilene) other Texas stations also central and eastern belt clear or partly) cloudy, rain fall recorded Raleigh j 2.40, Charleston 1.40; Shreveport! .28; Oklahoma City .18; Forecast) Carolinas and Georgia fair. Ala bama showers. Crop expert Gordon says Okla ! honia may not g.n over a million! bales against 1,700,000 last year j Montgomery special says south) Alabama and south Georgia may not make more than fifty per cent of last years yield. August exports were 28,000 more than last year. Smaller business in Worth street, prices firm. Look for erratic trading market ; before bureau, prefe long side on! nil eactions based on idea govern-j tnent crop indication will be under! 13.000,000. Drove Away With Policeman’s Car Paris Hefner, painter, does not! own an automobile, but neverthe less he is deprived of the right to operate an automobile over public i highways in North Carolina for a I period of six months; The order I came from recorder John P: Mull Wednesday, together with a fine of $50 and costs, as a result of the 1 defendant’s escapade with a car belonging to Police Officer Fred j Dover: Hefner, evidence introduced ini the trial indicated, had consumed a slight amount too much of can ned heat, and when he saw the of ficer’s car vacant at the Southern depot, climbed in for a ride, ap parently not knowing what he was doing: He stalled the car after shifting to high gear, and his ar rest followed promptly: LOCAL ms ill FIVE GAMES AHEAD Eight Letter Men Back in Cniform. Nineteen Candidate* Out for Practice. With warming-up exercises, mus cle-limbering performances and in struction in football fundamentals, grid practice for Shelby High school got under way yesterday at the city ball park witti something like 19 candidates reporting to Coaches ‘Casey’ Morris and Tilden Falls. ‘Casey’ was fairly optimist's about the chances for the 1927 season, although he declared it too early to make predictions. Regu lar practice will begin Monday aft ernoon, and about 40 hopefuls are expected to be out fighting for uni forms and a place on the team. “They look little’’ the coach com mented. “I’m hoping, however, that some bigger men will turn out when we get really started. Another thing they’re mostly backs and I’m going to have to develop a line some wey or other. One or two of these back field aspirants may be manufac tured into ends, for our w ing men are few and far between.” Of last year's squad, eight let ter men are expected to be back ir. uniform when the first whistle blows. They are Milt Gold, Gilmore Singleton. Lamon Beam Bill Grieg Zeno Wall Ed Harris Ben Rippy and Guy Bridges. Of the octet, Har ris. Rippy, Wall and Bridges are ball carriers Grigg and Beam hold down forward and flank positions respectively, while Beam and Sip gleton have performed alongside of and back of the center. Tilden Falls, full time assistant coach, is expected to be of great laid to Coach MTtrtf* in shaping an eleven out of the green mate rial that is likely to report. He made a fine record last vear up county, and will help materially in grinding the major points of the sport into the squad. Five games have been scheduled before the elimination series starts. They are: Belmont Abbey here Sept. 30. Kings Mountain, undecided Octo ber 7. Gastonia, here October 14. Charlotte there October 21. Hickory, there October 28. Taxi Driver Up On Liquor Charge Had Some Liquor In His Car And Some Under His Shirt, The Charges Alleges. George Bivens, taxi-driver, and about 45 years old, is under $500 bond to appear for trial in re corder's court Tuesday on liquor counts, as a result of running afoul of officers Poston and Sparks Wednesday night with some of the forbidden fluid in his possession. Bivens, driving his car and ap parently in an intoxicated condi tion, side-swiped another automo bile standing in front of the home of V. D. Ross, on East Marion street. The owner reported it promptly to the' police, and offi cers immediately started in pur suit of Bivens, who failed to stop. Arrest was made on Sumpter street, at the branch. The taxi driver, who had hi t re cently been convicted on liquor charges in a Lincoln eou"ty court, the affair costing him anproxi mately $200 and costs, is charged with receiving and possessing for the purpose of sale, transporting intoxicating liquors, being drunk cod disorderly in a nuhlic place, driving a car recklesslv and while under the influence of intoxicants. At th? time of his arrest he had in his possession three pints of li ouor. and the officers state, had broken five quarts just previous ly. At Age 95, Mrs. Gantt Is Neighborhood Store-Keeper MM TESTIFIES Asserts* .Mrs: Willis Screamed “Sam's Shot’’ In I’hone— Aided In Search: Greenville, S: C:, Sept: 2:—Mrs: Ethel Willis called the sheriff’s of fice and gave the alarm after her husband’s death, Boyce D: Haas testified today at the trial of the widow and Henry S: Townsend for the murder of Sheriff Sant D: Willis: "I was at the sheriff’s office about midnight,” he said: “The phone rang and I answered it: A woman’s voice screamed: “Sam’s shot,' Sams shot, 'Sam’s shot!’— three tijjie: I said ‘Who?’ ’ Mrs: Willis recognized my voice and using my nickname, she said, “Shag, for Cods sake come quick, somebody has shot Sam:” The witness, a printer, said he and Sam had grown up together, and had 'been intimate since both were children: Going to the Willis home, Haas testified, he heard Mrs: Willis pleading to be taken to her hus band’s body: Later, he said, she gave him a :45 caliber revolver to use in the search for the slayer: State’s witnesses have testified that the officer was shot with a :32 caliber automatic: Willis was not feeling well on the night of the tragedy, the wit ness said: Fourteen defense witnesses yes terday denied in substance the testimony of witnesses for the prosecution principally concerning the actTon of the two- defendant* immediately before and after the slaying: A: W: Davidson, tire dealer, and Miss Betty Roe, testified for the defense that the garage in which Sheriff Willis was shot had been entered by various persons after the murder before police arrived to discount testimony of the State that certain shoe prints there cor responded with marks made by the shoes of the two defendants: Two other witnesses refuted pre vious statements that the de fendants had been riding about the city before the shooting, while others swore they heard Mrs: Willis plead to be allowed to see her husband’s body after the fatal shots were fired: Local Convict Out On Governor’s Parole Paroled by Governor A. W. Mc Lean yesterday from the Cleveland county roads where Tie was serving a suspended sentence for failing to obey court orders. James Alex ander will face charges of breaking and entering in a Gaston county court. He was taken to trie neigh boring county following his release here. Alexader was convicted of the larceny of an automobile at the October term of court here, and sentenced to 12 months on the county roads. His sentence was suspended, however, on the condi tion that he post $200 bond for his appearance at each term of court to show good behavior, pay the clerk of court $10 a month until the costs of the case were paid and $25 for the benefit of the owner of the car. Failing to make more than two payments, his bondsmen gave him up to the court and-be went to the roads. His parole came yesterday. DIXONlPOil IK RACE FOR SHERIFF An unconfirmed rumor about the court house today had it that John Dixon of the Grover section, is thinking of throwing his hat into the ring for the office of sheriff of this county. Four others bave al ready declared their Intentions of making a race for tbe position, and Mr. Dixon’s chapeau, If the re port is true, will make the fifth in the circle. Friends of the Grover man feel that he will make a strong candi date for sheriff. If elected, they claim, he will serve the county well in that capacity. Mr. Dixon could not he reached to verify the re port at a late hour today. Shelby's Oldest Merchants Is A Woman And She Celebrated 93rd Birthday Sunday. “Just left here for trouble,’* was Mrs. Mary Gantt’s explana tion in answer to a question as to her opinion of the reason for her long life. Mrs. Gantt, “Miss Mary” to all who knew her, marked the 93rd anniversary of her birth Sun day, with a celebration at which she estimates 175 relatives, in ad dition to a large number of friends, were present. ‘ Miss Mary/* despite her ad vanced age, is still self-supporting. For fourteen years, since the death of her husband, she has been owner and manager of a store in her home, which supplies the housewives of the neighborhood with daily necessities. She carries a small, but complete stock, pays for her goods weekly, and main tains the proper business atmos phere around her establishment in every way. “Miss Mary" also doc* all her own work. Mrs. Gantt was born August 28, 1834, the daughter of Joel Led ford, a farmer living above Double Shoals, and his wife, who before her marriage was a Miss Helms. Practically all of her life was spent there, except for the 22 years that she has been in Shelby. As a young girl of 14, she join ed Bethel Baptist church, and has been a faithful member of the de nomination ever since. When she moved to 'Shelby her membership was transferred by letter to Eliza beth Baptist church. At the age of 19, “Miss Mary” was married, in December, 1853. Until her husband reached an ad vanced age, the couple farmed in the section where “Miss Mary” was born, leaving there for Shel by when the years rested too heavily upon him to continue his work. He died 14 years ago, March ^18, 1913, and the old lady has liv ed alone since that time. Seven of the 10 children Mrs. Gantt bore still live, while three are dead. She has long since lost track of the grand-children and great-grandchildren, but estimates the number of the former at about 75. She also believes that there are over 100 children of the fourth generation. Eight of her grand children, with their sons and daughters, live in Oklahoma, frhilo most of the others are btiliun North Carolina. Recalls Civil War During the terrible years of the Civil War, Mrs. Gantt was living near Kadesh church, at Belwood. Her husband enlisted under the Stars and Bars, served three years and despite the fact that he was in 14 major battles, besides num erous skirmishes, came out with out a wound. Mrs. Gantt declares that the Yankees only molested her one time. Her brother-in-law, she recalls, was plowing a field beside the road, when one of the hated Northerners passed, riding what she described as a “broken down nag." Seeing a fat Confed erate mare between the plow shafts, the Yank vaulted the fence, led her out, threw his saddle on her and rode away, leaving his awn rack of bones ffi exchange. Eats Anything Mrs. Gantt declares that she eats anything she wishes, and has no trouble either with her teeth or with her digestion. During the past 14 years, she has been sieTc but once, that for about a week. Although she is hale and hearty, getting up from her chair in the halls of her home over in the Shelby Oil mill district without any anparent effort when The Star reporter called, it is stated that (Continued on page eight.) Carriers Travel 200,000 Miles George A. Elam and G. V. Hawkins, rural letter carriers on Shelby routes 1 and 2 will have travelled approximately 190,000 and 200,000 miles during the 25 years they have served as carriers con tinuously on the routes they now serve. From time to time the length of theif routes have been extended to serve more patrons: Mr: Hawkins has covered about 10,000 more miles because his route is a bit longer. At present Shelby Route 1, carried by Mr. Elam is 29.91 miles. Route 2 car ried by Hawkins is 32.20 miles.
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